Chapter 366: The Konoha Sightseeing Group Sets Off, Tremors Shake the Earth
It wasn't just the Hokage Tower.
The entire Konoha Village, and even far beyond what anyone could imagine, experienced intense tremors all at once.
"What's happening? Is it an earthquake?"
The villagers of Konoha rushed out of their homes, looking around in panic and confusion.
In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and others quickly gathered by the window to look outside.
Suddenly, Naruto sensed something, pointed towards the distant horizon, and urgently exclaimed:
"Look over there!"
Just as Naruto finished speaking, a blinding aurora with a long tail of flames descended from the sky, flashing before everyone's eyes.
As before, only a few seconds passed before a violent earthquake struck again.
"That's... a meteor!" Hiruzen Sarutobi exclaimed, his pupils contracting.
Orochimaru's golden slit pupils remained fixed on the sky. "It seems there's more than one."
Sure enough, a third meteor followed, then a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, and a seventh.
Each meteor was nearly twice the size of the previous one, and all seven meteors aimed at the same location with clear intent.
When the final meteor, carrying an unmatched impact force, struck the earth, even from a great distance, numerous buildings within Konoha collapsed, not to mention other places.
The Hokage Tower, though one of the sturdiest structures, shook violently before eventually stabilizing.
At this moment, Naruto, looking out at the village that had suddenly turned into a vast ruin, clenched his fists tightly.
Fortunately, the tremors increased gradually, allowing the villagers to evacuate in time, so there were no significant casualties.
Naruto, fully aware of the destructive power of a battle at the Six Paths level, quickly said:
"Hagoromo Gengetsu and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, have already started fighting!"
Jiraiya, hearing this and seeing the devastation of the village, couldn't help but gasp, "Just the aftershocks of their battle can cause this much destruction? If they fight above the village..."
The thought made Jiraiya shudder.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands also trembled uncontrollably.
Based on Naruto's previous descriptions, if beings at the Six Paths level do not restrain themselves, they could easily cross the entire planet in a short time, continuously engaging in battle.
Now, seeing the radiant display of powerful ninjutsu illuminating a vast section of the sky in the distance, Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and quickly summoned all the Konoha shinobi in the building, ordering them to evacuate all the villagers and temporarily leave Konoha.
Then, he said to Naruto and the others, "Even though it might be beyond our ability, we must buy time for the villagers to evacuate. If Hagoromo Gengetsu and the others don't bring the battle here, that's best. But if they do, all we can do is fight with everything we have to stop them!"
"Then let's go! We must not let Hagoromo Gengetsu and the others underestimate the Konoha shinobi!" Naruto raised his fist and said resolutely.
Tsunade nodded, "I'll go too."
She still couldn't understand how Hagoromo Gengetsu, who had seemed so harmless just a short time ago, could suddenly become so fierce.
Nearby, the time for Tentaigyokumyou had run out, and with Kurama forcefully returning to the sealed space, Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze had no objections.
Even if it meant almost certain death, they would still go for the sake of Konoha.
Jiraiya was naturally on board without question.
As for Orochimaru, he was initially reluctant to go. However, seeing everyone else make the same decision, and out of curiosity to witness the pinnacle of power in the shinobi world, he ultimately agreed. After all, no matter who died, he wouldn't be the first to go.
Finally, Hiruzen Sarutobi entrusted the evacuation of the villagers to the "aged and weakened" Konoha advisors, and led a group of elite shinobi out of the village.
Along the way, he happened to spot Danzo and a group of Root shinobi sneaking away.
Without a second thought, Hiruzen Sarutobi invoked his authority as Hokage to drag Danzo and his men into the ranks, forcing them to serve Konoha as well.
What could Danzo say? He could only put on a grim face and go along.
And so, the Konoha Sightseeing Group set off.
Before the Konoha group was even formed, the Iwa Sightseeing Group had already set out, heading to the Rock Severing Mountains to investigate.
But having positioned themselves too close, they suffered heavy casualties.
Barely surviving the ordeal, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, floated in the air, watching the three figures in the distance, whose every move seemed to shake the heavens and earth, as they fought further and further away. His face was a mix of fear and disbelief.
"How can such individuals exist in this world?"
"Is the message from the Third Hokage true?"
When he first received the message from Hiruzen Sarutobi about terrifyingly powerful beings from another world arriving, Onoki had scoffed, thinking Hiruzen had come up with a ridiculous excuse to avoid dragging Konoha into a war.
But now, seeing it with his own eyes, he had to believe it—though at a great cost.
Looking at the elite Iwa shinobi who had followed him and now lay dead or injured, Onoki clenched his fists and turned his gaze back to the three figures who had now moved beyond the Rock Severing Mountains.
"So, that man and woman are Hagoromo Gengetsu and the legendary progenitor of chakra, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. And the other one... if I'm not mistaken, that's Madara Uchiha!!"
Wasn't Madara Uchiha supposed to be long dead?
How could he still be alive, and even more powerful?
Yet, even so, fighting alongside Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, he still seemed to be at a disadvantage against Hagoromo Gengetsu.
"There's always a higher peak," Onoki sighed, standing in place, too afraid to follow any further.
The battle between Hagoromo Gengetsu, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Madara Uchiha continued.
With Madara Uchiha uninterested in the outside world, focusing solely on defeating Hagoromo Gengetsu, the Six Paths-level battle didn't remain confined to the desert as it did in the original world. Instead, it spread, crossing dozens of miles, using the entire planet as a battlefield.
Seeing that even teaming up with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki wasn't enough to subdue Hagoromo Gengetsu, and after his Limbo: Border Jail clones were shattered by Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, Madara suddenly looked up, his Rinnegan activated.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
Under Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan, a genuine meteor from outer space rapidly descended, covering thousands of meters as it plummeted towards Hagoromo Gengetsu.
The impact was so massive that space itself twisted, making space-time techniques like Amenotejikara impossible to perform.
And it wasn't over.
Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan rippled violently again.
One, two, three...
Seven increasingly larger meteors fell in a formation resembling the Seven Stars, crashing towards Hagoromo Gengetsu with earth-shattering force.
In some respects, the Six Paths Sage's choice of opponent this time was quite appropriate.
Whether it was Limbo: Border Jail or Chibaku Tensei, they were unaffected by Amenominaka and were very effective against Hagoromo Gengetsu.
However, this was only one side of the equation.