69novels Chapter 146 Fierce Battle and the Development of Rasengan
Chapter 146 Fierce Battle and the Development of Rasengan
Chapter 146 Fierce Battle and the Development of Rasengan
Following the direction Taiyi pointed, everyone looked up and saw that it was no different from the other directions.
Trusting Taiichi, the team didn't ask any further questions and continued their pursuit with him.
At this moment, Taiyi also noticed that as they got closer and closer, the traces of the other party in the thermal vision became clearer and clearer. Although the other party used some other tricks to confuse the pursuing team, in Taiyi's eyes, there was only one target.
Finally, around noon, Hyuga Hizashi delivered the good news: "The spy has been spotted 8 kilometers ahead."
Everyone was startled; after chasing for so long, they had finally spotted someone.
Taiichi then withdrew his thermal vision, and his eyes returned to normal. The task of tracking was then taken over by Hizashi, since even a partial cremation technique still consumes a lot of chakra, let alone maintaining it for so long.
They continued their pursuit, and as the distance closed, Hizashi suddenly made a hand gesture and shouted, "Watch out for an explosion—"
Before the words were even finished, an explosion rang out from the side, and a figure was immediately blown far away by the shockwave. Judging from the direction, it was once again He Fengxu who had been involved in the incident.
Taiyi instantly teleported forward and caught the other person before they hit the ground. A quick check revealed that apart from a few burns, there were no other major problems.
The other members of the team gathered around and, seeing that Taiyi had only given them a simple treatment, knew that there was nothing seriously wrong.
However, the team's whereabouts have now been exposed. In Hizashi's view, the spy has clearly quickened his pace and is fleeing towards the Land of Lightning at an extremely high speed.
"Take your medicine and hurry up and chase them!" Minato immediately ordered.
Without hesitation, everyone took out the special ration pills given to them by Taiyi, ate them, and then formed a pursuit formation, chasing after them in a straight line.
"Wafuu, you follow behind me!" Taiichi ordered Wafuu, clearly having begun to doubt his abilities.
For the rest of the journey, it was truly a race against time. On the straight route, dangers that could be avoided were simply avoided, and those that couldn't be avoided were destroyed by throwing kunai. In short, no time was wasted.
The distance was gradually closing as the pursuit continued.
5 kilometers —
4 kilometers —
3 kilometers —
2 kilometers —
Just as they were about to catch up, Hizashi suddenly gave an update: "Kumakushi ninjas have been spotted 8 kilometers ahead. They are very fast and should be able to make contact with the spy before we do."
"Damn it, we were so close to catching up." Yang Ping couldn't help but curse.
"How many of them are there, and how strong are they?" Minato asked calmly, clearly prepared for a fight.
"Two teams of eight people each. Judging from their chakra levels, there should be two Jonin team leaders and six Chunin team members. In addition to the spy, there are a total of three Jonin."
Minato glanced at his teammates. It was 9 vs. 6. Although they were slightly outnumbered, their team was definitely superior in terms of quality.
"Note that once they make contact before us, we cannot let any of them escape."
"Yes!" *5
The team began to unfold following Minato's gesture, forming an encirclement around the Cloud Ninja. However, Kaze was still being pulled behind Taiichi; they couldn't afford to let him make a mistake now.
As expected, the Cloud Village forces regrouped first, and the spy had already come into view of the Konoha people.
But Taiichi and the others could only watch as the spies and the Cloud Village agents exchanged a series of items, causing the people of Konoha to completely lose track of the defense map.
The only thing we can do now is to annihilate all these Cloud Villagers.
With this decision made, the team formation was subtly adjusted. Minato, Hizashi, and Taichi took the lead, clearly intending to engage the Cloud Village's Jonin immediately. As for the others, that was left to Yohei, Saori, and...
The three of them took over.
At this moment, the Cloud Village ninjas were not afraid at all when they saw the Konoha people catching up. Not only did they have a numerical advantage, but there were also quite a few youngsters among the Konoha ninjas, which gave the Cloud Village ninjas even more confidence.
They quickly formed a battle formation and charged towards the Konoha members.
Both sides were full of confidence and did not back down in the face of each other's attacks.
Before the person even arrived, the ninjas on both sides had already rushed over.
Cloud Hidden Form uses various lightning-style techniques, including lightning balls, lightning nets, and lightning rods. It also incorporates one or two wind-style and fire-style techniques.
