REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 71: The Mist's Super Elite Squad
Both were Byakugan, yet the range of vision varied widely. The Byakugan Ao had stolen from a Hyuga Main Family member wasn't particularly excellent in range—its limit was only about eight kilometers. In contrast, Ritsu could now see fifteen kilometers away.
Seizing the Senju clan's bloodline had strengthened and enhanced his Byakugan's abilities again.
And this gave Ritsu the initiative.
He'd already seen this super elite squad of Mist experts composed of Suikazan Fuguki, Ao, Biwa Juzo, Hoshigaki Kisame, Ringo Ameyuri, and a Kaguya clan member. But this super elite squad hadn't yet detected his presence.
Therefore, Ritsu used the Summoning Jutsu, calling forth a great snake to swallow Kirishima Shinya and White Zetsu in one gulp and transport them to Dragon Cave. Gyokko, the Mist shinobi who possessed the Ice Style bloodline limit, had already been sent to Dragon Cave by his shadow clone earlier.
Next, unburdened, Ritsu repeated his old trick. He summoned a great snake, infiltrated its mouth, and the snake burrowed deep underground, approaching this Mist super elite squad from beneath.
The Byakugan's field of vision had no blind spots.
However, looking deep underground at the landscape was quite taxing. It required controlling the Byakugan to ignore the thick earth and rock layers while distinguishing and searching for chakra fluctuations hidden within.
Therefore, unless facing Stone shinobi or knowing clearly that enemies excelled at underground movement, Hyuga clan members, after activating their Byakugan, wouldn't excessively observe underground depths. They'd only shallowly scan one layer as a precaution.
Though Ao wasn't a Hyuga clan member, he'd possessed that Byakugan for some time and had roughly mastered methods for using the Byakugan. To reduce mental strain, he similarly wouldn't excessively observe underground depths.
This led to Ao failing to detect the danger approaching from below.
Until a certain instant—
While running, Biwa Juzo felt a slight tremor transmitted from underfoot when he landed. He instinctively assumed it was an earthquake. As an island nation, the Land of Water experienced frequent earthquakes, so he didn't think anything was wrong.
But in the next instant, Ao saw the massive snake head emerging from the underground soil. His pupils contracted sharply in an instant.
"Watch your feet—"
BOOM!
The commotion caused by the great snake bursting from the earth drowned out Ao's warning. Biwa Juzo and the Kaguya jonin fell into the snake's maw. But this group's reaction was clearly faster than the subordinates Kirishima Shinya had led.
"Water Style: Water Fang Bullet!"
"Water Style: Four Sharks Rain!"
"Ninja Art: Needle Jizo!"
"Lightning Style: Lightning Beast!"
Ao, Hoshigaki Kisame, Suikazan Fuguki, and Ringo Ameyuri simultaneously attacked the great snake, beating it until it let out a miserable cry. With a "poof," it directly transformed into white smoke and disappeared.
Then they saw that of Biwa Juzo and Kaguya Daizo, one was dead and one captured.
Even the Executioner's Blade in Juzo's hand had been snapped in two. His still-warm corpse plummeted from the air, heavily slamming into the ground and becoming a puddle of mangled flesh. Kaguya Daizo had his limbs broken and chakra sealed by Ritsu, who held him like carrying a long sack.
Watching Ritsu stand firmly on the ground holding Kaguya Daizo, everyone's expressions changed.
That Biwa Juzo and Kaguya Daizo weren't Ritsu's match was within everyone's understanding. After all, if Hyuga Ritsu were so easy to bully, why would Suikazan Fuguki have rallied so many of them to act together?
The key was it was too fast!
From the moment Biwa Juzo and Kaguya Daizo were swallowed by the snake—just a few short seconds—in a two-on-one, both had been dealt with by Ritsu, one dead and one captured. Was this because those two were too useless? Or was Hyuga Ritsu too powerful?
Precisely because of this disastrous loss suffered in a single exchange, and because the great snake had blocked their view so they couldn't clearly see how Juzo and Daizo had been defeated, the remaining four became even more cautious. For the moment, they didn't dare advance rashly.
But though they didn't move, Ritsu had no interest in maintaining a standoff with them.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Ritsu bit his thumb and once again used the Summoning Jutsu. This time, what he summoned was clearly a massive snake covered in purple scales with a head shaped like an inverted triangle and protruding horns.
"This is... Orochimaru's snake?"
Suikazan Fuguki was suddenly alarmed.
As commander of the eastern battlefield, Orochimaru was naturally a subject of intense attention from all Mist shinobi. As one of the Mist's top-tier experts, Suikazan Fuguki had personally taken the field against Orochimaru. This purple serpent wielded by Orochimaru had left an extremely deep impression on him.
This snake didn't possess any particularly special techniques or abilities, but it was extremely fast. Its massive size also granted it sufficiently formidable defense and impact force.
"Manda, do your job well! Attack those guys! Once we're done with this job, I'll buy you cattle and sheep to eat!"
Standing atop Manda's head, Ritsu painted grand promises.
"Hmph! You brat!"
Manda cursed and grumbled, looking thoroughly displeased. But that was just verbal—physically, he immediately sprang into action. His enormous body suddenly shot forward like a compressed spring suddenly released.
"Dodge quickly!"
Suikazan Fuguki shouted.
Actually, whether he shouted or not didn't matter. Everyone was an outstanding jonin. They all understood they couldn't directly withstand this great snake's impact. Each displayed agile movements, barely managing to dodge Manda's enormous impact range and avoid being crushed into pulp.
However, Ritsu's purpose in driving Manda to charge wasn't to kill—it was to force the Mist shinobi to scatter and fight individually.
Then he could eliminate them one by one!
"Ninja Art: Gentle fist Twin Lion Fists!"
Ritsu leaped down from Manda's head, flying at Ao. Both hands were wreathed with azure lion heads as large as cartwheels. A single palm strike could pulverize even iron and stone.
This was one of the benefits of seizing the Senju clan's bloodline.
Both the quality and quantity of his chakra had received a leap-forward enhancement. And the strength of chakra was the foundation of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu. The stronger the chakra, even low-level techniques could be made to exhibit power comparable to high-level techniques.
This was Ritsu's current state.
Because of the leap-forward enhancement in his chakra's quality and quantity, the power of any technique he deployed was multiplied. Actually, this wasn't entirely a good thing. It also meant Ritsu couldn't yet precisely control his current power. His degree of control over his own strength had decreased.
Fortunately, overall the benefits outweighed the drawbacks.
Just moments ago, Ritsu had relied on this dramatically empowered Gentle fist Twin Lion Fists to break the Executioner's Blade, kill the hastily unprepared Biwa Juzo, and severely injure and capture Kaguya Daizo.
Now this strike headed toward Ao.
However, Ao, this Byakugan Killer, wasn't someone with an undeserved reputation. He'd been using the Byakugan to constantly monitor Ritsu's movements, never relaxing his vigilance for a moment. When they were forced to scatter by Manda, he'd also guessed Ritsu's true intention and realized he would very likely be Ritsu's first target.
Therefore, seeing Ritsu truly charging toward him, he also unhesitatingly released his prepared jutsu.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
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