The air was compressed to the extreme and then exploded.
Bang!
Fourth Raikage A's figure was like a streak of blue lightning, cutting into Aokawa's inner circle within a thousandth of a second. His hand blade, wrapped in violent Lightning Release, aimed straight for Aokawa's throat.
"Too slow."
Aokawa's voice sounded almost right against A's eardrum.
spirit particles paved the way beneath his feet as Hirenkyaku was activated.
No hand signs, no need to mobilize the Chakra in his meridians; relying purely on the manipulation of external Natural Energy (spirit particles), Aokawa's body shifted backward, defying physical inertia.
Sizzle!
A's hand blade tore through the afterimage left by Aokawa, and a few strands of severed black hair turned to ash in the lightning.
Before A could even change his move, a golden flash had already lit up.
Minato Namikaze appeared above A's head, pressing a Rasengan toward the crown of his head.
"Get lost!"
Several Tailed Beast tails behind Killer Bee met the Rasengan.
Boom!
The four collided again and instantly bounced apart.
This high-intensity offense and defense had lasted for a full ten minutes.
Every second consumed massive amounts of Chakra and physical strength.
Fourth Raikage A landed on a rock, his chest heaving violently, a sign that his lungs were frantically demanding oxygen.
He stared fixedly at Aokawa opposite him.
The youth in white, except for some damage to his clothes, hadn't even had his breathing disturbed.
In those pure white eyes, there was a calmness that made one's heart turn cold.
"This is impossible..."
A grit his teeth, sweat from his forehead sliding down his cheek.
"This kid..." A's gaze swept over Aokawa.
Since the start of the battle, this guy had fired no less than several hundred of those devastatingly powerful explosive Chakra Arrow, deployed that ridiculously hard defensive armor, and even maintained this ultra-high-speed movement footwork.
If he were a normal Ninja, his Chakra should have run dry long ago.
Even a Jinchuriki of the Uzumaki Clan couldn't squander it like this.
Yet the energy fluctuations on Aokawa's body were exactly the same as before the battle, or even... stronger?
"You bastard, is your Chakra infinite?!" A couldn't help but roar.
Aokawa held the Ginrei Kojaku in one hand, while the spirit particles in the surrounding air joyfully surged into his body.
A Quincy's fighting style was originally about plundering external energy for their own use.
As long as there was still spirit particles in this world and his body could withstand the fatigue, he was a perpetual motion machine.
"If you think so, that's fine too," Aokawa replied indifferently, then drew his bowstring to the full. "Shall we continue? Your movements are getting slower."
Swish, swish, swish!
Three Light Arrow were fired in a triangular formation toward A's landing point.
A had to jump away clumsily, his heart filled with extreme frustration.
This kind of monster that couldn't be exhausted no matter how you fought was simply a nightmare for Taijutsu-type Ninja.
Just then.
At the edge of the Battlefield, a black figure was anxiously trying to rush in.
It was Dodai.
This brain trust of the Hidden Cloud Village had completely lost his usual composure. His single eye was filled with anxiety, and his armor was slightly askew.
"Lord A! Lord Bee!"
Dodai wanted to get closer, but just as he took a step, two Konoha Ninja brandished Kunai and entangled him.
"Get lost!!"
Dodai roared, spitting out a large amount of Lava Release: Rubber Ball, forcing the two Konoha Ninja back.
But he couldn't break into the core circle where those four were fighting at all.
"Dodai?"
Fourth Raikage A keenly caught the movement at the edge.
His heart skipped a beat.
Even when the Eight-Tails went on a rampage last time, A had never seen Dodai show such a panicked expression.
"Something happened," A immediately judged.
He glanced at Killer Bee beside him; although Killer Bee was still humming and hawing, the look behind his sunglasses had become serious.
"Bee, cover me, I need to get over there!"
"Got it, Brother!"
Killer Bee's Eight-Tails swept out fiercely, forcing back Minato Namikaze who wanted to follow up with a finishing blow.
A took the opportunity to burst with lightning, wanting to forcibly leave the Battlefield and rush toward Dodai.
"Trying to leave?" Aokawa's eyes sharpened.
Although he didn't know what that one-eyed Kumogakure Ninja wanted to do, on the Battlefield, whatever the enemy wants to do is what we must prevent.
Hum!
The air vibrated.
The Hirenkyaku beneath Aokawa's feet operated to the limit, and he instantly appeared on A's necessary path.
The Ginrei Kojaku in his hand dissipated, replaced by a reishi light sword emitting terrifyingly high temperatures.
"This way is closed."
A sword strike slashed down!
A was forced to a sudden stop, crossing his arms to hard-block this strike.
Clang!
The immense counterforce caused the ground beneath their feet to instantly collapse.
"Get out of the way! Kid!!" A roared in fury, his eyes bloodshot.
"Beat me first," Aokawa refused to budge.
On the other side, Minato Namikaze also clung to Killer Bee like a shadow, Flying Thunder God Kunai flying everywhere, giving the Kumogakure brothers no chance to regroup.
Just as the two sides were at a stalemate and the smell of gunpowder was about to escalate again.
Whoosh!
A figure wearing a Konoha Anbu mask also rapidly approached from the other side of the Battlefield using Body Flicker.
This Anbu didn't even care about concealing his presence, landing directly in the safe zone on Minato Namikaze's side, looking exceptionally anxious.
"Lord Minato!" the Anbu shouted, his voice cracking slightly due to tension.
This shout caused both Aokawa and Minato Namikaze, who were preparing to release their ultimate moves, to pause simultaneously.
The two glanced at each other, instantly reading the meaning in each other's eyes.
They had to stop.
Both sides had extremely important intelligence arriving.
Shua!
A golden flash.
Minato Namikaze took Aokawa and teleported directly back to the Anbu's side.
Meanwhile, A and Killer Bee, no longer blocked, also rushed like madmen to Dodai.
The Battlefield seemed to have a pause button pressed.
With a distance of several hundred meters between them, both sides were listening to their respective intelligence.
"What is it?" Minato Namikaze panted slightly, looking at the Anbu in front of him.
The Anbu Ninja knelt on one knee and said quickly, "An urgent order from Hokage-sama! The strategic goal of stalling the main Kumogakure force has been more than achieved."
"Next, if there are signs of Kumogakure retreating..."
The Anbu swallowed hard, seemingly puzzled by this order himself.
"Let them leave; pursuing is strictly forbidden!"
"Pursuing is strictly forbidden?" Aokawa frowned deeply, the reishi ball he had just condensed slowly dissipating.
At this critical juncture?
"What kind of micromanagement is the Third Old Man up to now?" Aokawa thought to himself.
But then he reconsidered.
A flash of inspiration crossed Aokawa's mind.
Unless... something happened that forced Kumogakure to retreat, and the benefit of letting them go back was higher for Konoha than killing them.
On the other side.
Fourth Raikage A grabbed Dodai's collar, lifting him up, spit flying onto Dodai's face.
"Speak! What exactly happened? Did something happen to the Old Man?!"
Dodai didn't care to wipe his face, his voice trembling and tearful: "Lord A... it's bad!"
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