Chapter 134: Third Raikage's Breakthrough to Top-Tier Armament Haki, Black Lightning Hell Thrust Devastates Hiruzen, Naraku's Remote Intervention, and Horrific Flesh-Ball Transformation
A powerful heartbeat thundered from the Raikage's chest. He suddenly felt a surge of inspiration, gaining deeper insight into Haki.
In this moment, his Armament Haki broke through to top-tier!
Once again squeezing every last drop of chakra from himself, he coated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode with Armament Haki from the inside out.
As he released that Armament Haki-infused Lightning Release chakra outward in pulsing waves,
unlike his usual blue Lightning Release—this time he unleashed the black Lightning Release he had painstakingly developed.
(This black Lightning Release could concentrate attacks on a single target while spreading outward—after the Third Raikage's death, it was inherited solely by Darui.)
Combined with black Armament Haki, it manifested as a black sphere expanding outward. Every Wood Release it touched along the way was instantly destroyed and disintegrated into nothing.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils locked onto the Third Raikage A. He never expected the Raikage—whose chakra had been devoured to the point he could no longer maintain Lightning Release Chakra Mode,
and whose surface flesh was being consumed—could still break through!
The Third Raikage A saw Sarutobi Hiruzen again and roared in fury: "Sarutobi Hiruzen! Your death is near!"
Then he formed hand seals and threw one final punch.
In an instant, leopard-shaped black lightning burst from his body—then layered with Armament Haki.
The originally illusory leopard seemed to solidify, clad in black iron armor.
Roaring, it charged straight toward Sarutobi Hiruzen!
Though the actions seemed complex, they happened at terrifying speed.
By now Sarutobi Hiruzen had already channeled chakra to control massive new trees, sending them lunging toward the Third Raikage A and the black leopard.
Yet when the wood blocked the black leopard's path, it couldn't stop its charge at all.
Meanwhile the wood about to wrap the Third Raikage A again was blocked by him.
At this moment the Third Raikage A reactivated Lightning Release Chakra Mode—but unlike before where he coated his flesh in Armament Haki,
this time he directly coated the Lightning Release armor on his body surface with Armament Haki.
In that instant, his Lightning Release armor seemed to become tangible. Facing Armament Haki-infused Lightning Release chakra,
Sarutobi Hiruzen's Wood Release could only be continuously eroded!
The black leopard drew ever closer to Sarutobi Hiruzen. Sarutobi Hiruzen simply gave up controlling Wood Release.
He gripped Infinite again, attempting to use its ability to absorb moderate Lightning Release—or even rebound it—to block the Third Raikage's Haki ninjutsu.
Sarutobi Hiruzen enlarged and thickened Infinite, smashing it down at the black leopard with full force.
But what happened next left Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes wide in disbelief—the terrifyingly fast black leopard leaped, dodging the staff strike.
It lunged straight toward his abdomen!
The instant the black leopard contacted Sarutobi Hiruzen's Wood Release armor, black Lightning Release infused with top-tier Armament Haki instantly spread across his entire body.
Even someone as strong as Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a muffled groan of pain and briefly lost the ability to move!
Moreover, the now-smaller black leopard's penetration power and momentum actually increased!
It continued drilling relentlessly into his abdominal armor.
One second, two seconds, three seconds!
The black leopard pierced through the armor and drilled into Sarutobi Hiruzen's abdomen.
Even more powerful black Lightning Release—carrying top-tier Armament Haki—exploded inside Sarutobi Hiruzen!
In an instant it destroyed his internal organs and torso!
Sarutobi Hiruzen—now reduced to a charred corpse—collapsed with a thud. At this point his flesh seemed fully carbonized; the armor cracked and fell away piece by piece, revealing the charred body beneath.
Only the head armor—for some reason—didn't disappear.
"Sensei!" The three Sannin—who were entangled with Ōnoki—saw this scene and shouted loudly.
Ōnoki laughed wildly upon seeing it: "Sarutobi Hiruzen is dead!"
Shimura Danzō glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen then continued frantically killing nearby ninjas to feed Dakkon.
Konoha ninjas' morale plummeted upon seeing the Hokage fall; Iwa and Kumo ninjas' morale soared.
Especially Kumo ninjas—they charged madly at Konoha forces while shouting "Long live the Raikage!"
Didn't Iwa ninjas shout too?
A few hot-headed ones yelled twice before catching their leader's death glare—and shut up!
Naraku watched the Raikage's performance and nodded in satisfaction.
To creatively think of coating Armament Haki onto Five Release ninjutsu—coating the Lightning Release armor was one thing,
but even attaching it to detached ninjutsu and remotely controlling Armament Haki for dodging.
Those points might not be especially hard to understand—but executing them was incredibly difficult.
The gap between knowing and doing was too vast. Naraku could guess with his butt that the Third Raikage had broken through to top-tier Armament Haki!
Rounded up, it was equivalent to Naraku—through peerless talent, unbreakable will, and terrifying luck—breaking through to top-tier Armament Haki.
Standing at the pinnacle of Armament Haki!
And he was only 12 years old this year!
As for the actual Sarutobi Hiruzen, Naraku felt now wasn't the time for him to die.
From afar, Naraku remotely commanded Infinite with Weapon Sovereignty.
Following Naraku's order, Infinite—now reduced to a helmet—used faint, eerie blood-flesh black threads to connect to the armor fragments scattered beside Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Then they all drilled into Sarutobi Hiruzen's body.
Afterward, Infinite Armor's forced-healing trait activated!
Sarutobi Hiruzen's body began to grotesquely swell. During the swelling, countless bizarre vines indiscriminately bound surrounding ninjas.
Many ninjas didn't even have time to scream before being devoured into dried husks. The Third Raikage A—who had already turned to leave—suddenly sensed something with Observation Haki. He grabbed a bizarre vine with his hand.
Turning back, he saw a scene that made SAN values plummet.
Countless vines spread outward with Sarutobi Hiruzen at the center—no, at this moment Sarutobi Hiruzen was no longer recognizable as human—just a grotesque ball of red-and-green flesh.
These vines were impaled with one ninja after another—their mouths stretched wide, long since turned into horrific dried corpses!
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