"These guys, haven't they gone too far?!"
Uzumaki Kushina, still in a half-crouch, her hands pressed to the ground, continuously pouring Chakra into the inky black storm right in front of her, couldn't help but loudly complain, only for her words to be quickly swallowed by the roaring winds.
If there was anyone among the Konoha Ninja present who could most clearly feel the power of this 'Super Reverse Four Red Yang Formation' array, constructed by over eighty people and capable of encompassing nearly two square kilometers of ground, it was undoubtedly her.
Even though the internal Sealing Technique was still ongoing, her Four Red Yang Formation beneath her hands showed no signs of stopping.
The massive amount of Chakra continuously enveloping the interior made even Kurama within her body feel as if he was about to be drained dry.
"This is in the Village right now!"
"That scoundrel Orochimaru, and that big idiot Minato!"
Despite her continuous verbal complaints, attempting to alleviate the growing weakness within her body in this manner, Uzumaki Kushina's face held an unconscious smile.
Ōtsutsuki Clan, aliens, or whatever? Weren't they all dealt with in one go?
Anyone who dared to cause trouble in Konoha Village would face this outcome!
However, just as she was secretly feeling relieved and even joyful, she heard Kurama within her suddenly speak.
"No! That guy is still alive!"
"Kushina, what kind of monster did you guys provoke this time?!"
Kushina couldn't help but be startled by his words.
Although she was currently in her Perfect Jinchuriki form, the Chakra perception, which had almost become a Tailed Beast's instinct, was still superior to her as a true human.
The next moment.
"Buzz—"
Inside the inky black Sealing Technique array, which had swelled up like a bubble, a tremor like an earthquake suddenly resounded.
Even the Reverse Four Red Yang Formation, which had been shrinking, suddenly expanded by a circle.
Kushina could clearly feel that the Chakra she used to maintain the Four Red Yang Formation suddenly increased significantly, as if some monster was rampaging and attacking inside this bubble.
"Big Fox, what's going on?"
Kushina's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but call out to Kurama.
"That guy didn't die!"
"Not only did he not die, he..."
"Buzz—!"
Another tremor, even more intense than the previous one by several folds.
This time, not only Kushina, who was closest, but even the Ninja further away noticed the abnormality inside this giant Sealing Technique array and looked over with surprise and uncertainty.
In the Sealing Technique space within Kushina, Kurama, who had been comfortably half-lying, now instinctively propped up his massive body, his gaze piercing through the cage of the Sealing Technique space, as if he could see directly outside, his fox eyes widening uncontrollably by two circles, as if he had seen some unbelievable monster.
"This Chakra..."
Over these past few years, due to Kushina's identity, Kurama had met Sawara Kiri quite a few times, and had even witnessed him taking action privately on several occasions. He thought he had already broken the inherent perception of Ninja that had been established for a thousand years, and had witnessed the changes in the world, so he wouldn't be surprised no matter what kind of scene he saw.
But now, he only felt that his Tailed Beast worldview was about to collapse.
"Isn't this something only that old man Six Paths could do?!"
"Did that guy somehow get resurrected??"
"Ah—?"
Listening to Kurama's soliloquy, Kushina couldn't help but be stunned, her already round eyes immediately widening as well.
Following that, a third tremor, countless times more terrifying than the previous two, slammed into her eardrums.
"Buzz—!!!"
At that instant, Kushina, who was closest to the Sealing Technique, felt as if she had been hit hard on the head, and her entire body involuntarily leaned backward.
The Four Red Yang Formation she had been maintaining in her hands naturally disconnected.
The other three Shadow Clones, also outputting Chakra, directly exploded into puffs of smoke amidst the violent impact.
"Pop."
A soft sound, like a bubble bursting, was suddenly magnified thousands of times in everyone's ears.
The rumbling explosion transformed directly into a tangible shockwave, spreading outwards from the factory, with waves of dust rippling across the ground.
The inky black Sealing Technique, which was shaped like a black sphere, suddenly shattered at this moment, like a balloon pricked by a mischievous child, abruptly transforming from solid to invisible.
"What?!"
Almost at the instant the Sealing Technique shattered, over eighty Sealing Squad Ninja responsible for establishing this super-large Sealing Technique were immediately subjected to a massive Chakra backlash. The individual array nodes responsible for presiding over the formation instantly vomited blood and collapsed, their internal organs feeling as if they were being shredded by the Chakra that bounced directly back from their hands.
Everyone else stood up in astonishment at this sight.
When had they ever seen such a scene?
This was the Reverse Four Red Yang Formation!
The strongest Sealing Technique, symbolizing destruction and nothingness!
In their assessment, let alone ordinary humans, even a Tailed Beast enveloped by such a large-scale Sealing Technique would only have one path left: to be permanently sealed.
Yet, it was actually torn apart by a human-shaped individual?
This result, for these professionals, was no different from personally witnessing a stray cat tearing apart a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a fight.
It was simply unscientific!
Not only everyone present, but even Namikaze Minato and others who had just escaped from a distance couldn't help but freeze in place.
