From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 487 A true warrior is one who dares to declare war on the whole world!
Deidara ultimately paid a heavy price for his youthful arrogance!
Or rather, he shouldn't have underestimated that woman from the very beginning.

Ignoring Black Zetsu's advice and turning away was Deidara's biggest mistake!
The price to pay was an arm!
He didn't even see clearly what happened; he only felt a chill run down his spine.

The water droplets in the air, under the woman's finger, seemed to transform into the sharpest blade in the world, cutting straight across the sky and leaving a faint mark.

Even the clouds in the sky were shredded by that single finger!
Fortunately, at the crucial moment, Black Zetsu reacted quickly and gave him a push.

Otherwise, it wouldn't just be an arm that gets severed, but his head!
"What kind of ability is this?!"

Deidara clutched his severed arm, kneeling on the ground in pain, large beads of cold sweat dripping down his face.

The pain at the point of severance felt like it was drilling into the bone marrow, seeping into the depths of the soul!

The pain was as if a million ants were gnawing at his flesh. Even Deidara could hardly bear it; his face turned pale, his lips turned purple, and he trembled slightly.

"do not know."

Black Zetsu, standing nearby, was still shaken but secretly relieved.

Fortunately, the woman's target wasn't it, but Deidara next to it; otherwise, it would have been dead!

"Her abilities are very strange, unlike ninjutsu or sage techniques." Even with Black Zetsu's tens of thousands of years of experience, he couldn't figure out the origin of that woman's abilities in Akatsuki.

It seems to be a path that has completely broken away from the 'Ninjutsu' system and is independent of the chakra created by Hagoromo Otsutsuki—a path that no one has ever seen before!
Suddenly, the bird shuddered violently and plummeted to the ground.

"Deidara, quickly build another one that can fly!" Black Zetsu shouted in terror.

The C2 giant bird, which was sitting down, also had one wing cut off and was struggling to maintain its balance in mid-air.

But if they continue to fall like this, Black Zetsu has no doubt that they will soon fall back into the attack range, and then they can just wait to be slaughtered by that woman!
"Stop talking nonsense, I'm already pinching!"

Deidara, enduring the excruciating pain of his severed arm, snorted coldly and reached his left hand into his waist pocket.

"Give me some time!" He looked at Black Zetsu beside him and shouted, "Have the reanimated First and Second Hokage stall that woman for a bit!"

"I'm already doing it!"

Black Zetsu used his mind to contact the newly recovered First and Second Hokage, ordering them to stop Erii.

However, if the two were at their peak, they might have been able to stop them to some extent.

However, in order to control them, Black Zetsu implanted talismans in his body, which reduced his strength by two-thirds. How could he possibly stop Erii?

Erii flicked her finger and softly chanted, "Word of Power: Lord's Flame!"

Boom!

Extremely high temperatures and intense flames were compressed into a single point, triggering a violent and astonishing explosion!

The first and second generations, who had just rushed up, were swept away by the terrifying wave of explosions and were instantly reduced to ashes!

Having dealt with the troublesome Edo Tensei duo, Erii turned her gaze back to the two who had fallen from mid-air. A hint of impatience seemed to be brewing in her cool eyes: "You two are a nuisance. Annoying!"

Hearing Erii's evaluation, Sasuke felt a mix of emotions, unsure whether to be disappointed or happy.

Just as the C2 dragon was about to crash to the ground, Deidara pulled Black Zetsu down and tumbled awkwardly into the grass.

"It's all your fault! What are we going to do now?!" Black Zetsu glared at Deidara. If it weren't for this kid's insistence on showing off, they would have flown away long ago, and they wouldn't be in this situation.
Deidara was instantly traumatized by the woman's gesture of raising her hand again, his soul nearly leaving his body: "Stop talking nonsense and buy me some time!"

"I'll risk my life to delay you?"

Black Zetsu roared in exasperation, "Why did Onoki send such an idiot like you?!"

But it's too late to say anything now!

Erii was getting annoyed by their repeated struggles. Although 'Adam' said he would spare their lives, he didn't say he couldn't beat them half to death, did he?

The next moment, ancient and solemn dragon runes echoed above the dilapidated cave.

A terrifying turbulence of elements was gathering, and the scorching, terrifying heat instantly enveloped an area of ​​hundreds of meters in radius!

"What...what is this?!"

Black Zetsu and Deidara also felt the terrifying heat.

With each breath, my lungs filled with viscous gas and the scorching heat of being burned by fire.

