Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

West Sea.

Thousands of meters in the air.

Chiba stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the boiling sea below.

There were four people standing behind him.

Kakashi, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Shisui.

In the distant, rolling sea of ​​clouds, several figures could be vaguely discerned.

The two men at the head were elderly.

A man with curly hair and a bushy white beard, leaning on a cane.

The other bald man wore flat, round-framed glasses and had a long knife at his waist.

Saint Satan and Saint Nassuro, two of the Five Elders.

Behind them stood nine figures draped in cloaks.

The elite of the Knights of God.

These high and mighty world rulers didn't even dare to breathe loudly at this moment.

The two sides were only a hundred meters apart, yet it felt as if there was an insurmountable chasm between them.

No one spoke.

Only the howling wind ripped at their ears.

Chiba's six-tomoe Rinnegan gleamed with a chilling purple light.

He just glanced at it casually.

Satan Saint's hand, which was holding the cane, trembled violently, and his knuckles turned white.

Nasujiro Sei's thumb, which was gripping the sword, was trembling involuntarily.

cold.

A chill that pierces to the bone.

It felt as if a monster from the ancient wilderness was staring intently at them.

The Five Elders have always regarded all things as ants and considered themselves to be high and mighty gods.

But now.

Their pride and confidence crumbled instantly in the face of those eyes.

"Bang."

In the Knights of God.

A young swordsman could not bear this kind of pressure.

His legs buckled, and he knelt upright on the clouds.

Cold sweat soaked his back.

Satan glanced at the sea below out of the corner of his eye.

The remaining naval warships have completely sailed away from this battlefield, becoming just a few black dots on the horizon.

He gritted his teeth and forced out two words from his throat.

"retreat!"

The voice was hoarse, like a broken bellows, and carried an undisguised sense of embarrassment.

Without hesitation, Nassuro Sei turned around abruptly.

These world government leaders fled like a pack of stray dogs.

"We're just going to let them get away like that?"

"Those old guys are definitely at the Shadow level."

"If we leave them behind, it'll be like cutting off the arms and legs of the Navy and that so-called World Government!"

Upon seeing this.

Jiraiya looked completely puzzled.

He waved his fist, wishing he could catch up with them right now.

Tsunade frowned and looked at Chiba ahead.

"Cannot be killed."

Chiba withdrew his gaze, and the purple light in his eyes gradually faded.

His calm tone left the four people behind him stunned.

"His Majesty."

"What do you mean by 'cannot be killed'?"

A look of confusion appeared on Kakashi's face.

"Literal meaning."

"Even if I just crushed their bodies and even used Truth-Seeking Balls to annihilate their souls."

"They will also be resurrected somewhere."

Chiba's Rinnegan with six tomoe possesses the terrifying ability to perceive the law of cause and effect.

During those few minutes of confrontation, he had already seen through the Five Elders.

The lifelines of those old monsters are not in this body at all.

Instead, it is firmly anchored in another space by some higher-dimensional force.

They were like a bunch of puppets being manipulated on strings.

If you cut the strings, the puppet will break.

But the person controlling the puppet can be replaced at any time.

"resurrection?"

Uchiha Shisui gasped, his eyes wide with shock.

"Could it be a forbidden technique similar to the Impure World Reincarnation?"

Tsunade crossed her arms, her brows furrowed into a tight knot.

"It's more troublesome than the Impure World Reincarnation."

"This is the underlying rule of this ocean."

Chiba shook his head.

He opened his palm, and a ball of chakra surged within it, which then transformed into natural energy.

"Whether it's ninjutsu or sage techniques."

"Their essence is to use the world's energy to cause destruction."

"But the lives of these old men are inextricably linked to some core rule of this ocean."

"To completely wipe them out, we must use the unique privileges of this sea."

"Conqueror's Haki".

hear the word.

Jiraiya and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

After arriving in this world, they learned about Haki and the Six Powers of the Navy through the methods of the Yamanaka family.

Observation Haki is for perception, while Armament Haki is for defense and attack.

