Chapter 116 Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 116 Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 118 Reinforcements Arrive
Water Release: Mist Concealment Technique!
Although Lanwu was still recovering from serious injuries, she immediately used the "Hidden Mist Technique" with all her might after Akashi and Hizashi fought the enemy!
In an instant, a thick mist filled the surroundings.
The two Iwa ninja were also taken aback—they weren't a Kirigakure squad, so why were they using Kirigakure techniques?
Although I know that Konoha's ninjas possess all kinds of ninjutsu, there are still your companions around.
The Mist Ninja's "Hidden Mist Technique" can be used in combination, and they all use it to sense their opponents, but—
Well, it seems there's really nothing to worry about!
Although Akaishi and Hizashi didn't know the Hidden Mist Technique, their eyesight was excellent.
In the same thick fog, they must have been able to see much more clearly and farther.
Akaishi can indeed see his opponent's position now, though it's a bit blurry and the visibility is lower, but—
Because the demon leech also hid immediately, there was one main body and seven shadow clones. Red Stone can only lock onto five of them now, and it is uncertain whether there is a main body among them. It is impossible to confirm the main body of the "shadow clones" based on perception ability. It can only be analyzed from their behavior. For example, generally speaking, the most cowardly one is the main body.
Akashi's expression suddenly changed, and he leaped up while rapidly forming hand seals!
Sure enough, just as Akaishi leaped up, a ninja sword wrapped in chakra was extended from the spot where he had just stood.
The leech's idea was simple—can't see it? Then don't look!
Directly use "Submarine Navigation" + "Heart-to-Heart Decapitation Technique"!
"Earth Dive" allows one to dive into the earth, while "Heart Decapitation Technique" uses the earth to transmit Earth Release chakra for positioning, allowing one to rise to the ground at any time to attack.
In this way, the fog on the ground has no effect on people diving underground.
The blade struck empty air, and instead of the leech emerging, it retracted. However—
Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique!
As the red stone fell, it slammed directly into the ground, instantly creating a small crater. Then, a bulge appeared on the ground, seemingly chasing after a certain target.
boom-
Just then, a leech-like figure darted out, followed by a mongrel—not a mongrel in the traditional sense, but a hunting dog made of rock formed from earth-style chakra, looking like a ferocious version of a raccoon.
The extremely fierce stray dog darted out after them and immediately bit them.
Click, click—
Thud—
Under the relentless pursuit and bites of the stray dog, the leech's figure vanished in the smoke, clearly a "shadow clone"!
at the same time----
"Haha—a flaw!"
Then another leech figure suddenly appeared from behind Akashi, wielding a ninja sword with both hands and slashing down at him.
Seeing that Akaishi hadn't reacted yet—
Click—
The blade cleaved directly into his shoulder and neck, but the leech's expression changed: "What?!"
This feel—it's not human, and he's very familiar with it!
The next moment, the demon leech saw the red stone in front of it turn into a lump of mud and sink down—
Earth clone!
Because Hiruzen himself is a Genin of Iwagakure, his usual sparring partners are mostly Iwagakure ninja, so he is very familiar with the feeling of hitting an "Earth Clone".
and----
Sizzle—
Inside the earth clone, there was an explosive tag, which had already been ignited!
boom-
After the explosion, the demon leech disappeared, but the demon leech figure that Akaishi had locked onto was still there, obviously another shadow clone was blown up.
Physical clones like "Earth Clone" and "Water Clone" cannot freely use ninjutsu like "Shadow Clone," but they can consume their own chakra to activate their own type of ninjutsu—for example, "Earth Clone" itself is "Earth Release chakra," so it cannot use other ninjutsu, only Earth Release.
Akashi used the "Hidden Mist Technique" to leap up and land as an earth clone. He then used earth-style ninjutsu to destroy one clone and lure out another to kill it!
This earth clone carries more chakra in order to use ninjutsu, but it's still only half of the red stone's chakra. With the addition of an "explosive tag," it directly consumes a quarter of the chakra of the two shadow clones of the demon leech.
In the first round, Akaishi clearly won by a large margin!
The next moment, Lan Wu, who had been hiding motionless in the mist, was discovered by the "Surfing in the Earth" leech. Suddenly, her ankle tightened, and she realized she had been grabbed. Immediately afterward, Lan Wu felt the ground become muddy and soft—
Earth Release: Earth Flow River!
The reason for capturing her first was simply to prevent Lanwu from escaping, and then to completely trap her with "Earth River"!
As expected of a genin handpicked by Iwagakure to "show off" in Konoha, Mahiru is not only skilled in "Shadow Clone Swordsmanship"...
His Earth Release ninjutsu is so skillful that he can use B-rank Earth Release ninjutsu—this is not the level of an ordinary Chunin.
Of course, compared to Akaishi, it seems somewhat insignificant.
Not only can Akaishi replicate the "Great River of Earth Release," but he has also developed a combination ninjutsu based on it, clearly demonstrating a deeper mastery of Earth Release techniques.
but----
The effect of "Earth Flow River" alone is enough to trap the injured Lanwu.
