Konoha's Mission Master

In addition, there were the trump cards that Yakumo had Minato Namikaze collect from other ninja villages some time ago, including explosive clay from Iwagakure and arc bombs from Kumogakure, etc...

In an instant, countless explosives detonated simultaneously, the loud booms building up one after another, venting humanity's fury on the blood-red monster. Black exhaust fumes sprayed outwards, causing a second series of explosions under the influence of high temperature and flames.

The Hollowfied Ten-Tails let out a painful howl, and metal shrapnel scattered in all directions under the shockwave, then melted into golden liquid under the high temperature.

The explosion's light instantly covered the surrounding white space, creating an extremely bright flash.

Yakumo thickened his crimson armor as much as possible, staring at the epicenter of the explosion. Amidst the blast, he discerned the Ten-Tails' agonizing howl. Watching the shockwave relentlessly destroy the surroundings, a sense of joy quietly rose within him.

These pre-collected explosives were a trump card.

If they could severely injure the Ten-Tails, they could weaken Kushina Uzumaki's fighting power.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

Ten tattered tails tore through the explosion cloud, but then a second explosion rang out!

In the distance, Masako Mori, Reiko Aoyama, and Chiyuki Yukotsu were rushing to the battlefield against the shockwave of the explosion.

At its core, deep purple arcs of electricity and flames intertwined.

Kumogakure, Konoha, and Iwagakure all contributed their efforts.

This is the wisdom of humankind, the roar of a ninja!

The pressure emanating from the ethereal Ten-Tails was much weaker than before. Clearly, the sudden explosion and energy turbulence had greatly depleted its original energy, yet it was still roaring angrily.

With the swinging of enormous claws, crimson gales began to disrupt the energy storms.

As the smoke and dust from the explosion slowly dissipated, the once majestic Void-Transformed Ten-Tails was now in a terrible state. Large areas of its blood-red fur had disappeared, and it was covered with dents caused by the explosion, resembling the gruesome sight of a beast tearing its flesh apart. Its right arm had been completely destroyed in the explosion, and the broken shoulder revealed blood-red jade-like bones. Behind it... its ten large, furry tails were also broken and incomplete.

In the blink of an eye, the group had returned to the battlefield. You Gu Qianxue was still in the most important position of absorbing damage and attacking, and as she was constantly injured, the phantom of death behind her became more and more solid!

Reiko Aoyama waved her hand, and Masako Mori also made her move at the same time.

The wind and fire combined to create a violent attack that slammed into the Ten-Tails, forming a wind and fire tornado that reached the sky and touched the earth.

At this moment, they are the Flame Queens and the masters of the wind!

Using the force of the shockwave, Yakumo drew her blade with the wind and was already in front of the enemy in the blink of an eye. Kushina Uzumaki compressed most of her strength into her right claw and clashed violently with Fuma.

The illusory energy and the three-colored energy suddenly clashed.

The two exchanged nearly a thousand blows in a very short time. Kushina Uzumaki's energy was once again reduced by Yakumo, who now saw an opportunity for victory.

Suddenly, Yakumo broke free from the extreme attack, his body abruptly freezing in mid-air. All the energy in his body was compressed into the blade, the blood-red armor on his body gradually thinned, his bright eyes dimmed, and his heart pounded as he poured golden energy into the weapon.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, he was gathering his strength.

Kushina Uzumaki, seeing Yakumo suddenly freeze, immediately sensed something was wrong and abruptly accelerated, crashing into the still Yakumo like a blood-red meteor.

She clenched her right fist, the exoskeleton on its surface twisting and overlapping like a menacing warhammer. She didn't know what the enemy was planning, but she knew she couldn't let him continue to build up his power.

"call--"

Yakumo took a deep breath, greedily inhaling the thin air around him.

The distance between the two was less than ten meters. At the critical moment, Yakumo's wood clone rushed to the battlefield. He used himself as the core and basically did not form any hand seals. He put his hands together.

"Wood Release: Blood Jade Ancient Tree!"

A blood-red giant tree emerged from the void, splitting into countless roots and thorns, completely separating the two like an ocean. On the branches of the trunk, thousands of delicate purple flowers bloomed.

Without pausing, Kushina Uzumaki charged into the sea of ​​trees with unparalleled ferocity. She swiftly swung her left arm, carving a path through the roots and thorns, but her speed inevitably slowed down.

At the same time, her right fist, as powerful as a warhammer, was gathering strength for a devastating blow.

Wood chips flew everywhere, tree roots broke off, and then quickly regenerated.

The oppressive aura emanating from the weapon in Yakumo's hand grew increasingly terrifying, yet his body radiated a peculiar weakness from within.

In his subsequent attacks, he staked the energy within him, the soul deep within his mind, his indomitable faith, and his immortal spirit.

"Not enough, shatter for me!!" Yakumo roared in his heart. As a master of ethereal energy, Kushina Uzumaki possessed a life force even more terrifying than Sakumo Hatake. To completely defeat her, one would need an incredibly terrifying, instantaneous burst of extreme power.

Click, click, click.

The sound of shattering rang in Yakumo's ears, as if in response to the choice he had made.

The golden crystal in his heart shattered, transforming into a rich source of energy that continued to flow into the demon-subduing realm.

This is the final gift from the arena after tormenting Yakumo a thousand times; this is the last energy of the twelve heroes. From now on, those twelve heroes will leave no trace in the universe.

This was also a trump card, originally meant to be used for a month, but under Yakumo's forceful intervention, it turned into a dazzling firework in an instant. This will be an incredibly terrifying blow!

