Kōki saw the Sunagakure captain charging towards him, but he didn't back down and went to meet him. Just as he was about to move, an arm suddenly stretched out from the ground beneath his feet, grabbed his ankle, and pulled his entire body into the ground.
The Sunagakure captain in front of him didn't let go of this good opportunity to kill the genius either. He drew his Ninja Blade, approached Kōki, and chopped off Kōki's head with one stroke, blood splattering everywhere.
" Kōki!" Akimichi Tsuyoshi and Yamanaka Kenji, who were engaged in fierce combat nearby, shouted when they saw Kōki being killed. Their expressions were somewhat incredulous. Nara Yūsuke, however, remained calm. He believed that with Kōki's strength, he would not be so easily killed by a sneak attack.
Sure enough, with a "bang," Kōki, whose head had been cut off, turned into a wooden stake.
Kōki's true form appeared directly above the Sand Ninja who was hiding underground using Earth Release Technique, with his leg raised above his head.
" Heavenly Foot of Pain," a powerful stomp executed using the Superhuman Strength Technique, shattered the ground in an instant. The force penetrated deep into the ground, and even the Sand Ninja hidden underground were not spared, being directly killed by Kōki's powerful kick.
The Sand Ninja hiding on the ground was none other than one of the two he had thrown away earlier. It was unclear when he had been lying in wait to create an opportunity for his captain's attack, but unfortunately, the opportunity he created did not kill Kōki; instead, it took his own life.
The Sunagakure captain was overjoyed at the loss of a genius ninja for Konoha when he saw Kōki, whom he thought was already dead, suddenly appear and forcefully kill his teammate, leaving him no chance to rescue him.
This rapid shift between joy and anger caused the Sand Ninja Captain to lose his temper, yelling as he charged at Kōki, "You damned brat!"
As he charged toward Kōki, the Sunagakure captain first raised his hand and threw out a large handful of Shuriken. These Shuriken, thrown at varying speeds by the Sunagakure captain's superb throwing skills, instantly enveloped Kōki, sealing off his space to Kōki.
Faced with such an impenetrable encirclement Kōki couldn't help but admire the Sunagakure captain's Shurikenjutsu; he couldn't find the slightest flaw in the net of Shuriken.
He could only pull out Kunai to block the Shuriken attacks, but his attention was focused on the Sand Ninja Captain behind the Shuriken. He didn't believe that the enemy's attacks were just simple Shuriken.
However, Kōki was unaware that his act of parrying the Shuriken played right into the hands of the Sand Ninja Captain.
" Wind Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance " is a chaotic storm formed by the Chakra Nature Transformation, which was unleashed by the Sunagakure captain. Moreover, this wind Release Technique accelerated and changed the flight speed and trajectory of the Shuriken. This sudden combination of attacks made it difficult for Kōki to defend. He wanted to use Ninjutsu to block it, but he could not free his hands to Hand Seals.
Even more dangerous is the presence of transparent wind blades hidden within this combination technique. These wind blades vary in size and are extremely sharp. Kōki has already seen several shuriken cut in half Shuriken the wind blades, and he himself was caught off guard and cut his arm by a small wind blade.
Fortunately, having inherited the body of Sage Body, he could ignore such wounds, and his body's innate regenerative abilities allowed him to heal them quickly.
However, Kōki would not underestimate the power of this technique. Imagine if an ordinary Jonin faced such a technique, after being cut open, they would not be able to heal the wound quickly and could only watch themselves bleed to death. At best, they would lose their fighting ability and be captured by the enemy; at worst, they would bleed to death in battle.
This powerful technique made Kōki even more cautious. He could ignore the damage caused by these wind blades, but too many wounds would affect his movements.
Although his Sage Body has superhuman regenerative abilities, it is not inexhaustible. Even Hashirama Senju's powerful regenerative abilities is not immortal, let alone someone who hasn't reached Hashirama Senju's level yet. Therefore, he must be extremely careful.
Therefore, Kōki could only dodge as much as possible when facing the Sunagakure captain's powerful Wind Release Technique. However, he was still cut by the wind blades from time to time.
Lacking experience in dealing with such intense Ninjutsu, and unable to use Ninjutsu, he could only rely on his physical abilities to dodge, making him appear both disheveled and powerless in the face of this barrage of attacks.
However, Kōki was no ordinary ninja. His excellent physical recovery allowed him to learn from his injuries and gain experience as he dodged attacks, making his movements in battle increasingly concise, efficient, and swift. He dodged more and more attacks while taking fewer and fewer injuries.
Seeing Kōki's growth in battle, the Sunagakure captain's regard for him grew stronger. He even developed a sense of fear towards Kōki, wondering if, at his current rate of growth, Kōki would become someone even the Kōki Sunagakure couldn't handle before the war ended.
The more the Sunagakure captain thought about it, the more worried he became. Looking at Kōki, who was still dodging with his Wind Release, the ruthlessness in the Sunagakure captain's eyes intensified. He was no longer going to hold back; he was determined to kill this Konoha brat here today.
His arms waved, and his ten fingers began to move rhythmically up and down, as if performing a mysterious spell.
On the battlefield, Kōki noticed the Sand Ninja Captain's movements, but trapped in the Wind Release Technique, he was powerless to do anything but concentrate on dodging the wind blades while keeping an eye on the changes around him.
As Kōki dodged the wind blade attacks, his body kept leaping. When he landed in an open space, he suddenly felt something was wrong with the ground beneath his feet. Realizing something was wrong, Kōki slammed his foot on the ground, trying to escape the trap, but the Sunagakure captain wouldn't let go of this golden opportunity.
He was consciously controlling his Wind Release Technique to force Kōki towards the ambush he had set up; how could he let Kōki escape so easily?
Seizing the opportunity, the Sand Ninja Captain swung his right hand upwards, and a monster with a huge mouth and many fangs appeared on the ground, swallowing Kōki whole.
The monster that swallowed Kōki was one of the Sand Ninja Captain's trump cards, the puppet " Giant Wooden Mouth " controlled by him. This puppet consists of two parts: the upper part is a mouth that can swallow an adult ninja, with a long, flat hole in the mouth; the lower part has four sharp, cone-shaped feet that can easily pierce the ground.
This puppet also possesses a unique trapping mechanism; once a ninja is trapped, the enemy cannot escape from within and is left completely at their mercy. It was this puppet that helped the Sand Ninja Captain kill countless enemies.
After trapping Kōki, the Sand Ninja Captain, in order to finish the battle quickly and avoid any accidents, immediately used his left hand to release Chakra Threads, controlling five long swords to stab towards the long hole in the puppet's large mouth.
Just as the long sword was about to pierce the puppet and kill Kōki, a powerful Chakra erupted from inside the puppet. It was Kōki, who was trapped inside the puppet, who exerted his power from within and shattered the puppet that was holding him.
Kōki breathed a sigh of relief after successfully escaping the puppet's control. He had thought the Sand Ninja's trump card would be something profound, but it turned out to be just a puppet.
He almost laughed. After witnessing his Superhuman Strength Technique, didn't the Sunagakure captain know that this technique was precisely what he could counter?