Konoha: Sage Body

A huge fireball and countless Fire Rat Jades approached. The White Zetsu clone closed his eyes, and then poured a large amount of Sage Chakra into his Byakugan.

In an instant, his Byakugan opened, and a large number of blood vessels swelled up around his eyes. A pair of Byakugan that glowed a pale purple color with a bright flash of blue light in the center suddenly appeared.

Senjutsu: Byakugan!

The vision of the White Zetsu clone was restored, and the attacks of his enemies in front of him suddenly became sluggish.

The next moment, he calmly clapped his hands again, and a blue-purple electric current appeared on his body. Stimulated by the electric current formed by Lightning Release Chakra, his body's activity was greatly enhanced, and his nerve response also improved astonishingly.

Senjutsu: Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique!

"What!"

Then, under the astonished gaze of the Nibi Jinchuuriki, the White Zetsu clone displayed amazing evasive skills, transforming into a blue-purple phantom and successfully avoiding his intense attacks, before appearing in front of him.

"Die!"

the Nibi Jinchuuriki shouted, and one paw slammed down on the White Zetsu clone with lightning speed.

After completely transforming into a tailed beast, he inherited the outstanding vision and nerve reaction ability of a two-tailed cat, and his physical fitness also improved significantly.

In his opinion, the dodging ability just displayed by the White Zetsu clone was awesome, but daring to advance into his position was simply looking for death.

However, his expression soon revealed an ugly expression.

Because the slap he just gave him did not feel like it hit flesh, but only felt like a slap on water.

A fatal feeling suddenly came from behind him.

Without saying a word, he mobilized the chakra of his second tail and manipulated the blue flames behind him, forming a huge wall of fire behind him.

"Sizzling~"

A sound of evaporation from the collision of water and fire appeared.

Then, a huge water dragon passed through the wall of fire and rushed straight at the Nibi Jinchuuriki.

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!

Unfortunately, although the fire wall did not completely block the water dragon, it bought the Nibi Jinchuuriki some time to dodge. Just enough time for him to jump up suddenly before the water dragon approached, successfully avoiding its attack.

In the air, the Nibi Jinchuuriki saw Hattori Masanari again. The opponent was appearing on a building behind the position where he had just been.

"Cats are fast and highly alert. Their tail-bones are far superior to those of other beasts."

The White Zetsu clone sighed as he watched the Nibi Jinchuuriki avoid the attack he had set up at the risk of his own life.

His water shunshin technique had long been honed to the point where he could activate it at will, so the skilled and daring had just charged boldly into the enemy's path, luring him into an attack and thereby gaining a good opportunity to attack.

Unfortunately, the enemy's alertness and reaction were extremely high.

Matatabi, he didn't have a deep impression of this tailed beast, but he was clear that its later Jinchuuriki, Yugito Nii, had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the immortal duo of Kakuzu and Hidan.

From the current perspective, this tailed beast is no less difficult to deal with than the one-tailed one. Its alertness and reaction ability should be the most outstanding among all tailed beasts. Without trying to restrain it, it would be very difficult to defeat it, let alone capture it.

That's right, the White Zetsu clone, Kirito, wanted to capture Nibi, and with the practical benefits of training in Wind Release that the Ichibi had given him, he was now very eager to obtain the outstanding talent for training in Fire Release from Nibi.

Among the Five Elements of Release Arts, his current training talent was the worst in Fire Release.

The Nibi Jinchuuriki was not sure that the White Zetsu clone intended to capture him, but he knew that he had to take down the White Zetsu clone as soon as possible, and once again, a large amount of rat-like flames shot out from his body.

Fire Release: Mouse Hairball!

Seeing this, the White Zetsu clone casually disposed of the two Kumogakure jōnin who had sneaked up and engaged him in close combat, and then slapped his hands together, causing the water shunshin technique to disappear from the spot.

Leading 50 Amegakure jōnin to raid Kumogakure was indeed a very risky move.

Relying on Byakugan, the White Zetsu clone could survey the entire battlefield, and then noticed that there were less than 30 Amegakure jōnin left, and their numbers were rapidly decreasing.

In terms of quality, the Amegakure jōnin are still quite a bit inferior to the Kumogakure jōnin. One-on-one, they can barely remain undefeated, but once the other side gets help, the defeat is certain.

