NABC Chapter 173 Foolproof Operation
Chapter 173 Foolproof Operation
Chapter 175 Foolproof Operation
On the city gate, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Yakushi Nonou, and the samurai of the Land of Iron watched the battle unfold below.
It turned out to be both poisonous fog and white fog, making it impossible for the samurai to see anything.
But----
Within the area of the white fog, a network of white fog-like channels spread out and directly penetrated into the poisonous fog.
"Huh? The Konoha ninjas are about to charge in?" a swordsman said nervously.
These must be three Chunin from Konoha. At this moment, "Wind Drive" stepped forward—
Wind Release: Net!
It was Minato, shrouded in white mist, who unleashed this "small but exquisite" Wind Release technique.
The characteristic of the "Net" is that the wind pressure alternates between slow and fast, forming a network of airflow. It is not strong in attack, but it can restrict the enemy's movement.
However, the current strategy is not to use Wind Release to restrict movement, but to utilize the characteristics of "Net" to spread the "Intensified Version of Mist Concealment Technique" into the poisonous fog area!
Generally speaking, simply driving away such a small, sparse wisp of air is completely ineffective in dispersing the toxic fog.
However, due to the strong adhesion of the original white fog, even a small portion can now settle.
The layered, net-like winds made the toxic fog look like it was divided by a white net, with a large amount of toxins being absorbed and settling!
Of course, one must be extra careful when doing this. If you don't wait until it completely settles, when you cross the "boundary" of the adsorption, you will be subjected to a "concentrated" toxic fog baptism, and the toxicity on the ground will be greatly increased. You must use chakra to wrap your feet at all times to weaken the toxicity from seeping in.
This kind of settling is something that cannot be achieved by directly "flooding" the area with water.
If a large burst of water were to hit directly now, the toxins wouldn't fall into the water; they would simply dissolve into it, penetrating the body much faster than if they were dispersed in the air.
The three members of the Red Stone Sect then ran up the low-poison zone formed by the "Net" and the "Mist Concealment Technique," which overlapped and intertwined.
In addition to urging the giant salamander to speed up its poison release, the three rain ninjas also used "Earth-Reflecting Fish" to sink into the ground.
However, the three of them, including Akaishi, did not stop there.
You can run from a ninja, but you can't run from a giant salamander!
The three of them ran straight towards the giant salamanders. These guys are more valuable than the Jonin of the Rain Village. Even if they can't be killed, just having them released from their summoning and sent back to the Black Pool will make the three Rain Villagers even less likely to win. Therefore, Akashi is not afraid that these Rain Villagers will not come to the rescue!
Just be careful of their underground attacks; the "Fish in the Soil" are quite well hidden.
Following the grid pattern, the three of them formed a triangular formation and surrounded the three large salamanders that were together.
Wind Release: Gale Palm!
Minato launched the first attack. Skilled in high mobility and small-scale ninjutsu, Minato used his sharpened "Gale Palm Blade" to cut the salamander, which had no hard skin or scales.
At the same time, Lan Wu drew her Water Whip, and Chi Shi struck a pose as if he were about to use the Uchiha Fan to "split Mount Hua".
To have more time to react in case of a sneak attack, all three leaped up and attacked the giant salamander. Sure enough, at that moment—
Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!
Earth Release: Rock Pillar Prison!
Earth Release: Earth Stone Dragon!
Rumble—
With a rumbling sound, massive spears formed from rocks and soil erupted from beneath Red Stone's feet, while several rock pillars rose from beneath Water Gate, threatening to encircle him. Meanwhile, below, an earth dragon swept towards Lan Wu—
Of course, the three of them, including Akaishi, were already on guard!
Click—
The red stone was pierced on the spot, but disappeared in the blink of an eye; it was clearly a clone.
Although Minato was in the air, he used Wind Release chakra to gather under his feet and suddenly accelerated and changed direction in mid-air, darting out of the "Stone Pillar Prison" range ahead of time.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!
Thud—
Lan Wu then formed a hand seal, "Water Dragon Bullet," and created a dragon-to-dragon collision, shattering the Rock Dragon!
"Water Dragon Bullet" is a ninjutsu that severely tests one's mastery of water-style techniques.
If you only "learn" this thing, it takes a full forty-four hand seals to be able to use it. Unless you are very confident in your hand seal speed, basically no one will know how to use it.
However, the reason why this ninjutsu has not been eliminated to this day is because its hand seals are very easy to simplify!
Simplifying hand seals requires a comprehensive understanding of chakra manipulation. Generally, being able to simplify it to half its original size already demonstrates a profound mastery of chakra manipulation and corresponding ninjutsu. However, the "Water Dragon Bullet" is much easier to simplify.
For example, the Second Hokage could use this technique with just four hand seals. It was a large-scale ninjutsu, but it could be simplified into the category of "short-hand ninjutsu".
Although Lan Wu wasn't as skilled as her grandfather, she still completed the hand seals in twelve moves, reducing the number of seals to less than a third. The three of them had each broken through the surprise attack.
Well, at this point, it doesn't seem like Akaishi has "broken" the code; it's his own clone that has been broken.
