With a Body Flicker Jutsu, he immediately charged in front of Torifu! He grabbed Torifu in a tight embrace and leaped high into the air! Then, he slammed down heavily onto the ground!
For a moment, lightning spread everywhere, making the entire office as black as charcoal! The surrounding walls were also completely cracked. The spot where the Raikage landed had directly collapsed and shattered, and the Raikage fell into the floor below.
At this moment, he didn't show a smile; instead, he was very alert, observing his surroundings. The moment he landed, he felt that the thing he had been holding had suddenly disappeared. Only he had fallen to the floor below.
"Come out now! I know you're not dead. Stop pretending!" A puff of white cloud gathered not far from the Raikage, then turned into Torifu's puppet.
"I wasn't pretending; I was just looking for a good angle to ambush you."
The Raikage scoffed. "You're very honest! But unfortunately, I won't spare you!" He spread his arms and grabbed Torifu's body! Just as he was about to jump, the Torifu in his hands turned into a scattered cloud of mist.
"Damn it! That trick again! Are all you Konoha ninja like slippery eels!"
Just then! A small crystal snake suddenly appeared behind the Raikage! Its crystalline body was incredibly exquisite, and it flicked its tongue from time to time. Under Torifu's control, it slowly approached the Raikage and crawled onto his body. Its movements didn't cause the Raikage any discomfort.
It was only when it crawled onto the Raikage's arm that the Raikage noticed it. But it was already too late. The crystal snake opened its mouth, and its sharp fangs pierced through the Raikage's skin, which was as tough as iron! It injected all the crystalline poison stored in its poison sac! In an instant, the Raikage's arm began to crystallize rapidly. In just a moment, it had already become rigid!
When the Raikage reacted, he first crushed the crystal snake with his hand, then he manipulated the lightning from his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to invade the wound and neutralize the poison. This process must have been extremely painful, but for a tough man like the Raikage, it was just a minor inconvenience.
However, Torifu would not let him heal. The Raikage was different from Kinkaku and Ginkaku; his physical strength was on par with a Tailed Beast, and his strongest Ninjutsu, the One-Fingered Nukite, was also terrifying. But his greatest strength was his speed. Torifu being grabbed twice by the Raikage wasn't intentional; he genuinely couldn't dodge him. The Raikage's speed was simply too fast, and he was in front of Torifu in a flash. Fortunately, Torifu could turn his body into a cloud, or else he would have been in trouble.
In the few seconds that the Raikage was healing from the crystalline poison, Torifu swiftly bombarded him with various Ninjutsu! Cloud Release, Crystal Release, and Ice Release came one after another, making the Raikage feel that this was almost abnormal. This one person actually possessed three Kekkei Genkai at the same time! Konoha had such a genius! Although the Raikage's fully activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode allowed him to evade most of the Ninjutsu, some of them still hit his body. The injuries were not serious, but they could still reduce his strength. Now was not the time to use Senjutsu. The plan was to first exhaust the Raikage's stamina and chakra, and then use Senjutsu to behead him in one fell swoop.
At that moment, the crystallization on the Raikage's arm had disappeared, which meant he had removed the crystalline poison! Torifu saw this and immediately used the Crane Humming Scattered Flower Jutsu and turned into three cloud cranes to fly away. The next second, the Raikage's heavy blow landed on the spot where Torifu had just been. This speed was truly frightening to Torifu.
The three cloud cranes merged in mid-air, and Torifu reappeared. He then clapped his hands together! He extended his hands towards the Raikage! Countless tiny, imperceptible crystalline fragments formed in the air. Like a cloud of dust, they enveloped the Raikage. These crystalline fragments were all-pervasive, carried into his lungs with every breath.
Two seconds later, Torifu clenched his hands, and the tiny particles the Raikage had inhaled into his lungs began to grow, turning into crystalline needles as thin as hair! They repeatedly pierced the Raikage's lungs! This kind of pain was something no one could endure. Even the Raikage couldn't help but scream out at this moment! Blood flowed from his nostrils and mouth! He looked incredibly wretched!
"You... you... have so many... underhanded tricks!"
Seeing the Raikage's appearance, Torifu smiled. "Thank you for the compliment. There is no distinction between 'light' and 'dark' in the path of a ninja. As long as I can kill you and complete the mission, that's all that matters."
The Raikage looked at Torifu in the sky and smirked. "You think these little tricks can kill me! I am the greatest Raikage in the heavens and the earth!" "AHHHH!!!!"
With a roar from the Raikage! The lightning on his body spread like an ocean! In an instant, the entire building was reduced to ashes! The loud noise awakened the entire village of Kumogakure! The remaining ninja in the village rushed out to check what was happening! They saw their Raikage fighting a white-haired boy amidst a field of blue lightning! They immediately put on their gear and went to help!
At this moment, the Raikage was incredibly furious! He slapped his chest with his hand! The crystal needles in his body were all shattered into powder and could no longer have any effect. And the crystalline dust from before had already been buried with the ashes of the collapsed building.
A wisp of cloud passed by the Raikage, and Torifu was still completely unharmed. "I have to say, your resolve is truly high. This building could be considered a historical landmark, and yet you've destroyed it so easily."
Just as Torifu was speaking, a large group of ninja came running from a distance. There seemed to be a few hundred, or maybe a thousand or so, but not that many. They were all shouting that they would teach Torifu a lesson and rushed toward him. But they seemed to not notice the Raikage waving his hand, signaling for them not to come over.
Torifu took a quick glance, then with a wave of his hand! Countless tiny crystalline seeds were thrown from his ring! Then, they grew into crystal snake vines in mid-air! They swarmed like a torrential downpour, attacking the last group of ninja in Kumogakure. The crystal snakes coiled around the ninjas' bodies, then bit them once, and after releasing their poison, they disintegrated!
For a moment, wails of agony were heard nonstop. The bodies of the bitten ninjas rapidly crystallized, and in just half a minute, their entire bodies turned into transparent crystals!
"NO!!!" The Raikage's eyes were bloodshot, and he howled in pain! The last thousand ninja turned into crystals right before his eyes! Kumogakure was truly finished.
"On the battlefield! Was that also you?!" With such a swift killing method, the Third Raikage was certain that this ninja was present on the battlefield.
Torifu didn't hide it. After all, he was here to take his life, so it was only right to let him die knowing the truth. "That's right, it was me. But I only killed nine thousand people and Kinkaku and Ginkaku."
"Nine thousand people! Kinkaku and Ginkaku! 'Only'!"
Torifu waved his hand. "Stop pretending. We're all ninjas. If you had succeeded in conquering Konoha, I'm sure you would have had a lot more fun killing."