Dense vines erupted from the earth, lashing out like tentacles. Each whip-like strike caused the ground to tremble.
As for the targets of the attack, Aka and Ryuji... Their speed was extre, and they were extrely agile, dodging and advancing as if taking a leisurely stroll amidst a garden.
The myriad of whip shadows, the layers of attacks, not a single one could touch them.
"Ice Release: Swallowing Snowstorm!"
While running, Aka ford hand seals. Placing her right hand on her chest, she exhaled a freezing breath towards the front.
Instantly, all vines froze solid.
Ryuji, timing it perfectly, used Earth Release. Dense, sharp stone pillars shot out from both sides, shattering the frozen plants into pieces. Their montum unabated, they stabbed towards the First and Second Hokage behind the plants.
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
The Second Hokage spat out water blades, moving his head along with the stone pillars, cutting them before they could pierce through.
The First Hokage clasped his hands together. Red torii gates descended from the sky one after another.
Aka and Ryuji didn't slow down at all. During their charge, they weaved left and right or used defenses, easily bypassing or destroying all torii gates as they reached the First and Second Hokage... Then, close combat!
Boom, boom, boom…
The two sides collided, unleashing layers of shockwaves... It was primarily the battle between the First Hokage and Aka.
As for the Second Hokage, although an extrely powerful Shinobi, he was still significantly lacking compared to the other three present.
Over these five years, Ryuji had also grown a lot.
He had not only developed the capabilities of this Sage Body to its limits through technology but had also mastered the thousands of Ninjutsu he knew.
Coupled with Shukaku's Chakra assistance, even without entering Sage Mode, he was a genuine Kage-level combatant.
And when entering Sage Mode, even the Impure World Reincarnation First Hokage could only match him.
Perhaps so might find this unbelievable, but that was the reality. Over these five years, through technological research, he had, like Aka, gained the ability to enter a perfect Sage Mode on his own, resulting in a trendous increase in power.
Facing an opponent of this caliber, the Second Hokage was sent flying over a hundred ters upon initial contact.
If not for mastering a Space-Ti Ninjutsu like Flying Thunder God Technique, he would likely have been beaten by Ryuji's follow-up attacks without a chance to retaliate.
However,
Even with a Ninjutsu like Flying Thunder God, he could only keep teleporting around to avoid being quickly defeated. Offense was simply impossible.
Because Ryuji was intimately familiar with all the effects of the forbidden technique the Second Hokage knew, leaving him no opportunity to pull off a sneak attack.
Facing an enemy far superior in strength, who knew all his intelligence and was also extrely cautious, the Second Hokage could only struggle to hold on, hoping to delay the enemy a little longer, preventing his elder brother from being double-tead.
But this wish was destined to be hard to achieve. The First Hokage's battle with Aka was falling into a disadvantage.
Utilizing her talent for multi-tasking, Aka maintained a perfect Sage Mode while simultaneously using Steel Release, Swift Release, Precise Calculation, and monstrous strength. She even released various Kekkei Genkai or Ninjutsu during attack intervals... Her endless stream of thods left the First Hokage scrambling.
Bam!
Their fists collided once more, causing the very air to crackle. The ground within dozens of ters 'bood' as it dented, flipped, and then shattered.
Under the powerful force of the impact, the First Hokage's right arm disintegrated into paper scraps, and his entire body was sent flying.
He adjusted his balance, his legs carving a shocking trench in the ground for over a hundred ters before he barely ca to a stop.
"How is this possible!?"
The First Hokage stared at Aka in shock and disbelief.
He rembered clearly that in their initial exchange, even when she simultaneously used Steel Release and monstrous strength, she had been suppressed by his pure monstrous strength.
But now, he was the one being overwheld.
'Had she been holding back from the start?'
"Didn't I already tell you at the beginning?" Seeing the First Hokage's puzzled expression, Aka explained, "I can freely adjust my talents. As long as it's a talent a human can possess, I can have it. Naturally, you are no exception!"
"?" The First Hokage's eyes widened. "What talent do I have?"
"You underestimate yourself too much." Aka smiled. "Your life force is the most powerful I have ever witnessed. Although Master ntioned it before, I couldn't imagine what a person with such imnse life force would be like. But..."
As she spoke, tangible Chakra, resembling blue flas, erupted from Aka's body surface.
"Thanks to you, I have evolved!"
As the words fell, the ground for hundreds of ters was shattered by Aka's kick, and her figure vanished from its original spot, only to appear behind the First Hokage in an instant.
