"Heaven Kick of Pain!"
A figure gradually loomed out of the mist. Tsunade had no intention of holding back as she crashed down onto the lake like a falling meteor, sending mud and sludge spraying in every direction.
"Bang!"
The kick struck squarely between Uchiha Yuu's crossed arms. Faced with Tsunade's attack, he did not choose to retreat.
The fabric around his arms tore, and the immense impact sent Uchiha Yuu flying backward.
"As expected of Tsunade."
The exposed skin on his arms was visibly swollen, but Uchiha Yuu had not simply taken the blow head-on without preparation.
After absorbing energy through radiation for so long, Uchiha Yuu's physical strength had reached an astonishing level.
A layer of chakra also covered his body. Lightning raged over him, giving him an exceptionally powerful presence.
Nintaijutsu!
Because of the attack on Kumogakure back then, many forces had acquired some of Kumogakure's ninjutsu. The strongest among them was Nintaijutsu!
It had not become commonplace, but every one of the Shinobi World's top-tier figures possessed detailed training materials for it.
Yet Tsunade showed clear surprise when she saw Nintaijutsu.
Nintaijutsu placed extremely high demands on physical ability. It also required chakra control and years of accumulated training. None of those three could be lacking. Aside from Kumogakure's Raikage, it seemed no one had successfully mastered it. She had not expected to encounter a powerful opponent in this lake who could both wield Natural Energy and use Nintaijutsu.
Her kick had landed on the enemy without inflicting the expected damage. Tsunade did not immediately press the attack. Instead, she quickly pulled away, treating the exchange as a probe while relaying the information she had gathered to the nearby shinobi. At least from what had been revealed so far, no Konoha shinobi stood any chance of