Chapter 116: Konoha's Azure Beast! Guy vs. Kakuzu!
Chapter 116: Konoha's Azure Beast! Guy vs. Kakuzu!
"This is great! It's Emperor Guy! We're saved!"
Seeing the newcomer, Uchiha Ren instantly breathed a sigh of relief, shifting his focus to the cyan Water Spirit Earth Grudge Fear mask monster entangled with Kimimaro.
Even if Uchiha Ren could summon any Konoha ninja at random to save him, he would still prioritize Might Guy—the man who nearly kicked the series to its grand finale.
Without understanding Kakuzu's abilities, even if you brought the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi here at this point in time, there was no guarantee he could take Kakuzu down.
But Emperor Guy could.
Kakuzu tilted his head up to look at the newcomer, his brow furrowing.
In Konoha, aside from the Anbu, the specific "parameters" of its ninja were actually semi-public.
Kakuzu recognized at a glance who this watermelon-headed man was.
After all, throughout the entire Konoha, there were only a handful of notable taijutsu masters.
Might Guy was the strongest among them.
Konoha's Azure Beast!
Kakuzu, at his advanced age of over ninety, had lived through the eras of four Konoha Hokage and had practically committed all of Konoha's ninjutsu to memory.
Legend had it that there was a Genin in Konoha who wore a green tracksuit. During a mission, he encountered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. In a fit of rage, he kicked four of them to death, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were never a complete group again.
The man before him, with his even more exaggerated movements and expressions, was the son of that legendary Genin.
Kakuzu did not let his guard down. He formed hand seals and was the first to strike.
His hands rapidly formed seals as he muttered, "Earth Style: Earth Spear!" In an instant, his body was covered in a layer of hard rock armor!
At the same time, his arms transformed into sharp rock spikes, glinting with a cold light.
Immediately after, Kakuzu unleashed Fire Style: Searing Migraine. Raging flames shot from his mouth like a giant fire serpent, coiling towards Might Guy.
Wherever the flames passed, the ground was scorched black, and the very air warped from the searing heat.
Facing Kakuzu's attack, Might Guy's eyes burned with a blazing fighting spirit. With a loud shout, his body shot forward like a bolt of green lightning.
"Leaf Hurricane!"
His high-speed spinning body generated a powerful leg sweep that passed through the intense heat of the Searing Migraine and kicked squarely on Kakuzu's shoulder!
The Earth Style defense Kakuzu had deployed was extremely formidable. Might Guy's incomparably fierce kick landed heavily upon it, yet it only caused faint ripples to appear on the earthen armor, failing to inflict any substantial damage.
Using the rebound force from the kick, Guy's body spun rapidly like an agile top for several rotations before he landed lightly to the side.
The moment he steadied himself, a blue aura erupted from Might Guy's body!
That was the sign of opening the fifth of the Eight Gates—the Gate of Limit!
Seeing this, Kakuzu's eyes widened, and a strong sense of unease welled up in his heart.
He didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless. His hands flew through another series of seals, and in an instant, Lightning Style: False Darkness rained down on Might Guy like a torrential storm.
Might Guy, who treated Kakashi as a rival year-round, knew full well how formidable Lightning Style was. This barrage of lightning, even more ferocious than a Lightning Blade, made Guy not dare to be arrogant, and he desperately dodged.
Relying on the incredible speed gained from opening the Gate of Limit, Guy's figure flickered like electricity, weaving frantically through the gaps in the False Darkness attack.
Although Kakuzu's assault was airtight, for a time, it was difficult to hit Might Guy's high-speed form. The two sides fell into a subtle but tense stalemate.
At the edge of the battlefield, two figures intertwined, frantically attacking the cyan Water Spirit Earth Grudge Fear mask monster.
Uchiha Ren's ultra-high reflexes allowed him to use Water Formation Wall at any moment to block the mask monster's Water Style ninjutsu. Beside him, Kimimaro was in a frenzy of output, pulling bones from his body as if they were free, making Uchiha Ren's eyelids twitch.
Are these bones endless?
