Pure Land, that scorched earth battlefield that was repeatedly ravaged by poison and paper.
Hanzō stood on top of his Ibuse that was as raised as a mountain, looking down at the blue-haired woman Konan who was as agile as a butterfly in the air, but with a deadly edge.
Under the gas mask, the weather-beaten face, but now showing a cold and proud smile because it discovered a key flaw, was shining with the light of calculation through the gaps in the mask.
As a "demigod" who survived from the end of Warring States Period to Third Shinobi World War, experienced countless battles, and fought against various Kekkei Genkai and weird Ninjutsu, Hanzō's combat wisdom and observation ability should not be underestimated.
He was not intimidated by Konan's seemingly endless and ever-changing Paper Release. Instead, he keenly captured the potential weaknesses of his opponent's Formula in previous confrontations.
When it comes to "paper" as a means of attack and defense, the first restraint method that anyone thinks of is naturally water and fire.
Hanzō believes that Konan himself must be aware of this and must have taken countermeasures.
He had seen during his lifetime that Xiaonan could still freely control paper to attack on rainy days. This showed that ordinary rainwater had a limited impact on her paper escape. She probably gave the paper a certain degree of waterproofness through special chakra treatment or improvement of the material of the paper.
As for fire...
Ordinary Flames's attack is indeed difficult to cause decisive damage to Konan, who can actively separate, discard, and replenish the burning paper with new paper at any time. Instead, she may use the burning paper to create chaos or secondary attacks.
But so what?
Hanzō sneered in his heart.
After careful observation and several tentative attacks, Hanzō discovered a detail: Konan paper may be resistant to ordinary water, but its resistance seems to be greatly reduced to water containing Ninja Chakra.
When the water droplets or water flows produced by his Water Release Ninjutsu and attached to his Chakra come into contact with Konan's Paper Release, although they will not dissolve immediately, you can clearly feel that the structure of the paper begins to become loose, the Chakra flow becomes stagnant, and the control flexibility decreases.
If the soaking time is slightly longer, or the concentration of Chakra is higher, the papers will even fall apart, lose their shape, and become a pile of useless, wet pulp.
Although Konan tried his best to avoid it, it was to no avail. This is the battle between Ninja, where a little detail can determine success or failure.
In other words, as long as a large enough amount of water containing a high concentration of Chakra is used, her paper can be fundamentally destroyed, leaving her with nothing to do!
Hanzō's eyes flashed, and he grasped the key to victory.
At this moment, under the rules of "Six Paths·Life-and-Death Shogi", these souls participating in the war as "chess pieces" have an almost unlimited supply of Chakra.
This simply provided him with the most perfect conditions to implement this tactic.
He no longer has to carefully calculate the consumption of Chakra like he did before his death, and worry about being weak after his ultimate move.
Hanzō, who was standing above Ibuse, quickly formed a series of mudra with his hands on his chest.
His Chakra surged out like a flood, pouring into the surrounding environment.
"Water Release·Cursed Rain Technique!"
As he shouted low, Pure Land's originally bizarre sky with turbulent energy quickly gathered into a deep and thick dark cloud under the pull of his huge Chakra.
Dark clouds rolled in, and a thunderous Chakra surging sound came from inside.
"Clatter--!"
The next moment, heavy rain fell from the sky.
This rainwater is not ordinary rainwater, every drop contains Hanzō's unique Chakra with weak corrosion and Chakra inhibitory effects.
When the rain falls on the scorched earth, it makes a "chichi" sound and emits light smoke; when it falls on the flying papers of Konan, abnormal ripples immediately appear on the surface of the paper, and the smoothness of the control is significantly reduced.
Cursed Rain Technique is not a direct attack type Ninjutsu, but a large-scale battlefield environment control and weakening type Ninjutsu.
The rain it creates can continuously weaken the Chakra activity and physical recovery speed of the enemy inside, and even slightly interfere with the performance of Ninjutsu.
In protracted battles or large-scale legionary operations, the effect is excellent.
