A chaotic, major battle.
On the battlefield where blood and flesh converged, Hanzō swung his special weapon, a kusarigama with a chain. The outside world rumored that Hanzō of the Salamander killed with poison gas, but in reality, his taijutsu was also extremely formidable. Every glint of the kusarigama blade flashing through the air forced Uchiha Obito to defend with all his might.
The Sharingan's predictive capabilities played a crucial role at this moment. His speed and experience couldn't match Hanzō's, but being able to use taijutsu to withstand Hanzō of the Salamander's close-combat attacks was something few in the entire ninja world could achieve at this age.
His Kekkei Genkai was pushed to its limits. During the engagement, Obito fought while retreating, constantly wary of the emerging poison gas. There were no medical-nin here, and even if there were, they couldn't neutralize Hanzō of the Salamander's poison. A single touch would mean it was all over.
After dozens of exchanges, Obito found an opportune moment and scattered eight kunai. The kunai collided in mid-air, ricocheting to cover all of Hanzō of the Salamander's blind spots.
"Clang, clang, clang!" With just the chain, Hanzō deflected all the kunai from the blind spots, the sickle flying towards Obito's head.
Ducking to dodge, the ground sizzled and emitted a burnt smell.
"Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation!"
"Watch out!"
Universal Pull sucked Obito over. The next moment, the ground where he had just been standing erupted in a violent explosion, the rising flames creating scorching heat waves.
"If you weren't Akatsuki members, letting you go wouldn't matter. Given your growth rate, in a few years, you'd probably be another Sannin combination."
"No, the Sannin weren't as strong as you at your age. In that case, I absolutely cannot let you live."
"Poison Mist Spray!"
Silent purple smoke rapidly enveloped Hanzō of the Salamander's entire body, drifting over with astonishing speed, covering a large area. Before the battle, all allied ninja had already taken the antidote provided by Hanzō to avoid friendly fire, but no one wanted to test if this antidote was truly effective. Thus, both warring sides tacitly cleared a large area for Hanzō to fight in. Nagato and Obito, fighting head-on, quickly retreated.
"Almighty Push."
The repulsive force field reappeared, dispelling the poison mist around the two. Subsequent waves of poison mist pursued them, and Hanzō could vaguely be seen continuing to spew it from within the gas.
"This won't work. We have to force him away, give him no time to release poison!"
Unrolling a scroll, with two "pop" sounds, four giant shuriken materialized, cutting arcs through the rain with a whistling sound as they flew towards Hanzō of the Salamander's चारों ओर (surroundings/all sides).
"Does this brat not see me? This trajectory?"
The shuriken lodged firmly at Hanzō of the Salamander's four corners, forming a square. Obito pulled his hand back, and four steel wires tensed.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
A fire dragon first sprouted flames, then roared as it split into four smaller fire dragons. The poison mist quickly turned into black smoke under the combustion, forming a black tornado with the Wind Release Nagato unleashed.
Pulling out the shuriken and flinging them into the distance, the tornado tore up the ground, carrying the poison mist away from the two.
"I have to say, you two have truly impressed me."
Appearing unscathed from the tornado, Hanzō of the Salamander had now summoned his contract beast, the source of his legend: the Salamander.
"Let me tell you something. When I summon my partner, your poisoning is inevitable."
"According to intel, Hanzō of the Salamander's summoning beast needs five minutes to charge each poison mist attack. If we can defeat Hanzō of the Salamander within these five minutes, Hanzō's threat will be greatly reduced. If not, we can try using Wind Release to blow the poison mist back."
"If I'm not mistaken, Hanzō himself isn't immune to the Salamander's poison."
"You even know this."
Hanzō removed half of his gas mask. His originally muffled voice now had a different tone.
"It seems you've done your homework quite thoroughly. But it's useless. Many people know my weaknesses, but those who can actually injure me are another matter entirely."
"Then let us drag you down from your pedestal!"
"Wind Release: Great Gale Palm!"
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire!"
The combined gale-force fire wall targeted the Salamander beneath Hanzō.
"An attack of this level isn't worth dodging."
Allowing the fire wall to hit the Salamander, the expected scene did not occur. The Salamander shed a layer of mucus, easily blocking the fire attack.
"Body Flicker Technique."
Forming a hand seal with one hand, Hanzō disappeared from their sight. Nagato's eyes narrowed to a point. Obito kicked out empty air behind him. "Clink!" He had hit Hanzō's chain.
"Summoning Technique!"
"Water Release: Foaming Waves!"
A large amount of foam was expelled, instantly turning the surroundings white. The fiercely blown, dazzling foam could nullify the effects of any ninjutsu; it was an extremely rare purification ninjutsu. Before the foam could touch the poison mist on Hanzō, it swept the mist away.
Hanzō, his poison mist rendered ineffective, did not stop his attack. The Salamander's own poison was far stronger than his mist. In a few more minutes, they would understand the Salamander's might.
Sword technique, Flash.
Concentrating chakra into his weapon, he launched a fierce strike. The powerful force made Obito kneel in support, his knees sinking into the earth and rock below.
The kunai was half-severed. If Obito hadn't infused chakra into the kunai midway to increase its defense, that blow would have sliced open his stomach.
Another flurry of dazzling taijutsu combat, only this time it became a two-on-one fight against Hanzō.
Faced with two opponents both possessing eyes with keen insight, even the Demigod felt immense pressure. The effect of one plus one was definitely not just two. Attacks coming from left and right now actually forced Hanzō onto the defensive, a fact that several Amegakure Jōnin observing on standby found unacceptable.
How could the Demigod be so weak as to be unable to parry the attacks of two youngsters? This battle record could make ninety-nine percent of the ninja world die of shame.
Even jokes have a limit!
The more Hanzō fought, the more frustrated he became. The poison mist was washed away by the foam, and in close combat, the opponents had dōjutsu that suppressed his speed, which wasn't slow either. It seemed they had undergone specific adaptive training to deal with him. The most ridiculous part was that as they fought, the kid named Nagato would use abilities he had never seen before, like suddenly growing an extra arm to use Fire Release, or absorbing chakra upon physical contact. The brat named Obito would also occasionally use genjutsu to interfere.
"Can't drag this on any longer!"
"Salamander!"
The Salamander spewed a cloud of poison mist from its mouth. This cloud was several times larger than the previous one, and much faster, seemingly possessing a considerable density that made Wind Release not very effective against it.
"No other choice!"
"Summoning Beast!"
A three-headed hellhound appeared. Controlled by the Rinnegan, it immediately began to inhale the poison mist voraciously.
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