With their Kage-level strength, they will soon be able to grasp the basics of these two things.

But Conqueror's Haki is unique to one in a million people, a kingly quality.

"Only Conqueror's Haki can forcibly tear them apart from the world's rules."

"Use the pressure of your soul to sever that eerie anchor point directly."

"pity."

Chiba squinted, looking at his palm.

"I haven't mastered Conqueror's Haki yet."

He was an outsider.

Even though his strength had reached the Six Paths level, possessing the power to destroy the world.

But the rules of this vast ocean will not easily grant an outsider the "qualifications of a king".

not to mention.

The fact that Conqueror's Haki cannot be obtained through training is the most troublesome aspect.

After listening to Chiba's explanation.

The four people behind him all looked extremely ugly.

"So that's how it is..."

"As long as we haven't mastered Conqueror's Haki, these guys are immortal monsters?"

Kakashi clenched his fist, his nails digging into his flesh.

"What kind of bullshit rule is this!"

"I refuse to believe that even if I turn them into mincemeat, they can keep coming back to life!"

Tsunade gritted her teeth and let out a cold laugh.

"There is no situation that cannot be resolved."

"If Conqueror's Haki is the key, then let's go steal that key!"

Uchiha Shisui pressed his hand on the short sword at his waist, the three tomoe in his eyes spinning rapidly.

"No rush."

"This ocean is vast."

"There are quite a few people who possess Conqueror's Haki."

"If we grab a few people and study them carefully, we're bound to find a shortcut."

Chiba raised the corners of her lips, a hint of admiration flashing in her eyes.

Then.

Chiba lowered his gaze, looking down at the boiling sea.

at the same time.

The battle below has reached a fever pitch.

The seawater was boiled completely, and steam shot straight into the sky.

The main naval force has fled.

But the three guys who stayed behind to cover the retreat became the toughest nuts to crack.

Garp was covered in blood, and his clothes were already torn to shreds.

His chest was dented, and the bone fragments in his left shoulder had pierced his skin.

But this old man was like a raging lion trapped in a desperate situation.

"boom!"

The iron fist, wreathed in thick Armament Haki, slammed into the Four-Tails' chin.

The giant ape was thrown into the air, creating a wave hundreds of meters high on the sea.

Onoki floated in mid-air, his hands clasped together.

"Dust Release: Particle Style - Detachment Technique!"

A dazzling white beam of light swept across, instantly obliterating everything in front of it.

But instead of retreating, Garp advanced, bracing himself against the edge of Dust Release, and delivered a whip kick in mid-air.

The powerful airburst exploded instantly.

Ohnoki groaned as he was thrown hundreds of meters by the violent airflow, nearly breaking his back on the spot.

"What kind of monster is this?!"

Onoki spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, his face filled with horror.

He took two of his Dust Escape techniques.

If it were a normal Shadow-level being, they would have been reduced to ashes long ago.

But the old man not only didn't die, he became even more ferocious with each beating!

the other side.

The situation for Aokiji was equally dire.

He exuded an astonishing chill, as if even his blood had frozen.

"The Ice Age!"

The endless ice spread wildly outwards, attempting to trap all the imperial ninjas in place.

Mei Terumi lightly bit her red lips, her hands rapidly forming hand seals.

"Lava Release: Melting Monster Technique!"

The viscous acid sprayed out and collided violently with the ice, producing a piercing hissing sound.

The poisonous gas spread, but Aokiji didn't care at all.

His leg had been mostly corroded by Lava Release, yet he still held Mei Terumi and the Three-Tails firmly in place.

That's absolutely reckless.

Kizaru transformed into a streak of light, frantically darting across the battlefield.

"Yata no Magatama!"

A barrage of energy blasts rained down, leaving the sea riddled with holes.

Luo Sha stood on the gold-plated disc, waving his hands wildly.

Countless gold dust particles transformed into shields, blocking all the light projectiles.

"Feed, feed."

"This is absolutely terrifying."

