Chapter 335: Captured Alive
"These kunai can turn corners! They're being controlled! Be careful! This is... this is Porcelain Release! The person in the sky is the Fourth Tsuchikage! Lady Pakura, find a chance and retreat first!" The voice of the Anbu who said this was trembling.
The ninjas of other hidden villages all knew about Ishiro developing the Porcelain Release Kekkei Genkai, and they were also clear about its characteristics and abilities. Especially the Sand ninjas; many aspects of Ishiro's Porcelain Release were inspired by their Sand Manipulation Jutsu.
After confirming that the opponent was the Fourth Tsuchikage, Ishiro, Yin Squad immediately made a judgment: Pakura was probably not his opponent. And from the looks of it, Pakura's intelligence had likely been grasped by Ishiro long ago.
Most importantly, this person, Ishiro, was notoriously insidious. The other party very likely had other arrangements. Today, it was likely that things would not end well for them.
As long as Pakura could escape, everyone's sacrifice would be meaningful. The four members of Yin Squad began to persuade Pakura to find a chance to retreat.
But in this situation, how far could Pakura get after leaving the protection of the four?
To be honest, it was not without reason that Yin Squad had been sent to cooperate with Pakura. Their various defensive measures surprised even Ishiro.
Earth Release and Wind Release were one thing, but there was even a ninja who knew Sand Manipulation Jutsu, as well as a puppeteer who could create a large-area defensive puppet.
No matter from which angle Ishiro's kunai rain attacked, it was blocked by Yin Squad.
If the entanglement continued, Ishiro would certainly win. A mere Anbu squad, no matter how good at defense, could only hold on for a short time under Ishiro's continuous attacks.
However, Ishiro was not unprepared for this situation. The Pakura of this life was not a pawn betrayed by Rasa. On the contrary, Rasa had specially prepared an Anbu squad for Pakura that could make up for her shortcomings.
Ishiro did not even give Yin Squad a chance for a brief standoff.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Technique! Wind Release, Wind Tornado!" Ishiro quickly switched tactics, abandoning Porcelain Release and casting a Sage Art combination ninjutsu.
By the time the kunai rain stopped and Pakura was preparing to counterattack, Ishiro's combination ninjutsu had already taken shape.
"Scorch Release, High-Temperature Barrier!" Pakura hastily formed a flame shield made of Scorch Release above the five of them.
Scorch Release was still very effective in defending against attacks from elemental ninjutsu. When conventional ninjutsu approached the high-temperature Scorch Release, it would be burned and deformed, losing its power.
However, this was Ishiro's Sage Art, and a combination ninjutsu at that. Moreover, it was a Wind-Fire combination, the same as Scorch Release; there was no water to be countered by it.
Although Pakura's high-temperature barrier effectively weakened the power of Ishiro's combination ninjutsu, it still couldn't completely block it.
A large amount of flames rushed through the obstruction of the high-temperature barrier and quickly covered the ground.
Helpless, the four members of Yin Squad immediately began to save themselves.
However, the wind-style ninja and the puppeteer, due to their lack of good fire resistance, were directly killed.
And although the earth-style ninja and the sand-manipulating ninja dodged the fatal attack, they were also seriously injured. Hiding behind their respective ninjutsu, they were still burned by the high temperature.
In the blink of an eye, two of Pakura's four subordinates were dead and two were injured right before her eyes.
Pakura was both anxious and angry. She was not injured. Possessing Scorch Release, she was not afraid of Ishiro's Wind-Fire combination ninjutsu at all. If it were a one-on-one fight, she wouldn't even choose to defend against this kind of attack but would attack simultaneously.
But Pakura's anger was destined to have nowhere to be vented because after the Wind-Fire combination had done its work, Ishiro had switched back to using Porcelain Release.
The porcelain kunai that had been blocked by Yin Squad, under Ishiro's control, immediately shot towards Pakura again.
Unlike before, this time there was no one left who could help Pakura block a physical attack.
Pakura tore open a ninjutsu scroll, directly forming a small house of sand around her body. Then, all sides of Pakura, including the sky and the ground, were immediately enveloped by sand.
This was a life-saving measure left to Pakura by Rasa.
Ishiro's brows furrowed slightly, not because of Pakura's technique, but because through his Mind's Eye, he sensed that Pakura below seemed to be charging up a big move.
After thinking for a moment, Ishiro created an Earth Clone, pretending to control the Porcelain Release in the air, while his main body quickly flew to a farther and higher place.
Although Ishiro didn't think Pakura could pose any threat to him flying in the air, as a sufficiently cunning conspirator, Ishiro still maintained a certain level of vigilance.
The sand house was not sturdy and soon became dilapidated under the attack of the kunai rain.
Just as the sand house was about to break, it suddenly exploded on its own. The violent explosion directly sent most of the kunai that were attacking the house flying.
The few that managed to get close to Pakura had little force left.
And taking advantage of this gap, Pakura used the ultimate move she had prepared.
"Scorch Release: Raging Flames Burn the Heavens!"
This was Pakura's strongest offensive ninjutsu, an S-rank Scorch Release jutsu she had developed herself.
In an instant, a large amount of Scorch Release flames began to spread out from Pakura as the center at an explosive speed.
