Chapter 436: Kumogakure's Trap
Naturally, Ishiro wasn't foolish enough to stand on the ground and wait for the three to arrive.
All three were close-combat masters, and he wasn't so arrogant as to think he could contend with them in a melee.
The moment he stepped out of the tech building, he used the Light/Heavy Boulder Technique to fly into the sky above Kumogakure. However, he was blocked by the barrier, and he couldn't fly high, only at a low altitude, just like those flying platforms.
As he ascended, a large amount of porcelain mud began to form around him, spreading rapidly across the sky above the entire village.
Swoosh! A figure shot rapidly toward him. With his Mind's Eye, Ishiro had long since detected the danger. With a flicker in mid-air, he easily dodged the attack.
This person was precisely the Fourth Raikage.
Unable to change direction in mid-air, the Raikage shot past for a great distance before landing on the ground below, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Ishiro didn't turn his head to look at him. With the Mind's Eye, he had a "god's-eye view" of the map; his eyes were already of little use. Besides, just as the Raikage's attack had missed, a giant tentacle from Killer Bee was already lashing out at him, while Darui was not idle either; a dozen streams of black lightning were also rapidly attacking.
Ishiro multi-tasked, on the one hand controlling a large amount of porcelain mud to form a series of obstacles to defend against the black lightning, while on the other, dodging the Eight-Tails' tentacle.
At this time, the flying platforms circling in the air also began to approach him in waves. In addition, as he was flying, ninjutsu or projectiles would shoot up at him from below from time to time.
But all of this, with the help of his "map hack" vision, was largely ineffective. Apart from forcing him to dodge continuously or intercept with porcelain, it didn't have much of an effect.
After the first round of probing attacks, Kumo had not achieved any results. On the contrary, Ishiro had used this time to lay down some very low-density porcelain mud throughout the sky above the village.
But in secret, Kumo was also taking the opportunity to make its own preparations, which were now complete.
"Hm?" Ishiro frowned.
In his senses, the originally scattered Kumo ninja below were gradually becoming orderly. The ninja who had been chasing him aimlessly before were now heading towards various designated positions.
"Have they established a command system? This is trouble!" Ishiro thought. He was not yet a match for a fully coordinated Allied Shinobi Forces technique.
"However, it seems I've discovered something very interesting," Ishiro smiled mysteriously.
It would still take some time for the allied army below to form a combat force. Taking advantage of this, I'll deal with these guys in the air first. My own preparations are almost complete.
Ishiro habitually swept his gaze over those flying platforms.
The next moment, the porcelain mud that had been scattered throughout the sky quickly gathered in front of them. Then, blocks of rock of various sizes floated in the air, blocking their flight paths.
Two of the platforms, whose ninja did not react in time, crashed into the rocks. The high-speed platforms had mechanical failures from the crash and lost control on the spot. The ninja on them jumped off one after another. These were all jonin, and with the ninja below helping to catch them, few were injured.
Then, the ninja on several other platforms were so focused on dodging the rocks that they forgot these rocks were not masterless; they were controlled by Ishiro. These platforms also followed in the footsteps of the first two, being hit by nearby rocks under Ishiro's sudden control and forced to withdraw from the field.
The rest were more clever. They didn't let any rocks get close, and any that might threaten their safety were shot down with ninjutsu or projectiles.
However, Ishiro didn't mind. This was just the appetizer.
The next moment, the rocks that had condensed in the sky began to fly randomly in the air under his control, faster and faster.
Boom, boom, boom.
Soon, the remaining platforms were hit one after another.
And Ishiro had not been idle during this time. He was constantly dodging the combined attacks of the Fourth Raikage, Killer Bee, and Darui.
Among the three, the Raikage was the strongest, but against the randomly flying Ishiro, the role he could play was the smallest.
Darui's Black Lightning was hard to deal with; it could bend and bypass the porcelain interceptions. Of course, his chakra control was still far inferior to Ishiro's; the number of times his lightning could turn was limited. After Ishiro intercepted it a few times, it would lose its effect.
The most troublesome was the combination of Killer Bee and the Eight-Tails. The giant octopus tentacles danced in the air, and wherever they passed, the porcelain mud that Ishiro had painstakingly laid out was swept clean.
Fortunately, this was Kumogakure, and the Eight-Tails could not reveal its complete form. This partial transformation, on the contrary, restricted Killer Bee's own performance.
At this time, in the Kumo command center, the commanders of this siege were on the one hand organizing the ninja, and on the other, analyzing Ishiro's intelligence.
"Lord Raikage, based on the current battle analysis, the abilities the Tsuchikage excels at are as follows: First, his chakra control is extremely high. In this field, he is probably the most skilled ninja in the entire world."
"Those fragments of rock are flying randomly in the air, and he himself is flying randomly, yet not a single stone has hit him, nor have any two stones collided with each other."
"This shows that the flight paths of these seemingly random rocks are completely under his control. This level of precise chakra control is impossible for anyone else to achieve."
The Fourth Raikage nodded in agreement on this point. He had just personally witnessed the sand manipulation of the Fourth Kazekage in the Land of Hot Water. His judgment was: Rasa's level was far inferior to Ishiro's.
