443.Divinity
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"Huff…"
"Huff…"
The heavy breathing of two figures filled the night sky, accelerating as if their hearts were about to leap from their chests.
Overwhelmed by the oppressive aura emanating from Aizen, who stood behind them, both Yagura and Rasa had entirely lost the will to resist.
From the moment Aizen appeared behind them, they knew.
They were not even on the same plane of existence. The suffocating sense of dread had etched itself into their very souls, an unshakable nightmare.
Suddenly—
"Whoosh!"
A sharp sound broke the tense silence as a black kunai sliced through the air like a fine thread, hurtling toward Aizen.
Aizen's gaze shifted slightly, his eyes catching the kunai as it approached. A faint smile played at the corners of his lips.
He tilted his head gently to avoid the weapon, and the next moment brought an unexpected development—a slight smirk curved his lips.
Minato's figure appeared midair without warning!
"Shhh!"
His expression was calm and focused, his body leaning forward as he closed the distance to Aizen. In his palm, a spinning ball of radiant blue energy glowed brilliantly in the dark, beautiful yet deadly.
The rotating sphere left trails of spiraling energy in the air, concealing a lethal intent.
"Rasengan!"
With a low shout, Minato lunged at Aizen, entirely undeterred by the overwhelming pressure surrounding him. He poured all his strength into this single, fearless attack.
Aizen responded with a soft chuckle.
"You still don't understand what true power is, Minato."
As he spoke, he didn't activate Kyōka Suigetsu. Instead, he simply swung his arm.
With a motion as graceful as a stroke of white against the night sky, Aizen's hand moved to intercept the Rasengan.
"Boom—"
The air quaked with the sound of impact.
Minato's face froze in shock, his wide eyes reflecting the unbelievable sight before him.
The Rasengan, brimming with destructive power, had been shattered with a single strike from Aizen's hand.
The shattered streams of energy dispersed into the air, blowing through Minato's golden hair.
This moment shattered Minato's confidence in his signature technique.
But Aizen's attack didn't end there. His hand, now wielded like a blade, sliced downward toward Minato.
Minato's blue eyes widened, his body instinctively reacting to the danger despite his inability to dodge midair. In the shadows, his hand flicked another kunai.
"Bang!"
When Aizen's strike connected, Minato's body exploded into a cloud of white smoke.
"Swish!"
In the next instant, a kunai shot toward Yagura and Rasa.
As the kunai approached them—
"Bang!"
It transformed into Minato's figure. His face was serious, his expression tense.
"I'm here to get you out of here!" he shouted.
Placing his hands on both Yagura and Rasa, black sealing marks spread across their bodies.
"Whoosh!"
As Minato began to fall, the three of them vanished in an instant.
In the dissipating smoke, Aizen's magnetic voice resonated, calm yet tinged with amusement.
"You combined the Transformation Technique and Shadow Clone? Not bad, Minato."
"But sadly, even with the Flying Raijin Technique, you can't escape absolute power."
As his words fell, a slender, white hand emerged from the smoke, its fingertip aimed downward at the mountain.
Through the fading veil of white smoke, Aizen's deep gaze gleamed with a chilling light. He murmured softly.
"Hadō #88. Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō."
The instant he spoke, a brilliant surge of blue chakra erupted from his body, converging at his fingertip.
"Zing!"
A piercing sound split the air as the chakra condensed into a terrifyingly powerful lightning-infused energy. In the blink of an eye, it took the form of a massive beam.
"Boom—"
A thunderous explosion followed as the colossal beam, several meters thick, descended from the sky.
The lightning beam illuminated the dark heavens, connecting the earth and sky like a radiant bridge.
Clouds tore apart under the impact, and the beam roared with thunder and blinding light as it hurtled downward, exuding an overwhelming aura of destruction—like divine punishment unleashed upon humanity.
The ninjas on the rocky mountain, having witnessed Ōnoki's effortless defeat, had already lost their will to fight against Aizen.
Now, faced with such an apocalyptic display of power, they were utterly paralyzed with fear.
As ninjas, they were trained to fight to the death. But as humans, they were powerless before what felt like a god's wrath.
"Whoosh!"
On the blackened mountain, Minato, Yagura, and Rasa reappeared suddenly.
But their relief was short-lived. Their faces turned pale as they looked back.
"That's…?"
Minato's pupils contracted in panic as he recognized the approaching beam of energy.
The sheer pressure of the descending beam made it impossible to stand upright. Trees were uprooted, leaves swirled chaotically, and the ground cracked under the immense force.
It felt as though the earth itself was bowing to divine judgment.
From afar, ninjas watched helplessly as the beam bore down on Minato and his companions. A wave of despair swept through them, their hearts sinking in shared sorrow.
Tsunade, tending to the gravely injured Ōnoki, glanced up at the impending devastation. Her beautiful eyes filled with sorrow, and she shouted furiously into the night.
"AIZEN!!"
Her cry pierced the air, but Aizen remained unmoved. High above, he gazed indifferently at the scene below, his demeanor like that of a god passing judgment.
Just as the beam was about to strike, Minato's pale face lit up with sudden determination.
He pulled out four specially crafted kunai and flung them in different directions.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
The kunai embedded themselves into the ground around them.
Yagura and Rasa, on the verge of giving up, saw Minato's unyielding back and felt a glimmer of hope.
Perhaps this young man, who had defied the odds so many times, could do it again.
As the beam descended, Minato brought his hands together in a seal and slammed them to the ground.
"Buzz—"
At the kunai's locations, a square-shaped barrier shimmered to life above them, its surface reflective like a mirror.
The enormous beam of energy crashed into the barrier, vanishing without a trace.
Elsewhere in the forest, a corresponding barrier opened silently. The redirected beam slammed into the ground with a deafening roar, carving a massive trench and igniting a raging inferno.
The surrounding forest was reduced to ash in an instant.
The remaining ninjas watched in stunned silence.
"He… he survived Aizen's attack!"
"Was that the Konoha ninja?!"
Whispers of disbelief spread through the crowd.
High above, Aizen observed the event calmly, his expression unreadable as he glanced at the empty space before him, lost in thought.