"'B'... actually lost?!"
"I didn't expect 'D' to be so strong!"
"They are simply two monsters..."
The few members of the Hidden Leaf patrol team hiding in the distance and trembling with fear couldn't help but sigh with emotion at this moment.
Although they couldn't accurately judge the situation on the battlefield due to the distance, the violent explosion surrounding Karin just now, and Yakumo suddenly flashing behind Karin, holding a slender blood blade dozens of meters high, seemed to indicate that the winner of this great battle was 'D', who was much less famous than 'B' in the Akatsuki organization.
Not only them, but even Haku, who was slightly closer, was also shocked at this time.
He knew clearly that Yakumo dared to challenge Karin, she must have something to rely on, but he never expected Yakumo to hide so many trump cards!
Especially the weird 'Space-Time Ninjutsu' Yakumo mastered, which made him extremely apprehensive.
One must know that even looking at the entire Ninja World, jutsu involving space-time were very, very rare. The reason why the Fourth Hokage could become famous in the Third Great Ninja War and turn the tide for the Hidden Leaf in the war with his own strength was relying on the 'Flying Thunder God Technique', a 'Space-Time Ninjutsu' developed by the Second Hokage.
So just by mastering the 'Space-Time Ninjutsu' trump card, Yakumo had actually already put herself in an invincible position!
On the distant tree crown.
Shinji muttered: "So Yakumo has already developed the 'Koryugan' to this extent! It seems handing over the 'Koryugan' to her for nourishment was the correct choice!"
The 'Koryugan' in Yakumo's eye sockets, Karin's pair of 'Rinnegan', and the 'Tenseigan' currently being nourished by Neji and Kimimaro, were all eyes Shinji prepared to fight against the Overlord in the future.
So he had always paid high attention to these three pairs of eyes.
It was just that Yakumo rarely displayed the power of the 'Koryugan' before, causing him to underestimate Yakumo's development of the 'Koryugan'.
Now seeing Yakumo go all out, utilizing both the space-time side and blood side abilities of the 'Koryugan' to the extreme, even he who had used the 'Koryugan' felt like his horizons were broadened, so he secretly rejoiced that his previous choice was right.
Subsequently, Shinji sighed and sat cross-legged on the tree crown: "Pity..."
Unlike other spectators, because he had been linking Yakumo and Karin with 'Jikibi', Shinji knew the actual state of the two very clearly, without even needing to observe with his eyes.
On the battlefield.
In the smoke of the explosion, Yakumo holding the dozens of meters long blood blade high in her hand looked like a god or demon.
The 'Five Senses Manipulation' genjutsu, the self-destruction of blood clones, Ido's spirit attack at the critical moment, plus the final 'Red Dragon'.
This interlinked offensive was all for this final blow!
So at this moment, she had no hesitation in her heart. The instant she activated 'Red Dragon' to flash behind Karin, she immediately slashed down with the blood blade in her hand.
The slender blood blade cut through the smoke of the explosion, drawing a scarlet halo in the air.
However, at the last moment when the blood blade was about to fall, with a poof sound, that slender blood blade capable of easily slicing through the entire cliff suddenly collapsed, turning into sky-filling blood drops in mid-air.
Yakumo looked down, only to find that at some point, a golden chain had pierced through the smoke and bound her body.
"This!?"
Ignoring the inexplicably collapsed blood blade in her hand, she wanted to activate 'Red Dragon' again to swap positions with a nearby blood clone and temporarily escape the current crisis. But no matter how she burst out pupil power, she couldn't activate 'Red Dragon'. She even felt the chakra throughout her body sinking uncontrollably.
Yakumo was startled: "Is this a sealing jutsu!?"
Only at this moment did she realize that the golden chain binding her through the smoke at some unknown time could actually seal her chakra.
Whoosh...
Accompanied by a breeze, the smoke raised by the explosion just now gradually drifted away, revealing Karin located in the very center of the explosion area.
The red cloud robe on her body was severely burned, blackened in patches, and even the fox mask on her face had a noticeable crack. But under this damaged attire, her exposed skin remained intact, showing no trace of injury!
Undoubtedly.
The explosion from Yakumo detonating the blood clones just now was indeed astonishing. But with only this level of attack, perhaps it could defeat ordinary ninjas, but for a ninja of Karin's level, she could withstand it even by hardening her body!
At this time, Karin slowly turned around, looking at Yakumo sealed by her 'Adamantine Sealing Chains'.
Just as Yakumo hid trump cards like 'Space-Time Dojutsu', genjutsu, etc., Karin also kept the sealing jutsu as a trump card.
Previously when Yakumo used 'Red Dragon' several times, Karin was silently analyzing Yakumo's 'Red Dragon'.
Soon, she judged that Yakumo's 'Red Dragon' was like the 'Flying Thunder God Technique', requiring some kind of 'coordinate' to determine the teleportation location.
The 'Flying Thunder God Technique' required matching 'Flying Thunder God formulas', while Yakumo's 'Red Dragon' obviously required clones or spirits for positioning.
This was also the reason why Yakumo could instantly flash to her side after she activated 'Shinra Tensei', because Ido as a spirit body was immune to 'Shinra Tensei'. She couldn't repel all coordinates around her with 'Shinra Tensei' to shield against surprise attacks like dealing with the Fourth Hokage.
Realizing this, Karin made a judgment.
That was no matter what tactics Yakumo used to confuse and interfere with her, the ultimate killing move attempting to decide the victory must rely on the surprise attack of 'Red Dragon'!
Because only this move, she had no way to defend against.
Following this line of thought, she guessed Yakumo's final killing move would definitely be in the brief gap when her dojutsu was on cooldown right after she used 'Shinra Tensei'.
Karin guessed Yakumo's thought process, but didn't guess that Yakumo didn't wait for her 'Shinra Tensei' to cool down. Instead, Yakumo used Ido's sudden spirit attack to forcibly create a flaw, putting her in the crisis of multiple blood clones self-destructing!
But Karin was also prepared.
Since she realized that Ido, as Yakumo's 'coordinate', was the key to this battle, after Ido escaped her inner world, she ignored the blood clone explosion close at hand and didn't investigate Yakumo's position. Instead, she discarded all interference and locked onto Ido's position with 'Kagura Mind's Eye'.
Therefore, almost at the same time Yakumo activated 'Red Dragon' to swap positions with Ido, Karin had already activated 'Adamantine Sealing Chains' in advance, binding Yakumo who just happened to flash over. This led to the scene where Yakumo's slashing blood blade inexplicably collapsed in the air...
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