chapter 182 part 1
Chapter 182: It's Time to Return to Konoha and Settle the Score!
In the sky, the once calm cloud layer was violently churned as if stirred by a pair of giant hands.
Uchiha Ren and the Yamanaka Fu-controlled Might Guy clashed fiercely, fist against fist. Each collision unleashed an overwhelming force! A massive hole was blasted directly through the clouds, and the surrounding clouds were pulverized by the shockwaves, turning into fine wisps like shredded cotton candy.
Uchiha Ren attempted to use genjutsu, but Guy seemed like a hero immune to illusions, showing no reaction whatsoever. Ren had no choice but to continue trading blows.
Guy executed his Morning Peacock, flames lashing out like countless frenzied fire serpents. The massive ice blocks from the avalanche melted rapidly under the scorching heat, making sizzling sounds as they turned into pools of slush.
The grand hall that had been buried by the avalanche gradually emerged from the ice layer under the assault of the Morning Peacock.
Uchiha Ren was in top form, each of his punches landing squarely on Guy's fists.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Their fists collided repeatedly, the sound like a dense barrage of firecrackers.
Not a hint of cowardice could be seen in his determined eyes.
Yamanaka Fu felt an unprecedented sense of terror.
Although he wasn't fully accustomed to controlling Guy's body, its strength was undeniable.
The flames generated by the friction with the air were proof enough of how outrageously powerful Guy's punches were.
But this brat before him could actually go blow for blow with Guy, fist against fist?
Yamanaka Fu, watching Uchiha Ren through Might Guy's eyes, felt a chill of apprehension.
In a duel between experts, the deciding factor was often one's state of mind.
Uchiha Ren pressed forward relentlessly, swinging his fists and smashing away. It didn't matter who his opponent was; he would just fight!
Yamanaka Fu, after all, was merely puppeteering Guy's body. Lacking Guy's own overwhelming presence, his Morning Peacock only managed to achieve less than half of Guy's usual effectiveness.
And yet, Uchiha Ren, the one facing him, didn't use his Sharingan or Observation Haki to dodge Guy's punches, taking every single one of them head-on.
Why didn't he dodge?
Because he wasn't afraid!
Why wasn't he afraid?
He just wasn't!
At the edge of the battlefield, Kurenai Renhi quietly hid behind a snowdrift.
A hundred meters in front of her, behind a block of ice, was Yamanaka Fu, secretly controlling Guy!
Just as Kurenai stepped out from the snowdrift, intending to attack Yamanaka Fu to break his control over Guy's body, a black dragon descended from above, hurtling straight for her.
Kurenai hastily formed the seals for the Substitution Jutsu, narrowly dodging the fatal blow!
Doto Kazahana, hovering in mid-air with his Chakra Armor's flight ability, grinned at Kurenai. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Damn it." Kurenai gritted her teeth and threw the shuriken in her hand at Doto Kazahana in the air.
However, an attack like this was like trying to scratch an itch; it couldn't even begin to break through the defense of Doto Kazahana's Chakra Armor.
And non-ocular genjutsu had no effect on Doto Kazahana either.
Kurenai was instantly plunged into a crisis.
Uchiha Ren could clearly feel the explosive power brought by the second-Tier Gene Lock surging madly within him.
The power of the New Seed and the beast-like, bloodthirsty impulse from the Cursed Seal of Heaven completely dyed his eyes a deep crimson, which glowed with an intimidating light!
At that moment, Yamanaka Fu had just controlled Guy to throw a fierce straight punch. Uchiha Ren met the force of this punch head-on, throwing a punch of his own!
Their fists collided. The massive impact force spread outwards, and both of their bodies were uncontrollably flung back more than a meter.
In that brief moment of stalemate, Uchiha Ren's Rinkaku, which had been coiled and waiting, suddenly sprang into action! Glimmering with a cold light, it was like an incomparably sharp blade. With an unstoppable momentum, it stabbed straight toward Might Guy's eyes!
This sudden attack made Yamanaka Fu turn pale with shock!
He had never expected Uchiha Ren to have such a killing move. At this critical moment, his heart nearly leaped out of his throat.
The Mind Body Switch Technique normally didn't have the function of directly harming the person being controlled.
During the Great Ninja War, in order to retrieve the Byakugan that the Hidden Mist had acquired, Danzo specifically sent Yamanaka Fu to ambush Ao, Mei Terumi's guard.
After successfully controlling Ao, whose spiritual energy far surpassed Might Guy's, Yamanaka Fu tried to gouge out Ao's eyes with his own hands.
The price for doing so was that Yamanaka Fu would also lose his own eyes at the same time.
Therefore, after switching bodies with this technique, Yamanaka Fu had to be extremely cautious, because the slightest carelessness could result in the damage being reflected back onto himself.
Yamanaka Fu had just never seen someone who would be so ruthless and decisive in attacking their own teammate. Without a second thought, he immediately released his control over Guy!
The perspective switched, and Yamanaka Fu's eyes immediately landed on Mizore Fuyukuma's snowboard.
Uchiha Ren's real goal wasn't to gouge out Might Guy's eyeballs.
Just an instant before the Rinkaku was about to pierce Guy's eyes, Might Guy's aura suddenly underwent an astonishing change!
With his Sharingan and Observation Haki active, and aided by the Gene Lock—a power that could instantly turn an ordinary person into a master microsurgeon—Uchiha Ren rapidly used his immense control to forcefully whip the Rinkaku to one side!
At the same time, Might Guy reacted just as quickly. He fluidly sidestepped and, with a precise knife-hand strike, knocked the deflected Rinkaku aside.
After completing the move, Might Guy performed a 360-degree artistic gymnastics free-fall landing!
Uchiha Ren, on the other hand, flapped his Ukaku and landed gracefully.
Just as Uchiha Ren stabilized himself, Might Guy gave a thumbs-up and, flashing his trademark grin, praised him, "Amazing, Ren! To be able to hold out for so long against an attack from the Gate of Joy, you truly are Hatake Kakashi's student!"
"Hah..." Uchiha Ren gasped for breath. Trading punches of that intensity had put a severe strain on his body. The moment he stopped, his body let him know the consequences of his actions.
He tried to keep his body in a subtle state, preventing the backlash from amplifying after his power outburst. He said softly, "Guy-sensei, next time, dodge what you can. Especially those weird-looking weapons covered in talismans. Don't touch them."
"Mm! Of course." As Might Guy spoke, he frowned, looking over at Doto Kazahana, who was toying with Kurenai as if she were a dog.
Instantly! An aura so powerful that it made the surrounding ice tremble lifted Uchiha Ren's bangs!
"Gate of Joy! Open!"
Might Guy roared, opening the gate himself.
And the Guy with the Gate of Joy open now was on a completely different level of speed and power than before.
Anyone who has been frequently controlled knows that when someone else is controlling you, it's often not as fast as when you're in control of yourself.
Guy proved this point.
His control over his own body surpassed Yamanaka Fu's by a landslide!
Guy's body shot out like a cannonball!
Uchiha Ren gestured helplessly. "You should be chasing Yamanaka Fu first..."
Under Uchiha Ren's frowning gaze, Guy had already reached Doto Kazahana's feet.
He leaped a hundred meters straight up! One foot kicked Doto Kazahana in mid-air!
The kick interrupted Doto Kazahana's jutsu, saving Kurenai's life. But Doto Kazahana still sneered, "My Chakra Armor makes taijutsu useless, even if you are a taijutsu jonin, even if you—"
Guy simply threw his fists, not saying a word.
Oh, wait, he did say something.
Guy roared, "Morning Peacock!"