Barrier Showdown Against the Sound Ninja Four

Chapter 28: Barrier Showdown Against the Sound Ninja Four

Before long, a faint breeze swept past.

At the edge of the cliff above the canyon.

Kimimaro stood quietly, coldly surveying the devastation below.

He could not stop himself from coughing twice, spitting a shocking pool of blood into his palm.

Lord Orochimaru's plan could not be interrupted here.

Kimimaro's gaze turned icy. Without the slightest hesitation, he crushed the black skull in his hand, which was carved with strange runes.

Bang!

A dense mass of scarlet chakra, like a rain of blood, plunged toward the depths of the canyon.

Below.

Chenshu Senju yawned. He was just about to kick open the wooden barrel containing Sasuke and see how badly that poker-faced head had been knocked around.

Suddenly.

Jirobo and Sakon, who had already collapsed unconscious on the ground, began convulsing violently.

Scarlet chakra surged wildly into their bodies.

It was not just them.

Even Tayuya, who was suspended high in the air, had the curse mark on her body begin flashing with an abnormal red glow.

The powerful chakra impact forced a small gap open in the vines binding her.

Tayuya gasped for breath.

With nothing restraining her, her body rose and fell violently, beads of sweat seeping down her skin.

It was an extremely distracting sight.

"This is... Lord Orochimaru's ultimate trump card!" Tayuya cried with a fanatical expression.

The four people who had looked like dead dogs moments ago simultaneously erupted with dazzling black runes.

The runes intertwined in the air, instantly forming a dark curtain of light.

Boom!

Four enormous black pillars of light shot into the sky, directly enveloping the entire canyon.

Ninja Art: Four Black Mist Formation Barrier.

Elsewhere.

The instant the barrier closed.

"Quick! It's right ahead! I can smell Sasuke!"

Amid heavy panting.

Kiba Inuzuka rode Akamaru and charged in at the front.

Shikamaru led Naruto, Sakura, Choji, and the others straight into the barrier without any caution.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The moment they landed, the ground beneath their feet exploded.

What greeted them was not the defeated enemy they had expected, but a huge swarm of Sound Ninja monster clones formed from the barrier's power.

"What the hell are these things?!"

Naruto howled as a two-headed monster punched him flying.

Human Bullet Tank! Choji instantly expanded and rolled toward the monsters, only to be forced to a stop by a sky-covering web of poison.

Sharp earthen spikes and poisonous spider silk surrounded them from every direction.

After only a few seconds of fighting.

This hastily assembled pursuit squad was suppressed so badly that they could not even raise their heads, retreating step by step.

"What a pain."

Sweat covered Shikamaru's forehead as his hands rapidly formed seals.

Shadow Imitation Technique!

The black shadow on the ground had only just stretched out when the berserk chakra within the barrier shattered it before it could touch a monster.

Shikamaru gritted his teeth. This was not a situation that genin like them could handle at all.

Just as everyone struggled to hold on and was nearly about to collapse across the board.

Naruto, while dodging an attack, caught something in the corner of his eye and suddenly widened his eyes.

The next second.

Two streams of hot blood burst uncontrollably from his nose.

"Holy crap... wh-wh-what is that?!"

Naruto pointed at a large tree in the center of the barrier, his voice stammering.

Hearing Naruto's strange shout.

Everyone instinctively followed his gaze.

Then, they all swallowed hard.

In midair.

Tayuya hung unclothed from the tree, several thick vines binding her in an embarrassing position and outlining her figure.

Her long legs had been forced apart, leaving much of her exposed to the air.

Worst of all, in order to maintain the barrier, Tayuya was desperately twisting her body.

Every movement made the vines tighten and shift around her.

The visual impact was overwhelming.

Shikamaru's face reddened, and he subconsciously looked twice more.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that sneaking out of the village in the middle of the night for this mission was not so boring after all.

"You bunch of idiots! Is this really the time to be looking at that?!"

Sakura was so angry her face turned purple, and even her hair stood on end.

She rushed forward and mercilessly punched Naruto into the ground.

