Chapter 249: The Mist's Two Choices
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The Tailed Beast Ball, which condensed the entire power of the Three-Tails Isobu and was capable of completely wiping half a ninja village off the map, seemed like a child's thrown ball in front of the even more colossal Perfect Susano'o. It was simply not worth mentioning!
Facing the Tailed Beast Ball, which hurtled towards it carrying an aura of absolute destruction, the Perfect Susano'o's cold gaze, hidden beneath its heavy battle helmet, did not waver in the slightest.
Its massive hands, covered in crimson armor, firmly gripped the hilt of the colossal, door-sized Lava Giant Blade.
Just as the Tailed Beast Ball was about to impact the Susano'o's breastplate
Swoosh !!!
A crimson, scorching arc was violently swung out at lightning speed, faster than the reaction time of elite ninjas!
The trajectory of the blade seemed to briefly slice open a rift in space itself!
The instant the edge of the Lava Giant Blade touched the surface of the pitch-black Tailed Beast Ball.
An extremely bizarre, absolute silence, as if all things had returned to stillness, instantly enveloped this piece of the world.
The initial shockwave of the destructive energy collision surpassed the range of ordinary hearing capture.
The distant onlookers even had the illusion that time and space had been frozen.
As if the entire world had turned into a static, black-and-white oil painting.
The next moment!
Sizzle !!!
Like a red-hot treasure sword slicing into a large slab of butter, or a wave of hot air dissolving ice and snow.
The highly compressed and extremely unstable Tailed Beast Ball did not undergo the anticipated world-shattering explosion upon contact with the Lava Giant Blade's edge.
Instead, it was cleanly and seamlessly sliced into two halves by the blade's edge!
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
The Tailed Beast Ball, precisely sliced in half, lost the balance and stability of its Yin and Yang Chakra energy.
It transformed into two slightly smaller, dark-black energy masses, which screamed past the left and right sides of the Perfect Susano'o.
They flew toward the distant sky behind it.
Almost simultaneously, in two different areas several kilometers behind the Susano'o, two massive explosive fireballs, comparable to tall mountains, erupted!
The dazzling light instantly illuminated the sky.
Momentarily overshadowing the sun's brilliance!
The terrifying shockwave of the explosion, following later but catching up, swept up a destructive gale like the roar of a natural disaster, fiercely churning and tearing the high-altitude clouds into wisps.
On the ground, massive rocks, the size of houses, were uprooted, then torn and ground into the finest dust in mid-air.
The vast primal forest in the area behind was instantly annihilated by the core high temperature and impact of the explosion.
Leaving behind only two gigantic, scorched, deep craters with glass-like edges!
Even separated by several kilometers, the ground beneath Ikeizumi Uchiha's feet still trembled and groaned violently.
Like a high-intensity earthquake, fierce cracks spread out like spiderwebs.
Two colossal mushroom clouds, mixed with flame and dust, slowly rose behind the Perfect Susano'o.
At the same time.
The momentum of the Perfect Susano'o's slash that split the Tailed Beast Ball did not diminish in the slightest!
The trajectory of the blade swept up a crescent-shaped, crimson shockwave composed of highly condensed Lava Release Chakra!
The visible shockwave was like the scythe of the Grim Reaper.
It easily sliced open and melted the ground ahead, ploughing a straight, deep, gigantic chasm with dark-red lava flowing at its edges.
The lava slash, with its all-tearing speed, hurtled directly toward the Three-Tails Isobu, which was limp with exhaustion and frozen in place!
The height of that vertical crimson lava slash even exceeded the Three-Tails Isobu's small-mountain-like colossal size.
It occupied its entire field of vision!
The Three-Tails Isobu, whose aura was clearly weakened due to the exhaustion from the Tailed Beast Ball, instantly widened its single eye to the maximum.
Its pupil reflected the increasingly close, scorching crimson that seemed to fill the entire world!
Fast!
Too fast!
It was so fast that it didn't even have time to raise a claw in defense!
Its vision was completely devoured by the destructive crimson!
It couldn't even see anything else in its peripheral vision, as if only this life-ending slash remained in the entire world.
The next second!
PFFFFT !!!!
There was no world-shattering collision sound, only a heart-palpitating muffled thud of a blade cutting through tough leather!
The crimson lava slash utterly consumed the Three-Tails Isobu's colossal body!
