Uchiha's personal opinion

"Uchiha Tokumitsu asked."

"if……"

Onoki's voice was broken, "If Iwagakure is willing to surrender, I hope they can be given a chance... Also, my body should not appear on the testing table."

"If Iwagakure is willing to surrender, then after accepting the shogunate's reforms, as long as they contribute their due strength in the battle to attack Mount Myōboku, I will treat them equally."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said, "As for your funeral arrangements..."

"Your wish will be granted!"

Then, the purple ball of light hanging between his eyebrows burst forth, enveloping Onoki's body in fire-style chakra.

A legendary ninja hero, Onoki of the Two Scales—

Fallen!

Chapter 462 The Thunder of the End

The extremely high temperature of the Flame Release aura completely incinerated Onoki, who had already lost all will to live, from top to bottom.

This time, Uchiha Tokumitsu did not use his usual refining methods, but instead let Onoki's remains turn into ashes and dissipate.

This is also a final tribute to Onoki, who served as the Tsuchikage.

"pat~"

As the flames of his Fire Release gradually burned away, Onoki's upper body was completely reduced to ashes, and his tightly clenched right hand quietly loosened, allowing a small stone to roll out.

Uchiha Tokumitsu controlled his Flame Release aura to avoid the small stone. After completely turning Onoki's remains into ashes, he squatted down and picked up the seemingly ordinary small stone.

"...It really is the most ordinary stone!"

After examining it for a moment, Uchiha Tokumitsu was quite certain that the object that Onoki had been clutching tightly in his hand before his death was calcium carbonate, the most common and ubiquitous substance in the ninja world—in short, a stone!

Moreover, it uses the force of the palm to hold small pebbles of different textures together.

Perhaps this is the belief that sustained Ohnoki until the very end!

Uchiha Tokumitsu initially intended to throw it away, but after a moment's hesitation, he put the small stone, still bearing a trace of blood, into his ninja tool pouch.

……

"Lightning Release: Black Lightning!"

The Third Raikage unleashed a black, leopard-shaped bolt of lightning, evaporating all the poisonous sword energy swung by Hanzo the Salamander!

His situation was also not good.

Although he surpassed Hanzo the Salamander, who had been living a carefree life, in terms of physical strength, reaction speed, and martial arts skills, he dared not gamble on whether he could withstand the Salamander's deadly poison!

Moreover, even when he attempted to launch a surprise attack, the massive body of the summoned beast, the Salamander Ibuki, always protected Hanzo's rear. Even though the Third Raikage was confident that he could pierce Ibuki's relatively delicate body with his Hell Thrust, he still dared not do so due to the presence of the deadly poison.

After all, Hanzo the Salamander's swordsmanship and poison skills are not to be trifled with. If you were poisoned even a little, who knows if he has any special means to instantly detonate the poison!

Moreover, there was also the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Yagura Karatachi, stirring things up, so even if the Third Raikage wanted to get away to attack those ordinary Shogunate ninja soldiers, he couldn't do it!

"Highly toxic spray!"

Hanzo the Salamander used the same trick again, urging his summoning beast to spew out a thick cloud of poisonous mist in the direction of the Third Raikage!

Behind the Third Raikage was a group of Cloud Village ninja!

"That damned guy!"

The Third Raikage was so angry he planned to grind his teeth to pieces!

Lightning Release: False Darkness!

But he had no choice. After all, he couldn't just let his ninjas die in droves from Hanzo's poisonous attack. Moreover, he wasn't confident that he could completely bypass the poisonous fog in an instant. So he had no choice but to spew out bolts of lightning from his mouth to neutralize and obliterate the poisonous fog!

Although the Third Raikage was no stranger to various Lightning Release ninjutsu, this feeling of being restricted was extremely frustrating for him!

"Hanzo!"

The Third Raikage roared, "You are the leader of a dignified ninja village, why are you so despicable!"

"Stop with these underhanded tricks! Let's have a fair fight!"

"Ha ha……"

Hanzo the Salamander unleashed another poisonous sword strike, forcing the Third Raikage back. He calmly declared, "I'm a ninja! What ninja would fight a fool like you head-on?"

Hanzo of the Salamander initially intended to engage in a taijutsu duel with the Third Raikage, but due to his prolonged indulgence in wine, meat, wealth, and women, his thigh muscles had regenerated, and his taijutsu and swordsmanship had become rusty. Although he underwent a period of recovery training before the battle, he was still unable to return to his peak condition and was nearly beaten bloody in the clash with the Third Raikage.

If it weren't for the assistance of Yagura Karatachi and the summoning beast Sanshoku Iifu, he would probably have been defeated on the spot, and his reputation as a demigod would have been ruined!

So, this kite-flying tactic is still the most comfortable!

"……you!"

