Chapter 509: Striking First
The Cloud Ninja could clearly feel that the Konoha girl's momentum had changed.
In her eyes, there was no longer hesitation and indecision, but determination.
Haruno Sakura looked deeply at the Raikage and the other Cloud Ninja present, as if to imprint them in her mind forever.
Her gaze was sharp as a knife.
"Everything you have done..." the girl whispered, "I will remember forever."
She really wanted to fight the Cloud Ninja to the death right here and now, to avenge Shizune and the others on the spot.
However, Shizune's final words to her were, "do what you should do."
Therefore, Haruno Sakura couldn't capriciously risk her life in this dangerous place of Cloud Ninja just to vent her emotions.
She had to retreat.
She had many ways to take revenge; sacrificing her own life for it was the stupidest one.
Shizune and the delegation sacrificed their lives so as not to become her burden, and to prevent Cloud Ninja from using them to threaten her.
Haruno Sakura couldn't let their sacrifice be meaningless.
The Raikage frowned, his voice gruff: "You want to run away?"
Run away? Perhaps.
Haruno Sakura didn't speak. She had completely lost the desire to communicate with that man who was good at rhetoric.
The girl just silently clenched her fists.
Exerting force under her feet, her figure suddenly lunged forward, turning into an afterimage, throwing a punch at Killer B.
Killer B had already secretly heightened his vigilance when the girl's aura changed. He immediately retreated rapidly, dodging her heavy punch.
The slender fist landed on the grass, blasting a large crater in the courtyard.
"Want to fight?"
Killer B whistled frivolously, gripped the long sword behind him backhandedly with his right hand, licked his lips and said, "Although you are quite flat-chested, fortunately your waist is thin, your legs are straight, your face is pretty, and your skin is quite tempting, hehe..."
The Jinchuriki sized up the girl with his eyes, sweeping over those sensitive parts, his hands making a gesture of touching her from a distance, smiling lewdly.
"Come on, let's fight three hundred rounds!"
Saying that, his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.
Haruno Sakura completely ignored him.
She created fifteen clones, buried the bodies of Shizune and the others in the blasted crater, and filled it with soil.
Although knowing this was meaningless, the Cloud Ninja would sooner or later dig up the graves and desecrate their bodies, but this was all Haruno Sakura could do.
After finishing this, she raised her head.
Looked carefully to the left and right.
The Cloud Ninja Anbu, wearing masks, carefully surrounded her, taking defensive postures.
"Hmph!"
Haruno Sakura's expression turned cold. Chakra instantly surged out wildly, and a majestic momentum suddenly rose!
Her wrists flipped, and four crystal-clear ice shuriken appeared between her fingers on each hand. She threw them out rapidly with a flick of her hands. The several shuriken turned into cold stars, tracing beautiful arcs in the air, shooting straight at the Cloud Ninja Anbu!
At the same time, the ice clones also lunged forward simultaneously, holding gleaming ice swords in their hands, rushing towards the other Cloud Ninja enemies!
The battle finally began.
Clang clang clang—!
Bang bang bang—!
Sounds of blocking, fighting, and the explosions of shuriken and clones came one after another.
"Watch out for these shuriken!"
The Cloud Ninja participating in the encirclement were no novices. Blocking the high-speed incoming shuriken was easy. The subsequent underhanded trick of exploding shuriken only made them a bit flustered and created some chaos. Except for beating a careless ninja until his head bled and his skin tore, it didn't cause much damage.
On the other side, the ice clones also engaged the Cloud Ninja.
Boom boom!
Fist wind whistled. The Raikage threw two heavy punches, momentum like thunder, easily crushing the two incoming ice clones. The self-explosion of the clones and the sharp fragments splashing at high speed hit the dazzling lightning light, seeming just like a spring breeze brushing the face, failing to cause even the slightest ripple on the Lightning Armor.
However, the other Cloud Ninja didn't have Lightning Release Armor for protection.
The combat power of the ice clones was already not weak, coupled with the sinister and powerful clone explosion technique, it was truly impossible to defend effectively. Several ninja were hit on the spot!
A Cloud Ninja Jonin proficient in swordsmanship swung his long sword. The sword momentum was as swift as thunder. In a few strokes, he beat the ice clone until it couldn't parry, and thrust the sword into the clone's chest.
