"Leave this brat to me!"
After leaving those words, the lightning around B Yotsuki surged violently. The ground beneath his feet exploded as he shot forward like a bolt of lightning toward Shinichi!
"Captain, we…"
Before Ueno Kaito could finish, Shinichi interrupted him.
"I'll handle this one!"
Before his words even ended, Shinichi, standing at the front, had both legs flashing with a crimson glow.
Boom!!
With a fierce stomp, like detonating a bomb, he shot out as well, turning into a crimson streak that tore through the dense fog. His speed was absurdly fast!
So fast that his figure dragged a long trail of air, and rings of visible shockwaves spread outward wildly from his trajectory!
His speed was even slightly greater than B Yotsuki's!
Flame Step!
This was a unique Nintaijutsu created by Shinichi by combining the Teleportation Jutsu, the compression and explosive of Chakra Enhanced Strength, and the high-temperature expansion and explosive properties of the fire nature chakra.
Using the Chakra Enhanced Strength, he compressed the fire nature chakra to the extreme and applied it to his legs, turning them into turbocharged jet engines. At the moment his feet struck the ground, it was released explosively, generating an immensely powerful instantaneous propulsion!
Boom!
One blue, one red, two streaks of light moving at extreme speed collided head-on in midair without any fancy moves!
In an instant, sparks flew like a waterfall, and silver snakes danced wildly!
Two extremely ferocious forces clashed head-on and exploded into a deafening roar!
Visible ring-shaped shockwaves spread outward like a tsunami, instantly clearing and tearing apart the dense fog within dozens of meters!
Dust on the ground was violently lifted, and shattered stones shot outward like bullets!
'This brat's strength is actually this great!?'
B Yotsuki stabilized his body, his pupils shrinking sharply. Although he had already known from intelligence that this Konoha brat was reputed for great strength, he had dismissed it at the time.
Great strength? What nonsense is that? Is a ninja from Konoha worthy of being called strong?
Even if he had some talent, he was just a half-grown brat. How strong could he be?
However, in that direct head-on clash just now, the two were evenly matched in strength!
You must know, he was from the Yotsuki Clan, and also the previous B.
In terms of raw strength, looking across all of the Village Hidden in the Cloud, the only one who could steadily overpower him was his elder brother, the third Raikage, known as the strongest spear and the strongest shield!
Even his exceptionally talented nephew, who had inherited the name A early (The future fourth Raikage), only slightly surpassed him in strength!
And yet this brat in front of him, ten or eleven years old, could actually match him evenly!?
"Hmph!"
Looking at Shinichi Higashino, who had also stabilized himself not far away, B Yotsuki snorted heavily. The killing intent in his heart grew stronger. Lightning around him surged again, dazzling electric arcs dancing wildly in the night. The ground beneath his feet exploded as he shot upward!
Twisting his body midair, his right leg became like a battle axe, wrapped in countless destructive lightning arcs, cleaving down fiercely from above toward Shinichi!
This strike was like the God of Thunder wielding a divine lightning axe and hacking down from the heavens!
Its power was so great that it seemed capable of splitting the earth in two!
Lightning Style: Raging Falling Thunder Axe!
Facing the incoming fierce attack, Shinichi's expression did not change. He simply stomped his right foot again, activating Flame Step once more, leaping upward with powerful propulsion.
Dark Sweep!
At the same time, he raised his hand, and the fire nature chakra in his palm burned violently with the airflow, tracing a beautiful arc of flame in the air before instantly transforming into a towering flaming tornado!
Fist against Leg! Below against above! Fire against lightning!
The crimson flaming tornado and the blue-white lightning battle axe collided solidly in midair once again!
Countless flames and electric arcs intertwined and scattered, accompanied by surging winds and shockwaves, sweeping outward like a raging ocean!
Whether it's the Konoha or Kumogakure's ninja nearby, every one of them raised their arms to shield their faces, resisting the scorching heat wave and sand-laden gale rushing toward them.
And in midair, at the moment after the collision, within the dazzling sphere of intertwined flames and lightning, two figures could faintly be seen engaging in several more dangerous exchanges at extremely close range.
But the speed was too fast, and the light from the flames and lightning was too intense. No one could clearly see what was happening inside; they could only hear a series of dense, popping impacts as fists and kicks collided with each other, and the sharp tearing of air.
Bang!
Shinichi landed first.
The moment he landed, Shinichi lunged forward. During the sprint, the fire nature chakra condensed in his right fist erupted, turning into a crimson giant serpent made of flames that surged out from his fist, opening its blazing maw and biting fiercely toward B Yotsuki, who had just landed!
"Good timing, brat!"
Though surprised, B Yotsuki did not panic. He shouted loudly, his fighting spirit surging even more. Although he landed a moment later than Shinichi, the Village Hidden in the Cloud's Lightning Style Armour was not like Chidori, which only activated the arms and legs. Instead, it spread lightning nature chakra throughout the entire body, stimulating every inch of muscle and even the nervous system.
Thus, facing Shinichi's preemptive strike that seized the landing gap, B Yotsuki's reaction was equally astonishingly fast.
Lightning surged around him as he threw a punch as well! His fist, wrapped in violent lightning, carried the force that could shatter everything as it met the crimson serpent head-on!
Boom!
Two overwhelming forces collided head-on, instantly kicking up a massive dust storm around them, with winds surging outward like ocean waves!
Flames exploded into scattered fire, and lightning splashed outward, leaving scorched holes and cracks in the surrounding rock and ground.
Crack! Crack!
The sound of bones violently rubbing and squeezing together rang out.
"Brat, it seems I really underestimated you!"
B Yotsuki stared at the boy in front of him and grinned, revealing rows of ghastly white teeth.
However, the boy before him merely glanced at him indifferently.
The gaze was faint and light, as if examining an object finally picked up, weighing it, and then uttering softly: "Not bad."
His tone was flat, devoid of praise or provocation.
Only a kind of condescension and taken-for-granted… judgment.
Hearing this, an indescribable mix of absurdity and being belittled surged fiercely into B Yotsuki's heart.
"Damn brat!"
The anger and killing intent in B Yotsuki's chest were completely ignited and detonated by those two words. With a roar, lightning around his body exploded violently once again!
With a sudden shout, the brief stalemate of strength between the two was violently broken!
Immediately, B Yotsuki threw a punch toward Shinichi's head!
Shinichi lightly shifted his steps, crimson light igniting at the same time. In the next instant, the two figures vanished from their original positions again.
Two figures, one blue and one red, like ferocious beasts freed from their shackles, transformed once again into two incredibly fast streaks of light.
In the center of the already ravaged battlefield, they frantically intersected, collided, separated, intersected again, collided again, and separated again! They engaged in an even more frenzied and violent battle!
Wild Bite!
Crimson afterimage of a fist danced in the air!
Blue-white fists and kicks collide with each other!
Speed against speed! Flesh against flesh!