Naruto: Eating Kaido's Azure Dragon Devil Fruit-Chapter 248: The Glory of the Strong

Sora was also not doing well. The penetrating power and destructiveness contained within the Third Raikage’s Two-Finger Hellstab were far beyond imagination.

The massive counter-shock force caused his tiger’s mouth to split open. Blood instantly stained the body of the Pillar of Heaven, White Jade Column. His entire body was also flung backward, crashing heavily onto the ground in the distance, kicking up clouds of dust.

A draw!

No, it could even be said that Sora held a slight advantage!

Because he had simultaneously countered the killing moves of two top-tier experts in a hurried manner!

"How is this possible?!"

The Third Raikage steadied himself. Looking at Sora, who was slowly rising from the dust in the distance, battered but his aura still fierce, his face was filled with extreme shock and disbelief!

His Two-Finger Hellstab had actually been blocked?!

Blocked by a kid in his teens, using a strange staff?!

This completely overturned his understanding!

...

At the same time, the clash between the five shadow clones and the Tailed Beast Bomb on the other side also reached a conclusion!

Under the continuous impact of the five merged, blazing white pillars of Boro Breath and Great Fireball, the energy of that pitch-black Tailed Beast Bomb was rapidly depleted, its volume constantly shrinking.

Finally, at a point less than ten meters from the shadow clones, it exploded with a thunderous roar!

Boom!!!

A massive explosion sounded. The violent energy shockwave instantly swallowed the five shadow clones.

However, the merged blazing white pillar of fire, though greatly dimmed, did not completely dissipate.

Instead, like an unyielding fire dragon, it pierced through the center of the explosion. Carrying its remaining power with an unstoppable momentum, it fiercely blasted towards Killer B, who had just finished launching the Tailed Beast Bomb!

"What?!"

Killer B’s eyes behind his sunglasses widened sharply. He had completely not expected that Sora, after blocking the Tailed Beast Bomb, still had the strength to counterattack!

He desperately pushed his Tailed Beast Cloak to its limit. Several chakra tentacles frantically waved, trying to block it.

But at this critical moment...

"Human Boulder Jutsu!"

A fierce shout rang out!

Akimichi Torifu, who had been temporarily repelled by Killer B earlier, seized this fleeting opportunity!

His massive body rapidly inflated like a balloon, instantly transforming into a giant sphere. With a shocking speed completely at odds with his size, he slammed fiercely into Killer B!

"B! Watch out!"

The Eight-Tails Gyuki issued a warning within Killer B’s mind, but it was too late!

Thump!!!

The Human Boulder, formed by Akimichi Torifu, solidly crashed into Killer B’s body!

Terrifying super strength instantly erupted. Even with the protection of the Tailed Beast Cloak, Killer B felt as if he had been hit by a mountain. His internal organs seemed to shift.

He couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood. His entire body was sent flying sideways!

And on the trajectory of his flight, that remnant blazing white pillar of fire, like a viper waiting for its chance, accurately struck his back!

"Ugh ah...!"

Killer B let out a pained groan. His Tailed Beast Cloak was instantly torn. His back was scorched black. His entire body smashed fiercely into the ground in the distance, stirring up clouds of dust. For a moment, there was no sound from him.

"B!"

Seeing his younger brother severely injured, the Fourth Raikage A let out a roar of shock and fury. His offensive instantly became even more frenzied. Regardless of the cost, he tried to break away from Namikaze Minato to go to the rescue.

But Namikaze Minato would not let him have his way!

The battlefield, at this moment, fell into an eerie silence.

Everyone was rendered speechless, shocked by this earth-shattering reversal that happened in the blink of an eye.

Their gaze involuntarily focused once again on that figure at the center of the battlefield. The figure holding the azure-gold giant column, with lightning and draconic aura not yet fully dissipated around him.

Konoha’s Azure Dragon!

This title, uttered by the Third Raikage, was now deeply etched into the hearts of every witness.

With his own power, he directly challenged the Third Raikage’s Two-Finger Hellstab. Simultaneously, his clones intercepted the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb. He even indirectly severely injured the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, Killer B!

What kind of strength was this? How utterly unbelievable!

Akimichi Torifu released the Multi-Size Technique. His plump face carried a trace of paleness. Clearly, the earlier outburst had greatly drained him. The look he gave Sora was filled with complexity and astonishment.

Namikaze Minato’s figure also appeared nearby. Looking at Sora standing with the pillar, a gleam flickered in his azure blue eyes, pondering something unknown.

Orochimaru licked his lips. The greed in his golden serpent-like pupils deepened, but it was now mixed with substantial wariness!

As for the Third Raikage, his face had darkened to the point of almost dripping water. He stared fixedly at Sora, especially at the peculiar pillar in his hand and the slowly subsiding yet still heart-palpitating aura on his body.

He knew that capturing this "Konoha’s Azure Dragon" today was almost impossible.

Even if he still had his strongest "One-Finger Hellstab" unused, with Killer B severely injured, morale damaged, and the enemy’s high-end combat power intact...

The Third Raikage took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the impulse to tear Sora apart. He squeezed out an icy command from between his teeth:

"Kumogakure... retreat!"

His voice was filled with unwillingness and fury, echoing over the ravaged battlefield.

The Kumogakure ninja, though equally unwilling, obeyed orders strictly. They immediately began an orderly retreat, taking the wounded and comrades’ bodies, disappearing swiftly into the mountains and forests of the border like a receding tide of blue water.

As for the anti-air ninja tools and sealing jutsu they had prepared to deal with Sora, they ultimately never came into use.

After all, this time Sora did not choose to flee but crushed Kumogakure’s assault head-on!

Watching the last Kumogakure figure disappear, the Konoha camp, suppressed for so long, finally erupted into deafening cheers!

"We won! We won!"

"We repelled Kumogakure!"

The joy of surviving a disaster and the exhilaration of winning this crucial decisive battle made all Konoha ninja excited.

And their gazes, as if by agreement, focused on the figure at the center of the battlefield. The figure still maintaining a half-dragon, half-human fearsome form, holding the azure-gold giant column.

"Azure Dragon!"

Someone shouted first.

Immediately after, like a tidal wave, the shouts converged, resounding to the skies!

"Azure Dragon! Azure Dragon! Azure Dragon!"

The sound waves rose higher and higher, filled with fervor and reverence.

In the eyes of these ordinary ninja, Sora’s half-beastized form, though peculiar, was just another manifestation of a powerful and unknown power in a world full of strange Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques.

What they saw was the "Azure Dragon" turning the tide in a desperate situation, directly challenging the Third Raikage, indirectly severely injuring the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, a peerless display of prowess!

This was the glory belonging to the strong!

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