Chapter 199: Rock Ninja's Secret Techniques
Onoki's hardening technique was truly formidable, withstanding several explosive talismans with ease. Unfortunately, the Multiplicative Detonating Talisman was not a conventional ninjutsu but a forbidden technique. With enough talismans and chakra, it was practically infinite.
Onoki's instincts on the battlefield were also exceptional, and at a crucial moment, he unleashed a jutsu that saved his life.
"The Second Tsuchikage's Division Jutsu?" Sasuke wondered, watching through his telescopic water mirror as Onoki separated from his midsection. It was a modified version that allowed him to partially divide his body without sacrificing half his strength. The summoning technique for the talismans remained on the abandoned half of the body, continuing its useless explosions.
Onoki's real body took the opportunity to escape. Although still affected by the explosion, he escaped with his life.
"Ouch, my old waist!" he complained, holding his back, numb from the explosion. He feared he would suffer from after-effects. Quickly, he abandoned resting and continued his desperate escape.
"What a shame!" Sasuke thought. He had almost assassinated Onoki. Kage-level masters had sharp instincts and often possessed special life-saving abilities, making them difficult to assassinate.
Seeing Onoki retreat, Sasuke gave up on pursuing him. It was not out of fear of his Dust Style, but because he had detected the support troops of the Iwagakure ninjas. Although they were mostly low-level genin, their number was considerable. Instead of risking another assassination attempt, it was better to bring Higashino back and capture more prisoners.
The five hundred Umino troops were furious in the capture of the Iwagakure prisoners. Led by shadow clones, they split into more than ten groups and meticulously captured the fleeing ones. Using sonic radar techniques, the fugitives had nowhere to hide and were all caught.
While the Iwagakure ninjas were also poor, they were much better equipped than the Sunagakure ninjas. The capture of more than two hundred of them was a generous windfall for Sasuke's forces. But this was only a small part of his income. Using his radar, he had already located Iwa's hidden arsenal under a rock formation, which contained six months' worth of supplies.
"I'm exhausted," Sasuke said, falling onto Samehada, his head spinning. He had lost count of how many times he had used his clones and the Flying Thunder God to transport these huge sealing scrolls.
After completing the transport, he unleashed a B-rank Earth Style jutsu, the Rock Reduction Jutsu, to destroy the cave and dispose of the bodies. Then, using the Spore Technique, he disappeared underground.
By the time he returned to the front, the Umino troops had also returned, bringing the prisoners with them. Everyone was beaming with joy.
"Aoi, quickly compile the information you have in their heads and create a database," Sasuke ordered.
"Yes, Sasuke-sama," Yamashiro Aoi replied. His intelligence squad was the first to be fully staffed.
"Prioritize the collection of Iwagakure's Earth Style ninjutsu," Sasuke continued. He envied their numerous secret techniques. If he could get the methods to fuse Kekkei Genkai like Explosion Style or Fusion Style, it would be a real treasure. And secret arts like Light and Heavy Rock were as valuable as S-rank ones.
While secret arts were rare, conventional Earth Style arts, such as Hardening, Earth Flow Wall, Rock Fist, and Earth Dragon Skin, should be readily available. Hardening, in particular, though seemingly low-level, was an extremely practical art. By combining the knowledge of many Rock ninjas in its practice, something more could be obtained.
- - - - - - - - - -
Hello everyone!
Thanks for reading this chapter.
This week, we'll have 3 daily chapters for you to enjoy. This is possible thanks to all your support with Power Stones.
To keep increasing our chapters, I'm asking for your support. For every 150 Power Stones we collect across all novels this week, I'll add an extra daily chapter for next week.
If you want to catch up and read even more, you can find over 150 advanced chapters of my novels on my Patreon.
Your comments and Power Stones are what make this possible. Thanks!
@Patreon/iLikeeMikee