Its proud, heavy carapace, tough enough to withstand Ninjutsu bombardment, was rendered useless before this lava slash.
The extreme high temperature instantly melted through it, and the terrifying impact force immediately followed, completely tearing it apart!
A crimson arc of light flashed vertically through the very center of the Three-Tails Isobu's body!
CRACK !!!
The Three-Tails Isobu's massive body, like a precisely cut sculpture, began to irreversibly split into two halves, moving toward the left and right!
The severed edges were smooth as a mirror, showing a glass-like state due to the instantaneous high temperature.
Scorching lava flowed slowly within them. RUMBLE!!!
RUMBLE!!!
The colossal body, sliced into two, lost all support and heavily tilted and smashed onto the ground on both sides, stirring up a sky full of dust.
The Tailed Beast's tremendous life force rapidly dissipated at a visible rate, like air leaking from a punctured balloon!
And the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, positioned directly above the Three-Tails' head, was utterly vaporized by the extreme high temperature the instant the lava slash reached the body.
Leaving no trace of his existence.
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE !!!
Even more astonishingly, the power of the lava slash, after completely tearing the Three-Tails apart, barely diminished. It continued to advance with devastating force, slamming fiercely into the huge mountain behind the Three-Tails Isobu!
The entire mountain, as if cleaved by a giant axe wielded by a god, exhibited a straight, smooth, gigantic cut surface from peak to foot!
Immediately after, the mountain emitted a groan of distress and collapsed violently toward both sides!
Countless tons of massive rock poured down like a waterfall, quickly burying the Three-Tails Isobu's bisected remains completely.
Rolling dust surged toward the sky like a sandstorm.
The dust obscured the sun!
When everything slowly settled, the debris ceased falling, and the dust gradually cleared the entire area fell into a deathly silence.
Only the "glug-glug" sound of the lava chasm flowing and the "snap" of the still-burning flames in the distance reminded people that this place had just endured a battle far beyond the imagination of ordinary ninjas.
Three-Tails IsobuDeceased!
Yagura KaratachiDeceased!
[Ding! You have successfully executed an act of Absolute Justice! Gained a Chakra Volume amplification reward! Congratulations on acquiring:]
[①: "Tailed Beast Ball"! Even though you are not a Tailed Beast, you can now form the Tailed Beast Ball which has a base power determined by your Chakra volume with your bare hands by subtly manipulating the ratio of Yin and Yang Chakra properties.]
[②: "Water Release: Water Mirror Technique"! Can create a mirror made of water. The mirror will reflect the enemy's attack and counterattack the enemy with the exact same attack, with equal power.]
In the distance.
Kijiro, Izumi, and Jūzō Biwa, who were desperately fleeing, abruptly stopped at almost the exact same moment.
Because the sense of devastating crisis had receded like a tide.
They had turned back just in time to witness that divine-punishment-like strike and the instantaneous defeat and demise of the Three-Tails Isobu and the Mizukage.
Jūzō Biwa first stiffly turned his head and looked at the two distant areas leveled by the residual blast of the Tailed Beast Ball.
The hellish, scorched earth scenery made his eye twitch slightly.
Subsequently, his gaze fell upon the gigantic mountain that had been sliced in half and had completely collapsed.
The usual coldness on his face could no longer be maintained. Carrying the Kubikiribōchō, he subconsciously swallowed hard, muttering in a dry voice: "This... why do I feel like Ikeizumi Uchiha still had energy to spare? How is it that the Fourth Mizukage, plus the power of the Full Tailed Beast Transformation, felt like they couldn't even force Ikeizumi Uchiha to go all out?"
That single slash had utterly shattered all of Jūzō Biwa's previous frameworks of "power" cognition.
That was no longer a battle between ninjas!
Simultaneously, a huge doubt uncontrollably rose in his mind: "Since he possesses such crushing power, he could clearly subdue the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails in a simpler, lower-profile manner. Why did he have to make such a colossal commotion?"
Kijiro had already reverted to his plump ninja cat form.
It licked its paw, musing speculatively: "Meow, Ikeizumi-sama did this likely not just to execute justice. He's more likely sending a warning. Informing all the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village, and even the entire Land of Water, in the most direct and shocking way "
It paused, a flash of understanding in its cat eyes: "Informing them that Absolute Justice has arrived in the Land of Water!"
"There are only two paths laid out before all Mist ninjas."
