The gale from the swinging staff,
Raged past, kicking up countless dust particles around.
Hiruzen's hands tightly gripped the Adamantine Staff, maintaining the motion of swinging it forward.
And before him, Kyo raised his right hand, using only a single index finger to block the descending staff!
The scene froze at this instant!
That seemingly immensely powerful swing could no longer descend any further!!
At this moment,
Hiruzen's aged face instantly turned pale.
The expression on his face was completely frozen in place!
'This...'
'How is this possible!!'
'With just a single finger of his mere physical body, he blocked my attack!?'
'Impossible!'
'What... what kind of power is this?!'
'Who is this guy from Amegakure, what is his origin...?!!'
Hiruzen gritted his teeth,
Though he tried to increase the force in his hands,
The iron rod remained completely motionless, as if facing a huge mountain!
At this moment, even Orochimaru, watching from the side,
Upon seeing this scene, couldn't help but shudder violently, freezing in place!
Even knowing that Kyo was very strong,
He never imagined... that he could block Enma's attack with just one finger?!!!
'This...'
'This is just too damn absurd, right?!'
'Is this something a carbon-based lifeform can do?!'
"Hiss..."
Orochimaru's pupils contracted sharply as he sucked in a cold breath.
Only at this moment did he suddenly realize-
'Could it be...'
'That my previous understanding of Kyo,'
'Was still him after heavily holding back...???'
'Then just how far...'
'Had his true power reached?!!'
Orochimaru couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
At this moment,
Any unwillingness he had felt earlier in his heart began to sharply retreat...!
'So this man,'
'Not only possessed powerful Dojutsu and that blade capable of cutting souls...'
'His own physical strength was also terrifyingly formidable!'
'Completely impossible to fathom!'
'Perhaps even comparable to those two powerful and terrifying individuals from the past, the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, and the Asura of Shinobi World, Uchiha Madara...'
'No, perhaps... he even surpasses them both!!'
Thinking this,
A bead of cold sweat began to form on Orochimaru's forehead, and he couldn't help but inwardly feel fortunate...
'Fortunately, I hadn't made myself a mortal enemy of this man back then.'
'Otherwise,'
'I would probably have been finished long ago...'
At this moment,
Orochimaru once again narrowed his eyes towards Hiruzen over there, a slight chill in his heart.
Although this time,
Orochimaru had come to prove himself to Hiruzen,
But now it was obvious,
After Kyo broke into the Four Violet Flames Formation, Hiruzen had placed his primary target on him.
And next, it seemed that he probably wouldn't need to make a move at all; Hiruzen would likely be dealt with by Kyo...
As for going up and trying to steal the kill from Kyo...?
You must be joking?
As long as he draws his sword, no one can be his opponent.
Orochimaru knew this well too.
Therefore,
He silently took a few steps back, choosing to continue watching from the sidelines...
...
And on this side,
After blocking Hiruzen's attack with his hand,
A light smile appeared on Kyo's face.
'Tsk...'
'Truly worthy of being the EX reward after collecting all the forbidden techniques.'
'The power of the Hierro, integrated in my normal state, was unexpectedly strong.'
When Kyo looked up at Hiruzen's attack, he could already feel the immense energy contained within it.
If it were before,
He would have had to gather a large amount of Spiritual Pressure to resist, just like when he dealt with the Raikage back then.
But now,
He only needed to extend his hand.
The strong power of the Hierro had already completely blocked this enormous impact!
In fact, Kyo felt almost no vibration at all.
The chemical reaction produced by integrating high-density Spirit Particles into the skin was almost on a completely different dimensional level.
Even Hiruzen's Fire Dragon Flame Bullet and Water Dragon Bullet just now, hitting Kyo's body, couldn't cause much damage...
However,
At this moment, Kyo naturally noticed,
That Orochimaru beside him had clearly taken a few steps back. It seemed he wanted to slack off and just watch the battle from the sidelines...
Seeing this,
Kyo frowned slightly.
'What's going on?'
'Is this guy really planning to just watch?'
'The reason I deliberately asked you if you had a solution was to give you a chance to use Impure World Reincarnation...'
'If you don't do that, how will the Third Hokage willingly use that desperate Dead Demon Consuming Seal?'
'And now, you want to be a slacker...?'