It is difficult to support a sinking ship alone.

This is the problem that the White Zetsu clone is currently facing.

Because the person he is playing is Hattori Masanari, there are quite a few things that he cannot reveal at the moment, such as Sage Mode, his puppet techniques, and his Wood Release, etc.

"It's a bit uncomfortable, but these ninjutsu can still be of some use. I'll let Iwagakure take the blame for me,"

Kirito sighed.

The next moment, he took out a whistle and suddenly blew it, then clapped his hands together, and a powerful Earth Release chakra surged from his body.

Then, under the shocked and terrified gaze of countless Cloud Hidden shinobi, a twenty-meter-tall rock giant quickly rose from the ground in the middle of Kumogakure, with many Cloud Kumon village houses still attached to its body.

As soon as it appeared, it tilted its head back and let out a silent roar, before wreaking havoc on Kumogakure with its huge rocky fists and feet, amidst the angry cries of the countless Kumogakure ninja and the terrified screams of the Kumogakure villagers.

Earth Release: Golem Technique!

At the same time, the Amegakure jōnin, who were fighting against the large number of Kumogakure in the village, all chose to retreat, and with fanatical expressions, they rushed towards the rock giant, quickly joining up with the White Zetsu clone.

They knew exactly what the whistle meant.

It was the signal to retreat, and it was also a last-ditch attempt to cause as much damage as possible.

"Damn it! I'll tear you to pieces!"

The two Nibi Jinchuuriki watched as the White Zetsu clone controlled the Rock Giant to wreak havoc in the village of Kumogakure. Their eyes instantly turned red as they roared in anger, before charging recklessly forward.

The two Nibi Jinchuuriki, who had fully transformed into tailed beasts, were relatively large in size, but compared to the Rock Giant, they were the difference between a human and a dog.

After all, Nibi Jinchuuriki is not a perfect Jinchuuriki, and he is not capable of fully manifesting the body of a two-tailed demon. Maintaining his current body is already the limit of his abilities, and any more than that would risk losing control.

However, compared to the clumsy Rock Giant, Nibi Jinchuuriki is extremely agile, easily avoiding the Rock Giant's attacks while constantly causing it damage.

The other Kumogakure jōnin have also used their own ninjutsu to attack the Rock Giant.

However, no matter how hard they attacked, the Rock Giant just stood there unmoving. Countless pieces of rock crumbled off its body, but in the blink of an eye, the broken parts of its body would reform. Its defenses were incredibly strong, and even the Lightning Release Jutsu that restrained it could hardly deal any significant damage.

Of course, after the White Zetsu clone used the Earth Release: Golem technique, he began to continuously inject Earth Release Sage Chakra into it from behind, increasing its defenses to an incredibly terrifying level.

Ordinary Lightning Release jutsu can no longer harm it.

However, the giant rock formed by the Earth Release Sage Chakra is not yet powerful enough to completely ignore the attacks of thousands of Kumogakure ninja. Many parts of its body are beginning to crumble, and with the amount of Chakra in the White Zetsu clone's body right now, it is unrealistic to maintain it for a long time.

It can hold on for at most another minute.

"Damn it, hurry up and stop him, we can't let him continue like this."

"No, its defense is too powerful."

"Ah!!! I'll fight him."

...

Countless Kumogakure ninjas watched as the rock giant continued to lift its huge rocky feet and step down one big crater after another in Kumogakure Village, destroying various buildings in Kumogakure like destroying building blocks. They were all heartbroken, yelling angrily and helplessly.

The Nibi Jinchuuriki were still fighting the Rock Giant with all their strength, but he gradually realized how powerless his attacks were in the face of the Rock Giant before him. The high-temperature fireballs he released with all his strength could only blow a small explosion crater on its body, and then the opponent completed the repair in the blink of an eye.

Although the other ninjas in the village also fought hard to launch fierce attacks on the Rock Giant, they could only slightly contain one of its hands and one of its feet.

As for the White Zetsu clone on top of the Rock Giant, they were completely unable to hit it.

A minute passed quickly.

By this time, half of Kumogakure had been reduced to ruins by the Rock Giant.

