Chapter 181 The Hidden Stone Village Suffers Heavy Casualties
Chapter 181 The Hidden Stone Village Suffers Heavy Casualties
"Dust Release: Particle Style - Detachment Technique!"
In mid-air, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, clenched his fists, and the transparent cube between his palms emitted a chilling white light.
His small stature now seemed to be overlooking the Leaf Village's position below like a god.
As soon as this cube falls and expands, the hundreds of Konoha ninjas below, who are regrouping, along with their bunkers, will instantly turn into atomic dust.
"Don't even think about it!"
With a roar, Jiraiya leaped high into the air, stepping on Gamabunta's head, but his speed was clearly no match for the speed of the Dust Release.
Just moments before the white light was about to erupt.
"Buzz—!!!"
A piercing high-frequency electrical sound suddenly exploded in the air above the battlefield.
A black figure shot straight into the sky, so fast that it left a blue arc of electricity trailing behind it.
"What is that?!" Onoki's pupils shrank.
Before he could even see clearly, the dark figure had already raised its left arm.
"Bang!"
A specially made coin, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, arrived instantly within a distance of hundreds of meters, aiming directly at Onoki's forehead.
Onoki had no choice but to interrupt his Dust Release technique and abruptly shift his body to the side.
"laugh!"
The coin grazed past Onoki's bright red nose, the sharp wind making his face sting.
"That was close..."
Onoki steadied himself and looked closely.
Nishikawa Tetsuya was hovering at the same height as him. Several specially made metal plates on his back and feet were emitting a strong blue magnetic light, which repelled each other from his exoskeleton armor, creating a continuous lift.
The levitation mode of pseudo-magnetic escape.
This is a solo flight capability that Nishikawa Tetsu forcefully achieved by combining the previously developed magnetic repulsion field principle with the latest high-power batteries.
Although it consumed a lot of chakra, it gave him the qualification to compete with the Tsuchikage for air superiority.
"A flying brat?"
Onoki snorted coldly, "It seems Konoha is full of freaks, but against my Dust Release, no matter how high they fly, they're still just targets!"
He clasped his hands together again, preparing to use Dust Escape.
"I have no intention of going head-to-head with you."
Nishikawa Tetsu pushed up his goggles, a cold smile playing on his lips.
"Jiraiya-sensei! Let's do it!"
"They're here!"
Jiraiya below was already poised to strike.
"Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"
Bunta spewed out a massive amount of toad oil, and Jiraiya followed by spitting out raging fire.
Fueled by the oil, the fire transformed into a colossal fiery dragon that blotted out the sky, baring its fangs and claws as it lunged at the Ōnoki tree in the air.
"Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique!"
Onoki had to abandon his attack again, but instead of defending, he not only increased the force of his punch but also tried to use Earth Release to petrify Nishikawa Tetsu, who was flying up.
"Gravity has no effect on me!"
Nishikawa Tetsu adjusted the knob on the arm guard, and the magnetic repulsion instantly reversed.
"Magnetic repulsion field!"
A chaotic and powerful magnetic field wave erupted from Nishikawa Tetsuya.
Although it couldn't directly deflect Onoki's ninjutsu, this magnetic field severely interfered with the surrounding airflow and metallic substances.
Onoki felt his body suddenly become heavy. Although he was flying using the Light-Heavy Rock Technique, his protective gear and the kunai in his ninja tool bag became unusually heavy under this magnetic field, severely affecting his agility.
"This is Magnetism Release? No, it's different!"
Onoki was desperately dodging Jiraiya's fire-style attacks and the occasional stray shots fired by Nishikawa Tetsu in mid-air.
Whenever he wanted to form hand seals to release a large-scale dust escape to clear out the ground troops, Nishikawa Tetsu's highly accurate electromagnetic cannon, which did not require any hand seals to cast beforehand, would fire on time, forcing him to interrupt his spellcasting to evade it.
One flew around in the sky like a fly, using magnetic force to cause disturbances, while the other bombarded the ground with wide-range ninjutsu.
The mighty Third Tsuchikage was actually suppressed in mid-air by the combined efforts of these two Konoha ninjas, one old and one young, and was unable to spare any hands to support the Iwagakure army below.
And this is exactly the situation that Nishikawa Tetsu wanted.
……
Ground battlefield.
"The Tsuchikage is being held back!"
"Charge! Crush them!"
The commander of Iwagakure attempted to use their numerical advantage to launch an attack. Thousands of Iwagakure ninja roared and surged toward the Konoha positions like a yellowish-brown tide.
They thought that without the Tsuchikage's Dust Release to clear the way, Konoha's defenses would be as thin as a sheet of paper.
