Third Raikage looked down at his right arm that was swallowed up by the black flames. There was no emotion in those empty eyes.
He was silent for a moment, then without hesitation he raised his left hand and slashed with the knife, cutting off the entire right arm from the shoulder.
There was no blood at the cross section, only scraps of paper scattered in the air.
He casually grabbed the burning severed arm, injected the Lightning Release Chakra in the arm violently, turned it into a javelin wrapped with lightning, and threw it fiercely in the direction of Sasuke.
The severed arm flew rapidly in the air, and the lightning jumped on the surface, drawing a blue arc with a harsh sound of breaking through the air, heading straight for Sasuke's face.
Sasuke's vision was still a little blurry after releasing Amaterasu, but when he saw the lightning approaching, it was too late to react.
His body instinctively wanted to dodge, but the excessive consumption of pupil power at that moment made him dizzy and his movements slowed down for half a beat.
He could only watch helplessly as the severed arm wrapped in lightning got closer and closer.
At the critical moment.
"Bang!"
A dull crashing sound exploded in front of Sasuke, and the strong wind caused by the shock wave blew his black hair back.
A pair of purple translucent giant palms opened at some point and blocked his face.
The pair of palm wings were condensed from pure Chakra, and the surface was covered with the unique lines of Cursed Seal. Like a huge shield, it made a dull loud noise the moment the broken arm collided.
The lightning on the broken arm exploded on the surface of the palm wing, and the electric light splashed out, causing several cracks on the surface of the palm wing. At the same time, it also made him slide on the ground for several meters, but he was finally blocked firmly.
Sasuke was breathing heavily under the resistance of his palm wings, and his face was a little pale because of the excessive overdraft just now.
Before he could take a few breaths, his pupils suddenly shrank.
I saw that the Amaterasu attached to the broken arm had spread to the surface of the palm wing at some point, and was spreading along the palm wing towards his body.
Sasuke's eyes widened suddenly, and the spreading black flame suddenly dissipated the moment it touched his body.
However, the next second he released Amaterasu, a figure wrapped in lightning appeared beside him at some point.
The distance is less than three meters, and the speed is as fast as teleporting.
Third Raikage's right arm has been repaired as before, and the lightning condensed on the fist, making a harsh crackling sound, like an angry thunder beast preparing to attack.
"Bang--!"
Sasuke almost instinctively raised his palm wings and folded his palms in front of him.
That punch hit the palm wing hard, and the huge impact instantly penetrated Chakra's constructed palm, sending Sasuke flying backwards.
But this time, he didn't fall to the ground in a panic.
The pair of re-condensed palm wings opened suddenly at the moment Sasuke's body was out of balance, and flapped violently in the air. The air flow wrapped around Cursed Seal Chakra held him up steadily. The whole person drew an arc in mid-air and regained his balance.
Sasuke was suspended in mid-air. He lowered his head and glanced at his somewhat fragmented palm wings, and then looked at the figure standing on the spot below. The light in Mangekyō Sharingan was a bit more solid than before, and the corners of his mouth raised an almost imperceptible arc.
"It turns out... it is indeed feasible and more flexible than before."
At the same time, the ground below.
Ning Xue knelt on one knee among the broken rocks, pressing his right palm on the bone-deep wound on his chest, and a green Chakra light surged out of his palm.
The jellyfish previously attached to the wound was still repairing the broken ribs and torn muscles. With the support of Senjutsu Chakra, Medical Ninjutsu's recovery speed was significantly improved.
Green Chakra circulated slightly on his body surface, intertwined with the light of the healing jellyfish.
In just a few moments, the flesh and blood at the edge of the wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The surface of the skin is covered with a thin layer of ice crystals, temporarily sealing the incompletely healed wound to prevent further tearing.
He exhaled a breath, felt the condition of his chest, and confirmed that the recovery of the wound was enough to support him to continue fighting. He then raised his head and looked at the figure in the sky that had regained its balance, and then glanced at the lightning beam below that was turning towards him.
"Tsk."
Ning Xue tsked in a low voice, then suddenly raised his right hand, cold air surged in the palm of his hand, and a crystal clear ice plate quickly condensed and formed under his feet.
He jumped up and stepped firmly onto the ice plate. The ice plate held him up quickly and floated side by side in mid-air with Sasuke.
Under the moonlight, two figures, one on the left and one on the right, faced off against the thunder light below.
"We have to formulate a strategy now." Ning Xue spoke first with a solemn expression.
Sasuke did not object when he heard this, but just glanced at Ning Xue's chest with a hint of confirmation in his tone.
"You can still fight."
"Yes." Ning Xue's answer was concise and straightforward.
Sasuke nodded, asked no more questions, and returned his gaze to the figure below who was looking up at them.
"So do you have a plan?"
