The moment Amamiya Raizen entered Sage Mode, the world itself seemed to hold its breath.
His eyes gleamed with golden pigment — the mark of nature chakra perfectly balanced within him. His presence shifted, wild yet divine, like the calm before a storm tearing the heavens apart.
Facing the army of Kaguya shinobi ahead, Raizen clenched his fists and roared—
"Sage Art: Welcome—Senju Massacre!"
The battlefield shook.
A colossal golden Buddha emerged behind him, its countless arms spreading across the horizon. The air warped from sheer chakra pressure.
"Die. All of you!" Raizen's voice thundered.
The Buddha's fists rained down like divine meteors, striking the earth in a blinding barrage. Each impact sent shockwaves that flattened the terrain, turning soil to dust and men to paste.
Kaguya shinobi screamed in horror. Some tried to flee, but before they could take two steps, golden fists crushed them to pulp.
The air filled with bone fragments and blood mist.
"Kaguya ninja!" Raizen's voice roared above the chaos. "Fall before me!"
Another wave of golden arms descended. The earth cracked, and a whole squad of Kaguya warriors vanished beneath the crushing blows.
"Everyone—attack! Kill him now!" shouted the Kaguya commander, voice breaking through the noise.
The surviving shinobi obeyed without hesitation, charging at Raizen like blades in human form. Their eyes were bloodshot, their bone spurs glistening with chakra-hardened marrow.
Raizen sneered. "So you're not running anymore? Fine."
The Buddha behind him flared with fresh light, its fists hammering down again—but this time, the Kaguya didn't retreat. They roared and charged through the golden storm, driven by madness and bloodlust.
"Bones and blood—buried together!" one screamed, bursting through the barrage, his body covered in crimson bone spikes.
The suicidal charge hit Raizen's defense head-on. The explosion shook the air, splattering mud and blood everywhere. Even the Buddha flickered, momentarily unstable.
"Tch… persistent bastards."
Raizen's eyes narrowed, then blazed. "Die!"
The golden fist struck down, crushing the madman where he stood. But more came. Each Kaguya who fell was replaced by two more, throwing themselves into the slaughter like lunatics. The golden light around Raizen began to flicker, overwhelmed by the sheer force of their insanity.
And then—it shattered.
The Senju Massacre crumbled into fragments of gold. Raizen exhaled sharply. "So… they broke through."
He didn't panic. The Senju Massacre wasn't invincible—this wasn't Susanoo. It was a jutsu born of his own Sage Mode and willpower, and even that had limits.
But he still had one more card to play.
Raizen pressed his palms together. White light flared between them, forming into a crystalline cube that pulsed with a low hum.
"Dust Release: Primary Disintegration."
"Not this again—fall back!" shouted one of the Kaguya survivors, recognizing the light too late.
Those caught within the cube froze, terror etched on their faces.
A blinding flash erupted, and they simply ceased to exist. No bodies. No blood. Nothing.
Just erasure.
The remaining Kaguya stumbled back in horror. Their bravado evaporated. The sight of comrades vanishing into nothing carved pure fear into their hearts.
"Retreat! Keep your distance from that monster!"
Raizen smirked. "Too late. You've already lost."
He gathered chakra again, the white light coalescing once more. The Kaguya scattered like ants, but the dust light swept wide, erasing several before they even screamed.
In that moment, the entire battlefield froze.
Even Amamiya soldiers stopped fighting, unwilling to get near their own commander's devastating technique.
A wide, empty crater surrounded Raizen—he stood alone at its center, untouched, calm, and terrifying.
"Now!" shouted Amamiya Kiyomasa, rallying the stunned troops. "Push forward! Cut them down while they're scattered!"
"Yes, sir!"
The Amamiya forces surged, riding the wave of fear Raizen had sown. The Kaguya formation shattered under the renewed assault.
The Kaguya commander snarled, veins bulging. "Damn you!" He gave the order again—one final charge. But even as his men hesitated, Raizen was already moving.
He vanished in a flicker of light.
Flying Thunder God Technique.
Kunai glinted across the field, marking his path. Wherever one landed, Raizen appeared—swift, merciless, a blur of death. Each time he reappeared, another Kaguya body hit the ground.
"Bing Release—Absolute Zero!"
A blast of freezing chakra erupted from his core, surging outward like a tidal wave. The temperature dropped instantly. Frost swept over the battlefield, encasing dozens of enemies mid-charge.
Their movements slowed, breaths turned to fog, then—
Crack.
Raizen drove his palm into the ice, shattering the frozen Kaguya into glittering shards. They scattered like snow under sunlight.
"Damn monster!"
The Kaguya commander roared, charging straight at him, bone spear extended. The weapon sliced through the air—
—but Raizen was gone.
"Behind you."
A whisper, a flash—
The kunai pierced clean through the commander's heart.
Raizen didn't even look at the corpse as it fell. "You should've stayed in the graveyard where you belonged."
As the commander's body hit the dirt, the Kaguya army's will broke. The remaining fighters scattered in panic, retreating into the forest beyond the plains.
The battlefield fell silent except for the crackle of fire and the hiss of melting ice.
Raizen exhaled, sweat running down his neck, Sage marks fading from his eyes. "Guess… that's one way to 'welcome' them."