However, at that moment, two "Red Stones" appeared around the Earth Spear, using chakra to stabilize their feet and stand to the side of the Earth Spear, simultaneously forming hand seals—
Combination Ninjutsu: Hell Gate! *2
The splitting of the "Mirror Clone" startled even the Rain Ninja who had made the move.
The next moment, two "mysteriously appearing" red stones slammed their hands together on the "Earth Dragon Spear"—
The originally hard "earth mound spear" instantly softened into mud and flowed down. At the same time, this change continued along the "earth mound spear" and spread to the ground at its base!
Moreover, it wasn't just simple mud; as it churned, bright red traces of high temperature were constantly revealed—the very "Hell Gate" that Akaishi used during the Chunin Exams.
Normally, this is based on the Earth Release ninjutsu "Yomi Swamp" combined with the Fire Release ninjutsu "Fire Walk Technique" to create a terrain similar to high-temperature mud, which is used to block and delay progress.
but----
If the enemy is underground, the effect is even more pronounced—it becomes a complete "roasting" experience!
Whether it's "Earth-Reflecting Fish" or "Earth-Diving Diving," the biggest taboo for these underground ninjutsu techniques is that the enemy also knows Earth Release!
When infiltrating underground, once the location is locked and the attacker is hit by this terrain-altering ninjutsu, the damage will be particularly terrifying.
only----
Rain Ninja clearly lacks experience in fighting against Konoha ninja!
If it were Sunagakure, it would be very clear that Ichikonoha is not a village that hides fire-style techniques, but a village that hides all techniques.
If your enemy is an unfamiliar Konoha ninja, it's best to assume he might use any elemental ninjutsu, or even more cautiously, consider what secret techniques he might pull out!
ah-
Sure enough, after the "Hell's Gate" was applied, the Rain Ninja hiding underground screamed and rushed out, and—
There was an unexpected bonus!
The Rain Ninja who was originally burrowing underground, although not burned to death on the spot, had damaged protective suits and masks.
Now, Yu Ren was caught off guard and burned. Not only was his skin exposed and his gas mask ineffective, he also became a victim of the toxic fumes!
Moreover, he emerged from underground—because of the settling effect of the dense fog, the ground is now the most toxic part.
However, the two red stones that were originally standing on the "Earth Dragon Spear" also disappeared with two "pop" sounds. One of their chakra reserves, which was less than a quarter of the original amount, vanished, followed by two more B-rank "combination ninjutsu" —
Seeing this, the other two Rain Ninjas quickly emerged from underground, simultaneously warning, "Get out of there!"
Even without their reminders, the injured Rain Ninja also tried to retreat, but—
He had only run a few steps when he saw a faint figure gradually becoming clearer in the thick fog!
It was Akashi, who had been lying in ambush nearby, whose visibility was much greater than that of the Rain Ninja in the "poisonous fog + dense fog".
The moment the Rain Ninja spotted the figure, Akaishi instantly appeared within melee range, his hands forming a wind element hand seal.
When the Rain Ninja realized that they had been approached, they immediately assumed a defensive stance with all their might. Because the opponent was forming hand seals, the Rain Ninja did not dare to dodge rashly.
At this distance, even if this Uchiha brat were using the "Great Fireball Technique," he wouldn't be able to dodge it!
but----
Void Escape: Void Explosion Technique!
He guessed wrong.
If you dodge it, the damage you receive will be greatly reduced.
And defense—
Almost useless!
After all, the "Air Burst Technique" is not actually attacking him, but rather causing the surrounding air to expand and its density to decrease significantly.
What's the point of adopting a defensive stance at this point?
boom-
After a loud roar, Rain Ninja's eyes became harmless.
At the same time, just like Akaishi when he used "Air Explosion Technique" for the first time, his eyes and ears were slightly bleeding, and he was completely dazed.
And Red Stone —
Now there are two.
Both Akaishi have "harmless expressions".
However, the two dull-witted Akashi were like fools playing cat's cradle, quickly forming hand seals the moment they appeared!
Void Escape: Void Explosion Technique! *2
In a daze, the two Akashi almost instinctively used the "Air Explosion Technique"!
This is precisely the result of Chishi's three days of cultivation.
Because he couldn't convert "Void Release Chakra" on his own, Akaishi's "Void Release Shadow Clone" plan failed.
Akaishi could only adapt to Void Release chakra by repeatedly using "Space Explosion Technique with clones" —
Although he cannot convert "Void Release Chakra" on his own yet, he is already very familiar with "Void Explosion Technique".
So—Akaishi made a clever improvement—after the "Mirror Clone" uses the "Air Explosion Technique," the clones that split off, although their thinking is still sluggish due to lack of oxygen, can instinctively continue to use the "Air Explosion Technique" without thinking!
And just as Orochimaru said before—
The stacking effect of "Air Explosion Technique" is very strong, unlike ordinary Wind Release techniques.
Because the "Airburst Technique" does not propel the air, but rather causes the air to expand, which means its density decreases, the low-pressure zone created by three airburst techniques will have a much more significant low-pressure effect than a single low-pressure zone!
Although it hadn't reached the level Orochimaru described—the kind that makes blood boil and eyes explode—it was enough to cause the Rain Ninja to collapse, completely losing consciousness. Meanwhile—
The surrounding toxic particles settled down rapidly in large quantities!
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