The moment the crimson Guiding Chakra Arrow left the string, the fiery red lights behind Aokawa suddenly flickered rapidly.
With every flicker, a crimson Chakra Arrow shot out, and a sky-blotting rain of crimson Chakra Arrows pressed down frantically.
Like a doomsday judgment falling from the heavens, it smashed ruthlessly toward that small area on the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boooom!
The moment the first Chakra Arrow touched the ground, a violent explosion occurred.
Following that was the second, the third, the hundredth, the thousandth!
The deafening roars merged into one, completely drowning out all other sounds in the forest.
The earth shook frantically, the solid ground torn open again and again. Soil, rubble, and broken tree roots were blasted a hundred meters into the air, only to be shredded into powder mid-air by the subsequent rain of Chakra Arrows.
The crimson rain of Chakra Arrows didn't stop for a single moment, smashing into the earth with madness.
In the area covered by the explosions, dirt flew everywhere, rocks turned to dust, and the ground level continued to drop.
A massive, charred crater was rapidly forming.
Uchiha Obito struggled to lift his head, his newly awakened Sharingan staring fixedly at that destructive sea of fire. His heart hammered in sync with the explosions, and his body trembled uncontrollably with fear.
Is this... Aokawa's true power?
Asuma Sarutobi, Kakashi, and the others were deathly pale. They couldn't even imagine that an attack of this magnitude could be released by a boy their own age.
This was no longer in the realm of Ninjutsu; this was a natural disaster!
The bombardment continued!
Inside the crater, Yoshikawa Iwa and the other three Cloud Ninjas were nowhere to be seen.
Only a few corpses could be found among the numerous craters, and even those were soon annihilated in the subsequent bombardment.
But Aokawa frowned.
Through the dust and smoke, his Byakugan saw a massive ball of eerie blue light still standing firm in the center of the crater.
It wasn't a Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, but the actual physical form of the Tailed Beast.
Matatabi used its materialized back and Two-Tails to form three layers of protection, heavily covering Nii Yugito.
Countless Explosive Flame Arrows exploded against these three layers of protection, tearing large holes in them, but more blue Chakra would immediately surge out, repairing them in an instant.
"Matatabi really is something else when it comes to Yugito!" Aokawa thought to himself.
Seeing this, he stopped wasting Chakra. With a thought, the dense rain of arrows in the sky came to an abrupt halt.
The flames and thick smoke gradually dissipated, revealing a massive crater below that looked as if it had been struck by a meteorite. The center of the crater was scorched black.
His figure flickered, and he quietly landed on an open space dozens of meters away, calmly watching the blue ball of light in the center of the crater.
The moment he landed, that ball of eerie blue Chakra suddenly surged!
A sense of pressure, more than ten times stronger than before, swept across the entire Battlefield.
"Roar!!!"
A non-human roar erupted from the light ball, and a massive amount of blue Chakra soared into the sky, taking shape.
A giant cat demon, its size comparable to a mountain and its entire body burning with blue flames, appeared before everyone's eyes.
Two-Tails Matatabi, Complete Form!
The massive Tailed Beast lowered its head, its two burning heterochromatic pupils looking down at the tiny humans on the ground.
Its mere presence made the air feel thick and heavy.
The Konoha group's faces turned deathly pale. Before this pure, primal pressure, they felt as insignificant as ants.
Under this pressure, Kakashi and the others found it difficult even to breathe.
Uchiha Obito's newly awakened Sharingan even began to tremble involuntarily under the gaze of those massive beastly eyes.
"You... you've got to be kidding me! A Tailed Beast!" Asuma Sarutobi's lips trembled. "How are we supposed to fight a behemoth like this?"
On the field.
The fully Tailed Beast-transformed Nii Yugito looked down at Aokawa from above. "Aokawa, your strength has indeed greatly exceeded my expectations."
Its mouth opened slightly, and a deep, resonant voice came from above like rolling thunder, clearly reaching everyone's ears:
"Your footwork is too fast; in this form, I can't hit you... and with your current power, you can't do anything to me either."
"However..."
The Two-Tails changed its tone, turning its massive head to look at the Konoha Ninjas lying nearby, who had long since lost the ability to move. "I can choose to kill them all."
Aokawa had fully matured; she couldn't handle him.
But these other futures of Konoha had to be nipped in the bud.
She looked at Aokawa, who was feigning composure below, and snorted coldly. "Since the battle began, you've been intentionally avoiding one direction..."
"Let me guess, there's a girl you care about there, isn't there?" she chuckled sinisterly.
The deep, predatory voice speaking in such a feminine tone seemed somewhat eerie.
As she spoke, she shifted her gaze toward Kurenai Yuhi. "Is it... that cute girl in red?"
"Hahahaha!" The Two-Tails laughed toward the sky, the sound making everyone's eardrums ache.
Facing this threat, Aokawa's face showed no emotion, and he didn't deny it. He calmly replied, "With my speed, I can easily avoid your attacks while holding her."
"Hey! Hey! Aokawa!"
Uchiha Tetsubi had woken up at some point. Hearing Aokawa's words, his eyes immediately filled with terror, and he said somewhat ingratiatingly, "Aokawa, I think with your strength, carrying two people wouldn't be a problem. Take me too, I'm not heavy."
Shiranui Genma also grew frightened. "Aokawa, I'm not heavy either. Don't forget, we're classmates."
"Are you kidding? Everyone here is his classmate," Uchiha Inabi immediately retorted. He first glared fiercely at Uchiha Tetsubi—this kid actually wanted to run away by himself.
Then he spoke again, "Only I am a comrade who has fought alongside Aokawa. Right, Aokawa?"
"Aokawa, you have to take me with you! Aokawa, we're brothers-in-arms!"
"..."
The Two-Tails watched this scene with interest. "See? Your other companions have a strong will to live as well. Is it really okay to abandon them like this?"
"Since it's such a difficult choice for you, let me help you!"
With that, she suddenly opened her bloody maw wide.
Black and blue Yin-Yang Release Chakra gathered at an incredible speed, and a high-density black-purple energy ball began to condense in its mouth.
Tailed Beast Ball!
Even though the small energy ball hadn't fully formed yet, the destructive aura it emitted made everyone's hearts skip a beat.
And the direction this power was aimed at was precisely the Konoha group on the ground.
On the faces of Kakashi and Asuma Sarutobi, the fire of hope that had just been lit was instantly extinguished by the icy water of despair.
They knew very well that once that thing was fired, they, along with this entire area, would be completely erased.
Despair once again shrouded the hearts of all the Konoha Ninjas.
Facing this lethal threat capable of turning the tide of the battle, Aokawa's face showed not a hint of tension. He suddenly chuckled.
"You just said... that with my power, I can't do anything to you?"
"Not necessarily!"
"What do you mean?" Nii Yugito was stunned.
"Calculating the time, it should be about ready."
"'About ready' again?" Nii Yugito was startled to hear this familiar phrase, and the condensation of the Tailed Beast Ball in her mouth even slowed down for a moment.
Under her confused gaze, Aokawa pulled a short metal rod from behind him, and then... a blade-shaped segment of blue Chakra suddenly extended from the metal rod...
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