The strange dark bone wing surfacing on the back of the mysterious killer, who gripped the Bone Blade of Black Slaughter, was linked directly to his body's flesh and blood.
However, Onoki's expression turned somewhat solemn; the instant the killer thrust his first strike, it gave him the judgment that the opponent was not a living being.
In fact, an existence capable of enduring a weapon like the Bone Blade of Black Slaughter must inevitably be a fellow possessor of the Shikotsumyaku bloodline limit.
Inside the colossal research and development base of Sunagakure, Shiraishi, along with several high-ranking officials from the Scientific Ninja Weapons Department, was currently conducting simulated control over a massive batch of mass-produced versions of the Hunter, identical to the one that had appeared at the Hidden Rain Village's northern base.
Accompanied by Shiraishi's activation, a silver and blood-red light surfaced within countless puppets, giving off a terrifying sensation that made one shudder.
By combining the puppetry of the Otsutsuki clan with the power of the Ryaku (Dragon Vein), they successfully forged a brand-new generation of human puppet warriors controlled without chakra threads.
The countless precision components within their heads, alongside a vast array of sensory devices linked to the Reincarnation Core, constructed a perfect template for future warfare.
"The Hunter is currently Sunagakure's strongest human puppet weapon of war."
Kimimaro, this long-missing confidant of Orochimaru, had been captured by Sunagakure in the past at the base in the Land of Rice Fields. After years of treating his bloodline disease, which yielded no results, he ultimately passed away filled with resentment.
The human puppet manufactured right now was a weapon formed by cultivating a portion of Kimimaro's chakra cells, with the consciousness of the primordial beast interlinking with the Shikotsumyaku physical body through the Bone Blade of Black Slaughter.
Human puppets of the Shikotsumyaku possessed other advantages as well; they had strong compatibility, allowing them to conduct a type of fusion with various other types of bloodline limits to form unique variants of the Hunter.
The Hunter deployed in the Hidden Rain Village this time was a weapon of slaughter, personally crafted and completed by Shiraishi. The Bone Blade of Black Slaughter, paired with the mirror shield, formed an all-in-one combat mode for offense and defense.
As for the controller, it was the primordial beast's consciousness inside the mirror shield.
Rows of Hunters stood side by side in front of Shiraishi. Although they did not possess the specialized Bone Blade of Black Slaughter, their hands similarly held white bone blades constructed from the Shikotsumyaku, and their arms were configured with giant mirror shields.
Regarding Sunagakure's current total military strength, it could not thoroughly suppress the other four great shinobi villages, especially when factoring in those 100,000 White Zetsu troops. Therefore, Shiraishi decided to utilize Sunagakure's specialization to forge a colossal technological army.
Currently, the First Generation Hunter, possessing the consciousness of the primordial beast Necrozma, was from a certain perspective an exceptionally troublesome hunting machine.
This was because its core drive, aside from the Reincarnation Core chakra stored within the human puppet, relied on Necrozma itself devouring the surrounding light sources.
Faced with a dual-core-driven machine of slaughter, it was very clear that Shiraishi was using the Hidden Rain Village's northern base as a testing ground this time.
Lava Release Chakra Mode!
Having his chest pierced by a single blade strike, Roshi retreated several steps. During this process, a massive amount of golden lava gradually flowed across his body, entering the unique Lava Release Chakra Mode!
Under this mode, Roshi's entire body was enveloped in high-temperature lava, yielding outstanding effects when integrated into taijutsu. Anything that came into contact with it would completely melt, while simultaneously enhancing his defensive parameters; the Lava Release Armor possessed both lethality and defensiveness.
Historically, the Roshi in this mode could not be easily breached even by Naruto's Rasengan, and it had once burned Naruto's skin.
Although Roshi could utilize the same Lava Release as the Four-Tails, he did not do so by borrowing the Four-Tails' chakra, but rather by fusing his own Fire and Earth attributes.
