Looking at the Third Raikage far from where his attack had landed, Onoki clicked his teeth.
Opportunities like this were few and far between, and very unlikely to happen again.
And he proved he was right when the Third Raikage did not approach even when he descended a little and was only 10 meters from the ground.
This height was nothing for the Third Raikage, and he would have previously launched himself quickly in search of landing a blow in the air.
But now, the Third Raikage watched him from a distance with caution, his breathing still ragged.
Being one hair's breadth from death brought him sensations he hadn't felt in a long time.
After a few seconds, his heart stopped beating so fast and he was able to calm down completely.
"You had it very well hidden," said A, the third Raikage.
"It was a gift I had prepared especially for you."
"That's a shame," Onoki said, shrugging his shoulders.
The Third Tsuchikage said nothing more, but A understood that it was a shame that he did not receive it.
Looking at the Tsuchikage, who was shorter than his waist, A thought about how to face him now that he had the dust element at hand.
Although the dust element was powerful and would easily pierce his defense, his speed gave him the confidence to face Onoki.
He also always wanted to face Mu, but Mu died when he was young, and he was able to fulfill part of his wish by facing Onoki.
But suddenly, he looked into the distance and saw a large number of Rock ninjas approaching and stopping 2 kilometers away from them.
While fighting Onoki, they traveled to the coast and along the way encountered a large number of Rock ninjas.
But since it was a battle between two Kage-level powers, neither of them dared to approach and they grouped together at a distance.
But at that moment more ninjas arrived and formed a small army, at which point the Raikage knew that he could not fight with everything against Onoki or he would risk being surrounded when he was exhausted.
Knowing that he would gain nothing more by staying there, he retreated and ran out to sea, in the direction of where his village's ships were.
Since both countries were far apart, they could only travel by sea if they didn't want to pass through several countries in between.
As the Raikage withdrew without saying goodbye, Onoki remained in his position watching his departure.
Although they suffered several losses and were unable to recover the stolen items, they demonstrated their power, and no one would underestimate the Rock Village now.
Meanwhile, the ninjas from the Village Hidden in the Rock, who had been waiting in the distance, approached and looked at the Tsuchikage with admiration.
The Dust element was a myth to most of them who had never seen the Second Tsuchikage in action or who were not even born when he was alive.
Only a few had witnessed the destructive power of the dust element and understood what it meant for everyone.
The Third Tsuchikage was now the most dangerous ninja on the continent, and they looked at his floating figure with pride.
Onoki felt the gazes of his ninjas and smiled proudly.
Although he did not harm the Third Raikage, he forced him to retreat and it was unlikely that they would cause any more trouble.
And when he saw the ships in the distance sailing away with no intention of turning sideways to cause trouble elsewhere, he knew he was right.
Now he just had to stand guard for the next few days until his spies informed him that the Raikage had appeared in the Cloud Village and he could go to the other battlefields.
As their current whereabouts became known, the sand and the leaf have been restless at the borders.
Especially in the camp fighting against the Leaf Village, who have lost many squads and are at a disadvantage.
Furthermore, he also has to pay a visit to Hanzo to prove to him that the title of demigod is worthless.
While the Rock ninjas celebrated, the Cloud ninjas lost their triumphant gazes.
They were previously proud of having stolen so brazenly in the land of the earth.
But when the Third Raikage jumped and landed on one of the large ships, none of them had that smile.
They had all seen that enormous pillar of light and from a distance they could sense the danger.
Although they had succeeded in the mission, none of them were happy because they knew that it was now very dangerous to fight against the Rock village.
Looking at the faces of his subordinates, A grimaced.
His intention was to show his power to his men while humiliating the Tsuchikage.
But things didn't go as planned.
Without saying much, he ordered his men to take the ships and return to his country.
They had stolen enough things to sustain the village for a year and could be satisfied.
But no. Onoki now possessed the dust element, and A could not feel at ease.
When he returned to his village, he vowed to increase the intensity of his training.
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Days later, the explorers reported that the cloud ships disappeared from their maritime zone and soon spies in the cloud country also reported that they appeared on the shores of the lightning country.
Along with the reports shortly after the Raikage appeared in the Cloud Village, Onoki was calm as he returned to his village to sort some things out before traveling to the other battlefields.
And during all this time, news of his last battle against the Third Raikage spread throughout the continent.
And especially his ability to use the dust element was the center of attention for all the villages.
All the leaders of countries and high commands of the ninja villages gathered all the information about the dust element and thought of countermeasures.
Especially the villages at war with the Rock village.
Whether it was the Third Kazekage, the Third Hokage, or Hanzo, they all held emergency meetings when they received this information.
Known as the most powerful bloodline limit, the dust element was very difficult to deal with and defend against.
The Third Hokage gathered all the information that his master Tobirama Senju collected during the first world war about the Second Tsuchikage, Mu.
And although she had already read the information, she wanted to review the report again to clarify her memories.
Reading the report, he quickly found the mention of the dust element and how his master had dealt with that blood limit.
And he grimaced when he reread that his master used the Flying Thunder God in conjunction with a forbidden technique to deal with the Second Tsuchikage.
Hiruzen had never learned the first Jutsu, and the forbidden technique was a Jutsu that Hiruzen had not fully mastered.
The flying thunder god allowed the caster to quickly teleport from one place to another and escape the reach of the dust element attack.
And the Reincarnation of the Impure World was a forbidden technique that would summon the soul of a dead person and bind it to the body of a living sacrifice so that it could walk in the world of the living and obey the caster of the Jutsu.
The most striking feature of this technique was that the undead warriors possessed a kind of semi-immortality and regenerated from ashes.
Therefore, no matter how powerful the dust element was, it would not be able to eliminate these immortal warriors.
Despite being known as the Professor, Hiruzen knew he wasn't as good as his master and found it very difficult to learn these two jutsus.
Hiruzen could only create strategies based on his master's battle reports against the Second Tsuchikage.
It is not for nothing that he is called professor, so he quickly came up with several strategies to fight against Onoki.
A few days after receiving the report on the appearance of the dust element, Hiruzen left the village accompanied by an ANBU squad and headed towards the land of grass.
In the land of wind, things are the same.
The Third Kazekage left the Sand Village with a team of ANBU ninjas specializing in poison and puppets.
Knowing it would be difficult to catch Onoki off guard, he brought these ninjas specializing in poisons and puppets to keep Onoki on his guard and make him think twice before using the dust element.
After all, the dust element jutsu is not instantaneous, and Onoki could be killed if they're lucky.
In the land of rain, Hanzo also left his village.
Although he had heard about how powerful the dust element was, Hanzo was not afraid.
He wouldn't be an idiot to stand still and be attacked, and Onoki should first survive his poison before even thinking about fighting him.
He was the Demigod Hanzo, and he would show everyone his power by defeating Onoki.