Chapter 79
Chase and Bite
On the flat plain, the Sand Ninja raced ahead at breakneck speed, while the Konoha Ninja followed closely behind.
Mo frowned slightly as he watched Chiyo gradually disappear into the distance from the Sand Ninja army. He held Futsu-no-Mitama between two fingers, then raised his hands in front of his chest to make a cross.
"Shadow Clone Technique".
"Bang!"
The smoke exploded, and a shadow clone appeared beside Mo.
Without exchanging a word, the two simultaneously slowed their pace. The shadow clone slightly shifted its feet, stopping behind Mo's main body and crossing its arms in front of it. Then, Mo leaped into the air, slightly bending its legs in mid-air.
"Bang!"
Mo stepped on the shadow clone's crossed arms and pushed off with a loud bang. With tremendous force, his body shot out like a cannonball towards the sky above the Sand Ninja!
After completing its mission, the shadow clone exploded into white smoke and dissipated, while Mo stared at the Sand Ninja below and gripped the Futsu-no-Mitama tightly in his hand.
Holding their breath and concentrating, their chakra surged, and a dense black light instantly stained the gleaming blade!
"boom!"
Mo slammed down in the center of the Sand Ninja forces, sending the crowd and dust billowing into the air. Mo's expression hardened slightly, and he suddenly swung out the Futsu-no-Mitama in his hand.
"Crimson Blaze - Sky-Splitting Wave!"
The pitch-black flame disc, crackling with explosive arcs of electricity, suddenly exploded outwards from the center of the ink!
"Pfft—!"
The smoke and dust were instantly dispersed by the powerful chakra, the pitch-black disc exploded, and a large number of Sand Ninja and puppets were instantly cut in half. The blood was evaporated by the high temperature before it even began to splatter. Amidst the noisy and shrill screams, white flames suddenly ignited from the cuts of the Sand Ninja and puppets.
Immediately afterwards...
"Bear--!"
A raging fire suddenly broke out within a ten-meter radius centered on the ink!
The white flames instantly surged to several meters high, then completed their burning process and extinguished in a flash. The screams ceased abruptly, leaving only ashes scattered on the ground…
Mo slowly sheathed his sword and stood up. He exhaled as he stood in the open space in the middle of the Sand Ninja, his sharp eyes sweeping over the surrounding crowd.
The Sand Ninja faltered, retreating slowly, their pale faces showing panic.
"Too...too terrifying! Blood Ninja..."
"This... what kind of fire jutsu is this?! White flames... incinerated people to ashes in an instant!"
……
Meanwhile, on the other side, the heroes were excited, and the Uchiha members laughed loudly and shouted:
"Well done, Mo!"
"Do you see that? This is the strongest genius of my Uchiha clan!"
"Mo! Hold them off! We're coming to help you right away. Let's stop all these sandworms!"
Mo stared silently at the Sand Ninja in front of him, showing no emotion whatsoever in his fear of the enemy or his clansmen's praise.
"well--"
Amidst an aged sigh, Chiyo slowly emerged from the crowd. She stared at the boy before her, her expression turning solemn.
"The first heavy puppet unit will stay behind with me to cover the retreat; the rest of you, continue the retreat!"
The aged Sand Village Flower understood that without paying a greater price, she would likely not be able to leave today. And in order to preserve as much of the village's strength as possible, she had no choice but to stay behind to cover their retreat.
Chiyo held immense prestige among the Sand Ninja, so the previously panicked Sand Ninja forces quickly regained their composure after she finished speaking.
A group of ninjas with similar face paint patterns quickly broke away from the army and moved to the rear, while the remaining Sand Ninjas continued to flee rapidly into the distance.
Uchiha Mo stared at Chiyo in front of him, completely ignoring the fleeing Sand Ninja.
On the other side, the Uchiha clan members, spurred by Mo's actions, sped up to the front of the group. Fugaku glanced back at Orochimaru, then loudly gave the order:
"The Uchiha clan will stay and help Mo!"
Orochimaru then spoke up, "The rest of you, follow me and continue the pursuit!"
"Yes!" ×n
After the two orders were given, the Konoha troops began to separate in an orderly manner. The Uchiha clan followed Fugaku's lead and took the initiative to meet the Sand Ninja's rearguard, while Orochimaru led the remaining ninjas around from the other side and continued to chase after the main Sand Ninja force.
"Bear--"
Amidst a muffled explosion, Futsu-no-Mitama was once again enveloped in a dense black light.
"Konoha is so lucky... They have geniuses like grains of sand in the desert..."