Kizaru pouted, but his eyes behind his sunglasses showed extreme anxiety.

The navy ships have already gone far away, and he can escape at any time using the speed of light.

But every time he tried to turn into light and leave.

Ray Shadow Ai would transform into a blue lightning bolt, blocking his path.

These guys who claim to be from the Province of Thunder are ridiculously fast!

The Shadow-level experts from the four major provinces of the empire were all feeling somewhat aggrieved at this moment.

They clearly had an absolute numerical advantage, and their high-end combat power was completely overwhelming.

If all I wanted to do was kill these three people, I could have done it already.

But...

Chiba gave a death order: capture them alive!

Capturing three powerful, Shadow-level experts who are determined to fight to the death is now exponentially more difficult.

"Snap!"

Garp smashed Deidara's giant clay bird with a single punch, and the violent force of the punch stung everyone's cheeks.

This old body is actually starting to overdraw its vitality.

The already weakened energy suddenly surged back up as if in a final burst of life.

"Trying to capture me?"

Stop dreaming!

Garp vomited mouthfuls of blood and grinned wildly.

He kicked off with both legs, and the sea surface instantly collapsed, creating a huge whirlpool.

He shot into the sky like a cannonball, his target being the floating Onoki.

He was prepared to drag this old man who emitted white light down to hell with him!

Onoki's pupils shrank sharply, and he had no time to dodge.

At this critical moment.

The world has changed.

Suddenly, a bottomless crack appeared in the clouds thousands of meters above the ground.

A terrifying, suffocating pressure crashed down as if it were a tangible force.

The sea breeze on the sea surface stopped instantly.

The rolling waves seemed to be forcibly flattened by an invisible giant hand.

Kizaru's body, which was preparing to transform into its elemental form, suddenly froze in mid-air.

The ice spear that Aokiji had condensed halfway in his hand shattered into ice shards without warning.

As Garp charged toward Onoki, he felt as if a towering mountain was pressing down on his head.

In an instant.

Everyone looked up.

Chiba's figure was suspended in mid-air, a hundred meters above the sea.

He did not form hand seals.

He didn't even move a finger.

The Rinnegan with six tomoe slowly rotated in his eye sockets, as indifferent as a god looking down upon the mortal world.

"A pointless act of resistance!"

Chiba's voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

The moment the words fell.

The sea boiled.

It's not because of the high temperature.

It's because some enormous creature is growing wildly deep in the ocean.

"Boom!"

The seabed cracked open, and a dazzling green light burst forth from the pitch-black depths.

next second.

Countless massive wooden vines, each over a hundred meters thick, tore through the seawater thousands of meters deep and broke through the surface!

Sage Art: Wood Release!

Without any pre-launch animation, it directly covered an entire area of ​​water spanning dozens of nautical miles.

"What is this?"

Kizaru's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

He wanted to run away.

That's what he did too!

He activated the Glint-Glint Fruit, transforming into a beam of light that shot into the sky.

But those vines were faster than him!

The vines that descended from the tree realm intertwined in mid-air to form a giant, impenetrable net.

Every piece of wood is imbued with rich natural energy.

The beam of light struck the wooden netting, but it bounced back as if it had hit a solid wall.

Kizaru was forced to reveal his true form and tumbled awkwardly in mid-air.

Before he could regain his footing, several wooden tentacles suddenly lashed out at him.

Kizaru desperately kicked out at the speed of light.

The golden light, powerful enough to shatter a mountaintop, struck the wooden vines, yet failed to even blast a single bark off.

"Bang!"

A piece of wood struck Kizaru in the stomach.

Kizaru coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell like a kite with a broken string.

It was immediately entangled by the wooden vines surging up from below, and wrapped up in a tight wooden cocoon.

the other side.

Aokiji's situation was even worse.

He attempted to freeze the vines using extremely low temperatures.

Ice Age: Absolute Zero!

A terrifying chill instantly froze all the wooden vines within a kilometer radius into ice sculptures.

Aokiji took a breath.

