Chapter 87: Fighting to the Death
"Roar..."
The large lizard roared again. From its mouth erupted a hurricane of pure force, an A-level wind cascade that swept across the entire estuary and completely dispelled the mist. A large number of Sasuke's shadow clones were destroyed, leaving only the two guiding Fūjin and Raijin.
"How strong!" Sasuke's gaze was severe, his heart shocked.
"It's a huge lizard! So much food!" Fūjin roared.
"Kill it and make delicious food!" Raijin responded.
In their minds, they saw not a monster, but a walking feast. They became excited and immediately rushed towards it, raising their large iron staffs to smash it. The lizard was extremely powerful; it drove Fūjin away with a tail whip and, after taking Raijin's blow, barely flinched before charging and sending him flying tens of meters.
But the brothers had skin and flesh as thick as a beast's. They simply shook their heads, their fighting spirit strengthened even further, and charged again.
"It turns out Fūjin and Raijin can really unleash jonin-level combat power," Sasuke was surprised. Their simplicity, a weakness in a tactical battle, was an advantage here. There was no fear, only a primal desire to fight.
However, the lizard's power had reached the level of an elite jonin. Although the brothers seemed to fight on equal footing, the lizard, with its superior combat intelligence, began to control the rhythm, and the tide of victory began to shift. It roared, scattering a rain of sand shrapnel that shattered the brothers' syrup armor.
"Impressive!" Sasuke thought, and released an infrasonic discharge to interrupt the attack, but it had no effect on the lizard, only attracted its hatred.
"Roar!" the beast exclaimed, furious, and spat a powerful Compressed Air Bullet towards Sasuke and Kon.
Sasuke quickly formed a hand seal. "Water Style: Water Formation Wall!" A powerful rotating water wall appeared, completely resisting the A-rank attack. Taking advantage of the distraction, Fūjin and Raijin re-engaged in a brutal fight with the lizard.
"Senpai, so that's what you look like," Kon whispered, who had leaned against Sasuke and discovered that the shockwave had undone his transformation, revealing his true face.
"Kon, stay here with the shadow clone. I'll go support," Sasuke said, leaving a clone to protect her.
'So Senpai is that handsome,' Kon thought, her eyes filled with admiration, but also worry. That lizard was too powerful.
Sasuke did not run directly towards the beast. First, he lunged at Fuya's body, plunged a kunai into his heart to ensure his death, picked up his fish knife, and only then joined the battle.
"Wind Breath, First Form: Fish Slice!"
Under the terrifying increase of his breathing technique, Sasuke's speed reached an extreme point, almost invisible. With a whoosh, he precisely struck the lizard's neck, but the wound was less than three centimeters deep, barely piercing the scales.
"Roar!" the lizard roared in pain and wielded its tail like a dragon.
"Shit!" Sasuke decisively abandoned his knife and used the Substitution Technique to dodge the blow, which turned a piece of wood into sawdust.
"Water Style: Water Clone Technique!"
He released a large number of clones to confuse the beast. While the lizard was tearing them apart, the real Sasuke threw a shuriken at its head and formed the hand seals.
"Shadow Shuriken Clone Technique!"
Almost a hundred shuriken impacted the lizard, turning it into a pincushion.
"Roar!" the beast cried, covered in blood. But instead of weakening, its combat power soared to a higher level. It sent Fūjin and Raijin flying with a single blow.
"This big lizard has reached this point and still hasn't retreated," Sasuke exclaimed, surprised. He thought the beast would flee, but he didn't expect its relationship with Fuya to be so deep. This was no longer a simple battle; it was revenge. It would fight to the death.
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