Chinya conjured two Rashomon gates to stand before him.
Summoning a single Rashomon already consumed a massive amount of chakra. Chinya was capable of summoning up to three Rashomon gates, just like Orochimaru.
But he needed to conserve his chakra.
The first Rashomon gate was instantly shattered by Raikage The Third, although his speed clearly slowed down.
When Raikage The Third broke through the second Rashomon gate, he noticeably hesitated for a moment.
Chinya seized this opportunity. He assumed a fighting stance, his veins bulging and electricity surging across his body.
[Thunder Breathing, Seventh Form – Fire Thunder God!]
Chinya lunged forward at an unimaginable speed, undetectable to the naked eye. His movement carved a blazing blue lightning dragon in its wake. He slashed at Raikage The Third with a horizontal arc of his ninja sword.
As Chinya's blade slashed toward him, Raikage The Third's pupils narrowed sharply. This time, instead of choosing not to defend as before, he raised both arms to block.
Chinya's ninja sword struck against Raikage The Third's forearms.
This time, his attack achieved a significant breakthrough.
The blade had cut into the skin of Raikage The Third.
But that was all.
Chinya and Raikage The Third immediately pulled away from each other, creating distance.
Raikage The Third glanced at the blood trickling down his forearm, his face unreadable.
However, Chinya could fully sense the change in Raikage The Third's aura.
Raikage The Third glanced at Chinya, asking, "Kid, what's your name?"
Chinya felt somewhat puzzled. Didn't Raikage hear Taka when he announced his name earlier?
Chinya solemnly replied, "Chinya!"
Raikage The Third slightly nodded. "I see. So you're the Crimson-Eyed Asura who seriously injured A and Killer Bee. Kid, managing to draw my blood deserves my respect."
"Wounding you was only the beginning. I'm here to take your head!"
Chinya spoke disdainfully, yet a faint smile appeared on his face.
Raikage The Third's lips curled slightly. "Then let's see if you can!"
[Strongest Lightning Release Suit!]
Raikage The Third unleashed his lightning chakra to its maximum potential, causing every strand of his hair to stand straight up.
Chinya's gaze sharpened with concern as he observed Raikage The Third in that state.
Previously, Raikage The Third had been fighting while simply trying to buy time.
Now, clearly, he was getting serious.
Chinya moved first.
[Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique!]
Chinya gathered chakra inside his throat, transforming it into scorching flames which he spat outward from his mouth. Everything around him burst into flames instantly. Then he used the resulting explosive blast wave to scatter blazing hot ash in all directions, taking advantage of the chaos to conceal his position within the smoke.
The area covered by the high-temperature dust spread widely. Many Rock Ninjas couldn't dodge in time and were burned. Even some Rock Ninja warriors perished painfully after inhaling the searing ash.
Raikage The Third retreated backward to escape the intense heat, carefully scanning his surroundings.
Chinya would definitely make his move soon. All he needed to do now was locate Chinya or wait for him to show himself.
Suddenly, Raikage The Third noticed Chinya emerging from the hot dust cloud. It seemed he intended to hide among the crowd of Rock Ninja troops.
Almost instantaneously, Raikage The Third charged toward Chinya at a speed that Chinya's Mangekyo Sharingan couldn't even track. Several Rock Ninja were struck head-on and crumbled to the ground instantly.
Raikage The Third grabbed Chinya's body. "Got you, brat!"
"Lightning Release: Raikō Ken!"
The Raikage lifted Chinya high and slammed him down with superhuman force, cracking the entire surface beneath them. Chinya's broken form twisted within the deep crater formed by the impact.
Immediately after, lightning chakra erupted from Raikage The Third's body, surging through Chinya.
"You've got decent skill, but far too arrogant. A shame you're not one of Cloud Village's ninja."
Raikage The Third turned his gaze toward the Rock Ninja, preparing to act—when suddenly, both of his ankles felt seized by someone.
He looked down, shocked to see it was Chinya.
Then who was that in the crater just now...?
Raikage The Third stared back at the figure still inside the pit and realized—it had somehow transformed into a Rock Ninja.
"Sharingan? Could it have fallen for Genjutsu..."
Underground, Chinya yanked hard at Raikage's ankles, dragging him straight beneath the earth.
At that moment, the Rock Ninja launched their jutsu, attempting to crush both Chinya and Raikage together underground.
Before Chinya could escape, the surrounding rocks tightly compressed around him—and Raikage as well.
[Wanju!]
A tear of blood streamed down from Chinya's left Mangekyo Sharingan eye.
In the exact moment [Wanju] took effect, the pressure from the crushing rock ceased entirely.
Chinya curved his lips slightly.
Damn it, those Rock Ninja! He'd planned a whole chain of follow-up moves after dragging Raikage underground. All ruined now.
After forming several hand seals, Chinya emerged from the ground.
The moment he surfaced, a fist hurtled straight toward his face.
"Just like I thought."
[Substitution Jutsu!]
Because Chinya had secretly formed the seal beforehand, his body instantly transformed into a wooden log. Raikage's punch struck nothing but air.
Kitsuchi's skin crawled.
Until now, he had believed Chinya, although already famous throughout the Shinobi World as an Elite Jonin, should be comparable to Minato Namikaze.
The Rock Ninja had fought against Minato many times before.
Minato, though agile, lacked strong direct offensive power, relying mostly on the [Flying Thunder God Technique] for assassination strikes.
Chinya was also renowned for his speed, leading Kitsuchi to assume they'd be similar—but clearly, that assumption couldn't have been more wrong.
Chinya's combat capabilities far surpassed anything Minato could ever achieve.
Both Chinya and Raikage The Third fought at incredible speeds—clearly their greatest strength.
However, the Rock Ninja were especially poor at reacting quickly.
Thus, most of their attacks completely missed both Chinya and Raikage The Third.
Every time Chinya and Raikage The Third clashed mid-combat, several Rock Ninja would die immediately.
The Rock Ninja were like cannon fodder caught between their clash.
Raikage frowned deeply, gazing upon the numerous Chinyas standing before him.
Dojutsu-type genjutsu could only be undone by disrupting another's chakra flow through external means.
In short, the Third Raikage, trapped in Chinya's genjutsu, was unable to dispel Chinya's illusory technique.
"Then…"
The Third Raikage suddenly surged toward the group of Chinyas.
It didn't matter which one was the real Chinya—as long as he attacked, he'd reveal himself!
As the genjutsu-induced Third Raikage slaughtered rock ninja, Chinya had already slightly crouched his body.
[Thunder Breathing, First Form: Lightning Flash! Divine Speed!]
Chinya became a streak of blue lightning, surging forward at high speed toward the rampaging Third Raikage.
Just before making contact with the Third Raikage, Wanju activated. The Third Raikage's Strongest Lightning Release Suit vanished in an instant.
A chill ran down the Third Raikage's spine—his instincts flared, and his hair shot up.
Chinya's ninja sword pierced the space where the Third Raikage's neck met his shoulder.
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