Encounter (Part Two)

Seeing the Earth Dragon charging toward him, Qi Shuang stopped his sprint and rapidly formed hand seals.

The Earth Dragon was far too massive, making its assault difficult to evade.

Although the Chakra Cloak protected him and made injury impossible, given the Earth Dragon's size, a single swipe could easily send him flying.

If that happened, he would be completely forced onto the defensive and lose the initiative, putting him at a disadvantage.

"Ice Release: Frost Wall"

Just as the Earth Dragon reached him, he lightly tapped the tip of his foot. A translucent, arc-shaped ice wall immediately rose from the ground before him.

There was no time to go around it, so the Earth Dragon crashed straight into it.

Boom!

The ice wall did not move an inch. Instead, the Earth Dragon collapsed into a pile of loose soil on the other side.

Kakuzu's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

This was the first time he had seen such a powerful defensive barrier.

The nearly ten-meter-long Earth Dragon, carrying hundreds of pounds of mud and stone, had slammed into it, yet it had not had the slightest effect.

As soon as the Earth Dragon's attack ended, Kakuzu's three Lightning, Fire, and Wind clones surrounded him again.

Lightning struck, flames scorched, and wind assaulted him. Chakra was thrown out as though it were free, and ninjutsu kept exploding one after another.

Qi Shuang frowned slightly and thought, I don't have as much Chakra as he does. I'd better avoid them for now!

Ice Release: Chakra Mode could indeed withstand those attacks, but it also consumed a certain amount of his Chakra.

Kakuzu had obtained five types of Ninjutsu by extracting other people's meridian systems and hearts and incorporating them into his body through Earth Grudge Fear. As a result,