"Hmph, a mere clone—" The Cloud Ninja showed disdain and snorted coldly. However, before he finished speaking, the clone in front of him suddenly self-destructed. The explosion at close range actually blew a tough man into a bloody mess, devoid of breath, and he fell headlong to the ground!
"Careful, the clones will self-destruct!"
Seeing several Cloud Ninja fall, the Raikage couldn't help but shout angrily!
Killer B also put away his cynical smile, revealed his half-Tailed Beast giant tentacles, swung them, and swept the clones away.
While Haruno Sakura launched a surprise attack, the Cloud Ninja's counterattack also arrived in unison.
"Lightning Release: Ground Flash!" "Lightning Release: Thunder Ball!" "Lightning Release: Four Pillar Bind!"... "Storm Release: Laser Circus!"
Surging chakra attacked from behind with a whoosh.
The premonition of danger made the hairs on the girl's body stand on end!
After all, Haruno Sakura was not yet a god, nor an immortal Edo Tensei body. If her physical body took such ninjutsu head-on, even she would be injured.
At the front, the Raikage casually dealt with the clones, shook off the ice slag on his body, and fiercely rushed forward.
On the other side, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's giant tentacles were also restless. The Cloud Ninja who hadn't launched ninjutsu all stared intently at the girl's figure, ready to act at any time.
Pincered from front and back, ambushed left and right!
Haruno Sakura's face was extremely cold.
The Cloud Ninja's attack coordination was extremely tacit, actually not leaving her the slightest exploitable gap.
Sakura had rich combat experience, but mostly in one-on-one battles. Facing the siege of multiple elite ninja, this was the first time.
The opponent's seamless coordination made her feel very uncomfortable.
Didn't even have time to launch a big move...!
Can't take it head-on! This thought popped up first in the girl's mind, Can't trade injuries! Otherwise it will be very dangerous!
She could only... break out of their encirclement first.
She exerted force under her feet, kicking out a deep pit on the ground. Her figure was vigorous like a swimming dragon, jumping out of the bombardment range of the Lightning Release.
Booming ninjutsu explosion sounds came from behind. Before Haruno Sakura could catch her breath, a whistling sound came from above her head!
Eight-Tails' tentacles?
The girl's heart skipped a beat.
As soon as her feet landed, Sakura kicked off again without stopping, casually creating a clone, jumping away to the left and right, dodging the tentacles descending from the sky.
The deception tactic the girl casually set up didn't have any effect.
"The left one is the real body!" As soon as the clone was created, the sensory ninja C's reminder came from outside the circle.
"Don't even think about running!"
The Raikage shouted loudly. Following C's reminder, his gaze locked onto Haruno Sakura's main body. The lightning on his body blazed, chakra erupted, and he pounced over.
The girl's speed was extremely fast. With a few leaps, she vaguely broke out of the Cloud Ninja's encirclement.
But A's speed was faster. His figure was as fast as lightning. With continuous sprints, he soon caught up with the rapidly escaping girl.
Bang bang bang!
In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged blows several times!
The Raikage's strength was not as tyrannical and violent as Haruno Sakura's Nintaijutsu, but his physical speed was somewhat faster than hers.
Just now, the girl's brutal roundhouse kick swept his left hand. Until now, his hand still couldn't exert much force. The Raikage was truly apprehensive of Haruno Sakura!
Therefore, A didn't clash with her head-on, but just constantly interfered and entangled her from the side, slowing her down.
With this delay, the Cloud Ninja troops caught up right behind her again.
"You can't escape!"
The Raikage sneered, his hands not stopping. He leaped like a fish and swung his arm to chop down with a hand blade.
To his surprise, facing his attack, Haruno Sakura actually didn't dodge or block, but just coldly glanced behind her.
Looking at the pursuing Cloud Ninja crowd, a weird smile actually appeared on her face.
Actually not making any movements... what does she want to do?
The Raikage frowned deeply. The hand blade cut through the air, stirring up bursts of palm wind and whistling sounds, chopping down at the girl with fierce momentum!
The palm blade chopped down without any hindrance.
"An afterimage...?" The Raikage's bell-sized eyes widened abruptly, shocked in his heart, and roared, "Careful, it's Ice Body Flicker!"
Haruno Sakura had already disappeared before him.
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