Naruto clutched his head and rolled around in the crater in grievance.

Just then.

"If you enjoyed the show, remember to pay the viewing fee."

A calm voice sounded beside them.

Shikamaru and the others froze before turning around.

They saw Chenshu Senju, who had set out before them, standing leisurely atop a rock with one hand in his pocket, watching the scene unfold.

Chenshu Senju sighed inwardly.

He had already used this kind of protagonist-group routine—dragging out a crisis with jokes and suggestive nonsense—to death back when he wrote novels in his previous life.

Seeing it with his own eyes now only made him feel that these people were truly hopeless idiots.

"Big Brother Chenshu! Since you're here, hurry up and help!" Naruto shouted, sticking his head out of the crater.

"Shut up. Don't try to claim familiarity. I don't know you people."

Chenshu Senju dug at his ear.

Hidden Leaf Village genin only ever thought about clinging to someone stronger when they were getting beaten up.

Still, it was time to put an end to this barrier farce.

He had never intended to waste time on useless lackeys like them.

Chenshu Senju raised his head and looked at the black curtain overhead, his eyes turning cold.

In the original story, Hidden Leaf Village's genin had been beaten half to death here, humiliated beyond measure.

But humiliation was not a word in Chenshu Senju's dictionary.

Without forming a single seal.

Chenshu Senju slammed both hands onto the ground.

The immense chakra of his Sage Body instantly ran wild.

Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.

The six calm words fell.

Rumble—

The earth across the canyon seemed to release a pained howl as it instantly collapsed.

Hundreds upon hundreds of gigantic trees burst from the ground, growing madly like rampaging pythons with absolute violence.

The barrier clones that had just been crushing Shikamaru and the others.

Did not even have time to scream before countless massive wooden spikes pierced them, shredding them into a mist of blood.

The massive chakra granted by the Sage Body required no flashy tricks whatsoever.

This was simply a crushing advantage from another level.

Crack!

The supposedly indestructible four-layer black mist barrier was like paper beneath the unstoppable, violent impact of Wood Release.

Dense cracks instantly spread across the curtain of light.

Then.

It exploded with a deafening blast.

The enormous backlash from the barrier being violently torn apart struck the bodies of the Sound Ninja Four directly.

Pfft!

Jirobo and Sakon, who had just managed to stand, spewed blood. Their legs gave out, and they dropped heavily to their knees like dead dogs.

Three of Kidomaru's six arms snapped off, and he howled in agony.

Tayuya had it even worse.

With the formation broken, the vines binding her lost their chakra resistance and suddenly tightened.

"Ah—"

She screamed in pain, her entire body convulsing violently.

The rough vines left deep red welts across her skin, and the pain nearly made her pass out.

The four Sound Ninja had been completely pushed to the brink of defeat.

Shikamaru and the others stood amid the devastated ruins.

Their mouths hung open in perfect O shapes as they stared blankly at Chenshu Senju, who looked like a demon god.

This kind of power, capable of changing the terrain at will... was this really something a rookie from Hidden Leaf Village should possess?

Chenshu Senju brushed the dust from his hands and walked expressionlessly toward the Sound Ninja on the ground.

He was going to collect these walking experience packs for good.

Watching Chenshu Senju close in step by step.

Jirobo clenched his teeth, spat the blood from his mouth onto the ground, and a fierce, desperate look flashed through his eyes.

"Either way, we're dead... I'm going all out against him!"

Sakon and Kidomaru also nodded with savage expressions.

Tayuya, hanging from the tree, bit through her lip.

The four exchanged looks.

Then.

They simultaneously reached back and crushed the bone talismans Orochimaru had left around their necks.

Their life force was frantically overdrawn, burning away completely in an instant.

The dark red curse marks originally imprinted on their bodies instantly turned a horrifying purplish-black.

The forbidden curse marks were forcefully activated through overdraw.

Boom!

Four nauseating surges of berserk chakra shot into the sky, corroding the surrounding trees until they withered.

Even if they could not survive, they would drag this Senju brat down to hell with them today.