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Chapter 247 Never, ever open champagne at halftime

Chenma glanced to his side and saw Minato forming the Shen Seal, with lightning flashing on his hands.

"Lightning Release: Hibiki Snake!"

Minato stretched out his right hand, and a lightning serpent with a thunderous sound coiled around Tatsuma's water blade, heading towards the Cloud Ninja. The two lightning release ninjutsu quickly intertwined.

Lightning flashed everywhere, and Tatsuma could hear Minato gritting his teeth. Fortunately, the Cloud Ninja's technique was blocked. Without further hesitation, Tatsuma increased the amount of chakra he poured in.

In an instant, the water stream that had been bound by lightning also broke free. As Chenma's head moved down, the water blade was released from the control of the Cloud Ninja's hands, and like a saw cutting through meat in a meat store, it cut into the Cloud Ninja's body.

"Pfft~"

A mouthful of blood spurted from the Cloud Ninja's mouth. He could no longer maintain his technique. The lightning in his hands dissipated, and the water blade completely pierced through his body, spraying out from his back.

The thunderous serpent, accompanied by a deafening roar, climbed towards the Cloud Ninja along the current, biting down on him and completely engulfing him in lightning.

The stiffness caused by the lightning snake made it impossible for the Cloud Ninja to use chakra to resist the water blade. The water blade became smooth and cut down from his chest, disintegrating the Cloud Ninja almost instantly.

"team leader!"

The Chunin who was thrown out first roared and, seeing his captain's gruesome death, charged towards Tatsuma and Minato without a second thought.

Tatsuma stopped casting the Water Severing Wave technique and formed hand seals again, but he stopped after only completing one seal. He was used to using Water Release as a starting move, but against the Cloud Ninja, his Water Release was not very effective.

Earth Release techniques are countered by Lightning Release techniques, and as for Wind Release, he doesn't have many Wind Release techniques, especially lacking wide-range and highly destructive Wind Release ninjutsu.

All that's left is Fire Release.

He stopped and began to form hand seals again, his chakra rapidly transforming into fire-attribute chakra. As the hand seals ended, he took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!"

A wisp of fire instantly expanded into a giant fire dragon, baring its fangs and claws as it hurtled toward the approaching Cloud Ninja. However, this was not too troublesome for the group of Cloud Village Jonin.

The Body Flicker Technique can easily evade it, and apart from a few Chunin who couldn't dodge in time, this technique doesn't seem to have been very effective.

However, this technique was merely a cover for Tatsuma's initial move.

The hands of Chenma, which had formed the Yin seal, changed again, and finally clasped together forcefully, unleashing a violent gust of wind from their palms.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"

The wind fanned the flames, and the fire dragon exploded instantly, engulfing Tatsuma and Minato completely and obscuring the vision of the approaching Cloud Ninja.

Among them, the Cloud Ninja with sensory abilities wanted to use their perception techniques to pinpoint the exact locations of Tatsuma and Minato, but before they could act, two shuriken broke through the flames.

"Ninja Art! Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"

The delayed release technique shielded the shuriken shadow clones from the scorching flames, while the shockwave from the explosion propelled these shuriken at an increased speed.

"Pfft pfft pfft~"

In a moment of carelessness, several Jonin were stabbed by shuriken. Although such damage was not enough to break them, it disrupted their formation as a result.

Under the cover of countless shuriken shadow clones, two kunai also blended in. When various ninjutsu, ninja tools, and ninjas passed through the firelight, intending to attack Tatsuma and Minato, they found that the place was empty.

Amidst the chaotic formation, two beams of light, one gold and one silver, flashed continuously, reaping the lives of the Cloud Village Chunin. Almost every time the gold and silver light passed by, a Cloud Village Chunin would fall.

"Damn, that's too fast!"

One of the Jonin gritted his teeth and said that compared to the Space-Time Instantaneous Movement Technique, they were still too slow and could only follow the two flashes of light.

After breaking through the Cloud Ninja formation, Tatsuma and Minato stopped, slightly out of breath. Minato was very clean, and even his owl mask was still shiny.

Tatsuma, on the other hand, looked more like he had been through a fierce battle. His mask was torn in one corner, he had a burn on his left shoulder, and his clothes had several cuts.

Strangely, judging from the size of the incision, Chenma should have had some kind of injury, but he didn't; the inside of the incision was smooth skin.

But the boy's exposed flesh obviously failed to attract the attention of the Cloud Ninjas, who were wearing very little clothing. They all looked at the tattered and bloodstained Yaksha mask.

With the blood still dripping from the kunai in the Yaksha's hand and his scarlet eyes, he looked just like a truly evil Yaksha demon.

This sight briefly startled the Cloud Ninja, who scrutinized the two with more cautious and serious eyes. Seeing that they did not immediately follow, Chenma generously took out a soldier's ration pill.

Lifting half of his mask and swallowing the soldier's ration pill, Tatsuma felt his strength returning and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although his chakra reserves are comparable to those of an ordinary Jonin thanks to the "massive" buff, and with the "unending" ability, the amount of chakra his body can extract and refine surpasses that of many Jonin.

However, after unleashing a series of wide-range ninjutsu, his body couldn't take it anymore. The feeling of his body being quickly drained made his hands turn cold.

However, after taking a soldier's ration pill, he felt his condition begin to improve, and he no longer felt the weakness that preceded heatstroke.

Minato was in better condition than Tatsuma. He hadn't expended too much of his chakra and was now watching the approaching Cloud Ninja warily, ready to take Tatsuma away at any moment.

