Chapter 117
The Arrogant Asura
Chapter 117 The Arrogant Asura
"Wood Release: Thorn Killing Technique!" At the other end of the battlefield, Yamato rapidly formed hand seals, and thick wooden spikes suddenly shot up from the ground, coiling around the White Tiger who was fighting Kakashi like venomous snakes.
However, just as his Wood Release technique wrapped around one of the White Tiger's legs, the Azure Dragon pounced, forcing Yamato to retreat hastily.
During the retreat, the golden snake lashed out with its tail, striking Yamato hard.
"Replacement Technique!"
The moment Yamato was hit, he turned into a wooden doll.
The wooden stake that was hit instantly shattered into dust. Yamato's true form had already flashed to Kakashi's side, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead: "Captain! These guys are tough to deal with!"
Yamato looked at the several summoned beasts on the battlefield, panting heavily.
Looking around, each of these summoning beasts possesses the strength of an elite Jonin, and the combined combat power of two of them far surpasses that of an ordinary elite Jonin.
The battle lasted only a few minutes, and several Hyuga ninjas and Anbu ninjas who came to reinforce them fell.
The Jonin support force brought by the Hokage was also restricted in its use of large-scale ninjutsu due to the hasty response, and even Akimichi Choza was knocked away by one of the opponent's summoning beasts.
The summoned beasts that Shura summoned are probably comparable to tailed beasts in their respective domains.
"Five Escapes: The Technique of Large Continuous Bullets!"
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his shadow clones unleashed the Five Elements Ninjutsu together—fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water—a torrent of ninjutsu that crashed down on the Shinigami and the Celestial Maiden in mid-air.
Neither the Grim Reaper nor the Celestial Maiden possessed a corresponding ninjutsu to withstand this attack, and were forced to retreat hastily.
The five elemental ninjutsu attacks chased after the Grim Reaper and the Celestial Maiden, crashing into the purple barrier. The massive explosions and impacts only managed to create ripples on the barrier itself.
"I've never heard of such a barrier before!" Nara Shikaku frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the purple barrier that was being attacked.
He discovered that the opponent's barrier was very similar to the 'Four Purple Yang Formation' and the 'Four Red Yang Formation'.
But only two humanoid spirit beasts were seen maintaining this barrier.
Although the Monkey King can also use ninjutsu, the summoned beasts of the three holy lands can also use ninjutsu and sage techniques.
The 'Four Purple Sun Formation' doesn't require a high level of skill from the user; Orochimaru's Sound Four can perform it, but its power is limited.
The 'Four Red Yang Formation' has higher requirements for the caster, requiring four top-tier ninjas with chakra levels reaching the Kage level to perform it simultaneously. Similarly, the Four Red Yang Formation is very powerful, even capable of imprisoning tailed beasts.
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, the 'Four Red Yang Formation' unleashed by the four Hokage together was even able to imprison the Ten-Tails for a short period of time.
"Ninja Art: Mind Transfer Technique!" Yamanaka Inoichi formed a special hand seal, his thumb and forefinger overlapping to form a frame, trapping the Asura within it.
This is a secret technique of the mountain tribe, which uses one's own mental power to invade the enemy's brain and control their body for a short period of time.
Seeing that he could not break through Shura's mysterious barrier, Yamanaka Inoichi had no choice but to use this ninjutsu to attack.
In an instant, Yamanaka Inoichi's spirit invaded Shura's brain.
But before Yamanaka Inoichi could gain control of his body, he felt his spirit being pulled into an endless abyss!
A pungent smell of blood and gunpowder mixed together rushed into his brain from his nasal cavity, startling him.
When I opened my eyes, what greeted me was a battlefield of mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
A battlefield far more brutal than any battle he experienced during the Third Shinobi World War!
The corpses of ninjas wearing various ninja village headbands lay scattered across the battlefield, the crimson moon like blood, and the corpses piled up like mountains.