Chiyo once again took out the summoning scrolls of the "Chikamatsu Ten"... no, now it should be the Chikamatsu Nine. Looking at the indifferent-looking boy in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh at Konoha's good fortune.
"good luck?"
Mo gave a mocking smile, and his figure vanished from the spot in a flash.
When he reappeared, Mo was already in front of Chiyo. He gripped his ninja sword and slashed it down at Chiyo's head!
As the blade whistled down, Chiyo abruptly raised her right hand, and a blue chakra shield instantly formed on her right hand, tightly protecting her behind her.
"Puppet Technique: Mechanical Light Shield Seal!"
Chiyo's right hand was transformed into a puppet, thus enabling her to use this defensive technique unique to puppets.
At the same time, Chiyo's left hand trembled, and a puppet wearing a light blue single-eyed mask suddenly appeared above the shield. It aimed at Uchiha Sumire, opened the mechanism in its mouth, revealing a black cannon muzzle, and then quickly began to gather energy.
"Buzz—!"
"Sizzle—!"
The strike of Futsu-no-Mitama against the shield produced a piercing sound, and the blue chakra shield began to tremble, but it remained unbroken. At this moment, the chakra cannon in the puppet's mouth had been fully formed, and several other white puppets emerged one after another from the summoning scroll.
Mo frowned, suddenly raised his left hand and aimed it at the puppet that was gathering a dense white light in the air, and then burst out with dazzling lightning.
"Hey——!"
"Pfft—!"
The black light was incredibly fast, piercing through the puppet's head from the muzzle just before the cannon was about to fire!
"Whoosh!"
Before he could think, a gust of wind suddenly came from beside him. Mo instantly stopped his move, stepped back and leaped backward. The next moment, a pair of black fists smashed a shallow crater in the spot where Mo had just stood!
"Bear--!"
Another puppet was ruined. Chiyo looked at the boy not far in front of her with a gloomy expression.
The puppets destroyed by his techniques would be instantly burned to ashes, and even if Chiyo wanted to repair them later, it would be too late. In other words, two of these top-tier puppets created by the puppeteer ancestor Bunkaemon had completely disappeared...
"I knew this kid's moves were strange, but I didn't expect him to be able to launch such an attack without relying on a ninja sword... What a troublesome ability..."
Mo Luo stood still, looked at Chiyo, and a hint of impatience appeared on his calm face.
"Enough, old woman, I'm starting to get tired of this game."
Mo frowned slightly as he watched Chiyo gradually disappear into the distance from the Sand Ninja army. He held Futsu-no-Mitama between two fingers, then raised his hands in front of his chest to make a cross.
"Shadow Clone Technique".
"Bang!"
The smoke exploded, and a shadow clone appeared beside Mo.
Without exchanging a word, the two simultaneously slowed their pace. The shadow clone slightly shifted its feet, stopping behind Mo's main body and crossing its arms in front of it. Then, Mo leaped into the air, slightly bending its legs in mid-air.
"Bang!"
Mo stepped on the shadow clone's crossed arms and pushed off with a loud bang. With tremendous force, his body shot out like a cannonball towards the sky above the Sand Ninja!
After completing its mission, the shadow clone exploded into white smoke and dissipated, while Mo stared at the Sand Ninja below and gripped the Futsu-no-Mitama tightly in his hand.
Holding their breath and concentrating, their chakra surged, and a dense black light instantly stained the gleaming blade!
"boom!"
Mo slammed down in the center of the Sand Ninja forces, sending the crowd and dust billowing into the air. Mo's expression hardened slightly, and he suddenly swung out the Futsu-no-Mitama in his hand.
"Crimson Blaze - Sky-Splitting Wave!"
The pitch-black flame disc, crackling with explosive arcs of electricity, suddenly exploded outwards from the center of the ink!
"Pfft—!"
The smoke and dust were instantly dispersed by the powerful chakra, the pitch-black disc exploded, and a large number of Sand Ninja and puppets were instantly cut in half. The blood was evaporated by the high temperature before it even began to splatter. Amidst the noisy and shrill screams, white flames suddenly ignited from the cuts of the Sand Ninja and puppets.
Immediately afterwards...
"Bear--!"
A raging fire suddenly broke out within a ten-meter radius centered on the ink!
The white flames instantly surged to several meters high, then completed their burning process and extinguished in a flash. The screams ceased abruptly, leaving only ashes scattered on the ground…
Mo slowly sheathed his sword and stood up. He exhaled as he stood in the open space in the middle of the Sand Ninja, his sharp eyes sweeping over the surrounding crowd.
The Sand Ninja faltered, retreating slowly, their pale faces showing panic.
