Xuandou turned sideways to dodge, but he was still a fraction too slow.
The Raikage was too fast. His elbow grazed Xuandou's shoulder with a dull thud.
Thump!
Xuandou staggered back several steps from the blow, a sharp pain shooting through his shoulder.
But Yae-gaki's eight layers of armor did their job.
The vast majority of the blow's force was weakened, with only a small portion reaching his body.
He glanced down. The outermost three layers of armor had shattered, but the five inner layers remained intact.
And as chakra surged through his body, the shattered armor was slowly repairing itself.
Xuandou rolled his shoulder and found that he had suffered no actual injury. A faint smile rose at the corner of his mouth.
Seeing their Clan Head take a hit, the Uchiha ninja in the distance all wanted to rush forward.
But Xuandou waved a hand behind him, signaling that he was fine.
The Raikage's expression was grave as he shook out his slightly numb hands.
An ordinary person struck by that blow would definitely have been seriously injured!
Yet despite taking a direct hit, Xuandou could still act as though nothing had happened.
Moreover, at the instant of contact, he had clearly felt a strange layer of protection around Xuandou.
His strength had been weakened layer by layer by that protection, vanishing like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
Xuandou's escape without injury definitely had something to do with that protection!
"Again!"
The Raikage refused to accept it.
He did not believe Xuandou could maintain such powerful protection indefinitely.
As long as he kept attacking, that protection would inevitably break!
He charged again, raining punches and kicks down on Xuandou.
Xuandou met everything that came his way, stepping forward to engage him.
The two traded blows at