"Haha, that order came just in time!" Sōkyū Hatake stood high above, his eyes blazing as he surveyed the scene below.
His keen senses had already detected the change in the situation, and he mused to himself, Without a doubt, the Fourth Raikage must have realized how serious things were. That was why he decisively ordered everyone to sever their connections to the God Stone immediately.
By now, Sōkyū Hatake could clearly sense that the thunderous power being absorbed from the God Stone in an endless stream consisted solely of the stone's own pure energy. The chaotic aura mixed with other people's impure chakra was gone.
Although the change was obvious, it was not crucial to Sōkyū Hatake. After all, his sole objective from beginning to end had been to absorb every last bit of the tremendous power contained within the God Stone.
"Lord Raikage, how should we deal with this situation now?" They watched as the God Stone rose into the air, its radiance growing incredibly dim. Clearly, the tremendous power within it was being drained away in a continuous stream.
Despair and anguish spread across the faces of the many Kumogakure ninja present, and they could not help cursing inwardly, What the hell is going on? How could this happen?
"Damn you, Sōkyū Hatake! All of you, listen carefully! Pour every last bit of your chakra into my body immediately! Hold nothing back! I'll unleash One-Finger Nukite at full power and kill that bastard in a single strike!!!" The Fourth Raikage's eyes widened with fury as terrifying, heart-stopping waves of chakra suddenly erupted from his entire body.
As chakra surged toward him in an unending torrent like towering ocean waves and gradually coalesced, a suit of armor flickering with dazzling lightning slowly emerged from nothingness, as though