And under Pakura's control, the flames focused on rushing towards Ishiro's Earth Clone flying in the air.
Without even lasting a second, the Earth Clone directly dissipated.
This scene truly shocked Ishiro. "Is Pakura preparing a suicidal ninjutsu like Deidara's from the original story?"
"No, it's a bit better than Deidara's. Pakura, as the master of the Scorch Release Kekkei Genkai, was not injured."
But after the flames dissipated, Ishiro could still clearly sense Pakura's weakness. "Strike the enemy while he's down!" Ishiro once again formed a large number of porcelain kunai and, without any delay, smashed them down towards Pakura.
At this time, Pakura had no other choice and once again used Scorch Release for defense.
And what do you know, Scorch Release was still able to block Ishiro's porcelain kunai rain to a certain extent.
Porcelain kunai, unlike real iron kunai, had a relatively low melting point. When passing through the Scorch Release shield, a large portion of them were burned and fell down.
But there were still some that rushed through the Scorch Release defense and hit Pakura.
That's right, "hit." Firstly, Ishiro did not want to go to war with Sunagakure completely and could not kill Pakura. It wasn't that Ishiro was afraid of the Land of Wind, but he was wary of Konoha reaping the benefits.
So the tips of this wave of kunai rain from Ishiro were not sharp. And after being burned, the power of the kunai rain had been reduced a lot.
Therefore, what Pakura endured was not the piercing of a sharp weapon, but the impact of rocks.
However, although this kind of attack was not fatal, it was enough to heavily injure her.
Not long after, under Ishiro's blows, Pakura couldn't even maintain her Scorch Release shield.
Seeing this, Ishiro stopped the rock attack and instead manipulated the rocks to turn into mud, enveloping Pakura, and then sealed her.
The sealing process was not smooth. Pakura kept resisting with her Scorch Release, making it difficult for the sealing runes condensed by Ishiro's chakra to get close to her. Often, before they could take effect, the chakra within them would be burned away by the Scorch Release.
Sealing also required chakra support, especially in the initial stage, where the caster had to output a large amount of chakra to suppress the sealing target.
But it wasn't needed later on. Most seals could draw chakra from the sealed object to automatically maintain the seal's operation.
This was very difficult to achieve, which was why there were very few ninjas in the ninja world who were skilled in sealing jutsu.
However, Pakura's resistance did not last long. Severely injured, she soon couldn't maintain the output of her Scorch Release flames.
Not long after, Pakura was completely swallowed by the mud and was finally sealed.
However, since he did not intend to take Pakura's life, Ishiro left her head exposed, not completely wrapped in mud.
"Phew," Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, no Kage-level was easy to deal with. Even Pakura, who was killed by the plot in the original story, had this kind of desperate counterattack.
Since Pakura had been captured alive, the rest was easy. Ishiro casually sealed the two injured Sand Anbu members.
These two were lucky. They had been hiding in the defensive ninjutsu they created, and Pakura had deliberately avoided their position when she had her outburst. So both of them had managed to survive stubbornly. But it was inevitable that their injuries were more severe, and now both had fallen into a coma.
Ishiro used his Porcelain Release to drag the three sealed individuals and quickly returned to the branch base.
As for the other Sand ninjas who had come with Pakura, Ishiro no longer cared. With Pakura captured, the others certainly wouldn't dare to act rashly.
And Ishiro believed that Rasa would surely be willing to pay a high price to get her back from him. All the others combined were not as important as Pakura.
This was easy to understand. If Ikura were captured, even if the other party demanded Sage Jutsu, S-rank ninjutsu, or Kekkei Genkai training methods, Ishiro would give them.
Although having more S-rank ninjutsu could increase the village's foundation, it might be ten or even a hundred years before a ninja who could train in such a ninjutsu appeared.
For example, Konoha had so many S-rank ninjutsu and forbidden jutsu, but there were very few people in the current Konoha who could use them.
One who could finally use the Flying Thunder God had died young.
As for the ones who put the forbidden jutsu, Impure World Reincarnation, on a pedestal, they were the rogue-nin, Orochimaru and Kabuto.
Iwagakure was the same. In the original story, Dust Release was only known by Ōnoki until the very end.
When Ishiro was fighting Ikura near the Rainbow Ice Wall, the Iwagakure branch had also seen it.
It was impossible not to see. For a Wind-Fire combination ninjutsu with power exceeding A-rank to appear at night, the terrifying destructive power contained within could be felt even from a great distance.
And Pakura's final killing blow had a power that surpassed what most S-rank ninjutsu could possess. It had even frightened Ōnoki.
Ōnoki's Dust Release possessed a terrifying destructive power that general Kekkei Genkai did not have, but in terms of range, it couldn't compare to the high-power Scorch Release that Pakura had just unleashed.
At first, Ōnoki had not intended to send anyone out, only instructing the Anbu to strengthen their guard to prevent any Sand ninjas from sneaking in during the chaos.
Both the Porcelain Release and the combination Sage Art were within Ōnoki's expectations; he had been very calm.
But after that final wave, Ōnoki could no longer sit still. He didn't even call for anyone else and directly flew towards the battlefield at the fastest speed.
Halfway there, Ōnoki happened to meet Ishiro, who was on his way back.
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