"It's just a bit bigger in size. Are you sure it's wise to spout such big words?"
Onoki pressed his hands together, pulling them apart to form a transparent box of light, inside of which burned a blindingly bright sphere of energy.
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
The blinding sphere expanded rapidly, and the transparent box containing it shifted its shape, transforming into a thick, elongated beam of light that shot straight toward the colossal golem.
"A Kekkei Tota, huh..."
Jokichi's eyes flashed with disdain. With a casual wave of his hand, the beam of light veered off course as if summoned, flying directly into his palm and being completely absorbed.
"What?!" Onoki's eyes widened in horror. "That guy can absorb chakra too!"
"Not just that, he also has a technique that repels everything in all directions without any blind spots!"
The Raikage kept his eyes glued to the figure atop the colossal golem while shouting a warning to the group.
Tsunade's expression was equally grim.
"Jokichi is a Senju. He possesses immense chakra reserves and the ability to heal injuries instantly. Furthermore, he has mastered the First Hokage's Wood Release."
"So, what is his weakness?" The Mizukage looked at Tsunade.
"I don't know. Or rather, he doesn't have one."
"Doesn't that make him invincible?"
Gaara couldn't help but chime in.
"Perhaps," Tsunade nodded. "But we don't need to defeat him. We only need to touch him."
"Then let's go!"
Without another word, the Raikage enveloped himself in his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and sprinted forward.
Onoki flew directly onto the Raikage's back and cast the Light-Weight Rock Technique, reducing the Raikage's weight and instantly boosting his speed to another level.
"With a body that massive, it won't be very agile. Kazekage, Mizukage, provide cover fire for the Tsuchikage and Raikage using ninjutsu. I will replenish your chakra!"
Tsunade saw through Onoki's tactical intent in an instant.
The two Kage voiced no objections. They immediately unleashed large-scale ninjutsu to try and restrict the colossal golem's movements.
Terumi Mei's Water Release was boundless. The water she spewed from her mouth surged forward like a tidal wave, instantly flooding the terrain and transforming the barren plains into an ocean.
Although the massive wave couldn't topple the golem, it submerged the lower half of its body, drastically increasing the resistance on its movements.
Following immediately after, towering waves of sand erupted from beneath the golem, tightly binding its arms and torso.
The sand, having soaked up the water, grew heavier and denser, making it even harder to break free.
However, Jokichi merely smiled disdainfully.
"You said earlier that it was just big in size. Let me show you exactly what kind of power comes with this size!"
As his words fell, the ground began to quake violently once more.
The colossal golem's body rose higher and higher.
It was attempting to stand up and expose its full massive frame above the earth.
Gaara's face tensed as he drastically increased the binding force of the sand, yet he couldn't stall its movements for even a second.
The gargantuan body stretched the sand like taffy until the granular bonds finally snapped.
The towering monstrosity stood upright, reaching an astonishing height of over three hundred meters. The distant cliffs looked like nothing more than small dirt mounds before it.
"Here it comes! Watch the golem's movements! Don't get caught in the crossfire!"
Onoki warned mid-charge.
The Raikage didn't reply. While rapidly sprinting toward the golem, he kept his focus entirely locked onto the towering behemoth.
Seeing the golem stand up and raise its right foot to stomp down on him, the Raikage quickly accelerated and veered off, darting completely out of the statue's attack range.
However—
"Did you really escape its attack range?"
Jokichi laughed mockingly.
BOOM!
The colossal golem's foot slammed into the ground like a pillar of heaven crashing down, triggering a deafening chain of explosions.
The earth ripped apart, and a terrifying shockwave swept outwards.
The sheer kinetic force of the impact triggered a devastating shockwave that exploded outward in a series of violent blasts, engulfing a radius of several kilometers in fire, dust, and debris.
Massive volume meant massive destructive power.
The exact same amount of force executed by two entirely different sizes would result in wildly different levels of destruction.
Three hundred meters tall, weighing over a hundred thousand tons.
A casual punch from this behemoth possessed the destructive yield of a nuclear detonation, and the strength of its legs far surpassed its arms.
This single stomp truly tore the heavens and shattered the earth.
Never mind the Tsuchikage and Raikage, who had barely dodged the direct hit—even the other three Kage and their bodyguards standing hundreds of meters away were caught in the explosive blast.
Fortunately, this was only the lingering shockwave of the impact. Although the area of effect was massive, the force they actually had to endure wasn't overwhelmingly fatal.
Given their level of strength...
Although it left them battered and bruised, they managed to withstand it.
The deafening rumble of the explosion lasted for two solid minutes, and it took half an hour for the thick clouds of dust to clear enough to see.
The bodyguards, having narrowly escaped death, shook their dizzy heads and stumbled to their feet. Staring at the earth, now crisscrossed with abyss-like fissures, their faces paled in sheer horror.
If the destruction was this catastrophic from so far away, what did it look like at the absolute epicenter of the attack where the Kage were?
They found out soon enough.
A gust of wind blew past, scattering the remaining thick smoke.
The Raikage and Tsuchikage lay unconscious on the ground. The Mizukage, Hokage, and Kazekage were hunched over, panting heavily.
Although they hadn't collapsed, fending off the shockwave had forced them to exhaust every ounce of their strength.
"Is this it?"
Jokichi sat cross-legged atop the massive golem's head and sneered. "Do you know why I said earlier that gathering the Jinchuriki would only provide Kaguya with extra nourishment?"
"Because, in front of her, you wouldn't even have the ability to move a muscle."
As his words fell, physical chakra erupted from Jokichi's body, blazing toward the heavens like blue flames.
"This chakra!"
Everyone who was still conscious stared in absolute terror. Those with weaker constitutions found their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
"Hmph!"
Jokichi snorted coldly. The boiling chakra gathered in his leg erupted, transferring immense power into the golem beneath his feet.
The terrifying colossal golem began to crack, starting from its head. The fissures spread rapidly across its entire massive frame, until it finally crumbled into countless pieces of rubble.
"This power...!"
How could anyone possibly fight against this god-like might?
The crowd stared blankly at Jokichi floating in the sky above.
Terumi Mei slumped heavily onto the ground, abandoning all thoughts of resistance.
The Five Kage had all submitted.
...
In two other locations.
Jiraiya was engaged in a standoff with Nagato, while Sasuke was facing down Itachi.
After being teleported to this area, Nagato and Itachi quickly moved away before the fight broke out to avoid interfering with Jokichi and getting caught in the crossfire.
Jiraiya had pursued Nagato, while Sasuke chased after Itachi.
Naruto had hesitated for a moment before deciding to follow Sasuke.
He felt that the Pervy Sage was incredibly strong and could handle any situation on his own, and his presence would likely just drag him down.
Sasuke, on the other hand, was deeply concerning.
However, the moment Naruto caught up, Itachi immediately incapacitated him with a genjutsu.
Staring at Sasuke's hate-filled eyes, Itachi's expression remained as indifferent as ever. "You've grown so much, yet you still haven't learned how to gauge the difference in strength between yourself and your enemy?"
"Cut the crap!"
Sasuke gritted his teeth, his voice trembling with unwillingness. "I only want to ask you one question: Did you truly betray Konoha?"
A glint of light flashed through Itachi's eyes, and he calmly replied with a question of his own. "...Why do you ask?"