"Too...too terrifying! Blood Ninja..."
"This... what kind of fire jutsu is this?! White flames... incinerated people to ashes in an instant!"
……
Meanwhile, on the other side, the heroes were excited, and the Uchiha members laughed loudly and shouted:
"Well done, Mo!"
"Do you see that? This is the strongest genius of my Uchiha clan!"
"Mo! Hold them off! We're coming to help you right away. Let's stop all these sandworms!"
Mo stared silently at the Sand Ninja in front of him, showing no emotion whatsoever in his fear of the enemy or his clansmen's praise.
"well--"
Amidst an aged sigh, Chiyo slowly emerged from the crowd. She stared at the boy before her, her expression turning solemn.
"The first heavy puppet unit will stay behind with me to cover the retreat; the rest of you, continue the retreat!"
The aged Sand Village Flower understood that without paying a greater price, she would likely not be able to leave today. And in order to preserve as much of the village's strength as possible, she had no choice but to stay behind to cover their retreat.
Chiyo held immense prestige among the Sand Ninja, so the previously panicked Sand Ninja forces quickly regained their composure after she finished speaking.
A group of ninjas with similar face paint patterns quickly broke away from the army and moved to the rear, while the remaining Sand Ninjas continued to flee rapidly into the distance.
Uchiha Mo stared at Chiyo in front of him, completely ignoring the fleeing Sand Ninja.
On the other side, the Uchiha clan members, spurred by Mo's actions, sped up to the front of the group. Fugaku glanced back at Orochimaru, then loudly gave the order:
"The Uchiha clan will stay and help Mo!"
Orochimaru then spoke up, "The rest of you, follow me and continue the pursuit!"
"Yes!" ×n
After the two orders were given, the Konoha troops began to separate in an orderly manner. The Uchiha clan followed Fugaku's lead and took the initiative to meet the Sand Ninja's rearguard, while Orochimaru led the remaining ninjas around from the other side and continued to chase after the main Sand Ninja force.
"Bear--"
Amidst a muffled explosion, Futsu-no-Mitama was once again enveloped in a dense black light.
"Konoha is so lucky... They have geniuses like grains of sand in the desert..."
Chiyo once again took out the summoning scrolls of the "Chikamatsu Ten"... no, now it should be the Chikamatsu Nine. Looking at the indifferent-looking boy in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh at Konoha's good fortune.
"good luck?"
Mo gave a mocking smile, and his figure vanished from the spot in a flash.
When he reappeared, Mo was already in front of Chiyo. He gripped his ninja sword and slashed it down at Chiyo's head!
As the blade whistled down, Chiyo abruptly raised her right hand, and a blue chakra shield instantly formed on her right hand, tightly protecting her behind her.
"Puppet Technique: Mechanical Light Shield Seal!"
Chiyo's right hand was transformed into a puppet, thus enabling her to use this defensive technique unique to puppets.
At the same time, Chiyo's left hand trembled, and a puppet wearing a light blue single-eyed mask suddenly appeared above the shield. It aimed at Uchiha Sumire, opened the mechanism in its mouth, revealing a black cannon muzzle, and then quickly began to gather energy.
"Buzz—!"
"Sizzle—!"
The strike of Futsu-no-Mitama against the shield produced a piercing sound, and the blue chakra shield began to tremble, but it remained unbroken. At this moment, the chakra cannon in the puppet's mouth had been fully formed, and several other white puppets emerged one after another from the summoning scroll.
Mo frowned, suddenly raised his left hand and aimed it at the puppet that was gathering a dense white light in the air, and then burst out with dazzling lightning.
"Hey——!"
"Pfft—!"
The black light was incredibly fast, piercing through the puppet's head from the muzzle just before the cannon was about to fire!
"Whoosh!"
Before he could think, a gust of wind suddenly came from beside him. Mo instantly stopped his move, stepped back and leaped backward. The next moment, a pair of black fists smashed a shallow crater in the spot where Mo had just stood!
"Bear--!"
Another puppet was ruined. Chiyo looked at the boy not far in front of her with a gloomy expression.
The puppets destroyed by his techniques would be instantly burned to ashes, and even if Chiyo wanted to repair them later, it would be too late. In other words, two of these top-tier puppets created by the puppeteer ancestor Bunkaemon had completely disappeared...
"I knew this kid's moves were strange, but I didn't expect him to be able to launch such an attack without relying on a ninja sword... What a troublesome ability..."
Mo Luo stood still, looked at Chiyo, and a hint of impatience appeared on his calm face.
"Enough, old woman, I'm starting to get tired of this game."