The Fourth Raikage, A, stared at the white giant that had risen from the earth before him, his expression incredibly grave.
The giant's height was almost on par with the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, standing beside him.
Its body, composed purely of energy, emitted a bluish-white glow under the night sky, casting a pallid light upon the earth.
"What is this thing?"
A's mind was in turmoil.
Since when had the Hyuga Clan of Konoha developed such a Ninjutsu?
"Hmph!"
Gyuki beside him snorted two heavy breaths from its nostrils.
"It's just an empty shell piled up with Chakra."
"Watch me smash it to pieces with one punch!"
On the other side.
Minato Namikaze looked up, his golden hair fluttering slightly in the energy currents.
He gazed at the white giant enveloping Hyuga Aokawa, his face full of astonishment.
"Is this... the 'Gundam' you mentioned?"
From within the giant's skull, Hyuga Aokawa's voice transmitted out through the vibrations of spirit particles.
It carried a strange resonance.
"My technique is called Ran Sō Ten Ki."
"Since it's called 'Ten Ki' (Heavenly Puppet), it's only normal for it to be big, right?"
His words held a trace of amusement.
After the Spirit Dissolving Gloves were undone, the body forcibly absorbed the surrounding spirit particles, almost eliminating the need to consider an energy source.
However, the body's absorption had an upper limit. Once it far exceeded this limit, one would permanently lose their Quincy abilities.
He could already feel that the Quincy's final form wouldn't last much longer; his body was already in peril under this immense strain.
Therefore, if he could expend the spirit particles as much as possible, it would greatly reduce the burden on his body and slightly extend the duration of the final form.
Moreover, the Quincy's final form was essentially a one-time experience card for the Vollständig from the Thousand-Year Blood War arc.
Once activated, spirit particles control would reach an unprecedented level, with all surrounding spirit particles becoming his absolute subordinates.
So, combining these two factors, and with the Eight-Tails present, activating the 'Gundam' was the optimal choice, and it also fulfilled his wish to pilot one.
On the other side, A and Gyuki quickly finished their exchange.
A's gaze locked onto Minato Namikaze.
"Leave that blond-haired one to me!"
"Eight-Tails, you deal with that big white guy!"
Gyuki let out a roar in response.
It couldn't wait.
It wanted to completely tear apart that white giant who dared to challenge it!
However.
Hyuga Aokawa moved first!
BOOM!
The earth beneath the white giant's feet cracked, yet its massive frame erupted with astonishing speed!
The huge energy spear in its hand swept towards Gyuki's midsection, trailing a white arc that tore through the air!
Gyuki's pupils contracted.
It abruptly lowered its body, the giant spear sweeping past just above its head.
BOOM!
The spear missed, smashing into the ground in the distance.
The earth was violently plowed open, leaving a terrifying trench dozens of meters long and unfathomably deep!
A column of dust and debris shot into the sky!
Gyuki, having dodged the attack, roared in fury.
Its massive body surged forward with the momentum, its enormous fist covered in bony plates, carrying a gale-force wind capable of destroying everything, and smashed fiercely towards the white giant's head!
It had put its full strength into this punch!
Facing this ferocious strike, the white giant neither dodged nor evaded.
It merely twisted its torso in an instant.
A thick, muscular arm composed of high-density spirit particles, moving with a speed that defied expectation, swung a back-elbow strike!
It met Gyuki's heavy fist with pinpoint accuracy!
THUD—!
Fist and elbow collided violently.
There was no expected explosion of energy.
Only an extremely dull, thunderous impact.
A visible ring of white shockwave erupted from the point of collision, madly expanding outwards in all directions!
The dense forest in the distance was as if struck by a hurricane; entire swathes of trees were uprooted, swaying violently before crashing down in the distance.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
Gyuki's mountain-like, massive body was actually forced back several steps by this elbow strike.
Intense pain shot through the fist it had swung.
Its crimson beastly eyes were filled with shock.
"Impossible!" Gyuki inwardly exclaimed.
"It's not just for show!"
"It's an energy body as solid as my own!"
BOOM—!
The giant advanced again, the ground beneath its feet shattering explosively.
Speed utterly disproportionate to its colossal size erupted forth.
The energy spear in its hand tore through the sky, transforming into a horizontal white flash of light spanning heaven and earth, thrusting straight for Gyuki's heart!
"ROAR!"
Gyuki reacted with extreme swiftness. Its eight massive octopus tentacles whipped into motion, interweaving before it like eight solid shields, instantly blocking the path of the lethal spear!
CLANG—!
Spear and tentacles collided.
The sound that erupted was the deafening clang of metal on metal.
Fierce energy sparks flew in all directions.
Gyuki's enormous body was pushed back over a dozen meters by the tremendous force, plowing eight deep furrows into the ground.
Seeing the Eight-Tails' full-force strike so easily blocked, A's expression grew even more severe.
He realized the threat posed by this Byakugan-wielding youth was far greater than he had imagined.
In that brief moment of stalemate.
Minato Namikaze moved.
His figure vanished from his spot, reappearing the next instant on another side of the Battlefield.
This repeated several times.
Dozens of Kunai engraved with special seals were thrown by him with pinpoint accuracy, scattering across various corners of the Battlefield and silently embedding into the soil.
Having done this, he stood firm once more.
His gaze was firmly locked onto the distant Fourth Raikage, A.
Within those gentle blue eyes, Battle Intent surged.
"HAAH!"
Blue lightning erupted wildly from A's body!
He transformed into a streak of thunder, charging straight at Minato Namikaze.
His speed was so fast it left a distinct blue trail in the air.
Minato's figure vanished an instant before the lightning could touch him.
A's fist struck empty air, the terrifying fist wind blasting a large crater into the ground.
He whipped his head around.
A flash of golden light flickered and vanished at the location of a Kunai dozens of meters away.
"Over here!"
A roared, transforming into lightning once more to give chase.
One golden, one blue, two streaks of light began an extreme chase across the vast Battlefield.
Their figures were impossible to capture with the naked eye.
One could only hear the constant sonic booms in the air and the piercing screeches of Kunai scraping against the Lightning Release Armor.
BOOM! BOOM!
On the giant's Battlefield, Hyuga Aokawa controlled the white giant, unleashing a storm-like onslaught.
Every swing of the spear carried the power to split mountains and shatter rocks.
Stabbing, sweeping, chopping.
Gyuki was forced back step by step under this relentless assault.
It could only rely on its resilient body and eight agile tentacles to barely parry and block.
Every time the spear smashed into its body, its blood and Qi churned violently.
Every time it grazed the ground, it left behind another bottomless fissure.
The Battlefield was already scarred beyond recognition.
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