Chapter 86 Trading Injury for Injury! He unleashed Izanagi once more, severely injuring the Fourth R
Chapter 86 Trading Injury for Injury! He unleashed Izanagi once more, severely injuring the Fourth R
"Lightning Release: Lightning Tiger - All-Out Attack!"
"Lightning Release: Earth Walk!"
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
Various lightning-style ninjutsu intertwined and flashed on the battlefield, with blinding lightning and explosions rising and falling one after another.
The members of "Root" fought back desperately, using Earth Release for defense, Substitution Jutsu and Clone Jutsu to maneuver, and even risking injury to try to break through the encirclement.
Some elite ninjas even have roots, and one of them can take on two or three Cloud Village elites.
Even so, the encirclement by the Hidden Cloud Village remained as solid as an impregnable fortress, with skilled ninjas who were adept at sensing and tracking blocking their escape routes.
Screams rang out continuously as members of "Root" killed Cloud Village experts one after another, only to be struck by lightning and fall to the ground, their bodies charred black. It seemed the entire squad was about to be wiped out.
"These are Root's elite soldiers, and they're dying here like this?!" Danzo caught a glimpse of his subordinates' miserable state out of the corner of his eye, and he was both anxious and furious.
Those were his elite subordinates whom he had painstakingly trained.
Now they're being besieged and killed.
He thought that he had secretly infiltrated and acted covertly, and even if he failed, he would have a chance to escape. However, he did not expect to run directly into a trap carefully set by the Hidden Cloud Village, where even the Fourth Raikage was personally waiting for him!
"Uchiha Kamizuki, it must be you!" Danzo roared in his heart, once again pinning this grudge on Kamizuki.
His single eye flashed with a cold light, knowing that he had to use all his strength now, otherwise not only would the mission fail, but he himself might also perish here.
While using exquisite Wind Release ninjutsu and taijutsu to contend with the Raikage, he secretly channeled the power of his right arm. The bandaged arm began to feel slightly warm, and faint fluctuations of chakra could be seen emanating from it.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!" Danzo quickly formed hand seals and spat out several more solid and larger vacuum waves, temporarily forcing back the Raikage's close-range attack and buying himself a moment to catch his breath.
"Raikage, don't push your luck! There must be some misunderstanding!" Danzo tried to make a final negotiation, even though he knew the chances were slim.
"Misunderstanding?" The Raikage halted his attack, his lightning still blazing, his eyes wide with fury. "My envoy from Kumogakure died in your Konoha, and now you've sent your men to infiltrate my Land of Lightning with malicious intent. Caught red-handed, what misunderstanding is there?! Today, you will stay here!"
"Lightning Release: Righteous Lightning Sinking Wrathful Lightning Axe!"
The Raikage leaped high into the air, concentrating all his Lightning Release chakra in his feet, transforming it into a gigantic lightning battle axe, which he brought down upon Danzo! The power was earth-shattering!
"What an amazing attack!"
Danzo, seeing the Fourth Raikage's astonishing attack, dared not be careless.
Facing the thunderous battle axe that seemed to cleave the heavens and earth, he sensed the destructive power it contained and knew that conventional wind-style defense would be insufficient to completely withstand it.
Without hesitation, he instantly formed even more complex hand seals with his hands.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Dayama!"
Instead of defending, he opted for a more aggressive counterattack! With a low shout, several highly compressed, bluish-black vacuum jades, each the size of a human head and emitting a shrill whistle from their edges, shot out from his mouth and palms, meeting the descending Thunder Battle Axe at tricky angles. Some of them also shot towards Thunder Shadow's main body, attempting to force him to change his move or distract him from defense.
"This old fox can actually use such a powerful wind-style ninjutsu!" This variant of wind-style shuriken is extremely powerful. The wind blade, compressed to its limit, can easily cut through steel. Even the Fourth Raikage dared not underestimate its sharpness.