However, after this move was used, the shadow clone hidden underground also disappeared directly—a large-scale B-rank ninjutsu directly drained the shadow clone's chakra to a point where it could no longer sustain itself.
As for why they went to the trouble of trapping Lanwu?
"Watch out!" Lan Wu immediately shouted to Chi Shi, who was rushing over.
But----
At this point, the opponent's trap was revealed; the other five leeches had already positioned themselves for a thrust from five different directions.
Because it's from five directions, simply trying to stop him wouldn't be enough to stop all five of them. If he wanted to save Lan Wu, he could only go up and block one himself. If it weren't for "Earth River," Chi Shi could actually use "Earth Rising Dig" to lift Lan Wu up, which would be considered a successful rescue. But now the earth is controlled by the opponent's Earth Release chakra, and Chi Shi doesn't have time to take back control!
However, Akaishi wasn't worried. As he swiftly darted towards Lanwu, he continuously hurled shuriken in arcs with both hands—
Because the true form of the Red Stone was originally hidden in the tree, it fell directly down in front of Lan Wu from above!
At first glance, the demonic leech thought it could completely block all of the Uchiha's escape routes, but the next moment—
Suddenly, the demon leech noticed that along with the Uchiha, there was also a dark ring of "shuriken" (shuriken).
Countless shuriken were seen swirling around Akaishi five meters away, their ends connected, forming a complete "ring"!
That's right, it is the "Akaishi-ryu Shurakenjutsu".
Twelve of them are genuine shuriken, and the "shuriken shadow clone" technique expanded them to sixteen times their original size. Because they are simply shuriken, even though the number is much greater, the consumption is far less than that of using the shadow clone technique on "Phoenix Dragon Gallbladder".
Ding, ding, ding————
Once the five figures entered the range of the "black ring," they could only try to parry the shuriken.
For the Demon Leech, he didn't even have the option of trading injury for injury—four of them were shadow clones, and if he didn't block, they would explode directly!
Just then, the demonic leech was trapped inside—
Red Stone forms the cross seal again!
The number of shuriken immediately doubled!
Thud, thud, thud, thud —
The four shadow clones of the demon leech exploded instantly!
At the same time, because these shuriken were moving around the red stone, none of the overflowing damage was wasted. Without the shadow clones to block it, the remaining damage still surged towards the true form of the demon leech.
Puff puff puff—
The leeches blocked most of them, but some still caused external injuries!
Just as Akaishi was gaining a significant advantage, Hizashi was not faring much better. Although Higashi was skilled in taijutsu and proficient in earth-style techniques, Hizashi's "Byakugan + Gentle Fist" kept him under pressure.
Just then—
"Watch out, someone's approaching!" Hizashi suddenly warned Akaishi.
Both sides tacitly stepped back, and Akaishi pulled Lanwu out and carried her away together.
Then, Hizashi used a "Dragon King Hook" and even withdrew from his Gentle Fist stance, and he no longer maintained the "Mist Concealment Technique".
Upon seeing this, both Demon Leech and the Eastern Dead Man felt a chill in their hearts—if it were any other Iwa ninja, the opponent would not have reacted this way.
After a brief standoff, even without rolling one's eyes, one could see a figure—
The newcomers were indeed Konoha ninjas!
And there are three of them!
Besides Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Hyuga Hiashi, who were forced to leave, there was also that blond kid who ended the valley.
"Minato? Just in time—" Akaishi grinned maliciously, looking at the two Iwa ninja opposite him.
However, Minato then said, "We have reached a temporary truce with Huangtu. Let's leave the outcome to the final exam—you may leave now."
The Dead Man and the Demon Leech exchanged a glance, both understanding that the other could not possibly be lying.
After all, the Konoha ninja present at that moment could easily cripple them both.
Since no action was taken—
The only reason is that we had already reached an agreement with the other Iwa ninja!
They had just met up as two groups. The young master and the Byakugan brothers, who were already tracking the Hokage, wanted to dampen Konoha's spirits. After discovering that they were also guarding two wounded people, they felt they had an even greater chance.
Initially, the three weakest individuals pretended to be passing by and were tracked by Shinnosuke and Hiashi. Later, the other three used the "Camouflage Invisibility Technique" to ambush them. This secret technique was originally created to counter Konoha's eye techniques, but—the effect was only so-so.
When you reach a high level of proficiency, you can only suppress the Byakugan when you're "not skilled enough" or "not paying close attention to your surroundings." Moreover, if you move, you'll be more easily detected. It's hard to hide from a Sharingan with one slap, and you can't hide from a Sharingan with two slaps at close range no matter what.
However, it's still possible to cause some trouble for Konoha during the Chunin Exams.
As it turned out, Shinnosuke and Hiashi did indeed take the bait. Led by Kyoto, the four-on-two team was constantly forced back and could only flee in a direction away from Hizashi.
Two others were left behind, in an ambush that might catch up with the approaching Ryuzaki.
Somewhat unexpectedly, the two wounded soldiers also arrived together.
More importantly, on the four-on-two side, although they had the Hokage's son and the Byakugan kid in a very difficult situation and almost to the point of despair, Minato Namikaze arrived at that moment!
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