Departure

Mingyou reached out and pulled Samui closer, putting his arm around her shoulders.

"Go back with you? To keep being your tool for breeding? To live like a puppet?"

Samui raised her hand to cover Mingyou's mouth, signaling him to stop talking.

Then she looked calmly at Darui, "You should know, I can't go back."

"The mistake was that you shouldn't have kept all this from me. Feeling like I'm being used as a tool like this really sucks."

Darui shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Samui, I think you should also be clear that you're too soft-hearted. With your personality, you wouldn't accept the Raikage's suggestion."

"Heh…" Samui laughed mockingly, "So you came up with such an absurd method? Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"The Raikage didn't do anything wrong in wanting to strengthen the Land of Lightning, but the mistake was that he shouldn't have used me like this."

"It seems there's no need to continue negotiations." Darui frowned, raising the large broadsword in his hand, ready to attack at any moment.

"Attack!!"

With Darui's loud shout, hundreds of Land of Lightning ninjas, who were surrounding them in a circle, moved out in an orderly fashion, with a circle of members stepping forward.

Their hands quickly formed the same hand seals.

"Water Release - Water Formation Wall!"

The ninjas shouted in unison, placing one hand to their mouths, puffing out their cheeks and spitting out a stream of water.

The further the water stream went, the more turbulent and majestic it became.

In an instant, a circle of majestic water flow appeared around Mingyou and Samui, pouring down on them.

After the first batch of ninjas finished casting their ninjutsu, they quickly retreated.

Whoosh~~

The second batch of Land of Lightning ninjas stepped forward, but this time they were no longer forming the same ninjutsu hand seals.

But soon, lightning began to flare up in front of them, clearly preparing to release their most skilled Lightning Release ninjutsu.

"Lightning Release: Earth Run!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Sand Needles!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Fang!"

Zizzing electric currents spread towards the water ahead.

Layers of electric arcs quickly traveled across the surface of the water, making crackling, ear-piercing sounds.

This group used another set of Water Release and Lightning Release combination ninjutsu to maximize the power.

"Heh... quite the reception."

Mingyou turned his head to look at the nearly ten-meter-high water flow around him, pouring down on him like surging waves, but he didn't even frown.

No matter how well these ninjas played their combination ninjutsu, they were still nothing in the face of Mingyou's Kamui ability.

But this time, Mingyou didn't choose to use Kamui. Instead, he formed a set of Earth Release ninjutsu hand seals with both hands, and then slammed his fist hard into the ground.

"Earth Release: Earth Fissure!"

Rumble~~

The ground trembled.

In an instant, the center of the town seemed to have been hit by an earthquake, with cracks appearing in the ground.

The waves of water failed to overcome physical inertia, and most of it flowed into the cracks, reducing the force of the waves.

Even a lot of earth and rocks rose up, blocking the surging water.

"Samui, let's go."

Without saying a word, Mingyou grabbed Samui's small hand, and with a series of leaps, escaped from the encirclement.

"Don't even think about it!!"

A male voice rang out. Darui seized the opportunity, wielding the broadsword in his hand, and slashed straight at Mingyou.

Suddenly, lightning flared up on Mingyou's body. The Raikage's chakra-activated cell ability had been activated.

Whoosh~~

Mingyou disappeared from the spot at an incredible speed, dodging Darui's slash, and kicked him hard in the abdomen.

Bang~~

"Ah!" After a muffled sound, accompanied by a scream, Darui suffered a heavy blow to his abdomen, rolling more than ten meters away on the ground before stopping.

"For Samui's sake, I gave you a chance. Did you have to force me to kill you?"

Mingyou's face was cold. He canceled the sizzling electricity on his body and walked slowly towards Darui, pulling Samui along.

"Damn... he can even use the Raikage's abilities."

Darui raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. After that blow just now, Darui clearly felt the gap between himself and Mingyou.

Although the essence of ninjutsu is deception.

But such a gap in absolute power cannot be resolved by ordinary schemes.

Darui was well aware of this, but his loyalty to the Land of Lightning forced him to stand up and continue fighting Mingyou desperately.

"Go to hell, you bastard!"

Darui gritted his teeth and formed a series of Lightning Release ninjutsu hand seals.

"Storm Release: Laser Circus!"

Suddenly, black lightning flashed in front of Darui, and several straight black arcs of electricity shot towards Mingyou.

"What, trying to make a last-ditch counterattack? I'm afraid that won't go as you wish."

Mingyou raised his hand, and blue transparent energy surged around his body, as a giant skeletal hand of Susanoo emerged, protecting both Mingyou and Samui within it.

Crack!

The black lightning collided with the Susanoo's skeletal hand, emitting a shattering sound.

Looking out, the Susanoo's skeletal hand had its surface defense broken, cracking with lines like a spider web.

But unfortunately, the black lightning's attack only stopped there, unable to cause deeper damage to the skeletal hand.

The surrounding hundreds of Land of Lightning ninja stared in shock, somewhat stunned by such a powerful ninjutsu duel.

"It seems your attack is quite good, comparable to the Raikage's full-force punch."

Mingyou nodded, acknowledging Darui's strength.

"However, I'm sorry, today I will send you to hell!"

Just as Mingyou was about to move forward and deliver a fatal blow to Darui, he was tightly grabbed by a pair of fair hands.

"No, Mingyou, can you let them go?"

Samui's eyes were filled with tears, the plea in her eyes was very obvious.

Several times just now, Mingyou wanted to attack those Land of Lightning ninja, but he was tightly held back by Samui.

"Alright." Mingyou frowned, hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded in compromise.

Mingyou reached out and placed his hand on Samui's body, and with a strong spatial distortion, the two disappeared from the spot.

After a long time, Mingyou appeared with Samui in a dense forest.

After such a commotion, the time was already close to dawn.

But at this time, there would be no ships leaving the port on the Land of Hot Springs' coast.

So they could only choose to rest in place and continue on their way after dawn.

"Samui, there is one thing I hope you can understand, the feud between me and the Land of Lightning has already been forged."

"I also know that you have deep feelings for the Land of Lightning, but since you have chosen to stand on my side, I hope you can think clearly about your priorities in the future."