Whose Head

Uchiha Yue and the Third Hoshikage faced off, neither making the first move.

Clearly, both Uchiha Yue and the Third Hoshikage were well aware that their strengths were roughly equal. Uchiha Yue might be slightly weaker, as he had only recently reached the Jonin level. However, as an all-around ninja, Uchiha Yue possessed extremely strong offensive capabilities, causing even the Third Hoshikage Uchiha Yue be wary of him.

In particular, Uchiha Yue's method of killing twenty Hoshigakure in the poisonous fog chilled the Third Hoshikage to the bone!

Keep in mind that even the Third Hoshikage in Hoshigakure, wasn't confident he could kill twenty Jonin from his own village!

However, the Third Hoshikage might not have realized one thing: Uchiha Yue's strength was simply insufficient to kill twenty Hoshigakure. The reason Uchiha Yue was able to kill twenty Hoshigakure in the poisonous fog was primarily because he knew the Hoshigakure ninja extremely well. Secondly, it was because Uchiha Yue able to suppress the Hoshigakure in the specific environment of the poisonous Uchiha Yue, which allowed him to display such an astonishing feat in front of the Third Hoshikage.

Immediately afterwards...

After Uchiha Yue and the Third Hoshikage had endured the poisonous fog for a full three minutes, Uchiha Yue, using his Purple Eye to perceive his surroundings, suddenly noticed some unusual activity among the Hoshigakure ninja outside. It turned out that Uchiha Yue and the Third Hoshikage had been in the poisonous fog for far too long. This caused the Hoshigakure ninja outside to sense that the Third Hoshikage and those who had entered the fog were encountering some kind of difficulty. Then, Hoshigakure prepared to take a secret medicine and step into the fog to help the Third Hoshikage and the Uchiha Yue Jonin that Hoshigakure Tsuki had killed.

Having finally eliminated the Third Hoshikage's henchmen, how could Uchiha Yue expect any other Hoshigakure ninja to come to his aid?

Moreover, the Third Hoshikage already knows about Uchiha Yue's fighting abilities in the poisonous fog. If the Third Hoshikage were to escape, Uchiha Yue would lose the opportunity to kill Third Hoshikage!

Furthermore, if the Third Hoshikage were to escape from the poisonous fog, Uchiha Yue would likely face an even more dire situation. Given that the Third Hoshikage knows Uchiha Yue's exceptional fighting abilities within the Third Hoshikage, he certainly wouldn't allow himself and his Hoshigakure ninja to re-enter the fog and fight Uchiha Yue.

At that point, the Third Hoshikage only needs to instruct the Hoshigakure ninja to guard the perimeter of the poisonous fog, thus trapping Uchiha Yue within it. Even if Uchiha Yue has ample supplies, as long as the Hoshigakure ninjas guard the fog tirelessly, sooner or later Uchiha Yue will attempt to break out to find supplies for survival. When Uchiha Yue prepares to break out, the Hoshigakure ninjas will face an extremely weakened Uchiha Yue. If the Hoshigakure ninjas are still unable to capture Uchiha Yue, they would truly be unworthy of the Hoshigakure name.

Therefore, Uchiha Yue planned to kill the Third Hoshikage in front of him quickly before the other Hoshigakure ninjas arrived to provide support.

Then, gripping the katana Fubuki Tachi, Uchiha Yue gathered the chakra within his body and completed the nature transformation of Wind Style Chakra.

Then, Uchiha Yue's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and the next second he was right in front of the Third Hoshikage!

"Falling Moon Style: Single Blade Slash!"

"The Mysterious Peacock Method: Peacock Tail!"

"Bang..."

"Bang..."

Just as Uchiha Yue approached the Third Hoshikage, he gathered his Falling Moon Sword Intent and slashed down with his Fubuki Tachi. However, the Third Hoshikage incredibly quickly. The instant Uchiha Yue Fubuki Tachi down, the Third Hoshikage had already prepared the Mysterious Peacock Method, instantly blocking Uchiha Yue's attack.

Previously, when Uchiha Yue fought the Third Hoshikage, he found it somewhat difficult to break through the Third Hoshikage's Mysterious Peacock Method. Now, with the Third Hoshikage using the Mysterious Peacock Method for defense, Uchiha Yue's Fubuki Tachi, could only create a tiny crack in the Third Hoshikage's defense. Therefore, even when Uchiha Yue got close enough to be just centimeters away from the Third Hoshikage, his Fubuki Tachi Uchiha Yue, simply couldn't harm the Third Hoshikage, who was so close at hand.

The Third Hoshikage clearly sensed that Uchiha Yue's offensive capabilities were somewhat lacking. Immediately, a smile slowly appeared on the Third Hoshikage's face as he Hand Seals and attacked Uchiha Yue in front of him!

"The Mysterious Peacock Method: Bear Claw!"

"Bang..."

In just a few seconds, the Third Hoshikage had already changed his handprint, re-condensing the pale purple chakra within his body into the shape of a brown bear. The brown bear had just appeared behind the Third Hoshikage when it swung its paws and slammed them directly at Uchiha Yue in front of it. Moreover, the Third Hoshikage was maintaining the Mysterious Peacock Method he had used earlier while simultaneously attacking with the newly condensed Mysterious Peacock Method.

Therefore, if Uchiha Yue wanted to avoid the Third Hoshikage's attack, there was only one way he could do: evade.

Then, we see Uchiha Yue preparing to use Flash Step to evade the Third Hoshikage's attack in the face of danger.

"Falling Moon Style: Flash Step!"

When using Flash Step, very few people can catch a glimpse of Uchiha Yue.

Therefore, Uchiha Yue quickly and successfully dodged the Third Hoshikage's attack, moving to a position thirty meters in front of the Third Hoshikage.

However, to Uchiha Yue's utter surprise, the instant his toes touched the ground, the bear claw controlled by the Third Hoshikage Uchiha Yue attacked him. Moreover, the bear claw, controlled by the Third Hoshikage, gave Uchiha Yue no chance to dodge at all, and slammed heavily onto his Uchiha Yue.

Immediately afterwards...

Then the Third Hoshikage appeared in front of Uchiha Yue, stepping on Fubuki Tachi Uchiha Yue, and said with a cold laugh, "Demon, do you still have the right to be arrogant? Now, I'm going to make you look at me like this and twist your head off while you're still alive! Demon, I really don't believe that you can live after your head is twisted off!"

Then, the Third Hoshikage began to control the brown bear formed from pale purple chakra behind him, waving its paws and slowly reaching for Uchiha Yue in front of him.

Only...

Just as the Third Hoshikage's brown bear claw, conjured using the Mysterious Peacock Method, reached towards Uchiha Yue...

A faint smile suddenly appeared on Uchiha Yue's face!

Moreover, that smile was full of mockery!

"The so-called Hoshikage of Hoshigakure!"

"Take a good look, whose head is about to be twisted off!"

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