A high-pressure water blade sliced through the air, cutting a steel pipe in half like it was tofu. It moved at blinding speed and reached Kaede in the blink of an eye.
Unfazed, Kaede swung the Kusanagi Sword in his hand. A silver arc swept out, shattering the water blade and dispersing it into a spray of countless droplets.
Whoosh!
Immediately after,
Kaede's figure flickered and vanished from where he stood, narrowly dodging a massive stone spike that suddenly erupted from beneath his feet.
"Hmph… This is turning out to be more troublesome than I expected. He already realized I'm not good at sensory techniques and immediately exploited that weakness… As expected of the 'Demi-God of the Shinobi World.'"
Standing atop the highest building in the area, Kaede looked down at the surrounding structures and muttered, "In that case, don't blame me for what comes next."
It was true that Kaede was currently lacking in sensory abilities. Without Sage Mode, it was nearly impossible for him to pinpoint Hanzō of the Salamander's exact location.
However,
Even with this weakness, Kaede had another way to deal with the problem. He didn't need to find Hanzō's precise position, he could simply include the entire area in his attack range!
"Take this, Hanzō of the Salamander."
A cold gleam flashed in Kaede's eyes. His figure shot into the air, leaping twenty meters above the rooftop. His entire body began to radiate a brilliant silver light.
From the shadows, Hanzō observed this with a slight frown, an uncertain expression on his face.
What is Kaede doing?
Is he trying to jump up high to escape my attacks…?
The thought had barely formed when Hanzō's expression changed drastically, a flicker of shock appearing in his eyes.
Because at that moment,
Kaede, hovering midair, suddenly unleashed a violent burst of lightning from his Kusanagi Sword. The blade began swinging furiously, leaving behind countless afterimages that surged like a storm.
The afterimages overlapped, forming a radiant sphere of silver light so intense it was almost blinding, like a glowing sun suspended in the sky.
In the next instant,
A storm of silver light rained down from above, with Kaede at its center. It poured toward the ground in a relentless deluge, covering everything below in its attack radius!
Each silver light orb resembled a crescent moon, wreathed in crackling lightning and brimming with razor-sharp destructive power that could shred anything in its path!
"Yasaka… Magatama!!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
Explosions rocked the entire Amegakure.
Countless silver orbs crashed to the ground, slicing through stone buildings on contact before erupting in bursts of lightning.
From high above, the entire battlefield looked like a massive web of electricity, thunder arcs weaving and branching like an underwater forest of kelp, dense and overwhelming.
Many of the Rain ninja who had already fled to the outskirts and were observing from afar stared at the sight with stunned expressions.
They could clearly sense the sheer power contained in each of those falling silver orbs. Defending against even one would be extremely difficult, yet Kaede had summoned hundreds in an instant, unleashing a wide-range, ultra-dense barrage!
"So this is…"
"The power of the Silver Flash of Konoha… the one who killed the Raikage…"
"He's on a completely different level…"
Fear filled the eyes of the Rain ninja. And before they could retreat further, Kaede's shadow clones, still active, charged at them. There was no escape.
As they fought desperately against the clones, they could only hear the deafening roar in the distance, as if millions of cannons were firing at once. The entire village trembled like it was caught in an earthquake.
RUMBLE, !!
The building Hanzō was hiding in crumbled almost instantly. Countless arcs of lightning spread outward with the water and rain, closing in on him faster than destruction itself.
"Damn…"
Hanzō's face twisted. Without hesitation, he formed hand seals and slammed his palms to the ground. A massive cube of rock erupted from the earth, shielding him from the torrential onslaught.
Watching from above, Kaede's eyes glinted.
"You can't hide anymore, huh?"
Without delay, he narrowed the focus of his attack around Hanzō's position, yet his movements didn't slow for even a moment.
A barrage of slashes converged on the rocky shield protecting Hanzō, the silver light growing denser and denser. Dozens of light orbs zeroed in on the stone wall.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
The solid rock, tough as steel, trembled violently under the relentless assault. It began to crack, dent, and crumble, until finally, it exploded apart!
At the exact moment his shelter was destroyed, Hanzō let out a sharp cry and activated the Body Flicker Technique. In a flash, he appeared in the sky, directly above Kaede.
In his hands, a chained scythe gleamed with deadly light as he slashed downward, aiming to cut Kaede clean in half!
Slash, One Flash!
Hanzō had been avoiding close combat with Kaede all this time, but with Kaede's massive sustained-area attack, hiding was no longer an option. He had only two choices: flee with the Body Flicker Technique, or end the fight instantly with a single decisive blow.
Hanzō chose the latter.
As a man known for his caution and value of life, he wanted to choose the first option and retreat. But the surrounding area had been completely flattened by Kaede's attacks.
Given Kaede's speed, escape was nearly impossible. So if he wanted to live, he had to gamble it all on this one attack.
He was the Demi-God of the Shinobi World!
He had clawed his way here, defeating countless geniuses and powerhouses along the way.
He would not die here!
Clang!!
As Hanzō's fierce strike came crashing down, Kaede's movements came to a sudden halt. His Kusanagi Sword swept upward at an angle, clashing with Hanzō's scythe in a burst of sparks.
But Hanzō's deadly counter wasn't over yet.
The moment Kaede blocked the blow, Hanzō's body suddenly dissolved into a splash of water, it was a Water Clone!
At the same time, another Hanzō appeared behind Kaede, brandishing a short sword aimed straight at his back.
A two-pronged strike, at point-blank range!
Clang!
Even with such lightning-fast attacks, Kaede still reacted. His body twisted mid-air, moving as if the scene was on fast-forward. With no foothold in the sky, he forcibly rotated his torso, slashing his Kusanagi Sword back to block the second strike.
The second attack was thwarted, but Hanzō showed no signs of panic. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as his other hand, already prepared, completed a single-handed seal.
Water Thorn Jutsu!
The water droplets that had fallen from the first clone's dispersal suddenly twisted mid-air, transforming into countless razor-sharp thorns that pierced toward Kaede at close range, giving him no room to dodge!
The icy spikes tore through Kaede's body, bursting blood into the air, scattering like petals across the falling rain.
Hanzō maintained his sealing pose, staring coldly at the scene.
"This…"
"...is the end."
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