"What... what do you mean?!"
Akahoshi, whose strength had surged, was stunned just like all the Star Ninja present, as he looked at Yu walking slowly towards him and heard his very disappointed tone.
"Don't understand? I said this worthless stone is just like you, garbage..."
As countless eyes of the Ninja present focused on him, Yu walked leisurely towards Akahoshi, who was bursting with immense Chakra, and looked at him with disappointment. "I went out of my way to come here to find this meteorite, and this is all the power it has..."
"And you talk about using it to surpass the Ninja villages of the Five Great Nations, don't make me laugh, it's simply delusional..."
Although Yu's words were harsh, they were an undeniable truth. The fact that the leader of the Star Ninja Village called himself Hoshikage shows just how arrogant this small Ninja village, which aspires to surpass the Ninja villages of the Five Great Nations, really is.
The energy contained in the meteorite has a powerful amplifying effect on the Chakra of Star Ninja Village's ninjas, but it causes severe damage to their bodies. In his pursuit of great power, Akahoshi risked merging with the meteorite. With Yu's sharp eyes, he could naturally see that this madman did not have long to live.
Sacrificing his body and life, Akahoshi could only temporarily achieve the power that barely broke through from the Jonin level to that of a Kage. To others, this might seem like an unimaginable power, but in Yu's eyes, this increase was far below his expectations.
"Damn it... don't look down on me!!"
Hearing the disdain in Yu's words and feeling his calm and indifferent gaze, Akahoshi's pride felt as if it had been seared by a red-hot iron. His face immediately showed a cruel smile. "Scarlet Yu, right? You ninjas from the Five Great Nations have long been used to looking down on others..."
"In that case... today I'll show you the true power of the Mysterious Peacock Method!!"
With Akahoshi's frenzied roar, his body erupted with a pale purple Chakra that shot skyward. He quickly formed a hand sign in front of him. "Mysterious Peacock Method: Beast!!"
"Roar!!"
The deafening roar echoed throughout the entire Star Ninja Village as Akahoshi activated the Mysterious Peacock Method. The enormous pale purple Chakra that surged skyward transformed into a gigantic bear-like beast that descended from the sky, opening its lifelike, blood-red mouth to strike and devour Yu standing before it!
"Wa... Watch out!!"
Sumaru, the young boy standing with the other Star Ninjas, couldn't help but call out a warning to Yu. He hadn't expected that Akahoshi, who had been powerless before Yu just moments ago, could unleash such tremendous power after merging with the meteorite.
"Thread Bound Shield!!"
As the colossal Chakra beast roared and attacked, Yu's calm expression remained unchanged. He stretched out his hand, fingers splayed gently forward. Instantly, countless white threads formed a massive triangular shield in front of him, effortlessly blocking Akahoshi's Mysterious Peacock Method.
"Hmph, you can't stop my Mysterious Peacock Method!!"
Seeing Yu effortlessly block the gigantic Chakra beast he had unleashed, Akahoshi let out a low, cold laugh. He immediately increased the output of his Chakra, determined to engulf and obliterate Yu completely!
"Don't be foolish... there's a limit to overestimating yourself, okay?"
However, Akahoshi's smug smile lasted less than a second. At the same time, a sudden voice from behind him made him feel as if he had been plunged into an ice cellar.
Shadow Clone Jutsu... how is that possible?!
I didn't notice at all... how could he cast it so quickly?!
Seeing the Yu behind the massive white triangular shield dissolve into a puff of smoke, Akahoshi instinctively turned around and was horrified to see Yu's real body had somehow already appeared behind him. His pupils shrank in disbelief.
"Although merging with the meteorite has temporarily given you Kage-level power..."
"In terms of combat awareness, reaction speed, and jutsu execution, you're still the same useless amateur..."
Facing an opponent who wasn't even on the same level, Yu looked at Akahoshi with a trace of pity. His hands had already formed complex seals as he appeared out of nowhere behind Akahoshi. "Someone like you doesn't even qualify to be my opponent. Goodbye..."
"Storm Release: Demon Dragon Storm!!"
With a light shout from Yu, a thundering dragon roar echoed like an explosion. All the ninjas present saw an enormous, dazzling lightning dragon blast out from the massive thundercloud vortex formed in front of Yu at lightning speed!
"Roar!!"
Having never seen such a terrifyingly powerful super S-rank Kekkei Genkai Ninjutsu, all the Star Ninja present were blinded by the intense light, yet they kept their eyes wide open, desperately trying to witness this pinnacle of Ninjutsu that ordinary ninjas could never achieve in their lifetimes.
Boom!!
The ensuing violent explosion blew everyone away. The enormous lightning dragon instantly obliterated Akahoshi, pulverizing him completely in front of Yu!
The aftershocks continued, and the super S-rank Storm Release Ninjutsu's lightning dragon rampaged and roared through the air. Its thunderous power instantly reduced the former residence of the Third Hoshikage to ashes before everyone's eyes!
"So... so powerful..."
"This is the kind of ninja who can single-handedly destroy the entire Hidden Cloud..."
Stunned by the overwhelming power, Sumaru sat down heavily on the ground, staring blankly at the completely disintegrated Akahoshi and the massive wooden house reduced to ashes. The young Star Ninja's mouth hung open in disbelief, as if realizing for the first time what a true ninja was.
"What terrifying power..."
"S-rank Ninjutsu? No... this kind of power must have surpassed even the ultimate secrets of S-rank Ninjutsu..."
Seeing Akahoshi, who had merged with the meteorite and whose power had increased more than tenfold, get obliterated without even a chance to leave any last words in front of Yu, Natsuhi slowly stood up from the ground, her eyes filled with shock.
"This is the power of Scarlet Yu... even if ten Star Ninja Villages joined forces, they wouldn't be a match for him..."
Whoosh!!
Yu naturally couldn't know what they were thinking at the moment. After killing Akahoshi in one move, he lightly moved his fingers, and a blue Chakra Thread shot out, picking up the mysterious meteorite that had fallen to the ground.
"In such an attack, it remained completely intact..."
"It seems it's not just any ordinary stone after all..."
Carefully examining the meteorite in his hand, which was continuously emitting a mysterious pale purple Chakra, Yu's Observation Haki didn't sense any adverse effects on his body. Without further thought, he tossed it directly into Kaio's alternate dimension.
"Alright, the meteorite is in hand."
"We should continue on, Haku, Kimimaro."
Having successfully obtained the meteorite from the Star Ninja Village, there was nothing else there that interested Yu, so he called for Haku and Kimimaro to leave with him.
"Um... please, please wait a moment, Scarlet Yu-sama..."
However, just as Yu and his companions turned to leave, a figure quickly flashed before them. It was Natsuhi blocking their path.
"What? Do you still insist on trying to take that worthless stone back from me?"
Seeing Natsuhi suddenly block his way, Yu became somewhat impatient, instinctively thinking she was unwilling to let go of the Star Ninja Village's only treasure.
"No, it's not that..."
With the Third Hoshikage dead, Natsuhi was now the strongest ninja in the entire Star Ninja Village. Seeing that Yu seemed to misunderstand her intentions, a flash of unease crossed her beautiful face, and she immediately knelt down. "Scarlet Yu-sama, I heard that you have already left your original ninja village, Konoha..."
"So I earnestly hope that you would agree to let our entire Star Ninja Village follow and serve you..."
Follow? Serve?
Yu hadn't expected Natsuhi to propose such an idea. Staring at the beautiful female ninja kneeling before him, he couldn't help but be stunned...
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