[Madara Uchiha: Even Yin–Yang Release didn't cause much damage? That Jashin's soul regeneration is truly outrageous. And that was Senjutsu again… It seems this Jashin is extremely troublesome for Nagi.]
[Hashirama Senju: If he wants to win, he'll probably need even greater power. But forcibly using Senjutsu will place a heavy burden on his body.]
[Orochimaru: Indeed. When fighting Isshiki, Nagi forcefully absorbed an enormous amount of natural energy. His body could withstand it, but it placed a great strain on his mental strength.]
[Tobirama Senju: And to deal with a being whose regeneration is even stronger than Isshiki's, he'll likely need to draw on even more natural energy. That's dangerous for Nagi.]
Looking at the shattered Cloud–Lightning Gorge and the devastated land of the Land of Lightning, the shinobi of Kumogakure were momentarily dazed.
[Mabui: It seems the Land of Lightning will need to be rebuilt.]
[Dodai: Rebuilding is fine. As long as people aren't harmed, that's what matters.]
[Fourth Raikage A: Damn that Jashin and the Jashin Cult!]
[Ōnoki: Sigh… This Jashin is far stronger than the one from that world.]
[Shion: Inside that Jashin are demons such as Mōryō, Satori, and the Zero-Tails, among others. It has gathered the 'evil' of the world… This may become a catastrophe for the shinobi world.]
[Kakashi Hatake: Sigh… Human greed and distortion alone are terrifying enough. Add all that negative energy together, and this Jashin is practically a walking natural disaster.]
[The screen continues…]
Since the Kumogakure shinobi were only conducting interference attacks, whenever the Jashin struck at them, they enhanced their speed with Lightning Release, rapidly leaping to higher ground or diving into the sea to evade.
At the Jashin's mouth, a blood-red energy sphere dozens of meters wide began to gather before it was violently fired toward the Kumogakure forces.
The massive sphere was too large to evade.
At the critical moment, Nagi used the Flying Thunder God Technique, teleporting the energy sphere out to sea.
BOOM!!!
A thunderous explosion echoed across the distant ocean. Moments later, a powerful shockwave generated by the blast surged back toward them.
The Kumogakure shinobi were knocked to the ground by the overwhelming impact.
Watching the aftershock of the Jashin's attack, Nagi fell into thought.
"Such a wide attack radius… It seems I'll need to choose the battlefield more carefully next time. If this thing kills too many people and absorbs even more 'evil,' its strength could break through to another level."
He turned to Cee, who stood behind him.
"How is the evacuation of the Land of Lightning's civilians?"
Cee replied immediately.
"Most of them have already evacuated into the territories of the Land of Earth and the Land of Water."
After speaking, Cee handed Nagi a map showing the evacuation routes.
After scanning it briefly, Nagi nodded. This would greatly reduce the casualties caused by the Jashin's attacks.
He then expanded the size of the Truth-Seeking Orb sword in his hand.
"Continue interfering with its vision. Samui, Shizuka, you two intercept any attacks it launches at the Kumogakure forces."
"Yes!" ×N
Nagi slashed his sword toward the Jashin's face.
Seeing this, the Jashin quickly raised its right hand to block its head.
But the expected pain never came.
Confused, it lowered its hand—only to feel a sudden loss of balance.
Nagi's strike had destroyed the ground beneath its feet.
Without the support of the earth, the Jashin's lower body plunged into the sea while its upper body collapsed onto the canyon floor, its head facing the shinobi.
The Kumogakure forces seized the opportunity.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Pillar!" ×N
"Storm Release: Laser Circus!" ×N
Cee, Darui, and the other Cloud shinobi unleashed the two techniques simultaneously.
Brilliant flashes erupted everywhere.
The Jashin's eyes were suddenly overwhelmed by the blinding light, causing it to clutch its face in pain.
Seeing the opening, Nagi acted instantly.
He infused a massive amount of Senjutsu chakra into the Truth-Seeking Orb.
"Senjutsu: Yin–Yang Sword!"
With a Body Flicker, Nagi appeared before the Jashin's chest and swung his blade.
But just as the strike was about to land—
The claw that had been covering the Jashin's eyes suddenly lashed out from the side.
Caught off guard, Nagi was struck and blasted back onto the cliffs of Cloud–Lightning Gorge.
At that moment, the Jashin stood there holding two bloody eyeballs in its hand. Its empty eye sockets streamed with blood.
Yet moments later—
Its eyes regenerated completely.
"So it gouged out its own eyes just to avoid the pain from the light… With regeneration like that, it can really do whatever it wants."
At that moment, another massive blood-red energy sphere began gathering in the Jashin's mouth.
Seeing this, Nagi prepared to teleport it away with Flying Thunder God.
But unexpectedly—
The Jashin suddenly raised its head and fired the sphere toward the distant horizon.
"Hm?"
Nagi sensed the trajectory of the energy sphere.
It didn't appear to be heading toward the refugee evacuation zones in the Land of Lightning.
Expanding his sensory range—
Nagi suddenly discovered something.
"Not good!"
Land of Lightning Border
A group of Iwagakure forces was secretly advancing toward Kumogakure.
Several vanguard members discussed among themselves.
"Hey, Akatsuchi, why are so many people from Kumogakure showing up in our Land of Earth?"
"Who knows? But the Tsuchikage has already sent people to negotiate with them."
"Then why are we heading to Kumogakure?"
"Hmph. Since so many of them came into our territory, they should at least show some appreciation. Besides, we're just helping them check if they left anything behind in Kumogakure."
"Exactly. We're helping them move their belongings. Those Cloud brutes must have left plenty of good stuff behind."
They chatted as if they were doing Kumogakure a favor.
But the dozens of shinobi above ground were merely a cover.
The real force consisted of hundreds—perhaps thousands—of Iwagakure shinobi digging beneath the earth.
After receiving the evacuation letter sent by Mabui and the others—stating that Kumogakure had encountered trouble and wished to temporarily take refuge in Iwagakure—Ōnoki and the village leadership had initially scoffed.
He believed the Cloud brutes must be plotting something.
However, when he saw tens of thousands of refugees from the Land of Lightning, he was stunned.
What is this? Are they fleeing a famine?
But after reconsidering, Ōnoki realized this was an opportunity.
Such a hurried, large-scale evacuation meant many valuable resources were probably left behind.
Thus he dispatched dozens of shinobi on the surface under the pretense of helping retrieve items.
Even if they were discovered, it wouldn't matter.
Because his true objective was to dig secret tunnels and establish hidden underground bases beneath Kumogakure.
In the future, during a war with Kumogakure, these could serve as surprise attack routes.
And the shinobi of Iwagakure were masters of underground excavation.
In a short time, they had already dug numerous tunnels hundreds of meters underground.
At that moment—
Several sensor-type ninja suddenly sensed something terrifying.
They stopped in their tracks and shouted:
"Stop immediately!"
"Something terrifying is coming!"
But it was already too late.
Everyone looked up—
And saw a blood-red energy sphere nearly a hundred meters in diameter crashing down toward them.
BOOM!!!
The energy sphere struck the location of the Iwagakure forces and detonated violently.
The shinobi on the surface didn't even have time to react before being obliterated.
The explosion's shockwave instantly spread underground.
The Iwagakure shinobi still digging tunnels only had time for one final sight before death—
The entire tunnel was swallowed by a blinding crimson light.
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