"Yeah! Hongshi's here! We're saved!"
"Oh! You damned devil, today is the day you die!"
"Oh my God, you defeated the Titanic Pirates all by yourself?"
"That's right. Those stupid groundhogs were far too weak!"
"Oh my God, was Captain Jack defeated too? He had Chakra Armor, you know!"
"That's right. I defeated Captain Jack too. He's still soaking in the sea, feeding the sharks."
"Oh God, how unreliable!"
Lord God: "If you two keep acting like this, I'm going to puke."
Watching the two exchange awkward dialogue in midair, Tenten and Yuhan also sighed in relief and slumped onto the snow.
Hongshi hovered in midair, staring at Kazahana Dōtō before him. "You're the one who... uh... what have you done, exactly???"
Kazahana Dōtō: "(°ー°〃)??? I... I killed Koyuki's dad."
Hongshi: "Oh! What else?"
Kazahana Dōtō: "Boss, if you haven't read the script, could you just stay away?"
Hongshi crossed his arms. "O demon king who torments all living beings, prepare to die!"
Kazahana Dōtō: "Bro, which script have you been reading?"
"Behold my newly developed Ninjutsu, Five Releases: Five Dragon Bullets!"
"Roar!"
Hongshi rapidly formed hand seals, unleashing Wind Dragon Bullet, Lightning Dragon Bullet, Water Dragon Bullet, Earth Dragon Bullet, and Fire Dragon Bullet all at once, attacking Kazahana Dōtō from five directions.
"Oh my God, no wonder you're Konoha's strongest Genin. You can actually use five chakra natures simultaneously!" Kazahana Dōtō was clearly startled and hurriedly unleashed black dragons. "Then I'll use all my chakra too! Ice Release: Five Dragon Blizzard!"
Boom! All ten dragons collided, unleashing an enormous flash and a thunderous roar in midair as chakra of various natures erupted.
Crack, crack! The chakra furnaces on Hongshi's body overloaded and burst, and he fell to the ground.
"Hahaha, your Chakra Armor is nothing but a defective product. What will you do now?"
Kazahana Dōtō recovered from his shock. "Ice Release: Ice Prison Technique!"
Walls of ice rose around Hongshi, but he remained unhurried. "Earth Release: Rising Earth Technique!!"
The ground beneath his feet rose, lifting Hongshi up again and carrying him out of the ice prison's range.
Kazahana Dōtō flapped his wings again and flew higher into the sky. "Hahaha, you'll never catch me at that speed."
"Useless, useless." Hongshi chuckled. "Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!"
The raised earth beneath his feet transformed again, becoming an enormous earthen spike that shot toward Kazahana Dōtō.
Bzzzz! The earthen spear was exceptionally hard, producing an electrical buzzing sound as it struck the Chakra Armor.
Crack! One chakra furnace burst, and the protective barrier vanished with it.
"Oh no!" Kazahana Dōtō was horrified and was about to fly away.
"Like I'd let you escape! Earth Release: Four-Pillar Pincer!" Hongshi formed hand seals again, and the Earth Spear changed shape, becoming four earthen pillars that clamped Kazahana Dōtō in place. "Get down! Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!"
"Pew, pew, pew." Invisible balls of wind rapidly shot from his mouth, striking Kazahana Dōtō repeatedly and knocking him down.
"Bastard!" Kazahana Dōtō now had only two functioning chakra furnaces left. He struggled to turn himself around in midair and flew off into the distance.
Kazahana Koyuki ran up beside Hongshi just then. "Hongshi-kun, the demon king... oh, no, Dōtō got the Hexagonal Crystal and wants to unlock the treasure. If he succeeds, the consequences will be unimaginable! You have to stop him!"
Hongshi removed his chakra furnaces and looked firmly at Kazahana Koyuki. "Princess Koyuki, please stand beside me. You must be the one to deal with the demon king."
"Earth Release: Earth Train!"