Kyo rolled his eyes.
It seemed,
When it came down to it, he still had to rely on himself...
However,
Before making a move,
He still needed to find a way to trick him into using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal first...
Otherwise, the branch mission rewards would be wasted.
Thinking this,
Kyo slightly turned his gaze, calmly looking at Hiruzen.
However,
Just as he was about to speak,
He saw that Hiruzen before him had, at some point, already completed a hand seal!
His expression was dark, and in an instant, he simultaneously released two Shadow Clones, which in an instant circled behind Kyo!
And the next moment,
The two Shadow Clones simultaneously completed different hand seals!
"Wind Release: Wind Cutter!!"
"Wind Release: Whirlwind Fist!!"
Boom!!!
The moment the seals were completed, a sharp, high-speed rotating chakra wind blade appeared in the hand of the left clone!
And around the fist of the right clone, a violent whirlwind gathered!
The next moment,
The two clones, without any hesitation and with extreme seriousness, attacked Kyo from left and right!!
And the main Hiruzen in front once again gritted his teeth and swung the Adamantine Staff in his hand!
Boom!!!!
At this moment, the attacks from the two shadow clones behind, the Wind Cutter and Whirlwind Fist, instantly exploded on Kyo's body!!
Countless Wind Release Chakra rapidly detonated!
And the Adamantine Staff in Hiruzen's hand swung horizontally again, slamming into Kyo's arm!!
Boom!!!!
The huge impact force, at this moment, completely mixed with the Wind Release Chakra from before, directly forming a towering tornado, spiraling upwards!
Violently expanding outwards!
Even Orochimaru, watching from the side, couldn't help but take a slight step back in the face of this powerful gust.
Wind Release Ninjutsu were originally the sharpest and most destructive among the Five Nature Transformations.
And the power of Hiruzen's techniques far exceeded that of ordinary Shinobi.
Therefore, these two ordinary Wind Release Ninjutsu, in his hands, displayed destructive power far beyond that of ordinary Shinobi.
However,
As the Chakra-filled storm began to dissipate,
Hiruzen and Orochimaru were once again frozen in place!
Kyo, surrounded by the attacks of the three Hiruzens, stood... still completely unmoved!
His body showed almost no injuries!
And the horizontally swung Adamantine Staff was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree, having no effect at all!
Even the Wind Release Ninjutsu, with their unparalleled cutting power, completely failed to cause any damage to his body!!
"-!!!"
Realizing this,
Hiruzen shuddered violently, as if falling into an ice cavern!
His pupils, at this moment, contracted to their smallest.
He stared at Kyo in disbelief, gritting his teeth tightly, a hint of despair even coloring his expression!
'I-Impossible...!'
'What's going on...?!'
'He just... ignored all my attacks like that?!'
'How... how is this possible?!!!'
Hiruzen's hands and feet were completely cold, his heart filled with terror!
He could clearly feel that his Wind Release attacks just now were neither nullified nor absorbed.
They had solidly struck Kyo's body,
Yet, even so... they still couldn't cause a single point of damage...?
Whether it was the large-scale Fire Release, Lightning Release, the physical attack of Enma's staff, or the tearing attacks Wind Release was skilled in...
All of them had completely failed...?
In Hiruzen's Shinobi career, this was completely unheard of!
Even the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, with his immensely powerful body, could never have achieved this absurd level of hardness!
...
And just then,
Kyo calmly looked towards Hiruzen before him and said flatly:
"Hokage-dono."
"Don't waste your effort."
"My body has already reached a level where I can ignore Ninjutsu."
"Unless you can directly attack my soul,"
"Otherwise,"
"You have already lost."
"Your Konoha... has already lost."
Kyo's expression was indifferent, as if he were speaking very calmly.
Like a pronouncement.
However,
As these words fell,
The speaker was careless, but the listener took it to heart!
Hiruzen, directly facing him, upon hearing these words, abruptly changed his expression, his mind stirred!
'Wait!'
'What did he say?!'
'Attack... the soul?!'
At this moment,
For some reason, a technique suddenly came to Hiruzen's mind --
The Forbidden Technique: Dead Demon Consuming Seal!
It happened to be...
The ultimate sealing technique that could ignore the physical body and directly attack the soul!