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Chapter 199 The Invincible Red (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Yagura's attention was drawn to the corpse of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and Kurenai seized the opportunity to rush behind Yagura and deliver a fatal blow.

He realized what was happening by then, but it was too late.

But at the crucial moment, an ice field condensed and formed beside him, and a slender, fair hand reached out from it, grabbed his shoulder, and threw him away.

"Bang!"

The fist, enhanced by Steel Release, was then unleashed with Super Strength, shattering the mirror in one blow.

But the people inside had already reacted and fled.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Strike!"

Black Hoe Raiya raised his thunder blade high, and suddenly dark clouds rolled in the sky, followed by a thunderbolt.

This lightning technique, which draws upon the power of nature, cannot be absorbed.

Her red eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she took a step to the side.

"red!"

The lightning struck the ground where Hong had just stood, instantly creating a crater more than three meters in diameter.

But the red hair that dodged ahead was unharmed.

"Looks like you're eager to die first!"

Red turned his gaze to Black Hoshino, who gave a disdainful sneer. "If you think I'm afraid of death, you're sorely mistaken!"

"Then go die!"

"No, you should die!" x2

An arrogant voice came from above.

Tong Chao and the other two, along with Pi Ba Shi Zang, swung their broadswords and slashed down from above.

Blunt Blade - This blade possesses the power to cut through anything.

If it hits, even if the opponent is a woman who can withstand a slap from the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, she absolutely cannot withstand the power of Kabuto.

While the Executioner's Blade doesn't have the power to cut through everything, it is about the size of a person and quite heavy. If it were to be slashed down from a great height, the force generated by the falling momentum would definitely be several times greater than that of the Kabuto.

However, before they could land, two sand pillars rose up beneath Red's feet.

The sand column, after being continuously compressed and solidified, possesses extremely powerful destructive force, especially when the top is spirally pointed, at which point its destructive power increases exponentially.

Faced with this sudden change, Tongcaono Eren had no time to react before being pierced through the chest and hanging dead from the sand pillar.

Biwa Juzo's strength seemed to be superior. Although he also did not expect his opponent to have such a countermeasure, and was caught off guard, he still managed to slam the slash he used against Kurenai into the sand pillar at the critical moment.

It is sand after all, and no matter how much it is compressed and solidified, it cannot compare to a solid object.

Faced with this strike powerful enough to crack the ground, the sand pillar was shattered and continued its momentum towards the red pillar.

However, due to the obstruction of the sand pillar, Pipa Juzo's attack had already lost the initiative.

Hong simply stepped aside, and the attack missed.

Pipa Juzo had anticipated this situation, so the instant his sword missed its mark, he used the momentum generated from striking the ground to swing his greatsword again.

But how could Hong possibly give him that opportunity?

The moment the knife fell, she stepped on the back of the blade, leaped into the air, and kicked Hiba Juzo in the chin, sending him flying with a cracking sound.

Before she could land, two figures silently attacked from the left and right.

It is the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon and the Ninja Pear.

One of them wielded a nearly two-meter-long Samehada sword, while the other wielded a jet of explosive energy capable of endless summoning. They attacked while the red-bodied figure was in mid-air, with nowhere to gain leverage.

"Go to hell!"

"snort!"

Hong scoffed disdainfully, raising her hands; the metallic sheen on her delicate skin was dazzling.

"Ding ding!!"

Two loud metallic clanging sounds rang out, making people's eardrums hurt, but the violent explosion that followed left everyone present dumbfounded.

The simple explosion was already expected by everyone.

The Exploding Blade: Droplets technique involves approaching the enemy with a slash and then delivering a one-sided explosive impact.

But this time the blasting was in the wrong direction.

The shockwave from the explosion should have swept over Red, who was the enemy, but instead, the shockwave emanated from Red and spread outwards to both sides, engulfing Jinpachi Murashi and Suigetsu Hozuki.

Furthermore, the power of this explosion seems a bit off!

The explosive effect of the Blade Burst - Droplets comes from the exploding tag summoning scroll on the back of the blade. The explosive power is equivalent to that of the exploding tag, and the coverage area is usually about 1 meter.

But at this moment, the impact of the explosion alone is twenty or thirty meters high, and the Explosive Blade and Droplets could never produce an explosion of this scale.

Could it be that the Eight Generals of the Muli clan detonated their swords?

No, in that case, the power would be far greater than that.

The Exploding Blade: Flying Drop has a technique that can lead to mutual destruction, which is to completely detonate the summoning scroll on the back of the blade, thereby triggering an explosion with a diameter of several kilometers, which can even kill an immortal being.

But the current situation is clearly not right.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, the red figure stood proudly upright.

Meanwhile, Suigetsu Hobutsuki and Munashi Jinpachi collapsed silently, their bodies charred black and black smoke billowing from their mouths.

"Even though I don't have any explosive tags on me, I still know how to use Explosion Release!"

As if responding to everyone's confusion, Hong spoke calmly while a few sparks from the fuse flickered in her palm.

