The resolute words echoed across the ruins.
Watching Qin Yu kill more than a hundred people with a single move, Uzuki Cangwu and the others had indeed felt a glimmer of hope.
But then they remembered the AB Duo, already famous throughout the Ninja World, watching them from the sidelines. Their nerves tightened once more.
"Senior Uzuki, should we help?" Shizune asked anxiously.
Uzuki Cangwu looked at Qin Yu. "Qin Yu, we'll help you!"
"No need." Qin Yu smiled warmly. "All of you, come at me together. I want to see just how strong I've become."
"Haha! You're really full of yourself, kid. You look like all show and no substance, yet you still dare to make such a ridiculous boast." A laughed without restraint, then his face darkened.
"I'll make you wish you were dead."
Bang!
A planted his foot hard, and the Lightning Release chakra lying dormant within him surged out like a raging tide.
He had opened with Nintaijutsu!
Lightning Release Chakra Mode!
If Minato Namikaze was a golden flash of lightning, then A was a blue one.
The instant his foot hit the ground and the earth split apart, A had already crossed a hundred meters and appeared right in front of Qin Yu.
Uzuki Cangwu and the others' pupils contracted sharply at his speed.
In their eyes, Qin Yu hadn't moved at all. He remained standing where he was, quietly watching everything unfold.
It was as if the scene before him had left him stunned.
"Kid, you can't even keep up with my speed, and you still dare to run your mouth? Die!"
A grinned savagely and clenched his fist. Lightning crackled around it.
Without any fancy moves, he delivered a powerful punch straight at Qin Yu.
Lightning Fist!
Bang!
The air was instantly torn apart, and his massive fist shot toward Qin Yu's face.
Seeing that Qin Yu still hadn't reacted, the remaining Cloud Ninja couldn't help laughing.
At that moment, they seemed to see Qin Yu's death before their eyes.
Rumble!
A dull, thunderous impact suddenly rang out.
The fearsome Lightning Fist, carrying tremendous force, stopped a few feet from Qin Yu.
It was as if it had struck an invisible iron wall.
Lightning and crimson waves of energy swept outward, unleashing a massive shockwave.
A's expression changed abruptly, as if he had punched a wall of iron.
Qin Yu's eyes were instantly swallowed by scarlet. As nine tomoe spun wildly, A's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.
Ribs formed from crimson chakra had appeared before Qin Yu, blocking the attack.
"W-what is that?"
"Isn't that some kind of monster from a genjutsu?"
"It's the Sharingan—no, that pattern is completely different from the Uchiha Clan's one-tomoe, two-tomoe, and three-tomoe Sharingan."
"What's going on?"
As Qin Yu's entire presence changed, a calamity-filled aura spread around him, weighing on everyone's hearts with an inexplicable oppression.
Nine-Tomoe Mangekyo Sharingan!
Qin Yu didn't have much chakra, but his ocular power was practically cost-free.
Against the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, famed for its speed and power, Susanoo was the best counter.
"My turn!" Qin Yu suddenly said.
The Nine-Tomoe Sharingan spun wildly, and crimson ocular power, steeped in calamity, swept outward like a raging tide.
A massive surge of energy erupted from Qin Yu.
Pfft!
A crimson skeletal arm suddenly emerged from the ribs, looking utterly horrifying.
Without any fancy moves, it shot toward A like a bolt of lightning.
"Watch out!" Killer B shouted urgently.
A sensed the danger, and the lightning around him flared to its limit.
He stomped hard on the ground and retreated at once.
Rumble!
The ground was smashed apart. As rocks flew in every direction, another arm chased after A.
The sudden attack caught everyone completely off guard.
They stared in shock at the Susanoo rapidly taking shape behind Qin Yu. It stood twelve or thirteen meters tall, its entire body rippling like flames.
Bang, bang, bang!
The two arms struck one after another, whipping up fierce gusts of wind.
A, his whole body wrapped in lightning, dodged the attacks at high speed, looking terribly battered.
"Heh. Can you do anything besides run?" Qin Yu said with a faint smile.
It had to be said that in the world of Naruto, very few people could use chakra to such an extent.
Nintaijutsu!
It required not only precise control over chakra nature transformation, but also a body as powerful as a beast's to withstand Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Even in the vast Kumogakure, only a handful of powerful shinobi had mastered it.
That was enough to pique Qin Yu's interest.
For others, Lightning Release Chakra Mode might have been difficult to learn.
But for Qin Yu, who possessed the One-Click Max Level System, it posed little challenge.
The hard part was figuring out how to get Lightning Release Chakra Mode from A.
"You arrogant brat! Don't think you're invincible just because you're hiding in a shell!" A's voice suddenly rang out.
A figure wrapped in blue lightning appeared above Susanoo in an instant.
Lariat!
A roared. The lightning around the elbow of his right arm flared, and he brought it down on Susanoo's head like a battleaxe.
I see it!
Qin Yu's gaze shifted. He had maxed out his Mangekyō Sharingan with a single click.
But this was his first time using it, and it would take some time before he could wield it with complete ease.
A's speed was astonishing, but Qin Yu could still see through his movements.
His own body might not have been fast enough to counter A in Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but with a thought, Susanoo moved instantly.
Its massive hand reached out, and amid a deafening rumble, it collided directly with A's elbow.
"Bang!"
A thunderous explosion rang out. Lightning burst in every direction, brilliant as fireworks filling the sky.
A figure went flying and landed more than ten meters away.
"It's Lord A!"
"He used Lariat, yet he still came off worse!"
"Good heavens, that monster doesn't even have a single crack!"
A flipped through the air and landed on the ground, cracking it underfoot. A sharp pain throbbed in his right arm.
Susanoo had suffered little more than a slight loss of power. A's face turned livid.
It gave him the illusion that Susanoo was impossible to break through.
"I told you to attack together as the AB Duo. Otherwise, you don't stand a chance." Qin Yu smiled faintly.
In the Original Work, Uchiha Madara's Susanoo had been so powerful that even the Five Kage working together could barely break through it.
Qin Yu might not have matched Uchiha Madara in strength, stamina, or chakra, but the Susanoo created by his max-level Mangekyō Sharingan was no less formidable in defense.
"Hmph, you arrogant brat. Your shell is tough, sure, but it can't keep up with my speed. You're bound to lose." A shouted coldly. "Let's see how long you can keep it up."
Whoosh!
A sudden rush of air rang out as A's figure blurred. Like a ghost, he appeared in front of Susanoo once more.
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