But before he could relax...

Beneath the ice.

The wood seemed to be alive, and began to frantically absorb his cold energy!

"Click click click!"

The ice layer shattered inch by inch.

More wooden planks broke through the ice.

Aokiji tried to transform into his elemental form to escape, but found that the surrounding air was filled with rich natural energy.

His Logia-type abilities were completely suppressed!

Several thorny wooden sticks, like venomous snakes emerging from their holes, pierced through his shoulders and thighs, pinning him to a huge tree trunk.

Aokiji's vision went black, and he fainted from the pain.

In just a few breaths.

The two admirals had no chance to resist and were immediately taken prisoner.

All the Imperial ninjas stopped what they were doing.

They swallowed hard, looking in awe at the figure in mid-air that resembled a demon god.

Only Garp is left.

The old man watched as his two comrades were instantly killed, his eyes turning bloodshot.

He swung his fists recklessly.

"Smash it!"

The iron fist, shrouded in jet-black armor, slammed wildly at the surging wooden vines around it.

Wood chips flew everywhere.

Garp's power is indeed terrifying.

But against Chiba's Wood Release, this was simply a drop in the ocean.

If one is broken, ten will immediately grow back.

One piece shattered, and instantly a forest sprang up again.

The boundless sea of ​​trees gradually drove Garp to the brink of despair.

"roar!"

Garp let out a beast-like roar.

He bit his tongue hard, squeezing out the last bit of potential from his body.

He crossed his fists in front of his chest and then unleashed a barrage of punches like a storm.

The enormous fist shadows intertwined in the air, forming a giant black net that forcefully tore a gap in the Wood Release's encirclement.

He did not attempt to escape.

Instead, he stepped on those broken tree trunks and shot towards Chiba in mid-air like a meteorite!

"To catch the thief, first catch the king!"

Garp had only one thought left in his mind.

If we can defeat the person who released the wood, there's still a chance for things to turn around.

A hundred meters is covered in the blink of an eye.

Karp's right arm muscles bulged exaggeratedly.

His entire arm was covered in a dark, domineering aura, with faint shadows of dark red lightning.

This was the strongest punch he had ever thrown in his life.

The air shattered inch by inch under the pressure of that punch, producing a sharp sonic boom.

"Go to hell!"

The fist was less than three feet away from Chiba's face.

But Chiba didn't even blink.

He simply stared at Garp, his thin lips parted slightly, a mocking expression on his face.

"You know nothing about true power."

Chiba slowly raised his right hand, bringing his index and middle fingers together, and casually pointed forward.

There were no fancy moves or tricks.

There was no earth-shattering sound.

It landed lightly on Garp's fist.

"Buzz—"

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Garp's fist suddenly stopped, unable to move forward an inch.

The moment it touched Chiba's fingertips.

His Armament Haki, which he was so proud of, was like ice and snow meeting a raging fire, instantly melting and disintegrating.

An overwhelming force surged from Chiba's fingertips and swept into Garp's right arm with devastating force.

"Snap!"

There was a heartbreaking sound of bone cracking.

Garp's entire right arm was shattered inch by inch.

The violent recoil force pierced his chest cavity.

"puff!"

A large mouthful of blood mixed with pieces of internal organs gushed out.

Garp's eyes rolled back, all his strength completely drained.

His tall and imposing body fell from mid-air like a pile of mud.

Before it even fell into the sea, it was caught by the wooden vines that had been waiting below and tightly wrapped up like a rice dumpling.

The wind stopped.

The sea has returned to calm.

A vast sea of ​​trees spreads out on the sea surface, like a continent that appeared out of nowhere.

The three peerless experts, all at the level of generals, were now hanging unconscious from the branches of the World Tree.

The Imperial Ninja camp was completely silent.

Whether they are Kage-level powerhouses from the four major provinces or ordinary Jonin.

Everyone stared at Chiba in mid-air with an almost fanatical gaze.

This is their emperor!

This is the absolute ruler at the peak of the Six Paths level!