Chapter 104: Please Die Obediently
Lightning raged wildly. Countless terrifying white bolts danced between heaven and earth, as awe-inspiring as divine thunder sent down to annihilate all things…
And yet, within that storm of lightning, there was a figure calmly strolling forward.
Li Jiexuan walked through the thunder as if he were a god of lightning himself, slowly approaching the paralyzed Kakuzu.
"I know what you're thinking," Li Jiexuan said with a smile, drawing the Kusanagi Sword as he spoke. "You want to use Lightning Release: False Darkness to trigger the pooled water on the ground."
As his words fell, he thrust the Kusanagi Sword viciously toward Kakuzu's heart.
Kakuzu's eyes widened in terror—whether because Li Jiexuan had exposed his plan, or because death was looming, no one could tell.
"Pff…"
Bright red blood burst from Kakuzu's chest. Li Jiexuan smiled as he pulled the Kusanagi Sword free, and Kakuzu's body fell stiffly to the ground.
However…
Li Jiexuan did not leave. Instead, he raised the Kusanagi Sword high and stabbed down again without mercy. "And there's also the secret that you possess five hearts in total. Did you really think no one knew?"
"Pff…"
The Kusanagi Sword shattered the ANBU mask of the Fire Release heart and pierced straight through the heart hidden behind it.
At this point, Kakuzu could no longer keep pretending!
A horrifying Earth Grudge Fear creature violently burst out of Kakuzu's body, grabbing his torso and flinging it away with savage force…
Without escaping this lightning-filled area, even if Kakuzu had a hundred hearts, it still wouldn't be enough for Li Jiexuan to kill!
Li Jiexuan casually skewered the separately detached Wind Release Earth Grudge Fear heart with a single thrust, then shook his head with a smile. "As expected of Kakuzu. Even in this situation, you're still this calm!"
With the Fire Release heart already destroyed, abandoning the Wind Release heart was the best possible choice.
Although the combination of water and lightning wasn't the most powerful, he had no other option—because Li Jiexuan's second strike had directly killed the crucial Fire Release heart!
Breaking out of the lightning zone, Kakuzu had indeed already reassembled his body. That patchwork, stitched-together form was enough to inspire fear with a single glance.
"This is troublesome…"
Kakuzu stared intently at the Li Jiexuan who had chased him out, silently shaking his head. This time, he had been far too careless—because of his opponent's young age, he had overlooked a crucial fact.
If one merely possessed powerful ninjutsu but didn't understand combat, it would be impossible to kill a Kazekage…
"Gurgle… gurgle…"
Earth Grudge Fear writhed softly within Kakuzu's body. "Should we run? With only two hearts left…"
"I advise you not to think about running," Li Jiexuan said as he slowly floated up into the air. The Dragon Sage Mode—far beyond ordinary Sage Mode—granted him a special power: flight!
Who would have thought that Kakuzu, who prided himself on his combat experience, would end up in such a passive position after just one exchange?
"This is really a headache…" For the first time, Kakuzu—the so-called immortal monster—felt something absurd. "Is this three-year-old… a monster?"
"Damn it!"
Kakuzu suddenly opened his mouth wide. "Water Release—Water Dragon Bullet!"
But before the Water Dragon Bullet could erupt from his mouth, a terrifying demonic mask rose from behind his back.
"Lightning Release—False Darkness!"
Ashen lightning and the blue Water Dragon Bullet fused together in midair, forming a terrifying combined technique:
Lightning–Water Release Technique—False Darkness Water Dragon Bullet!
Seeing this, even Li Jiexuan couldn't help but click his tongue inwardly. As expected of Kakuzu! If anyone were hit by that attack, they would lose all ability to fight…
"But if it can't hit anyone," Li Jiexuan said lightly, "then all of that is meaningless."
He returned Kakuzu's own words to him verbatim.
"Eight Gates—Gate of View, open!"
In that instant, Li Jiexuan's speed skyrocketed to an absurd level. With just the slightest movement, he crossed nearly a hundred meters.
In this state, even a homing attack like the False Darkness Water Dragon Bullet had no hope of catching him. The dark lightning water dragon roared through the air, but in a contest of speed, it could only trail behind Li Jiexuan, eating his dust…
Li Jiexuan forcibly circled around in a wide arc, dragging the False Darkness Water Dragon Bullet straight back toward Kakuzu!
"Using your own methods against you!"
Li Jiexuan grinned. "Kakuzu, I've seen through every single one of your tricks!"
"How is that possible?" Kakuzu felt an overwhelming sense of absurdity. This three-year-old child seemed to understand him better than he understood himself…
"After all," Li Jiexuan snarled, laughing maniacally, "the anime already showed everything clearly. Including how you die—I've already seen that too!"
"So…"
"Please—go die obediently!"
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