Ning Xue heard this, lowered his head and thought for a moment.
His eyes swept across the messy battlefield below, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, and his eyes lit up.
"Yes."
He approached Sasuke and spoke a few words quickly in a low voice.
Sasuke listened, raised his eyebrows slightly, turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes clearly said.
You still have this ability, why didn't you show it earlier?
Ning Xue met that gaze and was silent for a moment, with a rare hint of embarrassment in his tone.
"Not commonly used, forget about it."
Sasuke did not continue to dwell on this topic. He just withdrew his gaze and focused his attention downward again.
The conversation between the two was concise and quick. After all, there were still enemies to deal with.
Ning Xue took the lead.
He raised his hand, and countless crystal Ice Swallow condensed and formed behind him, covering half of the sky like a white tide.
"Ice Release, Swallow Snowstorm!"
Those Ice Swallow flapped their wings, reflecting the cold light under the moonlight, and swooped toward the Third Raikage below like a heavy rain.
Third Raikage saw countless Ice Swallow flying towards him, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and with a sway of his body, he easily dodged a few of the oncoming ones.
But he soon discovered that the Ice Swallow that had escaped had turned around in the air, changed direction, and continued to chase him.
He frowned slightly, obviously realizing that these Ice Swallow had tracking effects.
He did not hesitate, his body swayed, and he flew towards the woods beside him like a bolt of lightning.
He casually chopped down a thick tree, hugged the trunk with both hands, and swung the thick wood across his body to use it as a shield.
Countless Ice Swallow hit the tree trunk, making a dense "ding" sound and ice chips flying everywhere.
However, Third Raikage knew that this would not last long.
The moment those Ice Swallow hit the tree trunk, they spread quickly. The ice layer spread rapidly on the surface of the wood like a living thing. The entire tree trunk was being frozen into a popsicle at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Just before the wood was about to be completely frozen, he suddenly threw the half-frozen wood in his hand towards Ning Xue above.
The wood turned into a white spear, and with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, it went straight to Ning Xue's face.
But at the moment when the frozen wood was about to approach Ning Xue, it suddenly decomposed and shattered in the air, turning into countless tiny Ice Swallow and ice snakes, then changed direction and pounced towards Third Raikage below.
Third Raikage saw a flash of surprise in his eyes when he saw that the wood he threw could still transform into this.
But he quickly made a response, splitting a tree again, resisting the chasing Ice Swallow in the same way, and at the same time injected Lightning Release Chakra into the tree trunk in his hand, and threw it violently overhead.
But when he threw the second piece of wood, he suddenly realized.
Sasuke is missing.
Third Raikage's pupils shrank, and when he was about to search for traces of Sasuke, a voice suddenly sounded from not far away.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"
The blazing flames shot out from the side, like a small sun, carrying the scorching air waves and blasting straight towards him.
Third Raikage was about to dodge to the side, but found that Sasuke's figure had appeared on the other side of him.
The pair of purple translucent palm wings flapped violently in the moonlight, and Sasuke's speed was so fast in an instant that there was almost only an afterimage left.
As he passed the fireball, the Chidori Sharp Spear condensed in his palm struck directly at his flank with dazzling black lightning.
Seeing this, Third Raikage rushed towards the flames. Lightning Armor blocked all the burning of the flames. At the same time, he used the shield of the flames to twist his body and accurately kicked Sasuke's waist and abdomen with a whip kick with the sound of whistling wind.
Sasuke's reaction was extremely fast. He suddenly lowered his abdomen and lowered his waist, bending his body backward at an almost incredible angle to avoid the whip kick that could break the rock. At the same time, he took out Kusanagi Sword with his right hand and stabbed Third Raikage in the lower back.
Third Raikage sensed the threat behind him, suddenly retracted his whip leg, and slapped Kusanagi Sword on the side with his backhand.
The huge force shook Sasuke and Kusanagi Sword out of their hands, flipped several times in the air, and landed on the ground several meters away.
Sasuke was stunned for a moment, but he did not hesitate. The moment he lost his weapon, he quickly folded his palms and wings in front of him, preparing to resist the next attack.
But at this moment, a slender white snake quietly sprang out from the ground at some point, accurately wrapped around his wrist, and then quickly hardened and turned into a Ice Blade.
The moment Sasuke caught the Ice Blade out of the corner of his eye, his movements did not pause at all. He held the Ice Blade with his backhand and completed the slash driven by inertia.
Lightning Release Chakra was injected into the surface of Ice Blade along the palm of his hand. The jumping arc spread on Ice Blade and turned into a blue arc, cutting straight towards the waist of Third Raikage.
"Pfft--!"
Ice Blade penetrated Third Raikage's waist, but it was Impure World Reincarnation Body after all, so the damage caused was minimal.
