Chapter 123: Beating Black Hoe Raiga Black And Blue
It had only been five years since the end of the Third Great Ninja War. As one of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Kurotsuchi Raiga was a renowned elite jonin throughout Kirigakure.
When facing Konoha, the ninjas of the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan left the deepest impression on him.
The Hyuga Clan was able to see through the Hiding in Mist Technique commonly used by Kirigakure ninjas with their Byakugan, perfectly countering the tactical advantage of Kirigakure ninjas.
Although the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan’s ninjas would be disrupted by the Hiding in Mist Technique, the reaction speed brought by its powerful dynamic capture ability far surpassed that of ordinary ninjas.
Even more deadly was that once making eye contact with the Sharingan, one would be controlled by the opponent’s Illusion Technique!
Even if escaping the Illusion Technique in just an instant, it was still a fatal flaw on the battlefield! Countless Kirigakure ninjas had died because of this!
“Damn it! Konoha ninjas?” After the thick mist rose, Kurotsuchi Raiga hid within it, frowning as he pondered whether his subordinates had recently taken out some merchant from the Land of Fire, actually drawing Konoha ninjas to kill their way here.
It was well known that among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, Konohagakure most liked to accept various commissions, and even merchants and nobles from surrounding countries would commission tasks to Konoha ninjas.
For example, after the Third Great Ninja War, the daimyo of the Land of Wind repeatedly cut funding to Sand Village, and the daimyo, nobles, and merchants of the Land of Wind entrusted a large number of tasks to Konoha, causing Sand Village to face a severe economic crisis and forcing it to take the elite troop route.
So Kurotsuchi Raiga was not surprised to encounter Konoha ninjas, but he hadn’t expected them to dispatch a ninja from the Uchiha Clan.
“Wait…” Kurotsuchi Raiga suddenly became alert.
He realized that he hadn’t seen the opponent wearing a Konoha Headband earlier, nor the vest of a Konoha jonin.
Moreover, the ones he had led people to surround were clearly ninjas from Hoshigakure.
As for why ninjas from Hoshigakure appeared in the Land of Rivers, far from the Land of Bears, Kurotsuchi Raiga, who stayed long-term in Oxalis Gold Mountain without going out, was unaware of the changes outside.
On the other side, after seeing the opponent use the Hiding in Mist Technique, Uchiha Hikari instructed Natsuhi behind her: “You go support Hotaru and the others, deal with the opponent’s ninja crowd. I’ll handle Kurotsuchi Raiga personally.”
“Yes! Lord!” Natsuhi, who had long been worried about her husband, left as if granted amnesty, using Body Flicker to depart.
After Natsuhi left, Uchiha Hikari directly crossed her arms, her Sharingan glowing red in the mist, and coldly mocked: “Kurotsuchi Raiga, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, can you only hide?”
“Kid, you’re not a Konoha ninja?” Kurotsuchi Raiga’s voice came from all directions, hidden by the mist, elusive, making it hard for Uchiha Hikari to judge his real position for the moment.
“So what if not? I’m here just to beat down you Kurotsuchi Clan and make you submit obediently.” Uchiha Hikari’s Sharingan spun, scanning the surroundings.
“Hahaha!” Kurotsuchi Raiga’s mad laughter echoed in the mist: “The Uchiha Clan has rogue ninjas too? Interesting, truly interesting. If I weren’t about to hold your funeral, I’d really want to chat with you about how you defected.”
Kurotsuchi Raiga’s favorite thing was holding funerals for others, listening to their life stories, especially for people he knew.
“No problem, after I beat you down, there’ll be plenty of time to chat.” Uchiha Hikari pondered how to find the enemy.
Suddenly, several lightning serpents burst from the ground, charging toward Uchiha Hikari like silver whips.
Lightning Burial: Feast of Lightning!
Another technique of the Lightning Blade: Fang.
Uchiha Hikari advanced instead of retreating, leaping toward the direction the lightning serpents came from.
In mid-air, she formed hand seals with both hands.
“Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Claws of Red!” Uchiha Hikari first spat out a large mouthful of flames, then threw out over a dozen shuriken.
