The hundred-meter-high sandstorm spanned thousands of meters, rolling toward them with tremendous force.
The closer it came, the stronger the sense of insignificance and helplessness before the power of nature became.
Even though it was already the year 4040, and humanity had theoretically all but conquered the entire Sky Blue Star, with other countries as their only opponents,
humans still had not fully mastered the power to command nature.
In fact, excessive mining, consumption, and environmental destruction had only made nature's power more terrifying. In just a few short years of frequent natural disasters, Sky Blue Star's population had plummeted, affecting technology and other fields as well.
Now, not only were the viewers watching the livestream trembling with fear, but even Lin Xiaoran had gone pale, facing such a powerful disaster for the first time.
In her previous life, Lin Xiaoran had never even experienced an earthquake. Tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes-she had only seen them online. None of that compared to the shock of facing a sandstorm in person now!
Yet despite her fear, Lin Xiaoran still did not choose to flee immediately.
Whoosh!
Madara returned to the rock, still wearing that imposing air of contempt for all things, his arms folded across his chest.
"Somewhat interesting," Madara said with interest.
Power of this caliber was almost catching up to him and Hashirama Senju.
As for Sunagakure's Magnet Release, the Kazekage still fell a little short. Only if Shukaku the One-Tail took the field could he produce this kind of effect.
But one must not forget that, from the One-Tail to the Nine-Tails, every last one had been defeated by Madara and Hashirama Senju.
"How could a mere sandstorm compare to you, Lord Madara? Right?" Lin Xiaoran said with a beaming smile as she calmed her nerves.
"Heh." Madara sneered.
This Lin Xiaoran was rather shameless.
But it did not matter, because that "Lord Madara" had struck just the right chord with him.
The sandstorm swept toward them, blotting out the sky and sun. From a distance, one could even make out a huge face taking shape in the sand more than a hundred meters high, opening its enormous mouth as if to devour everything.
Lin Xiaoran and Madara were the first in its path.
Yimopu spread his arms and laughed wildly. "Accept the judgment of fate, Lin Xiaoran!"
With that, his entire figure was swallowed by the sandstorm. As the Master wielding the ability, however, his safety was naturally nothing to worry about.
Lin Xiaoran and Madara were likewise swallowed by the sandstorm.
[Wait! Why isn't Lin running?!]
[What are you doing?!]
[Don't panic! Lin definitely wouldn't do anything she wasn't confident about! She must have something up her sleeve!]
[Is it the Susanoo mentioned earlier? What kind of ability is that, anyway?]
[Trust Goddess Ran! Trust Lord Madara!]
Country M: [Trust? On what grounds?! Even if Issho came now, there'd be nothing he could do!]
Country R: [Hmph! How arrogant! Great, now they're going to die!]
Country A: [Haha! Good thing Lin Xiaoran didn't choose to run!]
Country A: [Is it possible that even if she tried to fly away, she couldn't outpace the sandstorm?]
Country A: [Exactly!]
Just as the livestream viewers wore expressions of worry and despair, a soft voice rang out.
"Susanoo."
Boom!
With an earth-shaking blast, a flash of blue light suddenly appeared within the yellow-gray sandstorm!
At that moment, the livestream's perspective suddenly pulled back, bringing the entire natural disaster into view.
Before the viewers' puzzled eyes, the enormous sandstorm suddenly swelled like a balloon, growing even larger.
Then the blue light that had initially flashed and vanished erupted again! It shot out from within the sandstorm, slashing downward from above like a laser!
Hum!
The yellow-gray scene was sliced open like a thin sheet of paper, revealing what lay within.
At the center of the sand filling the sky and earth stood a giant, its entire body a brilliant blue.
Strangely enough, this giant had only an upper body, with no lower half.
At the same time, the blue giant held a blue longsword in each hand. It was what had just sliced open the sandstorm.
Then the blue giant swung its arms again. In just two or three strokes, it hacked the sandstorm, one of the most powerful natural disasters, into pieces that dispersed far away on the wind.
Below, Yimopu's mouth hung open as he looked up in disbelief at the blue giant towering more than a hundred meters tall before him!
The shock in his heart was already beyond words. All that remained was a stupor!
Because this had already exceeded the limits of his imagination!
Anyone who saw this blue giant would probably react just as he had. Some might even have already fallen to their knees or fainted.
The viewers were no different. For a time, not a single bullet comment crossed the entire livestream screen. Everyone was immersed in the shock brought by the blue giant!
Only after a long while did people begin to speak.
[Is this really power a human should possess?!]
[I think I just saw a god!]
[My god! So this is Lord Madara's ultimate move, Susanoo! So cool! So badass! So terrifying!]
[With an ultimate move like Lord Madara's, he's absolutely invincible!!]
[Hiss! This blue giant is a hundred meters tall, more than three times the height of Sophia's thirty-meter Stone Giant!]
[Haha! Yimopu's been scared senseless!]
[I'd be senseless too if that were me!]
[Hehe, Country A, now it's your turn to despair!]
Country A's livestream chat.
[Why... what kind of Heroic Spirit is this?! Why is he so powerful?!]
[It's over... we're going to lose again.]
[Damn it! Damn it! Lin Xiaoran again!!]
[I refuse to accept this! Yimopu's Heroic Spirit is clearly so powerful!]
[Aaah! Lin Xiaoran! I hate you!]
In that brief span, the people of Country A had experienced emotions like a roller coaster, rising and falling, rising and falling... before finally falling, falling, falling, falling! The pain of it was beyond words.
After all, the most painful thing was not the initial disappointment, but finding hope after disappointment, only for that hope to shatter and turn into despair.
They were going mad!
And Country A was far from the only country going mad. All the other countries felt the same way now.
Country Y in particular had originally thought Sophia's Stone Giant was extremely powerful, the second-strongest Heroic Spirit after Lin Xiaoran's.
But then Yimopu from Country A had appeared, capable of summoning and unleashing a sandstorm.
That alone was one thing, but what was the deal with this hundred-meter blue giant of Lin Xiaoran's?!
Was this even human anymore?!
This was too much!
For two rounds in a row, the strength of Lin Xiaoran's Heroic Spirit had surpassed every other challenger's by dozens, even hundreds of times! It was simply terrifyingly powerful!
The earlier joke about Lin Xiaoran being the great demon king had now become reality.
If things continued like this, and Lin Xiaoran's Heroic Spirit was this powerful every time, how were the other countries supposed to play?! They might as well surrender, accept elimination, and admit defeat!
There was simply no way to play at all!