Rumble! A block of earth rose beneath Hongshi's feet and skimmed rapidly over the ground as though hydroplaning, chasing after Kazahana Dōtō.
"(╬•᷅д•᷄╬) I am! Leeroy Jenkins!!!"
Kazahana Koyuki: "(°ー°〃) This is so embarrassing."
Seeing Kazahana Koyuki leave the battlefield, the director on the mountain shouted, "Teams one and two, get in the car! Catch up with Princess Koyuki!"
"Yes!" "Yes!"
Vroom! The car started and shot out of cover at tremendous speed, crossing the battlefield in pursuit of Hongshi.
"Hurry! The god of cinema is watching over us!"
Kazahana Kinji: "Hmm? Something seemed to fly past just now..."
Off to one side, the battle between Rock Lee and Nadare Rōga had also reached its final stage.
Nadare Rōga was never skilled at Taijutsu, and Rock Lee's frenzied offensive drove him back again and again. He had only one chakra furnace left, while Rock Lee's Chakra Armor had already exploded.
"Konoha Heat Whirlwind!"
In midair, Rock Lee drank a chakra supplement. The flames all over his body flared, his speed increased, and he kicked Nadare Rōga squarely in the chest.
"Pfft! Ice Release: Twin Whale Piercing!" Nadare Rōga felt several of his ribs break and spat out a mouthful of blood, using the last of his chakra to unleash his strongest Ninjutsu at the same time.
Two enormous One-Horned White Whales leaped up on either side of Rock Lee, their hard ice horns attacking him in a pincer strike.
The flames on Rock Lee's body had already burned out, leaving him unable to evade. "Oh no!"
"Hahaha, die!" Nadare Rōga laughed wildly as the two white whales' horns struck Rock Lee, one after the other.
The One-Horned White Whales were immensely powerful, leaving Rock Lee no option but to dodge, but with his stamina exhausted, he could only watch as their horns struck him.
Just then, lines of seal formulas suddenly appeared across Rock Lee's body, which turned a metallic silvery white.
Boom! The two white whales struck Rock Lee and shattered, yet he suffered no damage whatsoever.
"Wha!! Nani!" His chakra exhausted, Nadare Rōga struggled to his feet and stared at the unharmed Rock Lee. "You! You're not hurt!"
Rock Lee faced Nadare Rōga. "Huff, huff... Burn, my youth! Youth Concerto!"
The last thing Nadare Rōga remembered was a stark-naked Rock Lee kicking him in the face. "Yamete!"
Rock Lee: "Phew, your clothes are mine now."
The battle between Neji and Fubuki Kakuyoku in the forest was much the same. With his Chakra Armor, Neji could easily break through her protective barrier. Under his Gentle Fist attacks, Fubuki Kakuyoku kept using Ice Release to defend herself, and her chakra was now nearly exhausted.
Neji: "Rock Lee's already finished over there. I can't fall behind either."
"Stop boasting!"
"Shadow Clone!"
Neji created a Shadow Clone just then.
"Using a Shadow Clone now? Do you still have enough chakra?" Fubuki Kakuyoku formed ice spikes in her hands and shot them toward the Shadow Clone.
"Take a look at my new move!" The two Nejis leaped in opposite directions, and the ice spikes missed.
"Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
Two Vacuum Palms struck from opposite directions, and Fubuki Kakuyoku leaped upward. "Ice Release: Ice Breakthrough!"
Whoosh! A mass of wind mixed with shards of ice blew toward Neji.
Yet she was shocked to discover that Neji was not on the snow.
"What! Where did he go!"
"Up here!"
At some point, Neji had already leaped into the blind spots beside Fubuki Kakuyoku, one on her left and one on her right.
"Gentle Fist: Twin Wheel Rotation! Lightning! Fire!"
Both Nejis unleashed Rotation simultaneously, with Fubuki Kakuyoku right between them.
The two Rotations flanked her, one lightning and one fire. Caught in the middle, Fubuki Kakuyoku's Chakra Armor could no longer withstand them and burst apart.
"Aah!