The explosion was so great that its strength approached the time when Araki had used Shin Susenju (True Several Thousand Hands)!
The Shinobi who were up against the Jutsu had raised all sorts of Walls, whether made of Earth Element or Water.
Nearly 90% of the Shinobi had died in this Jutsu.
The ones who survived was because the captains near them immediately formed groups of ten and made multiple layers of walls, a mixture of Water Wall and Earth Walls, to defend against the explosion before it reached them.
These shinobis felt their innards shaking upon feeling the shockwaves.
Although the Third Raikage had survived all these explosions… His son's luck wasn't as good as his father.
He had lost his life in these chain of explosions.
Upon seeing that his son and nearly all of the Kumo Shinobi had lost their life… The Third Raikage's eyes reddened with anger. The anger he held towards Araki couldn't be explained in words.
Araki was in the air, and he coldly smiled upon seeing the Third Raikage's expression.
"What a great look you have right now, Raikage! I am honestly pleased that you didn't die in that explosion… My revenge would have remained incomplete."
He then turned towards the Third Mizukage who was fiercely glaring at Araki.
This explosion had taken out 6 of the 7 Swordsmen of Kiri. Only one remained now… and that was also because this man was close to his own body.
But even though they survived… The injuries weren't anything to scoff at.
They could hardly stand let alone face Araki right now.
Araki suddenly changed his direction and flew towards Ohnoki. Only Ohnoki was uninjured from this explosion and still retained a lot of his Chakra.
As Ohnoki saw Araki approaching him, the old man clenched his fists in anger and then raised his hands.
"Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!"
This time, the cube Ohnoki had created was really large. It was his one of the most powerful attack.
Araki was also within this area… and found that he wouldn't be able to leave this Cube… It was truly too massive.
The White lightning shone and slowly blinded everyone's eyes.
Even after using such a jutsu, Ohnoki didn't look relieved.
He looked a little happy when he saw that Araki had vanished. Perhaps he had been annihilated into tiny pieces. But this still wasn't enough to make him happy…
They had lost a lot in this battle…
"What's the matter, Tsuchikage? You look worried. My death didn't please you?" Ohnoki heard a voice which scared him to death.
He slowly raised his head and saw that Araki was flying very high in the sky.
"That was a Wood Clone… It was a good thing I substituted myself while I had the chance. It was a little dangerous, even for me, and I might have had to reveal you something." Araki said with a light-hearted tone.
Ohnoki stared at Araki with wide-eyed looks before he immediately dropped down towards the ground.
Araki stared at Ohnoki and let him reach Raikage's location. He didn't care much even though they had seemingly joined hands.
Instead, he stared at the injured Shinobi who had somehow survived the explosions.
A callous smile appeared on Araki's lips as he said, "Tell me something, what will you all do about a second one?"
Before they could understand what he meant, they saw Araki clapping his hands and speaking, "Sage Art Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
This time… The jutsu was on a lower scale as compared to before. It was more concentrated, though. The trees were even closer to their location than before.
The Shinobi didn't have any chakra to even raise walls at this time. To them… putting up a fight against the thick vines was just impossible.
Even the Third Mizukage had a lot of injuries and exhausted a lot of his chakra earlier. He could hardly resist these vines before some of them finally pierced his leg.
In just a couple of seconds, he felt as if he had aged 10 or so years. He cut apart the vine before another 2 struck his leg. Next time, the Third Mizukage was struck by 3 vines. And in 2 seconds, he became a dried corpse!
The Third Mizukage had finally died!
The same was the case with Shinobi around him. Nearly all of them had become tried shinobi now. And the vines were still flailing around.
Araki asked the Third Raikage and Ohnoki who had gone to cut apart the vines. Ohnoki was using the Dust Style to destroy all the vines he could… but his speed was far too slow. And the rate of consumption of his chakra was far too rapid.
The Third Raikage was having some trouble in cutting apart the vines. Even after he cut apart and disconnected them from the main branch, the vines continued to move.
"I am the one controlling them, Raikage. Try harder!" Araki said while slowly lowering down to the ground level.
A tree rose from the ground at an unbelievable rate and Araki stop on the peak of that tree while enjoying the show.
Seeing the Raikage, Tsuchikage trying so hard for nothing did bring a smile on his face.
If the Tsuchikage and Raikage knew that Araki had only exhausted half of his chakra right now, they might just die of a heart attack.
For some time, Araki continued to stare at Ohnoki, and the Raikage destroyed vine one after another.
He thought 'This will take longer than I expected…'
He stared at the injured shinobi and concluded 'I can consider them out of the war now. Their presence will do little to change the overall situation.'
He controlled the vines and launched all of them at the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage.
It was only a matter of time before the two fell to their deaths.
"Tsuchikage-sama… Raikage-sama… Leave us… Go and fight that fiend. Go and kill him!" A shinobi said while pointing at Araki.
"We beg you, Tsuchikage-sama… Raikage-sama! Don't let our deaths be for nothing! If nothing else… You must definitely kill him!" Another Shinobi said while pointing at Araki.
It seemed they were determined to sacrifice themselves if it meant Araki's death.
Their hatred for Araki truly couldn't be measured…
After thinking for some time, the Third Tsuchikage said to the Raikage, "Let's kill Senju Araki. These vines should disperse once we kill him…" Although the Third Tsuchikage had said this, his voice held traces of helplessness.
He was quite aware that killing Araki was next to impossible. That was the whole reason he had initially suggested Raikage to first destroy the vines.
Ohnoki needed time to think of a plan… And right now, he did have one. But the thing was… He wasn't sure if it would work. If it did… it meant Araki's death, only a small portion of their shinobi would survive. And if this plan failed, it meant everyone's death.
However, at this point, no matter how small the possibility was… Ohnoki felt that he must try it!
He looked at the Raikage and said to him with a low voice, "This tactic will need you to give it your whole strength. Use every bit of your speed that you can…"
Araki looked in interest as the Raikage, and the Tsuchikage turned in his direction.
It appeared that they had finally made their choice.
"Super Lightened Boulder Jutsu!"
Instantly, the Raikage's body felt as light as a feather.
The two disappeared with a black flash and Araki was somewhat surprised to see them coming close to his body so soon.
"Thrust of Hell! One Finger Mode!"
"Super Weighted Boulder Jutsu!"
These two Jutsus were used in conjunction.
Araki opened his palm and waited for the Raikage's one finger mode to appear in his range. As soon as it did… He grabbed hold of that lightning enhanced finger.
He could feel his skin burning at an incredible rate, but he still didn't dare to delay and spoke, "Super Lightened Boulder Jutsu!"
Instantly, all the power behind Raikage's thrust of hell seemed to have vanished.
But even if it was for an instant, Araki did feel a shockwave in his body. He didn't show it on the surface, though.
On the surface, he had an indifferent look as he said, "Did you think you were the only one who knew that Jutsu, Tsuchikage?"
"The two of you made the wrong choice!"
Before the two of them could do anything, a thick yet sharp vine was created from Araki's body and stabbed the Third Raikage's body.
This was the first time someone had pierced the Third Raikage's body.
It showed just how powerful and sharp this vine was… Well, another reason was that the Super Lightened Boulder Jutsu had also made the Third Raikage's defence weaker.
Before Ohnoki could getaway, the sharp vine pierced the Third Raikage's body completely and stabbed Ohnoki as well.
Araki callously said, "Now then, time for judgement!"