"Time's up."

Kirito stood on top of the Rock Giant, looking down at the devastated Kumogakure below, and sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, his body flew up, along with the twelve Amegakure jōnin who had gathered around him.

After a fierce battle, less than one-third of the Amegakure jōnin who had gathered around him managed to return to his side.

Earth Release: Ultra-Lightweight Rock Technique!

This Earth Release jutsu was the S-class Earth Release jutsu that Kirito had originally obtained from Iwagakure in exchange for Akashige and Sara.

In Iwagakure, this S-class Earth Release jutsu was learned by only one person, Sandaime Tsuchikage Ōnoki, which shows how terrifyingly difficult it is to master.

The White Zetsu clone has a good talent for Earth Release, only slightly inferior to his talent for Water Release, but it still took him more than half a year to learn this Jutsu.

This is a Jutsu that involves gravity, and in order to learn it, one must first experience weightlessness, which means going to a very high place and trying to fall from great heights over and over again.

Because of this, the difficulty of practicing this jutsu is extremely high, and the slightest mistake will result in a death by falling.

Kirito was able to repeatedly attempt to fall from thousands of meters high because he mastered cloning technology and the Spirit Transformation Technique: Soul Split, and could continuously create clones of himself to practice this jutsu with.

He died' at least a thousand times before and after in order to learn this jutsu.

"Wrong, completely wrong. This Hattori Masanari is too powerful. He is not just an elite jōnin proficient in Water Release techniques as the intelligence said. Only the boss could defeat him with this kind of strength. And this guy is definitely in the same boat as Iwagakure."

The Nibi Jinchuuriki watched as Hattori Masanari and the other Amegakure ninja flew up from the giant rock and disappeared into the sky, full of anger.

He is not ignorant. The jutsu that Hattori Masanari just used is obviously Iwagakure's rare flight jutsu, Earth Release: Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique. It is precisely because of this damned jutsu that Hattori Masanari was able to fly up with the other Ame-Nin.

Iwagakure was actually willing to give such an amazing jutsu to Hattori Masanari, which shows that the relationship between Iwagakure and Amegakure is extraordinary.

However, he didn't have time to think deeply about the relationship between Iwagakure and Amegakure, because the Rock Giant did not stop with the departure of Hattori Masanari. After losing its master, it became even more manic, frantically attacking everything around it.

A few minutes later, with a huge blue chakra ball released from a strangely shaped cannon, it hit the Rock Giant's torso, piercing its body and blowing a large hole in it.

The Rock Giant was finally defeated and turned into a pile of broken rocks.

In order to prevent the Rock Giant from continuing to destroy the village, the people of Kumogakure pulled out all the immature Chakra cannons.

"Damn it, I have let down the Boss's expectations, I deserve to die a thousand deaths."

The Nibi Jinchuuriki resumed his human form. He looked at the Kumogakure village in front of him, which had been reduced to ruins, and punched the ground hard, bleeding, as he said with remorse.

This time, Amegakure attacked Kumogakure by surprise, and as the strongest ninja protecting Kumogakure, he failed to prevent the enemy from destroying the village. This was a serious dereliction of duty.

"Nibi Jinchuuriki, this is not the time to say such depressing things. Please save those people buried in the ruins."

At this moment, a blonde ninja wearing a white lab coat stained with a lot of blood came to the front of the Nibi Jinchuuriki and said anxiously.

The person who came was Casaran, a medical ninja from Kumogakure.

Since the start of the battle, she had been organizing the hospital staff to rescue the injured everywhere, and she had also personally defeated a black rhinoceros ninja beast summoned by Amegakure using summoning techniques, showing amazing combat effectiveness.

Upon hearing this, the Nibi Jinchuuriki trembled, and they immediately picked themselves up. Turning to Casaran, they said, "You're right."

"Send a message to the boss immediately and tell him what's going on here."

He then said to an ANBU ninja by his side.

After that, he once again completely transformed into a tail beast and worked with the other cloud ninjas to rescue his comrades buried in the ruins.

Meanwhile, in an inconspicuous corner not far away,

A half-black, half-white Zetsu emerged from the ground, and it was none other than Black Zetsu.

