In the air.
Phew
Karin exhaled lightly.
With the burst of pupil power just now, not only were the attacks threatening her all blown away by Almighty Push, but even the nervous tension in her heart vanished along with them.
Under the fox mask, the panic on her face slowly transformed into composure.
"I can win!"
Her will firmed up; Karin did not hesitate and, with a whoosh, lunged from the air toward the ground.
The Second Hokage and Fourth Hokage mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, so suppressing them was not easy, thus Karin first targeted the First Hokage.
"Good timing!"
The First Hokage was in high spirits and went to meet her.
In an instant, the two unfolded a fierce exchange of taijutsu offense and defense.
The First Hokage's taijutsu went without saying; even Uchiha Madara, who was battle-hardened back in the day, was not the First Hokage's match in taijutsu. However, the First Hokage at this moment was, after all, an Impure World Reincarnation body, while Karin possessed the Sage Body of both the Uzumaki and Senju clans. Whether in strength or agility, she was at the peak standard of the current Ninja World, so the two sides fought evenly.
Swish swish swish...
Seeing that she couldn't take down the First Hokage momentarily, Karin activated the Adamantine Sealing Chains again. Countless golden chains shot out from her body, winding toward the First Hokage.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains!?"
The First Hokage was stunned for a moment.
During the battle in the underground laboratory earlier, his spirituality was completely suppressed by Orochimaru, so he did not know that the Akatsuki organization's 'B' in front of him could actually use the Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu.
Despite his surprise, his hand movements were not slow. He completed the hand seals instantly, and while retreating backward, he shouted: "Summoning Jutsu: Rashomon!"
A giant gate engraved with a relief of a demon rose from the ground, blocking the space between the First Hokage and Karin, intercepting the golden chains winding toward him one by one.
At this time, the Second Hokage also completed his ninjutsu: "Water Release: Water Shockwave!"
Splash
A swirling current of water suddenly rose around Karin, like a tornado, shrouding her within the eye of the storm.
"Almighty Push!"
Karin reacted very quickly, directly using the Rinnegan's dojutsu to repel all of the Second Hokage's Water Release ninjutsu.
Under the effect of the repulsive force, the Second Hokage's Water Shockwave was blown into the air, forming a dense mist of water, which finally fell back to the battlefield as if it were drizzling rain.
"Something's wrong!"
Discovering that her vision was obscured by the sky-filling water mist, Karin immediately realized something was amiss.
Obviously.
After witnessing Karin's Almighty Push, the Second Hokage predicted Karin's response. He used Water Shockwave to lure Karin into using Almighty Push, causing Karin to use her own dojutsu to create a water mist that obscured the battlefield.
Because water is different from ordinary matter; when blown away by a powerful repulsive force, it disperses into even smaller water droplets in the air, forming a mist that can block vision!
Swish...
Just then, a figure suddenly flashed in front of Karin, and a hand glowing with a soft halo thrust toward Karin through the water mist.
"Rasengan!"
...
Knowing the power of this move, Karin dared not be careless and activated Almighty Push again, hoping to clear away the surrounding mist that blocked her vision while repelling the Fourth Hokage.
Boom...
Almighty Push was activated again, accompanied by a loud noise, blowing the Fourth Hokage away along with the Rasengan he thrust out.
It was just that the water particles in the surrounding mist didn't have much purchase; although some were cleared under the Almighty Push, they were not completely swept away!
Before Karin could react, with a whoosh, another figure flashed behind her, still holding a Rasengan in hand.
"So fast!"
Karin was startled. She wanted to activate Almighty Push, but found that Almighty Push was still in its three-second cooldown.
Evidently, even though her control over the Rinnegan was stronger than Nagato's, she could only shorten the cooldown of Almighty Push from five seconds to three seconds, but could not completely eliminate the cooldown.
Thus, she could only dodge sideways, avoiding the Fourth Hokage's strike by a hair's breadth. After stalling for three seconds, she activated Almighty Push again.
The Fourth Hokage, who was blown away by the repulsive force of Almighty Push, activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again in mid-air and thought to himself: "So her jutsu has a three-second cooldown!"
The benefit of the Impure World Reincarnation body was demonstrated at this moment; the Fourth Hokage could unscrupulously use his own body to probe for intelligence and analyze the enemy.
Swish...
Landing beside the Second Hokage on the periphery using the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Fourth Hokage said: "Her jutsu has a cooldown time, it is roughly..."
Without waiting for the Fourth Hokage to finish, the Second Hokage said: "Three seconds!"
The Fourth Hokage asked: "Shall we begin?"
"Do it!"
The Second Hokage nodded.
The Fourth Hokage immediately sprang into action. He first quickly formed hand seals, creating three Shadow Clones. Subsequently, each Shadow Clone held his specially made 'Blade of Ninja Love' and launched attacks toward Karin in the center of the battlefield in sequence.
The flashing of the Flying Thunder God Technique allowed each of the Fourth Hokage's Shadow Clones to complete a raid independently. His near-extreme speed, combined with the surrounding mist obscuring vision, left Karin with no choice but to use Almighty Push, the most secure method of defense.
After using Almighty Push twice in succession, the surrounding mist was almost swept away. However, while her vision was restored, Karin's Almighty Push also entered cooldown. At this moment, with a whoosh, the Fourth Hokage flashed in front of Karin again.
Knowing that these waves of attacks from the Fourth Hokage might be Shadow Clones, but the opponent's speed was too fast and the attacks too dense, Karin, lacking combat experience, was slightly flustered. She could only retreat while stalling until the dojutsu cooled down.
"Two seconds... one second, ready!"
As soon as the cooldown time was up, Karin activated Almighty Push. However, because the Fourth Hokage's attacks were too dense, her activation of Almighty Push became more hurried each time. By this time, the pupil power injected was not much, only enough to blow the Fourth Hokage away.
However, just then, the Fourth Hokage, who was being repelled by Almighty Push, suddenly pulled with both hands, and a chain was pulled up from the ground by him. As the chain rose, it quickly tightened and bound Karin.
"When did this happen?!"
Karin was shocked.
Undoubtedly, taking advantage of the water mist interfering with Karin's vision earlier, and the gap where the continuous fierce attacks distracted Karin, the Fourth Hokage took the opportunity to place a chain beneath Karin's feet.
Because one end of the chain bound Karin, and the power of the Almighty Push Karin activated this time was not great, the Fourth Hokage, who firmly grasped the chain, was not blown away.
Even so, the Fourth Hokage's entire person floated in mid-air, losing his point of leverage. He wouldn't be able to launch an attack for at least three seconds. Therefore, although Karin, bound by the chain, was panicked, she was not in chaos. While waiting for the dojutsu cooldown, she tried to break the chain binding her.
Whoosh...
At this moment, with a sudden flash, the Fourth Hokage in front of Karin turned into the Second Hokage. Not only that, but the sound of dense exploding tags igniting was ringing from the Second Hokage's body!