"The now possesses the Chakra you had in life!"
Her voice accompanied a fist that slamd fiercely into the First Hokage's back, sending him flying again, his shattered body scattering paper scraps.
The First Hokage was astonished by Aka's drastic increase in power but knew there was no room for distraction now. He ford hand seals, preparing to defend against the enemy's follow-up attack.
But Aka's follow-up attack was faster than he imagined. Before he even landed, Aka had already caught up, stomping him deep into the earth, with the surrounding hundreds of ters of ground cracking and shattering along with the impact.
"Earth Release: Fang Forest!"
Bam, bam, bam...
Dense spikes broke through the surface, impaling the First Hokage like a sieve and lifting him up.
Watching the paper scraps still gathering towards his broken body, Aka threw a punch at the First Hokage's head, further destroying his form.
"This should allow for sealing!"
Aka roughly calculated the Impure World Reincarnation's recovery speed, ford hand seals, and began to perform a sealing technique.
Whoosh!
A shrill whistling sound approached. Aka's expression changed; she imdiately abandoned the sealing technique and kicked off the ground, leaping back.
Bam…
A red figure arrived in an instant, like a red light, crashing through all the stone spikes and rescuing the First Hokage's remains.
Due to the extre speed, despite the hundred-ter area of stone spikes being broken from left to right, it only produced a single sound, as if all the spikes were broken simultaneously.
"Who is it?"
Aka steadied herself in the distance, her expression grave as she looked towards the culprit... About a hundred ters away, a man in a green bodysuit, with a bowl haircut and thick eyebrows, carefully set down the First Hokage's body.
His body surface burned with crimson steam.
This wasn't a taphor but a description.
Opening the final gate of the Eight Gates, the Gate of Death, Chakra erupted, vaporizing his blood to form this aura. Regardless of the outco of this battle, he would not survive.
This was a forbidden technique that traded one's remaining life for montary power.
But since it was power traded for one's remaining life, it was naturally unprecedentedly powerful, dozens of tis stronger than the Five Kage.
Recognizing the newcor, Aka paused briefly, then asked with confusion, "I rember you. You're Might Duy."
"To be rembered by soone of your stature is a great honor."
"Anyone Master holds in high regard, I naturally wouldn't forget." With that, Aka frowned. "I recall you're a Genin, right? You didn't have to participate in this war. Why co here to die?"
"Because my loved ones and friends are here!" Might Duy's eyes were calm, a stark contrast to the hot-blooded enthusiasm he showed before. It was unclear if this was because he knew death was certain and had accepted it, or if this was his original personality.
He looked at the now fully recovered First Hokage and said, "First Hokage-sama, please forgive for violating village rules by coming to the battlefield, but I have reasons I couldn't ignore."
"Now is not the ti for that. You've used this technique..."
"It's alright. I am also a Konoha's Shinobi. Even as a Genin, I have the resolve to give everything for the village!"
"…"
The First Hokage opened his mouth. The words he originally wanted to say, urging Duy to release the technique to see if he could still be saved, transford into encouragent. "Good, then let's fight together!"
"To think I would be fighting alongside the First Hokage-sama in the end. In the future, Guy will have sothing to be proud of his father for, right?"
Thinking of Guy, who was growing up and starting to care about others' opinions, Duy grinned, his sparkling white teeth nearly blinding the First Hokage.
And in that instant, Aka suddenly appeared between the two, both hands transforming into hand blades, striking towards each of them. Her cold words reached them simultaneously.
"You talk too much!"
'So fast!'
Both were startled internally. They tilted their bodies simultaneously to dodge the hand blades. But before they could counterattack, they saw Aka jump up, her legs spreading wide, kicking both their chests and sending them flying.
Duy slid across the ground for about a dozen ters before barely stopping, then groaned, spitting out blood.
The First Hokage on the other side was worse off; a large hole had been kicked in his chest.
In terms of physical durability, Duy was clearly superior.
Aka looked at the two, her gaze cold. "Just the Eight Gates, and you dare to chatter in front of , not taking seriously."
"It seems even opening the Eighth Gate doesn't guarantee victory!" Duy wiped the blood from his mouth and imdiately stopped wasting words, charging fiercely at Aka.
His speed was astonishing. If not for the slightly delayed dust dragon rising in his wake, one might think he was teleporting.
But this speed did not exceed Aka's neurological reaction speed... Although she couldn't see it completely clearly, being able to react was enough.