At the far end of the horizon, atop a mountain of corpses piled high with countless bodies, a spiky-haired boy leaned against a nine-tailed fox, resembling a king reigning supreme.
He merely raised his lowered eyes slightly, and his spirit was shaken out of this world!
Cough cough— Back in reality, Yamanaka Ino coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground, his eyes vacant and lost.
"Haiyi!" Lu Jiu quickly helped Haiyi up, never having seen his friend in such a terrible state.
Within the boundary.
Shura casually toyed with a glass tube, its pale green liquid inside revealing a pair of white eyes.
Although it's just a regular Byakugan and not very pure, it is still the main family's Byakugan and doesn't have the restrictions of the Caged Bird Seiryu, so it's still qualified as a test subject.
"I've got the stuff, and I've had my fun," Shura said lightly, snapping his fingers. "Well then, see you again someday."
Outside, Genbu, who was using his body to ram into Akimichi Choza and wrestle with him, suddenly emitted a ripple from his body, and then his entire body suddenly became ethereal!
Akimichi Choza looked up somewhat blankly, and the Suzaku circling in the air also emitted a ripple before disappearing into the night sky.
Inside the room, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Golden Snake, who were fighting Kakashi, Yamato, and the others, also vanished like bubbles with a ripple.
After dodging Hiruzen Sarutobi's mixed ninjutsu attack, the Grim Reaper and Celestial Maiden in the air floated in the air. The fox mask seemed to mock Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others' incompetence, and gradually became transparent in the shocked gazes of the Konoha people.
"What?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were also greatly shocked by the way these summoned beasts disappeared.
It should be noted that whether it was the ninja cats, ninja dogs, the ape demon king clan, or the summoning beasts of the three holy lands, they all disappeared after a burst of smoke, just as they had when they arrived.
Such psychic techniques are beyond their comprehension.
As he watched the summoned beasts disappear one by one, Hiashi Hyuga clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white, feeling a sense of humiliation he had never experienced before.
As a powerful clan in the ninja world, the Hyuga clan, one of the two great ninja clans of Konoha, had four pairs of Byakugan stolen from the main branch of the clan when their enemies came knocking on their door in front of him, the clan leader!
The Hyuga clan could only watch helplessly as their opponents left so leisurely—what a humiliation!
"Don't even think about leaving!" Seeing that Shura was about to leave, once again treating Konoha as a public toilet that he could come and go as he pleased, Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted, and four shadow clones quickly jumped out of the house.
The four shadow clones occupied the four corners of the Hyuga clan's council hall, their hands rapidly forming hand seals.
Ten-shen-si-mao-yin!
"Four Purple Flame Formation!"
A purple curtain of fire shot into the sky, engulfing the entire building where the council hall was located.
"Hmph! Let's see how you get away!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted, "Monkey King! Transform into the Vajra Staff!"
The Monkey King instantly transformed into a thick club, which was then held in Hiruzen Sarutobi's hand.
Now, if we can find a way to break Shura's barrier and attack him together, we can defeat him—
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could make any tactical arrangements, Shura and the two humanoid summoned beasts suddenly disappeared, along with the unknown purple barrier spell inside.
Only the night wind blew in through the large hole that had been created by the spirit beast, sweeping across the empty eaves.
"What?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shikaku Nara, and other Konoha ninjas' pupils trembled slightly.
Shura actually walked away right under their noses?
"This is... a space-time ninjutsu?" The knowledgeable Nara Shikaku immediately stepped forward to examine it, his voice hoarse.
Upon hearing that Shura might be using a space-time ninjutsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others finally understood why Konoha's protective barrier was ineffective against Shura.
If that's the case, then the barrier team can't really be blamed for neglecting their duties.
"Immediately notify the barrier team to come and investigate!" After confirming that the enemy had left, Hiruzen Sarutobi planted his Vajra Staff on the ground and gritted his teeth as he gave the order.
"Yes!"
(End of this chapter)