Since she was unleashing such a powerful ninjutsu, Torifu naturally could not sit idly by.
He raised the Crane Cry Sword high. Immediately, blasts of cold wind began to blow on his side, and a large amount of Ice Style chakra was injected into the sword.
One of ice and one of fire, the two seemed to be in a world of ice and fire, one scorching hot, one freezing cold.
The ninjutsu released by both sides was also incredibly intimidating. It was impossible to determine who would gain the upper hand and win today.
But they both knew that this single strike would determine the outcome!
As Blaze continued to charge, the ground suddenly began to crack. Countless fissures appeared with her at the center!
And all these fissures were burning with raging flames! It was like being in a hell of fire. Under such high-temperature scorching, a normal person could not possibly survive.
But Blaze felt no discomfort. Her entire body was surrounded by flames. She closed her eyes and released all the chakra in her body, pushing the power of this ninjutsu to its utmost limit.
The flames burning in the fissures were also drawn in by the flames surrounding Blaze's body, gradually converging together.
In contrast to the scorching scene on Blaze's side, Torifu's side was covered in heavy snow. The ground was frozen by the chilling air, and countless ice spikes jutted out from the soil, turning the surroundings into an endless field of ice.
The area where his ninjutsu and Blaze's ninjutsu would meet was half extreme ice and half hell.
Ōnoki and the Kazekage continuously retreated into the distance, as they simply could not withstand the harsh environment created by the two ninjutsu.
Just watching from the side made them feel physically unwell. "Damn it, their strength is too far beyond ours. At this level, we are completely outmatched."
The Kazekage stared blankly at Torifu, who was charging his attack. "Yes, I've always known the Hokage is strong, but I never expected the gap between him and me to be this massive, like a chasm in the sky."
This battle was supposed to be a siege, but they hadn't been able to contribute anything at all.
From start to finish, they were entangled with clones, and in the end, they were only freed because Blaze needed to unleash her ninjutsu with full power.
This was utterly ridiculous, and yet Torifu, who was also one of the Kage, could easily handle Blaze's various attacks and inflict damage on her.
This difference was simply unacceptable to the Tsuchikage and the Kazekage.
Even if the Tsuchikage possessed Dust Release, the difference in strength could not be compensated for by mastering one special release, and Dust Release had significant drawbacks.
"What excuse should I use to evade this? Say I'm old? But I'm in the prime of my life. Should I say he had an extraordinary background? But I am also the grandson of the First Tsuchikage and was born into the spotlight."
Ōnoki spoke with a sigh. All the sights before him, whether hell or extreme ice, made his heart uneasy.
His strength was too lacking. In front of a true powerhouse, any title was meaningless.
Even if he was the strongest person in the Land of Earth, the Third Tsuchikage who mastered Kekkei Tōta, what good was it?
In this battle, he hadn't been of any help and had even nearly put himself in danger.
The Kazekage beside him also gave a bitter smile. "Perhaps the Hokage was never on the same level as us. It was just the title of the Four Kage that forcibly dragged us to the same rank as him."
"Yes, perhaps we truly were never on the same level."
The raging fire continued to burn, and the extreme ice remained bone-chilling. The charging of Blaze and Torifu's ninjutsu had completely altered the climate of the area, eternally scarring it with fire and extreme ice.
"Blaze, prepare to face your second defeat!"
With Torifu's furious roar, he raised the Crane Cry Sword, which was now wrapped in wind, snow, and ice, and unleashed a powerful slash toward Blaze!
This sword-fissure carried nearly all of Torifu's chakra! Its power was enough to destroy Konoha dozens of times!
The ground split apart wherever it passed, and the scattered broken stones were all frozen in mid-air! As if they had been permanently stilled.
Blaze could feel the power of this strike, but she too had concentrated all of her chakra into this final ninjutsu!
She paid no mind to Torifu's words. This was the most powerful ninjutsu she could use; she couldn't possibly fail!
Kumotsuru Torifu becoming the Lord's vessel was already destined!
"I have already seen the look on your face when you fail!"
As Blaze's fiery wings behind her suddenly unfurled! All the flames surrounding her body dispersed and then re-coalesced into a fiercely burning flower.
It flew toward Torifu's sword-fissure! In just a moment, these two ninjutsu, radiating world-ending power, met!
Instantly, a massive shockwave burst out!
The earth was pulverized in an instant! Everything in the path of the shockwave completely vanished. At that moment, it was impossible to tell if it was fire or extreme ice. Torifu and Blaze had long been swallowed by the energy.
The clouds in the sky that had begun to re-gather were instantly scattered by this power! More than half of Amegakure suddenly cleared up! The Land of Rain, where it rained all year, stopped its weeping at this moment.
"Kazekage! Run!" Ōnoki screamed sharply! He grabbed the Kazekage's collar and quickly escaped using the Light Weight Rock Jutsu!
The Kazekage, after coming to his senses, also used a large amount of Wind Style ninjutsu to accelerate their escape speed!
But even after using every trick they had, the light of the shockwave was still relentlessly chasing them!
"Damn it! Tsuchikage, hurry! We cannot pause for even a second!" The Kazekage could already feel the scorching temperature of the shockwave.
This was not because Blaze's fire had won, but because of the explosion.
Ōnoki and the Kazekage could guarantee that they had never seen such a powerful ninjutsu in their lives! Even Uchiha Madara's Susanoo would be vulnerable before this kind of jutsu!
Against Susanoo, Ōnoki still held a sliver of defiance, but against this level of ninjutsu, he couldn't muster any resistance at all.
Upon contact, they would instantly be vaporized by the explosion, vanishing from this world.
It didn't matter if they were Kage or not; everyone would die.
The commotion caused by the ninjutsu's explosion drew the attention of the entire Amegakure. The light, like the descent of the sun, caused people far away in the central city to flock to the ramparts to watch.
"Jiraiya-senpai, my Big Brother will win, right?" Minato felt extremely anxious in his heart. This was the first time he had seen such an intense battle.
He wasn't sure who released the ninjutsu that caused such a massive explosion. He hoped Torifu was the side with the advantage, and he hoped he would come back alive.
Jiraiya looked gravely toward the direction of the explosion. The sky there had only revealed a small patch of blue before, but now almost half of Amegakure's sky had lit up.
"He will. He definitely will. He is Kumotsuru Torifu, the strongest person in the entire ninja world."
"That's right, Master will definitely win!" Although Yahiko and Konan spoke with great certainty, Konan's tightly clutching hand revealed the worry in her heart.