"Boom!"
A deafening roar of thunder echoed through the Konoha, and a beam of lightning shot straight into the clouds.
In the distance, more than two hundred ninjas on the city wall witnessed everything that happened.
In just a few seconds, the situation changed dramatically.
Many people saw Hirakawa Shin'un appear at the edge of the dark pit covered in blood and were about to go down to help him when they saw Tsunade leap out of the pit.
Before everyone could recover from the shock of Tsunade being transformed into a monster, just seconds later, another pillar of lightning shot into the sky, its dazzling light temporarily blinding everyone.
When the thunder subsided, everyone looked over.
Only Shin'un remained motionless at the scene, along with Tsunade's remaining thigh.
" Squadron Leader Suzume, wasn't that Lady Tsunade just now?"
" Lady Tsunade's eyes have also mutated, and she even attacked Lord Hirakawa, which means..."
" Lord Hirakawa and Lady Tsunade perished together?"
"..."
Listening to the noisy discussion among the ninjas around him, Sparrow couldn't help but feel a little irritated.
After glancing at Hirakawa Shin'un lying quietly on the ground amidst the ruins of Konoha, Suzaku turned to look at one of the Anbu behind him.
"Go and check on Lord Hirakawa's condition."
"Yes!"
Upon receiving Que's order, the Anbu immediately jumped off the city wall and ran to Shin'un's side.
After checking for only a few seconds, the Anbu turned and went back.
"How about it?"
The Anbu Ninja lowered his head and said:
"His internal organs were severely damaged... Lord Hirakawa is dead."
"Yeah..."
Sparrow nodded, and after a moment of silence, said:
"In that case, quickly destroy Lord Hirakawa's body, lest he also be transformed into a monster."
"... yes!"
Upon hearing Que's words, the Anbu hesitated for a moment before turning and rushing toward Shin'un's corpse, which lay slumped on the ground in the distance.
However, before the Anbu could even take a few steps forward, the previously calm corpse suddenly underwent a strange change.
"Sizzle~"
Countless blue-purple electric currents erupted from the corpse, quickly turning the surrounding area into a charred mess.
Cracks appeared all over his body, and the dazzling light emanating from them was too bright to look at directly.
Immediately afterwards, Shin'un's body, which should have been lifeless long ago, suddenly began to convulse, as if some kind of violent change was taking place.
What's going on?
"The transformation process of monsters is completely different from anything I've seen before."
Holding onto the city wall handle, Que looked at Shin'un's corpse in the distance, her brows furrowed.
"Quick!"
Upon witnessing the changes in Shin'un's corpse, Que's face immediately darkened, and he directly ordered the Anbu Ninja in front of him, "Hurry up and kill him before he transforms into a monster!"
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Sparrow's command, the Anbu Ninja below the city wall rushed toward Shin'un's body in the distance, quickly Hand Seals as they went.
Fire Style: Flame Bullet!
"Sizzle~"
Extremely hot flames erupted from the mouths of the Anbu Ninja, shooting straight towards Shin'un's convulsing and crackling body on the ground.
"Boom!"
A moderate roar resounded, accompanied by thick smoke and dust, drawing countless pairs of eyes from the city walls to the source of the smoke and dust.
One second... two seconds... three seconds...
As the smoke and dust cleared, the scene inside was revealed.
The original ruins were left with a large crater due to the attack by the Anbu Ninja, demonstrating the considerable power of their Fire Style. However, the people on the city wall had no time to marvel at the Anbu Ninja's Fire Style skills, which were slightly Jonin.
Without needing to communicate, they turned their gazes and saw a group of people on the city wall searching for something in the large crater created by the Fire Style.
No... no!
"In the pit"
There was no trace of Hirakawa Shin'un!
"Is it possible that his body was completely burned to ashes by Fire Style techniques?"
"Impossible! The Fire Style just now didn't have that much power. If the Fire Style had successfully hit Hirakawa Shin'un's body, there should have been remains of the corpse in the crater..."
"Wait! I see him, he's not... it's there!"
"Alright!"
Hearing the noisy discussion around her, Que shouted to stop them, but her gaze was fixed on Hirakawa Shin'un, who was swimming in the ruins in the distance.
Perhaps because they had just faced Fire Style attack, the transformation process, which should have taken several minutes, was completed in a shorter time.
Nowadays, Shin'un looks vastly different from ordinary people, even just by his appearance.
His height increased to two meters, and a layer of blue-purple armor covered Shin'un's entire body like a ferocious suit of armor, with blue-purple plasma flowing between the gaps in the armor.
The shoulder blades extend outwards from the back, forming a ring-shaped skeleton above the head. Endless lightning surrounds this ring-shaped skeleton, forming an extremely solid ball of lightning that sends shivers down one's spine at first glance.
