Leading Naruto to Destroy the World - Chapter 45
One powerful punch after another was thrown, each blast of wind devastating the forest. Trees shattered to splinters, the ground was torn apart, and deep ravines crisscrossed the once lush area. In mere moments, the dense forest was left in ruins.
Obito remained remarkably composed.
Despite the power behind Mirai’s attacks, they posed no real threat to him. With his ability to phase through physical attacks, he was unfazed by even the most formidable strikes. As long as his actual body wasn’t hit, all attacks were futile.
Dodging Mirai’s attack, Obito gracefully created distance and leaped onto a still-standing tree, his crimson eyes filled with a mocking smile.
“I already told you, with my eyes, your attacks are useless.”
A vortex of space began to twist around his single Sharingan eye.
“I’ll let you go this time. Next time, you won’t be so lucky.”
Obito prepared to leave.
This place was too close to the village. The brief skirmish had already caused a considerable commotion. Konoha’s shinobi could be on their way, but he couldn’t risk being seen in his current state.
When he decided to leave, a flash of blue light streaked.
A drop of cold sweat slid down Obito’s forehead.
Fast!
Incredibly fast!
What was that just now?!
If he hadn’t been watching Mirai’s movements closely and stopped his space-time transition in time, he might have been hit by that attack.
“Did I allow you to leave?”
Mirai coldly glared at him.
“When you’re using your space-time jutsu, you have to turn tangible, right? In other words, as long as I don’t permit it, you won’t be able to leave here.”
Obito’s heart skipped a beat.
Damn it! How did Mirai figure it out?!
He had maintained an air of mystery to mislead Mirai, hoping he wouldn’t discover this secret.
But it was exposed nonetheless!
However, Mirai’s following words sent shivers down his spine, making him feel like he had fallen into an icy abyss!
“Your phasing ability also has a time limit, doesn’t it?”
Mirai’s lips curved into a cold smile as he scrutinized Obito.
“Let me guess, what’s the limit? Five minutes? Ten minutes? Or maybe fifteen minutes?”
Obito’s fear grew with each word.
He didn’t know Mirai had learned about his abilities from Minato in the sealing space.
If he had known, he would have left when Mirai arrived, never daring to linger!
“Did you really think I was just attacking randomly?”
Mirai’s blue eyes, like deep wells, bore into Obito.
Suddenly, Obito felt the ground beneath him tremble.
He looked around and saw, with a rumbling sound, four enormous silver metallic pillars rising from the ground, surrounding him.
These metal pillars were strange, with large mushroom-like tops!
Seeing this unexpected development, Obito’s heart sank.
Though he didn’t know what these strange pillars were for, he knew Mirai wouldn’t do anything useless!
Were his earlier attacks just a distraction to set this up?
Even amidst such powerful assaults, he had the presence of mind to set up these underground structures.
Mirai, you are even more terrifying than Minato!
Lifting off the ground, Mirai’s body floated as if defying gravity, rising to hover above Obito.
“Do you know what these are?”
“Ten meters tall, three meters in diameter, these giant magnetic coils can release over a million volts of high voltage current! Each one can cover a hundred-meter radius with its attack!”
“And I’ve prepared four of them for you!”
Mirai’s gaze showed a hint of pity as he looked down at Obito.
His raised right hand dropped.
“A 30-minute duration lightning prison! Repent for your sins in the thunder!!!”
Rumble!!!
Hundreds of thousands of blue-purple electrical currents, each thicker than a baby’s arm, burst from the tops of the four magnetic coils simultaneously. The thunderous roar of electricity was deafening, instantly pulverizing the remaining trees and vaporizing the fragments in the searing heat.
The surrounding air molecules ionized, the oxygen transforming into ozone under high voltage, emitting a foul, egg-like smell.
The entire area, hundreds of meters in radius, became a sea of purple lightning!!!
Hovering in the air like a god, Mirai looked down at the churning blue-purple hell below!
Lightning surged!
Like the end of the world!
Obito, trapped in the center of the lightning inferno, would have been struck, scorched, and carbonized in less than a millisecond if not for his phasing ability!
Amid the thunderous roars, he vaguely recalled Mirai’s last words.
‘A 30-minute duration lightning prison…’
Thirty minutes?!?
Terror gripped his heart!!!
His crimson Sharingan filled with horror!
…
Almost the instant the purple lightning erupted, every villager in Konoha felt the terrifying pressure!
The electromagnetic pulse generated by the high voltage current caused all Konoha electronic devices to shut down instantly!
Children watching old TVs suddenly saw the screen turn static, buzzing with noise.
Refrigerators sparked and broke down, and communication devices emitted only piercing noise.
The powerful electromagnetic pulse would even affect the capital of the Land of Fire, over a hundred kilometers away from Konoha.
Nobles living there in luxury would find their televisions malfunctioning today.
Villagers on the streets looked up in a daze, their pupils trembling as they stared at the sea of purple lightning.
The ionization of water in the air and the sudden increase in static electricity made their skin tingle.
“Damn it! What the hell is happening?!”
“My god, can humans even do this…”
Anbu members following Hiruzen to the battlefield nearly stopped, swallowing hard in fear.
The scene before them was beyond their comprehension!
Lightning!
All they saw was lightning!
The forest southeast of Konoha had turned into a sea of purple lightning!
Countless bolts of electricity, as thick as arms, danced and leaped in the thunderous sea!
The intense humming of the electric currents seemed to be the only sound in the world.
At the same time, Uchiha Fugaku and his clansmen, also heading to the battlefield from another direction, were similarly stunned by the sight.
“Is this… the power of a god?”
One Uchiha muttered, trembling.
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