On Konoha's side, the formation was noticeably weaker, but the quality was exceptionally high. Taiichi's Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet led the charge, supported by Wind Release and Lightning Release.
In order to achieve a surprise effect, Taiyi went all out from the start. Bright golden flames instantly tore a gap in the lightning and rushed towards the Cloud Village group with unparalleled force.
The Cloud Ninja weren't stupid. Even before the fire dragon got close, the terrifying heat was already unbearable, so all the Cloud Ninja chose to avoid this wave of attack immediately.
But while rushing forward is easy, dodging is not so simple.
Taiichi spun the fire dragon's tail, and the dragon, which was originally charging straight ahead, swept past, dodging the Jonin in front and sweeping towards the Chunin next to it.
In the blink of an eye, the Chunin who charged to the front was unable to dodge in time and was swept directly by the flames. He didn't even have time to utter a sound before he was burned to a crisp by the terrifyingly high temperature of the flames.
"Damn it, this flame is too strong, I must not get touched."
There was no need for him to remind them; everyone could feel it, especially since a companion had already "sacrificed" his life for it.
After an exchange of ninjutsu, Konoha gained a slight advantage. Minato, Taichi, and Hizashi seized the opportunity to close in on their respective targets.
Now you can see the obvious difference between the two sides.
Minato flung out a Flying Thunder God kunai with his left hand, while simultaneously making a horizontal thrusting motion with his right hand.
The Cloud Village Jonin didn't even glance at the flying kunai; he simply sidestepped it and slashed at the oncoming Konoha ninja with his short sword.
But in the next instant, the Konoha ninja in front of him suddenly disappeared, and then he felt a pain in his neck as a kunai was plunged into his neck.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the Konoha ninja who had just been in front of him had somehow appeared behind him, and the kunai in his hand was piercing his neck.
On Taiyi's side, facing the Cloud Village Jonin who rushed up, he dealt with it much more easily. Without any probing, he ignored the opponent's attacks and immediately aimed for the opponent's vital points. Relying on the life-saving ability of the Cremation Technique, he easily exchanged vital point attacks with the enemy.
However, the result was that Taiyi was paralyzed for a moment by the lightning on the enemy's sword, while the enemy had already been stabbed in the heart and collapsed to the ground, convulsing.
However, this also revealed another weakness of the Cremation Technique to Taiyi: not only is it extremely energy-consuming to use under Water Release, but it can also be paralyzed by Lightning Release.
If there are enemies around, or if someone is paralyzed by lightning before they can even turn into flames after being attacked in a vital spot, then that person is doomed.
It seems we can't afford to be too reckless in the future, or we might end up crashing and burning.
Back on the battlefield, after two Jonin were killed in a single encounter, the last spy Jonin immediately issued an order.
"Retreat! Retreat immediately! Stop entangled!"
But by then everyone was entangled, and it wasn't something you could just back out of as you pleased.
After Taiichi finished dealing with his opponent, he immediately rushed towards Hizashi to help him attack the spy Jonin.
Minato was not to be outdone. He threw out five Flying Thunder God kunai, each aimed at the remaining Chunin. Immediately afterward, a flash of yellow light appeared, and the five Chunin clutched their throats and collapsed to the ground.
His speed was so fast that not only the enemy, but even his own people who knew he had the Flying Thunder God Technique, didn't have time to react.
At this moment, the spy was filled with despair: the rendezvous was in vain; so many people, yet they were all dealt with by Konoha ninjas in no time.
Looking at the two Konoha ninjas attacking him from the front and back, the spy knew that he was doomed today. Rather than being killed or captured by Konoha ninjas, he would rather die a glorious death. If he could take one of them down with him before he died, that would be even better.
Having figured everything out, the spy no longer hesitated, his fighting style changed completely, and he adopted a desperate stance.
His change had a remarkable effect. Facing the soft fist that Hizashi threw, he neither dodged nor avoided it, but directly took the attack head-on with his body, with the aim of stabbing Hizashi hard with a kunai.
As he had hoped, although Hizashi deviated slightly from his body at the last moment, the kunai still pierced Hizashi's left shoulder.
With a painful groan, Hizashi fought back fiercely, repelling the spy in front of him. He himself retreated several steps to avoid further pursuit. Clearly, the enemy's desperate fighting style had taken him by surprise.
