When we previously defeated Onoki and crippled the Blast Team, we should have withdrawn and let Onoki lose both his soldiers and his wife.
Such a large mobilization must not have been set up in just two or three days.
The trap grabbed him by the throat harshly from the back as soon as his greed arose.
Stay calm! I must stay calm! The Third Raikage kept reminding himself, being calm was essential at times like this, he must not step into the enemy's trap again.
Kunai bound with explosive tags showered down like a black storm, stabbing the ground at oblique angles, with flash after flash of explosions.
Flames and dust covered everything in front of the Third Raikage.
Not being a Perception Ninja, he could only rely on his exceptional reflexes to react.
Rock Spears, Rock Pillars, the continuous light of the explosions was endless.
Even a ninja like the Third Raikage, with a tough physique, felt a kind of exhaustion.
Having stayed in this dust-covered area for who knows how long, the Third Raikage gradually lost track of time, feeling only more and more tired.
Suddenly, a powerful presence approached him.
"Huh?"
The Third Raikage wanted to rush forward to fight but looked down to see something tightly binding his feet.
Boom!
That thing exploded.
The Third Raikage cried out in pain.
Even some Hidden Rock Ninja were surprised, as the blast's power was too strong, easily capable of harming their allies.
Could it be that some poor guy's explosives misfired and blew up? Unable to see the details of everyone through the dust, this was the only speculation they could make.
Wearing the Hidden Rock Ninja uniform and headband, one could tell this ninja was adept at Taijutsu.
As the Third Raikage, who was thrown and rolled on the ground by the intense explosion, just stood firm, this Hidden Rock Ninja reached the Third Raikage with stunning speed.
"You—"
The speed was so fast, the Third Raikage only managed to utter this word when his chest was pressed by a cold hand.
"Divine Sky Strike!"
Cough!
The Third Raikage was sent flying, the terrifying force directly hitting his internal organs, causing him to cough up blood for the first time.
He stared wide-eyed with lightning-filled eyes at the Hidden Rock Ninja, a delicate face with black pupils and long black hair, smiling brightly at him.
Holding a scroll stolen from his ninja tool bag, as if in show-off, made a silent farewell gesture to him.
"Bastard!"
Not only did that scroll contain the Six Paths Sage's Treasure Tool, the Amber Purifying Pot, but also the vast amount of minerals plundered within the Land of Earth recently, how could he hand it over so easily!
"Cough!"
Another cough, the Third Raikage's body stiffened, his steps stumbled slightly before coming to a stop.
"My heart being injured, is this the Hyuga Clan's..."
The Hidden Rock Ninja slowly put the scroll back into his ninja tool bag, decisively flipped his long black hair, turned, and walked into the depths of the dust, soon disappearing.
The Third Raikage prepared to endure the heart-wrenching pain and chase forward.
Suddenly, the ground turned black.
The labyrinth and the earth all vanished instantly.
The dust dispersed.
The Third Raikage stared dazedly at the vanishing ground under his feet, below was a bottomless abyss.
This was the Earth Style: Earthquake Core Jutsu utilized jointly by hundreds of rock ninjas.
"Onoki——!!!!"
The furious roar echoed in the abyss.
The Third Raikage's body plummeted sharply, falling into the bottomless chasm.
Even the sunlight couldn't reach here.
Onoki listened to the helpless, resentful, but powerless angry roar of the Third Raikage, feeling delighted.
Eliminating the Third Raikage would ensure the recapture of those stolen minerals.
"Oh Raikage, this is the place closest to hell, the magnificent tomb crafted especially for you..."