The source of all this was the woman who sang softly. Her clothes moved without wind, her waist-length red hair danced in the air, and she exuded a fiery aura!
Five rings of fire coalesced above his head, emitting extreme light and heat—the source of the pressure and high temperature.

Watching the flames that almost dyed half the sky red, constantly gathering in the sky.

Then it formed layers upon layers, a total of nine overlapping layers, like a tower forged with golden fire, leading to the realm of gods in legend!
A ferocious dragon shadow, visible to the naked eye, seemed to be coiled at the very top of the fiery tower.

In the final stage of the chanting, the dragon's shadow at the top of the tower had merged into the giant tower of fire, and the flames on each level seemed to have a life of their own, flowing quietly and slowly!

Suddenly, a crack appeared on the tower!
"not good!"

Deidara sensed a terrifying aura emanating from it!

But it was too late!
Click!

The power that had been gathered to form the tower has shattered!

Starting from the bottom, the nine-story tower emitted a crisp cracking sound, shattering and disintegrating like jade breaking into porcelain!
Its crystal-clear tower body appeared to have been impacted by a tremendous force, with layers of cracks appearing, and the power flowing within its ring of fire finally found an outlet!

Boom! ! !
A terrifying amount of flame erupted, like a flood bursting its banks, pouring down from the sky in an overwhelming manner!

Soon, the remaining eight layers of the tower shattered, and flames poured down from within, the forces colliding and producing an astonishing elemental reaction!

The terrifying explosive power began to expand exponentially!
The next moment, Sasuke even saw a blazing red mushroom cloud rise into the sky and dominate most of the sky!

The compressed air was propelled by the aftershocks of the explosion, forming layers of visible air waves that roared and spread outwards, creating a huge and perfect 'circle'!
After the terrifying flames swept in all directions, a deafening explosion followed!

Even the clouds high in the sky were torn apart by the sound waves, and the earth showed signs of cracking and collapsing, with raging fire engulfing everything in its range!
"Etched pear blossoms."

Sasuke stared in disbelief at the scene, almost bursting into tears: "You, you haven't forgotten about the Kazekage, have you?!"

She's now only praying to the Sage of Six Paths to protect Gaara, hoping nothing bad will happen to him!

However, looking at the area where the nine-story tower poured out flames after the explosion, it was as if it had been hit by a meteorite, directly forming a huge sinkhole with a diameter of several hundred meters. The rocks on its edge even turned into sand under the high temperature, and there was a region in the center where magma was flowing. She felt that Gaara's chances of survival were not very high.

"Oh, I forgot."

Erii wore a slightly dazed expression, her big, innocent eyes wide open.

She really didn't mean it; it's just that Gaara's presence was too low, and it seems that Adam didn't give any special instructions, so she didn't take it to heart.

"She should... probably still be alive?" Erii pursed her lips, speaking somewhat guiltily.

"It's over."

Seeing the girl's somewhat innocent expression, Sasuke had completely given up hope. He couldn't bring himself to blame her, after all, she had come to save him, and besides, she belonged to Amegakure, so there was even less reason for her to rescue the Kazekage of Sunagakure.

"Huh? Wait a minute."

Seeing Sasuke's somewhat self-reproachful and dejected expression, Erii frowned slightly and suddenly looked towards the very center of the explosion.

"what happened?"

Sasuke noticed something was wrong with her expression, so he asked her what was wrong.

But the next second, a huge stone giant emerged from the magma in the center of the sinkhole.

Shaped like a small hill, it is made of hard, grayish-white rock, and its surface is engraved with intricate and mysterious runes.

Then, the giant slowly opened his palm, revealing Gaara, Deidara, and Black Zetsu in its palm.

However, what truly shocked Sasuke was that on the head of that mountain-like giant stood a seemingly obese and bloated, tall and robust Jonin with a yellow scarf around his neck, wearing an Iwagakure Jonin vest and an Iwagakure headband on his forehead!

"It's Iwagakure again?!"

Sasuke's pupils contracted slightly as he stared intently at the man.

If we were to speculate that Deidara's appearance was due to him being a rogue ninja from Iwagakure who hadn't had time to remove his headband, then we could also speculate that he was one of those rogue ninjas from Iwagakure.

So the fat man wearing the Iwagakure Jonin vest and headband has clearly denied this speculation!
"Deidara, Black Zetsu, are you two alright?"

