Before anyone could react, Sarutobi Ryo stomped hard. His feet crashed into the earth, leaving a deep crater where he stood.
A deafening boom ripped through the air.
Sarutobi Ryo shot upward like a rocket, his palm aimed directly at Han's back. He struck with incredible force.
"Roar!"
Caught completely off guard and sent hurtling, Han roared in fury. A monstrous wave of chakra exploded from him, instantly blasting Sarutobi Ryo and everything around him away.
It was as if Han had unleashed a Chakra Shockwave. A powerful burst of energy created a void, pushing everything back with immense force.
If an Elite Jonin, someone with Kakashi's strength, had taken that hit …
They would have been severely injured. Their fighting ability would have been crippled instantly.
Only a ninja with extraordinary medical skills and the ability to heal quickly could recover.
This showed just how terrifying a Jinchuriki could be.
After all, being as powerful as one Kakashi put you among the best fighters in any village.
You'd be comparable to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Konoha's Asuma, Kumogakure's Darui, and other top-level shinobi.
But to everyone else, it was like a chakra sun had suddenly appeared in the sky.
The explosive shockwave tore through the air, grabbing the attention of everyone nearby.
"That's... Young Master Ryo..."
At the front of the camp, Namikaze Minato stood with the other ninja. Surprise flickered in his eyes.
I didn't expect his strength to increase so quickly …
He remembered from a past experience how the Third Hokage had sent the Nine Tails flying out of Konoha with a single strike of his staff.
Now, seeing Sarutobi Ryo send a Jinchuriki flying with his bare hands, Namikaze Minato was astonished.
Because, in his original memories, Young Master Ryo wasn't supposed to be this strong.
Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the others also looked at the scene with wide-eyed amazement.
Orochimaru, in particular, was filled with a curious interest.
"Heh heh... could it be that Body Art I gave Sarutobi Ryo?"
Orochimaru wondered if Sarutobi Ryo had somehow combined that Body Art with his clan's special abilities, pushing it to its absolute limit.
"No... that's impossible."
Orochimaru shook his head, dismissing the thought.
"That Body Art alone wouldn't be enough to do something like this…"
It was like how Jirobo, in the original timeline, could only send Choji, who was as big as a small mountain, flying with a single palm strike after using his special transformation.
But the truth was…
Sarutobi Ryo was using the modifications he'd made by combining multiple special abilities, along with the Eight Gates Formation Technique…
Right now, Sarutobi Ryo had only opened the Third Gate.
He had unlocked both sides of his brain, allowing him to recover his body's energy quickly by pushing his cells to their breaking point.
I didn't think that the Third Gate alone would be enough to win. After all, this is a Jinchuriki …
Sarutobi Ryo landed lightly on his feet, clenching his fists. The situation was about to change again.
"Eight Gates Formation... Fourth Gate, open! Fifth Gate... open!"
A surge of chakra exploded from him.
With two Gates opened in quick succession, veins popped out all over Sarutobi Ryo's body.
He looked like a red-hot being, with heat waves radiating from his skin.
A powerful storm swept outward in all directions, centered on Sarutobi Ryo.
In this state, simply running could tear apart the earth, leaving a trail of destruction behind him.
However, he wasn't finished yet.
Sarutobi Ryo let out a low growl.
His entire body trembled violently.
Within the swirling waves of chakra surrounding him, red lightning began to crackle.
"That's...?!"
Seeing this, Orochimaru finally showed genuine shock.
With his deep understanding of Ninjutsu, he immediately recognized it as the beginnings of a Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Unlike Kakashi's early Chidori, which only stimulated the body's muscles…
Sarutobi Ryo's Lightning Release Chakra Mode was stimulating both his muscles and his nerves at the same time.
It was even allowing the Lightning Release to arc across his skin.
He hadn't yet reached the point of completely covering his body in Lightning Release like the Raikage.
"But this level is enough..."
Eight Gates Formation - Fifth Gate, combined with Lightning Release Chakra Mode... The combination of these two techniques showed Sarutobi Ryo's incredible talent in Ninja Body Techniques.
Just how strong was Sarutobi Ryo's power at this moment?
The answer was…
Boom!
Sarutobi Ryo's figure blurred, and his intense power compressed the air in front of him into a solid mass.
With a rolling blast wave, he appeared before Han at a speed that even a Jinchuriki couldn't match.
Instinctively sensing danger, Han quickly created claws of Tailed Beast chakra from his back, trying to grab Sarutobi Ryo.
However, Sarutobi Ryo's abilities had exploded, strengthened to an unbelievable level.
Sarutobi Ryo's strength was now almost equal to someone who had opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Gates Formation.
"Crushing Palm Strike!"
A single Crushing Palm Strike.
Unleashed with a deafening roar.
The speed of his punch alone was several times the speed of sound.
Therefore, Sarutobi Ryo's palm slammed into Han, striking before he could even react.
By the time the shockwave from the palm strike shattered the Tailed Beast chakra claws and sent Han flying, the others only then heard the booming roar of the Sonic Boom.
The next moment.
Sarutobi Ryo's figure vanished again. He began to pummel Han with a series of incredibly powerful Body Art techniques.
Han, who had been sent flying, hadn't even hit the ground before he was subjected to Sarutobi Ryo's relentless attacks.
All kinds of Body Art, amplified by his explosive power, struck him repeatedly from every angle.
From the perspective of the others, Han was completely suspended in the air, his body shaking violently from the constant beating.
The ground beneath Sarutobi Ryo's feet, which he used to push off, was constantly exploding.
Trees were also exploding.
Some unlucky individuals were crushed into the ground by a single stomp, becoming piles of mangled flesh.
The entire Battlefield was filled with countless Sonic Booms, becoming a scene that no one could stop.
Seeing this scene.
Namikaze Minato's heart sank. He realized that Sarutobi Ryo had completely surpassed him.
A ninja's speed was divided into movement speed and attack speed.
Even though the Flying Thunder God Technique gave him an advantage in movement speed…
His attack speed… the speed at which he could launch attacks… was completely lacking.
Someone else could throw hundreds of punches in a second.
He could only swing his Kunai a few times.
This kind of gap simply couldn't be overcome by normal means.
Even if the Flying Thunder God Technique could teleport him next to the opponent, if the opponent threw a hundred punches at him, he would be beaten to a pulp before he could even attack.
Kushina and the others beside him didn't know what Namikaze Minato was thinking at this moment.
Kushina, Nohara Rin, and the others stared with wide-open mouths, dumbfounded as Han was brutally beaten.
Under this terrifyingly high frequency of attacks…
Even the Tailed Beast cloak had a moment where it was broken.
When a gap was blasted open in the Tailed Beast cloak, the outcome was decided.
Swish!
All the others saw was a sudden bright flash against the gloomy sky.
An arm fell from the sky.
It was Han's arm.
Bang!
Han, who had lost an arm, crashed into the ground, sending up clouds of dust…
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