Chapter 513: Do You Regret It
The Fourth Raikage's expression was grave, his hands crossed, protecting his front.
He had already suffered a loss from Haruno Sakura's Monstrous Strength. Just now, the girl's full-force high roundhouse kick swept across his left arm. Even with arm guards and Lightning Armor protecting him, the Raikage felt his arm go numb and swell as if shattered, even doubting if the bone had cracked.
This sounds like a joke, but it's the truth—the Raikage was inferior in strength to this slender girl before him.
It was the kind of gap where he would be suppressed.
A should have used his speed advantage to deal with Haruno Sakura. But he couldn't do that.
The power of Haruno Sakura's ninjutsu was too fierce. If he used that lukewarm fighting style again, Cloud Ninja Village might be razed to the ground before a winner was decided between him and Haruno Sakura.
It's just that A also completely didn't think about how terrifying the power of Monstrous Strength combined with Sage Mode amplification would be!
—Just like he didn't think about what kind of absolute disaster angering Haruno Sakura with such despicable and cruel methods would bring to Cloud Ninja Village.
Haruno Sakura's fist momentum was not like the Raikage's punch, which punched through the air, fist wind roaring like a tiger in the mountain forest, blasting over unstoppably.
On the contrary, when this punch mixing Nintaijutsu and Sage Mode power was blasted out, its momentum was even a bit plain.
It hit over as if lacking any earthly flavor.
A was fully prepared and didn't dare to be careless at all, but when meeting this punch, he still found he underestimated Haruno Sakura.
"What a heavy punch!"
When the fist touched his body, overwhelming fist force transmitted from it. The Raikage's scalp tightened instantly, his pupils shrinking violently;
He only then realized that this punch only looked light and calm, without much commotion, but the small fist contained explosive power!
When the surface of the fist hit, the sound wave was compressed into a shock wave and instantly exploded.
A transparent air wall suddenly spread out, and the picture of the whole world seemed to shake a bit!
The heavy armor made of steel, and the Lightning Armor condensed like substance and harder than steel, collapsed layer by layer in front of this all-conquering power. Then, that huge power vented onto the Raikage's well-tempered, rock-solid physical body!
"Nintaijutsu: Star Cannon Hammer!"
Hearing only a loud bang, the Raikage's burly body flew backward like a kite with a broken string.
"Brother!"
The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki caught the Raikage with a tentacle. Lifting him up, he saw that the Lightning Armor on half of the latter's body had been blasted apart. A delicate dark red fist mark was clearly printed on the thick arm, and the entire right arm hung weakly to the side.
A was also tough. He shook off the medical ninja's support and stood up.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his left hand, grabbed his dislocated right arm, shouted angrily, and actually forcefully set the bone back in place, staring fixedly at Haruno Sakura.
He was panting slightly, but the fighting spirit in his eyes was still burning fiercely.
"Again!"
The man's gruff voice came from a distance of dozens of meters.
"Bones are quite hard!" Haruno Sakura sneered, saying seemingly in admiration, "However, you can continue, but how long can your village hold on?"
She reached out and pointed at the collapsed buildings behind the Raikage.
"Look behind you... Raikage-sama."
Faint sounds of continuous wailing and crying came from over there.
A was suddenly stunned, his dark face turning imperceptibly pale.
He slowly turned his head, his neck like machinery lacking lubricating oil, so stiff it was hard to turn.
The Cloud Ninja present also followed the Raikage's movement and glanced back.
The moonlight was extremely bright, faintly illuminating a corner of Cloud Ninja Village destroyed by the Wind Blade Torrent under the night.
After the high-speed cutting of the water line, nothing could survive.
In the ruins, firelight could faintly be seen.
The Cloud Ninja knew that only a small part of the village was destroyed, but given the population density of the village, how many people were affected by this small part?
"How many people are over there?" The Raikage's voice trembled slightly as he asked.
No one knew the exact number. After a deadly silence for a while, a low voice finally sounded: "Maybe... maybe more than two thousand people."
A trembled all over, his eye sockets completely red, and slowly turned around.
His eye sockets were splitting as he pointed at his own heart and roared: "This is a battle between you and me!"
"If you have guts, come at me, come here!"
"Don't hurt those innocent people!"
"Innocent people?" Haruno Sakura's willow eyebrows stood up, and she shouted angrily, "When you were brutally murdering the people of the delegation, why didn't you think they were innocent people too?"
Saying that, a water ball condensed in the girl's hand again. A silver water line shot out from her fingertips, flickering uncertainly like a venomous snake darting its tongue.
Her expression was also erratic like the ninjutsu in her hand.
"There are absolutely no innocent people." Haruno Sakura paused, looked at the Cloud Ninja and continued, "The old Cloud Ninja who could teach people like Omoi, the young Cloud Ninja who take bandit logic for granted, the Cloud Ninja villagers who earnestly support your militaristic path!"
"None of you have half a cent to do with the word innocent. From the moment you laid hands on the delegation, everyone in Cloud Ninja Village... is my enemy!"
The icy killing intent contained in the girl's words made this early autumn night feel as cold as severe winter.
Some among the Cloud Ninja felt a chill all over their bodies, while others flew into a rage.
"Bastard! Killing so many of our companions and still daring to be arrogant..." Killer B, burning with anxiety and furious, shouted, "I'm going to smash you to pieces!!"
Saying that, the Jinchuriki, whose head was dizzy with anger, actually disregarded everything and transformed in the center of the village, entering complete Tailed Beast Mode. He opened the Eight-Tails' mouth and brewed a huge Tailed Beast Ball!
