At the sight of Bibiye's ferocious "self-mutilation,"
Ye Chen froze for a moment too.
However, the surging tide of chakra explosions that followed gave him no time to stand there in a daze.
Ye Chen leaped up, dodging the shock waves of the chakra explosions at top speed.
Just then, enormous chakra fluctuations also surged outside the Kusagakure Official Residence.
"Wood Release: Wood Thorn Dragon!"
"Roar!"
A Wood Dragon covered in vicious wooden spikes charged out from beyond the residence, heading straight for Ye Chen.
Still dodging the tide of chakra explosions, Ye Chen neither ducked nor dodged. He raised his palm and struck.
Ye Chen was all too familiar with this Cooperation Ninjutsu.
He had already witnessed its power during his earlier battle against the old man from Kusagakure.
A jutsu jointly unleashed by twenty-three Jonin was naturally immensely powerful.
However, this Cooperation Ninjutsu had a tremendous drawback.
It placed an enormous burden on the final vessel through which the jutsu was released.
Thus, after a single use of the Cooperation Ninjutsu, most of the participating ninja would have their chakra drained dry.
The lead "vessel" would end up in an even more miserable state.
If the "vessel" did not explode and die, that alone meant his capacity to withstand the strain was exceptionally strong.
If the "vessel" suffered a serious injury, death was certain.
Facing this Cooperation Ninjutsu again, Ye Chen already had experience dealing with it.
In fact, there was no need to meet it head-on. He only needed to draw things out until the ninja casting it together collapsed.
Yet Ye Chen still chose to clash with it head-on.
Ye Chen might not have had many ways to resist Genjutsu, which had much to do with how little exposure he had to it.
In Hidden Jun