Its only disadvantage is that the duration is directly linked to the Chakra amount of the caster, which consumes a huge amount of money on the caster.
But now, Hanzō has no such scruples.
He can maintain this rain of curses unscrupulously until Konan's Paper Release is completely soaked and she herself is weakened to the limit.
Seeing that the movements of Paper Release began to stagnate in the cursed rain, and the control of Paper Release was obviously not as agile and fast as Konan before, the smile under the mask of Hanzō became more and more ferocious.
The balance of victory seems to be tilting towards him!
However, just when Hanzō thought he had a trick and prepared to cooperate with Ibuse and subsequent attacks to take down Konan in one fell swoop
In the distance, Nagato, who was fighting fiercely with Obito or unilaterally suppressing him, turned his samsara eyes slightly and caught a glimpse of the rain of curses cast by Hanzo and the predicament Konan was in as a result.
Nagato's eyes suddenly turned cold.
How could he sit back and watch Konan being trapped by Hanzō using such rogue attrition tactics?
At Nagato's left shoulder, Asura Path's power was activated again.
The skin and muscle tissue squirmed and deformed unnaturally, and two extra arms with precise structures, completely composed of Chakra Metal and flesh and blood, "grew" out of thin air.
These new arms are no less flexible than the original arms.
Under the control of Nagato's thoughts, they fly Hand Seals very fast.
Nagato's own Chakra is like an invisible wave, centered on him, spreading toward the "cursed rain" covering the battlefield!
Immediately afterwards, a shocking scene happened.
The "cursed rain" that was originally composed entirely of Hanzō Chakra and controlled by it was invaded by Nagato's more powerful and purer Chakra, which contained the pupil power of Rinnegan, and the internal Chakra structure began to violently shake and collapse.
As if two liquids with the same origin but completely different properties meet, Chakra of Hanzō is forcibly expelled, assimilated, and covered by Chakra of Nagato!
In just a few breaths, the Chakra attribute in the entire "Curse Rain" area has changed ownership.
The rain is still falling, but the Chakra fluctuations it contains have changed from Cursed Rain Technique of Hanzō to Rain Tiger at Will Technique of Nagato.
This means that this rain no longer weakens Konan, but may be controlled by Nagato and become a weapon to assist Konan or even attack Hanzō.
The smile on Hanzō's face froze instantly.
His eyes were round and full of disbelief.
"How... how is this possible?"
He cried out loudly.
How could the other party so easily seize and rewrite the Chakra control of the large-scale environment Ninjutsu he released?
This requires controlling the nature of Chakra, the composition of Ninjutsu, and controlling one's own power to such a terrifying degree?!
Nagato slowly retracted the two extra arms and looked at Hanzō, as if looking at a clown who overestimates his own capabilities.
"The so-called demigods are just products of an era when gods were not around. When you meet a real god, you are just like an ordinary person."
He commented lightly, and then turned his attention back to Obito. The muzzle behind him re-locked on the embarrassed figure who had just struggled out of the rock wall.
As for Konan, feeling the change in the nature of the surrounding rainwater, her pressure suddenly decreased. Even the "purified" rainwater fell on her Paper Release, seeming to bring a touch of coolness and a slight supplement to Chakra. She
Looking at Nagato, a trace of warmth and reassurance flashed through his eyes.
Immediately, her eyes flashed, and the paper around her rolled up like a storm again, with an even more fierce momentum than before, attacking Hanzō, who was shocked because Formula was broken.
Ninja Information: Hanzo of the Salamander wears a gas mask because he had a poison sac transplanted from Ibuse when he was a child, causing his breath to contain the toxins from Ibuse. In order not to hurt others, he only breathed through his mouth and wore a modified respirator to prevent the toxins from escaping.
Hanzo of the Salamander's subordinates wear gas masks because they play poison like the boss, but they don't have Hanzō's poison immunity and can only wear gas masks to prevent the poison from their teammates and themselves from backlash.