Boom!
A violent explosion sounded.
Facing Hiruzen Sarutobi's Five Elements: Great Combined Attack Jutsu, Rasa also had to use his full strength to defend.
A large amount of gold dust was scattered by the explosion.
At this moment, Mei Terumī also made her move.
Lava Style: Lava Globs Jutsu!
A terrifying, viscous, and highly corrosive acid was immediately spat from her mouth.
However, her target was not Hiruzen Sarutobi, whom she had been attacking, but Rasa, who had just protected her!
Sensing something, Rasa immediately covered himself with a thick layer of gold dust, blocking the terrifying acid.
"Mizukage! Are you seeking death!"
Both surprised and enraged, Rasa immediately controlled the acid-stained gold dust to move away from himself, while simultaneously gathering more gold dust for protection.
However, having just blocked attacks from both the Hokage and the Mizukage, the gold dust wave couldn't reform for a while.
Seeing that Mei Terumī had finally made her move, Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped pretending and immediately staggered Rasa with a blow from his staff!
Mei Terumī's Water Style: Water Whip also bypassed the gold dust shield at a strange angle, locking onto one of Rasa's arms.
This sudden turn of events once again shocked the entire audience!
From the Kazekage suddenly attacking the Hokage, to the Kazekage and Mizukage joining forces, and then to the Mizukage suddenly attacking the Kazekage and joining forces with the Hokage.
This series of changes was dazzling and unimaginable!
It made it impossible to distinguish who was allied with whom.
"You slut, how dare you betray me!"
"I was never on the same side as you, so how can you talk about betrayal!"
Mei Terumī sneered and continued,
"Kazekage, your ambition is too great. If you were to succeed, Mist Hidden would be next. Now that the curse spirit disaster has swept across the entire ninja world, it is a common enemy of all humanity. How could I possibly collude with you and betray my allies!"
Then Hiruzen Sarutobi said gravely, "Indeed. If not for the Mizukage's timely reminder, I would have almost lost my life at your hands. Even at this point, you are still stubborn. Kazekage! Do you really want to start a ninja world war?!"
"Ninja world war? As long as I kill you all here and destroy Konoha, the war will naturally end!"
Rasa's eyes showed madness. At this point, he had no retreat.
A large amount of gold dust simultaneously attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mei Terumī. Now it was his turn to fight two opponents.
The remaining survivors were all somewhat at a loss.
From the conversation between the three Kages, it was not difficult to discern one fact.
That is, the Kazekage had indeed tried to win over the Mizukage in advance, but the Mizukage feigned agreement and secretly contacted the Hokage, leading to the dramatic scene just now.
It was a pity that the Kazekage was still too vigilant, or rather, he had been wary of the Mizukage from the beginning, which was why he wasn't caught off guard.
Otherwise, it would have been over by now.
The Konoha ninja who were surrounding Jūgo looked at each other and immediately retreated cautiously.
Jūgo also stopped his attack and let them leave.
Kakashi was also dumbfounded, not expecting things to turn out this way.
Guy was so frustrated he felt like spitting blood, and immediately gave Kakashi a resentful look.
"Hidden Strike!"
Shinji suddenly charged towards Kakashi, startling him.
But in the next second, he instantly disappeared.
In the previous battle, Shinji and Guy, who hadn't revealed their true strength, were drawn by Shinji's deliberate actions closer to the battlefield of the three Kages.
And now, this distance was just right!
"Magnetic Release: Great Gold Burial!"
Rasa, who had gone mad, began to gather the remaining gold dust, intending to kill the Hokage and Mizukage in one fell swoop.
But this also made his defenses extremely weak.
It was precisely at this moment that Shinji appeared eerily behind Rasa, his Kubikiribōchō slashing mercilessly!
"What?!"
When Rasa noticed the sharp edge behind him, it was too late. He could only hope the remaining gold dust could block the opponent's attack. He himself tried his best to move aside.
If it were just a Hidden Strike, perhaps the heavy gold dust could have blocked it.
But this strike was extraordinary!
Crimson Blood Manipulation Technique: Scarlet Scale Dance: Load!
Ten-Finger Jutsu: Falling Blossom Impact!
Hidden Strike!
Pfft!
Blood splattered!
Rasa, who was almost split in two from behind, fell straight forward to the ground.
In the deep and long wound, internal organs could vaguely be seen.
No one could have expected such a thing to happen.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mei Terumī, who had almost been buried by gold dust, took the opportunity to break free. Although they were somewhat disheveled, they were unharmed.
"Ihaha, Rasa, die!"
At this moment, Shukaku, who had been rampaging for a while, saw Rasa fall to the ground and was overjoyed. It opened its mouth and unleashed a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Rasa's gold dust ninjutsu was too effective against him, so Shukaku was determined to kill him at any cost if he saw an opportunity!
It was truly tragic. He had brought the Tailed Beast himself, only for it to try and kill him in the end.
"It's a Tailed Beast Bomb, quickly stop him!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi exclaimed in alarm and immediately shouted.
With this Tailed Beast Bomb, not only Rasa but all of them would die!
Many people immediately launched suicidal charges, their attacks landing on Shukaku.
However, Shukaku completely ignored these guys. The attacks that landed on him at most knocked off some sand, which he could recover in an instant.
Just as the Tailed Beast Bomb was about to form, a berserk figure appeared above Shukaku's head at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to follow.
Guy, who had opened the fifth of the Eight Inner Gates, kicked the sleeping Gaara flying at the last moment!
What absolute defense? All of it was kicked to pieces!
Gaara vomited blood and woke up while in mid-air. After falling heavily to the ground, he felt intense pain all over his body and lost his ability to move.
He had also opened the fifth of the Eight Inner Gates, but Lee Rock had fought Gaara for a long time without doing much.
Yet Guy had nearly kicked Gaara to death with one kick.
This was the absolute gap in strength.
"No!"
Shukaku let out a mournful cry, but it couldn't stop Gaara from waking up.
In the next moment, Shukaku's body dispersed into a sky full of sand, and the nearly formed Tailed Beast Bomb began to dissipate.
"Finally made it..."
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief.
It was he who had asked Guy to 'wake up' Gaara.
He wasn't sure if it would work, but based on his observations, the sleeping Gaara might be the key.
He hadn't expected it to actually be correct, averting a tragedy.
Many Konoha ninja immediately swarmed forward and restrained Gaara.
At this point, Gaara was half-dead from Guy's kick and had lost his ability to resist.
The Kazekage was defeated, and the One-Tails Jinchūriki was captured. It seemed that Sand Hidden's conspiracy had been thwarted.
However, the screams from outside grew louder and louder, and the barrier did not disappear, as if isolating the inside from the outside into two different worlds!
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