Upon seeing this, everyone stared wide-eyed, their expressions filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible?!" Raiga Kurosuki exclaimed incredulously, "Scorch Release, Swift Release, Dark Release, Magnet Release, Steel Release, Explosion Release... This woman has already used six bloodline limits! How could one person master so many bloodline limits?"

This is not a matter of individual strength or weakness, but rather a matter that defies common sense.

Although the existence of ninjas cannot be judged by common sense, even among ninjas who defy common sense, there is a set of common sense that belongs to them.

To possess six bloodline limits simultaneously is already an exceptionally rare occurrence.

"It's just combining two chakra nature transformations, what's so difficult about that?" Kurenai tilted her head slightly, looking puzzled.

Little did she know that her matter-of-fact tone and expression caused great harm to Kirigakure and the others.

It's a small matter, what's so difficult about it?

It's such a small matter, it's so easy.

Did you know that many Chunin never manage to master the nature transformation of a chakra nature in their entire lives, and as a result, they can only use kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, and basic ninjutsu and taijutsu to fight enemies?

Did you know that only Jonin-level ninjas can master more than two nature transformations?

Do you know that there are very few people in the entire ninja world who can combine two chakra nature transformations to become a bloodline limit ninja?

Do you know that there is no ninja in the current ninja world who can master two bloodline limits at the same time?

Do you know how awesome you are? Has your mother gone to heaven yet?

"I don't know if she's deliberately trying to demoralize us or if she genuinely thinks it's a simple matter, but I can definitely feel that our strengths are on completely different levels." Pipa Juzo, having just had his jawbone fixed, couldn't help but reveal his true feelings.

The owner of the double-bladed flounder couldn't help but nod in approval.

Because his opponent possessed the ability to use Netherworld Escape Technique, he hadn't found a suitable opportunity to attack and had been observing from the sidelines, thus gaining a more thorough understanding of the entire battle.

"Hoo~" Kurenai exhaled and slowly said, "It seems that Kirigakure, one of the so-called five great ninja villages, is nothing more than a bunch of country bumpkins who are holed up on an overseas island fighting amongst themselves and know nothing about the outside world. They are far inferior to Konoha."

Upon hearing this, the members of the Hidden Mist Village all turned ashen-faced, yet they were unable to refute it.

The other party had caused a great disturbance in Konoha just a week ago, and has now fought against a skilled fighter from Kirigakure, so they are the most qualified to speak on this matter.

"...I'll buy you time, you guys escape!"

After a moment of silence, the Third Mizukage stepped forward and spoke.

He also truly felt the gap in strength between the two sides, realizing that even with so many skilled players on his side, victory would be difficult.

But his words left Yagura and the others looking at each other in surprise.

Kirigakure is not Konoha, so there's no concept of sacrificing oneself to protect the younger generation.

Rather, their policy has always been to ensure the safety of important figures or targets, even at the cost of sacrificing many subordinates.

The Third Mizukage could have easily ordered them to stay behind and hold them off while he escaped with his men.

"You can't hold her off. If you cover her retreat, then no one will be able to escape."

The Third Mizukage explained helplessly, his tone tinged with sadness.

When the village's leader was prepared to sacrifice himself to cover the retreat, his subordinates' first reaction was not gratitude but suspicion, which is undeniably tragic for him.

Upon hearing this, the others felt relieved.

The owner of the Twin-Sword Flounder left behind the words "Take care, Lord Mizukage" before turning and running away without hesitation.

"How long are you going to keep talking to yourselves?"

Hong Bushuang's voice came through.

Along with the sound came a violent shaking of the earth, and then...

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the earth cracked open, and the ground where everyone was standing... rose up like a platform with a diameter of five kilometers, binding everyone in the air two hundred meters above the ground.

[Earth Release: Earthquake Core!]

Hong clapped her hands and stood up from the ground.

She looked down at Wuyin and the others with a disdainful gaze, a smirk spreading across her face. "None of you will escape."

--silence!

After a long silence, a desperate counterattack was launched from the brink of defeat.

Although it's not impossible for ninjas to go down into such an environment.

If someone can escape with their back to a Shadow-level combatant on an open field, the final outcome is self-evident.

Therefore, their only option was to fight to the death.

Kurozuki Raiga raised his twin swords and summoned heavenly lightning.

The flounder user condenses chakra into a greatsword.

The Three-Tails Jinchuriki opened his mouth and shot out a concentrated form of high-density chakra called the "Tailed Beast Ball".

The Third Mizukage formed hand seals and conjured an ice dragon in the air.

Yagura stood by, ready to use his Water Mirror Technique to break the enemy's ninjutsu.

Only Pipa Juzo, who neither possessed large-scale destructive ninjutsu nor functional ninjutsu like the Water Mirror Technique, could only charge forward wielding his Executioner's Blade.

In an instant, thunder roared, chakra swords slashed, tailed beast balls roared, frost dragons howled, and greatswords roared... On this platform where defeating the enemy meant certain death, Kirigakure and the others began to fight to the death.

However, their enemy, Red, smiled.

"Now that's more like it!"

(End of this chapter)