Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, in just a few seconds, the vast sea of flames slammed into the ground.
A one-kilometer-wide sea of flames fell, turning the surface into an instant hell.
Huge flames burst out; those directly hit were instantly carbonized.
The erupted fire also sent other Kumo villagers into cries.
"Fire!"
"Put out the fire!"
"Run!"
"Enemy attack!"
"We can't extinguish it! AAAAH!"
All the Kumo people went mad, screaming and trying to flee.
But the power of a sage fire-style is several levels above ordinary fire jutsu.
The flame temperature was so high that once someone was touched by it, they basically couldn't escape the area and would be burned to death.
Of course, fire doesn't distinguish friend from foe, Rengoku would be burned too.
Only Rengoku had prepared in advance.
He clapped his hands; Sage Art, Fire Style, Demon's Lantern!
His whole body became a massive ball of flame and he flew out of the sea of fire's range.
After landing, Rengoku didn't even need Kagura's Mind Eye to sense two huge pools of chakra carrying murderous rage coming toward him.
"UCHIHA RENGOKU! YOU DESERVE TO DIE!"
Killer B roared, gathering lightning chakra around his body, charging at Rengoku with the momentum of wind and thunder.
He too wore a Tailed Beast Cloak; white bone protruded from his elbows, and the force was enormous.
But Rengoku was ready, his body instantly burst into countless crows. Accompanied by the "Kah! Kah! Kah!" of crow cries.
With a rumble, Killer B plunged headfirst into the ground.
From behind Killer B, a large number of fireballs shot out, attacking the crows.
Those were the Tailed Beast Balls spat out by the wooden person; the fireballs flew toward the crows.
Rengoku reappeared from among the crows, dodged the fireballs, planted his foot, and charged toward the wooden person.
Under the surge of chakra from the wooden person, she transformed into a fully tailed-beast form, Matatabi form.
But she didn't intend to fight Rengoku head-on.
Having been captured three years ago, the wooden person didn't have that courage.
After turning fully tailed-beast, she just ran faster.
With a gust of wind she instantly distanced herself from Uchiha Rengoku.
Seeing this, Rengoku had no intention of chasing her.
Instead he drew his weapon and charged at the Kumo shinobi who had escaped from the flames.
Only then did Killer B clamber out of the ground.
Furious, he immediately began pursuing Rengoku along with the wooden person.
Scht!
A flash of Rengoku's blade, a Kumo shinobi who had just escaped the fire grabbed his neck and fell clutching it.
He spun quickly; a slash struck Matatabi's cat claw.
Clang!
Sparks flew.
Rengoku used the force to ricochet, and with a suspended whip kick struck another Kumo's head.
The power under Sage Mode was enormous, that Kumo's head burst like a watermelon and he fell straight down.
After acquiring the perception of murderous intent, Rengoku's fighting style became more vicious.
Several times attacks from Killer B or the wooden person nearly hit him, and he only performed the minimum parries.
Sometimes he even tanked attacks from both to kill one more Kumo.
Although Rengoku was effectively attacked several times, under Sage Mode his defense was strong and never took a fatal wound.
Watching Rengoku slaughter their Kumo so wantonly, Killer B roared repeatedly, "Damn it! Rengoku, come fight me! You bastard! Idiot!"
Rengoku wiped the blood off his face. He'd just been grazed on the cheek and almost had it pierced.
Killing costs a little price.
"You Kumo are really sticklers for trouble, coming to Konoha to cause problems, did you ask me first?"
Rengoku's tone was icy; he ignored Killer B entirely.
He suddenly turned and glared at the two of them.
Startled, Killer B and the wooden person immediately stood together, afraid his Mangekyo Sharingan would forcibly control them.
But Rengoku only feinted; then he turned and cut down two more Kumo.
The Kumo were suffocated with humiliation.
One Kumo, unable to bear the disgrace, clung with all his strength to Rengoku's arm as Rengoku's blade came down; explosive talismans on his body sizzled.
Rengoku sneered, drew his weapon free, and kicked that man.
He was sent flying.
BOOM!
The explosion instead killed one of his comrades.
Rengoku then reversed to block Killer B's blade.
Unexpectedly, Killer B's blade suddenly erupted with massive lightning, paralyzing him for an instant.
Matatabi had already sprung her paw out and took the chance to stab at Rengoku's neck.
Rengoku calmly blocked with his other hand.
The palm was directly pierced by Matatabi's claws, two large holes torn through it, and two holes also in his forearm.
Rengoku slapped his long blade with his other hand; his weapon flew out and lodged into Killer B's shoulder.
Killer B staggered back several steps.
Suffering the pain, he pulled Rengoku's weapon out.
Rengoku, his hand pierced, grabbed Matatabi's claw with his other hand; chakra light appeared on the hand that had thrown the weapon.
It was a chakra scalpel.
Schl!
When he cut, the sage markings on Rengoku's body suddenly faded.
Matatabi screamed; the whole front paw lost sensation, quickly transitioning from full tailed-beast to half tailed-beast state.
"Haha, your Sage Mode is gone, die!"
Killer B and the wooden person were both Jinchuriki; the thing they feared least was an endurance war.
Although Matatabi lost a front paw, corresponding to a limb on her human side being disabled, a Jinchuriki's body could rapidly recover.
Now Rengoku's hand was pierced and his Sage Mode gone; they had confidence they could grind him down.
"Heh, did you think I came here to die?"
Rengoku gave a cold snort, took a smoke bomb from his tool pouch, and threw it to the ground.
"I'll come back again."
"Trying to run?", Killer B and the wooden person charged into the smoke together, not a single silhouette visible.
The instant the smoke rose, Rengoku entered the Null Horizon.
He slipped past Killer B and the wooden person.
Rengoku's left hand was basically half-disabled; after using his sage chakra, his defense wasn't that strong.
He had no intention of using Susanoo to brawl a Jinchuriki to death.
He retreated directly.
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[Kumogakure]
After Rengoku and Yagura's indiscriminate bombardment, Kumo village was full of huge craters.
The Raikage kept trying everything he could.
Until a voice came through his earpiece from Dodai, ["Lord Raikage, the modification is complete."]
The Raikage's spirit jolted; he immediately gave orders, "Quick! Bring them down!"
["Yes!"]
On a mountaintop fifty kilometers away, many Kumo wore helmets.
They poured chakra into a cannon-like machine.
Dodai was continuously calibrating Yagura's position.
["Calibration complete!"]
["Charging, 20%… 40%… 80%… 100%!"]
"Fire!"
A yellow circular energy cannon shot up toward the high altitude where Yagura Karatachi was located.
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