The shuriken hit the fireball and scattered it, each shuriken wrapped in Fire Release chakra.
The blazing fireballs and shuriken intertwined into a sky full of fire rain, shooting toward the direction the lightning serpents came from.
Ding ding ding—
Several crisp sounds of metal clashing came from the thick mist.
While blocking the incoming shuriken, Kurotsuchi Raiga exposed his position, so he simply raised the Lightning Blade: Fang with both hands, crossing it in the air to guide the lightning.
Boom! Boom!
Two thick lightning pillars crashed down, striking the tip of the Lightning Blade: Fang, infusing this ninja sword with lightning power.
“Ninja Art: Lightning Armor!”
Countless lightning bolts followed the guidance of the Lightning Blade: Fang and attached to Kurotsuchi Raiga’s body, forming an integrated offensive and defensive Lightning Armor, flickering with sharp electric flashes and thunder.
At this moment, Kurotsuchi Raiga, clad in the Lightning Armor, was like a thunder god descended.
“Oh? Interesting.” After landing, Uchiha Hikari looked at Kurotsuchi Raiga, who under the enhancement of the Lightning Blade: Fang was using various Lightning Release Ninjutsu, and clicked her tongue.
As expected of an elite jonin, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. After realizing the opponent was a ninja from the Uchiha Clan, he immediately created distance and used the Hiding in Mist Technique to disrupt the Sharingan, while launching long-range attacks with Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
The combined use of multiple tactics gave no opportunity for the Uchiha to close in; such proficient tactics clearly came at no small cost during the Third Great Ninja War.
If it were a Uchiha jonin with only Three-Tomoe Sharingan, it might really be tricky.
But Uchiha Hikari was no ordinary Uchiha!
Gurgle~
The untimely stomach growl made Uchiha Hikari’s ears slightly red.
“I’ll see how far you can keep hiding!”
Uchiha Hikari formed hand seals with both hands, her eyes serious.
“Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!”
A massive amount of Fire Release chakra surged from Uchiha Hikari’s mouth, forming a towering wave of fire that surged toward Kurotsuchi Raiga!
The towering fire wave roared like a tsunami, evaporating all the mist in its path and tearing open a passage through the mist curtain.
Seeing this terrifying fire wave several meters high, Kurotsuchi Raiga was shocked.
He had seen Uchiha ninjas use this technique before.
But such a massive wave, surging like a tidal surge, far exceeded any Fire Release Ninjutsu he had witnessed!
‘As expected, those who can defect are no ordinary ninjas.’ Kurotsuchi Raiga raised the Lightning Blade: Fang again.
Countless lightning bolts gathered, swirling and dancing in the air, ultimately forming a Red Eye lightning dragon.
“Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Tornado!” Kurotsuchi Raiga roared.
The lightning blade swung down, and the ferocious lightning dragon roared as it crashed into the towering fire wave!
Boom!
The earth-shattering explosion from the colliding ninjutsu toppled countless village ruins and forest around them.
In the firelight, Kurotsuchi Raiga revealed a smug expression for blocking the opponent’s strike: “Uchiha, nothing more than…”
Before he finished speaking, a dark red Bone Claw broke through the blast of the ninjutsu explosion, tearing open the firelight and smoke, and slammed down!
“What?!” Kurotsuchi Raiga, who had never seen such a technique, was greatly shocked. He hurriedly circulated his Lightning Release chakra, maxing out the Lightning Armor’s power, while raising the Lightning Blade: Fang high to try to block.
The red Bone Claw descended from the sky, smashing onto Kurotsuchi Raiga’s head, utterly unscathed by the blade of the Lightning Blade: Fang or the Lightning Armor, brutally smashing Raiga deep into the ground.
Cough—
Kurotsuchi Raiga coughed up a mouthful of blood, looking up in disbelief at the Uchiha girl who walked up close from the mist.
He saw the girl enveloped in a massive dark red half-body bone frame, forming perfect defense. The bone frame on her right hand extended forward over twenty meters, forcibly shortening the distance between them, slamming Kurotsuchi Raiga until his head spun and he spat blood.
And on the dark red Bone Claw was attached a layer of dark red flames, actually burning his Lightning Armor!
