Chapter 21: Solo Battle Against The A-b Combo!
“Darui! Xi! You lead the team to deal with those two flying ninjas!” Raiden also quickly made tactical arrangements.
“Be careful of that scythe ninja!” Raiden shared the intelligence he had obtained from the earlier exchange: “That guy seems able to absorb chakra!”
“Bee! Come with me to deal with this arrogant guy!”
As the famous ‘AB Combination’ in the ninja world, during the Third Great Ninja War, they rampaged unchecked on the battlefield, invincible everywhere, until they later encountered the faster ‘Yellow Flash’ Minato Namikaze, who suppressed them slightly.
But now Minato Namikaze is dead, and Fourth Raikage Raiden has become the fastest man in the ninja world of this era!
No one doubts the combat power of the AB Combination!
Darui and Xi each led Cloud Village ninjas to surround and engage these two floating enemies.
They did not dare to be careless, not only because the enemies dared to attack Cloud Village with just three people, but also because these two enemies’ floating abilities were extremely rare in the entire ninja world!
So far, it was only heard that Third Tsuchikage Onoki of Stone Village could float!
Xi, with yellow short hair and a handsome face, led several Cloud Village ninjas to engage the Celestial Maiden first.
Several Cloud Village ninjas used Earth Release Ninjutsu, countless earth spears erupting from the ground to thrust toward the sky, trying to block the Celestial Maiden’s movements. Xi led three Cloud Village jonin, using these earth spears as springboards to leap into the air, Lightning Release Ninjutsu lights cutting through the smoke.
However, the Celestial Maiden’s ribbons were as tricky as venomous snakes, not only able to extend freely but also cut metal like mud. Once the body was struck by a ribbon, ordinary ninjas would either die or be gravely injured!
The Celestial Maiden danced like a dancer in the air, elegantly ‘performing’ with her waving ribbons. One by one, Cloud Village ninjas were pierced through the body by the ribbons or sent flying backward spitting blood from their mouths after being struck.
For a moment, no one could approach the Celestial Maiden.
And on the other side.
The Third Shinigami also swung his scythe to clash with the Cloud Village ninjas led by Darui.
“Water Style: Water Bullet Technique!” Several Cloud Village ninjas skilled in Water Style formed hand seals with their hands, firing countless water-composed bullets at the Third Shinigami flying in from the air.
These ‘Water Bullet Technique’ had destructive power comparable to large-caliber bullets, able to pierce iron plates in one strike.
The Third Shinigami lightly dodged these incoming Water Bullet Technique shots and charged straight at Darui.
“Storm Release: Laser Circus!” Darui formed hand seals with his hands!
Blue light balls burst out with over ten electrified water pillars, blasting toward the Third Shinigami in the sky.
These ‘water pillars’ were like laser-guided, shooting at the Third Shinigami from multiple directions.
Seeing this, the Third Shinigami swung the scythe in his hand.
Several Wind Blades cut through the smoke, forming a wind net in the air that sliced and absorbed all the incoming Storm Release Ninjutsu.
“What!” Darui watched in shock as his proud ‘Storm Release: Laser Circus’ was easily cut open by the enemy’s ‘Wind Blades’.
Immediately after, these ‘Wind Blades’ continued forward, hitting several Cloud Village ninjas who failed to dodge in time.
“Ah!” The hit Cloud Village ninjas let out screams.
Darui hurriedly looked over, only to see that although their bodies were not cut injured by the ‘Wind Blades’, they fell to the ground like dead, unable to stand up again.
“Be careful!” Mabui urgently warned: “This guy’s scythe can absorb chakra! Don’t get hit!”
The analytical and judgmental Mabui, based on Raiden’s earlier intelligence tip, quickly had the Cloud Village ninjas adjust their tactics.
Ninjas rely heavily on chakra; once the chakra in the body is depleted, it basically means death.
“I’ll hold him off! Mabui! You organize the long-range attacks!” As expected of Darui, who could succeed as the Fifth Raikage, he immediately decided to use himself as bait.
Darui used the buildings of the Raiden Building to climb to a high place, then jumped toward the Third Shinigami!
“Lightning Release: Black Panther!” Although Darui could not use floating ninjutsu, he could use wide-range ninjutsu.
Countless dark purple lightning gathered on Darui into leopard-shaped black lightning! Pouncing toward the Third Shinigami!
The Third Shinigami swung the scythe again.
Darui directly activated the second stage of Black Panther, the black panther lightning spreading out, transforming into a huge lightning net enveloping over!
Facing this lightning net woven from black lightning, the Third Shinigami spun the scythe in his hand like a lawnmower, absorbing all the lightning chakra it touched!
“How is that possible!” Darui watched this scene in midair, dumbfounded.
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On the main battlefield.
Cloud Village’s AB Combination’s fierce battle with Menma in the smoke had entered a white-hot phase.
Raiden, in Lightning Release Chakra Mode combined with Lightning Release Ninjutsu Body Technique, struck like thunder! Constantly attacking!
Killer Bee also wielded seven ninja swords like a swarm of bees dancing wildly, coordinating tacitly with his big brother, attacking from both sides.
Just like his nickname ‘Killer Bee’, his moves were ruthless while buzzing raps came from his mouth, very annoying.
However, the mysterious person on the opposite side caught Killer Bee’s seven ninja swords’ flowing offensive with just one kunai, while also dodging Raiden’s taijutsu attacks.
Clearly their first clash, yet it gave Raiden and Killer Bee the feeling that the opponent knew their attack moves very well.
“Raikage’s Chopping Dance!” Raiden concentrated Lightning Release Chakra in his hand, jumped into the air, and dove down in hand-blade form!
This was ‘the inherited hand blade sharpened through bone-shattering training, as sharp as a flash of light!’
Killer Bee also swung his ninja swords to block the mysterious person’s escape routes.
“Small Spiraling Ring!” Menma held the kunai in his right hand to catch Killer Bee’s ninja sword offensive, condensed a dark purple ball in his left hand, and smashed it head-on into Raiden’s ‘Raikage’s Chopping Dance’.
Although called ‘Small Spiraling Ring’, its size was not smaller than ‘Wind Release: Rasenshuriken’.
Boom!
The intense collision of the two ninjutsu, Dark Chakra attributes and Lightning Release Chakra intertwined, emitting a sharp explosion.
In the end, Uzumaki Menma’s ‘Small Spiraling Ring’ prevailed, Dark Chakra wrapping Wind Release Chakra like countless blades, tearing open the Lightning Release Chakra attached to Raiden’s hand.
The violent Dark Chakra struck Raiden’s arm, slashing countless cuts into his battle-hardened arm, blood dripping!
“Ah! Damn it!” The pained Raiden grimaced and was repelled several meters!
The thousand-pound metal arm guard was also ‘bitten’ with a chunk missing by this violent Dark Chakra.
Only Raiden’s body, tempered a thousand times by Lightning Release Chakra, could withstand this ‘Small Spiraling Ring’; if it were an ordinary jonin, taking this hit would mean death or severe injury.
“Yo~ Big bro, you okay~” Killer Bee also retreated to Raiden’s side, concerned.
“Bee! This guy is no ordinary person! Use Tailed Beast Transformation!” Raiden knew their current combat method couldn’t defeat the opponent, so he prepared to fully release.
“But big bro~ This is the village~ Eight-Tails will destroy the village~” Killer Bee was somewhat worried.
“Mabui!” Raiden shouted loudly.
However, when he turned his head, he saw that Cloud Village ninjas in the distance had already suffered over a dozen casualties!
Darui and Xi had also fallen into a bitter fight.
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