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Damn it!

Maki lowered his stance slightly, bent his knees, and crackling electricity coursed over his entire body. He was about to leap sideways, but the five rock spears thrusting toward his forehead, chest, abdomen, and legs had already touched his lightning-clad skin. It was too late to dodge! At that moment, his eyes widened, fury nearly bursting from them.

This brat actually used a Water Clone to guide my own electrical attack back at me! Had he planned this from the start? He used an Earth Clone to hold me back, even restrain me, then had a Water Clone feign an attack. Did he predict that I would use a Lightning Clone to lure him in?

But I never expected his final strike to use the Earth Clone's petrification to create rock spears...

To think I had been played by the Lightning Release I was so proud of! Intentional or not, this brat was a menace! In that instant, an enraged thought brimming with killing intent flashed through his mind.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The next second, amid a series of convulsive tremors, the five spears pierced his body without suspense, punching through the back of his head, his chest and abdomen, and both legs.

Perfect combat instincts, meticulous tactics, masterful control over Lightning Release, and clever use of Lightning Clones...

This old man from Kumogakure was no weaker than Yagura Bi! As the tips of the rock spears protruding from that sturdy back reflected in his eyes, Chiba slowly released the hand seal for Charging Rock Spear and lowered his hands.

Fortunately, I used an Earth Clone from the beginning. If I had gone in myself, I would have fallen for his trick.

After evading the explosion, he first created a Lightning Clone and had it circle