Two hundred meters away, behind a rock, Uchiha En wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
That was genuinely dangerous just now. The Stone Giant moved too fast. If he hadn't possessed instant movement, he probably would have been smashed into meat paste.
Uchiha En rested for a moment, then turned to look at the Stone Giant summoned by Kitsuchi.
Based on its appearance, this Stone Giant resembled Ōnoki's Rock Golem, but judging by the Stone Giant's structure, this technique seemed to be an improved version of the Rock Golem.
Comparatively, Kitsuchi's Stone Giant was much larger and more agile, sacrificing a certain degree of defense for immense offensive power.
After analyzing the characteristics of the Stone Giant, Uchiha En immediately teleported back to the battlefield.
When Kitsuchi sensed Uchiha En's Chakra, his expression turned grim. He clearly hadn't been able to sense Uchiha En's Chakra moments ago, so why did he suddenly appear now?
How did he avoid that punch?
Both his feet were trapped by the Swamp of the Underworld. Logically speaking, even the fastest Body Flicker Technique shouldn't have been able to dodge it.
Could it be Space-Time Ninjutsu?
"Kitsuchi, now it's my turn." Uchiha En's words interrupted Kitsuchi's thoughts.
The next second, Uchiha En vanished right before Kitsuchi's eyes.
Uchiha En instantly moved to the Stone Giant's right leg, where he condensed a purple Chakra sphere in his right hand and slammed it toward the Stone Giant's right leg.
Lightning Release: Rasengan
Because Uchiha En had developed the Lightning nature, he was extremely familiar with the nature transformation and form transformation of Lightning Release Chakra.
Therefore, he easily incorporated the nature transformation of Lightning Release Chakra into the Rasengan.
The Rasengan's power multiplied after the Lightning Release Chakra nature transformation was added.
Furthermore, Lightning Release inherently countered Earth Release, and the Stone Giant's right leg was instantly shattered.
With the collapse of its right leg, the Stone Giant immediately lost its balance, and its body began to shake violently.
Kitsuchi immediately increased his Chakra output, attempting to stabilize the Stone Giant, but before he could repair the right leg, Uchiha En rewarded the left leg with another Lightning Release: Rasengan.
Following this, Uchiha En's attacks grew increasingly fierce. Uchiha En's Sharingan located the weak points of Kitsuchi's Stone Giant, and he used Lightning Release: Rasengan to "detonate" them. Soon, Kitsuchi's Stone Giant could no longer hold up and collapsed.
To the people on the battlefield, the previous scene was just a series of purple flashes, after which the Stone Giant turned into a pile of rubble.
Kitsuchi climbed out of the rubble somewhat disheveled. Looking at the young man before him, a sense of frustration welled up in Kitsuchi's heart.
Just as Uchiha En was about to press the advantage, an explosion suddenly sounded in the distance.
Uchiha En paused momentarily and immediately turned his gaze toward Minato Namikaze and the Third Tsuchikage, who were not far away.
Kitsuchi sighed in relief, quickly treated his right hand, and simultaneously looked in Ōnoki's direction.
The battle between Minato Namikaze and Ōnoki was also fierce. Minato Namikaze's face used to always wear a bright smile, but now he looked tense. In all the time Uchiha En had known Minato Namikaze, this was the first time he had seen his expression so serious.
Like Uchiha En, Minato Namikaze, who was proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu, was a Speed-type Ninja, while Ōnoki was a Ninjutsu-type Ninja.
In a sense, Minato Namikaze was an Assassin, and Ōnoki was a Mage. Logically, Ōnoki should be completely countered by Minato Namikaze.
But Ōnoki was different from ordinary Mages—he could fly!
Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God was temporarily ineffective, and he was caught in a difficult battle.
Ōnoki, airborne, continuously used various Release techniques to force Minato Namikaze to use the Flying Thunder God for displacement, and the instant the displacement was complete, Ōnoki's Dust Release would land precisely where Minato Namikaze had moved.
Dust Release, a Kekkei Tōta superior to a Bloodline Limit, can reduce anything to molecules. Even Minato Namikaze had no good way to deal with Dust Release; he could only continuously use Flying Thunder God to move and evade Ōnoki's attacks.
Minato Namikaze felt helpless against Ōnoki's almost rogue fighting style. He had tried throwing flying thunder god kunai at Ōnoki in the air, but Ōnoki always managed to avoid them.
Minato Namikaze knew very well that this couldn't continue; he had to do something to resolve the current situation.
After a moment of hesitation, Minato Namikaze's eyes grew resolute. He threw a smoke bomb on the spot, obscuring Ōnoki's vision, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to move in another direction and threw a flying thunder god kunai at Ōnoki.
At the same time, Minato Namikaze formed hand signs and used the Third Hokage's signature Ninjutsu, the shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
One flying thunder god kunai instantly multiplied into hundreds.
Minato Namikaze's attack came from a very tricky angle, and the sheer number of flying thunder god kunai was too great. Ōnoki couldn't dodge in time and could only use Dust Release to completely envelop and destroy all the flying thunder god kunai.
However, to destroy hundreds of Kunai completely, the scale of the Dust Release had to be massive.
For such a large-scale Dust Release, which also had to envelop all the flying thunder god kunai, Ōnoki needed to focus entirely.
And while Ōnoki's attention was completely drawn by the flying thunder god kunai in front of him,
Minato Namikaze once again used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer, throwing a flying thunder god kunai at Ōnoki from a different direction.
The moment Ōnoki deployed his Dust Release, Minato Namikaze transferred to the flying thunder god kunai he had just thrown.
Minato Namikaze, appearing suddenly, slammed a Rasengan directly onto Ōnoki's waist before Ōnoki could even react.
A "crack" sound was heard, accompanied by a scream, and Ōnoki, clutching his waist, fell from the sky, landing exactly within the area covered by the smoke bomb.
The smoke on the ground hadn't completely dissipated, so Minato Namikaze cautiously used Flying Thunder God to transfer outside the smoke.
When the smoke cleared and Minato Namikaze saw Ōnoki's condition, he finally smiled again.
Everyone nearby had heard Ōnoki's scream earlier, and all eyes were focused on the clash between the highest combat powers of this war.
What they hadn't expected was that Ōnoki had actually lost—that was Ōnoki!
The strongest Ninja of the Land of Earth, who possessed the Kekkei Tōta—Dust Release, and was proficient in all Earth Release Ninjutsu, had actually lost!
With Ōnoki struck in the waist by Minato Namikaze's Rasengan right before their eyes, the Iwa-Suna Allied Forces on the battlefield fell silent.
"He's terrifying! Konoha's yellow flash is absolutely terrifying!" The one who broke the silence was an Iwa Ninja Jonin, who spoke with a look of horror.
This Iwa Ninja Jonin was one of the survivors of the Land of Frost battlefield. He had been on the Land of Frost battlefield the entire time and could be said to have witnessed Minato Namikaze's rise.
Now, encountering Minato Namikaze again at Mount Kikyo, it seemed the rumors circulating in the Land of Lightning at the time were true: Minato Namikaze's strength already surpassed that of the Five Kage.
Meanwhile, the Konoha Ninja cheered upon seeing Minato Namikaze defeat Ōnoki. Konoha had won the battle between the two highest combat powers.
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