"I'll risk everything to defeat you," Yakumo whispered. At that moment, Kushina Uzumaki had already plunged the claws of her left hand into the body of her wooden clone. The surging void energy erupted, directly destroying Yakumo's wooden clone.

Yakumo sensed the extra memories within her body and made her final preparations.

"Blood Limit - Chaos Web!"

"Virtual Energy - Infinite Reincarnation!"

Yakumo suddenly advanced, and the two attacks collided. Space and time were completely repelled at this moment, and the point where the two clashed formed a cavity about a hundred meters in diameter, like a bubble.

This was a clash like the collision of Mars and Earth. This time, both of them had staked everything. Countless energies clashed, and blood beads seeped from Yakumo's skin.

He completely abandoned his defenses, so Yakumo's body was extremely vulnerable at this moment.

Kushina Uzumaki wasn't in much better shape. The reversed energy rushed towards her like a file, relentlessly destroying the hard defenses on her body. At this moment, she... was like a fish having its scales scraped off.

Upon first meeting, Yakumo had already secured victory in this duel.

Countless energy fluctuations transformed into millions of slashes, enveloping Kushina Uzumaki like a giant net. The torrents of energy began to form a new cycle from beginning to end, with the compressed energy resembling blades.

Each blade possesses distinct characteristics: the scorching heat of the sun's fire, the unseen soul energy that is both strange and mysterious, the raging golden lightning that seems to destroy everything, and the azure storm that is the sharpest blade. All these attacks carry the characteristics of immortality.

And finally, the chaotic and insane void energy!

Kushina Uzumaki's tattered warhammer was a sharp blade intended to sever the net. Even though she was at a disadvantage, she stubbornly continued to advance, and even being surrounded by countless blades could not slow her down.

In fact, the two were still about a meter apart. The first thing to collide was the energy they were manipulating, and the last thing to collide was their weapons and claws.

"puff."

Yakumo's face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, but he still desperately gripped Fuma with both hands. This was the only shortcut he could think of to quickly defeat Kushina Uzumaki. Since it was a shortcut, there was an element of gambling involved.

If we retreat, we will lose the whole game!

Yakumo had no room to retreat; he could only keep moving forward, pushing the blade forward.

"Faster, faster."

"I can do it!"

His parched body squeezed out energy again, and Yakumo pushed the Demon-Subduing Blade forward.

Inch by inch, every little bit of progress was met with tremendous resistance.

Finally, the chaotic web was completely drawn, and the broken warhammer clashed with the blade.

At this moment, the world fell silent, and no one could see the scene at the heart of the battle.

Everything reached its final conclusion amidst the chaos.

Click...click...

Kushina Uzumaki's meticulously crafted warhammer began to shatter, as if a switch had been flipped.

Every inch of her skin was covered in bloody cracks, which continued to widen over time.

The sound of shattering was incessant. Countless fragments detached from the body's surface, only to be sliced ​​into nothingness by countless blades of energy within seconds. In an instant... scales regrowed from the places where the fragments had detached.

Breaking, regenerating, cutting—it's like a silent struggle!

Yakumo coughed up another mouthful of blood, his chest caved in as if he had been hit by a cannonball. This was because Kushina Uzumaki had torn through the net of sword energy with all her might, causing damage to Yakumo.

After carrying out her final revenge, Kushina Uzumaki also lost her chance to escape from her cage.

Chop, break, regenerate...

Ten minutes later, Yakumo still held the sword in his hand, pouring the newly generated energy within him into the torrent of energy before him. The wound on his chest had already healed.

Kushina Uzumaki's body has been completely shattered into a collection of ethereal energy, losing its human form.

If they can maintain the current state, the outcome will be decided in ten minutes.

Masako Mori and Chiyuki Yukotsu have suppressed the Ten-Tails, preventing it from supporting the battlefield here.

"Thump thump thump—!!"

In a daze, Yakumo heard a strong heartbeat, deep and powerful.

Even the massive, barrier-like torrent of energy could not stop the spread of this heartbeat.

boom--!!

The aggregate formed by the illusory energy suddenly exploded, and the shock wave clashed with the energy flowing inside. The sudden explosion broke the balance inside the energy torrent, and countless blade auras were quickly neutralized, making the originally solid barrier weak.

Yakumo's face paled, and the pressure in his hands suddenly increased. This was the enemy's method of breaking through, and if left unchecked... the energy torrent could very well be dispersed.

He clearly had to stop Kushina Uzumaki.

"I need more energy!!"

Yakumo's body gradually became dry and lost its luster, and his face gradually aged.

This is proof that vitality has begun to burn.

At that moment, he risked his life!

With his will, the Prayer Mark on the back of his hand became scorching hot, and the crimson energy emanating from it pressed against the surface of the torrent of energy like tentacles, staining it with a crimson shell.

The two combined their strength to block Kushina Uzumaki's final counterattack.

After the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, only a fist-sized, blood-red crystal remained inside the torrent of energy.

It is a polygonal solid with thirteen planes, and it has a heartbeat sound. It is more like a special structure built from pure virtual energy, with the energy gale cutting through the blood-red crystal.

But the heartbeat became clearer and clearer.

Suddenly, the crimson crystal began to move, crashing against the barrier of the energy torrent, like a fish struggling in a fishing net, searching for a chance to break free.

Yakumo channeled all the remaining energy within his body into the torrent of energy before him.

Will it succeed?

Yakumo withdrew the demon-subduing weapon from his hand. He had burned fifty years of his lifespan, but he was no longer able to support the energy torrent before him, so he simply waited for the final result.