The Third Raikage was furious!

"Water Release: Water Mirror Technique!"

Just as the Third Raikage was getting angry from being provoked by Hanzo of the Salamander, Yagura finally found an opportunity to summon a water mirror that reflected the Third Raikage's figure. Then, he suddenly drew the tailed beast's chakra and copied a 'Third Raikage' from the water mirror!

"Go! Kill him!"

Yagura shouted, "Tokumitsu is back!"

"what!"

Hanzo the Salamander and the Third Raikage were both startled!

Turning his head in the direction of the chakra fluctuations, Uchiha Tokumitsu had returned to the front of the Shogunate's ninja army, standing atop the Two-Tails Matatabi and gazing at the chaotic battlefield!

"No more slacking off!"

Hanzo the Salamander was immediately enraged and, without saying a word, leaped off the Salamander Ibuse and charged toward the Third Raikage, enveloped in a cloud of poisonous mist!

"Thunderous Horizon Dance!"

Enraged, the Third Raikage was equally defiant, leaping up and then swooping down towards Hanzo the Salamander, enveloped in black lightning!

"Thunderous Horizon Dance!"

Meanwhile, the mirror image of the Raikage, created by Yagura Karatachi using the Water Mirror Technique, also unleashed the exact same ninjutsu, striking towards the Third Raikage.

"What a piece of junk!"

The Third Raikage roared and stretched out his other hand: "Hell Thrust - One-Shot Hand!"

This profound martial arts technique shattered the Mirror Image Thunder Shadow to pieces!

The momentum of the downward slashing hand blade remained undiminished, continuing to strike towards Hanzo's blade!

Yagura was startled!

In theory, the Water Mirror Technique can replicate a person's entire power!

Unexpectedly, it was shattered in one blow!

"Sword Technique: Chain Scythe Double Strike!"

Hanzo the Salamander did not retreat again, but instead used his chain to hook the Third Raikage's hand blade, while simultaneously turning his scythe and slashing towards the Third Raikage's abdomen!

"Hellfire Thrust - One-Hit Kill!"

But to his surprise, the Third Raikage suddenly changed his move, switching from a hand chop to a single finger, carrying extremely condensed lightning chakra, and stabbed it towards Hanzo's heart!

Hanzo the Salamander was instantly blasted apart in mid-air!

Then it turned into a spray of clear water and fell down!

"Water clone!"

The Third Raikage was even more furious!

"Shadow!"

Before the Third Raikage could even catch his breath and find Hanzo of the Salamander's hiding place, Yagura Karatachi rolled up his tailed beast form and rolled like a car, crushing the Third Raikage with his massive size and weight!

"Roar!"

Unable to dodge in time, the Third Raikage had no choice but to rely on the powerful force of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode stimulating his physical body to withstand the crushing force of the Tailed Beast Transformation Yagura!

But dark red blood was also seeping from his arm!

"Thunderbolt Bomb!"

Ignoring his arm injury, the Third Raikage withstood the crushing force, grabbed Yagura's tailed beast form with both hands, lifted him up, and poured in his violent lightning chakra before slamming him down viciously!

"boom!"

A huge, bottomless crater suddenly appeared on the ground!

Hidden within the tailed beast's body, Yagura Karatachi was nearly knocked unconscious by the shock, and the tailed beast's body showed faint signs of dissipating.

"Sword Technique: Iaijutsu!"

But before the Third Raikage could finish off Yagura, Hanzo the Salamander, who had previously dodged, returned to attack. At the same time, Ibuki the Salamander began spewing poisonous mist again!

"Despicable and shameless!"

Hanzo's blade swept across the Third Raikage's waist, and after breaking through the Lightning Release armor, it lost all its power, only breaking through a layer of oily skin!

Even so, black blood immediately seeped from the tiny scratch on the Third Raikage!

poisoned!

Sensing something was wrong, the Third Raikage immediately pressed his palm against the small scratch on his waist, forcefully using Lightning Release chakra to grind away that part of the flesh to prevent the poison from penetrating deeper into his body!

"What a ruthless person..."

Even the fierce Hanzo the Salamander couldn't help but twitch his eyelids upon seeing this scene.

But as a result, Yagura, who had been driven into the ground and could not be dug out, finally came to his senses and was able to break through the soil.

"Water Release: Exploding Water Wave!"

"Secret Technique: Poisonous Soil!"

The ferocity of Hanzo the Salamander was also fully unleashed. He activated a secret technique to frantically extract the poison from Ibuki the Salamander, mixing it with his own chakra. While creating a tidal wave, he infused the poison into it and rushed towards the Third Raikage!

The surrounding land was quickly blackened by the poison, and even Yagura Karatachi dared not linger any longer and had to quickly escape the area of ​​the poison!