Moreover, every time he launched an attack, those scattered rock fragments, which seemed to be of very low density, would gather on his path forward. This had led to every one of his attacks being made while pushing through a large number of fragments. Not only was his speed reduced by a large margin, but the consumption was also great.
The commander continued to relay their analysis.
"The Tsuchikage's second powerful ability is perception."
"We cannot currently determine the limit of his sensory range, but one thing is certain: his range covers the entire village."
"Previously, when he was dodging, he was able to accurately avoid all the places where our elite jonin were hiding."
"His sensory ninjutsu can not only sense the position and number of ninja, but also determine their approximate strength."
"Therefore, all sneak attacks are useless against him. Whether it is you, Lord Raikage, or the elite jonin in the village who can threaten him, there is no point in hiding."
The Raikage secretly nodded, beginning to reduce the frequency of his attacks. Just now, he had tried to sneak attack him many times, but he had been able to accurately dodge every time.
The commander took a deep breath and continued:
"The Tsuchikage's third ability: his spiritual power far exceeds that of a conventional ninja, and should be one level higher than mine. In other words, just based on his spiritual power, he can also exert Kage-level strength."
"Therefore, he can be distracted in many areas. He can both scout our troop deployments and avoid our elite ninja,"
"And he can also easily dodge under the continuous attacks of you, Lord Raikage, Lord Killer Bee, and Lord Darui."
"Similarly, genjutsu-type attacks are ineffective against him, unless it is a genjutsu on the level of the Uchiha clan's three-tomoe Sharingan. But our village does not have that."
The Raikage was somewhat horrified. The person communicating with him mentally was the one with the strongest spiritual power in all of Kumo. Even if Kumo did not specialize in spiritual power, this person should still be able to rank in the top ten in Konoha in this aspect. And if Ishiro's spiritual power was even higher, then it was very likely, as the person had guessed, that he could inflict Kage-level damage with his spiritual power alone.
When did Iwagakure develop a training method for Yin Release? Did they get it from Konoha? Or is this just Ishiro's personal talent?
Now is not the time to think about these things. As long as we kill him today, it will all be over.
At this moment, the commander's voice sounded again.
"The Tsuchikage's fourth ability is Sage Mode. His Sage Mode is much more perfect than Shiya's was. It can amplify his Kekkei Genkai."
"The Tsuchikage's Porcelain Release being able to cover the entire village, I guess, is because of his Sage Mode."
"Similarly, we must be careful of the ninjutsu he uses under Sage Mode."
The Raikage knew this point. He had seen Ishiro's performance when they had besieged Jiraiya back then. He was clear that the Ishiro of that time was only a Quasi-Kage, yet he had displayed the combat power of a strong Kage.
The commander finally said:
"Apart from these four abilities, the other abilities he has displayed are basically built on this foundation. For example, his fast flying speed, which originates from his superb chakra control."
"According to intelligence, the Tsuchikage has many other abilities that we need to be careful of."
"Unsealed ninjutsu, one-handed seals, fast hand seals. Mm, his seal speed is at least 6.5 seals per second."
"And the Storm Release Kekkei Genkai, as well as a blue-light Kekkei Tōta."
"His Kekkei Tōta should be his only means of breaking our defensive barrier to escape."
"According to intel, he has an obvious starting-up motion when he uses it. We must not let him cast it."
After listening to the analysis, the Fourth Raikage, Killer Bee, and Darui all became incomparably grave. Ishiro's toughness exceeded their imagination. But this also strengthened their resolve to kill him.
If they couldn't take him down even in this situation, it would be even more difficult to do so in the future.
After a while, the commander spoke again:
"We now provide three plans to kill the Tsuchikage: First, attrition."
"According to intelligence, his chakra amount is his short board. Sage Mode consumes even more chakra."
"He should not be good at prolonged battles. None of his battle records are particularly long."
"So the first method is to fight a war of attrition and exhaust his chakra."
"Second, increase the density and frequency of attacks, and force him into the attack range of our ninja army. Then cover him with large-scale ninjutsu."
"The Tsuchikage is a typical ninjutsu-type ninja. His defense is not high. A joint attack by the army is likely to be effective."
"Third, distract him. I will arrange for the ninja army to constantly change positions in the village to divert his attention. Even the strongest spiritual power has its limits. I will try my best to create a battle atmosphere that will greatly consume his mental energy."
After the command division finished analyzing the intelligence, they began to mobilize the Kumo army to distract Ishiro.
At this moment, Ishiro couldn't help but sigh in his heart. "So my intelligence has already become well-known through all my roaming."
That's right. The analysis and plans that the Kumo commander had just mentioned had been heard by Ishiro, word for word.
This was precisely the ability that came with his Mind's Eye and powerful spirit.
This was also the first time he had combined his Mind's Eye and his soul. He hadn't expected it to have such a function.
However, sensing the Kumo ninja slowly adjusting their tactics, Ishiro became more and more grave.
"Porcelain Release: Kunai Rain." While flying, Ishiro launched an attack on the Kumo army. This was the first time he had taken the initiative to attack them. The number of kunai was not large, nor did he use Shinra Tensei to accelerate them as he had against Konoha.
So, the effect was not great. The few teams moving within Kumogakure quickly raised their defenses.
They were not in a hurry. A war of attrition was more beneficial to them.
(End of Chapter)
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