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Chapter 366: The Konoha Sightseeing Group Sets Off
Chapter 366: The Konoha Sightseeing Group Sets Off
A great quake shook the land.
Not just the Hokage Building, but the entire Konoha Village, and even areas far beyond what anyone could imagine, felt the violent tremors that rattled the ground simultaneously.
"What's happening? Is it an earthquake?"
The villagers of Konoha rushed out of their homes, looking around in panic and confusion.
Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others quickly gathered at the window, peering out into the distance.
Suddenly, Naruto sensed something and pointed towards the horizon, exclaiming, "Look there!"
As Naruto spoke, a blinding aurora with a long trailing flame descended from the heavens, flashing past their line of sight in an instant.
Just like before.
In just a few breaths, a more violent tremor struck once more.
"That's... a meteor!" Hiruzen exclaimed, his eyes narrowing.
Orochimaru, with his golden vertical pupils, stared unblinking at the sky. "It seems there's more than one."
Indeed, a third meteor soon followed.
Then the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh, each one appearing in quick succession.
In the order of their arrival, each meteor was nearly twice the size of the previous one.
Seven meteors in total, descending from the sky, aimed at a single location with unmistakable intent.
When the last meteor struck the earth with unimaginable force, even at a great distance, numerous houses in Konoha Village collapsed, not to mention the destruction elsewhere.
The sturdy Hokage Building shook a few times but managed to remain standing.
At that moment, Naruto clenched his fists as he looked out at the village, now reduced to ruins.
Fortunately, the earthquakes had been building in intensity, giving the villagers time to escape outdoors before the worst of it hit, minimizing casualties.
Naruto, all too aware of what a battle between Six Paths-level beings entailed, quickly explained, "Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, are clashing!"
Jiraiya paled as he listened, taking in the devastation of the village. "Just the aftermath of their clash has this much destructive power? If their battle reaches the village..."
Jiraiya shuddered at the thought.
Hiruzen's hands trembled as well.
According to Naruto's earlier description, beings of the Six Paths-level could traverse the entire planet in a short time, constantly engaging in battle with no regard for the destruction they wrought.
Now, in the distance, they could see the brilliant light of ninjutsu illuminating the sky.
Hiruzen took a deep breath and quickly summoned all the Konoha ninjas within the building. He instructed them to evacuate all the villagers and keep them from lingering in the village.
Then, turning to Naruto and the others, he said, "Although it may be a fool's errand, we must buy time for the villagers to evacuate. It would be best if Hagoromo and the others don't come here. But if they do, all we can do is try to stop them with our lives!"
"Then let's move! We won't let Hagoromo and his companions underestimate the ninjas of Konoha!" Naruto raised his fist, his determination unwavering.
Tsunade nodded. "I'll go and see as well."
Even now, she couldn't comprehend how the harmless-seeming Hagoromo could have become so ferocious in such a short time after leaving.
Standing by, Tendo and the Nine-Tails, with Kushina and Minato now back in the seal, also agreed without hesitation, despite the slim chances of survival.
For Konoha, they would make the journey.
And Jiraiya, of course, needed no urging.
As for Orochimaru, his true desire was to avoid this confrontation.
But with everyone present making the same choice, and his own curiosity about the pinnacle of power in the ninja world, he, too, would join them.
Orochimaru, the master of preservation, knew that no matter what, he wouldn't be the first to die.
In the end, he reluctantly nodded in agreement.
Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, assigned the task of evacuating the villagers to the two elderly Konoha advisors, and then set off with a group of powerful shinobi towards the village outskirts.
Along the way, he happened to come across Danzo, who was stealthily making his way out with a group of ANBU shinobi.
Without hesitation, Sarutobi, in his capacity as the Hokage, conscripted Danzo and his men into the mission, forcing them to fight for Konoha.
With no room for argument, Danzo could only comply, his face dark with resentment.
And so, the Konoha sightseeing group was formed.
Even before the formation of the Konoha group, the Iwagakure sightseeing group had already set out for the Iwaburi Mountains to investigate the situation.
However, due to their proximity to the action, they suffered heavy casualties, losing half their number in an instant.
Barely escaping this calamity, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, hovered in the air, his expression a mix of dismay and fear as he watched the three figures in the distance, their every move shaking the heavens and the earth.
"How can there be such powerful beings in this world?"
"Could the news from the Third Hokage be true?"
Previously, when Onoki received Sarutobi's message about the arrival of a terrifyingly powerful being from another world, he had scoffed at the idea, thinking that Sarutobi's mind had gone soft in his old age, coming up with such an outlandish story to keep Konoha out of the coming war.
But now, seeing was believing!
However, the price they had paid was too great.
Looking at the heavy casualties among the elite Iwagakure shinobi who had accompanied him, Onoki clenched his fists and turned his gaze once more towards the three figures who had already left the vicinity of the Iwaburi Mountains.
"So, that man and woman are Yuyi Xuan Yue and the legendary progenitor of chakra, Kaguya Otsutsuki. And if I'm not mistaken, the other one is Uchiha Madara!!"
But wasn't Uchiha Madara long dead?
How could he be here? And how had he become so powerful? Yet, even with his strength, Madara was still at a disadvantage against Kaguya, and together they faced a formidable challenge against Yuyi Xuan Yue.
"There's always someone stronger," Onoki sighed, standing alone and dejected, not daring to follow any further.
The battle between Yuyi Xuan Yue, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Uchiha Madara continued.
Madara, consumed by his desire to defeat Yuyi, paid no heed to the world around him.
Unlike the original world, where the battle between these Six Paths-level beings was confined to the desert, this fight quickly escalated, spanning dozens of miles and engulfing the entire planet as their battlefield.
Realizing that even with Kaguya's help, they were unable to defeat Yuyi, and instead were being relentlessly pursued by his Eighty God Slaying Strikes, Madara's eyes narrowed, and his Rinnegan stirred.
"Heaven Shaking Star!"
Under the control of Madara's Rinnegan, a true meteor from beyond the sky rapidly descended, covering a distance of several thousand meters as it hurtled towards Yuyi.
The impact was earth-shattering.
Space itself warped and twisted.
Even techniques like Yellow Spring of the Burning Dead, which manipulated space-time, were difficult to employ in the face of such chaos.
But it didn't end there.
Madara's Rinnegan once again stirred, sending ripples across the sky.
One, two, three... a total of seven meteors, each one larger than the last, formed a chain as they hurtled towards Yuyi, their impact akin to the end of the world.
In a sense, the Six Paths Sage had chosen his opponents well this time.
Whether it was the Limbo: Border Jail or the Heaven Shaking Star, they were unaffected by the power of the God Tree, proving to be effective counters against Yuyi.
However, this only served to restrain him on one front.
(End of Chapter)
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