Boom!!

The sound of explosions, the roar of Ninjutsu, and the clash of blades intertwined endlessly, tearing harsh battle cries through the night sky.

The Shinichi Battalion had been fighting and retreating, having withdrawn a considerable distance.

But even with Isshin charging and battling at the front, constantly disrupting one Kumogakure squad formation after another, and Shinichi repeatedly launching attacks from the shadows in support, the Village Hidden in the Cloud’s pursuit still clung tightly to them, because there were simply too many of them.

In contrast, not only was Konoha’s side at an absolute numerical disadvantage, but most of the team members were exhausted and injured, already nearing their limits.

"Increase the intensity of the attacks!" Toroi’s eyes were ice-cold as his voice spread across the battlefield. "I want every single one of these Konoha’s ninja buried here with no survivors!"

Although the Village Hidden in the Cloud had suffered disastrous losses during this period, especially with nearly 70% of the village’s logistics and medical systems destroyed, making this war difficult to sustain, as long as they could leave this group here forever, especially that of Shinichi Higashino, then everything would be worth it.

That was a future great enemy, a threat that absolutely had to be strangled in the cradle.

Toroi’s gaze was as sharp as blades as he firmly locked onto the figure rampaging through the various formations in the distance, his hands about to form seals.

At that moment, a vast, deep, heavy aura like an eternal mountain suddenly erupted from the depths of the forest ahead without warning, like an invisible tsunami that instantly covered the entire battlefield!

Hm?!

Toroi suddenly raised his head, his pupils shrinking violently!

At the same moment, the Adamantine Nyoi in Isshin’s hand, while he was slaughtering through the enemy formation, suddenly trembled violently!

Without hesitation, Isshin hurled the long staff with all his strength toward the forest ahead!

The pitch-black staff tore through the air, dragging a visible white airwave behind it like a meteor piercing the sky as it shot straight into the forest!

"Be careful!!"

The instant Toroi shouted sharply, a pitch-black figure had already burst out from the depths of the forest!

The speed was too fast, so fast that the eye could barely follow it! Only an elongated afterimage and a shrill scream tearing through the night sky remained!

The figure flipped in midair while sprinting forward, extending his right hand toward the void.

Pa!

He steadily caught the Adamantine Nyoi flying through the air!

At that moment, the staff and the man became one.

The next moment...

Buzz!!

The Adamantine Nyoi suddenly expanded, thickened, and became longer! 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Fifty meters! One hundred meters! Three hundred meters! Five hundred meters!

A colossal pillar reaching five hundred meters in length, with the tip as thick as a small mountain, stretched across the night sky!

Without pause or building momentum, the gigantic pillar already carried a terrifying force capable of crushing and suppressing everything as it smashed heavily toward the three hundred elite Kumogakure ninjas pursuing closest behind, less than a hundred meters away from the Konoha group.

It came crashing down!

Boom!!!

It was as if the heavens themselves had collapsed.

The instant the colossal pillar struck the ground, the earth caved in layer after layer like fragile flatbread!

The shockwave transformed into a visible circular airwave, carrying shattered stones, broken trees, tools, and human bodies as it swept madly in every direction!

Screams, the sound of bones shattering, the cracking of earth and stone, all of it was swallowed by that destructive explosion in that instant.

With just one strike.

The three hundred Kumogakure ninja at the very front of the pursuit were either dead or wounded.

The more than two thousand Kumogakure ninja following closely behind were thrown into complete chaos by the massive shockwave from the explosion, temporarily unable to advance further, fully displaying the overwhelming strength of the newcomer!

After unleashing that heaven-shaking strike, the newcomer flashed forward and arrived in front of the Konoha group.

It was the third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi!

"Hokage-sama!?"

"Hokage-sama!?"

The Konoha ninja all cried out in shock, their eyes filled with disbelief. The third Hokage had actually personally entered deep into enemy territory and appeared here!

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not turn around.

He merely planted the Adamantine Nyoi, which had already returned to its normal form, onto the ground, his gaze sharp as lightning as he looked toward the endless dust ahead, as though seeing through it to the Kumogakure forces beyond.

"Continue retreating."

Although he had absolute confidence that if he fought here with full strength, and coordinated with Orochimaru and the eight hundred elite subordinates rushing over afterward, they could annihilate these two thousand-plus Kumogakure ninja completely, the third Hokage knew very clearly that the purpose of his trip was only to rescue people.

No one knew how many more Kumogakure ninjas were converging on this location from every direction.

No one could guarantee that once they became entangled in prolonged combat, that old bastard, the third Raikage, would not personally lead the main force back in reinforcement.

Time was the deadliest enemy at this moment.

"Understood!"

Without further hesitation, the members of the Shinichi Battalion, despite their exhaustion, supported each other and retreated at full speed.

Meanwhile, on Village Hidden in the Cloud’s side...

"The third Hokage came too!?" Toroi was first shocked, then immediately turned and shouted sharply: "Send word immediately! Notify all surrounding units to gather here at full speed! At the same time, immediately send news of the third Hokage’s appearance here back to the village and inform Raikage-sama at the front lines!!"

"Fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh battalions! Flank from both sides immediately! No matter the cost, pin them down!"

While issuing orders, he stared fixedly at the thick cloud of dust ahead that had yet to disperse.

The dust was too dense, obscuring his vision and preventing him from seeing the reality within, but his hands had already completed their seals in an instant, chakra surging together wildly.

The elite Kumogakure ninjas around him, numbering hundreds of Jonin-level ninja, had likewise already finished their hand seals.

They are waiting for the dust to thin down slightly before unleashing a thunderous barrage!

However, before the dust even began to settle, an absolutely real sense of danger surged from Toroi’s heart, exploding violently from his chest!

Deep within the dust cloud, an enormous destructive energy capable of splitting mountains and crushing peaks is about to erupt!

"Attack! Hurry!!"

Toroi roared hoarsely as both hands thrust forward with full force.

Storm Style: Storm Dragon Light Wave!

At almost the exact same moment his voice fell, from within the dust cloud, five torrents of Ninjutsu with completely different colors and entirely different natures burst forth like ancient beasts breaking free from their restraints!

A roaring crimson torrent of fire!

A surging torrent of deep blue water!

A blinding torrent of blue lightning!

A heavy, solid torrent of earth!

A sharp howling torrent of green wind!

Fire, water, lightning, earth, wind!

Five Style Massive Combo Jutsu!

An ultimate combination of Ninjutsu developed by the third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

It required simultaneously controlling the chakras of five attributes, fire, lightning, water, earth, and wind, to activate, placing extremely high demands on the user’s chakra control and mastery over the five changes in chakra natures.

Why was the third Hokage called the Professor of Ninjutsu? Precisely because of this, his mastery over the Five Styles had all reached the level of a Master!

Boom!

The instant the five Ninjutsus were fired, they intertwined and amplified one another!

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