However, what awaited them was hell.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Behind the Konoha camp, a group of burly, imposing Chunin and Jonin strode out.
There were about thirty of them, and unlike the others who carried kunai or ninja swords, each of them held a heavy black weapon with an exaggerated design and a large opening.
These weapons were heavy electromagnetic cannons that Nishikawa Tetsu had urgently ordered the research institute to send. Because the recoil was too great, ordinary ninjas simply couldn't hold them, so Nishikawa Tetsu specially selected these ninjas with extremely strong physical abilities for intensive training.
He used it in the battle against Iwagakure before, and there haven't been any problems so far.
What a coincidence! We've only been here for two days and another battle has already broken out. It's a good opportunity to test the power of these weapons.
"Multiplication Technique - Partial Multiplication!"
The leader, Akimichi Tou, shouted loudly, and his right arm instantly swelled to twice its size, his muscles bulging, steadily supporting the heavy gun as easily as holding a fire poker.
"That's how Assistant Nishikawa taught me yesterday, I think that's how it's used?"
Beside him, Inuzuka bared his teeth, and the ninja dog beside him lay on the ground, serving as a makeshift gun stand.
"Hehe, who cares? Just pull the trigger!"
"Byakugan, activate!"
On the other side, Hyuga Hiroshi's veins bulged, and his Byakugan's vision instantly pierced through the billowing dust ahead, locking onto the densest area of the Iwagakure assault formation.
"Direction corrected, distance approximately 600 meters."
Hinata Hiroshi's voice sounded a little nervous. He had just finished his training and was afraid of saying the wrong thing and causing a mistake.
"Charge!"
"Buzz—Buzz—Buzz—"
Thirty heavy electromagnetic guns lit up simultaneously, and the batteries were operating at full power.
"Target: Iwagakure's forward! Release!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
There was no dazzling explosion like in ninjutsu; instead, it was pure kinetic energy that caused destruction.
Thirty thick, blue-purple beams of light, like thirty laser channels, instantly pierced through the dense charging formation of the Rock Village.
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Flow Walls!"
Dozens of Iwa ninja joined forces to launch a defense.
But in the face of such a heavy electromagnetic gun, those thick earthen walls were like foam boards, crumbling at the slightest touch.
The beam of light penetrated the earthen wall, the human body, and the rock.
Limbs were torn apart and scattered, flesh and blood turned to mush.
Straight death tunnels appeared in the Hidden Rock formation, and no one survived their passage.
"What kind of monster weapon is that?!"
"It's unstoppable! Absolutely unstoppable!"
The Iwagakure ninja were devastated. Their prized Hardening Technique and Earth Release defenses were utterly useless against this weapon.
What's even more terrifying is that this attack is relentless.
"Reload! Continue!"
Akimichi Tou skillfully replaced a hot battery, a kind but terrifying smile appearing on his face.
"This thing makes my hands numb from the vibrations, but it's much less strenuous than a human bomb tank!"
"One more round!"
Another round of sunlight washed the ground.
Meanwhile, the Konoha sniper squad, armed with electromagnetic sniper rifles, also began their free hunt.
On this open plain, the Iwa ninja became easy targets.
"No...this is not war..."
A Jonin from Iwagakure knelt on the ground, watching his comrades fall one after another, and seeing the Konoha ninjas on the distant battlefield who could reap lives without even showing their faces. His spirit completely collapsed.
"This is a massacre..."
……
In the sky.
As Ōnoki watched the situation below crumble in an instant, his old face turned deathly pale.
His once-proud Iwagakure army couldn't even get close to Konoha's strange weapons.
"Konoha's technology... has it really advanced to this level?"
A chill ran through Onoki's heart.
He glanced at the boy opposite him who was floating in the air and whose body was wrapped in blue arcs of electricity.
"No hand seals, no chakra nature transformation, just the mechanism and that black box..."
Onoki knew that the situation was hopeless.
If we don't retreat now, the main force of Iwagakure will all be wiped out here today.
"Retreat! All troops retreat!"
Onoki let out a furious roar of resentment.
He clasped his hands together abruptly, exhausting his chakra, and forcefully unleashed a massive ninjutsu.
"Earth Release: Earthquake Core!"
The entire battlefield ground violently churned, and countless rock barriers rose up, forcibly cutting off Konoha's line of sight and buying the Iwa ninja a final bit of time to escape.
After doing all this, Onoki took a deep look at Jiraiya and Nishikawa Tetsu, then turned and flew towards the Land of Earth.
"Konoha! I'll remember this debt!"
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