Chapter 399: The Yellow Flash is Back?
The Wood Golem's speed was slow only in relative terms. Compared to the Fourth Raikage, it was indeed slow, but compared to an ordinary ninja, its speed was already astonishingly fast.
Darui couldn't be bothered with Asuma, who was tying him down. He looked anxiously towards the mountaintop, quickly formed hand seals, then with his right hand forward and left hand back, he unleashed a chain of ink-black lightning.
"Lightning Release: Black Panther!"
The lightning took shape in the air, and with a sound of the air being pierced, a nimble panther shrieked as it struck the base of the cannon.
Several Cloud scientists in white robes were sent flying by the lightning blast. It looked dangerous, but they had narrowly avoided the devastating slash of the Kumo-giri sword that was coming down on them.
Two scientists who couldn't dodge in time saw a flash of white light before their bodies were torn to shreds by the forty-meter-long greatsword.
Ino paid no attention to the ordinary Cloud ninja; her three-tomoe Sharingan locked onto the few figures Darui had sent flying.
Darui would one day become the Fifth Raikage, and his use of Lightning Release was truly impressive; the timing and angle were both at their peak.
The three-tomoe Sharingan quickly locked onto the eight targets in mid-air. The eight flew outwards like a blooming flower, with Cloud ninja below waiting to catch them.
It would be difficult for the Wood Golem to hit all eight targets with a single slash.
Ino burst out of the Wood Golem. With a flick of her right hand, she mimicked Itachi Uchiha's throwing technique. The kunai collided in mid-air, changing their trajectories, and then eight kunai with special markings flew towards their respective targets.
Sensing her markers, Ino tore through space, rapidly teleporting between locations. Three Cloud scientists, high in the air, had no way to resist as she slit their throats, one by one.
The fourth scientist was quite skilled. With a loud shout, he drew a kunai as she teleported, attempting to take her down with him. Unfortunately, his reaction speed was too slow. Ino's kunai pierced his eye socket first, and with a clockwise twist, she ended his life.
The remaining four were about to hit the ground. The escorting Cloud ninja finally reacted, shouting as they charged up. Leading them was a white-haired old ninja.
Ino didn't even look at them. Her figure flickered, and she killed the fifth scientist right in the middle of their encirclement. She sensed the position of the sixth kunai, tore through space again, and two fierce Cloud ninja pounced on empty air. By the time they tried to find her again, she had already completed her sixth kill from a distance.
"The Yellow Flash?! It's Konoha's Yellow Flash!" The old jonin, Rashi, who had just celebrated his 80th birthday back in the village, subconsciously caught a friendly scientist falling from the sky. He looked down, only to realize he was holding a corpse.
Minato Namikaze's battle records were mostly built on fighting Cloud and Rock ninja. Rashi's eyes were dim, and his mind reacted slowly. He only saw a flash of gold zipping through their ranks, and memories of the past instantly flooded his mind. He screamed hysterically.
"What Yellow Flash! You old fool, you're confused! You're spouting nonsense! Konoha's Yellow Flash died long ago!" Yugito rushed over, but she was still a step too late. In just under a second, Ino had completed her slaughter in seven different directions.
She only had time to save the last scientist.
Killing a few slow-reacting scientists was one thing, but facing the giant cat whose eyes were now red with rage, Ino didn't dare show off her Flying Thunder God Technique any longer. She quickly flew back into the Wood Golem.
The next moment, the giant cat covered in eerie blue demonic patterns pounced. Its claws rained down on the Wood Golem like a storm. With their scientists suffering heavy losses, Yugito was consumed by fury. A Tailed Beast Bomb rapidly formed in the great cat's mouth, giving off the feeling that she was ready to perish with her enemy.
In a one-on-one fight, the Wood Golem had no fear of a Tailed Beast.
The Wood Golem's numerous roots pierced the Tailed Beast's body, forcibly absorbing its chakra. With its internal balance disrupted, the Tailed Beast Bomb's formation speed instantly dropped.
The Wood Golem grabbed the great cat's neck with one hand and its waist with the other. The Cloud ninja were quite experienced and quickly scattered. Ino held up the great cat, hesitated for a second, but couldn't find a valuable target.
"Forget it, I'll just smash your stuff!"
The people could be saved, but the cannon was too big of a target; it couldn't be saved.
The Wood Golem grabbed the Two-Tails and smashed it onto the chakra cannon.
After fighting for half a day, the two great ninja villages had gathered enough intelligence and, by tacit agreement, both sides withdrew their troops.
Back at the camp.
The 80-year-old jonin Rashi was still muttering about the "Yellow Flash." The Fourth Raikage was furious. This old coot was just boosting the enemy's morale while lowering their own. But given his age, he really couldn't say anything.
Beat him up? Scold him? The man was 80 years old! This old man was two years older than the Third Tsuchikage of the Rock Village. He had responded to the village's call and personally went to the battlefield in his old age. If you didn't encourage him, that was one thing, but scolding an old man? Did he not want to be the Raikage anymore?
The Fourth Raikage waved his hand and called for his secretary, Mabui, to take the old man away for treatment. He was not to shout about the Yellow Flash in public anymore.
He, the Fourth Raikage, had developed a condition where he got a headache just from hearing the name "Yellow Flash." He couldn't hear it right now.
Mabui had fought with Shikamaru for a long time, and the dark-skinned secretary was also injured. After a simple bandaging, she quickly persuaded the old ninja to leave.
Cee was left in the village to watch over things and capture Danzo. The only one the Fourth Raikage could consult with now was his "second right-hand man," Darui.
Today's battle seemed like a draw, but in reality, the Cloud ninja had charged in aggressively only to be stopped by Konoha. This in itself meant they had lost.
The Cloud ninja were hot-blooded; they charged fast and had strong attacks, but that hot-bloodedness couldn't be maintained for long. The Cloud was not suited for wars of attrition. In the past three great ninja wars, they had always had the upper hand initially, but their morale would always drop as the fighting dragged on.
Yugito and Killer B sat to the side, the expressions of the two Jinchuriki utterly grim.
The Wood Golem Jutsu was too much of a counter to them.
In past battles, using ten percent of their Tailed Beast chakra was considered an intense fight. But today? The Two-Tails and Eight-Tails had both used up a third of their chakra. Ino was addicted to "petting the cat," and the Two-Tails was the weaker of the two, having consumed nearly half of its chakra. The two Jinchuriki sat there, completely drained of energy.
"What should we do?" The Fourth Raikage didn't like to use his brain. He asked Darui.
Darui already had a plan. "I captured two Konoha prisoners during the retreat. Once the interrogation squad gets information on Konoha's defense layout, we'll launch a night raid tonight."
The Fourth Raikage smashed the table with his fist. "Let's do it!"
Just as they finalized their plan, Omoi ran in and voiced his concerns. He talked about how the evening glow was too bright, how the Konoha ninja were as timid as mice and wouldn't dare drink alcohol to celebrate a victory, opting for juice instead, and finally came to his conclusion: he suspected Konoha would launch a surprise attack on the Cloud camp.
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