But this time, the target of the Dust Release attack was not Rengoku, because he was simply too hard to hit.
That streak of white light shot straight toward Son Goku's tail at lightning speed.
In the blink of an eye, the white beam struck with perfect accuracy and effortlessly sliced off a section of it.
"Ahhhhh! It hurts so bad!"
Suffering such a heavy blow, Son Goku immediately let out a shrill, agonized scream.
The immense pain jolted him awake from his dazed state, and the fury in his heart ignited like a raging blaze.
In his towering rage, the chakra inside Son Goku began to surge violently, like uncontrollable, crashing waves.
His tightly shut eyes flew open, and two dazzling red beams burst forth from them.
Right after that, he raised both arms high, his hands blazing with a heart-stopping crimson light, then used all his strength to smash them down onto the ground.
Along with this ferocious strike, the magma that had only just calmed down began to boil and churn once more, spreading outward at extreme speed.
At the same time, deep underground, low, muffled rumbling sounds like distant thunder echoed again and again.
It gave people the sense that an unimaginably terrifying power was brewing and about to erupt deep beneath the earth.
Onoki's expression turned grave as he reached into his robes. After fumbling for a moment, he pulled out a signal flare that flickered with a strange light and fired it into the sky.
A brilliant streak of flame shot straight into the clouds, like a dazzling meteor cutting across the heavens.
As the signal flare exploded midair, an enormous pattern suddenly appeared in the sky.
When the Iwagakure ninjas locked in fierce combat saw this, they all let out a breath of relief and began to withdraw slowly.
However, the Konoha side did not let the matter rest. Instead, they seized the opportunity and launched an even more ferocious pursuit.
Shouts of killing rang out one after another, and the battle between the two sides grew ever more intense.
At that moment, a black-and-red arrow of light wrapped in tremendous energy tore through the sky.
At lightning speed, it shot straight toward Onoki in the air;
At the same time, another Yasaka Magatama radiating terrifying might followed closely behind, also hurtling toward Onoki's position.
Faced with this sudden and fierce assault, Onoki, who had been on guard all along, remained perfectly calm.
He quickly formed hand seals with both hands and let out a low shout, "Dust Release, Boundary Dismantling Technique!"
Before his words even fell, a burst of blinding white light suddenly erupted in front of him, and a spotless white cube appeared out of thin air.
In the blink of an eye, the white cube rapidly expanded, becoming enormous, like an indestructible shield standing in front of Onoki.
With a loud "bang!" the onrushing arrow of light and the terrifyingly powerful Yasaka Magatama slammed heavily into the Dust Release shield.
For a moment, light scattered in all directions and violent shockwaves surged outward, making the surrounding air tremble violently.
What was astonishing was that, despite withstanding such ferocious attacks, the Dust Release shield conjured by Onoki did not budge in the slightest, firmly blocking the enemy's assault.
Even more jaw-dropping was the fact that at this moment, the distance between Onoki and that white Dust Release cube was less than a mere ten centimeters.
Such precise and delicate control was truly breathtaking.
Immediately after, Onoki's figure flashed. Like an arrow released from a bow, he shot straight up into the sky, racing toward the distant heavens.
In the blink of an eye, he vanished from everyone's sight, successfully escaping the attack range of Rengoku and the others.
Rengoku glanced at Onoki, then turned his head to look at Son Goku nearby.
After a moment of thought, he decided to temporarily abandon the pursuit of Onoki.
Instead, he focused on continuing to suck pupil power from his main body.
He made a hand gesture, signaling everyone else to stay far away from this area.
For ordinary ninjas, a tailed beast was unquestionably an existence they could not hope to contend with.
They possessed world-destroying power that human strength simply could not withstand.
At this moment, deep underground came waves of dull, thunder-like rumbling.
And the sound grew more and more intense, as if a colossal beast were awakening deep beneath the earth and roaring.
Immediately after, the ground began to heave violently, bulging into one mound after another like small hills.
These mounds seemed to be driven by an overwhelmingly powerful force, and in the blink of an eye, they erupted, spewing out torrents of scorching magma.
This magnificent yet terrifying sight inevitably brought to mind the legendary eruption of a volcano, except that this scene had been artificially created.
This move was precisely Son Goku's signature technique, "Lava Release, Flower Fruit Mountain!"
Its power was staggering. If an ordinary person were unlucky enough to be hit by such an attack, even if they managed to survive by sheer luck, they would probably lose a whole layer of skin.
Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly and withdrew at once under his hand signal, narrowly avoiding being caught up in this sudden disaster.
After the people of Konoha left the battlefield where the tailed beast was fighting, they all headed straight toward Iwagakure without hesitation.
Faced with this region filled with flowing, scorching magma, most people felt fear in their hearts and did not dare advance recklessly.
However, there was one person who showed not the slightest fear of the raging flames and searing lava, and that person was Rengoku.
Rengoku's figure flashed as he instantly controlled Susanoo to leap high into the air.
That massive form was like a mountain falling from the sky, charging straight at Son Goku with incomparable oppressive force.
At the same time, he tightly gripped a jet-black sword of light in his hand, coldly gleaming, and brought it down on Son Goku with a crushing, mountain-toppling strike.
Seeing this, Son Goku let out an angry roar. He clenched both hands into fists, blazing with dazzling fire-red light.
Then he used all his strength to slam his fists into the incoming sword of light.
In an instant, the two tremendous forces collided, erupting in an earth-shaking explosion.
Even though Son Goku managed to block Rengoku's blow with all his might, how could Rengoku possibly let it end there?
He controlled Susanoo's legs and stomped viciously forward, kicking Son Goku hard and sending him flying far away.
Son Goku tumbled through the air several times before crashing heavily onto the ground, rolling in utter disarray like a toppled gourd.
As if feeling an unprecedented humiliation, Son Goku quickly flipped back up and furiously pounded his broad, solid chest.
Each blow landed with a deafening roar.
His rage made the already surging chakra grow even more violent and explosive.
He glared with eyes wide open, veins bulging on his forehead, both hands clenched tightly into fists.
Carrying boundless fury, he once again smashed them viciously into the ground.
In an instant, an unmatched torrent of chakra poured crazily into the depths of the earth like a burst dam.
This time, the ground shook violently, as if the land itself were about to be torn apart.
Immediately after, a volcano crater even larger than before, unfathomably deep, violently burst through the surface.
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