Roshi, Han, Yagura Karatachi, and the Third Raikage.
Within just a few minutes, four Kage-level experts had either been killed or wounded, instantly defeated in a single move by Heiyan. Even the strongest among them, the Third Raikage, was completely outmatched by Heiyan.
This situation came as a complete shock to the Four Great Ninja Villages.
But now that things had come this far, the remaining fighters had no choice but to go all out—to the death.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! A flurry of metallic whistles filled the air as countless iron-sand spears condensed into sharp spikes, weaving through the air and intertwining to form a massive barrier descending from the sky to envelop Heiyan.
[Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method]
This was the ultimate technique of Third Kazekage. Formed from countless iron-sand spikes, it packed maximum offensive power, full coverage, and extreme density.
Still, even this alone could not harm Heiyan. Inside the barrier, numerous iron-sand spikes shot toward him, attempting to pierce him, but they were effortlessly blocked by the Yin-Yang Release Xirang surrounding his body.
"Tsuchikage, hurry up! Use your Dust Release to eliminate him. This is our final chance!"
At this moment, Third Kazekage called out urgently to Onoki, who was standing nearby. He had deployed the Iron Sand Barrier specifically to immobilize Heiyan and create an opening for Onoki.
"Understood."
Onoki responded grimly. He immediately flew directly above Heiyan, hovering midair with a serious expression. Extending both hands forward, he locked his target with a precise aiming motion.
In an instant, a semi-transparent square barrier materialized in Onoki's hands.
This was the Dust Release.
Developed by the Second Tsuchikage "Mu," it was a Kekkei Tota born from the fusion of three chakra natures—Wind, Fire, and Earth.
The barrier created by the Dust Release could instantly disintegrate enemies into atoms and turn them into ashes, accompanied by a large-scale explosion. Its terrifying power even surpassed Hell Stab One-Finger Nukite: Ultimate, making it one of the strongest offensive ninjutsu techniques below Six Paths Tier.
Uzumaki Heiyan, this ends here! Your existence will be erased!
Onoki coldly declared while looking down at Heiyan below. As soon as he finished speaking, the Dust Release barrier in his hands launched forward, enclosing the target.
Faced with the descending Dust Release barrier, Heiyan's expression changed slightly. Joining both hands together in a sealing gesture, the surrounding Xirang gathered once more, forming an airtight mud sphere to protect him.
Useless.
Seeing this, Onoki merely sneered coldly.
Buzz.
When the Dust Release barrier reached the ground, it instantly expanded into a five-meter-wide cube, perfectly encasing the Xirang mud sphere.
Then—
BOOM!
A violent explosion erupted, accompanied by dazzling white light, engulfing everything nearby. Even Third Kazekage's Iron Sand World Method was utterly shattered by the shockwave, turning into countless drifting iron sands falling from the sky.
After the light faded—
On the battlefield, the Xirang sphere now bore countless holes, its regeneration speed significantly slowed. For the first time, its defense had been breached.
This clearly demonstrated the terrifying might of Dust Release.
Third Kazekage focused his gaze. Within the shattered sphere, Heiyan was nowhere to be seen. Could it be that Dust Release had reduced him to atoms, leaving no trace behind?
"Wind Shadow, watch out!"
Suddenly, Onoki high in the sky cried out in alarm toward this direction.
Not good.
Upon hearing those words, Third Kazekage immediately realized something was wrong. He felt a powerful sense of danger coming from behind.
Without time to turn around, his hands flashed through seals at incredible speed. The iron sand around him gathered together, forming a massive Iron Sand Body behind his back.
A red beam of laser-like energy shot through the air.
[Sage Art: Heavenly Release - Demon Flash]
This was an upgraded version of Storm Release: Shockwave Fang. Also a Kekkei Tota technique, its power level rivaled Onoki's Dust Release.
So without question.
A burnt gaping hole tore through the Third Kazekage's chest as the attack pierced both him and his Iron Sand Body like fragile paper.
Bang.
He fell down, following the same fate as the Water Shadow and Lightning Shadow before him.
In the distance, after witnessing the death of Third Kazekage, Heiyan slowly lifted his head, shifting his gaze toward Onoki in the sky.
Earlier when the opponent attacked him with Dust Release, although Heiyan had confidence in Yin-Yang Release Xirang, he wouldn't take unnecessary risks either.
So the moment the Xirang sphere formed, Heiyan used a Flying Thunder God formula previously placed nearby to instantly teleport himself to the edge of the battlefield.
Under Heiyan's cold gaze —
Onoki's expression changed dramatically; he nearly lost his soul from fear. Desperately channeling chakra throughout his body, he rocketed straight up hundreds of meters into the air like a spacecraft launching, preparing to flee.
This proved that intelligence gathering by the Four Great Ninja Villages had suffered serious mistakes; they never imagined how much Heiyan had grown over the past year.