It looked at the departing backs of the Nibi Jinchuuriki and then looked up at the sky, thinking with mixed emotions, "I can't believe it. This Hattori Masanari has only been in power for a short while, but his strength is actually that powerful. There are more surprises than I thought. This war between Amegakure and Kumogakure is beginning to become very confusing..."

Hattori Masanari led 50 Amegakure jōnin to raid Kumogakure. He received news from a White Zetsu that he had placed in Kumogakure for a long time, and then quickly used the White Zetsu's Mayfly Technique to rush over.

As a result, he saw Hattori Masanari manipulating the Rock Giant to rampage through the village, ignoring the thousands of Kumogakure ninja. He demonstrated the powerful suppression of a Kage-Level powerhouse over a non-Kage-Level powerhouse. In the end, he walked away with a swagger, and took everyone else with him.

Without a doubt, what Hattori Masanari did was to give Kumogakure a severe slap in the face, hurting it so badly that its face was swollen.

As a monster that has lived for thousands of years and has seen countless human wars, Black Zetsu knows full well the meaning of what Hattori Masanari has done, which is to say that Amegakure is not powerless. If Kumogakure does not want its home base to be reduced to ruins, then Sandaime Raikage and the Gyuki Jinchuuriki, Blue B, must return.

In this way, the pressure on Amegakure facing Kumogakure on the battlefield of the Land of Rain will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Not only that, but this Hattori Masanari has mastered the ability to fly with other ninjas. As long as he wants to launch a sneak attack, with the strength he has just shown, no place in Kumogakure will be safe without a Kage-Level powerhouse to guard it. I thought Amegakure would be an easy target, but I didn't expect it to be a ball of thorns. Kumogakure is in a difficult position this time."

Black Zetsu continued to think deeply, and the more he thought, the more he felt that Hattori Masanari was a very difficult person to deal with.

In the Shinobi world, there are very few ninjas who can master flight, let alone fly with others.

Once one of the two sides in a battle masters this ability, then the initiative will always be in that side's hands. If the other side does not have the means to counteract, then they will only be at a disadvantage.

Subsequently, Black Zetsu began to get a headache.

Hattori Masanari's sudden rise to power made it difficult for him. The script he had originally prepared for Nagato might have to be drastically changed.

"Damn Amegakure, we must destroy them."

"Yes, destroy Amegakure and the Land of Rain, and let them feel the pain of having their homeland destroyed."

"No, not only must Amegakure and the Land of Rain be destroyed, I want to kill every single Ame-Nin."

...

Suddenly, Black Zetsu's attention was caught by the conversation of a nearby group of Cloud Ninjas whose eyes were red from anger.

Because their homes had been destroyed and their friends and family killed, these Kumogakure ninja were now in a rage, constantly spouting vengeful words against Amegakure and the Land of Rain, their voices revealing a deep hatred.

This kind of vengeful talk had a very big market in Kumogakure, and countless ninja and villagers agreed with it.

"However, judging from the temper of Kumogakure, what Hattori Masanari is doing now will definitely anger Kumogakure completely. He might even lose his mind and take the same revenge in the Land of Rain. If that happens, it will be beneficial to my plan. A stable Kumogakure is not good for Nagato to grow up healthily."

As Black Zetsu listened to the hateful words of these people, his headache suddenly went away, and his mood improved. He sneered in his heart.

Humans are indeed a foolish race, never learning from their mistakes. Their wounds are barely healed, and they are already dominated by emotions of hatred.

This is perfect, it doesn't even need to make any effort to incite trouble in the shadows.

But just in case, it will later let some White Zetsu use the art of disguise to disguise some villagers to spread vengeful words throughout Kumogakure.

Presumably, under the influence of this vengeful public opinion, that Sandaime Raikage should be more than happy to start a major revenge in the Land of Rain.

Upon thinking this, Black Zetsu's mood improved, and he happily manipulated White Zetsu to use the Mayfly Technique to burrow underground.

After a short while, in a dark underground cavern, Black Zetsu burrowed out on the ground in front of a stone chair.

The next moment, a pair of scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan opened in the darkness, emitting a menacing red light and a powerful pressure, staring fixedly at Black Zetsu, who had just burrowed out of the ground.

Uchiha Madara woke up again.