High above the Land of Lightning.
Rengoku was still beating his enormous wings, flying toward Kumogakure.
It took him a few more hours than his real body, but the two Yaguras also reached their designated positions.
After arriving, more white paper floated off Rengoku's body, forming a pair of wings on Yagura's back as well.
However, those bright, pure-white paper wings would easily remind anyone of Konan's Paper Jutsu.
So, under Rengoku's instruction, he and Yagura both entered a half–tailed-beast state, dyeing their wings entirely red and black.
They also connected two of the three tails behind them to their backs.
From the outside, it looked like two of Isobu's tails had transformed into massive wings.
Rengoku had only just obtained the chakra transmission ability from the Nine-Tails.
So, in fact, both of their wings were being controlled by him.
In the shinobi world, there weren't many people who could fly.
At most, Kumogakure kept some eagles. But their air defense was only maintained within one or two hundred meters of altitude.
After all, even if there were flying ninja, their attack range never exceeded that height.
But today, they faced an exception.
Rengoku and Yagura's altitude was over two thousand meters high.
Rengoku's clone quickly used consciousness transmission to report the situation to his real body.
There was no need for any preamble, they attacked directly.
"Target this direction," Rengoku pointed to a position below, signaling Yagura to aim and fire there.
After all, Yagura didn't have Kagura's Mind Eye, at two thousand meters up, with clouds beneath them, it was impossible to see the ground.
Chakra surged from Yagura's body, and a Tailed Beast Ball formed before him.
Rengoku also transformed into Yagura's likeness, a Tailed Beast Cloak appearing over him as well.
Another Tailed Beast Ball gathered before his chest.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two fully charged Tailed Beast Balls shot straight down toward Kumogakure below.
Naturally, Kumogakure had a sensory barrier, but by the time they detected the incoming attack, it was already too late.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Just as the alarm began to sound, the two Tailed Beast Balls fell into Kumogakure almost simultaneously.
Because the distance was simply too great, both Rengoku and Yagura's aim was poor.
One hit the training grounds, while the other struck the building next to the Raikage's Tower.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Two thunderous explosions, dozens were instantly killed, and over a hundred injured.
"Help!"
"Oh my god!"
"Where did those Tailed Beast Balls come from?"
The Raikage was in the village at the time, he burst through the glass and landed at the explosion site.
Seeing the severe civilian casualties, his rage exploded.
Chakra surged wildly across his body, his hair standing completely on end.
"Damn it! Where did those Tailed Beast Balls come from?"
"Cee! What's the attack direction?"
The Barrier Unit was under Cee's command, they would definitely have information.
From the loudspeaker came Cee's voice, "Lord Raikage, the attack direction is above us, in the sky."
"How high?"
"Not detected yet, no one within five hundred meters."
"No one within one thousand meters!"
"No one within fifteen hundred meters!"
"Found them! Two thousand meters up! It's the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, and his mirrored clone!"
"He can fly!"
"He can fly after half–tailed-beast transformation!"
Hearing this report, the Raikage froze, 'What?'
'Yagura with flight ability?'
"Get the villagers to evacuate immediately!", the Raikage ordered the nearby Anbu.
The Anbu, wearing wireless earpieces, instantly relayed the command.
The village alarm sirens changed tone, from wailing to long, sharp beeps: BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Although the villagers had been trained to recognize that as an evacuation alarm, Kumogakure had never been invaded before.
Many people froze, not knowing how to react.
At that moment, the second volley of Tailed Beast Balls rained down.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Two massive mushroom clouds erupted.
This time, both blasts landed near the Raikage's Tower.
One struck the side of the tower directly, blowing open a gigantic hole.
Built against the mountain, the tower groaned creak, creak, creak, and began to collapse.
Panic swept through the streets as countless people fled, and Anbu scattered everywhere to rescue civilians.
From the loudspeakers, the message repeated over and over, "Villagers, follow emergency procedures and take shelter in the bunkers."
"Villagers, follow emergency procedures and take shelter in the bunk—"
The Raikage's face was ashen. No matter how strong he was, it didn't matter, he couldn't fly.
Just then, an Anbu beside him handed over a wireless earpiece, meaning what came next wasn't fit to be spoken aloud.
Putting it on, the Raikage immediately said, "This is Ay. Can we get close to the enemy?"
["Lord Raikage, our flying summoning beasts have the speed, but they can't beat Yagura."]
As he spoke, two giant eagles spiraled out of the sky and crashed to the ground, splattering into pulp.
The Kumogakure shinobi riding them barely managed to jump off before impact.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Boom! Boom!
Another two Tailed Beast Balls fell.
One blasted a massive crater in the road, while the other obliterated an entire building.
"Damn it!"
Enraged, the Raikage grabbed a nearby Anbu and roared, "Tell the aerial unit to take me up there."
The Anbu looked pained, "Boss, calm down! They're flying too high, if you fall, you'll die!"
Cee's voice came through the headset again, urging him, ["Boss, they're at four thousand meters now! You can't fight in midair without flight capability."]
["It's too easy to get shot down, and you've never trained for high-altitude descent. One mistake and you'll fall to your death!"]
["If you die, what happens to Kumogakure?"]
Before Cee's words had even finished, two more Tailed Beast Balls crashed down.
BOOM!
BOOM!
The building beside the Raikage was struck, instantly blown to rubble.
Chunks of stone and debris flew everywhere, pelting toward him.
With a furious roar, the Raikage smashed them apart with a single punch, shattering them into dust.
"DAMN IT ALL!"
———
At the same time that Kumogakure's side launched their attack, Rengoku's side began moving as well.
He couldn't use Tailed Beast Balls, nor did he intend to reveal that he could use Paper Jutsu.
But that didn't stop him from launching an aerial strike.
From high above, Rengoku retracted his wings and plummeted rapidly.
His dojutsu could summon four clones, Yagura's mirror clone, Orochimaru's body, Senku, and one more freed after Kushina's resurrection.
That extra one, Rengoku now used as a vessel for storing Sage chakra.
With a single thought, the clone vanished, flooding his body with a surge of Sage chakra.
Sage Mode, activate!
The markings of the sage appeared across Rengoku's face, his pupils turning to horizontal slits.
Forming hand seals at high speed, he gathered all the immense chakra in his body.
Ay tide-like surge of chakra rippled across the air above Kumogakure's encampment.
"Enemy attack! From the sky!"
Ay piercing cry came from one of the sensory ninjas.
Many looked up, and saw a vast sea of flames falling from the heavens like burning clouds.
Sage Art, Fire Style: Sea of Flames Descends!
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