Even Orochimaru, despite being mentally prepared, still had his expression sink a few shades when he witnessed this scene with his own eyes.
The next moment, he heard a cry of surprise beside him:
"Kushina!!"
He only heard a whoosh, and a golden figure, like lightning, instantly disappeared from his side, charging straight ahead.
However, at this moment, Orochimaru couldn't bother with this disobedient fellow.
His gaze followed the street in front of the Hokage Building, looking towards the distant factory that had already been transformed into a hemispherical crater, and the petite figure standing in the center of that deep pit.
A line of apprehension flashed in his snake-like pupils.
"Crack, crack..."
Yamishibai stood quietly in place, looking at the nothingness that had swallowed the entire factory, his expression still calm.
However, as he took a step, he heard a series of faint cracking sounds from his body.
He lowered his head and looked at the layers of bone-like substance covering his body, which looked more like shackles than armor, and the web-like cracks on the surface of the bone. He couldn't help but sigh:
"To be able to achieve this level purely through 'technique' without relying on 'evolution,' these primitive civilizations do have some merits."
"This body is still too fragile."
As he spoke, he gave a slight struggle.
"Clatter, clatter—"
The layers of cracked bone-like outer armor immediately scattered to the ground like shattered glass.
However, to be able to affect his body.
Even if this body was incredibly fragile now, those lower beings should still feel joyful, right?
For them, this was already considered supreme glory after all.
Yamishibai thought to himself as he stepped out of the smooth spherical giant crater.
By the time he walked out of the giant crater, he saw that a dense circle of figures had already gathered outside.
Everyone held weapons, facing this pale figure, who looked like a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, with the courage of those confronting certain death.
However, after witnessing the scene just now, no one present would treat him as a child anymore.
In fact, just by facing this guy and sensing that powerful Chakra, more terrifying than a Tailed Beast, with an overwhelming and intense aura, many people's foreheads began to exude fine cold sweat.
What kind of monster was this?!
And, it just so happened when Lord Sawara Kiri left...
Only at such times did Sawara Kiri's invincible and towering back truly imprint itself deeply into their hearts.
Unfortunately.
Yamishibai didn't care what these lower beings thought.
His Byakugan, no different from those of the Hyuga Clan, calmly swept over everyone present.
It was clearly a situation of one against ten thousand, yet it seemed as if these people were all surrounded by him.
Whether it was a Jonin or a Genin, in the face of his terrifying power, there was no difference; they were all nothing more than ants that could be crushed with a raised hand.
Just a fleeting glance sent alarm bells ringing in the hearts of the Ninja in the front few rows, as if their throats were about to be slit the next moment.
Finally, they heard him speak suddenly:
"I hear there's a saying in your civilization, 'It is impolite not to return a courtesy.'
"Since that's the case," "I'll return the favor with a strike."
The Konoha Ninja present listened blankly to his standard Ninja World language, not reacting for a moment.
Then, they saw Yamishibai suddenly raise his hand and point to the sky.
"Heavenly Obstacle Star."
No hand signs, no preparation whatsoever.
The moment that single word fell, everyone saw a fierce surge of Chakra, nearly deep purple, erupt from his body, shooting straight up like a sword towards the high, cloud-dense sky.
The intense Chakra that surged from Yamishibai's body lasted for several full seconds, but the surrounding Konoha Ninja saw no movement, remaining tense and staring intently at him.
Until at one point, someone suddenly spoke:
"W-what is that?!"
Immediately after, everyone followed the sound and looked up.
"Hummmmm... Hummmmm—!!!"
The dense humming sound at first was merely like birdsong, but it quickly transformed into an ear-piercing vibration, and the surrounding air seemed to flee under some invisible pressure, causing an instinctive illusion of difficulty breathing, making them involuntarily open their mouths, desperately trying to inhale, and vaguely even feeling the ground tremble.
The clouds in the sky surged under this low pressure and the oppressive feeling from higher up, and the thick atmosphere itself seemed to be torn apart by this invisible and intense pressure.
Until finally, a dark red shadow was reflected in everyone's vision.
"M-meteor?!!!"
"A Jutsu that can summon a meteor!?!?"
"Barrier! Sealing Squad!!"
"Sky defense, activate quickly!"
The moment they saw that terrifying reflection, the fear that had once been etched into everyone's bones was instantly reawakened, and the originally silent battle formation suddenly erupted into chaos.
On the distant city wall, the Sealing Squad members, still at their posts, frantically activated the barrier.
At the edges, streaks of metallic-glowing machines could be seen shooting towards the sky.
The 'Chaldea' floating island, already suspended in mid-air, also lit up with golden light, and an unusual beam of light could vaguely be seen flowing.
Even Orochimaru, standing atop the Hokage Building, had a solemn expression at this moment, and even his snake-like eyes, usually overflowing with curiosity, were now clouded with gloom.
Although he had made many contingency plans for extraterrestrial attacks after receiving intelligence support from Sawara Kiri, this did not mean these plans came without a cost.
Every single shot fired represented his research funds burning!
