Chapter 593: Wood Golem Stands on the Battlefield

：mayiwsk

Rasa looked in horror at Mu Yue, unable to control himself as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning extremely pale.

He had not expected Mu Yue's taijutsu just now to be so exaggeratedly strong.

Just now, he had instantly set up a gold sand barrier while also condensing a layer of gold sand armor on his body, but this double-layer defense was shattered almost instantly by that terrifying taijutsu, severely damaging his body.

"Why can this guy's taijutsu be so powerful? Damn Hanyu Mu Yue and Onoki!" Rasa cursed wildly in his heart at both Mu Yue and Onoki.

At this moment, Rasa hated Mu Yue without needing a reason; in such a setting, a single punch had dealt him a heavy blow, almost stepping on him to gain fame.

As for Onoki, Rasa believed that his falling into such a predicament was inseparable from Onoki's involvement.

If Onoki had investigated Mu Yue's complete intelligence, he certainly wouldn't have lost so quickly; if Onoki had done a proper job of coordination, the Mist Village might not have backstabbed them.

"Defeated so quickly?" The Third Raikage, entangled by the Third Mizukage, frowned at the sight.

He had thought that Rasa, as the Kazekage, though relatively young and weaker than their veteran Kage, should have been able to hold off Mu Yue for a while; he never expected Rasa couldn't even last a minute.

For a moment, the Third Raikage couldn't even tell whether it was because Rasa was too weak or Mu Yue was overwhelmingly strong.

Because the commotion here was too great, even Onoki, who was in the middle of a fierce battle with Sarutobi Hiruzen, noticed this terrible event.

"Damn it, I hope the Sand Village's fighting spirit is not like the Kazekage's strength." Onoki silently prayed in his heart.

There are two possible developments when a leader is severely injured: one is a decline in morale, with ninjas experiencing negative emotions like fear and terror, leading to a drop in combat power.

The other is to stir up bloodlust, making them want to avenge their leader, morale slightly rising, and combat power increasing.

Rasa brought many Sand Village elites; if these ninjas are all as useless as Rasa, Onoki can only consider himself unlucky.

"Hanyu Mu Yue!"

A master puppeteer, seeing Rasa severely injured, quickly released several puppets, pushing his control to the limit.

"Protect the Fourth Lord!"

A Wind Release ninja also rapidly formed hand seals and released wind blade slashes at Mu Yue.

However, Rasa was not the only one with teammates on site.

Shisui infused the kunai in his hand with Fire Release chakra and threw it at the puppeteer.

The puppeteer tried to control a puppet to block, but happened to meet the gaze of Shisui's blood-red Sharingan.

"Tsukuyomi!"

Blood tears flowed from Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, and a genjutsu world completely controlled by Shisui was constructed.

The next moment, the puppeteer's face turned pale, his hand controlling the puppet drooped weakly, and he collapsed unconscious on the ground.

The flame kunai accurately struck the puppeteer lying on the ground, finishing him off.

"Lord Tansho!" The surrounding Sand ninjas all wore expressions of disbelief.

Because the puppeteer just killed by Shisui was a famous puppeteer strongman in the Sand Village, an elite among Sand puppeteers.

But such an elite had inexplicably died by such a small flame kunai.

"Konoha Dragon God!"

Might Guy burst out with a large amount of chakra, rushed into the crowd, turned into a huge wind dragon, and swept up enemies, tearing them apart.

Kakashi, wielding Enma, precisely selected jōnin of considerable strength to slay.

For Kakashi, ninjas below a certain strength level, whether jōnin or genin, made no difference to him; anyway, they were all one-slice kills, and the chakra spent was about the same.

In that case, he would definitely choose stronger ninjas as targets, making the chakra consumption more cost-effective.

Obito, who had mastered Kamui, refused to be outdone; ignoring enemy attacks, he shuttled through the crowd and eliminated enemies.

"Hell Stab·Four-Finger Strike!"

The Third Raikage had no intention of lingering with the Third Mizukage; he erupted chakra, ran his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its extreme to greatly enhance his strength, and used his strongest Lightning Release ninja body technique to quickly defeat the Third Mizukage's Water Release.

The Third Mizukage was no match for him, but killing the Third Mizukage was meaningless; he had to kill Mu Yue.

"Hell Stab·Three-Finger Strike!"

The Third Raikage unleashed his absolute full power, and no ninja on the way could block his charge toward Muyue.

Even if they used ninjutsu to block, they would be instantly torn apart by the Third Raikage's Lightning Release ninja body art.

"This is our Kumogakure's strongest spear!"

