Chapter 106: Since When Were Stone Ninjas This Weak? (Seeking subscriptions, monthly passes, and recommendation tickets)
With the Electromagnetic Body Disturbance unleashed, no one voiced further objections.
If they could be captured, then let them be captured. They could extort a ransom from the Stone Ninja later to compensate for the losses from this war.
With that thought, the camp suddenly became lively as they began discussing specific execution plans.
Sarutobi Asuma watched with a smile, but he didn't speak. Instead, he silently continued to develop a new technique.
Or rather, he was completing a divine ability he had long wanted to develop: Mind Reading!
This ability did exist in the ninja world.
For example, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Byakugan could directly read a person's thoughts and consciousness.
The Sharingan could also perceive a person's thoughts and consciousness to a certain extent.
Predicting an enemy's moves mostly stemmed from this.
However, the Sharingan obtained information through Chakra.
What Sarutobi Asuma was doing now was directly reading the body's bio-electrical pulse signals, which were a person's thoughts and consciousness.
To complete this technique, he had previously used his powerful Lightning Style abilities to analyze the bio-electrical pulse signals within his own body, using himself as a blueprint to decipher the neural signals of the human mind's operation.
Now that he had also completed the development of the Electromagnetic Sensing Technique, it could be said that the preliminary development of Mind Reading was finished.
Therefore, seeing Jiraiya and the others discussing animatedly, he decided to try it out then and there.
First, sense the bio-electrical pulse signals, then analyze, and finally provide feedback—a total of three steps.
Sarutobi Asuma first locked onto a Jonin, but after analyzing and providing feedback, the other party had already preemptively stated what they were going to say.
"Too slow... I need faster analysis, reaction, and feedback speeds. In other words, to predict enemies on the battlefield, I need to maintain neural reaction speeds several times faster than theirs."
"Then increase the power!"
Sarutobi Asuma continued to experiment and refine.
An hour later.
The discussions in the camp died down. Jiraiya looked at Sarutobi Asuma, about to speak, when Asuma preemptively said, "Lord Jiraiya, I have no objections."
Jiraiya: (⊙o⊙)…
Suppressing his surprise, Jiraiya nodded. "In that case, let's begin preparations!"
"Form a sensory squad; we must keep track of the Stone Ninja's movements in real-time!"
"Leave this to me!"
Sarutobi Asuma said with a smile, then crouched down and tapped the ground with his finger.
His movements were the same as the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, and Namikaze Minato's sensory methods, but he was using his own Electromagnetic Sensing Technique.
There was no other reason than: the movements looked cool!
His powerful senses rapidly spread. At this moment, Sarutobi Asuma was like a high-power radar.
Furthermore, his senses weren't just using electromagnetic waves; he was also utilizing the Earth's magnetic field.
10 miles!
30 miles!
50 miles!
...
All the Stone Ninja confronting the Konoha ninja less than 10 miles away were within Sarutobi Asuma's sensing range.
Even though these Stone Ninja were not currently using Chakra, they could not escape his perception.
Because Sarutobi Asuma could also use Mind Reading to read their thoughts and consciousness, determining their identities, although doing so was more troublesome and consumed more energy.
Five minutes later, Sarutobi Asuma finished his sensing and quickly marked the distribution positions of the Stone Ninja on the map.
"What an astonishing Sensory Ninjutsu!"
"To be this accurate at such a distance, it's already comparable to the Byakugan!"
...
One by one, the Jonin looked at the map, unable to help but exclaim in admiration.
Charm +0.01!
And at the same time.
Sarutobi Asuma's character level increased again, a benefit from completing Mind Reading.
However, the next level upgrade required 2 million experience points!
Jiraiya glanced at the map, then looked up and asked, "Asuma, if you guarantee combat strength, how many Shadow Clones can you create?"
"Also, we need to be prepared to face the Third Tsuchikage."
The news of Sarutobi Asuma arriving at the front line definitely wouldn't be hidden from the Stone Ninja.
