On the other side of the dense forest, Kai stared intently at Jūgo, whose form had changed, his body throbbing with pain.
"His strength is even greater than mine."
"Heh heh heh! Die!"
"Laugh!"
Jugo, now fully Sage Transformation Jūgo his arms torn apart, transforming into two large, sharp axes.
"Immense strength and regenerative abilities, a body capable of freely changing shape, and a berserk mind—what kind of monster is this?"
Kai reached into his ninja tool pouch and pulled out his own ninja tools, nunchucks. "Getting hit by that blade wouldn't be good! Achoo~."
Die!
Six Paths tongues of fire erupted from behind Jūgo, even blowing over the trees behind him, while he gained tremendous acceleration, charging towards Kai.
"You! You can even breathe fire! One fang! Twin Rising Dragons!"
"Ding ding ding..."
To conserve his energy, Kai was in a passive state, constantly using his nunchucks to block Jūgo's axe attacks. However, as an elite Jonin, how could he be suppressed by Orochimaru, a mere experimental subject?
" Konoha Rising Wind!" In just a few exchanges, Guy saw through Jūgo's attack pattern. After deflecting the attack with his nunchucks, he leaned back and simultaneously gathered all his strength to kick straight up, Jūgo squarely in the abdomen.
"Pfft!" Even Sage Body as strong as Jūgo body was still three points weaker under Might Guy's pure Taijutsu. He felt his internal organs churning and his body was uncontrollably thrown upwards.
Kai tucked one end of his nunchucks under his arm, looked at Jūgo in the air, and said, "I am the proud Blue Beast of the Hidden Leaf of Konoha, feel the heat of my youth!"
With that, he exerted force with his feet, and the ground cracked open, turning into blue flames that instantly arrived beside Jūgo.
"Double Fang - Reverse Lotus! Ah!"
Kai relentlessly used aerial footwork and the surrounding terrain to launch attacks on Jūgo from the outside in. His Twin Rising Dragons, combined with the forbidden technique Reverse Lotus, struck Jugo repeatedly. Even though Sage Transformation Mode, it was still not enough to completely defend him. His bones, flesh, and internal organs gradually broke down, and the dense attacks meant that Jūgo's body showed no sign of falling.
Jūgo's body underwent another transformation, sprouting blades all over his body. However, as if he had anticipated this, Gai used his nunchucks as limbs to attack, shattering the blades instead.
Kai's attacks were as dense as rain, making it impossible for Jūgo, who was in a defensive stance, to transform his body again and use his jet propulsion to escape.
"So strong! This man is a monster!"
Kai, positioned Jūgo, raised his nunchucks high. "Final Strike! Twin Fang Rock Crusher!"
Jūgo concentrated all his energy on his back, forming a square shield to block the nunchaku attack.
"Boom!"
The nunchucks struck the shield with a loud bang, and the shield shattered Jūgo fell to the ground.
"Puff!"
Jūgo coughed up blood again. "Who exactly is this man... Kimimaro!"
Lying on the ground with his bones shattered, Jūgo was unable to move. Just as he was about to use Sage Transformation to heal his injuries, he suddenly lost the ability to sense Kimimaro's Chakra flow. He was shocked, realizing that one could only lose the ability to sense chakra after death.
Kai landed smoothly and stood beside Jūgo: "You can't attack anymore, give up."
"Ah!!!" However, at this moment, Jūgo's eyes gradually turned crazed. Kimimaro's death had completely robbed him of his personality, and his body began to writhe rapidly again.
"Can you still move?"
Just as Guy was about to launch another attack to Jūgo, a large number of barnacle-shaped chunks of flesh suddenly appeared before him, with Chakra rapidly emanating from the mouths of the barnacles.
" Multiple Striking Fists!"
At this moment, Kai was too close to Jūgo, and seeing that Jūgo's trump card was about to be launched, he didn't have time to release his Taijutsu. Instead, he lightly touched the ground with his feet and jumped upwards.
"Boom!"
The Chakra erupted the next moment, destroying trees along the way, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.
"Roar!"
Kai, watching from the air, noticed the changes in Jūgo's body. "He's lost his will, has he entered a berserk state?"
Jūgo's body expanded like a balloon, and a barnacle-like opening rose from behind him, continuously firing compressed Chakra at Guy.
Kai could only dodge using aerial footwork, which limited his range of movement.
Jūgo's body had grown a full size larger, his eyes filled with bloodlust as he stared at Guy in the air. He fired his last Chakra bullet and leaped forward, his right hand wriggling and growing even larger than Guy's body.
Propelled by a burst of Chakra, Jūgo was in front of Guy in the blink of an eye, throwing a punch that struck Guy squarely in the body.
Kai crossed his arms and raised his right leg to defend himself, and was not seriously injured, although his body was sent flying by the force of the impact.
After Jūgo's successful attack, he surprisingly stopped pursuing and instead flew towards Kimimaro.
"Oh no! Rock Lee is still there!"
Kai immediately turned around and chased after Jūgo, but Jūgo had a burst of Chakra that accelerated him, and for a moment he managed to shake off Kai.
A moment later, Jūgo saw from the air the forest of white bones created by Kimimaro's final, unleashed " Dance of the Early Palace Gate."
