N-A-A Chapter 98 Fire Release is Useless! The Terrifying Fourth Raikage!
Chapter 98 Fire Release is Useless! The Terrifying Fourth Raikage!
Their gazes collided violently in mid-air!
Shingetsu's Sharingan was cold and calm.
While the Fourth Raikage was secretly pleased, his eyes blazed with undisguised rage and ferocious fighting spirit.
"Uchiha brat, it really is you! How dare you venture alone into the heart of my Hidden Cloud Village!" The Raikage's voice boomed like thunder, echoing through the valley and making people's eardrums ache.
He recognized Shingetsu; this was the rising star of Konoha mentioned in the intelligence Samui had brought back.
This was also the target Danzo wanted to eliminate through a proxy.
"It's just a supply point; I can come and go as I please, even if it's your Hidden Cloud Village!"
"Raikage, I'm burning your camp down!" Shingetsu crossed his arms, showing no regard for the Fourth Raikage.
"Arrogant!" Upon hearing this, the Fourth Raikage's anger intensified.
He was already known for his violent temper, and to be mocked like this by a ten-year-old child was an utter disgrace.
However, before he could speak again, Shenyue had already made the first move.
He knew that against such a speed-type monster, passive defense would only be instantly overwhelmed.
We must strike first and seize control of the battle!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Without pausing, Shen Yue quickly formed hand seals again, and a massive amount of chakra surged out from within her body.
Another blazing fireball, no less powerful than the previous one, roared towards the Fourth Raikage!
This time, the fireball was faster and its trajectory was more treacherous, directly blocking the Raikage's possible attack route.
"A mere trick!" The Fourth Raikage sneered, and faced with the terrifying fireball that could melt gold and iron, he neither dodged nor avoided it!
Suddenly, the blue lightning surrounding him became incredibly intense, emitting a piercing crackling sound!
"Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"
He activated his chakra to the extreme, transforming himself into a streak of blue lightning. Instead of retreating, he charged straight at the fireball!
"You intend to withstand my fire-style attack with your bare body?!"
Under the gaze of the Sharingan, the Raikage's right fist, enveloped in violent lightning chakra, struck the very center of the Great Fireball with a simple and powerful blow, just like a real thunder hammer!
boom!!!
The deafening explosion echoed through the valley!
The orange-red flames and blue lightning collided and annihilated each other, bursting out with blinding white light and terrifying shockwaves!
That powerful fireball, capable of destroying an entire forest, was blasted apart from its center by the Raikage's pure, violent punch!
The flames were torn apart as if by an invisible force, turning into countless streams of fire that splashed and dissipated in all directions.
Raikage's figure was enveloped in lightning, like a war god splitting through flames, rushing straight out from the center of the explosion at an undiminished speed, even faster!
Wherever he passed, the remaining flames were directly dispersed and annihilated by the lightning chakra around him, carving a scorched trench in the ground that shot straight toward the Divine Moon!
"So fast!" Shen Yue thought with a chill.
The three-tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, barely managing to catch a blurry blue streak of lightning. But the opponent's speed was simply too fast, so fast that even the Sharingan's power couldn't clearly capture the Fourth Raikage's movements.
This makes it extremely difficult for Shingetsu to predict the Fourth Raikage's next move.
"Is this Kage-level speed? Even with the enhancement from Hashirama cells, the pupil power of a regular three-tomoe Sharingan isn't enough. If I had the Mangekyou Sharingan, my dynamic vision and predictive abilities would definitely be even stronger!"
"I must awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan!" At this moment, a strong desire to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan rose from the bottom of his heart.
But his movements were by no means slow!
His rich combat instincts and countless life-or-death battles allowed him to react almost the instant the fireball was blasted apart.
"We can't let him get close!"
"Fire Release: Phoenix Claw Technique!"
With a burst of chakra beneath her feet, Shen Yue slid rapidly to the side and back, creating distance as her hands completed a new hand seal.
He opened his mouth and spat out a dozen or so fist-sized, but more solid and faster crimson fireballs, like balsam seeds flying everywhere, or sharp red claw marks, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound, shooting from different angles and with strange arc trajectories toward the Fourth Raikage who was rushing at high speed!
These fireballs are not only hotter, but also, under Shingetsu's exquisite chakra manipulation, some of them conceal rapidly spinning, sharp shuriken inside. They are a variant combining fire release and shuriken techniques, insidious and deadly.
"Hmph, easy hand seal speed!"
"However! A mere Fire Release variant is no match for my Lightning Release Armor!" The Fourth Raikage was even more disdainful of this kind of scattered attack ninjutsu, and didn't even bother to dodge those seemingly elusive trajectories.
He was convinced that the terrifying defensive power of his Lightning Release Chakra Mode was enough to ignore this level of attack.
He laughed wildly, lightning crackling around him, his speed increasing again. He planned to charge straight at Shen Yue, just like before, enduring the fireballs, and use his best taijutsu to tear this annoying Uchiha brat to shreds!
Bang bang bang!
Several fireballs from the Phoenix Claw struck the Raikage's chest, shoulders, and arms in succession, exploding into small sparks.
Most of the flames and impact were indeed easily blocked and deflected by that thick "Lightning Armor," not even slowing him down in the slightest.
"Hmph, a mere fire jutsu is useless against me, oh wait, no!"
However, just when the Raikage thought all these attacks were in vain...
laugh!laugh!laugh!
Several faint yet clear sounds, like metal cutting into a tough object, rang out!
Those shuriken hidden in the center of part of the fireball, enveloped in flames and accelerated to the extreme, pierced the Raikage's lightning armor like the fangs of a viper the moment the fireball exploded!
However, these shuriken still failed to penetrate Raikage's monstrous muscles and ultimate lightning armor defense, only leaving a few shallow bloodstains on his bronze skin, which actually broke through his defense.
"You brat! How dare you try such a petty trick!" Lei Ying's momentum paused slightly.
Looking down at the few insignificant bloodstains on his chest, the anger in his heart erupted like a volcano!
He felt like he had been bitten by mosquitoes a few times; it didn't hurt or itch, but it was extremely annoying!
"I'm going to smash you into mincemeat!"
With a roar, the Fourth Raikage abandoned all tactics, pushing his Lightning Release chakra to its limit. He transformed into a blue lightning bolt that tore through the sky, crashing straight into Shingetsu in a more violent and direct manner than before!
"Well done!" Shen Yue's eyes flashed, knowing that mere long-range ninjutsu harassment was no longer enough to stop the enraged Raikage. The real test had begun!
He took a deep breath, and his chakra circulated wildly along the specific meridian routes of the Eight Gates!
"Eight Gates Formation, Fifth Gate, Gate of Blockage, Open!"
boom!
A torrent of chakra, far more violent and scorching than when the fourth gate was opened, erupted from Shen Yue's body!
His skin instantly turned bright red, and the subcutaneous blood vessels bulged out like writhing earthworms, radiating an astonishing heat and a sense of oppression. The surrounding ground was shaken open by the dissipating energy, creating spiderweb-like cracks!
At the same time, he drew his ninja sword from his back, the gleaming blade reflecting the leaping lightning and fire.
The Uchiha-style swordsmanship stance was already in place, the Sharingan locked onto the violently charging blue lightning bolt, the three tomoe spinning wildly, trying to predict the trajectory and landing point of the next attack from the opponent's blurry movements.
A duel of physical skills, there's no way to avoid it!
Shingetsu will use the speed and power enhanced by the Eight Gates, combined with the Sharingan's insight and the Uchiha's exquisite swordsmanship, to face the Fourth Raikage, who is renowned for his taijutsu!