A torrent of golden light surged forward, obliterating everything in its path.
[Whoosh.]
Heiyan narrowed his eyes. Using the Flying Thunder God formula left on Yurou, he teleported beside her and pulled her into his arms before both disappeared into Kamui's space.
The next moment, a deafening boom echoed through the air.
The golden beam struck dead center, hitting the Lightning Shadow Headquarters. Countless golden shockwaves radiated outward, obliterating everything with unmatched devastation.
At this moment, the ground of Akagakure trembled violently, splitting open with endless deep fissures. Countless buildings crumbled into rubble, vaporized by the intense golden energy.
After a long while, the explosion finally subsided.
From a distance, the once-thriving Akagakure was gone, replaced only by an endless crater and scattered debris.
Boom!
Surrounding the village, those towering mountain peaks also snapped apart one by one, tumbling down into the river within the canyon, creating massive splashes of water.
The destructive power of this golden beam exceeded even that of the Tailed Beast Ball by over ten times.
On a distant hillside, the twelve council members raised their telescopes, fixated on where Akagakure once stood.
Behind them stood an enormous cannon—a high-altitude anti-aircraft gun design—with a barrel over ten meters long.
Connected behind the cannon sat a control panel. A Jonin rode atop it, adjusting the barrel's angle and handling the firing mechanism.
Strikingly, this massive cannon didn't fire conventional shells. Instead, multiple pipelines extended from both sides of the cannon body, connected to hundreds of ninjas.
Earlier, these Raikage ninjas had channeled their chakra through the pipes into the cannon barrel, powering up the colossal weapon.
This chakra-powered energy cannon was Akagakure's secret treasure—an ultimate weapon surpassing even tailed beasts. It would only be deployed during moments of life or death crisis for the village.
Originally designed as a countermeasure against peak warriors like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, it had never been used—until now.
In the original timeline, this chakra-powered energy cannon successfully intercepted an asteroid storm heading toward Earth and came dangerously close to obliterating the Moon in a single shot. Its power could rival the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
"Did we succeed?"
The twelve council members at the front exchanged glances and murmured among themselves.
Even they felt a chill run down their spines after witnessing the cannon's sheer devastation firsthand.
What had just occurred was an elaborate trap carefully devised by them.
Akagakure knew well that once war erupted with Mist Village, the immortal sage would likely come walking across the sea to attack directly.
Therefore, the Akagakure Council devised a military operation known as "Catch a Turtle in a Jar," even at the cost of sacrificing the entire village.
No one could have survived that blast.
After some time passed without any sign of movement from the ruins, everyone finally relaxed, exhaling in relief.
However, just when they were showing smiles of triumph and preparing to celebrate—
"Almost succeeded. What a pity."
A voice slithered through the air like a nightmare made real.
Then, to their shock, the space nearby suddenly twisted into a vortex-like distortion. In the next instant, Heiyan and Yurou reappeared.
Neither of them was harmed in the least.
This proved that when facing large-scale bombardment like this, the most effective strategy was to use Space–Time Ninjutsu. For example, back in the original timeline, Sasuke had narrowly escaped Deidara's Self-Destruction technique by using [Reverse Summoning].
And compared to general space-time techniques like Summoning, [Flying Thunder God] or [Kamui] were naturally far more effective.
Of course, Heiyan could have chosen to withstand the attack earlier, but there was no need.
"This weapon is too dangerous. Let me help you store it away."
He gave the Chakra Cannon a few quick glances before saying so, and immediately fired [Six Paths' Celestial Binding Chain] from his right palm.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The pitch-black chains danced like black dragons, quickly wrapping the cannon completely. Then, an intense spatial fluctuation traveled along the chain onto the weapon itself, pulling the massive object into a pocket dimension.
His Kamui had been enhanced with the All-Directional Eye; given time, it could potentially transform into Kekkei Mora.
Therefore, his ability to transport objects into other dimensions surpassed Obito's by far—he could even move something as massive as this cannon. Of course, the amount of chakra consumed was hundreds of times greater than usual.
"Stop him!"
Seeing this, the twelve council members shouted desperately before fearlessly rushing toward Heiyan.
This time around, Heiyan didn't even need to act—Yurou alone was enough to defeat them all.
Swish!
Before the despair-filled gazes of those from Cloud, the Chakra Cannon vanished into thin air, taken away by Heiyan.
He glanced at the twelve defeated council members. Each one shot him a furious glare, and among them, six bore particularly heavy hostility—an intent to kill that wouldn't end until death.
Therefore, Heiyan acted decisively without hesitation and executed those six on the spot, their blood spilling across the ground.
Afterward, he looked coldly down at the remaining half of the council members and spoke with chilling words:
"I command you to withdraw your troops from the border immediately and abandon your plan to invade the Land of Water. Remember, I'm only giving you one chance because I don't want countless innocent lives to suffer. But if you still refuse to see reason, I won't mind wiping out the entire Land of Lightning."
Each word weighed heavily on them, resonating with undeniable authority.
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression turned bitter. After what just happened, they knew the turtle Immortal sage wasn't joking—he truly had such power.
In the end, the people from Akagakure surrendered and had the surviving six council members sign the order immediately, sending the retreat command to the frontlines.
The war between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water—between Akagakure and Kirigakure—had ended before it even began.
The losses Akagakure suffered were indeed severe—not only did they accidentally destroy their own village, but they also lost the Chakra Cannon, their ultimate weapon.
The Council had also lost half its members and was now on the verge of disbanding.
As for the grand ambition of conquering Kirigakure, seizing half the shinobi world, and eventually ruling over the entire globe—it, too, came to a sudden halt, failing before it had truly started.
After leaving Raikage Village, Heiyan and Yurou didn't return directly to Kirigakure or Penglai. Instead, they continued heading north, toward the frigid land of ice and snow.
His destination was the Snow Country.
The Snow Country is a place without spring, where tears freeze and even hearts turn to ice.
The country's claim to fame is a special technique called Ice Release, which taps into the power of snow and ice.
However, Heiyan didn't come here for that.
Due to its harsh natural environment and scarce resources, the people of the Snow Country dug deep underground for coal and built an industrial system centered around steam technology.
From railways and trains to even airships — all powered by steam.
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