He landed immediately, his last remaining thought focused on finding Kimimaro: "To make Kimimaro use the Dance of the Early Palace Gate, is that brat really that powerful?"
However, apart from Rock Lee lying on the ground unconscious, Kimimaro was nowhere to be seen.
"Roar! Roar!"
At this moment, Jūgo's mental state was extremely unstable, teetering on the edge of reason and madness. He let out an uneasy growl from his throat. Unable to find Kimimaro, he turned his gaze to Rock Lee, and his right hand once again transformed into a sharp axe, intending to kill Rock Lee.
However, just as the axe was about to strike Rock Lee Rock Lee, a transparent shield appeared in front of him. It was extremely hard and the axe could not break through it, leaving only a slight crack.
Who goes there!
Are you looking for him?
Suddenly, a deep, cold voice sounded behind him, and he instinctively swung his right hand to attack backward.
"Bite!"
Jūgo felt as if he had been struck by steel. He turned around and saw a huge figure standing in front of him, wearing a magnificent black cloak... a skeleton. Yes, his face was that of a skeleton, with red flames burning in his eye sockets. He held a golden staff, which was inlaid with seven round gems of different colors. Kimimaro was floating behind him.
" Kimimaro!"
After seeing Kimimaro's corpse, Jūgo regained some of his senses, and his eyes returned to normal.
My name is Ainz Ooal Gown, you can just call me Ainz.
"Let him go!"
Jūgo shouted, preparing to launch an attack, but then Ainz raised his skeletal right hand and extended his index finger. " Lightning Release: Dragon Lightning."
Lord God: "Why add a Lightning Release?"
"Are you crazy to use magic in the Hokage world?"
The Lord God: "So you actually know this is the Hokage world?!"
"Crack! Crack!"
"Ah!"
A large amount of lightning transformed into the shape of a dragon, circling once in the air. The powerful Lightning Release energy engulfed Jūgo, instantly shattering all the defenses on his body and directly dispelling his Sage Transformation, restoring him to his normal human form.
However, after Jūgo regained his human form, although he was seriously injured, he suddenly noticed that Kimimaro was behind Ainz, was having a slight rise and fall of his chest and a rosy complexion, and did not look like a dead person at all.
Kimimaro isn't dead? Is that you?
Ainz Kai's distance, Viz slowly walked to Jūgo's side. "That's right, but he's already one of my Nuclear Ninja Village's men. I'll give you a chance. If you declare your allegiance to me now, I can bring you back with me. If you don't agree, the person chasing you is here soon. You have ten seconds to decide."
"Ten."
I agree.
"(°ー°)??? Are you... are you sure?"
"I'm certain that Kimimaro is the one I want to protect. Wherever he is, I will be there."
"All right."
Ainz stepped forward and placed his hand on Jūgo's shoulder. "Flying Thunder... Greater Teleportation?"
The three of them vanished in a flash.
Three seconds later, Kai landed beside Rock Lee, observing the surroundings but not finding Jūgo: "So it's the Bone Forest? Such a vast area, what a terrifying attack method, Rock Lee!"
Kimimaro's final Dance of the Early Palace Gate covered an area of a hundred meters in radius, and looked extremely terrifying.
Kai observed that Rock Lee was only exhausted and not seriously injured, so he was relieved, deactivated the Eight Gates Released Formation, and sat down to rest.
About half an hour later, Rock Lee woke up and saw Kai beside him.
"Ugh... Teacher Guy! I... I won!"
"Well done, Li! You truly are my most beloved apprentice!"
" Teacher Guy!"
"What's wrong!"
"That guy's body is gone!"
Li pointed to the tip of the tree where Kimimaro had died, but it was now completely empty.
"It was probably that orange-haired guy who took it. By the way, Rock Lee, I didn't expect your opponent to be such a powerful enemy. It was my mistake."
" Teacher Guy, this person is indeed very strong. If it weren't for Hongshi-kun's pills and Hardening Technique, I might really have lost."
"I know about Hardening Technique, but what are these pills?"
Rock Lee pulled out a black pill. "This is it, but I don't know what happened after I swallowed it. However, when I regained consciousness, Kimimaro had already been injured by me."
Kai took the pill, held it to his nose, and smelled it. He could only detect a strong odor of alcohol. "This... could it be... Rock Lee, you must remember, you can only take this when you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, understand? And you must also make sure there are no companions around!"
Seeing Kai's strong reaction, Li Yi seemed to realize the seriousness of the situation. "I understand, Teacher Guy!"
" Teacher Guy, Rock Lee!"
While Li and Kai were still resting, Sakura and Tenten caught up with them. "Are you alright?"
The traces of battle around him were shocking, especially the Dance of the Early Palace Gate covered an area of 500 meters. He was glad he hadn't encountered that enemy.
" Tenten! Sakura! Are you alright?!"
Sakura stepped forward and asked, "Have you seen Sasuke?"
Kai nodded. "I saw it, but Rock Lee and I were intercepted. Naruto and Kakashi have already caught up. We must set off immediately; Orochimaru still has two bodyguards with him."
"Then let's go quickly!"
The four made a brief adjustment and then continued forward.