However, this time, the Four-Tails sensed the draining of Roshi's vitality. Therefore, it channeled its own chakra into the Lava Release, accelerating the recovery of the injuries across Roshi's body.
"Lava Release: Scorching Stream Rock Technique!"
Countless lava fireballs descended from the heavens, smashing directly toward the Hunter below. Yet, the Hunter's dark bone wings expanded, forming an absolute defense that abruptly blocked this wave of ultimate moves.
Under the impact of the high-temperature lava, the Hunter remained completely motionless!
"Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique!"
Onoki was no fool. Seeing that the opponent's strength was exceptionally troublesome, he launched a direct sneak attack, transforming his technique into a colossal rock palm that integrated with Roshi's ninjutsu.
Enveloped by the lava, the giant Earth Release hand before them turned into a burning hand of blazing flames, slapping directly toward the Hunter on the ground.
Did a mere puppet truly expect to pose a threat to the three great powerhouses of Iwagakure?
Although Han had not struck yet, he similarly had not left. For a powerful Jinchuriki like Han, such a retreat would be an immense humiliation.
Facing the joint encirclement and attack of the Tsuchikage and Roshi, the Necrozma consciousness inside the Hunter seemed to generate a trace of an emotion called anger and irritability.
"Presumptuous!"
The mirror shield resembled a blossoming flower, where every single petal was a dazzling mirror surface. A massive amount of light converged onto a single point; under the control of the Necrozma consciousness, the Hunter executed the move, Prismatic Laser.
The laser beam shot out in a straight line, resembling a high-temperature laser that abruptly sliced down the giant lava hand. Simultaneously, this stream of light plunged directly toward Roshi.
The light of death carried a shattering destructiveness. While a trace of scorching heat was generated across Onoki's palm, the Hunter used Body Flicker to appear instantly, and at the same time, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, also took action.
Currently the strongest combat force of Iwagakure, the Steam Ninja Han rapidly struck out, his fists and feet turning into a storm of airflow.
The Hunter's Bone Blade of Black Slaughter catalyzed a sharp, slashing light, rapidly severing the airflow storm, and the light generated by the blade's edge fell sharply across Han's body.
Just as Onoki and Roshi attempted to step forward in support, a rumbling vibration reappeared across the entire ground. The two lifted their heads to gaze above into the sky; beneath the masking dark clouds, a frantic roar echoed through the horizon.
"Sunagakure's puppet brigade?"
A roaring sound resounded as two colossal demon-god statues slowly sailed over from the distant horizon. Under their unique dual-wing styling, they resembled two giant human-shaped angels, turning into a whirlwind as they rushed directly over.
Puppets?
Why were there such massive puppets?
Different from the giant dragon puppets of the past, the two human-shaped angel puppets appearing this time possessed an exceptionally exquisite styling and a greater number of mechanisms, leaving Onoki filled with alarm.
Falling into Sunagakure's calculations was a minor matter, but why did Sunagakure possess such powerful weapons of war?
The Asura Path among the Six Paths of Pain had its body modified into a specialized mechanical human.
After a period of research, Shiraishi combined the human body mechanism arts found inside the Asura Path with the puppetry of the Otsutsuki clan on the Moon, successfully creating two giant angel-like puppets.
Within the bodies of the two human-shaped angels, a unique Reincarnation Core control system was embedded. Under the transmission of the giant Tenseigan energy through the mirror shield's light, they possessed a very terrifying combat capability for a short duration.
For instance, utilizing the power of the mirror light to condense a super light blade...
Two super-light blades sufficient to cleave apart giant mountains were gripped in the hands of the two human-shaped angels, causing the atmosphere of the battlefield to instantly become extremely oppressive.
"Is this Sunagakure's newest weapon of war?"
These two giant human-shaped puppets seemed to possess a sci-fi-like styling. Aside from the angel wings and the giant light blades, a specialized light was gradually condensing within the red gemstone on their chests.
A Tailed Beast Bomb!
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