"Lightning Armor, activate."
Lightning enveloped the Raikage's entire body. Powerful arcs formed a suit of armor that protected him from head to toe, his azure figure resembling the Thunder God descending to earth when seen from afar.
Under the Raikage's control, the powerful lightning merged and spun into a tornado, instantly sweeping up rubble and dust from the ground as it surged forward with overwhelming force.
Facing this ninjutsu, which approached the might of heaven and earth, Kakuzu's expression grew more solemn than ever as he attacked from five directions. The Wind Release black monster stood at the front while the other black monsters gathered around it, pouring all their chakra into it. Slowly, the powerful Wind Release in the sky spiraled into a shuriken.
Wind Release and Lightning Release clashed head-on. The shuriken formed from Wind Release shattered immediately. Yet it did not vanish. Instead, it grew increasingly dense, looking from afar like walls forged from shuriken that held firm against the Raikage's ferocious attack.
The inspiration for this Wind Release ninjutsu had come from Naruto. Having once lost to that ninjutsu, Kakuzu had carefully studied it and long since understood its principles, developing this new Wind Release using his own chakra. This time, it indeed proved effective, but it merely brought him to another stalemate with the Raikage.
Boom, boom, boom.
The sounds of colliding ninjutsu rang out around them as large numbers of ninja from both sides joined the battlefield. Viewed from above, the number participating had already exceeded five hundred and was still rising. This battle was already the largest war since the end of the Third Shinobi World War.
The Raikage keenly detected an unknown force joining the battle. However, knowing nothing about them left him deeply anxious.
After that exchange, the Raikage asked his