Chapter 111: Special Forces!
Nara Keisuke looked into the dust and mist, a dark color welling up in the depths of his pupils as the [Lacquer Eye] technique silently activated. Spiritual energy, invisible to the naked eye, was released from his eyes, spreading into the dust cloud ahead, and with incomparable precision, it sensed the number, position, and form of the enemies.
'One, two... eight. There are a total of eight ninja in the smoke.'
'There are also some other figures, overlapping with the body images of these eight ninja. They are most likely shadow clones.'
Using the cover of the dust and mist, the shadow beneath Keisuke surged. A transparent, formless shadow separated from his body and silently approached the enemy ahead.
[Shadow Invisibility Technique]!
"You call us Konoha ninja, so who might you all be?" Keisuke shouted loudly, drawing the attention of the ninja opposite him, while also making a hand signal to Hyūga Retsu at his side. "The Village Hidden by a Waterfall from the Land of Waterfalls? The Village Hidden in the Grass from the Land of Grass? Or perhaps... ninja from Iwagakure?"
Hyūga Retsu noticed Keisuke's hand signal and understood his meaning—watch out for an attack from underground. However...
While Keisuke was deliberately stalling for time, the enemy was also deliberately letting him talk, to buy time for themselves to activate a ninjutsu.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!"
Several Iwa ninja, using the cover of the smoke, infused their molded earth-nature chakra into the ground below. The earth, which had been covered in large broken rocks, suddenly erupted with a rumbling, noisy sound.
"Watch out below! Something's coming!"
Hyūga Retsu's warning was not slow, but by the time she finished speaking, the enemy's attack had already broken through the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
One after another, incomparably thick and ferocious earth spears shot out from the ground. With a mighty momentum, they attacked Keisuke and the other Konoha ninja. Faced with an earth-style attack of this level, Keisuke and Retsu naturally had ways to deal with it. Dodging to the side was undoubtedly the simplest and most effective strategy.
But while it was easy for them to dodge, the crippled and wounded soldiers in the rear did not have the agile speed to evade the attack of these ferocious earth spikes. They could only choose to face it head-on!
Nara Keisuke quickly took out a scroll from his ninja tool pouch, opened its cover, and unrolled it towards the ground below. On the pure white surface of the scroll, the bright character for "Lightning" (雷) was clearly reflected.
Although Keisuke himself did not possess the lightning chakra nature, who said he couldn't use Lightning Release? He had deliberately purchased quite a few Lightning Release ninjutsu scrolls from Lady Cat before, just in case. He hadn't expected to actually use one this time.
"Lightning Release: Ground Running!"
A bright, dazzling lightning was released from the scroll. The lightning-nature chakra spread across the ground and, as if meeting its natural enemy, easily intercepted the group of attacking earth spears. The "Lightning Release: Ground Running" was originally a mid-to-close range, ground-hugging restriction technique. At this moment, it was used by Keisuke as a perfect defensive move.
"Damn you, little brat!" A curse came from within the dust cloud. "To actually use such a precious Lightning Release scroll to counter Earth Release!"
At almost the same time, another round of new attacks was launched from within the dust.
"Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling!"
The essence of this jutsu was to dig out a huge rock from the earth and manipulate it to smash the enemy. The small mountain that had just collapsed had provided these attacking ninja with a large number of huge rocks. Using the "Earth Mausoleum Dumpling" at this time was even more chakra-efficient. In fact, the "Earth Flow Spears" and "Earth Mausoleum Dumpling" were originally meant to be used together as a ninjutsu combo. The attackers had originally planned to use the spears to force the Konoha ninja to change position, and then use the brief time difference to summon the "Dumpling" to attack them as they landed.
But they had not expected that the offensive of the "Earth Flow Spears" would be broken by a simple Lightning Release scroll... Fortunately, there was still the follow-up attack of the "Earth Mausoleum Dumpling."
A dense mass of huge rocks almost completely blotted out the sky, forming an inescapable giant net of stone. It rained down on Keisuke and the other Konoha ninja, seeming to want to crush them all beneath it. In terms of sheer momentum, the visual pressure of this cloud-blotting stone net was even greater than the earth spears from before!
Faced with this incomparably violent stone-throwing attack, Keisuke took a deep breath. Instead of retreating, he advanced, rushing directly into the air and raising his fist high.
[Monstrous Strength]!
The instantly molded chakra surged into the surface of his fist, and then, following the chakra point and the swing of his arm, it was released outwards. It transformed into an boundless, astonishing monstrous strength, and smashed into the dense mass of rocks.
BOOM!