The Kumogakure ninja on the battlefield felt honored to witness this, their hearts filled with immense pride.

Although the Third Raikage did not have a title like "Strongest Raikage" within Kumogakure Village, his overwhelming strength was acknowledged by all of Kumogakure. In the eyes of many Kumogakure ninja, the Third Raikage was the strongest in the shinobi world.

"Hell Stab: Two-Finger Spear!"

The Third Raikage reduced another finger, and a dazzling blue lightning radiance burst from his body, his momentum still rising.

His Hell Stab increased in power the fewer fingers he used; only the Hell Stab with a single finger was the true strongest spear.

The Third Raikage did not think Muyue could block the attack of his strongest spear.

This was a feat no ninja had ever accomplished—not even the Eight-Tails could do it.

"Hell Stab: One-Finger Spear!"

When the Third Raikage's raised fingers were reduced to just one, his momentum reached its peak.

Crackle!

A massive amount of powerful lightning gathered on that final finger, and an incredibly sharp aura forced the Kirigakure and Konoha ninja to dare not approach the Third Raikage.

Could Muyue block this strongest spear?

Muyue believed he could.

The Third Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode was at the perfect level—was his Armament Haki not also at the perfect level?

The Third Raikage could concentrate his power into a single point to increase penetration; naturally, Muyue could also concentrate his Armament Haki into a single point to increase defensive power.

Of course, Muyue would not do that, because compared to a head-on confrontation, he had too many options.

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

Muyue converted the vast amount of chakra he had gathered into Wood Release chakra, and a dazzling green light bloomed beneath him.

After throwing that punch, Muyue immediately withdrew from the Eight Gates and Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

Under the high gates of the Eight Gates, there were too many techniques he could not use; even Armament Haki could only be applied at the most basic level, without fine control.

Rumble!!

The moment Muyue erupted with Wood Release chakra, the earth began to tremble, as if a monster were rolling beneath the ground.

Under the life force of Wood Release chakra, the vegetation around Muyue grew wildly, and every inch of the ground began to surge, rolling like waves.

Then, a large number of rapidly growing trees and vines intertwined, quickly forming a wooden humanoid.

The wooden humanoid's body kept growing taller and larger, and in the blink of an eye it became a wooden giant over sixty meters tall, standing on the battlefield.

"This..."

The ninja on the battlefield—whether from Konoha, Kirigakure, or Iwa—all stared in shock at this suddenly appearing giant.

Even among the Konoha ninja, only a very few had seen Muyue perform the Wood Human Technique; the rest had at most heard that Muyue had mastered considerable Wood Release.

"Such a strong sense of pressure!" Kitsuchi, looking at the fierce-faced giant Wood Golem, pupils contracted, his mind shaken violently.

He had seen Muyue's Wood Human once before, but that time he had watched from afar off the battlefield; it was a completely different experience from watching it up close now.

Looking at this giant Wood Golem like a mountain, Kitsuchi had a strange thought: Did Muyue now see them the same way they usually saw ants?

"What kind of ninjutsu is this!"

Faced with such an awe-inspiring existence, the faces of many ninja were filled with disbelief and fear.

The legend of Hashirama Senju still circulated in the shinobi world, but everyone only remembered that he used Wood Release; most did not know the specific ninjutsu.

"Lord Muyue!"

Many Konoha ninja showed fanatical expressions, as if they already foresaw the coming victory.

Fugaku Uchiha, seeing this scene, felt a surge of emotion.

If this battle is won, I'm afraid Muyue's fame will completely surpass the Sannin, and she might even become Hokage regardless of seniority.

Muyue already had an excellent reputation in Konoha, and with this super war achievement and her identity as a Wood Release ninja, Uchiha Fugaku couldn't imagine anyone who could compete with Muyue.

Even Fugaku himself wanted to support Muyue.

It was simple: Shisui and Obito were both Muyue's disciples. If Muyue could become Hokage, it would be very beneficial for the Uchiha to enter the upper echelons.

The Third Raikage did not stop because of the Wood Golem's size; he maintained his charge.

Boom!!

A dazzling flash of lightning passed, wood chips flew everywhere, and a gap of several meters appeared in the Wood Golem's leg.

"It's nothing much, just a big wooden target."

"Earth Release: Rock Iron Cannon Technique!"

A jonin from Iwa saw this, most of his fear vanished, and he used ninjutsu to attack the Wood Golem.

Cannonball-like rocks struck the huge Wood Golem's body and exploded violently, but only left an extremely tiny mark.

