CHAPTER 289: SKY-SHATTERING GIANT HAND

Chapter 288: Sky-Shattering Giant Hand! If It Can Be Solved with a Fist, Absolutely No Nonsense!

Everyone in Konoha clearly saw the anomaly in the sky. They looked up, murmuring in shock, "What is that...?"

In the silent night sky, it suddenly became bright.

A nearly tangible, sky-shattering giant hand tore through the clouds and pressed down towards the earth. It was like a god descending, its entire form emanating a mysterious, ethereal light. Its fingers were like five colossal pillars, tightly clasped into an unshakeable fist.

As the giant hand descended, the air was compressed to the point of being unbreathable. A powerful pressure instantly enveloped the land. Dust, gravel, and leaves flew up, creating a chaotic scene.

At that critical moment, the fist slammed down.

"Boom!!!"

A deafening roar echoed throughout the world, like the angry bellow of heaven and earth. The immense impact instantly collapsed the ground, forming a gigantic pit. The edges were covered with cracks, like a shattered painting. The earth crumbled and flew up, turning into fragments. Mountains and trees were uprooted, and the entire land became unrecognizable.

However, the disaster did not end there. After the ethereal fist smashed down, it continued to wreak havoc. Neither hard rock nor soft soil could withstand its power.

As time passed, the power of the fist gradually weakened and finally disappeared. However, the marks it left behind were forever etched into this world. If viewed from outer space, the world would show a clear, missing continent.

People all over the world either witnessed this scene directly or felt the world’s tremor from afar.

In the Hokage building, Tsunade shook her head helplessly. "Is it really necessary to make such a huge commotion?" She knew without guessing that this was Ren and his companions.

But for those in the midst of the disaster, the scene of destruction they had just seen vanished in an instant, as if they had all experienced an illusion.

Those who felt this most deeply were Kushina, Mikoto, and the others.

Mikoto clutched Kushina’s arm in terror, and Kushina also stared with frightened eyes. She had watched with her own eyes as the giant fist slammed down, generating a destructive force that shook the entire world.

At that moment, they even thought they were going to die.

But strangely, they seemed to hear a sound like shattering glass, and the destroyed land dissipated like fleeting clouds.

"What... what’s going on? Was everything just now a genjutsu?" Mikoto murmured, checking herself to make sure her limbs were intact.

Kushina had the same thought.

Tokisaki Kurumi, however, said with a profound expression, "It wasn’t genjutsu. The enemy has already been defeated."

Her gaze fell upon Namikaze Minato, who was now a mangled pile of torn flesh, barely recognizable as human. He lay on the ground like a dead dog, only his faint breathing proving he was still alive.

He was alive only because Ren had let him live. Otherwise, that one strike would have scattered his soul.

It had just been an ordinary strike launched through Vector Manipulation. In Ren’s perception, this enemy was extremely weak. The Flying Thunder God and other ninjutsu were not worth mentioning, and his time ability only barely reached Lv6.

So what truly supported this Abnormal Doomsday were just these Time Anchors; this guy was just an attachment.

The reason he didn’t die was that Ren had also used twisted healing in his attack. Pain would heal him, preventing him from dying.

Ren always used his fists when he could, never wasting words on small fry.

Exusiai and Esdeath seemed only surprised, not shocked, by Ren’s powerful strength.

Esdeath frowned. "You’re not going to kill him?"

Ren gave her a look. "Don’t always think about killing. It seems I need to find some time to educate you."

"Educate me?" Esdeath curled her lips into a challenging smile. "I’ll be waiting for you anytime."

Looking at those alluring red lips, Ren felt a stir in his heart, but now was clearly not the time. He crossed his arms. "Of course not. I’m going to make use of this waste."

First, he used Dominator, easily taking control of his memories.

"Interesting," Ren’s eyes lit up.

He had confirmed it. Namikaze Minato had indeed been fused with a Time-Thief’s "Time Fetus" from birth. At the age of eight, he awakened the mission and abilities, transforming into an arrogant life form that hijacked time. He accepted the Time Anchor from the "placenta" and began to execute his plan.

His plan was exactly as Ren had thought: to break timelines by refining the branches.

However, what surprised him was that there was a being called the Time Calamity King behind him. Unfortunately, Minato only subconsciously knew his mission and the existence of the King; there was no specific information.

What piqued Ren’s interest was the Time Anchor itself. It wasn’t simply for fixing timelines.

Its true essence was a split seed of a "Time Seed."

When the timeline completely collapses, the area will be destroyed, becoming a chaotic time zone composed entirely of time streams.

The 42 Time Anchors will then merge to form a complete Time Seed. This seed will take root in the broken timelines and grow into a "Time Tree."

So, Time-Thieves also plant trees? Ren’s expression was strange. Isn’t this very similar to the Otsutsuki Clan?

One planted the Divine Tree. The other planted the Time Tree.

He still didn’t know the effect for now. He might as well collect these things and find out. He hadn’t digested the Time Anchors he’d already eaten yet.

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