Four thick old trees surged upward against the force like earth dragons turning over, like four tentacles trying to toss the Raikage into the air.
The thorny spikes protruding from the trunks radiated a chilling, razor-sharp killing intent.
The Third Raikage's reaction was not slow.
Though his mind was somewhat fatigued from enduring the torment of demonic sounds for so long, decades of battle instinct still made him react the instant he stepped into the trap.
"Hah!"
The first step of a Raikage's battle: [Lightning Release Chakra Mode, activate]!
With a loud shout, chakra surged throughout the Third Raikage's body, transforming into lightning charged with destructive energy, so deep it was nearly black, and tightly wrapping around him.
Crackle! Crackle!
When the thorn-covered trunks slammed into his solid armor, they shattered one after another. It was like eggs crashing into stone—zero damage inflicted, immense self-inflicted losses.
However, although the Lightning Release Armor had not been breached, it could not completely eliminate the kinetic force from the impacts. Moreover, the Raikage had neither trained in Thousand-Kilogram Drop nor possessed anything convenient to anchor himself with, so he was inevitably pushed into the air.
The Raikage understood this perfectly well. Rather than waste strength resisting, he borrowed the force to leap upward even faster, stepping on a rapidly rising trunk before swinging down his hand like a blade without hesitation.
[Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop]!
Swish! Swish!
The lightning-glinting edge of his palm was like the sharpest weapon in the world. The trunks, thicker than his own body, were sliced as easily as paper, their cuts smooth and flat, like sheets of dough cut apart by a chef.
Just as the Raikage was displaying his knife skills, a swarm of bats suddenly burst out of the ground beneath his feet and surged upward