The earth shattered violently, the intense tremors causing even those closest to Sakura to lose their balance and collapse to the ground.
A pink figure soared into the sky, her sights locked on the ninja who had just unleashed the Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
The caster, caught off guard, paled in terror, his soul seemingly fleeing his body.
Instinctively, he turned to flee, but a hand seized his collar from behind. With an unstoppable force, he was hurled through the air!
Over a dozen Mist ninja were crushed to pieces upon impact!
The flung Mist ninja had already perished the moment he struck the first of his comrades!
Yet even so, his momentum carried him unabated, soaring out of the battlefield to embed himself into a stone wall, joining his fellow Mist ninja in a grim fellowship of defeat.
"Ninjutsu squad!"
"Ninjutsu squad!"
As the Mist ninja launched their desperate charge, anguished roars echoed across the battlefield.
With each punch and kick, Sakura dispatched the Mist ninja rushing toward her. The Mist's ninjutsu squad finally completed their technique!
Ten Mist ninja formed hand seals in unison!
"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Shockwave!"
A tsunami nearly twenty meters tall surged from the ground!
On this island nation, the power of Water Release was amplified to its limits!
Sakura casually punched a nearby Mist ninja, sending him flying, then turned her gaze to the towering tsunami rushing toward her.
A twenty-meter-high tsunami was enough to sweep away everything in its path.
Clasping her hands together, she thought, You're the ones who used ninjutsu first.
"Yang Release: Water Dragon Bite Explosion!"
Enhanced by Yang Release, and in this coastal nation, the power of this S-rank Water Release technique was on an entirely different level!
"ROAR!!"
A colossal water dragon soared into the sky!
Its draconic roar reverberated through the heavens!
At the battlefield's edge, a figure clad in black, hooded attire marveled at the massive water dragon.
By rough estimate, this Water Dragon Bite Explosion stretched nearly fifty meters, its size rivaling that of a Tailed Beast!
"Is this Sakura's Yang Release?"
Senju Tobirama, appearing unnoticed, looked with satisfaction at the unstoppable pink-haired figure dominating the battlefield.
Leaping atop the water dragon's head, Sakura charged headlong toward the oncoming tsunami!
Everyone watched in disbelief.
No way… this has to be a joke…
A monster!
She's a monster!
The moment the tsunami met the dragon, the outcome was decided!
The dragon plunged into the sea, dancing wildly!
Under the enhancement of Yang Release, the dragon seemed to take on a life of its own, rampaging through the Mist's ranks!
A single azure dragon claw crushed a Mist ninja into oblivion!
With a flick of its tail, another dozen Mist ninja were sent flying!
A single Water Release technique had claimed the lives of dozens of Mist ninja!
Ninjutsu, after all, was still ninjutsu. As the dragon's chakra depleted, it finally dissolved into countless droplets of water.
But Sakura charged straight into the Mist's formation!
Like a tiger among sheep, no one could stand against her!
Every part of Sakura's body was a deadly weapon—each swing of her fist claimed a life!
"Monster…"
"She's not human…"
"Terrifying, so terrifying!"
Sakura's near-invincible presence was enough to break spirits. The overwhelming aura she exuded crushed the morale of her enemies.
With dozens, then hundreds of their comrades falling, some finally succumbed to the despair of the overwhelming gap in strength.
Ninja were human too, and humans could die.
When victory seemed impossible, the crushing psychological pressure drove some to turn and flee!
Like dominoes, the first to flee led to a second, a third, a fourth…
A rout. An absolute rout!
With the Fourth Mizukage tied up elsewhere, no one could match Sakura. No elite ninja could stop her advance.
Even piling bodies against her required a commander strong enough to rally the troops.
Countless Mist ninja fled in panic, and the Mist's battle lines collapsed in an instant!
Seeing this, Sakura sneered coldly and charged alone toward the thousands of ninja!
Several more Mist ninja were sent flying into the air!
"Help, save me!"
"No, no…!"
"Monster! Monster!"
That pink figure became a nightmare haunting the hearts of the Mist ninja!
Casually seizing a Mist ninja's blade, she struck down—a fleeing ninja was cleaved in two!
Blood stained her pink hair, and her youthful face became, to the Mist ninja, the visage of a demon crawling from hell!
Sakura didn't know how to wield a blade, but speed, ruthlessness, and precision were all she needed.
Coincidentally, she possessed all three.
One person chased down thousands of ninja!
Nearly a hundred more Mist ninja fell by her hand!
Looking at the scattering Mist ninja, Sakura ceased her pursuit.
With a flick of her wrist, she hurled the blade, and a Mist ninja at the edge of her vision collapsed.
"Sakura…"
Kakashi, arriving unnoticed, gazed at the blood-soaked pink-haired girl.
He had witnessed everything.
A ninja…
Was Sakura really a ninja?
Was this how the Third Raikage had been back then?
"Let's go, Kakashi."
Sakura untied the ribbon from her hair, shaking her head. Her blood-matted pink locks fell loose.
The blood had clumped together, and it was uncomfortable.
As she turned to leave, her eyes suddenly fixed on a distant figure.
At the edge of her vision, someone darted away.
That was…
Karatachi Yagura?
The Fourth Mizukage's distinctive black staff and gray hair were unmistakable, impossible for Sakura to miss.
"Looks like I can add another achievement to my record."
"Sakura!"
"Stop that guy!"
Tsunade, chasing from afar, spotted the pink-haired girl and shouted urgently, her eyes lighting up.
No need for Tsunade's words—Sakura was already moving.
Her target: the Fourth Mizukage!
Karatachi Yagura's pupils constricted at the sight!
Facing Terumi Mei and Tsunade together, he had planned to unleash the Three-Tails to defeat them.
But with the battle collapsing, even the Three-Tails wouldn't help.
And…
Sakura's strength, single-handedly tearing through the Mist's ranks, wasn't something a mere Three-Tails could overcome!
With that thought, Yagura fled at full speed!
But a low shout came from behind!
"Summoning Technique: Rashomon!"
Rashomon?
Yagura recalled that Konoha's defensive ninjutsu.
Why would she use such a technique?
No time to think—he kept running.
But a terrifying whoosh forced him to glance back!
What he saw chilled him to the bone!
That pink-haired girl had lifted the dozens-of-meters-tall Rashomon gate and hurled it at him!
What kind of absurdity was this?!
A massive iron gate, dozens of meters tall, lifted by a person!
Lifted was one thing—but thrown?!
To dodge the hurled Rashomon, Yagura swerved desperately!
But then came a roar!
"Yang Release: Mountain Tiger!"
Sakura, mid-sprint, transformed into a streak of light charging toward him!
A ferocious tiger materialized before Yagura!
"Water Release: Water Mirror Technique!"
In that critical moment, Yagura swung his staff, conjuring a water mirror!
A tiger reflected in the mirror leaped out!
As the two tigers prepared to clash, the mirrored tiger dissipated into nothing!
"Die!"
Seeing this, Sakura understood instantly.
Yang Release was a manifestation of physical energy, while the Water Mirror Technique only replicated chakra-based techniques.
Yang Release required physical energy to sustain!
Facing the charging tiger, Yagura's heart sank.
He had no time to wonder why the Water Mirror Technique failed—he had to release the Three-Tails!
Otherwise, he might die here!
"Three—"
Before he could finish, the blood-soaked, long-haired pink girl was already upon him!
Her chakra roared, coalescing into her strongest punch, the tiger's pounce channeled into her fist!
At that moment, Yagura's body was cloaked in Tailed Beast chakra, a turtle shell forming around him!
Her fist struck!
The shell shattered!
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