The Fourth Kazekage was severely injured, and the Third Mizukage was repelled. With such a reputation, the Third Tsuchikage might not be able to remain seated.
Sarutobi Asuma pondered, "Let's divide into 10 teams!"
The Stone Ninja had less than twelve hundred troops, so 10 teams were enough.
"Good!"
Jiraiya immediately gave the order, "Everyone, arrange it now!"
"Understood!"
Numerous Jonin nodded, then disappeared with swooshing sounds.
Sarutobi Asuma thought about it and decided not to release the Yin Seal. Instead, he used the Sage Power Eight Trigrams Seal on his abdomen to quickly absorb Natural Energy.
As for the Shadow Clone, he first created one, splitting the Sage Mode Chakra with his main body. Once his main body recovered, he would continue splitting them to ensure the Chakra capacity of the Shadow Clones.
As for endurance.
Shadow Clones were physical clones and could continuously absorb Natural Energy to replenish their consumption.
10 minutes later.
Ten Shadow Clones were ready. Sarutobi Asuma glanced at the system and allocated the Attribute Points he had just gained from leveling up to Constitution, bringing his Constitution stat to exactly 96!
Satisfying!
"Mind Reading still needs gradual improvement, but there isn't much experience to be gained anymore."
"I still need to develop new jutsu to quickly gain experience points and level up. I already have 4 Skill Points saved up..."
Sarutobi Asuma pondered in his mind.
This rapid leveling up was entirely due to developing new jutsu.
Electromagnetic Sensing, Electromagnetic Cannon, Mind Reading...
Once he was done with these, he would need to continue developing other Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Mōra.
15 minutes later.
With everything prepared, the 10 Shadow Clones led 10 teams of Konoha ninja to charge at the Stone Ninja.
Sarutobi Asuma's main body remained in the air.
Such a large-scale operation by Konoha couldn't possibly be hidden from the Stone Ninja.
When the Konoha ninja were less than 3 ri away from the Stone Ninja, the Stone Ninja had already prepared themselves.
Passing through the forest, the field of vision instantly widened, revealing a bare plain ahead.
However, this plain was now filled with many stone walls and trenches.
Stone Ninja were hidden within them.
As Sarutobi Asuma led the Konoha ninja charging out of the forest, a Stone Ninja shouted, "They're here!"
"Be careful, the one leading is Konoha's Purple Flash, Sarutobi Asuma!"
Sarutobi Asuma was recognized at a glance.
At a distance of less than 200 meters, the Stone Ninja attacked first.
Swish swish swish!
Shuriken, kunai, poisoned needles, and other hidden weapons whistled through the air, flying not only from the front but also from the left and right sides.
Furthermore, Sarutobi Asuma sensed that some Stone Ninja were hidden underground, preparing for a surprise attack.
Seeing the incoming hidden weapons, he raised his right hand.
Instantly, all the hidden weapons stopped in mid-air, then reversed direction and shot back towards the Stone Ninja.
"Pfft!"
"Ah!"
"Clang!"
Blood splattered, metal clashed, and screams erupted one after another.
The Stone Ninja hidden underground suddenly found themselves encased in iron from all directions, suffocating them.
While Sarutobi Asuma wanted to capture the Stone Ninja, it didn't mean he wouldn't kill.
The primary principle of this operation was to capture enemies without threatening their lives!
After neutralizing the Stone Ninja's first wave of feint attacks, and before the second wave, which was meant to alter the terrain and scatter the Konoha ninja's attacks, Sarutobi Asuma unleashed the Electromagnetic Body Disturbance Jutsu.
Within a 180° frontal range, all Stone Ninja within 300 meters temporarily lost control of their bodies.
The next moment, Sarutobi Asuma's figure had already appeared on the Stone Ninja's battlefield. More Stone Ninja were affected by him, and they fell to the ground involuntarily.
Ninjutsu?
They couldn't use it at all.
The Konoha ninja behind them swarmed forward, capturing the stunned Stone Ninja one by one.
"What's going on?"
