Naruto: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 252: Myoboku Mountain... It's Over!

Light! Endless light!

At that moment, under the gaze of all the toads of Myoboku Mountain, Hagoromo Gengetsu erupted with an incredibly dazzling radiance. The brilliance of his light even overshadowed the true sun behind him.

Gamabunta's vision was covered by the blinding white light, forcing him to lower his head. Despite his overwhelming anxiety and fear, he couldn't help but shout loudly:

"Hagoromo Gengetsu! What exactly are you doing?!"

Hagoromo Gengetsu did not respond. Instead, an eerie stillness fell over the entire Myoboku Mountain region. The sounds of wind, water, and croaking frogs, as well as Gamabunta's voice, all seemed to freeze, turning everything into an unchanging tableau.

Then, in the next moment, a powerful external force shredded this unchanging tableau into pieces.

In Gamabunta's vision, it was as if a silent movie was unfolding. An unparalleled repulsive force descended from the sky. Wherever it passed, toads, plants, trees, mountains, and the ground itself were all either pulverized or flung outward like leaves, with no resistance.

Time seemed to slow down, and Gamabunta could see every detail clearly. He even felt he could dodge the incoming attack. However, just as he began to act, he was shocked to find the force had already reached him.

Boom!!!

At that moment, Gamabunta's ears were filled with a deafening, terrifying roar.

"I..."

He looked bewildered, wanting to say something, but the horrifying force had already struck his massive body. Instantly, the confusion on his face turned to fear.

He couldn't resist at all!

With a "pfft," he spat out blood. Like being hit by a speeding train, he was hurled backward at great speed, smashing through countless buildings, mountains, rocks, and even other toads.

Just as he was about to pass out, he took one last look at the now obliterated Myoboku Mountain.

"Myoboku Mountain is finished!"

With deep despair, Gamabunta fell into darkness.

Rumble!

Carrying the power to destroy and renew everything, the super Shinra Tensei did not stop because Gamabunta lost consciousness. It passed over him, leaving piles of debris in its wake, and continued to cover the entire Myoboku Mountain.

Wherever it went, once dense with countless toads and eternal mountains and lakes, everything tangible vanished instantly under the gaze of Hagoromo Gengetsu in the sky.

Until it reached the Great Toad Sage's dwelling.

Hagoromo Gengetsu looked over.

The previously unstoppable super Shinra Tensei was momentarily stalled by an invisible force. However, that force quickly dissipated, and the repulsive energy continued to surge forward.

At the same time...

"It has come at last."

In the grand hall, the Great Toad Sage sighed from his "sage" throne.

Nearby, Naruto, who had been dragged to the Great Toad Sage's hall, heard the unprecedented heavy roar from outside just as he caught his breath.

"What exactly is happening?"

Filled with confusion and seriousness, Naruto disregarded the attempts of Fukasaku and Shima to stop him and rushed to see what was going on. However, the next second, just as he reached the door and was about to step out...

Boom!

An incredibly powerful shockwave slammed into him like a giant wave. Unable to react, Naruto was sent flying back with a "whoosh."

Fukasaku and Shima tried to grab him, but were also sent flying by the same force.

The Great Toad Sage watched silently. Finally moving from his throne, he caught the flying Naruto, Fukasaku, and Shima, placing them behind him. Then, he looked at the incoming shockwave with a flash of brilliance in his aged eyes.

Rumble!

The hall completely collapsed.

The catastrophic event that engulfed everything came swiftly and left just as quickly. Within the time it took for someone to eat two skewers of dango, Myoboku Mountain, renowned across the shinobi world and one of the Three Great Sage Regions, had been reduced to ruins.

The super Shinra Tensei had ended.

Though the smoke at the outer edge hadn't yet dissipated, most of the area had returned to a strange calm.

Hagoromo Gengetsu looked down.

What he saw was a massive crater, replacing the once mountainous and lake-dotted terrain of Myoboku Mountain, now its new landscape.

Above the crater, apart from the outermost perimeter littered with debris, the interior showed no signs of civilization.

There were only layers of soil, rocks, and the remains of the toads.

Of course, not all the toads had died.

Some toads were unconscious. Others, with lighter injuries, were struggling to crawl out from the rubble, from the buried earth, or from outside Myoboku Mountain.

Compared to ordinary shinobi, the toads' physiques were indeed stronger.

Even so, those toads who survived were now largely incapacitated.

Hagoromo Gengetsu paid them no further attention, slowly descending from the sky.

As his feet touched the ground, a deep-red toad nearby clawed its way out from the thick soil covering it. Before it could catch its breath, it noticed Hagoromo Gengetsu beside it. Instinctively, it shuddered!

Previously, even if heavily injured, it would have attacked its enemy. But now...

It was too terrifying!

Recalling Hagoromo Gengetsu's earth-shattering technique that leveled Myoboku Mountain, the deep-red toad's face showed fear.

It wanted to muster courage, but couldn't.

Especially seeing Hagoromo Gengetsu, who seemed completely unscathed after using that horrifying technique, now calmly walking past it, the deep-red toad felt despair.

The gap was too great. It didn't even dare to attack, only holding its breath and watching Hagoromo Gengetsu continue forward.

Like the deep-red toad, many other surviving toads had lost their will to fight.

Hagoromo Gengetsu ignored them all, his gaze fixed on one place.

The former dwelling of the Great Toad Sage.