Chapter 429: Challenging Ino
This wasn't the first time Sasuke had seen Naruto's massive number of shadow clones, but as his own knowledge grew, he was still shocked every time he saw it. Is this even human?
Ino, watching from a distance, also felt that Naruto's huge chakra reserves and high recovery rate were ridiculously overpowered.
The Shadow Clone Jutsu divided chakra equally. If you divided 100 points of chakra into a thousand parts, how much would the main body have left? Yet, it didn't take long for Naruto to recover completely and then boisterously use the Shadow Clone Jutsu again.
Sasuke observed his surroundings with his Sharingan.
The next second, dazzling blue lightning coiled around his body. The Lightning Release chakra turned into countless electric snakes, sweeping out in all directions. A large number of Naruto's shadow clones were wiped out like wheat being harvested by this "Chidori Stream."
The chakra in the shadow clones was too little; they disappeared with just a touch.
However, "Chidori Stream" was already an A-rank ninjutsu. Even Sasuke couldn't maintain this jutsu for a long time. His Sharingan couldn't see through to Naruto's real body, so he could only stop the "Chidori Stream," draw his longsword with a reverse grip, infuse it with lightning-attribute chakra, and slash left and right to eliminate the remaining shadow clones.
"Will Sasuke be okay?" Sakura wasn't worried about Naruto at all. At this moment, she anxiously asked Ino.
"Yeah, don't worry, Sasuke is fine," Ino replied perfunctorily.
It was a pity that Sakura was here. If there was no one around, she could have copied Sasuke's "Chidori Stream." This move, which was both offensive and defensive, was similar in principle to the Fourth Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Sasuke, who had been tempered on the battlefield, was clearly more experienced in combat than Naruto, who had been cooped up in the village. Through careful observation and continuous trial and error, based on his footsteps, attack patterns, and personality, he quickly made a judgment: the main body must be among the first few Narutos who had attacked. As long as he targeted those few, he could attract the shadow clones to rescue the main body, and thus quickly and massively kill the shadow clones.
He could always find a gap in the encirclement of a pile of Narutos. If there was really no gap, he would slash for a while to create a gap. He fought with ease, firmly holding the upper hand.
"Sasuke is so cool! Go for it!" Sakura was overjoyed, as if she had defeated Naruto herself.
Ino said nothing. Even with a bunch of people helping Naruto cheat from behind the scenes, at this stage, he was still no match for Sasuke.
What did Naruto have now? At most, the Great Ball Rasengan and the four-tailed state of his partial Tailed Beast transformation.
On the other hand, the Sharingan had greatly enhanced Sasuke's combat abilities. Kakashi was a good teacher, and the battlefield was the best training ground. Sasuke fighting on the battlefield for half a year was better than training at home for three years.
If Naruto wanted to catch up to Sasuke's level, it would have to be after he learned Sage Mode.
The Mangekyo Sharingan Sasuke would definitely not be able to beat Pain; he would probably last three minutes at most. But Sage Naruto could fight for a while, which showed how much of a boost Sage Mode was for Naruto.
Sage Mode was a watershed. At this stage, Naruto's strength could only be said to be so-so.
"I won't lose!" Even with his strong recovery ability, being knocked down repeatedly had also angered Naruto. His eyes turned into slits, dark red chakra covered his entire body, and four chakra tails appeared behind him.
"Partial Tailed Beast transformation?" Sasuke had seen the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, of the Rock Village on the battlefield. That 2.28-meter-tall giant had fought with Might Guy, and the two had fought an earth-shattering battle that was very impressive.
Sasuke's fighting spirit was high. His three-tomoe Sharingan stared at Naruto. His right hand gathered a large amount of high-intensity electricity. He ran quickly, and after accumulating kinetic energy to the limit, he used a high-speed Body Flicker to close the distance, and his right hand thrust forward violently!
Naruto, who had been gritting his teeth to control the Nine-Tails' chakra, let out a sharp cry. His body subconsciously condensed chakra, and a slightly dim-colored Tailed Beast Bomb, mixed and compressed to the limit at a Yin-Yang ratio of 2:8, was released towards Sasuke.
"Idiot!" Sasuke sneered. He had seen this move before.
His high-speed moving body swerved sharply to the side, easily dodging the Tailed Beast Bomb's flight path. His charging speed did not decrease, and the distance quickly closed. His arm shot out, stabbing fiercely at Naruto's chest.
With a "thump," a wooden wall made of vines rose from the ground. The moment the wooden wall was attacked, it wrapped around his right arm in reverse. The lightning-attribute chakra that made up the Chidori was quickly absorbed by the plants, and the impact force became weaker and weaker. By the time Sasuke's arm pierced through the wooden wall, the lightning-attribute chakra in his hand was almost gone.
The wooden wall reshaped itself, skillfully binding Naruto's limbs, and drew away the overflowing Tailed Beast chakra, restoring Naruto to his original state.
Sasuke rubbed his wrist, his gaze shifting to the treetops in the distance. "This loser hasn't improved at all. Come down, I want to fight you."
Ino pointed to herself, as if to say, You want to fight me?
"That's right."
"You think you're qualified to fight me just because you've defeated Kurotsuchi?"
Sasuke remained cool. "That's right."
"Really... alright, I'll play with you for a couple of moves." Four kunai appeared in Ino's hand. She shook them to let him see clearly.
The next second, she used Shisui's kunai throwing technique. With a flick of her arm outwards, four kunai were thrown out at the same time.
In Sasuke's somewhat angry and astonished eyes, the kunai collided violently in the air, rapidly changing their flight paths.
In an instant, the Ino next to Sakura disappeared. Following the kunai's flight path, she abruptly appeared behind Sasuke and kicked at his lower back.
Sasuke had been praised by Obito and Madara for being "very fast" and had a certain advantage in speed himself. He had seen Kakashi's Flying Thunder God. At this moment, he twisted his waist and swung his leg, also kicking back.
After kicking, he found that there was nothing behind him. Ino had ghostly appeared on his right side, where another kunai had passed. She caught the kunai she had thrown and stabbed at Sasuke's abdomen with a reverse grip.
Sasuke used all his strength, leaning his body back, and dodged this attack by a hair's breadth. Before he could get up, Ino was behind him again, grabbing his shoulders and throwing him over her shoulder, slamming him hard on the ground.
"Now you understand, right? Defeating Kurotsuchi proves nothing. There's still a gap between you and me."
Sasuke gritted his teeth. Before he could fully stand up, he threw a punch at Ino's face.
Ino's Flying Thunder God was mixed with Shisui's Body Flicker. Her figure was elusive, flickering left and right, making Sasuke run around in circles.
After ten moves, even with his three-tomoe Sharingan pushed to the limit, Sasuke could not accurately judge Ino's position. It was often a case of one wrong step leading to a series of wrong steps.
Ino estimated that Sasuke's current stats were indeed completely superior to Naruto's. His "Endurance," "Speed," and "Seals" were all a bit higher than Naruto's. His "Speed" looked like it could be around 8 or 9, but it was still a big gap compared to hers.
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