Watching Yoshikawa Iwa's mockery, Aokawa smiled slightly and suddenly said:
"The time... is just about right!"
"What do you mean?" Yoshikawa Iwa was stunned, a flicker of unease instinctively flashing through his heart.
But then his gaze steadied again: "If you're counting on Orochimaru to return and save you, then you've miscalculated."
"If he dares to return halfway, the great gift we've prepared for him will be put to use."
But facing his threat, Aokawa still wore that calm expression, confident and with a faint, knowing smile.
"Stop playing tricks! No matter what, today I will tear you into a thousand pieces and crush that unfazed pretty boy face of yours," Yoshikawa Iwa roared.
"I'll grant your wish!" Aokawa responded indifferently, that annoying calm expression appearing on his face once again.
"Bastard!" The Ninja Blade in Yoshikawa Iwa's hand slashed fiercely at Aokawa, his heart filled with rage.
Why?
Why, even at this point, did this guy still have that damn expression on his face?
From just now until now, he had always maintained that irritating look.
What exactly are you still relying on?
The murderous light in his eyes intensified, and his already frantic attacks became even faster.
He even abandoned all defense, opting for a full-scale assault.
Aokawa became even more passive under this madness, each block being a rushed response. If this continued, his defense would be wide open within a few rounds, which would be trouble.
The Konoha shinobi present watched with extreme anxiety.
Kurenai Yuhi's tears flowed even more freely.
If only she were more capable and her strength wasn't so poor, she could help him.
She wouldn't have to leave him alone at the front to face a powerful enemy.
On the field.
Under the frantic attacks of the five, the various passive responses finally culminated in a complete opening.
"Die for me!"
Yoshikawa Iwa raised his Ninja Blade high, lightning gathering on the edge as he slashed down fiercely toward Aokawa's neck.
Just when everyone thought it was all over, that figure who seemed unable to fight back showed no sign of panic; instead, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Release!"
In an instant!
Aokawa's Aura surged abruptly, and eyeshadow instantly appeared around his eyes, which were bulging with veins.
In a flash, the Sage Mode Chakra flooding into his body caused his speed and strength to increase significantly.
The Spirit Blade, which had been too late to block, suddenly accelerated, steadily parrying Yoshikawa Iwa's fierce strike.
Then, Aokawa turned the blade's edge, sweeping the Spirit Blade upward from below.
Under everyone's incredulous gazes.
A crescent-shaped blue-white blade beam flashed past, cold and blinding.
Yoshikawa Iwa felt his right shoulder lighten; the arm that had swung the blade maintained its downward momentum and rolled onto the ground along with the Ninja Blade.
He subconsciously turned his head to look at the abnormality in his body.
The next instant!
"Ah!!! My hand!" The delayed, excruciating pain caused him to let out a shrill scream.
Aokawa did not hesitate for a second, utilizing the terrifying strength boost provided by Sage Mode.
He turned and delivered a heavy kick, striking Yoshikawa Iwa's chest with immense power.
Bang!
With the muffled sound of bones shattering.
Yoshikawa Iwa was sent flying uncontrollably, like a stone launched from a catapult.
He crashed heavily into Nii Yugito, who was just about to pounce.
Nii Yugito was caught off guard, knocked to the ground by this sudden human cannonball.
"Be careful, it's Natural Energy!" Matatabi's voice echoed in her mind.
Startled, she hurriedly tried to get up and shake off the struggling Yoshikawa Iwa.
Aokawa's figure in the field suddenly vanished, flickering several times as he kicked the remaining three Cloud Ninja heavily toward Nii Yugito as well.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Nii Yugito, who had just stood up, was knocked down again by the flying Cloud Ninja.
For a moment, a scene of men piled upon men appeared on top of Nii Yugito.
She frantically shook off the several men on top of her.
But a silver metal cylinder had already spun and flown over her head.
"Swing the silver whip, strike the five-handed stone bed! Gokakuhō!"
Aokawa's low, cold voice rang in her ears.
"Buzz!"
In Nii Yugito's suddenly constricted pupils.
The metal cylinder suddenly burst with blinding white light, transforming into an elliptical barrier with a pentagram mark, completely imprisoning all five of them—one woman and four men.
"A Seal?" Kakashi gasped.
And it was a Seal he had never seen before.
Even his teacher had never used it.
Is this guy this strong?
He even knows Sealing Techniques?
However, a Seal of this level probably couldn't hold a Jinchuriki.
In the center of the Battlefield, Aokawa also understood that a Seal of this level would not hold Nii Yugito.
Blue light flashed from his feet as he leaped high into the air, perching directly above the barrier, upside down, looking down at the area below.
The form of the Spirit Blade in his hand changed again, extending and curving into a Spirit Bow burning with blazing red flames.
His left hand gripped the air as a massive amount of Sage Mode Chakra converged frantically, forming an energy arrow that was entirely crimson and surrounded by white runes.
He then pulled the bowstring to its limit, aiming dead at the Gokakuhō barrier below.
Before the arrow tip even left the string, the destructive high temperature it emitted began to distort the surrounding air... "You think a barrier like this can trap me?!"
Inside the Gokakuhō barrier, Nii Yugito let out an angry roar, shaking off the men on top of her.
Eerie blue Chakra erupted from her body, showing no regard for the repeated screams of the four men around her as they were burned.
She frantically swung her cat claws, tearing fiercely at the barrier's wall of light.
"Crash!"
The barrier shattered in response, torn apart directly by such immense force.
The fire of rage in Nii Yugito's eyes grew even stronger. She instantly destroyed the remaining sealing structure and spun around to find that hateful figure.
But her field of vision was empty.
"Above!" Nii Yugito suddenly looked up.
She saw Aokawa suspended upside down in the sky, a Spirit Bow covered in crimson patterns aimed directly at her.
"Sage Art: Fire Release: Rain of Light Explosive Flame Arrows!"
The next moment!
Densely packed crimson arrows appeared all around Aokawa's back.
Swish swish swish swish swish!!!
The moment he released the string, the main arrow led the endless rain of red arrows behind it, pouring down toward the earth at a terrifying speed!
Nii Yugito's pupils shrank suddenly, and she hurriedly shouted in her heart: "Matatabi!"
The sky full of red arrows was like a blood-colored storm, shooting frantically toward the five people below.
The moment each arrow touched the ground, the white runes on it shone brightly, and the highly compressed Fire Release Chakra inside was instantly detonated!
Boom boom boom boom boom!
In the area covered by the red arrows, a series of violent and frantic roars rang out continuously.
Countless explosion points merged together, and the continuous sounds of explosions overlapped as the earth trembled violently under such a dense barrage.
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