Astonishing chakra mixed into a huge black ball with a yin-yang ratio of 2:8, even bigger than the Eight-Tails' head. The awe-inspiring heavy pressure like a mountain instantly made the spectating Cloud Ninja breathless.
"Terrifying momentum..." Haruno Sakura frowned slightly.
The Raikage was even more anxious than Haruno Sakura, glaring and scolding angrily: "Bastard, do you want to use a Tailed Beast Ball in the center of the village, idiot!"
With the huge body size after complete Tailed Beast transformation, just standing in the center of the village had already caused a lot of damage; if Killer B were allowed to blast this Tailed Beast Ball out, whether it could hit Haruno Sakura aside, the village would be mostly destroyed by his one shot!
At that time, the one causing the most damage to the village would probably not be the enemy, but their own Jinchuriki!
Fortunately, the thing the Raikage worried about didn't happen...
Because Haruno Sakura made her move.
"Sage Art: Giant God Warrior!"
The majestic giant hidden in the ruins of the Raikage Peak for a long time suddenly pounced out as Haruno Sakura's hand seals turned!
If "Mangekyo Sage Art: Majestic Attire God Warrior" was Haruno Sakura's strongest move at present, then the "Sage Art: Giant God Warrior" without the Mangekyo Sharingan's Susanoo enhancement, although less powerful than the "Majestic Attire God Warrior," was also a powerful secret technique of world-destroying level.
This move, even with the girl's superb chakra control, took a little time to complete—before the Raikage rushed back to Cloud Ninja Village, she had been secretly preparing this jutsu.
A height of over a hundred meters made the Giant God Warrior not inferior in physical form to the complete form of the Eight-Tails.
And in pure strength, the Giant God Warrior even came out slightly on top—
It leaped out, pouncing the Eight-Tails down with the weight of Mount Tai, firmly suppressing it on the ground.
Almost at the same time the Giant God Warrior leaped out, Haruno Sakura's vigorous figure flashed and appeared on the giant's forehead.
She borrowed the momentum to jump up, jumped above the Tailed Beast Ball, threw a punch, and actually forcefully blasted the black ball-shaped Tailed Beast Ball into the Eight-Tails' body!
The Eight-Tails' belly suddenly bulged.
"Taste the flavor of your own Tailed Beast Ball!"
The girl shouted angrily! While speaking, the Giant God Warrior also firmly clamped the Eight-Tails' mouth!
Then the next moment—
Rumble!!!
The Tailed Beast Ball exploded violently inside the Eight-Tails!
At the moment of explosion, the terrifying power of the black chakra ball boundlessly expanded the Eight-Tails' belly, until it burst the Eight-Tails' body, turning into a huge light ball!
The dazzling light ball instantly burst forth with immeasurable light!
The entire Cloud Ninja Village seemed to enter daytime for an instant.
At the center of the explosion, the front half of the Giant God Warrior's body was melted by the violent explosion, turning into a puddle of muddy water, flowing into the deep pit blasted out by the Tailed Beast Ball.
A small half of the core area of Cloud Ninja Village turned into ashes in a loud bang, disappearing into the air.
When A recovered from the strong light and loud noise, he found that the Lightning Armor on his body had dimmed, and his exposed skin was faintly aching.
The mountains where Cloud Ninja buildings once stood before him had now become a giant pit, looking as ugly as if someone had forcefully gouged a piece of meat out of Cloud Ninja Village.
Cloud Ninja troops were scattered around, everyone bearing injuries, their expressions dull.
How many people exactly lost their lives in this strike, including these ninja present, as well as nearby villagers?
One thousand? Two thousand? Four thousand?
The Raikage didn't know.
Even less willing to guess this number!
"Where is Killer B?"
The Raikage was startled and looked across the deep pit.
On the other side, Killer B canceled the Tailed Beast transformation. He was covered in injuries, leaning on his sword, standing strenuously on the ground.
Haruno Sakura hid behind the Giant God Warrior, her appearance also very wretched. The light and loose pajamas on her body had several charred holes, covered in bloodstains.
But her chakra was still surging, her gaze still sharp as a knife!
"Go to hell, Killer B."
The girl landed, holding the butterfly short sword, pointing at the man covered in injuries, and said coldly.
The Jinchuriki was silent.
The frivolousness on his face had completely vanished at this moment, leaving only the last bit of ruthlessness in his eyes of a cornered beast still fighting.
"Ah ah ah—!"
The man gripped his sword tightly and launched a desperate charge!
When the Raikage looked over, the two had just completed their final charge at each other, crossing paths.
Each stood still.
A lock of beautiful hair before Haruno Sakura's forehead broke, drifting in the air, a blood mark added to her face.
And Killer B, his body suddenly trembled, breathing rapidly and heavily, then fell decadently.
"Stop, Haruno Sakura!"
The Raikage shouted angrily across the deep pit, but ultimately didn't dare to act rashly.
The girl completely ignored him.
Her face was extremely cold. Holding the ice sword backhandedly, she turned and walked in front of Killer B.
Just like how Killer B treated Shizune just now.
She stepped fiercely on the Jinchuriki's head, trampling his face deadly into the mud.
The bridge of his nose was broken, his facial skin torn, blood soon flowing out from the ground.
And this, was just interest.
"Do you regret what you have done..."
"You scum?"
Haruno Sakura's voice didn't contain half a bit of the joy of revenge, only infinite coldness.
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