Chapter 466: Hard against Hard
"Hiss..."
The familiar taste of slightly salty blood lingered in his mouth. Sasuke swallowed the blood with difficulty and woke up quietly.
His head was splitting with pain, and bursts of stinging pain came from his eye sockets, as if someone was stabbing needles into his eyes, making the pain unbearable.
"Argh...!"
The boy let out a few muffled roars from his throat, gasping heavily, and opened his eyes with difficulty.
The fresh blood swallowed into his stomach was like a clear spring, soothing the heat and stinging pain all over his body. Sasuke sucked greedily, biting harder on the girl's fair, fragrant, and soft wrist, swallowing this delicious panacea amidst the girl's suppressed cries of pain.
Gradually, the emptiness and pain of his mind and body eased.
"Sasuke, you're awake!"
A relieved but complex female voice came from beside him.
"What... is going on?" Sasuke pushed away Karin's wrist, wiped the residual blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse and tired.
Sasuke looked around. A small concave surface composed of rubble and broken walls served as a temporary shelter, and he was lying on the uneven ground of the shelter; huge roaring sounds came continuously from above, and the ground trembled intermittently with the loud noises, becoming more uneven.
Who is fighting? Sasuke searched his memory, recalling what happened before—
Yes, his Susanoo was smashed by Haruno Sakura's Majestic Attire God Warrior with one punch...
That punch, that overwhelming majestic momentum, that mountain-moving force, seemed to have been imprinted in Sasuke's heart, never to be forgotten.
If not for being stopped by Madara Uchiha, I'm afraid he would have become a meaningless mass of flesh and blood paste!
Or as Madara said, she would show mercy at the last moment...?
Then he had no impression of what happened next...
Did I faint?
Sasuke propped himself up with difficulty, stood up unsteadily, and looked out of the cave with doubtful eyes, also looking at the red-haired girl Karin.
"Who is fighting?" He rubbed his eyes, panting slightly, and said weakly, "How long have I been unconscious?"
"It's Haruno Sakura and Madara Uchiha..." Karin looked nervously at Sasuke and answered.
"You were only unconscious for a short while. Their battle just started not long ago..."
Sasuke stood still, trying to calm his breathing, closing his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Let's go out and take a look." After a long while, he said.
The warm blood in his stomach radiated warmth, and the powerful vitality from the Uzumaki clan quickly restored Sasuke's deficit body. After standing for such a short while, Sasuke's physical strength and spirit gradually recovered.
However, Karin looked extremely tired.
Because the unconscious Sasuke couldn't bite the skin to absorb vitality autonomously, she could only cut the blood vessels on her arm to feed Sasuke. Unlike the former, the latter's effect was more significant, but the burden on Karin was also greater.
Standing on the edge of the battlefield where two giants fought hand-to-hand, the red-haired girl was already unsteady on her feet, actually shaking in a trance.
Sasuke glanced at Karin, his eyes indifferent, and walked out first.
Before seeing the figures of the Majestic Attire God Warrior and the Wood Golem, continuous rumbling sounds came from the sky, as if thundering, the whole sky vibrated; then the earth shook violently, the solid soil actually trembled like water waves, and an earth-shattering loud noise "Boom" came abruptly from not far away.
Sasuke and Karin were both startled and walked out quickly, just in time to see the scene where the Majestic Attire Wood Golem was smashed fiercely to the ground by the Giant God Warrior.
"Madara Uchiha... was beaten down?"
Karin hid behind the ruins, shrinking her head to look over, widening her eyes in disbelief.
"No... Madara is unharmed." Sasuke opened the three-tomoe Sharingan at some point, staring at the battlefield and said coldly, "This level of attack can't do anything to him yet."
His facial expression was plain, looking calm like an ancient well.
But huge waves also surged in his heart: although Madara didn't look injured at all, it was undeniable that his ninjutsu fell into a disadvantage in the clash, slightly inferior.
Madara Uchiha... is he seemingly so weak because he lost most of his power?
Or is Haruno Sakura too strong?
The black-haired boy looked at Haruno Sakura with complicated eyes, his mood chaotic.
That mysterious girl...
Sasuke couldn't see through her at all. Whether it was her jutsu or her person.
How did she obtain such powerful strength? Is she really Haruno Sakura?
Is the power of the Sharingan really not worth mentioning in her view?
If on the road to revenge, there is a character standing strongly in front of him, obstructing his progress, whom he can't do anything about no matter how hard he tries, how he exhausts everything to attack with gnashed teeth, what should he do?
Sasuke felt the powerlessness and frustration in front of that girl, thinking painfully in his heart.
Karin's exclamation interrupted his thoughts: "So fast!"
Sasuke was stunned, looked up, and saw Madara had disappeared from the spot, appearing instantly behind Haruno Sakura, reaching out to grab the girl's shoulder.
