Chapter 196: The Six Paths Ninja Tools Don't Meet Expectations

Chapter 196: Chapter 188 The Six Paths Ninja Tools Don’t Meet Expectations

Chapter 188: Six Paths Ninja Tools Falling Short of Expectations

Just looking at its size, one could tell that this thing was not something an ordinary person could lift.

“Uchiha Gen! If I call your name, do you dare answer?”

The robust muscular Hidden Cloud ninja held the Amber Purifying Pot high above his head with both hands and shouted loudly at Uchiha Gen.

Uchiha Gen did not make a sound, nor did he respond in any other way; instead, he honestly and painstakingly, yet cautiously, held back the Third Raikage’s steps.

This made the Hidden Cloud ninja somewhat embarrassed, so he changed his target and fixed his gaze on Danzo.

“Shimura Danzo, if I call your name, do you dare answer?”

Danzo also did not make a sound.

He seemed to also know some intelligence regarding the Six Paths Ninja Tools.

Coupled with Uchiha Gen serving as an example and the previous lesson from his teacher Tobirama Senju, Danzo naturally would not fall into the trap so easily.

Soon, other Konoha Shinobi noticed the commotion and dispatched other teams over to launch attacks against these Hidden Cloud ninja, leaving them powerless to harass this side of the battlefield.

In another battle zone, apart from the Amber Purifying Pot, the other Six Paths Ninja Tools had also appeared.

Tutai held the red and white Bashosen, and with every wave, astonishingly powerful five-element Ninjutsu were fanned out.

This thing could even blow up several of the reincarnated Kakuzu’s hearts in Context-dependent’s hands. Falling into the hands of someone like Tutai, who was close to a Kage-level expert, although the fixed upper limit of its power would not change, he had much more Chakra, so it wouldn’t be exhausted after just a few waves, and his grasp of the timing of its use was much sharper. The threat he could unleash was simply incomparable to Context-dependent, who wasn’t even a Jonin.

Fourth Raikage A held the Seven-Star Sword in one hand and the Koukinjō in the other, constantly searching for an opportunity to hook out the spoken words of Orochimaru and the Ino–Shika–Chō trio.

With his ultra-high mobility, the final Red Gourd was held tightly in Karai’s hand, ready at any moment to harvest the spoken words and seal powerful enemies.

However, Orochimaru had already coordinated in advance with the Ino–Shika–Chō trio. Being on guard, they did not easily let Fourth Raikage A and the others succeed.

Out of the five Six Paths Ninja Tools, in the end, only the Bashosen played a role.

While this certainly provided considerable help to Tutai and the others, it could not bring about any fundamental change to the outcome of this battle.

Back then, even an expert like Tobirama Senju fell to the Six Paths Ninja Tools, yet this time their effect was limited.

This undoubtedly disappointed the Cloud Village high-ranking officials who had placed high hopes on the Six Paths Ninja Tools.

Their high-level combat power could not achieve the anticipated advantage, and the competition below this tier had fallen into a disadvantage due to Orochimaru’s scheming.

Furthermore, as time went on, this disadvantage continued to expand.

With high-end combat power unable to break the deadlock using the Six Paths Ninja Tools, Kumogakure’s defeat this time was truly set in stone.

As one Hidden Cloud ninja after another fell, the Third Raikage could finally bear it no longer.

He was unwilling to continue fighting a battle that was destined to be unwinnable, yielded no gains, and only resulted in vain sacrifices.

“Hidden Cloud ninja, retreat!”

A fist filled with anger smashed Uchiha Gen’s Phantom Clone to pieces, followed by rolling black lightning accompanied by a roar.

This left Uchiha Gen, who had just used the Body Flicker Technique to move to another Phantom Clone, with no time to dodge. Several bolts of black lightning struck the surface of his body, charring him all over.

But the next second, the surface of Uchiha Gen’s body was sliced open from behind like a snake shedding its skin.

Taking advantage of the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique to escape and evade, Uchiha Gen hastily popped a Military Rations Pill into his mouth.

Engaging in close-combat clashes with an expert like the Third Raikage, no matter how careful one was, injuries were unavoidable.

Just the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique alone, he had already used several times by now.

Under the circumstance where his Chakra volume was below fifty percent, Uchiha Gen still proactively swallowed a Military Rations Pill to restore his condition.

If it were truly a month ago before he drew Xiang’s character card, this battle would have actually been extremely perilous for Uchiha Gen.

But now, he could endure most of his injuries purely relying on Yin Healing Wound Destruction, and for heavier injuries, he had the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique and special Military Rations Pills. Otherwise, he would probably have suffered not-so-light injuries by now, and if it dragged on continuously, there would indeed be extreme danger.

If that were the case, the Third Raikage might really give it another try, striving to take down Uchiha Gen to see if a turning point could be ushered in.

But judging from the current situation, with Uchiha Gen’s maddeningly cheap health bar and mechanisms, along with his ultra-strong health regeneration ability and still-abundant Chakra volume, people had no doubt that Uchiha Gen still had the ability to keep fighting like this for a long, long time.

The massive battle had been brewing for several months; it started abruptly and ended very quickly.

The Third Raikage extremely decisively commanded the main army to retreat, and together with several other high-ranking officials, stayed behind to cover the rear once more.

Since this battle was bound to be lost, for Kumogakure, being able to preserve the main force without excessive losses was the best choice.

And right now was not yet the moment for both sides to engage in a true bloody decisive battle; Konoha did not want to fight a life-or-death battle with Kumogakure at this time either.

Uchiha Gen and Danzo joining forces to hold off the Third Raikage did not mean that the Third Raikage’s deterrent power was gone.

Fighting up to now, despite how fiercely the three of them had fought earlier, this super expert, who was nearly undefeated in the current world, remained completely unharmed.

He was merely dragged down with no opportunity to change the situation, but that did not mean Konoha could withstand it if he truly fought with his life on the line.

At least when that time truly came, Uchiha Gen could only protect himself as much as possible and would have no spare effort to go and provide a distraction for Danzo.

If his heart was truly hollowed out in one go, even his Healing Body and Medical Ninjutsu would be helpless; only the true Strength of a Hundred Technique could withstand it.

And if his head were blown apart in one go, Uchiha—estimated even with the Strength of a Hundred Technique—might not be able to endure it.

If he was like this, needless to say about others.

Aside from him and Orochimaru, the master-disciple duo who maxed out their survivability, not a single other person dared to say they were confident of safely protecting themselves and retreating completely unscathed under the hands of a desperate Third Raikage.

To deal with such an existence, unless an expert of Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara’s caliber made a move, wanting to kill him left only two choices.

Either use methods like the Six Paths Ninja Tools to seal him away, or use the same method as Iwagakure in the original timeline—piling on human lives with endless Ninja, giving him not a shred of a chance to breathe, and giving him no possibility of escaping, until his physical strength and Chakra were exhausted and he could no longer use the strongest Lightning Style armor to maintain his defense.

Iwagakure used an army of ten thousand and exhausted him for three days and three nights before draining the Third Raikage to death from exhaustion. If Uchiha Gen and the others were to do the same, then not only might someone among their top experts be traded away by the Third Raikage, but the main army under their command would also inevitably suffer heavy casualties—not to mention that the Third Raikage was not alone right now.