"First one."
Under Takemi's cold voice, the blade had already swung down.
Boom—
Sasori's hand had just reached his core, but in an instant, he seemed to fall into a daze.
The special ability of Totsuka Blade made him seem to fall into a sweet illusion, and the next moment, an earth-shattering roar accompanied by smoke shot into the sky.
Another winding gully appeared, rapidly spreading into the distance.
Sasori's body also shattered at this moment.
"Damn it, Sasori... died?"
Looking at Sasori's crumbling body, the others' hearts sank to rock bottom, but their reactions were also extremely fast.
"Now!"
Without time to think, everyone except Nagato attacked simultaneously.
Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
Obito didn't use any Fire Release this time. He knew it wouldn't be effective, so he used Wood Release.
Below Takemi, several large trees coiled upwards, their sharp trunks looking daunting.
Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot!
Kakuzu instantly gathered the Wind, Fire, and Lightning masks onto his right arm, and violent Chakra roared incessantly.
The next moment, a brilliant blue beam of light was furiously unleashed by him.
Storm Release: Thunder Cloud Inner Wave!
Hiruko also quickly formed hand signs, and in an instant, a bolt of lightning gathered in the dark clouds in the sky, then immediately struck towards Takemi.
And at this very moment, Itachi, who had been hidden and hadn't attacked, had appeared behind him at some point.
"Aren't you high and mighty? Can you withstand an attack like this?!"
Crimson Susanoo covered his body, and this Susanoo, under the activation of his Mangekyo Sharingan, had quietly transformed into its third stage.
His long sword unsheathed and he swung it down without hesitation.
"Quite good teamwork, isn't it?"
Takemi nodded slightly seeing this scene. This was probably the cooperation of top Ninja.
Although two of their teammates were instantly killed or incapacitated, they managed to seize this fleeting opportunity.
"And they didn't forget to provoke me, truly..."
Takemi chuckled, and the next moment, a powerful repulsive force suddenly erupted from his body, the visible energy rapidly spreading and expanding outwards.
"Damn it..."
Itachi's face changed dramatically. His sword couldn't fall, and he had already seen his Susanoo's blade begin to break piece by piece, finally turning into fragments.
"How foolish."
Takemi's voice suddenly rang out. That repulsive force seemed to transform into a ring, crushing the Wood Release below him, scattering the Ninjutsu in front of him, and even shattering the lightning above him.
He turned around and struck with his blade, and the third stage Susanoo suddenly fractured.
"Please remember, never seek aesthetics in battle."
His figure flickered, and he had already appeared before Hiruko, his blade silently falling.
"Damn it!"
Hiruko's face changed dramatically. He raised his hand, and Dark Release erupted with a roar.
Dark Release: Inhaling Maw!
"Nor seek virtue in death."
As Takemi's voice fell, his blade had already sliced through Hiruko's body, sending Hiruko flying backwards.
"And don't just care about saving your own life."
In an instant, his figure flickered again, and he had already appeared before Kakuzu, whose hearts were destroyed before he could even react.
"Ah..."
Kakuzu felt a heart-wrenching pain, his entire body was sent flying by the blade.
"If you want to protect what's worth protecting..."
The moment Kakuzu was sent flying, Takemi had already appeared before Obito.
"Too fast..."
Obito immediately activated Kamui, but just as his thought emerged, Totsuka Blade's genjutsu made him slightly dazed.
The next moment, he felt a piercing pain.
And Takemi had quietly appeared behind Nagato, Totsuka Blade in his hand swinging again.
"Then strike down the person you want to defeat from behind."
But the moment he returned, Nagato's Chakra also erupted fiercely.
Summoning Jutsu: Gedo Statue!
Inside Konoha, the battle on the high platform continued.
Danzo continuously attacked with his kunai, while Hiruzen was forced to retreat.
"Hiruzen, you've come to this today?"
"Danzo, you've already lost!" Hiruzen cursed.
Winning against him was definitely not a problem, but the issue was that Danzo simply couldn't be killed.
His Ninjutsu kept pouring in, but Danzo always managed to get back up.
"However, Orochimaru isn't having an easy time either..."
He retreated while quickly forming hand signs, simultaneously glancing at the other battlefield.
On the other side, Takemi had a huge advantage.
He, by himself, was actually fighting the Fourth Raikage, the Fourth Kazekage, and even Orochimaru to a standstill.
"Takemi, has he become this strong?"
What he didn't know was that Takemi's God Tree Clone was somewhat depressed at this moment.
"These three, I underestimated them a bit."
Although the God Tree Clone inherited a lot of the main body's strength, it's actual combat effectiveness was still far behind the main body.
Under Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Sage Mode, he could suppress and beat these three.
But they could also find opportunities to counter, especially when Takemi was focused on dealing with Orochimaru.
After all, he didn't want to give Orochimaru any chance to use Edo Tensei, even if he wasn't afraid.
"Forget it, a clone naturally has a gap compared to the main body. This situation is normal."
Takemi shook his head slightly, his self-awareness was very clear.
Moreover, as long as he found an opportunity, he would still strike to kill.
"Hmm?"
However, at this moment, he suddenly raised an eyebrow, as he seemed to sense something.
Not just him, but everyone else too.
The next moment, an earth-shattering roar erupted fiercely, the sharp shriek making everyone's ears uncomfortable.
And accompanying this roar, an even greater tremor quietly arrived.
"What... what's going on?"
Countless Konoha Ninja looked up in astonishment, and those who had already hidden in the shelters also looked outside in confusion.
Even on the high platform, everyone involuntarily looked into the distance.
In that instant, their faces all showed horror.
In the distance of Konoha, at some unknown time, dust that covered the sky had risen, and within that dust, they vaguely saw a giant beast continuously roaring.
Every time this giant beast swung its body, it caused destruction akin to an earthquake.
And in mid-air, there was also a shining Chakra light point.
This light point was insignificant compared to the giant beast, but it was constantly attacking the giant beast, circling around it.
Within that dust, everyone seemed to see an invisible giant sword swinging towards the giant beast.
Each attack made this giant beast shriek and roar.
The surrounding mountains had been flattened, and the surrounding ground had been sunken by the impact.
This terrifying scene shocked everyone!
"What kind of battle is this?"
Standing on Konoha's tall buildings, Kakashi and Guy gazed at the distance in astonishment. They both knew there was another battle outside Konoha.
But they weren't sure what it was, though they seemed to realize this was not a battle belonging to humans.
Outside Konoha, Jiraiya had just approached when he was clumsily sent flying by an invisible shockwave.
"Cough, cough, cough, ptui..."
He looked up blankly at everything in the distance, and he seemed to somewhat understand what Gamamaru meant now.
"Is that... the so-called Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki?"
"Is this really a human?"
And on the high platform in Konoha, Takemi was the least surprised among everyone, because he knew exactly what was happening.
Just as everyone was distracted, he moved in an instant.
"Oh no..."
Orochimaru, Rasa, and the Fourth Raikage snapped back to reality at this moment, but the purple short blade had already swung.