Kijiro continued in its peculiar accent: "One is to follow the Fourth Mizukage's path, choosing to be an enemy of Absolute Justice. If so this is the consequence; the second is to cooperate honestly. Perhaps there will be a way out."
"Of course."
Kijiro added: "If they are villains already stained with sin, then no matter which they choose, they only have one path death."
Jūzō Biwa was stunned by these words: "This "
He gazed at the apocalyptic scene ahead, as if the area had been bombarded by meteorites, and his mouth twitched: "Such a 'warning' is a bit too exaggerated "
Izumi Uchiha immediately interjected: "But this is very consistent with Ikeizumi-senpai's style of doing things! Senpai dislikes trouble and roundabout political maneuvering the most."
"If a single, sufficiently impactful 'display' can deter potential enemies and save countless troubles in the future then Ikeizumi-senpai will absolutely not hesitate to flex his 'muscle'."
She recalled her experiences in the Konoha Village, saying earnestly: "This is perhaps why Ikeizumi-senpai's execution of justice in the village is always so dramatic."
And the effect, in the young girl's eyes, was remarkably clear.
Many ninja clans and high-ranking officials in Konoha had already been deeply intimidated by Ikeizumi-senpai's immense power.
Ikeizumi's gaze swept across the scorched earth, finally landing on Jūzō Biwa: "Now, Ikeizumi-senpai has displayed the power of Absolute Justice to your Hidden Mist Village in the most direct way."
"The next step is to see how the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village choose."
Jūzō Biwa:
"... "
On the other side, the moment the collapsing mountain completely buried the Three-Tails' remains.
Mei Terumī and Ao, after the initial extreme shock,
Rushed toward the direction of the collapsed mountain almost without hesitation.
They pushed their speed to the limit, enduring the continuous falling debris from the sky, still clinging to a sliver of hope.
When they rushed into an area about one kilometer from the collapsed mountain, Ao suddenly stopped. The veins around his eyes bulged violently as he activated the Byakugan's insight to the extreme!
His vision instantly penetrated the layers of piled-up rocks and pervasive dust.
Scanning the ruins rapidly.
However, the next second
Ao froze stiffly in place, as if under a paralysis jutsu, unable to move.
The color drained from his face, which was covered in a look of stunned disbelief.
Mei Terumī's heart sank. She had naturally seen the change in Ao's expression.
She asked: "Ao! How is Mizukage-sama?"
Ao turned his head mechanically, his voice hoarse from extreme shock. He murmured: "Mizukage-sama's Chakra signature has completely vanished! He is dead!"
"And the Three-Tails... the Three-Tails' vast Chakra is also rapidly dissipating. This means... Mizukage-sama and the Three-Tails Isobu were killed at the same moment by that Konoha Lava Release Beast!"
Mei Terumī: "!!!"
Although she had an ominous premonition, at the moment the death was confirmed, she still felt a surge of intense disbelief.
So much so that she seemed somewhat dazed.
She had anticipated that Mizukage-sama might not be Ikeizumi Uchiha's opponent, and might even be defeated and killed.
But she absolutely did not anticipate the process to be so swift and decisive.
This was not a battle; it was a unilateral, crushing slaughter!
Mizukage-sama probably didn't even have a chance to touch the hem of the opponent's clothes from beginning to end!
And the power Ikeizumi Uchiha displayed had already exceeded the limits of her cognition of the concept of a "ninja."
Mei Terumī also realized that she didn't feel much sadness in her heart.
More of it was shock, terror...
Perhaps, in the deepest part of her heart, the Fourth Mizukage, who relentlessly deepened the Bloody Mist Policy and led the Mist Village into an even more closed and dark era, was not the Mizukage she was willing to pledge allegiance to.
Thinking this.
Mei Terumī's emotions were complex.
"Mei Terumī-sama "
Suddenly, Ao's voice rang out again. This time, his voice was filled with uncontrollable shock: "That... that monster... seems to be looking at us!"
What?!
Mei Terumī suddenly snapped out of her chaotic thoughts. An icy chill instantly shot from the soles of her feet up to her head.
She instinctively raised her head, looking toward the heaven-defying crimson Susano'o in the distance.
She saw the massive eye sockets beneath the Perfect Susano'o's battle helmet, which burned with cold karmic flames...
It seemed to have truly crossed the distance of several kilometers.
And accurately locked onto the position where the two of them currently stood!
Mei Terumī instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
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