Chapter 456: Takemikazuchi Thunder Drum
Just as the Hidden Mist forces were bracing themselves due to the "betrayal" and appearance of Zabuza, Haku, and Kisame, focusing most of their attention on the enemies at sea...
A sudden change quietly erupted from the inland direction behind their Hidden Mist Village coastal defense line.
"Lightning Release: Takemikazuchi Thunder Drum!"
A cold and majestic shout, like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens, exploded over the Hidden Mist defense line.
The voice carried a biting Aura, causing every Hidden Mist Ninja who heard it to feel a chill in their hearts and instinctively look back.
Behind the Hidden Mist Village, near the cliffs and forest, a purple giant, towering like a mountain and wreathed in lightning, was diving at high speed toward the coastal defense line with an unstoppable, crushing momentum!
It was Uchiha Sasuke, having activated the Complete Body Susanoo.
The Susanoo, empowered by Takemikazuchi, radiated a suffocating pressure.
Even more striking was that around the Susanoo, six colossal, circular energy drums, each seven meters in diameter, appeared out of thin air.
These drum surfaces were not solid, but composed of highly condensed Chakra shimmering with blinding lightning; in the center of each drum, three black Tomoe were clearly imprinted.
These six giant thunder drums were not stationary; instead, as if endowed with life, they circled behind the Susanoo's head, slowly rotating and bobbing in a mysterious trajectory.
Between them, six slightly smaller, yet equally blazing lightning energy bodies shaped like Tomoe wove and swam like satellites, resonating with the giant drums.
"Dong!"
"Dong—!!"
"Dong—,!!!"
Without needing any external force to strike them, these six "Takemikazuchi Thunder Drums," seemingly sensing Sasuke's will and Battle Intent, began to spontaneously and synchronously emit a deafening drumming sound!
With every beat, the three Tomoe in the center of the drum surfaces erupted with even more intense lightning.
The drum sound was not merely sound waves, but contained highly pure, violent Lightning Release Chakra with strong paralysis and intimidation effects.
The sound, like a tangible shockwave mixed with rampaging lightning energy, spread crazily in a spherical shape in all directions, centered on the Susanoo.
Bearing the brunt of it were the Hidden Mist Village coastal defense troops, who were caught off guard with their backs to the Susanoo.
"Urgh!"
"What is that?!"
"My Chakra...!"
The terrifying Lightning Release drum sound swept through like an invisible tsunami.
The Hidden Mist Ninjas below, regardless of their strength, experienced an extremely intense and unbearable physiological reaction the moment they heard the drum sounds and were swept by the sound waves mixed with Lightning Release Chakra!
They felt the hair all over their bodies, especially their hair on their heads, as if being pierced by countless tiny, high-voltage electric currents simultaneously.
Everyone's hair, regardless of length or style, stood on end uncontrollably as if experiencing a static explosion, making the scene both extremely comical and eerie.
More seriously, along with the hair standing on end, an intense feeling of paralysis spread rapidly through their skin, muscles, and nerves; many Ninjas paused in their movements, and the flow of their Chakra showed obvious disorder and lag, as if their bodies were temporarily unresponsive.
This was the terror of the Lightning Release: Takemikazuchi Thunder Drum.
It was an indiscriminate, large-scale composite attack of sound waves and Lightning Release, combining physical impact, Chakra interference, neural paralysis, and Spiritual intimidation.
When suddenly launched on the battlefield, especially within dense enemy formations, it could instantly disrupt the enemy's rhythm, creating massive chaos and openings!
"It's Sasuke!" On the coast, Nara Shikamaru, who had already led some Hidden Leaf Village elites to successfully seize the beach and was fighting the Hidden Mist vanguard, immediately saw the iconic purple Susanoo and heard the thunderous drum sounds.
The corners of his mouth subconsciously curled into a relieved arc.
This guy, who had gone missing at the critical moment, had finally appeared when he was needed most, and his first move was such a shocking display.
However, before the smile on his face could fully form, he was immediately jolted awake by the miserable state of the Hidden Mist defense line before him and the indiscriminately spreading Lightning Release drum sounds!
"Oh no!" Shikamaru immediately realized the danger.
Sasuke's technique had too wide a coverage area, and it was launched from behind the Hidden Mist defense line; although the main targets were the Hidden Mist, the spreading aftershocks would also affect the Konoha Ninjas fighting in the sea or on the beach.
Especially in seawater, which was an excellent conductive medium, the effect of Lightning Release would be greatly amplified and conducted!
"All Hidden Leaf Village personnel!" Shikamaru shouted with all his might, his voice piercing through the battlefield noise, "Get to the shore quickly, don't stay in the water! Leave the seawater immediately and move to the shore! Hurry!"
His command was clear and urgent.
The Hidden Leaf Village troops still entangled with the Hidden Mist Water Release Ninjas heard this; without time to think, but out of trust in Shikamaru's command and battlefield instinct, they immediately began to desperately shake off their opponents and scramble toward the nearest land or reef.
Some Konoha Ninjas who were slower to react or further from the shore already felt the increasingly obvious numbness and stinging sensation of electric current coming from the seawater.
The Lightning Release energy of the Takemikazuchi Thunder Drum was spreading quietly through the seawater like countless invisible electric snakes!
"Quick! Get out of the water!"
"Get to shore! Find cover!"
Hidden Leaf Village's formation experienced a brief but purposeful commotion as they retreated toward the shore.
As for the Hidden Mist side, they fell into even greater chaos.
With traitorous, powerful enemies and Hidden Leaf Village's fierce assault in front, and Uchiha Sasuke crushing them from behind with his Susanoo and terrifying thunder drums, they were also suffering from sluggish movements and Chakra disorder due to the paralysis effect of the thunder drums...
Mei Terumi's face turned ashen; she knew the defense line... was likely unable to hold.
Uchiha Sasuke's sudden entry, along with this wide-range crowd control and attack-based Lightning Release, had completely broken the balance of the battlefield.
"All units, tighten the formation and defend using the terrain." Mei Terumi gritted her teeth and issued the new command.
Facing the pincer attack and Sasuke's unreasonable Susanoo combined with the thunder drums, holding the coastline had lost its meaning and would only result in greater casualties.
The Hidden Mist began to retreat while fighting.
Sasuke's Susanoo, carrying the six roaring Takemikazuchi Thunder Drums and the six swimming lightning Tomoe, continued to advance unstoppably into the depths of the Hidden Mist defense line like a moving natural disaster.
The Hidden Mist Village had already been taken; all that remained were these Hidden Mist Ninjas before them.
Most of them were the backbone of the Hidden Mist, including many Jonin and Special Jonin, with tenacious fighting spirit and unquestionable loyalty to the Village.
However, with the overall situation decided, the core fallen, caught in a pincer attack, and facing Uchiha Sasuke's Susanoo, which was like a god or demon descending, their resistance felt more like a tragic but inevitably futile final performance.
Just as Hidden Leaf Village was preparing to launch the final general offensive to annihilate the remaining enemies in one fell swoop, a voice, overpowering the noise and killing intent on the battlefield, rang out before both sides:
"Hidden Mist Ninjas, listen up!"
Nara Shikamaru stood on a higher broken wall, his voice amplified by Chakra to spread in all directions.
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