Third Raikage didn't even lower his head to look at the wound. He just turned around suddenly and hit Sasuke's face with his fist wrapped in lightning.
Sasuke did not fight hard. He flapped his palms violently, and the whole person was ejected backwards. He stabilized his body where Kusanagi Sword landed, leaned over and grabbed the hilt of the sword, and took the weapon back into his hand.
Third Raikage didn't pause at all. The moment Sasuke landed, it was already following him. The speed was faster than Sasuke expected, and his fist was ready to go.
But the moment his fist hit Sasuke.
"Hiss~"
The body suddenly turned into countless tiny white snakes, scattered all over the place, twisting on the ground.
"Snake Substitution..." His voice was hoarse and low.
The real Sasuke suddenly emerged from the shadow behind Third Raikage, with his hands Hand Seals, and several thick white snakes suddenly emerged from the cuffs.
"Snake Gaze Bind!"
The white snake wrapped around Third Raikage's limbs and torso like a chain, tightly binding him in place.
Third Raikage frowned, and just when he was about to condense the lightning to break these snakes, another voice sounded from not far away.
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Ning Xue did not know when he appeared on the other side of the battlefield. The two translucent Chakra snakes behind him suddenly extended out along his arms, expanded rapidly in mid-air, turned into two thick white snakes, and twined towards the other side of Third Raikage.
One on the left and one on the right, attacking from both sides.
Third Raikage was firmly restrained by two snakes from different sources at that moment, and his movements were stagnant for a moment.
But it was only for a moment.
The lightning on his body suddenly became more dazzling, and the electric arc jumped wildly, making a harsh crackling sound, like a furious lion.
With a sudden force, he tore off all the Sasuke snakes. The broken snake bodies were scattered in the air. At the same time, he suddenly pulled Ning Xue's two Chakra snakes towards him, along with Ning Xue's whole body.
Ning Xue was pulled forward by the huge force, but did not let go of the two Chakra snakes.
The moment he was pulled closer, his other hand suddenly lifted up, and a clear water ball condensed in his palm, hanging in front of him.
Third Raikage saw this and did not stop what he was doing.
After all, he didn't think this water mass could pose any threat to him.
He pulled Ning Xue to a sufficient distance and suddenly let go of his hand. His whole body was surrounded by lightning and rushed straight like a discharged cannonball.
However, this is exactly what Ning Xue wants.
The moment Third Raikage rushed into the range of the water polo, the Sage Mode of Ning Xue suddenly faded away, replaced by a surging purple-black Chakra--Second Release State.
Almost at the same moment of switching, he poured all his Mōryō Chakra into the ball of water in front of him.
"Ice Release--Ice Prison!"
The ball of water suddenly solidified the moment Third Raikage rushed into it, and the originally clear water turned turbid, snow-white, and hard at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The cold air suddenly spread from the center of the white ice body to the surroundings, and Third Raikage's body was instantly frozen inside the ice body.
The lightning jumped a few times on his body, then was suppressed by the cold Chakra, and the arc gradually extinguished.
Third Raikage's figure was frozen in the ice, maintaining a collision posture.
His originally empty eyes suddenly regained a trace of clarity at the moment when the ice body was completely formed.
Thousands of miles away.
Yakushi Kabuto is sitting cross-legged in a hidden cave, controlling Third Raikage in the distance to fight.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes suddenly, and an incredible fluctuation flashed in his snake eyes.
"What's going on? Contact... why was it suddenly cut off?!"
He tried to re-establish the Chakra connection with Third Raikage, but no matter how he tried, the close connection between the caster and the one being cast could not be connected, as if he had hit a wall.
"Impossible... How could Impure World Reincarnation's connection be cut off?!"
the other side.
Ning Xue maintained Second Release State, kneeling on one knee under the ice body, breathing rapidly and heavily, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
He raised his hand and condensed a new layer of ice on the outside of the ice body. At the same time, he carefully removed part of the ice body in the middle to form a structure similar to an isolation box, ensuring that Third Raikage's consciousness and body were separated within the ice layer and completely isolated from the outside world.
After he finished all this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped backwards to the ground.
Inside the ice body, Third Raikage was frozen in the ice. The lightning on the surface of the body had completely dissipated, but the eyes had regained their clarity and energy, no longer empty and cold.
He looked at his body trapped in the ice, and through the transparent ice wall saw the white figure slumped on the ground outside, and was silent for a moment.
Then he spoke in a low voice, his voice low and hoarse, with a kind of irrepressible anger.
"Asshole, that damn bastard... How dare you manipulate me like this!"
While speaking, he subconsciously wanted to turn on Lightning Armor again to shatter the ice.
But he quickly suppressed this impulse.
Because he knew that it was this layer of ice that blocked the operator's control.