Looking at the cliff-like waves in front of him, the Third Raikage was enraged. Although the Hidden Cloud Village was not afraid of being submerged, such a wave would still cause heavy losses to the Hidden Cloud Village.
First, the houses on the outskirts would be washed away, and it might even impact the center of the Hidden Cloud Village, which would definitely result in many casualties.
However, the Third Raikage had no good solution. Although he was invincible in single combat, he did not possess any area-of-effect Ninjutsu, let alone Earth Release.
Most people in the Hidden Cloud Village only knew Lightning Release, and the few who knew Earth Release were not in the Village at the moment, so he was extremely helpless in the face of these towering waves.
But as the Third Raikage, he would never stand by idly. He immediately began to direct some Kumogakure Ninja to evacuate and rescue civilians.
Then, he personally used Four Finger Nukite, intending to cut through the waves so that their power would not directly impact the main areas of the Hidden Cloud Village.
This act was no less than Moses parting the sea, and he was punching through the waves with his own power. These waves were not small, reaching over a hundred meters in height and over a thousand meters in width, continuously surging and roaring.
Even if he managed to punch through the waves with Lightning Release, the conductive nature of Water Release would still cause the Third Raikage's Chakra to deplete rapidly.
However, he still did it, just like in the original work where he single-handedly held off ten thousand Iwagakure Ninja. He did not use One Finger Nukite, which had the strongest burst and piercing power.
Because splitting the waves required a continuous Impact, and while One Finger Nukite was strong, it was not suitable for continuous use; if he kept using it, his fingers might break.
Four Finger Nukite was most suitable for slashing, and the waves themselves were not tough things. However, splitting them was simple, but the most vexing part was that the waves would converge again due to gravity.
"Four Finger Nukite!" The lightning around the Third Raikage seemed to explode, and then he stomped, shattering the rocks on the ground, instantly appearing before the waves.
His four fingers, wrapped in Lightning Release Chakra condensed to the extreme, easily cut through the waves, delving deep like a sharp sword.
The waves were cut open from the middle, like wood being fed into a cutting machine. The waves were pushed away to both sides by the immense force, forming a strait made of waves in the middle.
The Third Raikage seemed to have transformed into lightning. The trail he left behind was still condensed, unyielding lightning. The Third Raikage deliberately left this lightning to prevent the waves from rejoining.
From the sky, one could seemingly see a lightning spear piercing into the waves, and then the waves separated. The ionized barrier formed by the lightning prevented the waves from converging.
However, human power has its limits. The Third Raikage had only gone halfway when he felt that most of his Chakra had been consumed, with the majority used to maintain the separation of the waves behind him.
It was equivalent to giving the waves a Lightning Release armor, an incredibly unbelievable feat, like something out of a myth, yet he still accomplished it.
Countless Kumogakure Ninja watched this scene excitedly, seeing the waves split from the very center of the Village, only destroying some houses on the Village's periphery.
The Eight Trigrams Eight People were busy escaping and did not control this Water Release, so its power was not as strong as if a Ninja had directly controlled it.
Neither the impact nor the underwater currents and undertows were set, which allowed the Third Raikage to hold on until the end, but they also successfully escaped.
The Third Raikage collapsed from exhaustion. Splitting these waves, which had no follow-up power, ultimately drained the Third Raikage's Chakra, and he would not recover for several days.
Fortunately, the Third Raikage did not die, but the anger in his heart did not diminish at all, because the entire Raikage Tower had been plundered.
Confidential files, some unspeakable arrangements, the list of spies arranged by the Hidden Cloud Village, as well as Forbidden Technique and Ninjutsu, everything was swept clean.
The loss of Ninjutsu and Forbidden Technique alone was enough to create a new Hidden Cloud Village, while the loss of confidential files and the spy roster would make the Kumogakure Ninja blind.
"Damn you, Ōnoki! I will definitely kill him!" The Third Raikage directly blamed Ōnoki. He was only trying to investigate the true culprit and force Ōnoki to help find the true culprit and provide compensation.
Ōnoki's people would not act while wearing Iwagakure Ninja uniforms, but it was not impossible. However, Iwagakure did not have that many Water Release experts.
The Third Raikage suspected that the Third Mizukage had arranged this incident. The Third Mizukage was too mysterious, and the Hidden Mist Village had always been isolated.
And the Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village did not participate in this joint operation. From both motive and capability, he was the most suspicious.
Therefore, the Third Raikage intended to launch a surprise attack on the Hidden Mist Village for revenge. He didn't need evidence, just suspicion, and he had coveted the Hidden Mist Village's Bloodline Limit for a long time.
Ling would not allow the Hidden Cloud Village and Iwagakure to fight, so this assassination was very necessary.
If Ling's Ling did not act, the Third Raikage's plan might actually succeed, but how could Ling allow them to unite?
At night, the Ling silently appeared at the Iwagakure encampment, directly slipping into a tent. This was the Jonin responsible for logistics at Iwagakure.
This Jonin was currently handling matters, with several Iwagakure Anbu beside him. He himself was an Elite Jonin, and he was in the main camp in the center of over ten thousand Iwagakure Ninja.
He had no idea he would be attacked, so when Ling pulled back the curtain, he thought it was an Iwagakure Ninja delivering files, but then a flash of lightning, a pain in his chest, and he croaked.
The Ling, the sailor, shook off the blood on his hand, which was repelled by the lightning, and then looked at the Iwagakure Anbu who were too shocked to react, revealing a cruel smile.
They didn't have time to call for help; they were too weak and were easily knocked out by the Ling. The reason for not killing them was, first, that too much killing would leave a strong smell of blood, making it easier to be discovered.
Second, there had to be some witnesses to pin the blame on the Kumogakure Ninja. Ling walked to the next tent without changing his expression, performing the same operation.
Since it was late at night, many of the Anbu on duty had already been dealt with by the Ling. Now, going tent by tent, he quickly killed seven or eight people.
However, he was eventually discovered. Screams, shouts for help, and chaos erupted, while the Ling silently left the Kumogakure camp.
Sunagakure's main camp, about ten kilometers away from Iwagakure's main camp, the Ling arrived, and the Sunagakure Ninja had no reaction either, with similar operations.
However, when he was halfway through the killings, Chiyo, who was a light sleeper and contemplating how to unseal her brother, noticed some movement.
At first, she couldn't believe someone would dare to infiltrate the Sunagakure main camp, but upon hearing the piercing sounds and thuds again, she immediately reacted.
She then rushed out of her tent and directly detonated some Exploding Tags. The explosions woke up the sleeping camp, but they couldn't find the enemy immediately.
Someone still located the enemy in the center by the direction of the sounds and fire, while Chiyo had already blocked the entrance to the tent the Ling had entered.
"Little thief, are you really from the Hidden Cloud Village?" Chiyo was certain that this young man showed no signs of transformation Ninjutsu, so for now, she assumed he was a Kumogakure Ninja.
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