Hyuga Shin closed his eyes.
The Younger Raikage did not take the opportunity to attack.
A spine-chilling sensation crept up his spinal cord!
"This is...! Yin Release Chakra?! No... Yin Release Energy purer than Chakra!"
The Younger Raikage broke out in a few beads of sweat.
He had come over on his own initiative. He and Killer B originally had another mission to carry out, but after learning that a Konoha elite unit had killed a small Kumogakure squad nearby, he had decided to come over...
In this war, the A and B Combination would make a name for themselves alongside the Yellow Flash!
However, the Yellow Flash would become famous by killing Kumogakure ninjas, while the A and B Combination would make their name by killing Konoha ninjas!
That was the cruelty of war!
Every ninja who became famous in war had their hands drenched in the blood of their enemies!
Meanwhile.
"Hyuga Shin" slowly opened his eyes.
During that brief process of opening his eyes, countless pitch-black markings surfaced across the youth's body!
A wanton, arrogant air, a condescending gaze... surfaced on that Hyuga youth who had originally looked so weak that he hardly seemed like a ninja! The contrast was incredibly stark!!
The Younger Raikage faced him as if confronting a formidable enemy. "What the hell... are you?!"
At that moment, in the Younger Raikage's eyes, Su Nuo was surrounded by a strange aura!
That aura was extremely bizarre.
Generally speaking, Chakra was formed by mixing physical energy and spiritual energy.
Yet the energy fluctuations emanating from Su Nuo were pure spiritual energy.
Gray...
Twisted...
High-purity Yin Release Energy!
It also carried a strange aura of curses!
"What's wrong, Ai... aren't you going to attack? Or are you... afraid?" Su Nuo's voice rang out with a hint of mockery.
The Younger Raikage gritted his teeth.
He was afraid?
He was the man who would become the next Raikage!
How the hell could he possibly be afraid?!
Who cared what this thing was!
Even if he had entered this strange state, it was nothing more than some bizarre Kekkei Genkai. I'll blast you apart with one punch, damn it!
"If I retreat here, then I'm not the son of the Third Raikage!!"
The Younger Raikage roared. His aura exploded, and he charged straight forward!
His movements carried flashes of lightning—sharp and fierce, with every motion carrying a lethal threat!
Nintaijutsu was Kumogakure's specialty, and Kumogakure also advocated swordsmanship.
Naturally, the Younger Raikage would use his strongest means to kill the monster before him!
"As expected of you... commendable courage." Su Nuo sneered.
Bang!
Lightning burst from Su Nuo's body!
Lightning Release Chakra Mode!
The Younger Raikage naturally possessed the same radiance.
However, the Younger Raikage let out a feral grin, and his aura surged even higher!
The surrounding ground exploded outward!
Lightning formed armor!
Even tougher!
The Younger Raikage's speed also increased!
Su Nuo wore a feral grin. He leaped backward, twisting in midair to evade the first wave of attacks, then landed.
Then...
He shoved both hands into his pockets!
"!"
The Younger Raikage's expression darkened. He grew even angrier, lightning-like radiance flickering in his eyes.
Thunder wrapped around his arm.
Lightning Release: Liger Bomb!
Boom!
The Younger Raikage shot toward Su Nuo at incredible speed, like a cannonball!
Su Nuo casually drew a Kunai from his ninja tool pouch, then wrapped it in Lightning Release Chakra.
Whoosh!
The Kunai shot forward at high speed!
"Kunai Clone Technique!" Su Nuo formed hand seals, and the Kunai instantly split into several!
"Parlor tricks!" The Younger Raikage charged forward, roaring, "Is that all you've got?!"
The Younger Raikage casually smashed all the Kunai aside, then thrust out the Liger Bomb with explosive speed!
Bang bang bang!
Su Nuo and the Younger Raikage instantly closed in and began fighting at close quarters!
Gentle Fist!
Su Nuo's hands moved so quickly that afterimages filled the air, his speed matching the Younger Raikage's!
The Younger Raikage noticed, however, that Su Nuo's hand had already been charred black by the electricity.
I'm going to win...!
I'm ridiculous. I actually let myself be intimidated by someone with only Chunin-level strength.
Hmm.
Perhaps those black tattoos were merely a genjutsu, causing his instincts to make an incorrect judgment...
He had actually gone all out because of someone like this?
Ridiculous...
Lightning Release: Liger Bomb!
Su Nuo judged that he could not block it head-on and dodged backward once more.
"Don't even think about escaping!" The Younger Raikage roared as he pursued him, then leaped high into the air!
Lightning Release: Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!
Lightning Release Chakra wrapped around the Younger Raikage's hand, forming an extremely powerful current!
His lightning-wreathed hand blade suddenly chopped downward!
Su Nuo had nowhere left to dodge!
"Die, you Hyuga!" Excitement filled the Younger Raikage's voice as his hand blade struck one of Su Nuo's arms, which had been unable to evade in time.
Bang!
The arm flew away!
Hmph... I got him!
Bzzzz—
In that instant.
The Younger Raikage felt the flow of time become incredibly slow.
His instincts were crying out for survival.
"Huh?"
The Younger Raikage did not understand.
Why?
What had happened?
Yet at that moment, the Younger Raikage felt that he had come within a hair's breadth of death!
Relying on instinct, the Younger Raikage wrapped all his Chakra around his neck!
Then.
The Younger Raikage heard that lazy voice...
"Release."
Splurt—!
The Lightning Release Armor was cut open. Although it blocked most of the damage, at a distance of less than twenty centimeters, the remaining cutting force still sliced open the Younger Raikage's neck.
"Guh... aaahhhhh..." The Younger Raikage collapsed to the ground, clutching his neck with both hands and doing everything he could to stop the blood spurting from his carotid artery.
However, Su Nuo did not hesitate in the slightest.
"Gentle Fist Style: Acupoint Strike."
Bang bang bang!
The Younger Raikage stared at Su Nuo in disbelief. By then, Su Nuo had activated his Byakugan. After all, using Gentle Fist Style required the Byakugan, and the Younger Raikage could not discern any emotion in those pale eyes.
After being struck at his acupoints, the Younger Raikage's Chakra could barely circulate. The massive loss of blood also caused his consciousness to gradually blur.
In his final moments.
The Younger Raikage stared fixedly at Su Nuo, his eyes filled with unwillingness and hatred.
He had actually...
died in an ambush like this...!
Su Nuo, meanwhile, rubbed his chin with an amused look. "What? He was pretty impressive after all. He actually kept his head even at this distance. I admire you."
Only after the Younger Raikage lost consciousness and passed out did Su Nuo leisurely activate Reverse Cursed Technique, restoring his severed arm.
"So slow... Is the amount of Cursed Energy I'm outputting still too small?"
It took roughly ten seconds to repair the severed arm.
If he had been at his peak, it probably would have taken only one second.
"Although I did intend to kill the Younger Raikage, this guy didn't die... That gives me the option of 'letting him live.'"
Su Nuo studied the Younger Raikage.
After a moment.
A feral grin crept across Su Nuo's face!
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