Just as Uchiha Ren was preparing to cast Water Formation Wall again to cancel out the Water Style: Water Encampment Wall released by the mask monster, a loud shout from Might Guy made him hastily jump to the side!
The Fire Style Earth Grudge Fear mask had also arrived!
With fire on the left and water on the right, the two brats, who had been handling things with ease just moments ago, were now cornered!
Might Guy wiped away his sweat. The thick bolts of lightning behind him were in constant pursuit, leaving him no time to pay attention to the situation on the periphery of the battlefield.
Kakuzu's massive chakra reserves made it impossible for Might Guy to get close to him in a short amount of time, let alone defeat him. The two Genin were instantly plunged into a life-or-death crisis!
"Kimimaro!"
Uchiha Ren shouted, "Buy me ten seconds!"
Kimimaro had no time to consider. Brandishing his bones, he unleashed a flurry of his taijutsu: Dead Bone Pulse: Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets, Dead Bone Pulse: Dance of the Willow, and Dead Bone Pulse: Dance of the Larch. He threw out everything he had.
Kimimaro fought with all his might and had just managed to stall for eight seconds. As he prepared to grit his teeth and hold on for the final two, he saw a surge of flames and a powerful water cannon shooting toward his face.
The flames were incomparably hot, seemingly capable of devouring everything in an instant. The water cannon was like a surging tide, carrying immense impact force.
A trace of despair flashed in Kimimaro's eyes. He knew that in his current state, he was completely powerless to resist this pincer attack.
He was about to die a miserable death on the spot.
Just at this critical moment!
Suddenly, a thick iron gate, a hundred meters high, rose from the ground!
With a "boom," it stood firm in front of Kimimaro.
The flames and the water cannon slammed viciously into the iron gate, creating a deafening roar. The great gate trembled, and with a "crack," its demonic face was pierced by the water cannon!
But Kimimaro had already leaped to the side. He looked at Uchiha Ren with gratitude, a sense of relief from surviving a disaster washing over him.
The sudden appearance of the Rashomon Gate on the battlefield momentarily distracted both Guy and Kakuzu!
To have such a massive amount of chakra at such a young age...
"I will kill you!"
Kakuzu roared in fury, blaming the scar Uchiha Ren had caused entirely on the Earth Grudge Fear Wind Spirit Mask.
But Uchiha Ren had no intention of standing still and waiting for Kakuzu to catch him. He picked a direction, closed his eyes, and ran for his life!
The Fire and Water Earth Grudge Fear mask monsters were about to give chase when Might Guy flashed onto the scene, sending the Fire Style Earth Grudge Fear mask monster stumbling with a single kick.
Only the Water Style mask monster was left to pursue Uchiha Ren.
Feeling the chill on his back, Uchiha Ren casually threw the sword and kunai in his hands.
After using the Rashomon Gate, his chakra was already hitting rock bottom. If he still had his two "beasts," he might have been able to hold on for a while longer.
Unfortunately for the sake of long-term development, both the Feathered Beast and the Tailed Beast had been dissected by Orochimaru and sealed in jars to await mass production. All Uchiha Ren had left to draw upon was his close-combat ability, enhanced by Observation Haki.
Unfortunately, what pursued him was an Earth Grudge Fear mask monster that used long-range Water Style techniques. It gave him no chance for close combat. The seemingly endless Water Style jutsu were thrown about as if they cost nothing. Uchiha Ren was nearly hit by water cannons twice and had already entered the countdown to death.
The water cannon forced Uchiha Ren into a corner. He panted heavily, feeling his depleted chakra. "Can you unlock the second-Tier Gene Lock for me before I die?"
Just as the water cannon was about to hit him, a deep voice sounded by his side.
"Wood Style: Wood Locking Wall!"
Enveloped by the dark Wood Style, Uchiha Ren heaved a sigh of relief.
Someone from Konoha had come. He was saved.
Yamato introduced himself: "I am from the Konoha Anbu. Is this one of Orochimaru's summoned creatures chasing you?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Ren thought to himself that he had truly made the right choice in learning that ninjutsu.
The Third must have seen such a massive Rashomon Gate appear near the Village and sent the Anbu out in full force to capture his wayward student, Orochimaru.
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