In this battle, Heiyan indeed hadn't used the Six Paths Stone Tablet. However, compared to his strength during the battle in Uzugakure, he had grown several times stronger.
His current power surpassed even Hashirama Senju (the God of Shinobi) at his prime. Facing enemies from these four ninja villages, it was naturally effortless for him to crush them mercilessly.
Certainly, Heiyan wouldn't allow Onoki to escape.
However, just as he was about to fly into the sky to chase the fleeing enemy, his movement was interrupted by a sudden tremendous roar.
"GRRROOOOAAARRR!!!"
After personally witnessing the death of Third Raikage, Burubi's eyes turned blood red immediately. Completely enraged, he roared furiously while transforming completely into the Eight-Tails form.
On the snowy plains of the Land of Iron stood Gyuki, the Eight-Tails ox-demon, towering over sixty meters tall. His eight octopus-like tails thrashed wildly behind him; giant cow-like eyes glowed with murderous intent fixed on Heiyan.
Meanwhile.
Monk Bunpuku of Sunagakure, upon seeing the death of Third Kazekage, also felt overwhelming grief and summoned forth Shukaku, the One-Tail residing within him. It took the form of a cursed-mark-covered tanuki that resembled a badger.
Perhaps responding to calls from these two great tailed beasts, inside Roshi and Han's bodies, Son Gokū the Four-Tails and Kokuo the Five-Tails awakened at this moment. Taking advantage of their hosts falling unconscious, both tailed beasts easily seized control of their hosts' bodies, manifesting their true forms.
Son Gokū, the Four-Tails, was a gigantic red ape while Kokuo, the Five-Tails, took the shape of a purely white beast combining dolphin and horse features.
"GRRROOOOAAARRR!!!"
The four Tailed Beasts surrounded Heiyan, raising their heads and roaring toward the sky. The massive shockwaves spread in all directions, whipping up the accumulated snow on the ground into a violent wind that flattened vast stretches of forest.
At this moment, the entire Land of Iron could hear the furious roars of the four Tailed Beasts.
Heiyan swept his gaze across the beasts, scanning each of them one by one.
Without summoning the Six Paths stone tablet, dealing with several enormous Tailed Beasts standing fifty to sixty meters tall would be somewhat challenging even for him.
He had already realized that there was a crucial technique missing from his current ninjutsu repertoire—namely:
"Gundam."
The legendary warriors who once stood at the peak of the shinobi world possessed such power: Hashirama Senju wielded the wooden golem and Thousand Hands Manipulation Force: Thrust, while Madara Uchiha commanded the Perfect Susanoo—each like a towering Gundam.
For Hashirama and Madara, these techniques not only maximized their overwhelming Chakra reserves but also… looked incredibly cool.
What boy wouldn't want his very own Gundam?
Heiyan had long been considering this idea and had even consulted Tsunade and Fugaku separately, hoping to incorporate the strengths of the wooden golem and Susanoo while tailoring them to his own circumstances to develop a unique "Gundam" for himself.
Now, the technique was nearly complete.
This was the perfect chance—to test its power against the four Tailed Beasts before him.
With that thought, Heiyan smiled slightly and pressed his hands together.
Boom!
An unimaginable surge of Chakra burst forth from his body, shooting straight into the heavens. The solidified Chakra was so immense that it resembled the Milky Way cascading down to earth, startling the four Tailed Beasts into hesitation, unwilling to take another step forward.
Before their frightened gazes, a hundred-meter-tall colossus gradually took shape, emerging onto the snowy plains of the Land of Iron.
Resembling the Perfect Susanoo, this giant wore magnificent armor composed of shoulder guards, bracers, skirt armor, and boots—but no helmet or chestplate.
That was because this colossus had no head; its neck and everything above were completely empty.
Its upper torso was bare, with two nipples serving as eyes and a mouth formed at the navel—as if a face had been painted directly onto its chest.
In addition, the colossus' entire body was wrapped in several massive Heavenly Release chains. The chains' surfaces pulsed with Chakra, radiating intense red light that sent shivers through the soul.
In its left hand loomed a towering sixty-meter-high tower shield. Created from Yin-Yang Release Chakra, the shield's surface bore the deep hue of the earth, with two lifelike Wood Release dragons coiled around it.
In its right hand, it grasped a crimson great axe over a hundred meters long, similarly formed from Qiankun Chakra. Lightning crackled along the blade's edge.
This headless armored titan, wrapped in chains, stood proudly between heaven and earth with shield in left hand and axe in right, exuding an aura as vast and terrifying as the sea—a true war god descended into the mortal world.
His name was Xingtian.
Drawing upon memories buried deep within his mind, Heiyan had summoned forth the legendary warrior Xingtian from his homeland's mythology using his Yin-Yang Release, Heavenly Release, and Sage Chakra.
As the saying goes: good looks equal combat power.
War God Xingtian stood majestically between heaven and earth, his mere presence making the four Tailed Beasts shrink back in fear, their auras greatly diminished.