Although Akatsuchi appeared somewhat simple and honest, he was actually quite clever. He could sense the woman's terrifying nature simply from the injuries on the two of them.

Therefore, although he arrived very early, he only chose to make his move at the most crucial moment.

"I didn't want things to turn out like this." Deidara snorted, turned his head, and complained, "Who knew this woman was so strong? If you hadn't come, I would have almost lost my life!"

"Wasn't it all because you insisted on showing off?" Black Zetsu beside him was extremely resentful, knowing that they had almost died just now!

If Chitu hadn't arrived in time and rescued them from underground, they would probably be reduced to ashes by now!

too difficult.
If Black Zetsu had known earlier that provoking Sasuke would bring out this old lady, he would have run away long ago!
For tens of thousands of years, it has only made one public appearance, and it was beaten so badly that Black Zetsu has been completely traumatized and has secretly vowed never to show its face again if it can avoid it.

"Gentlemen, if you're going to argue, can you wait until we get back?"

Chi Tu remained true to his kind-hearted self, squinting his eyes and advising with a benevolent tone, "After all, we're still not out of danger."

Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu and Deidara immediately shut their mouths.

Erii sighed inwardly. At least she was out of the act; otherwise, she wouldn't know how to continue.

"What exactly do you people from Iwagakure mean by this?!"

But at that moment, Sasuke could no longer control himself and shouted at the people on the mountain giant, "You actually cooperated with the Aurora Society? Are you crazy? Is this the Tsuchikage's order, or are you two rogue ninja?!"

"Hmm, you're a child of the Uchiha clan, right?"

Standing atop the mountain giant, Akatsuchi smiled as he looked at Uchiha Sasuke: "I thought you would ask something more valuable, but I didn't expect this."

At this moment, Hyuga Neji and the others, who had finally defeated the clones after tearing off the talisman, also rushed back.

Upon seeing the enormous mountain rock giant, and the unconscious Gaara, Black Zetsu, and two people from Iwagakure, their eyes widened in shock.

"Well, perfect. Since everyone from Konoha is here, I'll get straight to the point."

Akatsuchi's narrowed eyes opened slightly, and the cold light seemed to make the surrounding air feel more oppressive: "From this moment on, we, Iwagakure, are officially renamed the Iwagakure Empire, and in the name of the First Rock Lord, Onoki, we formally declare war on the Shinobi World!"

These words shocked everyone in Konoha!

Did they mishear?
Iwagakure was renamed the Rock God Empire, and the two great rulers, Onoki, changed from Tsuchikage to Rock Lord.

They even said they wanted to declare war on the ninja world?

"Hmm, don't you understand?"

Akatsuchi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's alright, then let me explain again. We are declaring war on Konoha, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure, of course."

At this point, his gaze passed over Sasuke and landed on Erii, who was dressed in a black robe with red clouds: "We also declare war on Amegakure!"

"Are you all insane?!"

Hyuga Neji's pupils contracted sharply, and an uncontrollable chill surged from his spine to his head.

He even suspected that Onoki, the two-time ruler of Iwagakure, might be old and suffering from dementia.
Otherwise, how could they possibly say that they would use the power of one village to declare war on the five great ninja villages?

"Okay, that's all for now."

However, Akatsuchi ignored the Konoha members and said to Deidara, "We should go."

Deidara conjured a giant bird, and the group moved from the rock to it.

"Then, until next time we meet again."

Akatsuchi looked down at the Konoha members and smiled, "Now that we're on the battlefield, I hope you can all deliver this message to your respective Kage intact."

After saying that, the giant bird carried them into the sky.

"Wait! Don't leave!"

Sasuke was eager to give chase, but he was too exhausted and almost fell after taking only two steps.

Erii, who was beside Sasuke, helped him up, her eyes flickered slightly, and she said softly, "May I borrow your sword for a moment?"

"Yes, of course you can."

Although Sasuke didn't understand, after witnessing Erii's power, he decisively handed her his sword.

Erii gripped her sword, her eyes gleaming with a pale gold. She disliked people who left with harsh words before departing.

"Word of Power: Sword Control!"

In the blink of an eye, Sasuke's sword streaked across the sky like a meteor!
"what--!"

Akado was pierced through the chest by a sword.

He was both shocked and terrified, turning back to look at Erii in horror, his eyes filled with resentment: "Next time we meet, I will definitely kill you!"

"Okay, I'll wait."

Erii said softly, her expression remaining unchanged throughout.

(End of this chapter)