Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling.
Earth Release: Earth Flow River.
Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet.
Earth Release: Earth Shore Return.
One earthen ball after another was hurled into the air in neat succession. The ground beneath his feet turned into an endless swamp of mud. The mouths of the earth dragons spat out great quantities of mud and sand, while other ninjas struck the ground and launched attacks from far away.
Though the Iwagakure ninjas used a wide variety of techniques, their coordination was remarkably seamless.
They used at least a dozen different Earth Release techniques, but when the ninjas unleashed them, the techniques complemented one another. They didn't interfere with each other at all; instead, their coordination made the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
And that was the situation the Third Raikage A faced at that moment.
Earth Release techniques closed in from every direction. Each one seemed unimpressive to him, and A was confident his Lightning Release Armor could withstand them all, even if he stood still and let them hit him.
But once enough techniques with limited power were used together, they could bring about a qualitative change.
What was more, the attacks came in an unbroken stream, leaving him no room to catch his breath.
On top of that, the Third Raikage had to stay alert for the ground beneath him to turn into a muddy swamp at any moment.
That was the Third Raikage for you. With the lightning-fast speed granted by Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the peerless defense of his Lightning Release Armor, he could keep fighting as long as he had enough Chakra and stamina.
If another ninja without the ability to fly had been in his place, even Kakuzu, with his five lives, would already have been dead