"Don't even think about it."
Seeing that Ryun was about to unleash another nearly unstoppable sword energy slash, the Third Kazekage, to buy time for his own jonin to escape, could only brace himself and continue fighting desperately.
"Magnet Release, Iron Sand Gathering Jutsu."
A massive amount of iron sand converged above the Susanoo. Then, this iron sand quickly transformed into a thorny form. The hard, dense thorny iron spikes firmly restrained the Susanoo, and the heavy nature of the iron sand placed significant pressure on Ryun.
The Third Tsuchikage, seeing this, quickly flew to the top of the Susanoo and decisively extended his palm, applying extreme weight to those iron sand thorns.
"Earth Release, Super, Weighted Rock Technique."
Boom!!!
The giant black-armored demon god was instantly pressed down, unable to move. Nearly half of the Susanoo's body was pressed into the ground by the mountainously heavy thorny iron spikes. Ryun was almost forced to his knees by the weight the two Kages applied.
"What are you all waiting for? Leave, now! The Iron Sand Gathering Jutsu won't hold him for long!" the Third Kazekage shouted at his two jonin.
He saw no hope of victory in this battle. Uchiha Ryun was far too powerful.
His summoning beast and tailed beast hadn't even been revealed yet. If they continued fighting, none of them might escape.
"Run where? I'm not dead yet!!!"
A furious roar suddenly erupted on the battlefield. The Fourth Raikage, after an extremely rapid dash, seemed to transform into a bolt of blue lightning.
"Lightning Release, Lariat!"
Ay kicked the Susanoo's armor with his full speed and power.
Boom... Crack!!!
This move seemed fierce and powerful, but his all-out kick only shattered a small section of the armor.
Moreover, because the Susanoo was excessively hard, the kick instead fractured the Fourth Raikage's leg bone...
"Is this your full power? I think I overestimated you..." Ryun said, looking at the Fourth Raikage with a scornful expression.
"Damn it..."
Seeing that his strongest attack not only failed to break the enemy's defense but also injured himself due to the recoil... the Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth in hatred. He had never hated his own weakness as much as he did at this moment.
What was the use of two Kages exhausting their full power to restrain Uchiha Ryun? Even if he stood still and let you hit him, did you have the ability to break his defense?
The Fourth Raikage couldn't break the defense, but Ryun's simple taunt completely broke his composure...
At this moment, the Fourth Raikage looked at his enemy encased in black armor with a ferocious expression. He no longer cared about mental attacks. If looks could kill, Ryun would have died ten thousand times by now.
Ryun originally wanted to hit him with another mental ocular jutsu, but the intense pain that suddenly shot through his right eye made him lose this precious opportunity.
'Maintaining the Complete Body Susanoo for too long places too great a burden on the right eye...' Ryun thought, covering his eye with a pained expression.
After all, he only possessed one Mangekyo Sharingan. Although the ocular power within this eye was very abundant, it still wasn't the Eternal Mangekyo. It was only natural that he couldn't use ocular jutsu completely freely.
"Uchiha brat, daring to look down on us, the Five Kages... then leave your life here!"
The killing intent from above made Ryun ignore the pain in his eye.
When he looked up at that short figure, he saw that the Dust Release in the other's hand was already fully charged.
"Dust Release, Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
A square, transparent cube suddenly expanded and grew larger. The surrounding iron sand thorns seemed to melt like snow upon contact with the cube. Everything within the area covered by the cube was decomposed into fine dust.
The moment the cube expanded and rushed towards him, Ryun suddenly gave up resistance. He allowed the heavy thorns above to press him flat against the ground, and finally let the transparent cube rapidly decompose the Susanoo, and... his own 'body'.
"Finally... we won!"
The Third Tsuchikage panted heavily as he lowered his arm, then controlled his body to slowly descend.
"Tsuchikage, I didn't expect you to hide such a powerful ninjutsu... Ginger is indeed spicier when old. I am impressed!" The Third Kazekage couldn't help but praise.
"Heh... The Kazekage's strength is also remarkable. Without you restraining him, my Dust Release wouldn't have succeeded so easily."
The Third Tsuchikage looked relaxed. As he spoke, he was about to land on the ground.
But the moment he was about to land, a black python suddenly burst out of the ground, opening its bloody maw to bite down hard on him!
"Oh no!!!"
The Third Kazekage watched this scene helplessly. The Third Tsuchikage was so startled by the suddenly appearing black python that he froze mid-air.
He had clearly seen his Dust Release completely decompose Uchiha Ryun's body. Where did this black python come from???
Just as the Third Tsuchikage was about to meet his end in the dragon's mouth, a robust figure, like an incarnation of lightning, charged to the scene. Then, an elbow strike smashed hard into the python's lower jaw.
With a crisp snap, the black python's bloody maw was forced shut, and its entire body was sent flying back by that tremendous force.
"Don't get careless, that guy isn't dead yet!" the Fourth Raikage roared at the Third Tsuchikage beside him.
"How can that be... just now, my Dust Release clearly..."
The Third Tsuchikage's face was full of disbelief, but before he could finish his sentence, the Fourth Raikage next to him interrupted, "You're overconfident in your own jutsu if you didn't even notice such an obvious hole!"
Reminded by the Fourth Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage immediately looked again at that palm-sized black hole.
Earlier, his Dust Release had cut a square crater into the ground. He hadn't failed to see the small hole in the middle of the crater, he just hadn't paid it any mind...
After all, he had seen with his own eyes Ryun decomposed by his Dust Release, and that hole was only palm-sized. It seemed impossible for a full-grown person to squeeze through it...
But if there was no manual intervention... where did this hole come from? This was actually enough to prove that Uchiha Ryun had used an earth escape jutsu to burrow underground and narrowly escape death.
The Dust Release had only hit a shell he shed. His main body had successfully escaped underground at the critical moment, avoiding the fatal blow.
One must remember that Ryun was taught by Ryūchi Cave. Shedding skin and burrowing were skills he could perform effortlessly, right?
The black python rolled on the ground a few times before stabilizing itself. Then, the three Kages saw the black python open its mouth and spit out a human figure.
It was precisely that Uchiha Ryun who should have been dead!
"Damn it! Is this guy really unkillable?"
Seeing the opponent completely unharmed, the three Kages felt despair. But before they could think of a way to turn the situation around, an even more despairing scene appeared.
"This game... it's time to end it!"
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