Chapter 138: Mutual Harm
Obito flexed his newly regenerated right arm and left the Kamui dimension, returning to physical form. His face was filled with murderous intent as he glared at Yasushi and the others.
"You've made me furious!"
He roared and lunged forward, charging straight toward Uchiha Sachi, who was protected behind the others.
"Stop right there!"
Yashiro and the others rushed forward with raised blades to intercept him, slashing down. But Obito didn't even need to dodge—the sharp blades passed right through his body without resistance.
Without the Parasitic Destruction Insects restricting him, his Kamui dimension was freely usable again.
Without a word, Yasushi yanked the bloody branch from his body and tossed it to the ground. He immediately turned, holding Sachi in his arms, and leaped outside the tower.
"Think you can escape? Dream on! Today, the grudge between us must be thoroughly settled!" Obito shouted and immediately gave chase.
One fleeing, one pursuing—they quickly left the tower behind, then departed the Rain Village entirely, escaping the detection range of the Rain Tiger at Will Technique.
Both knew perfectly well that within Nagato's sight, neither could truly kill the other. Only by leaving Nagato's line of sight could they possibly determine life and death between them.
Today, only one of them could walk away alive!
The two charged headlong forward until they entered distant mountain depths. Only then did Yasushi slowly stop, facing Obito who pursued from behind.
Sachi buried his head against Yasushi's chest, trembling all over. Clearly he'd never witnessed such brutal combat between shinobi and was somewhat frightened.
Yasushi held Sachi in his arms, gently patting his back and softly reassuring him, "Don't worry. It'll be over soon."
Facing Obito charging close, Yasushi smiled faintly and activated Susanoo.
The towering energy giant rose from the ground, completely protecting Yasushi and Sachi's bodies in all directions without any opening.
"Obito, see this?"
"As long as this Susanoo stands, you can't harm me at all!"
"Hmph!" Obito snorted coldly, dismissively. "Susanoo may be strong, but it's not invincible."
He clapped his palms together and shouted, "Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
Thunder-like rumbling came from deep in the earth. Dozens of roots thick as giant pythons burst through the soil, growing into towering trees in mere moments. Atop the canopy, enormous demonic flowers bloomed, spraying vast quantities of pollen outward.
"Hehe, it's just Wood Release. You can use it, but you think I can't?" Yasushi sneered coldly, also clapping his hands together. Whatever you want, here it comes.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
The ground beneath his feet also began heaving unnaturally, as if countless massive things writhed underground.
Two different types of Wood Release chakra clashed violently underground. The entire mountain range immediately began boiling.
The earth rumbled thunderously, like a dragon turning over beneath the surface.
Seismic waves tore countless fissures across the ground. Animals dwelling in the mountains fled frantically into the distance. Those too slow were directly thrown into the air by the rising ground.
Towering trees burst through the earth one after another, crushing the mountain's original vegetation to fragments before growing rampantly toward the opposite side.
Once colliding with opposing trees, the two immediately became entangled together, intertwining and absorbing from each other, both desperately trying to consume the other's nutrients and convert them into their own growth resources.
The trees battled back and forth. Sometimes this side overwhelmed that side, sometimes the other side uprooted this one entirely. A constant flux with no clear victor.
However, as time passed, Yasushi's trees clearly gained the upper hand, pushing the battle line toward Obito's side.
But Obito didn't care at all. He just stood there with crossed arms, fingers leisurely tapping his elbow as if waiting for something.
After a while longer, Obito suddenly sneered coldly.
"Hehe, don't think just because your trees are highly aggressive that you've won."
"No one understands Susanoo's defensive weaknesses better than me!"
"Susanoo can't defend against intangible attacks—for example... poison pollen!"
"You probably didn't notice, but my trees are covered with flowering buds."
Obito reached out to catch a falling petal, gently blowing on it. The petal immediately disintegrated into countless tiny particles, scattering in all directions with the wind.
"The spores inside these flowers are all poisonous pollen. Even if Madara inhaled them, he'd definitely collapse from poisoning."
"Now the spores have permeated the entire battlefield. Let's see if you can escape this time."
"Hahaha..." Obito spread his arms and laughed loudly, his face full of smug satisfaction.
"Hmph!" Seeing Obito's supremely confident expression, Yasushi couldn't help but laugh too, mocking him. "Obito, you really are the dead last. Have you forgotten even basic intelligence?"
"My Mangekyo ability is healing!"
"Even Aburame Torune's Parasitic Destruction Insects couldn't kill me. What makes you think your pollen spores can affect me?"
"Hehe..." Obito didn't get angry after hearing this. Instead, he laughed coldly, his expression becoming sinister. "Who said I prepared this poison pollen for you?"
"I prepared this poison pollen specifically for your brother!"
Yasushi looked down and indeed saw Sachi's body trembling even more violently. He hastily placed his hand on Sachi's body, mobilizing Yang Release to purge the poison.
"Hahaha..." Now it was Obito's turn to laugh maniacally. "Yasushi! Didn't you say earlier that no one could harm your brother in your presence?"
"May I ask how you're feeling right now?"
"Why don't you share with me—what does it feel like to watch someone you care about get hurt right in front of you?"
"Huh?"
"Say something!"
"What, gone mute?"
"You could talk plenty when using Kakashi to provoke me!"
"Why so quiet now?"
Yasushi kept his face rigidly tense, lips pressed tightly shut, not saying a word. He just lowered his head, continuing to treat Sachi.
"Hahaha..." Obito continued mocking Yasushi. "Yasushi, your Yang Release can indeed keep him from dying, but it can't eliminate the physical pain he's suffering!"
"Enduring the agony of poison pollen corroding his body on one hand, while tolerating the itching from rapidly regenerating cells on the other—that sensation, tsk tsk..."
"Hmph!" Seeing Obito's twisted expression of satisfaction, Yasushi snorted coldly, face stern. "Mere physical pain—what does it matter?"
"Which shinobi hasn't walked this path step by step?"
"My Sachi will become a legendary figure in the shinobi world someday. He can't be compared to a fragile dead last like you!"
"You suffered a little shock and went completely insane."
"You went crazy over a woman and killed your own teacher, then destroyed the family that raised you. What kind of animal behavior is that!"
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