Just as the spy was about to give chase, Taiyi arrived, wielding his short sword with ferocious speed, leaving the enemy no chance to fight back.
Taiichi was no longer giving him a chance. He saw that the chakra in the kunai was becoming faint, which was obviously because the attack from Hizashi had affected the flow of his chakra.
Instantly, the longsword in his hand was enveloped in bright golden flames. Taiyi abandoned all skillful attacks and simply fought head-on with the opponent's kunai.
Sure enough, after three clashes, the opponent's chakra stalled again, and the kunai could no longer withstand Tai's slash. It was instantly split in two, along with the hand that was holding it.
The scream was cut short halfway through.
It turned out that after Taiyi swung his sword, he took advantage of the opponent's open space, stepped close, and unleashed a powerful punch with his left fist.
"Crack!" A clear sound of bone breaking rang out.
The spy ninja was blasted into the air by a punch, spraying a red mist of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. After landing, he could only twitch.
Taiyi stepped forward instantly, glanced at him and knew he wouldn't survive, so he kindly delivered the final blow to save him from further suffering.
After the battle, everyone gathered together.
"Taiichi, heal Hizashi. Everyone else, quickly find the defense map!" Minato ordered immediately.
Examining corpses is no easy task, especially the corpses of Jonin. No one knows where there are traps or deadly poisons hidden on their bodies.
On the contrary, healing is what Taiyi is better at.
After removing his outer clothing to expose the injured area, Taiyi's hand glowed green as he carefully covered the wound, sensing the condition inside.
"Fortunately, there was no serious injury, just some superficial wounds," Taiyi said reassuringly after the examination.
The green light in his hand grew stronger, and Taiyi began to use his palm magic to help stop the bleeding and begin the initial healing of the wound.
"Sigh, I actually dragged you down, and I have to trouble Taiichi to help me." Hizashi said with shame. Minato and Taiichi had both successfully dealt with the enemy, but he not only failed to kill the enemy, but was almost killed by the enemy in return.
"Hizashi-senpai, there's no need to belittle yourself. Minato-senpai and I defeated our opponents by taking them by surprise with our ninjutsu. If the opponent had been on guard, it wouldn't have been so easy to win." Tai comforted Hizashi while treating him.
At this moment, Minato also came over and, upon hearing their conversation, agreed, saying, "Information is very important in ninja battles. My Flying Thunder God Technique relies on surprise attacks. If there are any defenses, the effectiveness of the battle will be greatly reduced."
Minato was clearly being modest. His Flying Thunder God Technique is something that even if a ninja is on guard, they usually can't react to.
But everyone understands Minato's good intentions.
Taiichi changed the subject: "Minato-senpai, your Flying Thunder God Technique has improved a lot. Last year you couldn't move continuously, but now you can kill so many ninjas instantly."
Hearing Taiichi's praise, Minato smiled and touched his blond hair, clearly very satisfied with his own progress.
Just then, Saori's voice broke the conversation from afar, "Found it!"
Seeing that Saori had managed to retrieve the defense map from the spy, everyone breathed a sigh of relief; the mission was considered to be initially completed.
Minato took the deployment map, examined the subtle patterns on it, and knew that it was indeed genuine.
"Alright, everyone, clean up the battlefield. Next, we'll go to the frontline camp over here and hand over the defense map to them. That will complete our mission."
At this time, Taiichi also finished treating Hiyori and joined in.
As night deepened and the bright moon hung high in the sky, the chirping of insects wove a melodious background sound through the woods. The journey to the front-line camp was indeed much easier; there was no need for a desperate pursuit, and the six-man squad's pace became much lighter.
They found a clearing in the woods beside a stream and lit a small campfire. The flickering firelight illuminated the relaxed expressions on everyone's faces.
Thanks to Taiichi's effective treatment, Hizashi's shoulder is now mostly healed, though his movements are still slightly sluggish. The fatigue accumulated from days of travel surfaced in this safe environment, but the joy of completing the mission overcame this weariness.
After catching several big fish, everyone enjoyed a meal prepared by Taiyi's superb cooking skills. He managed to turn a simple barbecue into a top-notch dish.
After dinner, the conversation naturally turned to the fierce battle that had taken place during the day.
