Chapter 156: Beginning to Believe
When the three of them reappeared, they were already in the middle of the vast ocean.
Uchiha Dali's body floated effortlessly in midair.
To his sides, Rōshi and Han were startled to discover that a certain upward force was supporting them as well, allowing them to hover steadily in the air.
This in itself wasn't anything too surprising—after all, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki's Earth Release techniques could achieve similar feats.
But what happened next completely upended Rōshi and Han's understanding of Uchiha Dali.
Looking down at the ocean below, they could see the area to the left—a flat, wide road previously created—stretching out from the eastern coastline of the Land of Fire for about two kilometers.
"It can't be that you're planning to use Earth Release again, right?" Han asked, a mix of shock and uncertainty on his face as he looked at Uchiha Dali.
Granted, extending a road out into the sea for a kilometer or two using Earth Release was indeed impressive, but that area was still shallow water.
Creating land in such waters wasn't impossible—just a matter of pouring in more chakra.
But here, when they looked down, the ocean had turned a deep blue.
That could only mean the water depth exceeded a hundred meters.
Trying to use Earth Release to fill in such deep ocean and create land?
That was outright madness.
Uchiha Dali didn't offer any explanation.
He simply clapped his hands again. "Just sit back and watch the show."
As he spoke, Earth Release was already being activated.
With a single Earth Style Rampart, the seabed was lifted up with a thunderous rumble. In just a few moments, another sky-reaching road—over a hundred meters wide and stretching several kilometers long—emerged from the depths of the sea.
And this newly created landmass seamlessly connected to the previous one, without even the slightest gap.
With just two Earth Release techniques, Uchiha Dali had successfully created a strip of land about 200 meters wide and five kilometers long.
It looked as if it had always been there.
There was no sign it had been artificially made.
This scene left Rōshi and Han speechless once again.
They had to admit—even if they relied on the chakra of their Tailed Beasts—they could never accomplish something so astonishing.
To unleash Earth Release of such vast scale in an instant had gone far beyond their understanding.
"I doubt even anyone in the Land of Earth could pull something like this off..." Rōshi murmured to Han.
Han was still in shock and hadn't had time to respond before the two of them felt a powerful pulling force.
In the blink of an eye, they vanished.
When they reappeared, they were even deeper in the heart of the ocean.
Unsurprisingly, Uchiha Dali was repeating his routine—once again unleashing Earth Release.
In just a short span, an even larger stretch of land than before rose out of the sea.
Watching all this unfold, Han's heart was in utter turmoil.
"Are you some kind of monster?" he asked, looking at Uchiha Dali in disbelief.
To continuously perform such massive-scale techniques—any normal person would have hit their limit long ago. They'd be completely drained.
Even as Jinchūriki, walking Tailed Beasts, they couldn't do it.
Yet Uchiha Dali didn't even look winded—his expression remained calm, his breathing steady.
Clearly, this wasn't anywhere near his limit.
This was precisely the kind of shock Uchiha Dali wanted to give them.
Without replying to their questions, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique once more and transported them even farther into the ocean's depths.
Then came yet another Earth Release technique.
After repeating this process seven or eight times, they had long since left the conventional borders of the Land of Fire and were now in the endless, open sea.
All around them was nothing but water.
Only the newly formed land beneath their feet reminded them they weren't completely isolated or helpless.
At this point, both Rōshi and Han felt numb.
Uchiha Dali's chakra continued to flow endlessly, seemingly without limit—as if it would never run dry.
"Still think he was bluffing?" Rōshi asked with a strange look at Han.
Han had previously claimed that Uchiha Dali could at most use this kind of massive Earth Release technique five times before collapsing.
But clearly, that prediction had been utterly shattered.
Han remained silent.
But the Five-Tails inside him had something to say.
"This kid's chakra even surpasses mine."
"He's the real Tailed Beast—I'm the fake one!"
The Five-Tails was starting to doubt its very existence.
And the same thought was shared by the Four-Tails.
"This kid's chakra is practically infinite. What is he, anyway? He's definitely not human!" the Four-Tails couldn't help but exclaim.
Everyone knew Tailed Beasts were pure manifestations of chakra—true monsters of energy.
Yet even they had to admit—Uchiha Dali surpassed them.
If they were to attempt such large-scale techniques using their own chakra, they might last ten rounds at most before exhausting themselves.
But now, looking back at the land stretching from the original coastline to their current location, it had already extended dozens of kilometers out to sea.
And this still wasn't Uchiha Dali's limit.
He continued to repeat the process over and over again.
The newly formed land continued to grow, visibly expanding at a shocking rate.
"At this rate, he could probably fill the entire ocean and turn it into boundless land..." Rōshi couldn't help but remark.
"No matter what else, I have to admit my earlier words were far too hasty. I'm starting to change my mind," Han replied with deep meaning.
"You're beginning to believe he really can unify the ninja world, aren't you?"
"That's right. I'm beginning to believe in him," Han nodded.
As his understanding of Uchiha Dali's power deepened, he finally realized why the Four-Tails and Five-Tails had chosen to place their faith in this young man—and even agreed to cooperate with him.
The Five-Tails, hearing Han's words, couldn't help but laugh. "You know the Tailed Beast Bomb is a powerful attack formed from extremely compressed chakra, right?"
"Just one is enough to annihilate a nation."
"And one of the prerequisites to use it is an immense amount of chakra."
"Well, Uchiha Dali meets that requirement."
Those words sent chills down their spines.
In the entire ninja world, aside from legendary figures long passed into history, who else could possibly stand against Uchiha Dali now?
No one.
If he wished, he could wipe any nation off the map on a whim—erase it completely from the roots.