The Iwa jonin was dumbfounded, not expecting that this wooden giant had such defensive power.

Then something even more devastating for the Iwa jonin happened.

Vines and trees on the ground quickly grew and wrapped around the Wood Golem's leg, instantly repairing the damaged leg to its original state.

All kinds of attacks from Iwa, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure hitting the Wood Golem were like tickling—they couldn't break its defense.

Muyue stood atop the towering Wood Golem, looking down on all the ninjas.

The Third Raikage's strongest spear was indeed formidable, but if those ordinary ninjas' attacks could be effective against the Wood Golem, then Hashirama Senju wouldn't have earned the title of "God of Shinobi."

Whoosh!!

Muyue controlled the Wood Golem to swing its massive arms at the ninjas of the enemy villages.

Due to its enormous body and immense strength, swinging its arms immediately created a fierce gale, forcing some ninjas to use chakra to maintain their balance.

Rumble!!

Although the Wood Golem looked bulky, its movements were not slow. Its huge fist quickly smashed into a patch of ground where many Iwa ninjas were gathered.

The weakest Iwa ninjas were directly stuck to the Wood Golem's fist; some who couldn't outrun its speed were heavily injured by the impact; only the most elite group managed to escape safely.

The Third Raikage had intended to use Hell Stab again to cripple the Wood Golem's hand or leg, but was intercepted by the pursuing Third Mizukage.

"This Hanyu Muyue truly has the bearing of the God of Shinobi. This time, allying with Konoha—even just getting the scraps is a profit," the Third Mizukage thought to himself.

Although Muyue's dominance meant that Kirigakure would have no hope of being first for decades to come, Kirigakure had never been first anyway.

Next, Muyue didn't use any special means; she just controlled the Wood Golem to attack.

Empowered by its strong body, the Wood Golem's every strike stirred up a gale, shattered the ground, and the Iwa ninja forces simply could not stop it.

Even if the Five-Tails Jinchuriki wanted to fully transform into a tailed beast and fight the Wood Golem, under Jiraiya's harassment, he could not help Iwa any further.

Onoki watched the situation worsen, his heart bleeding.

Here, aside from Konoha, Iwa had the strongest forces and the most ninjas. Under Konoha's advantageous situation, naturally, it was Iwa that suffered the most casualties.

Training a ninja consumes too many resources and funds.

Why does the Ninja Academy control enrollment numbers? Is it because there are too few people with ninja talent?

No, it's because they can't support that many ninjas, so they can only select elites to train as much as possible.

Onoki gritted his teeth, wanting to gather most of his chakra to use one super Dust Release, to finish off Muyue and her Wood Golem in one go.

Even though this would put him in danger in the ensuing battle, he had no other choice.

"Trying to leave?" Hiruzen Sarutobi snorted coldly. The battle-hardened man instantly saw through Onoki's intention.

He immediately shot out his enlarged Adamantine Staff to block Onoki's escape, then quickly formed hand seals and split into four shadow clones.

"Five Elements: Great Combo Bomb Technique!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's main body and his clones each performed a powerful long-range ninjutsu of one element, sealing off all of Onoki's escape routes.

"Particle Style: Detachment of the Boundless World!"

Looking at the five imposing ninjutsu coming at him, Ōnoki sighed deeply, ultimately giving up on the idea of attacking Muyue and once again using Dust Release to deal with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

His plan was good, but his opponent was no mere pushover—it was the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Under Sarutobi Hiruzen's close watch, he simply couldn't spare a hand to deal with Muyue.

Ōnoki's Dust Release and Sarutobi Hiruzen's Five-Style Great Combo were both terrifyingly powerful ninjutsu.

When they collided, they erupted in an incredibly dazzling white explosion.

It was just that no ninja dared to approach the two of them, otherwise even the shockwave alone would have been enough to take many ninja lives.

"Alas, in the end, I was one move short."

After that exchange, the floating Ōnoki looked at the wooden giant wreaking havoc on the battlefield, sighed deeply again, and his figure suddenly hunched over much more.

"Hokage, is your earlier offer of unconditional peace talks still good?" Ōnoki asked, looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Even though the war had only just begun, it was essentially over. Their defeat was certain; Muyue definitely couldn't be killed.

"Now you want unconditional peace talks? Tsuchikage, do you like to daydream?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a kind smile.

Peace talks are possible, but unconditional is out of the question—too insincere.

He had already given one chance; it was just that Ōnoki didn't cherish it properly. If they hadn't fought, Sarutobi Hiruzen wouldn't have known how strong his side was.: mayiwsk