Chapter 122: Two Monsters
Without the slightest warning, kinkaku and Ginkaku transformed—just like Ultraman. Two terrifying monsters, resembling the Nine-Tails itself, burst through the buildings and crushed the mountaintops beneath their feet.
"Brat, I'm going to slaughter you!"
After the Nine-Tails' chakra erupted, kinkaku and Ginkaku easily pierced through Li Jiexuan's Transformation Technique.
"Ah—well…"
Li Jiexuan scratched his head and smiled bitterly. "This is bad!"
Since the disguise had lost all meaning, Li Jiexuan decisively reverted to his original appearance.
"Flood Dragon Sage Mode, Eight Gates—Gate of Jing, open!"
Facing enemies like these, Li Jiexuan harbored no illusions and confronted them in his strongest state. At the same time, kinkaku and Ginkaku's subordinates had already surrounded them.
Although Konoha's combat strength was largely preserved, this was still the Hidden Cloud Village. The disparity between the two sides' strength was undeniable.
"Li Jiexuan—so it really is you!"
Senju Tobirama flashed to Li Jiexuan's side, casting a seemingly casual glance toward Yamada Xunzhen as he positioned himself protectively in front of him.
"Old man, this really isn't the time for catching up," Li Jiexuan said with a helpless smile. "We should hurry up and run…"
Transformed into Nine-Tails-like monsters, kinkaku and Ginkaku crushed the peaks of the Hidden Cloud Village. Their fox-like vertical pupils were locked tightly onto them.
"This size is way more exaggerated than in the anime!"
It seemed that their strength after being reanimated in the anime had dropped far too much.
"I want you dead!" kinkaku roared as he slammed down a massive palm. It was as if the sky were collapsing—the enormous hand smashed an entire mountain peak into rubble.
As the dust slowly settled, Li Jiexuan floated in midair, shaking his head helplessly. "Come on—if you've got this kind of power, why bother with bomb attacks in the first place?"
"Hmph, brat! It's precisely because of you that we have to fight head-on!" Ginkaku roared from the side, extending his claws in an attempt to crush the Raikage into a pile of pulp.
"Liger Bomb!"
Intense blue lightning blasted forth, forcing Ginkaku's claw to fold back on itself. But before the Raikage could even feel pleased, the claw visibly regenerated.
Within the Nine-Tails' flesh lay not only near-infinite chakra, but also terrifying regenerative ability!
You can't beat it. You can't outlast it. Monsters like this were truly infuriating…
"But if you don't try, how could you ever be satisfied?" Li Jiexuan snarled as he formed hand seals. "Monkey—Hare—Ox!"
"Dragon Lightning Cutter!"
Terrifying pale-white lightning tore through the air, dragging out a fearsome arc of electricity. Compared to before, after incorporating Kakashi's bloodline, the Dragon Lightning Cutter had become even more terrifying!
If Lightning Cutter could only be considered an ordinary S-rank ninjutsu, then Li Jiexuan's previous Dragon Lightning Cutter was a high-level S-rank. Now, this Dragon Lightning Cutter was a forbidden technique among S-rank jutsu!
Such dreadful power made the ground crackle with electric currents!
However—
The pale-white lightning blade came to a quiet halt within kinkaku's chest. The terrifying white edge was firmly blocked just in front of his heart by Nine-Tails chakra.
"Still not enough?"
Li Jiexuan shook his head lightly and decisively released his grip, letting the Dragon Lightning Cutter unleash its final power!
"Bzz—"
Terrifying energy exploded from kinkaku's chest. The entire world was swallowed by blinding white light, and everyone temporarily lost their vision.
When kinkaku finally regained his senses and looked at the ferocious wound on his chest—one that had nearly pierced straight through—he couldn't help baring his teeth. "That was close. I almost died. That damn brat…"
The moment Li Jiexuan came to mind, kinkaku's eyes widened in shock. "Where is that brat!?"
"Big brother, that kid slipped away!" Ginkaku roared in fury, punching half a mountain into pieces!
The Dragon Lightning Cutter was already Li Jiexuan's strongest single-target killing technique. Since even that couldn't pierce kinkaku, if he didn't run now, when would he?
Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, retreat is the best.
The Konoha ninja all greased their feet and fled without hesitation…
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