However, they were still Tailed Beasts—creatures at the very pinnacle of this world's food chain. Their innate pride would never allow them to submit; they could only fight to the bitter end.
"ROAR!"
Five-Tails Kokuo raised its head and roared furiously before charging straight toward Xingtian. As it ran, it lowered its head, aiming the five massive horns upon it directly at its opponent.
[Horn Breaking]!
This was Five-Tails' most devastating move—a brutal charge that could pierce through even a Wooden Golem or a Susanoo if they weren't ready.
BOOM!
At the exact moment Five-Tails attacked, Xingtian lifted his tower shield and forcefully pushed forward, violently clashing with the beast's horns.
CRACK!
The shield cracked under the immense impact, yet the Yin-Yang Release chakra that composed it quickly repaired the damage automatically.
As for Xingtian himself, he hadn't budged even an inch, rooted like the Dragon-Spike Pillar anchoring the sea.
In contrast, Five-Tails failed to send Xingtian flying as it had hoped. When the tremendous recoil force struck back, three of its five massive horns snapped clean off, its gigantic body swayed unsteadily, and its consciousness became dazed.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Xingtian seized the moment. With another thrust of his shield, the two wooden dragons etched onto it sprang to life. Roaring fiercely, they lunged toward Five-Tails Kokuo and sank their fangs deep into its enormous body.
Five-Tails immediately let out a piercing wail of pain, its front hooves collapsing as it knelt on the ground. Its chakra was continuously siphoned away by the wooden dragons.
Just at this moment,
On the other side, Eight-Tails Gyuki also charged forth. Learning from Five-Tails' mistake, it didn't attempt to ram Xingtian with its horns. Instead, it twisted sideways and swung its tail—
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Eight massive octopus-like tails lashed toward Xingtian, while simultaneously, Gyuki spat out a huge jet of ink, attempting to disrupt his vision.
Facing the incoming eight tentacles, Xingtian remained utterly calm. He took a bold step forward, raised the battle axe in his right hand, and swung powerfully toward the attacking appendages.
ZZZT!
The axe sliced through the air trailing countless red lightning bolts. The sheer might behind that single swing seemed capable of even warping space itself, splitting it apart.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Like soft tofu, one after another of the eight thick tentacles was cleanly severed, crashing heavily onto the surface, kicking up clouds of snow.
Gyuki howled in agony, its massive body rolling across the snow, gravely wounded after just one strike.
After dealing with Eight-Tails, Xingtian had barely turned around when he saw a yellowish-brown figure charging at him.
It was Shukaku, the One-Tail.
Seeing the brief opening when Xingtian used his shield and then his axe, Shukaku lunged at him while his defense was down. Both claws landed firmly on Xingtian's body.
SAND... SAND... SAND...
The moment they made contact, the sand and cursed markings covering Shukaku's body surged along its claws toward Xingtian, successfully trapping him within, leaving him completely immobilized.
[Sand Waterfall Coffin Seal!]
This was Shukaku's unmatched Sealing Technique, forming a pyramid-like structure with its sand body and cursed seal to bury Xingtian inside, completely sealing his power.
Unfortunately for Shukaku, using such a technique against Xingtian was nothing but an embarrassing display of overconfidence.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as Shukaku thought it had succeeded, several red chains suddenly shot out from the sand pyramid—these were the massive Celestial Binding Chains that had been wrapped around Xingtian.
Caught completely off guard, Shukaku was instantly bound tightly by the Celestial Binding Chains, forcing it to interrupt the sealing technique it had been performing.
BOOM!
Xingtian broke free from the sand pyramid. With just a tug on the Celestial Binding Chain in his hand, he sent Shukaku crashing helplessly to the ground, then placed his foot firmly on its head, subduing it completely.
At this point, all three Tailed Beasts had already been defeated by the War God Xingtian. The melee combat skills that the Tailed Beasts once prided themselves on proved utterly ineffective against Xingtian.
Son Gokū, the Four-Tails, clearly recognized this reality.
Therefore, he quickly jumped backward, creating distance from Xingtian before pressing both palms against the ground.
A thunderous roar erupted!
The earth beneath Xingtian's feet exploded with tremendous noise, causing the surface to collapse into deep craters. From deep beneath the earth surged forth large quantities of magma, spreading hundreds of meters in all directions and forming an extensive sea of lava.
[Lava Release: Flower–Fruit Mountain]
The Four-Tails attempted to use this move to scorch Xingtian's body, even hoping to see him swallowed by the sea of lava. However, those who suffered first were actually Shukaku—the One-Tail—and the Five-Tails and Eight-Tails lying on the ground.
Their massive bodies made broad contact with the magma, nearly burning them all to char, each letting out piercing shrieks of pain.
Meanwhile, Xingtian looked down at the spreading molten sea beneath his feet, and suddenly the giant mouth located on his navel opened wide. Then—
Splash!
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