Keisuke's fist and a giant rock collided fiercely, immediately erupting in a soul-shaking roar. At the point of impact, deep cracks, as if carved by a knife or axe, instantly bloomed. In a moment, they spread across the entire rock, and the complete boulder instantly shattered into small pieces of rubble.
Keisuke had no intention of stopping. Using the recoil force from his fist, his figure moved and shifted in mid-air, flickering between the giant rocks. With just the simplest punches and kicks, he unleashed an astonishing amount of power.
The sky full of giant rocks, under Keisuke's power alone, was shattered into a pile of fine rubble before it even hit the ground. Although these small stones still had considerable destructive power, they were simply incomparable to the giant boulders from before.
Seeing this violence-maxed-out scene, both the attacking ninja and the Konoha ninja were stunned into a state of shock. The attackers only felt that they had unluckily run into a monster. And the Konoha ninja also felt that a monster had appeared in their own ranks...
Whose general is this? Could it be that Lady Tsunade has deliberately turned into a boy and rushed to the front lines to support us?
The hearts of the Konoha ninja went from despair, to shock, and then to full-blown excitement.
The attacking ninja were considering whether to make a strategic retreat or continue the attack. But just at this moment, the attack that Keisuke had been preparing for a long time had already been launched!
The transparent doppelganger, maintaining the [Shadow Invisibility Technique], after an undisturbed hand seal process, aimed at the attackers who were still shrouded in dust and mist, and released a super high-level genjutsu.
[Bringer-of-Darkness Technique]!
An incomparably thick darkness gushed out from the body of the transparent doppelganger, enveloping the entire attacking ninja team. This group of attackers, before they could even react, were directly plunged into a truly sunless,漆 black abyss.
"Everyone! Attack that dark area with all your might!"
At Keisuke's command, Uchiha Shisui, Hyūga Retsu, Shizune, and some other Konoha ninja who still had the ability to attack, in unison and at top speed, released their attacks towards that dark area.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson!"
"Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
"Poison Needles!"
In addition, there was a dense mass of ninja tools, paper bombs, and so on.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A continuous series of explosions roared in the dark environment created by the [Bringer-of-Darkness Technique]. The attacking ninja within were instantly in dire straits, and in just a moment, an unknown number of them had been lost.
In Keisuke's [Lacquer Eye] perception, the large number of ninja opposite him had been instantly wiped out in this round of attacks. Just as he had predicted, the vast majority of these attackers were just shadow clones used to make up the numbers. The number of real ninja was only eight!
And among these eight, two had been killed on the spot in this round of attacks from the Konoha ninja. Another two were seriously injured and basically unable to fight anymore. The remaining ninja were also basically injured to varying degrees.
"Don't panic! Fall back!" The same rough male voice from before sounded again. "And then—Explosion Release: Landmine Fist!"
In Keisuke's vision, a tall ninja separated from the crowd. He took a few steps forward, completely ignoring the darkness that cut off his vision, and raised his fist, aimed at the ground, and smashed it down.
Rumble—
As if several thunderclaps had exploded on a clear day, a deafening roar erupted from within the darkness. In this ninja's fist attack, the entire earth seemed to have turned into a life-forbidden zone filled with landmines. A chain of incessant explosions unfolded before him, and the earth itself trembled slightly from this extremely strong explosive force.
The intense explosion waves even impacted the area in front of Keisuke and the other Konoha ninja. The panel at this moment finally popped up with a belated mission prompt.
[B-rank Ninja Combat Mission Detected!]
[B-rank Mission: Explosion Release Ninja]
[Mission Content: Defeat/Kill Iwagakure's Explosion Release Jonin]
[Mission Reward: B-rank Shinobi Secret Scroll]
Keisuke had no time to spare for the panel information. After that chain of explosions, the group of attacking ninja tacitly rushed forward.
Keisuke's brow furrowed slightly. The attackers' movement speed was too fast. If he let the [Bringer-of-Darkness Technique] continue to shroud the opponent, it was very likely that his own people would be included as well. Although the attacking ninja side was no longer at full strength, who asked his own side to be at a greater disadvantage?
"Continue the attack!"
While giving the order, Keisuke molded his own chakra. Receiving the command, the Konoha ninja continued to use their various means, throwing a new round of attacks towards the still-undissipated darkness. This time, the clearly prepared attackers did not fall for the trick as they had before. But even so, the two seriously injured ninja were directly killed in this round of attacks.
Finally, only four attacking ninja broke out of the range of the [Bringer-of-Darkness Technique].
What awaited them was Nara Keisuke's—
[Spiraling Shadow Piercing Bullet]!
(End of Chapter)
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