"I still lost!"
Chiriku used all the remaining Chakra in his body to maintain Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder, hoping it could withstand Mr. Kakuzu's attack with this three-element composite Ninjutsu.
However, due to the difference in strength, the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue that enveloped him eventually shattered little by little and collapsed with a bang.
Without the protection of the Thousand-Armed Kannon, Chiriku faced the terrifying three-element Chakra cannon directly, and the only outcome was death.
Just as Chiriku was about to close his eyes and wait for death, a person suddenly appeared in front of him, and then a similar Ninjutsu rose up:
"Immortal Mode: Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder!"
It was Li Chuan who saw that Chiriku had already lost and instantly appeared in front of him, protecting him from behind.
Compared to Chiriku's two or three-meter-tall Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue released by Li Chuan after activating Immortal Mode was eighteen meters tall.
The enormous Thousand-Armed Kannon statue directly and forcefully blocked Mr. Kakuzu's Chakra cannon, and then countless huge golden Buddha palms struck down towards Mr. Kakuzu from above.
Looking at the golden palms that were much larger than his own body, Mr. Kakuzu was so frightened that he quickly stopped outputting the Chakra cannon, flipped over, and jumped backward, attempting to create distance to evade.
The Thousand-Armed Kannon that Chiriku had just unleashed had palms that were only slightly larger than those of a normal person. After hardening his body with Earth Release, he could essentially be immune to most of the damage.
But the size and power of these palms were clearly not on the same level. If he were to take them head-on again, he would likely lose a life on the spot.
"Boom, boom, boom."
After a series of roars, even though Mr. Kakuzu had retreated and dodged with all his might, he still couldn't avoid the attacks due to their high density. Only after losing one mask did he finally manage to escape the attack range of the Thousand-Armed Kannon.
"So it was you, that swindler!"
Looking up in the direction where Chiriku was, Mr. Kakuzu's anger flared up when he saw Li Chuan standing in front of Chiriku.
"Chief Priest Chiriku, please rest behind me. I'll take care of the rest."
Li Chuan maintained the special hand seal gesture for Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder and turned his head to speak to Chiriku.
At this time, Chiriku had almost no Chakra left. Seeing the Thousand-Armed Kannon Buddha statue in front of him, which far surpassed his own, his face was full of relief.
A year ago, when Li Chuan came to the temple to become his disciple, he couldn't even make hand seals. He never expected that his strength had unknowingly surpassed his own by so much now.
"Be careful of that guy. He can release five types of Ninjutsu, and also the masked person behind him. His Ninjutsu is also very strange. Don't be careless."
After giving a detailed instruction, Chiriku retreated into the temple behind him.
Li Chuan then turned his head and looked at Mr. Kakuzu in front of him, teasing:
"Oh, isn't this Mr. Kakuzu, who sold me a large number of Ninjutsu scrolls? It's been a long time!"
"Hmph, today I'll send you to meet Hidan. He should be waiting for you in hell."
Mr. Kakuzu released all three remaining masks and began forming hand seals to unleash some of his strongest Ninjutsu towards Li Chuan.
Li Chuan's Thousand-Armed Kannon was indeed much larger than Chiriku's, and its attack range was also much further, but the drawback remained the same: his body still couldn't move.
As long as he maintained a safe distance and continuously released attack Ninjutsu, even if he couldn't break through the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, he could still prevent Li Chuan from attacking and slowly deplete all of Li Chuan's Chakra.
However, he also had to be careful of Li Chuan abandoning this Ninjutsu and engaging in close combat with him, because according to Itachi's information, the opponent's taijutsu was extremely strong and could seriously injure Kisame with a single blow, so he couldn't be careless.
"You think I can't hit you? How naive!"
Li Chuan's Flying Sword Wings unfolded behind him, and he, along with the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, quickly rushed towards Mr. Kakuzu. The speed was so fast that Mr. Kakuzu couldn't even escape in time.
Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder, this secret technique of the Fire Temple, actually has considerable power and can be seen as a mini version of Susanoo.
However, compared to Susanoo which can move freely, the Thousand-Armed Kannon and Fudō Myōō generated by Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder must maintain a specific hand seal posture and cannot move.
Thus, if the enemy cannot be defeated at the very beginning, once a weakness is discovered, one must either dispel this Ninjutsu or wait to become a living target and have all their Chakra completely depleted.
However, Li Chuan had already solved this problem long ago.
Before, he could use his guardian deity to drag himself or use the Ten Rings to move himself. Although the speed was a bit slow, at least he could move and attack.
And now he even had his own magic weapon. While controlling the magic weapon to move himself, he maintained the hand seals for the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue to unleash devastating attacks on the enemy.
"What!"
Mr. Kakuzu was instantly shocked at the sight. While controlling the masks on his shoulders to spew out Ninjutsu attacks at Li Chuan, his main body used the Body Flicker Technique, attempting to retreat and dodge again.
However, his speed was no match for the speed of Li Chuan's Flying Sword Wings. In just the blink of an eye, he was back within the attack range of Li Chuan's Thousand-Armed Kannon.
"This guy is really not simple."
Obito watched the continuous rain of golden giant palms and quickly retreated to prevent himself from being caught in it.
Although his Kamui could make him intangible to avoid attacks, these golden giant palms were too large. To avoid them, he would have to enter the Kamui dimension entirely.
And entering the Kamui dimension entirely was slower than partially becoming intangible or absorbing and releasing other objects. If he were attacked during this process, he would also be injured.
"Oh dear, you died again, Mr. Kakuzu. You only have three more chances left."
Li Chuan floated above Mr. Kakuzu with a smile. No matter how Mr. Kakuzu moved, he couldn't escape him.
As for Obito over there, he temporarily ignored him.
Obito's Kamui could make him intangible and hide, but it wasn't a big deal to him because he knew the weakness of Kamui very well. As long as he seized the moment when he became solid, he could directly finish him off with his strength.
However, keeping Obito alive was still useful for now, so this time he would only kill Mr. Kakuzu to prevent him from causing trouble for the Fire Temple again.
"How could this happen!"
Now Mr. Kakuzu was in despair because facing the enormous Thousand-Armed Kannon that could move, he had no resistance whatsoever.
His Ninjutsu couldn't break through the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, and the golden Buddha palms had a large attack area and were numerous. They were continuous, and he couldn't dodge them no matter what.
In the end, he could only continuously endure with defensive Ninjutsu.
However, he really couldn't hold on. By now, he had been killed four times. If he were killed one more time, he would truly die.
Just then, a spatial vortex suddenly appeared behind him, and a hand reached out from the vortex, grabbing his shoulder and trying to pull him into the vortex.
It was Obito from a distance, who saw that Mr. Kakuzu was about to die and secretly entered the Kamui dimension to try and save him.
Obito wasn't concerned about this good teammate. It was purely because the Tailed Beasts collection plan hadn't started yet, and Mr. Kakuzu still had value to the Akatsuki, so he couldn't die like this.
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