Yangping poked at the fire with a twig, marveling, "Minato-senpai's Flying Thunder God Technique is truly amazing! In the blink of an eye—tsk tsk, those Chunin couldn't even react! No one could defend against that speed, right?"
Minato smiled gently, the firelight reflecting off his golden hair: "While the speed is fast, as Taiichi said during the day, intelligence is crucial. Once the enemy is prepared, especially ninjas with absolute defense or extremely strong predictive abilities, the threat of the Flying Thunder God Technique will be greatly reduced."
As he spoke, Minato pulled out his Flying Thunder God kunai. "After all, teleportation itself does not enhance the power of an attack, and the lethality of kunai is sometimes indeed slightly insufficient in front of a master."
Taiyi, who was carefully maintaining his short sword, nodded upon hearing this: "Indeed, speed and attack power need to complement each other. Pure speed, if it cannot defeat the enemy in one strike, may instead put oneself in danger."
As he spoke, he recalled being paralyzed by lightning earlier that day, which was the same principle. Meanwhile, Minato should already be developing the Rasengan, though he didn't know how far he had progressed.
As expected, Minato's next words confirmed Taichi's guess: "I also noticed this weakness, so I have been trying to develop a new technique to make up for this deficiency."
"Oh?" Hizashi and Yohei immediately perked up, and even the usually quiet Saori focused her attention on Minato.
"I want to create a ninjutsu that doesn't require hand seals and can cause massive destruction using only chakra. I've already got some ideas."
Minato extended his right hand, palm up, and a ball of chakra gathered in his hand at a visible speed, forming a bright blue chakra ball in the blink of an eye.
Taiichi stared at the chakra ball in surprise. Was it already finished? But upon closer inspection, Taiichi noticed something was wrong. The chakra ball was rotating in an orderly, unidirectional manner, which was different from the Rasengan he remembered.
"It's only at this stage of development right now. In my vision, it can easily break through the enemy's defenses with its high-speed rotation and compressed energy, and when combined with the speed of the Flying Thunder God Technique, it can form a truly unstoppable attack."
As he spoke, Minato slammed the chakra ball into the ground beside him. Due to the increased pressure, the originally stable chakra ball instantly shattered and scattered. Even so, the spinning chakra still created a half-meter crater in the ground.
Others may not understand the difficulty involved, but the real-world example is right here. This is still incomplete; imagine the destructive power it would have on a person if it were a complete ninjutsu, especially since this is a ninjutsu without hand seals.
"By the way, Taichi, you're also good at developing ninjutsu. Help me think of a way to stabilize it?" Minato suddenly looked at Taichi and asked expectantly.
Taiichi was taken aback by the question, clearly not expecting Minato to ask him for advice. However, recalling the training process of the Rasengan in the original work, Taiichi did not hesitate.
He also extended his right hand, and a large amount of chakra gathered in his palm, with a similar azure chakra ball appearing in his hand.
A collective gasp rippled through the crowd; they were all amazed that someone had learned it after just one look.
Yangping and Xu even raised their hands to try it themselves. The chakra did gather, but that was it. They blushed and quickly withdrew their hands.
In fact, with Taiichi's chakra control, achieving this step would be incredibly easy.
Holding a ball of chakra in his palm, Taiyi closed his eyes and began to ponder. Of course, this was just for show; he couldn't actually create one right away, that would be too discouraging.
Everyone held their breath and dared not make a sound, for fear of disturbing Taiyi's thoughts.
After a long while, when everyone noticed that Taiyi had reopened his eyes, their expressions froze and they focused their attention on Taiyi's hand.
The chakra sphere, which had been rotating steadily, began to fluctuate violently, as if it were about to shatter. This was Taiyi altering the flow of chakra within it.
But as Taiichi continued his work, the chakra ball gradually became stable again, and became brighter and brighter, emitting a deep humming sound.
At this point, no one else realized anything, since the chakra ball now was not much different from the one before.
But Minato became unusually excited and immediately got up, pulling Taichi along and urging him to try it right away.
Taiyi readily agreed, got up, walked to the side, and pressed the chakra ball in his hand down onto a large tree.
With a soft "hiss," the chakra ball was pressed into the tree seed without any resistance. Everyone was still wondering why there was no reaction, and whether this was the end.
The tree collapsed with a crash, and a large section of the trunk was shredded into dust, centered on the spot where the chakra ball was pressed in!
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