Helplessness

"Ha, ha, ha! Kid, how did that taste?" Gu Chuan Mu He laughed smugly.

With that, he pulled out three more kunai with explosive tags and hurled them straight into the forest of Earth Flow Spears.

The densely packed earth spikes blocked his view, and he could no longer see Yizhe's exact situation within. To avoid wasting chakra unnecessarily, he chose to throw kunai with explosive tags.

Sensing that the attacks had stopped, Yizhe canceled Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven and immediately spotted the kunai closing in on him.

"Water Style: Extreme Water Wave!"

This was an enhanced version of Water Wave. Yizhe greatly reduced Water Wave's area of impact, increasing the pressure of the water's force.

The originally scattered stream became a high-pressure water column. Though it was worlds apart from Water Severing Wave, dealing with three kunai was effortless.

The massive water column Yizhe spat from his mouth sent the three kunai flying back.

"What?!"

Gu Chuan Mu He was startled when he saw the blue water column burst out from the forest of earth spikes.

He hurriedly dodged the kunai shooting back through the water column.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The enormous explosions rang across the battlefield, kicking up a blizzard!

"Good chance!"

Using the snowstorm from the explosions to block everyone's view, Yizhe rapidly leaped out of the forest of earth spikes.

He charged straight at his opponent!

"Don't even think about it!"

The snowstorm quickly dispersed, and Gu Chuan Mu He immediately saw Yizhe rushing toward him.

"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

Gu Chuan Mu He kicked off the ground and rapidly retreated while swiftly releasing a ninjutsu.

A gigantic earthen dragon head emerged where he had been standing, opening its jaws wide at Yizhe.

Countless mud bullets rained down like raindrops.

Unfortunately, unlike his previous battle against Furukawa Muchi, Yizhe had his feet firmly planted on the ground. He simply flashed to the side and easily evaded the mud bullets.

He continued charging directly at Gu Chuan Mu He!

"Damn it!" Gu Chuan Mu He cursed inwardly.

Yizhe seemed considerably faster than him and soon caught up.

As the two chased each other, he had no chance to focus on forming hand seals. Every time he started, he had to break off to dodge Yizhe's thrown shuriken.

"Got you!" Delight flashed through Yizhe's eyes.

The distance between them had become very short. It seemed as if they could both hear the other's heavy breathing.

But intimidated by the Hyuga Clan's reputation, Gu Chuan Mu He had never dared fight Yizhe in taijutsu and had only kept evading.

A pale blue sphere of light slowly began to gather in Yizhe's right hand.

"Die!" Yizhe roared.

He suddenly accelerated, slamming the Rasengan in his right hand toward his opponent.

Yet to his surprise, a strange smile appeared on Gu Chuan Mu He's face.

What shocked Yizhe even more was that Gu Chuan Mu He actually turned around, intending to take the Rasengan head-on with his chest.

Bang—

With Gu Chuan Mu He's deliberate cooperation, the Rasengan struck his chest with perfect accuracy.

"What?!" Yizhe was utterly stunned.

The Rasengan's immense power had already been proven on Furukawa Muchi.

What stunned Yizhe was that when such a powerful technique came within an inch of Gu Chuan Mu He's chest, it could not advance even a fraction further!

It was as though some invisible barrier had blocked the Rasengan outside, making it impossible to touch Gu Chuan Mu He within.

While Yizhe stood frozen over the Rasengan's failure, Gu Chuan Mu He had already prepared a ninjutsu.

"Ha, ha, ha! Kid, go join my son and brother in death!" he laughed wildly and without restraint.

"Ice Style: Ice Spike Hell!"

In an instant, clusters of ice cones nearly two meters tall erupted from the ground within a radius of almost ten meters around Gu Chuan Mu He.

As far as the eye could see, it was an entire forest of ice spikes!

Still stunned by the Rasengan, Yizhe failed to react before the sharp ice spikes pierced through his body!

Puff!

Yizhe, impaled on the ice spikes, turned into a wisp of white smoke.

"What is going on?!"

"What the hell happened?!" Gu Chuan Mu He roared hysterically.

He had originally taken one of Yizhe's techniques head-on to create an opportunity for a single killing blow. He never expected such a result.

How could that not fill him with rage?

He was so furious his lungs were about to burst!

Clap, clap, clap!

A string of applause came from the spot where Furukawa Muchi had repeatedly used Earth Style to attack Yizhe. Then, a figure in white slowly emerged.

It turned out that after using Water Wave, Yizhe had taken advantage of Gu Chuan Mu He's obstructed vision to send out a Shadow Clone to probe his abilities.

He himself had remained hidden in the same spot, watching Gu Chuan Mu He's every move.

"Ha, ha, ha! Impressive! Truly impressive!" Realizing he had been toyed with by a mere Shadow Clone all along, Gu Chuan Mu He laughed in extreme anger.

"May I ask, Mr. Gu Chuan, exactly how did you block that technique of mine?" Yizhe asked.

Though he was surprised that Gu Chuan Mu He could use Ice Style, he was even more curious about how Gu Chuan Mu He had blocked his Rasengan.

"You want to know?"

"Then go to hell and ask my son and brother!" Gu Chuan Mu He shouted.

"Wind Style: Wind Cutter Technique!"

The instant his opponent opened his mouth, Yizhe gathered chakra and released a ninjutsu.

It was a wind blade formed from a gust of wind with immense cutting power.

The wind was incredibly fast. By the time Gu Chuan Mu He realized Yizhe had used a ninjutsu, he had already been hit.

The wind blade cleaved straight down onto him.

"What?!" Yizhe's eyes widened in shock.

The sharp wind blade struck Gu Chuan Mu He's body, yet it had no effect at all. He was completely unharmed!

Why was this happening? A towering wave of shock rose in Yizhe's heart.

As far as he knew, he had never heard of or seen in any records a method capable of nullifying ninjutsu attacks.

How had Gu Chuan Mu He done it? Yizhe could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

"Ice Style: Ice Needles!"

While Yizhe was deep in thought, Gu Chuan Mu He began a new round of attacks.

A dense mass of senbon suddenly formed in the air directly above Yizhe.

They were all long needles condensed from ice!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The senbon shot down rapidly through the air, but they still struck nothing but empty space.

Yizhe no longer held back his strength. He charged at full speed toward his opponent, three parts faster than before.

He wanted to confirm once more whether Gu Chuan Mu He was truly completely immune to his ninjutsu attacks.

"Earth Style: Earth Flow Spears!"

Gu Chuan Mu He retreated rapidly and released Earth Flow Spears, attempting to stop Yizhe's advance.

Unfortunately, Yizhe had been prepared this time. Already sprinting at full speed, he easily rushed past the ninjutsu's range.

Whoosh, whoosh!

With his left hand, he threw two shuriken to interrupt Gu Chuan Mu He's attempt to form hand seals again, while his right hand condensed another pale blue spinning sphere of light.

"Damn it!" Gu Chuan Mu He cursed angrily.

But he was slower than Yizhe, and ninja tools such as shuriken simply could not hit someone as fast as Yizhe.

He could only watch helplessly as Yizhe closed in!

In just a few breaths, Yizhe approached him once again, then used a Body Flicker Technique to appear behind him.

Bang!

Yizhe fiercely slammed another Rasengan into Gu Chuan Mu He!

But this time, Yizhe did not choose his front. He chose his back instead.

Maybe an attack from behind would work?

After all, Gu Chuan Mu He had deliberately used his chest to block the Rasengan before.