The piercing alarm blared Kusagakure, and the ninjas rushed frantically to their defensive positions, but it was all too late.
The Sunagakure's Prosthetic Corps launched the first attack, their specially made weapons unleashing beams of Chakra that poured down like a torrential rain.
The walls of Kusagakure collapsed in the explosion.
A Grass Ninja Jonin as he Hand Seals, " Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
Flames erupted, attempting to halt the enemy's advance.
However, a Sunagakure body suddenly rushed through the curtain of fire, and the Mantis Blade shot out and pierced through his chest in an instant.
"A futile struggle," Maki said coldly, without a trace of pity in his eyes.
The resistance from the Kusagakure was weaker than he had anticipated. They probably didn't really think they could fight against the powerful Shinobi Alliance on their own.
North side.
The Iwagakure Explosion Corps had already stormed into the village, Kurotsuchi's ninjas pierced the Grass Ninja's formation like sharp knives.
Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!
The massive rock fist crashed down, crushing several Grass Ninja into a bloody pulp.
East side, south side.
Two forces stormed into Kusagakure, killing all who resisted without mercy; only those who surrendered were spared.
The alarm bell in the central tower of Kusagakure twisted and deformed amidst the deafening roar. The surviving ninjas gazed at the shattered city walls, and despair washed over them like a tidal wave.
" Wind Release·Vacuum Great Sphere Continuous Bullets!"
Dozens of ninjas unleashed a combined Ninjutsu blade technique, sweeping out in a fan shape.
The chests of the three Sunagakure bodies were instantly ripped open with charred wounds, and metal fragments mixed with blood splattered on the broken walls and ruins.
But the cybernetic ninja acted as if nothing had happened, continuing to charge forward and unleash a bloodbath.
"Retreat! Request reinforcements from Hozuki Castle!"
Faced with such a desperate situation, the leader of the Grass Ninja Village no longer cared about factional differences.
The Grass Flower and Grass Fruit grass were all for the future of the Kusagakure, but now... the village is almost gone.
The remaining Grass Ninja retreated frantically, fleeing towards Hozuki Castle in the northwest.
The Hozuki Castle, a hundred miles away.
City Lord Mui stood atop the tower, his face grim as he watched the smoke rising in the distance.
Outside the castle, a coalition of thousands of ninjas from various villages formed a circular formation, completely surrounding Hozuki Castle, but they did not launch an attack.
The Shinobi Alliance acted faster than he had anticipated.
They didn't just want to destroy the Kusagakure; they wanted to completely eliminate all potential threats.
" Kusagakure, Hozuki Castle, Box of Ultimate Bliss... why not attack them?"
Mui murmured to himself, his heart filled with unease, then turned and gave orders to the guards behind him.
"Immediately activate the Heavenly Prison Barrier, transfer all prisoners to the underground cell, and feed them to the Box of Ultimate Bliss!"
The guard obeyed and ran off at top speed.
Deep within the underground prison, several elders wearing bronze animal masks surrounded the altar.
At the center of the altar, the pitch-black Box of Ultimate Bliss of Bliss was slowly rotating, and the incantations flowing on its surface writhed like living things.
The prisoners' screams echoed between the stone walls, their chains rattling, yet they could not break free.
Elder Yang Hand Seals, and Chakra Threads were drawn from the prisoner's chest, slithering into the gaps in the box like venomous snakes.
The runes on the box's surface began to writhe faster and faster, and the pitch-black surface emitted an eerie dark red glow.
"Speed up! The Shinobi Alliance's army could break in at any moment!"
The leading elder suddenly ripped off his mask, revealing a face covered with centipede-like scars.
Elder Yang's hands flew through the air, Hand Seals, cold sweat beading on his forehead. "Not enough! The Box of Ultimate Bliss needs more Chakra!"
"Then sacrifice all the remaining prisoners!"
The centipede-faced elder suddenly waved his hand, and several guards immediately dragged over a dozen ninjas bound by iron chains, some of whom were even from his own faction.
"No... no!" A Grass Ninja struggled, his eyes filled with fear, "We're on the same side!"
"Shut up!" The guard kicked him in the knee, forcing him to kneel before the altar. "It is your honor to sacrifice for the Box of Ultimate Bliss!"
Blood glint appeared at Elder Yang's fingertips as Chakra Threads instantly pierced the prisoners' chests.
In an instant, their bodies began to convulse violently, their panels shriveled at a visible speed, their eyeballs bulged out, and incoherent wails escaped their throats.
From the cracks in the Box of Ultimate Bliss, the dark red light grew ever brighter.
The box began to tremble slightly, as if something inside was struggling to break free.
"Almost there... almost there..." The centipede-faced elder's eyes flashed with a crazed light.
"If we just hold on a little longer, the Box of Ultimate Bliss will be fully activated! At that time, not a single scum from the Shinobi Alliance will leave alive!"
The Kumogakure, far away in the Land of Lightning.
Raikage A stood in front of the control panel of the Chakra Cannon, grinning.
"Spatial coordinates locked, Hozuki Castle."
With a buzzing sound, blinding blue light gathered at the muzzle, and terrifying Chakra energy was compressed to its limit.
"Emission!"
At a command, the sky was suddenly torn apart, and a beam of blue light pierced through the heavens and earth, falling towards Hozuki Castle like divine punishment.
Mui's pupils suddenly contracted.
That's... Chakra Cannon! The Kumogakure actually used a strategic weapon?
Although I had heard about it before, this was the first time I had ever seen it. I didn't expect it to be so terrifying. It turns out the Shinobi Alliance wasn't exaggerating.
boom--
The next second, a devastating energy erupted.
In a blinding light, Hozuki Castle vanished into thin air, the Heavenly Prison Barrier was torn apart like paper, and the entire city, along with its prisoners and guards, vaporized in an instant.
The shockwave swept across an area of dozens of miles, engulfing the remaining Grass Ninja troops who were fleeing there.
As for the Shinobi Alliance ninjas surrounding the city, they were just Shadow Clone, meant to scare the ninjas Hozuki Castle and set up spatial coordinates.
When the smoke and dust cleared.
The battlefield was reduced to scorched earth, and the entire city was reduced to ashes by the Kumogakure Village's Chakra Cannon.
On a distant cliff, a high-ranking representative of the Shinobi Alliance coldly surveyed the ruins of Hozuki Castle, now reduced to scorched earth.
The lingering power of the Chakra Cannon still reverberated in the air, scattering the morning mist into distorted ripples.
Shikaku Nara stood with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze piercing through the thin mist as he stared at the still-smoking ruins.
This seemingly excessive display of force actually carries a deeper meaning.
Using strategic weapons against the mere Hozuki Castle is indeed like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, but the deterrent effect far exceeds expectations.
After all, the real audience for this performance was not the Kusagakure, but those forces that were still secretly plotting or harboring illusions.
The power of so-called strategic weapons is not an exaggerated legend, but a reality capable of completely erasing a country from the map.
Rumors and hearsay can never compare to the shock of witnessing a city vanish in an instant.
The Hozuki Castle, with its only opponents and prisoners, naturally became the perfect sacrifice for this shocking spectacle.
The Shinobi Alliance used this tragic demonstration to send a message to the entire Shinobi World.
Any questioning of authority, any test of the rules, will come at the cost of national subjugation and annihilation.