Suddenly, Orochimaru felt that capturing this Ōtsutsuki might not be so important after all.
It would be better to kill him sooner!
Deep within Orochimaru's heart, such intense killing intent was rare.
Conversely, Yamishibai, surrounded in the center of the crowd, was like a child pouring molten iron into an ant's nest, quietly observing their series of reactions, seemingly enjoying himself.
"Kushina—!"
At some unknown point, a shout suddenly came from further back in the crowd.
The next moment, a golden figure suddenly appeared.
Uzumaki Kushina shot towards the center of the meteor's landing point like the wind, her flame-like long hair pulled into a straight line by the strong wind, her body enveloped in the golden Chakra cloak unique to a perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and a substantial-looking fox head swelled around her body.
"Snap!"
Her feet immediately planted themselves at the landing point.
The golden fox head pointed sharply at the sky, its beastly mouth wide open.
"Big Fox! Tailed Beast Ball!"
"Here it comes."
The moment their voices fell.
From the wide-open fox mouth, a dark ball of light, exceeding the total Chakra of all Tailed Beasts, suddenly condensed.
Its target: directly the sky!
"Boom—!"
The pitch-black beam ignored all obstacles in its path, its sudden surge of high temperature instantly scorching the vegetation within a ten-meter radius, and the heavy recoil even caused the ground beneath Kushina's feet to suddenly sink a section, emitting a dull thud.
Opposite it was the Tailed Beast Ball, developed to its extreme!
From the ground to the sky, it formed a complete straight line.
A pitch-black line.
"Rumble!!!"
An extreme roar echoed from the meteor's surface, spreading through the thin air like a substantial air-membrane, exploding in the eyes of everyone in Konoha.
Deafening.
In everyone's sight, they could even clearly see the meteor, which seemed slow but was actually fast, pausing in the sky.
That brief pause, in the eyes of the Konoha people, was the hope of survival.
The Ninja present couldn't help but hold their breath for him.
Dense smoke spread in the direction of the Tailed Beast Ball's collision with the meteor, momentarily even obscuring the sunlight.
However, Yamishibai merely watched quietly, a look of indifferent amusement even on his childlike, adorable face.
As expected.
In less than a second.
The cracked meteor, steadfastly broke through the smoke's obstruction, falling directly towards Konoha Village.
At this moment, as this meteor gradually approached, and everyone personally observed the diameter of the colossal object, they suddenly realized what an enormous entity was appearing above their heads.
The humming in their ears grew more intense, and the air, compressed and displaced, became thin, making them even vaguely feel difficulty breathing.
Their hearts pounded faster, their brains trembled, but their limbs gradually went soft under this intense fear, making even a slight movement incredibly difficult.
They were doomed.
This thought simultaneously surged from the depths of everyone's hearts.
Just then.
"Bang!"
Like a gun exploding simultaneously next to everyone's ears.
The colossal object, already covered in cracks and obscuring their vision along with the sunlight, was suddenly pierced by a golden brilliance like a pillar of heaven, from left to right, penetrating tens of thousands of meters away.
Immediately after, the meteor suddenly burst apart like thunder, abruptly exploding into a dense shower of stones raining down from the top of the sky.
The sky suddenly cleared.
"Clatter"
These fine broken stones clearly lacked the terrifying power of a falling meteor, and were easily blocked by the barrier covering all of Konoha, stirring up faint ripples in mid-air.
Not even one hit a building.
Everyone in Konoha couldn't help but stare, dumbfounded, at the scene unfolding in the sky, not even daring to blink.
"Eh—?!"
Kushina, who had her mouth wide open, preparing to forcefully conjure another Tailed Beast Ball, instinctively let out a cry.
Orochimaru, also looking up, let out a soft sigh of relief.
Now, he didn't have to worry about next year's research funding allocation.
Conversely, Yamishibai, who had remained quietly in place, suddenly looked up sharply towards a small black dot in the sky, as if he had sensed something.
On the young man's pale face, his lips first trembled, then uncontrollably turned up and curled into a smile.
His pure Byakugan eyes, however, were filled with an intense excitement like fire.
He seemed both incredibly joyful and incredibly angry, and these fervent and opposing emotions appeared so natural on his face, as he hoarsely whispered that familiar name:
"Sawara Kiri!!!"
Intense Chakra, rising like flames, vibrated outwards like a howling hurricane, causing the Konoha Ninja, who had just been in a daze, to immediately stumble and fall, being forcefully scattered over a large area, clearing a huge space.
The figure in the sky looked down at him as he fell.
Until finally, he landed with a crash in front of him, in a way that was very hard on the knees.
The young man's fervent expression, however, grew even more intense as the face of the person in front of him was clearly reflected in his eyes, his voice suppressing a gradually uncontrollable excitement and killing intent:
"...Finally, I've met you."
The tall man slowly rose from the crater. He placed one hand on the hilt of his second sword, casually dusting off his clothes, and looked at the figure in front of him, smiling:
"You're much cuter than I expected."
"Ōtsutsuki Shibai?"