Within the overwhelming sea of thunderclouds behind the young man, countless golden lightning swords emerged in response, and they shot down from the depths of the clouds.
Each sword trailed a blinding golden electric light, its blade composed entirely of solidified lightning.
The sword hummed, and arcs of electricity leaped wildly across its edge!
From afar, it looked as though the sky itself had been torn open by countless golden cracks.
Countless bolts of lightning transformed into countless swords, like heavenly punishment descending from above!
The countless golden lightning swords drew countless dazzling trajectories in the air, covering the sky and filling the air, like a rain of judgment falling from the heavens, crashing down on the ruined Rinkai City below, towards the direction where Yagura was!
In an instant, under the watchful eyes of everyone in Konoha and the Village Hidden in the Mist, between heaven and earth, golden lightning swords rained down, as if the Milky Way had been overturned!
The young man hovered within, his robes fluttering, his fingers forming a sword incantation, surrounded by endless golden light and lightning!
The interplay of light and shadow made him appear as if he were a celestial being looking down upon the human world from the heavens, sacred and unapproachable.
However, no one knew that behind this magnificent divine power, in the deepest part of the thunderclouds, unseen by anyone, the clouds were constantly churning and surging.
The true hero behind the scenes was gritting his teeth, fingers moving at incredible speed as he continuously created new golden lightning swords one after another.
"Wind Style: Supreme Typhoon!"
Almost at the exact same moment Shinichi attacked from the sky, Yagura made his move as well. He suddenly swung out the club-like weapon in his hand, the tip of which was decorated with green flowers, then a huge, invisible stream of air appeared out of nowhere, carrying with it the endless storm around it.
It transformed into a visible, violent vortex, howling as it crashed head-on into the golden lightning sword, rain pouring down from the sky!
As a ninja from the Village Hidden in the Mist, Yagura was not particularly skilled in the Hidden Mist Jutsu.
Or rather, he had hardly studied it at all.
Yet no ninja in the Village Hidden in the Mist who relied on the Hidden Mist Jutsu could do anything against him.
The reason was simple.
The Wind Style: Supreme Typhoon that he had mastered was the natural nemesis of the Hidden Mist Jutsu.
It possessed overwhelming dispersal and impact power, so no matter how thick or dense the mist was, it could not withstand the sweep of that tyrannical wind.
And now, with a typhoon raging across the land, the world was filled with roaring gales; the power of this Wind Style increased severalfold immediately.
The instant Yagura acted, the surrounding Kirigakure ninja reacted as well.
Water Style, Wind Style, Hidden Jutsu, all kinds of Ninjutsu poured forth from their hands and followed Yagura's violent vortex like layer upon layer of suppressive fire, surging toward the descending rain of golden lightning swords.
The spectacle of Shinichi's attack was terrifying.
One could even say that the method of summoning lightning and making swords fall from the heavens was completely different from the style of every ninja in the current Shinobi World, but the people of the Village Hidden in the Mist were not fools.
They had all witnessed the scene of Shinichi Higashino slowly rising from the ruins and ascending into the clouds.
Although they did not know exactly what he intended to do next, every single one of them had locked their eyes onto his movements.
Every muscle in their bodies was tense, and the chakra for various Ninjutsus was already gathered in their hands, ready to be unleashed.
After all, this guy had just launched that earth-shattering attack on them, destroying the city and mountain with a single blow, and the fate of nearly two thousand of their comrades remains unknown.
No one dared underestimate even the slightest movement he made afterward.
As for these golden lightning swords, although they were extremely fast, far faster than ordinary Lightning Style, and though Shinichi continuously manipulated them with layers of wind currents to provide tremendous propulsion, they still had not reached the speed of Sasuke Uchiha's future Ninjutsu, Kirin, from the original timeline.
The Krin directly summons lightning from nature; the lightning strikes from the sky at near-light speed, making it almost impossible to dodge, and can only be avoided by anticipating its movement.
These golden lightning swords, on the other hand, were essentially physical attacks.
Using Shadow Clones of the Blade of the Thunder Spirit as carriers, they borrowed the natural lightning within the clouds for charging and amplification before being thrown.
Although their speed far surpassed conventional Ninjutsu, they were still fundamentally creations of chakra.
Ultimately, they remained within the category of attacks that could be intercepted.
However, there was one more thing worth mentioning: this move looked incredibly cool!
Boom! Boom!! Boom!!! Boom!!!! Boom!!!!!
The golden sword, rain, and the countless Ninjutsu collided violently in midair!
For a moment, the entire sky was torn into countless fragments by blinding light!
The first to meet the attack was Yagura's violent vortex, carrying the residual might of the typhoon.
Wind and golden lightning savagely clashed in the air.
Dozens of golden lightning swords were forcibly caught by the enormous rotating airflow and hurled away, tracing uncontrolled arcs through the sky before plunging into distant ruins and blasting open charred craters.
However, after swallowing dozens of golden swords, the typhoon itself was torn apart into fragments.
Immediately afterward came Water Dragon Jutsus, Earth Dragon Bombs, Wind Blades, and countless other Ninjutsus forming layers upon layers of barrage!
Golden lightning collided with pale white Water Dragon Jutsus, exploding into vast clouds of steam.
Green Wind Blades struck thunder swords, releasing expanding shockwaves and arcs of electricity.
The moment the Earth Dragon rose, a lightning sword pierced straight through it, scattering shattered stone and golden light everywhere!
For a time, explosions, metallic clashes, crackling electricity, and the hissing of vaporized water merged into a deafening tidal wave of noise.
Wave after wave of sword rain descended.
Layer after layer of Village Hidden in the Mist's interception network met them!
Some golden swords were knocked off course, plunging crookedly into the ruins and blasting open blackened craters.
Some were intercepted repeatedly until their energy was exhausted, dissolving into golden mist midair.
But even more golden lightning swords followed behind them, continuously descending from the clouds without end, as though they were inexhaustible.
For a time, both sides appeared to be locked in a stalemate.
Yet if this scene were witnessed by anyone in the current Shinobi World, they would likely be left utterly dumbfounded.
Because Shinichi Higashino was personally engaging in a direct bombardment against hundreds of ninja by himself.
And leading those hundreds was none other than Yagura, one of the Village Hidden in the Mist's top-tier powerhouses!
There might be many powerful figures in the current Shinobi World capable of fighting hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of ninja.
For example, the third Raikage, known as the strongest spear and strongest shield, could charge through vast armies.
Or Minato Namikaze, who could instantly reap enemies throughout a battlefield with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
But every one of them relied on mobility and assassination tactics to defeat enemies one by one.
None fought by directly exchanging a barrage of Ninjutsus against massive enemy forces head-on.