Even though Hagoromo Black Horn struggled frantically, constantly attacking the water dragon, he still couldn't change the situation of flying higher and higher. Lightning Release was truly useless against a water dragon.
"Yay! It hit." Did Uchiha Ling not know if the Water Dragon Bullet would hit? It was mainly because the feeling of hitting the target was very nice.
"Uh." Minato looked at Hagoromo Black Horn, who was forced into the sky, with some pity. Encountering Uchiha Ling was his bad luck. Not only did he lose the Six Paths Tools: Vajra Bracelet, but the loss of half an arm also made him disabled, and now he was about to experience free fall.
Although Shisui knew that Uchiha Ling was very powerful now, seeing Uchiha Ling defeat that Ninja with an extremely vast amount of Chakra at a speed that his Revolving Sharingan with three tomoe could barely perceive, he still felt a sense of disillusionment.
He wondered if his growth rate could really keep up with Uchiha Ling's. Would his strength be dispensable to Uchiha Ling?
Shisui bit his lip, not even noticing the blood flowing. For the first time, this boy experienced a sense of powerlessness that only adults could feel.
"Yosh, this is youth! Uchiha Ling is already so amazing, I can't fall behind! Let's double the daily training plan!"
The passionate and surging voice interrupted Shisui's thoughts. He seemed to be overly worried. Even Might Guy hadn't lost heart and given up, so what reason did he have to be disheartened?
"Uchiha Ling, is she already this strong? I can't even see her movements. Before, I thought it was the Flying Thunder God Technique."
The second person to break down was Uchiha Obito. He only felt the disparity between people, transforming into a salted fish who had lost his dreams.
"Obito, don't be discouraged, okay? I believe that you will also become this powerful in the future." Rin anxiously held Obito's arm, her eyes filled with concern and tenderness.
The little angel's voice startled Obito. Turning his head and seeing Rin's gentle and encouraging gaze, Obito felt his heart about to burst out again, and he was completely stunned.
"This is truly beyond common sense, but I won't give up. My Ninjutsu is almost complete."
Kakashi's eyes were firm, and he wasn't disheartened by being far surpassed by Uchiha Ling. Instead, it ignited his fighting spirit.
"Let's go, Uchiha Ling went to chase that Ninja." Minato saw Uchiha Ling running towards where the Water Dragon Bullet landed, so he reminded everyone to quickly follow.
Originally, Uchiha Ling wasn't that urgent, but she didn't expect that some bastard would dare to steal her spoils of war. It was simply unforgivable.
Under Uchiha Ling's Telescope Technique observation, a grotesque figure with dense black tentacles or blood vessels extending all over his body appeared at Hagoromo Black Horn's landing spot.
Coupled with the four white masks around that monster, Uchiha Ling immediately identified who that bastard was: Kakuzu, who only loved money his whole life.
Kakuzu seemed to sense Uchiha Ling's rapid approach, a disdainful and triumphant smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. He directly used a net woven from Earth Grudge Fear to catch Hagoromo Black Horn, then fled rapidly.
At the same time, hundreds of meters behind Kakashi and the others, who were behind Uchiha Ling, a monster composed of white masks emerged from the ground. It was now opening its mouth, intending to attack Kakashi and the others.
Terrifying lightning gathered in the mask's mouth. At this moment, they finally realized there was a terrifying Chakra reaction behind them, and turning around, they discovered a terrifying lightning storm already spewing forth and approaching.
At this moment, it was too late for the few of them to use Ninjutsu for defense. The lightning storm was already upon them, and Minato hadn't placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on them, so he couldn't instantly teleport over.
At this time, he could only use Body Flicker Technique to rush over at the fastest speed, but a distance of a hundred meters clearly couldn't be covered before Kakashi and the others were hit.
Whether it was the Jonin in the team or Kakashi and the others, at this moment, their faces showed some despair. They could only fully circulate Chakra throughout their bodies, intending to endure the blow.
The coverage area of this lightning storm was too wide, and its power was also terrifyingly immense. It was clearly a high-level Lightning Release Ninjutsu that had been prepared in advance and then activated.
Uchiha Ling naturally noticed Shisui and the others' perilous situation. She immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly teleport in front of Shisui, then suddenly opened her left hand, aiming it at the incoming Lightning Release.
The Six Paths Tools: Vajra Bracelet indeed did not disappoint Uchiha Ling. It easily absorbed this large-scale Lightning Release Ninjutsu, and Kakashi and the others were also out of danger.
And before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, that mask with a large number of black tentacles growing out of it was the heart Kakuzu had plundered. She hadn't expected him to attack Kakashi and the others by feigning a move.
Seeing that this mask still dared to use Lightning Release Ninjutsu, Uchiha Ling rubbed out a Spiraling Compression Sphere in her hand, then quickly injected the incredibly obedient Wind Release Chakra into it.
With the help of the 'I-think-so' level Wind Release Chakra nature transformation, the countless rotating wind blades of this Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken became even more terrifying, growing from its original size of over one meter to about one and a half meters.
The buzzing sound made one's scalp tingle, and countless air currents around seemed to be converging towards this Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken.
Uchiha Ling held this Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken, whose diameter was longer than her own height, and instinctively threw it towards the Lightning Release coming from the mask monster.
Perhaps with the 'I-think-so' level Wind Release nature transformation added, the flight speed of this Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken greatly exceeded the Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken Uchiha Ling had used in the past.
Wind Release itself countered Lightning Release. Facing this terrifying Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken, the Lightning Release Ninjutsu, which was even more powerful and condensed than the previous Lightning Release, was directly shattered with irresistible force.
The mask monster seemed to sense the power of this Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken and instinctively tried to burrow into the earth to escape. Although it was a lightning-attribute mask, Earth Grudge Fear was naturally capable of burrowing and moving underground.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Kakuzu's Lightning Release mask was instantly hit by the Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken thrown by Uchiha Ling. In an instant, billions of tiny wind blades cut through all the tissue cells of this Lightning Release mask, intending to cut it into molecular and atomic states.
In just a moment, this Lightning Release mask's Earth Grudge Fear was cut to ashes, and then the compressed Rasengan in its center lost stability and suddenly expanded.
"Watch out! It's about to explode!" Uchiha Ling's lips curved into a perfect arc. She also wanted to see how powerful the enhanced Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken was.
"Boom!" The originally thirty-centimeter diameter sphere instantly expanded to over ten meters in size, forming a blue sphere that emitted terrifying Chakra fluctuations.
The next moment, the sphere exploded violently. A powerful airflow instantly swept in front of everyone, causing many to lose their balance.
The shockwave was mixed with gravel and sand. Everyone couldn't open their eyes. Fortunately, they had Chakra protecting their bodies, so they weren't injured by the gravel.
And in Uchiha Ling's line of sight, the terrifying explosion pulverized and uprooted trees, and the ground shook violently as if an earthquake had occurred. It finally subsided after a long time.
Note:
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