"What ninjutsu is that?"
"Why is everyone down!"
"Damn it!"
...
Watching their comrades fall inexplicably, like wheat being reaped, the Stone Ninja behind them were both surprised and terrified.
"Quick, attack!"
"We can't let them succeed!"
The Stone Ninja shouted, and immediately launched their attack preemptively.
Earth Style - Rending Earth Turning Palm!
Earth Style - Flowing Earth Cut!
Earth Style - Rising Earth Spear!
Roaring sounds filled the air as the earth cracked open, ground rose up, and then a large number of sharp stone pillars emerged.
These were all ninjutsu targeting Sarutobi Asuma.
This was because the Konoha ninja behind him were capturing the fallen Stone Ninja.
Unfortunately, Sarutobi Asuma was too fast. Like a purple lightning bolt, he weaved through the attacks and in an instant, he was in front of the Stone Ninja.
Earth Style - Mountain Earth Technique!
Boom!
Two hemispherical rocks suddenly flipped up from both sides and closed together.
This was a ninjutsu performed by two Jonin Stone Ninja working together. The two hemispherical rocks were twenty meters in diameter, intended to restrict the high-speed movement of Sarutobi Asuma.
"It failed, in mid-air!"
One of the Jonin who cast the jutsu shouted.
The numerous Stone Ninja raised their heads. The Stone Ninja who had already prepared their ninjutsu didn't care if they had captured Sarutobi Asuma's figure, and they all released their ninjutsu.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Rock bullets were sprayed from the mouths of the Stone Ninja.
Earth Style - Rock Iron Cannon Technique!
But at this moment, accompanied by the booming sound of lightning, brilliant purple electric light exploded in the air like a spider web and then bombarded the ground.
The rock bullets were blasted apart by the electric light in mid-air.
Rumble!
As the electric light descended, Sarutobi Asuma's figure also slammed onto the ground.
The earth cracked, countless small rocks soared into the sky, and were then shattered by the electric light.
Sarutobi Asuma, descending from the sky, directly created an electromagnetic field centered on himself, covering a radius of 300 meters.
The Stone Ninja within this range were first paralyzed by the high-intensity current, letting out screams, and then their internal bio-electrical pulse signals were disrupted, causing them to lose control of their bodies.
When the electric light dissipated, there wasn't a single Stone Ninja standing around Sarutobi Asuma.
Even the Stone Ninja hidden underground were dealt with in one move!
The Konoha ninja who followed behind were all stunned.
He was too strong!
Although they already knew Sarutobi Asuma was very strong.
After all, many people here had seen Sarutobi Asuma almost kill Danzō with ease.
But it was still shocking!
A similar scene was also happening on the other nine battlefields.
The reason they were similar was that the methods used by each of Sarutobi Asuma's Shadow Clones were not the same.
Some Shadow Clones wielded a sword each, cutting through the Stone Ninja forces in an extremely short period.
Electromagnetic Body Disturbance?
It wasn't used for capturing, but rather to better knock out and injure enemies before capturing them.
Some Shadow Clones descended directly from the sky, using a powerful electromagnetic field to clear the area, blooming from the center.
Other Shadow Clones manipulated the iron and metal underground, forming sand to restrain the Stone Ninja's feet.
...
Sarutobi Asuma's main body stood in the air, quietly watching his Shadow Clones unleash the power of Electromagnetic Release.
Electromagnetic Release was a newly developed ability, and it would naturally require time to get used to and to gradually unlock its potential.
He clearly remembered that electromagnetism was one of the four fundamental forces, and ranked second in relative strength among them.
Its potential was astonishing.
"If only I had been a physicist in my past life..."
Sarutobi Asuma lamented inwardly.
At this moment, the battle below had also concluded.
From engagement to the end of the fight, it took less than five minutes.
A total of 1,123 Stone Ninja were captured, with zero casualties for Konoha!
This outcome was hard to believe for Jiraiya and the many Konoha ninja who participated.
Since when were Stone Ninja so weak?
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