A hint of seriousness flashed in his eyes, but his offensive intensified instead of diminishing, and the Thunder Battle Axe collided fiercely with the Vacuum Jade that was the first to meet it!
Boom! Sizzle—!
The ear-piercing sound of metal scraping against metal and the annihilation of lightning chakra echoed across the battlefield!
The Vacuum Giant Ball was shattered by the Thunder Battle Axe, but the violent wind blades also weakened some of the Thunder Axe's power. The scattered sharp wind blades even tore through the Thunder Release Armor on the Raikage's body, leaving several shallow bloodstains.
The Raikage himself was also slightly jolted by the aftershocks.
Danzo seized this brief opening, his figure rapidly sliding backward while continuously using Wind Release: Vacuum Wave and Vacuum Chain Wave to restrain and interfere with the Raikage, widening the distance between himself and the Raikage to avoid being completely entangled by the Raikage's terrifying close-range techniques.
A major battle broke out between the two sides.
In an instant, lightning and wind blades raged wildly across this border forest, snapping trees and cracking the ground wherever they passed.
Danzo's Wind Release ninjutsu was exquisite and ruthless, with a huge range, attempting to limit the Raikage's terrifying speed.
Meanwhile, the Raikage, relying on the extreme speed and power brought by the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, continuously broke through the Wind Release's blockade, attempting to get close and deliver a fatal blow to Danzo.
Both were Kage-level powerhouses with rich combat experience, and for a time they fought fiercely, their battle center turning into a destructive storm's eye.
Finally, in a fierce battle, Danzo deliberately created an opening, and the Raikage seized the opportunity, delivering a powerful Lightning Release: Heavy Flow Burst to Danzo's chest!
Meanwhile, Danzo's vacuum blade also grazed the Raikage's shoulder!
Bang! Sizzle!
Both were hit at the same time! Raikage groaned as his entire arm was severed, blood spurting out and the lightning dimming.
Danzo also suffered a terrible fate. His chest felt as if he had been struck head-on by a battering ram, and he was sent flying like a broken sack, crashing heavily into a large tree before falling to the ground. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his aura instantly weakened, indicating that his injuries were extremely severe.
"Lord Danzo!" The two or three remaining Root members in the distance exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this.
"They won. They dared to compete with the Raikage in taijutsu, thinking their bodies were as strong as the special bloodline of the Cloud Village?" Many Cloud Village guards were delighted rather than angry at this scene.
In their eyes, this dark ninja of Konoha was also going to perish here.
They, the Hidden Cloud Village, will soon be able to overwhelm the Leaf Village.
Seeing Danzo fall to the ground severely injured, some Cloud Village ninjas revealed expressions of impending victory, preparing to step forward to finish him off or capture him.
"Shimura Danzo, one arm for your serious injury, it's worth it!" However, just as the Raikage was enduring his shoulder injury and preparing to deliver the final blow to Danzo.
A sudden change has occurred!
Danzo, who was originally severely injured, coughing up blood, and barely breathing on the ground, suddenly had his figure distorted like a phantom!
The next moment, Danzo appeared in another location several meters away, completely unharmed, with not even a tear in his clothes!
The scene of him being knocked away, injured, and coughing up blood just now seemed like an illusion!
"What?! This is a genjutsu?!" The Fourth Raikage's pupils constricted. He clearly sensed that he had struck his opponent and saw him severely injured and coughing up blood. How could he have recovered instantly? What kind of ninjutsu or substitution jutsu is this? Or is it a genjutsu?
"Izanagi!" Danzo murmured to himself, a flicker of pain crossing his single eye. In the instant he was struck, he had activated the forbidden technique of his right Sharingan—Izanagi!
The unfavorable reality of injury is transformed into a dream, while the intact reality is presented.
For this, he paid the price of permanently losing one of his Sharingan eyes.
The Cloud Village members were all stunned, unable to comprehend what was happening before their eyes.
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