"Get lost!"
Seeing Kisame charge straight at him, Li Chuan immediately activated his Second Form, turned to gather strength, and raised his hand to smash it fiercely towards Kisame, who was coming head-on.
With his powerful physical strength coupled with Chakra amplification, even without activating the Eight Gates, his punch still produced a terrifying sonic boom.
Number One Enhancement Agent, Hulk Gene serum, Extremis, Core Formation Realm cultivator's body amplification, and Chakra body amplification—the current Li Chuan, even without using any Ninjutsu, spells, or magic,
was already incredibly formidable just by relying on his physical strength.
"What?!"
Seeing Li Chuan's body suddenly enlarge, and his attacking fist, before it even reached him, the mere wind from it scraped painfully across his face, Kisame knew he had encountered a master. He quickly held Samehada horizontally, blocking in front of himself.
"Xingyi – Crushing Fist!"
The pot-sized fist collided fiercely with Kisame's Samehada, and a powerful force instantly erupted.
"Boom!"
Kisame spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his entire body was sent flying backward like a cannonball, continuously breaking over a dozen large trees by the riverbank before he managed to stick Samehada into the ground to stop himself.
"Interesting, interesting. It's been a long time since I've encountered an enemy who makes my blood boil like this.
But, you're not feeling so good right now either, are you!"
As he spoke, he spat out another mouthful of blood.
The power of that punch just now was too strong; even with Samehada blocking it, he felt his body couldn't quite withstand it.
But Samehada can absorb the enemy's Chakra, and the moment they made contact, he had Samehada extend the sharp barbs on its surface. The opponent's fist should be Waste at this point.
"What do you mean, not feeling so good? Are you talking about my hand?"
Li Chuan smiled there and stretched out his perfectly intact right hand.
How could he not know about Samehada's information?
Samehada was once a companion fish that lived by attaching itself to the Three-Tails. It mutated due to years of absorbing the Three-Tails' Chakra and was later modified into a special Ninja sword by a Hidden Mist Village Ninja.
It can absorb the enemy's Chakra through contact, replenishing the sword's wielder. It can also use its own Chakra to help the wielder recover from physical injuries. It is a Ninja sword with its own consciousness and life.
However, it also has weaknesses: as a fish, it is relatively afraid of powerful Fire Release Ninjutsu, and it can only absorb pure Chakra. If the Chakra undergoes a change in nature and becomes a Ninjutsu, it cannot be absorbed.
Or if the Chakra is no longer pure, for example, if natural energy is added to become Sage Mode Chakra, it also cannot be absorbed.
Just now, when Li Chuan's fist made contact with Samehada, some Chakra was indeed absorbed, but his current Chakra volume is super abundant, so he didn't care about that little bit at all.
Moreover, he also used the true essence from his Dantian to create some obstruction, greatly hindering Samehada's absorption of Chakra.
In fact, if he hadn't temporarily wanted to avoid displaying Sage Mode in front of Yuhi and Asuma, if he had transformed into Sage Mode, Samehada wouldn't have been able to absorb even a tiny bit of his Chakra.
As for the sharp barbs on Samehada's body.
Firstly, his skin is thick and tough, so the barbs couldn't penetrate his body too much and had no effect on him. Secondly, due to the Extremis's repair ability, as soon as the barbs were pulled out, it was completely repaired.
"How can this be?!"
Looking at Li Chuan's perfectly intact right hand, Kisame's face once again showed a look of astonishment.
However, he then quickly absorbed the Chakra transmitted into his body by Samehada, repairing his injured body and restoring himself to his best state.
"It seems you indeed have some strength. You're worth my full effort."
Kisame tore off all the bandages on Samehada, revealing its original appearance, and he himself became excited.
As an S-Rank rogue Ninja of the Hidden Mist, his strength was not just powerful Taijutsu; what was more prominent was the massive Chakra within him, comparable to a Tailed Beast, and various super-strong high-level Water Release Ninjutsu.
So even if the opponent's Taijutsu was stronger than his, he definitely wouldn't be his match.
But just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by Itachi, who was beside him.
"Kisame, stop. We are not here to start a war. Although it's regrettable, there's no need to stay here any longer. Let's go back!"
Itachi had no intention of killing Asuma and Yuhi; he was just acting earlier.
Because he knew that with Asuma and Yuhi's strength, they could temporarily hold off Kisame for a while.
As soon as other Konoha reinforcements arrived, he would have a reason to withdraw with Kisame.
Now that they had encountered a powerful Ninja who could injure Kisame with a single blow, what better time to leave than now?
"Damn it, since Itachi-san said so, there's no helping it!"
Although Kisame was very unwilling to leave just like that, he finally agreed.
He still held great respect for his companion, Itachi.
On one hand, it was because both of them belonged to the same type of person. When he was an assassination Ninja in the Hidden Mist, he was loyal to the Village and carried out many dark missions for the Village.
Especially to protect the safety of information, he even killed many comrades from his own Village.
This once made him extremely pained and confused.
It wasn't until he met the guy who controlled the Fourth Mizukage and called himself Uchiha Madara, and joined the great goal of creating a beautiful World, that he found some liberation.
So he felt that Itachi, who had killed all his own clan members and defected, was the same type of person as him, and some of Itachi's words often made him feel very philosophical about life.
For example, that sentence that still deeply moves him to this day:
"No matter who it is, only at the very last moment can one truly see what kind of person they are."
On the other hand, of course, was Itachi's strength.
As Itachi's companion, Kisame was well aware of how powerful Itachi was.
The strongest Genjutsu, Tsukuyomi; the inextinguishable black flames, Amaterasu; the powerful Susanoo; and his incredibly skilled shuriken and various Genjutsu Ninjutsu.
He knew that if he fought Itachi one-on-one, he would definitely not be his opponent.
So even though he was truly unwilling now and really wanted to fight the guy opposite him, upon hearing Itachi speak, he immediately agreed.
After deciding to retreat, the two immediately activated the Body Flicker Technique and fled, escaping towards outside Konoha Village.
As the Third Hokage's spy, Itachi naturally knew all of Konoha's barrier passwords and could leave Konoha unimpeded, ignoring the barriers.
"You want to leave? It's not that easy."
Li Chuan's figure flickered, and he quickly chased after them. However, he didn't really pursue with all his might but deliberately maintained a certain distance, just trailing behind the two.
It was not very convenient to use his full power in Konoha, and he also hoped to be a bit further away.
"So strong!"
At this moment, Asuma and Yuhi finally reacted. They were shocked that in such a short time, Li Chuan's strength seemed to have significantly increased compared to when they last saw him.
However, both of them were Elite Jonin and quickly reacted. Asuma took Kakashi to the hospital, and Yuhi went to the Hokage Office to report the situation to the Third Hokage.
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