Chapter 142: Earth and Lightning 9
"I really want to see you become the Raikage, A."
The battle underground seemed endless. In the darkness, the passage of time was imperceptible. The Third Raikage had accumulated countless scars on his body, yet none were fatal.
No one could tell anymore whether this was torment or defiance.
Over 600 Iwagakure shinobi died from indiscriminate AoE attacks. This was the greatest achievement the Third Raikage could manage. The remaining chakra in his body told him his time was running out.
"You two brats."
Glancing at them, the Raikage ignored Kakashi, who was shimmering with purple Lightning Release, and grabbed Uchiha Shisui, who had activated his Susanoo, using him as a shield to charge upward.
"Reinforce the formation!!! The Raikage is charging upwards!!!"
The commander shouted loudly. All the ninja hidden underground further strengthened the binding capabilities of the Materialization Jutsu, but no one could have imagined that this time the Raikage would use his enemy as a shield for his charge.
Possessing Susanoo, but with speed and strength unable to keep up with the Raikage, Shisui was indeed the best shield. Even if Iwagakure didn't care about injuring Shisui, they couldn't break through Susanoo.
At this moment, the Uchiha youth even considered dispelling his ninjutsu, which would leave the Third Raikage with no recourse, but he himself would also die under Iwagakure's ninjutsu.
To die like that would be too meaningless.
Not afraid of death, Shisui simply didn't want to die so pointlessly. He still had many things to do, so he increased his chakra output, blocking more attacks for the Third Raikage. The moment he burst out onto the surface, he crushed the teleportation tag Kakashi had given him.
He immediately appeared in a cave several hundred meters away.
The instant Shisui vanished, the Third Raikage hesitated, taking seven or eight hits from various ninjutsu. His body became several times heavier; it seemed someone had used the Added-Weight Rock Technique on him during this opportunity.
He clenched his left fist, squeezing a rock, and it burst with crackling sounds. The sensation of breathing fresh, dust-free air was wonderful, easing the Raikage slightly.
He couldn't let these guys set up more traps around him.
He had to admit that even someone as strong as him would be trapped and killed in a trap of this magnitude. If it happened again, there wouldn't be that Uchiha kid to act as a shield.
He had to leave something for Iwagakure.
[Earth Release: Great Mud River]
[Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld (Combined)]
[Earth Release: Earth Prison Jutsu]
These Iwagakure shinobi didn't just stand by. Although surprised that the Third Raikage could actually break free from the Materialization Jutsu, their well-trained minds wouldn't let them wait for death. If the Third Raikage could be trapped once, he could be trapped twice.
And the second time would surely…
"Snap!"
A certain Iwagakure commander, thinking this, suddenly found the world spinning, and he himself was flying. As he spun, he saw a headless corpse.
"Isn't that my body?"
Such tragedies continuously unfolded. Decapitating Iwagakure shinobi was not much harder than cutting a block of tofu for the Third Raikage.
Those binding ninjutsu couldn't keep up with his speed. As long as he was back on land, the Third Raikage believed he was invincible.
Even the rumored fastest Fourth Hokage couldn't defeat him in this place.
Still possessing such powerful killing efficiency with one hand, Kakashi jumped out of the hole the Raikage burst from and stood on a tree to observe.
How many Iwagakure shinobi would have to die to exhaust the Raikage's chakra?
He wasn't sure, but his own chakra was indeed running low.
He only had one scroll of Ryūmyaku energy reserve left. Kakashi didn't want to waste it here; it would surely be needed in a more important place later.
"Don't underestimate this old man!!"
Ohnoki was heartbroken. These Iwagakure shinobi were not just people from his village, but its elites and pillars. Every death was an irreparable loss.
Seizing the moment, the Raikage dashed in front of Ohnoki, raising his left fist.
"Earth Release: Fist Rock Jutsu!"
Transforming his right hand into a hard rock fist, and increasing its hardness and weight, Ohnoki swung a powerful blow to meet the Raikage's punch.
What's the result of a mage with no strength playing close combat?
Fist Rock was shattered in less than a second. The Third Raikage's left fist fiercely struck Ohnoki's waist, sending him flying with a grotesque arc.
Stopping in mid-air, the Third Tsuchikage didn't suffer secondary impact damage, but everything below his waist was still completely numb; several bones must have broken.
The short old man, instead, had his fighting spirit ignited.
"Raikage!!!!!!"
[Dust Release: Limitless Detachment Jutsu!]
This was an upgraded version of Dust Release: Particle Style Jutsu. Not only were its range and power increased, but it also had a continuous effect: any object approaching Limitless Detachment Jutsu would atomize.
"You have to hit him!"
Even Kakashi couldn't help but shout from the tree.
Watching was much more interesting than fighting himself. Kakashi felt some regret; why didn't he let the Third Raikage out earlier? The Raikage hadn't fled after coming out, still fighting to the death.
This was much simpler than him and Shisui fighting in the underground tunnel.
Next, he just needed to seize the opportunity.
[Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Jutsu]
Kakashi continuously shot several Uchiha-style Fire Release jutsus at the sky, waiting for lightning to appear. From afar, he planned to simulate Sasuke's Kirin and the Thunder Valley's Thunder Orb to restrict the Raikage's movements for an instant.
Ohnoki, currently engaged with the Raikage, could no longer pay attention to this "external aid" from Amegakure.
The fast-moving Raikage was always just slightly faster than his Dust Release, only a tiny bit short of being hit.
But that slight difference seemed like the distance between heaven and earth.
"Old man Ohnoki, how many more Dust Releases can you unleash? How much longer can you sustain yourself in the sky?"
Indeed, his movement speed in the sky couldn't match the Raikage's movement speed on the ground. The Raikage's death-defying fighting style was to wait for the Tsuchikage's chakra to run out, to seize the opportunity for a final, mutual kill.
"My chakra is plentiful. But you, Raikage, how much longer can you last with one arm?"
"Until you die."
The thunderclouds were almost fully formed. Kakashi ceased his idle observation and rapidly approached the two Kage locked in combat.
[Lightning Release: Thunder Orb]
The degraded version of Heavenly Judgment, descending from the sky, drew the Raikage's attention back to Kakashi.
"This ninjutsu…"
No one knew the true nature of this "Thunder Orb" better than the Raikage.
Dodging was impossible.
"Boom!"
Just as the Raikage was about to tear open this powerful ninjutsu head-on with his left hand, Kirin, hidden behind the Thunder Orb, bit onto the Raikage's entire body.
[Dust Release: Particle Style Jutsu]
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