"This appearance... it's almost like a demon god who controls thunder..."
Even Sparrow couldn't help but swallow hard when he saw Hirakawa Shin'un's inhuman appearance.
"And..."
Clenching his fists, Que cleared his thoughts and tried his best to focus.
"That was so fast..."
Beside him, Uchiha Clan Head Fugaku Uchiha walked to Suzaku's side, his expression unusually solemn, and the three blood-red Tomoe in his eye sockets swirling rapidly.
Then, Fugaku Uchiha looked over the two hundred-plus ninjas on the city wall and said:
"Just now, at the instant your Anbu Ninja attacked, Hirakawa Shin'un completed his monstrous transformation and used a technique similar to the Lightning Body Flicker Technique."
"The electric current coiling around its body became its best source of speed, propelling it away from its original position in an instant."
"That ghostly speed was like teleportation; probably only half of the two hundred-plus ninjas present could see it clearly... These ninjas are among the most elite Jonin in the entire Konoha..."
At this point, Fugaku Uchiha paused briefly, then continued:
"I remember your codename for the Anbu is Sparrow, right? Quickly tell Orochimaru, who's a kilometer away, to speed things up."
"Faced with a monster transformed from a powerhouse of Hirakawa Shin'un's caliber, we are not confident we can hold it off for three hours."
Upon hearing Fugaku Uchiha's words, Suzume nodded and waved to a nearby Anbu Ninja to inform Orochimaru was a kilometer away.
"Go and inform Orochimaru that Hirakawa Shin'un has transformed into a monster, and the barrier setup time has been reduced to one hour."
"Yes!"
Upon receiving Sparrow's order, the Anbu Ninja Body Flicker Technique away from their original spot.
Watching the departing figures of the Anbu Ninja, Sparrow turned her gaze back to the blue-purple figure in the distance.
Seeing that Hirakawa Shin'un had stopped his provocative movements and was staring straight in his direction, Que took a deep breath and said to the crowd on the city wall:
"Everyone! We must hold out for at least an hour."
"Clear!"
Perhaps it was the distant, irrational Hirakawa Shin'un who heard the shouts of the many Konoha Ninja. It slowly raised its arm, which was covered in hideous armor, and extended its sharp palm, aiming at the crowd on the city wall.
Seemingly sensing its master's will, the lightning sphere shining brightly in the center of the ring-shaped skeleton behind Hirakawa Shin'un suddenly began to fluctuate violently.
"Quickly, watch out for ranged Lightning Release attacks!"
Upon seeing such an obvious sign of attack, Sparrow immediately recalled the unforgettable pillar of lightning in his mind and shouted a warning to the surrounding ninjas to take cover.
A few breaths later, the lightning sphere behind Hirakawa Shin'un in the distance stirred. The intense lightning could no longer be contained, as if a hole had appeared in the high-pressure water sphere. Accompanied by terrifying power, a thick blue-purple lightning beam shot out.
"Boom!"
When the thunder subsided, a deep dent several hundred meters long appeared.
Along the way, the rock walls were breached, destroying a large number of Konoha buildings in Konoha and clearing out a clearing.
"This power is still terrifying..."
Seeing the terrifying power and range of the attack, the sparrow on the city wall couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"Fortunately, the surrounding Konoha residents had already been evacuated, otherwise hundreds would have been killed or injured in this attack alone."
Thinking of this, Que turned her head and looked over the remaining ninjas on the city wall, and breathed a sigh of relief.
No one was injured or killed.
"That's true, the signs of an attack are so obvious that it's easy to dodge."
"Although its power is considerable, it's still easy for agile ninjas to dodge; it's more suitable for dealing with large creatures like Tailed Beast..."
Thinking of this, Que noticed that Hirakawa Shin'un, not far ahead, made another move.
Perhaps realizing the awkward situation where the Lightning Pillar attack was too powerful but impractical, Hirakawa Shin'un chose other attack methods this time.
He lowered his arms, his face, completely encased in blue-purple armor with only a gaping maw visible, staring intently at the sparrow on the city wall.
Its legs were slightly bent, and the plasma flowing through the gaps in its carapace glowed.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang and a plume of smoke spreading outwards, Shin'un's body vanished from the spot in an instant.
"That speed!"
Upon seeing this, Que's pupils constricted, and all she could see was a blurry figure rapidly approaching her.
Time seemed to slow down at that moment.
Before the sparrow could react, Shin'un had already arrived in front of it.
With its face wide open and its blood-red maw bulging, Shin'un extended its sharp hand, covered in a hideous carapace, and reached straight for the sparrow's head.