"Kamui? So fast!"
Sasuke's heart jumped fiercely. Madara's Space-Time Ninjutsu was really unpredictable and extraordinarily fast. Even as an outsider, it was dazzling to watch!
But Haruno Sakura's response was also incredibly fast—as if she knew the masked man would attack like this long ago!
In Sasuke's perspective, the movements of the two seemed to happen simultaneously:
The masked man emerged from the space-time ripples behind Haruno Sakura, reaching out to grab Sakura;
Haruno Sakura formed seals with her hands, using the ice giant under her feet as a medium, disappeared abruptly from the spot, and emerged from the other side of the Giant God Warrior!
Swish swish!
In a flash like lightning, the masked man's hand landed on empty space.
The power of Kamui did not touch the girl, only venting onto the Giant God Warrior, tearing off a large piece of "flesh and blood" from its shoulder, exposing the crystal clear ice skeleton.
Karin watching aside had completely forgotten to make a sound.
These two swift exchanges were so fast that they suffocated her!
Sasuke frowned tightly and opened the Mangekyo with a swish. The dynamic vision of the three-tomoe could no longer keep up with the rhythm of the battle between the two!
"She seems to have some understanding of Madara's ninjutsu..." The boy said coldly.
"You seem to have some understanding of my ninjutsu..." Obito, who missed a hit, also said coldly.
After abandoning the head-on fighting style he wasn't good at, Obito thought Kamui would succeed in one blow. Unexpectedly, Haruno Sakura seemed to have completely seen through his attack method!
The normal response should be failing to react or reaching out to parry—and then being sucked into the different dimension by him, killed in one move!
What is going on...?
Haruno Sakura sneered and didn't answer.
Sakura certainly wouldn't tell him that when she traveled back to the night of the massacre last year, she had a fight with the masked man of that time and space.
At that time, everyone didn't want to make too much noise, so they only exchanged a few moves with some small tricks.
The masked man's weird Sharingan secret technique left a deep impression on her.
Intangibility, space-time travel, and the ability to suck touched objects into a different dimension... making it impossible to guard against.
At that time, facing the masked man suppressing his combat power, she struggled a bit and almost fell for it.
However, a year later, fighting with this person again, Haruno Sakura was enough to contend with him just with a clone—even when he abandoned his advantage and confronted Haruno Sakura head-on, she could still suppress him steadily!
Of course, with the main body hiding in the dark providing Yin Seal and Senjutsu Chakra support, apart from having slightly less agile taijutsu due to lack of exercise, the clone's strength was not much different from the main body...
"Maybe your intelligence was leaked... who knows?" A faint smile hung on the girl's face, saying lightly.
"Being able to dodge this move of mine, your speed is indeed very fast..." Obito snorted coldly, his eyes indifferent, saying expressionlessly, "However, dodging once doesn't mean you can dodge every time!"
"You... are already a dead person."
To dodge such a fast attack, one must maintain high vigilance at all times. No one can sustain this state...! So, she would be hit by Kamui sooner or later.
There is nothing more painful and fatal than being targeted by a ninja proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu.
This was also the reason why Minato Namikaze was considered to affect the balance of war back then.
Especially Obito's type, where it's hard for others to attack him, but his moves are hard for others to defend against!
This is the real terrifying aspect of a behind-the-scenes BOSS...
Obito looked at Haruno Sakura with eyes as if looking at a dead person, his imposing manner overflowing gloomily.
Cold killing intent spread from Obito, quietly permeating the air.
However... facing Obito's threat, Haruno Sakura's expression remained unchanged, a pair of bewitching crimson eyes narrowed slightly.
"Too much nonsense..." She retracted the smile on her face, half-closed her eyelids, and said coldly.
"If you think I'm bound to die, you can... try attacking again!"
While speaking, the Majestic Attire God Warrior suddenly erupted without warning, clapping its hands towards Obito!
Obito's face remained unmoved, until the Giant God Warrior's palm was imminent, did he activate Kamui and disappear from the spot.
When appearing again, the masked man's figure was already in front of Haruno Sakura. The same move, still reaching for the girl's chest with one hand!
"Mangekyo Secret Technique: Kamui!"
At the same time, Haruno Sakura also completed her ninjutsu—
"Water Release: Water Gun Jutsu!"
Haruno Sakura's eyes were like glaciers that haven't melted for ages, cold and indifferent.
This time, she actually braved Obito's attack and boldly used an offensive ninjutsu, the silver-white water line slashing straight at the masked man!
You need to materialize your body every time you attack with Kamui, right...
Then, let's gamble... see if my Water Release can cut you in half before you suck me completely into the different dimension, how about it?
A life for a life, how about it!
Shoo—!
The Water Gun Jutsu shot from the girl's fingertip, carrying determined killing intent and the awe-inspiring momentum of mutual destruction, slashing down from Obito's head!
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