Bam!
Accompanied by an elbow strike, Duy flew back faster than he had arrived.
Aka walked slowly towards him, saying as she went, "If you cannot engage with the invisible, it rely ans you are second-rate!"
"Don't even think about it!"
The First Hokage reacted. Clapping his hands together, he used Hotei Technique!
Countless wooden vines and giant hands burst from the ground, blocking Aka's advance.
But Aka was completely unaffected.
The difference between the First Hokage in life and the Impure World Reincarnation First Hokage might only be about thirty percent in strength. But that doesn't an the gap between pre-evolution Aka and post-evolution Aka is only thirty percent.
Various Kekkei Genkai and talents... Supported by this Chakra quantity surpassing the Nine-Tails, the power they could unleash wasn't simple addition but geotric multiplication.
Aka had surpassed the First Hokage in his pri.
And moreover...
"The so-called Eight Gates is rely a technique to unlock the body's latent potential. If one's inherent potential is insufficient, what can opening the gates achieve?" Aka casually swatted away the obstructing vines, calmly stating, "Although it can erupt with such power, it is limited to that. You are, as Master said, soone with limited talent and potential!"
"Even so, I must defeat you!"
Flas burned in Duy's eyes. Ignoring his injuries, he charged forward. The air pressure from his charge alone snapped the vines ant to protect him.
Aka showed no fear. Her arms tallized as she t him head-on.
Bam, bam, bam…
Two figures clashed insanely, generating layers of shockwaves that made the earth tremble incessantly.
The First Hokage assisted from the side with Wood Release.
But the vines that grew couldn't even get close before being destroyed by the aftershocks of the two's battle.
After a couple of attempts, the First Hokage understood deeply that unless it was the Wood Dragon or Wood Human, he simply couldn't intervene in a battle of this level.
But the Wood Dragon and Wood Golem were too large. Once deployed, there was a high chance of friendly fire.
His Taijutsu might not match Duy with the Eighth Gate open, but it was still superhumanly excellent, and he could provide significant assistance in combat.
Bam, bam, bam…
Shockwaves rolled, the ground cracked and crumbled.
One against two, and facing opponents resolved to die, Aka's fight wasn't as easy as her words suggested.
She was being suppressed.
The commotion from the trio's battle also drew the attention of Ryuji and the Second Hokage on the other side.
A smile appeared on the Second Hokage's face. "It seems we're winning this ti!"
Ryuji withdrew his gaze from Aka's direction and chuckled lightly. "Really?"
The Second Hokage's heart skipped a beat, but he maintained a relaxed expression. "Isn't it obvious at a glance?"
"Do you really think you can stop ?" Ryuji asked.
The Second Hokage's face darkened.
Indeed, with Flying Thunder God Technique, he could maintain invincibility for a certain period.
But that was only avoiding defeat; he couldn't possibly stop the other.
He initially thought Ryuji hadn't realized it yet, hence why he hadn't abandoned him, an unimportant opponent, to go gang up on his elder brother.
But now, it seed that wasn't the case.
"I'm waiting for the Allied Forces' complete rout!"
Ryuji's words jolted the Second Hokage awake.
He looked up to see Ryuji continuing nonchalantly, "Of course, I'm not waiting for victory. Only when the Allied Forces are completely routed is it possible for that guy to co out."
"That guy?"
The Second Hokage looked at Ryuji in confusion, only to see him smile indifferently. "I don't mind continuing this chat. Calculating the ti, the Allied Forces should be nearing a complete rout by now!"
After speaking, as if rembering sothing, he added, "Oh, right. You and Minato teleported the four Golden Figures below towards the Four Great Shinobi Villages. With you dilly-dallying like this, is that really okay?"
"Soone has already gone to deal with the Golden Figures; no need for your concern!" The Second Hokage's expression was as dark as water.
Because he couldn't figure out what Ryuji was thinking.
Clearly, his ally was being suppressed, yet he didn't go to help. Instead, he was here chatting with him, even reminding him about their ho villages being targeted.
Although Shikaku had already taken the Sky Castles to intercept the Golden Figures before they got far, the opponent's behavior was truly baffling, giving him an ominous premonition.
However,
Though he sensed sothing was off, he was powerless to stop it.
He could only pin his hopes on his elder brother and the suddenly appearing powerhouse defeating Aka before the Allied Forces completely routed, then going to provide support.
Only in this way could they win.
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