"Boom! Rumble rumble~"

Just then, a sudden loud noise and the faint tremors of the ground attracted the attention of the Cloud Ninja and Tatsuma.

From the direction where Sakumo Hatake and Brubi were fighting, dust rose like mushrooms, and Brubi's former residence, a luxurious and massive building, was now half destroyed.

"Roar~~"

A strange roar rang out, and a black and red monster with eight tails burst out of the dust. In front of it stood a human.

"go."

Tatsuma said to Minato, and Minato did not hesitate. He immediately used Flying Thunder God Technique, followed by what he named Super Gale Multi-Flash Teleport Zero Style: Flying Thunder God Multi-Segment Transfer.

Sakumo Hatake was instantly transported to Tatsuma's side. Tatsuma supported Sakumo, who was in a daze due to the multiple time-space shifts in a short period of time. At the same time, a surge of chakra entered Sakumo's body.

After confirming that Sakumo Hatake was only slightly depleted in stamina and chakra, and had some minor injuries, and that there was nothing else wrong, Tatsuma breathed a sigh of relief and handed Sakumo Hatake a soldier's ration pill.

Hatake Sakumo also came to his senses at this moment, took the soldier's ration pill and swallowed it. Looking at Burubi, who had finally spotted Hatake Sakumo and was running towards them, cold sweat broke out on his forehead and an ugly smile appeared on his lips.

Looking at the tyrannical Brubi, Tatsuma couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lord Sakumo, what did you do?"

While the previous Brubi, or rather the Eight-Tails that controlled him, was also violent, it was more due to the unique nature of his chakra. But the Eight-Tails at this moment is violent from the bottom of its heart.

Sakumo Hatake wiped away his cold sweat and said, "I tried combining the Thousand Years of Death with the Explosive Tag, and the effect was excellent. You should have seen the power just now."

It's a pity it wasn't all packed in; otherwise, even it wouldn't be so rampant.

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma's lips twitched, and at the same time, he felt a pang of regret, lamenting that Sakumo Hatake died too early in the original story.

Otherwise, if Sakumo Hatake were to teach Naruto and uncover the similarities between Naruto and himself, the entire ninja world would probably be in turmoil.

"Knock knock knock~"

The Eight-Tails landed on all fours, each slam of its paws producing a heavy thud, propelling it at incredible speed as it hurtled towards Sakumo Hatake.

Along the way, the Cloud Ninja were sent flying by the Eight-Tails' horns. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the horns seemed to have pierced into the Cloud Ninja's... indescribable flowerbed.

In an instant, the Cloud Ninja's already disorganized formation fell into chaos. Hatake Sakumo looked in one direction and said, "This is our chance! Run!"

"Yes, Lord Sakumo, you go first. I will catch up with you using the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Tatsuma nodded and said, his eyes fixed on the approaching Eight-Tails, his expression more solemn than ever before.

Sakumo Hatake also noticed something was wrong; there seemed to be special chakra gathering in the mouth of the Eight-Tails.

"A Tailed Beast Ball?!"

Sakumo Hatake exclaimed in surprise, grabbed Tatsuma and Minato by the collar, and tried to escape, but Tatsuma broke free of Sakumo's grasp and said, "Lord Sakumo, trust me."

"I'll help you."

Minato also broke free from Sakumo Hatake's grasp and said with equal determination, "We must catch up! We must!" Sakumo Hatake glanced at the continuously condensing Tailed Beast Ball and said, "We must catch up! We must!"

After saying that, Hatake Sakumo used the Body Flicker Technique and began to move away quickly. If it were any other Konoha ninja, Hatake Sakumo would not have done that.

But his teammates at this moment were Tatsuma and Minato, two ninjas who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique. "Trust them," Hatake Sakumo told himself.

"boom!"

The Tailed Beast Ball, imbued with chakra of boundless destructive power, was spewed out from the mouth of the Eight-Tails like a cannonball, heading towards Sakumo Hatake. Tatsuma and Minato were in its path.

"Have you mastered that technique?"

Tatsuma raised his hands and asked Minato, who also raised his hands and said, "My understanding of sealing techniques is not as good as yours; I need your help to refine the details."

"Um."

The two looked at the Tailed Beast Ball with extremely solemn expressions, because they had witnessed its power before, as demonstrated by Mito Uzumaki.

That Tailed Beast Ball, which was only the size of a basketball, still makes them tremble with fear. Now, they are facing a Tailed Beast Ball with a diameter longer than the height of an average person.

Taking a deep breath, without any prompting, the two began to form hand seals. Their movements, speed, and rhythm were exactly the same, and in an instant, the four seals—巳-午-子-未—were formed.

"Flying Thunder God Guides Thunder!"

The technique unfolded like a net centered on the two of them. The Tailed Beast Ball crashed directly into the net, its speed instantly decreasing as it was gradually swallowed up by the technique. Tatsuma and Minato's hands trembled slightly as they struggled to maintain the technique.

"I left the Flying Thunder God Technique formula inside that building."

"Me too."

Both of them smiled at the same time, and the next moment, the Tailed Beast Ball that had been swallowed up suddenly appeared in the half-ruined building.

"boom!"

The powerful explosion instantly destroyed the building. The Cloud Ninja Jonin turned around and stared in horror at the exploding Tailed Beast Ball. Tatsuma and Minato exchanged a glance and instantly used Flying Thunder God Technique to arrive next to Sakumo Hatake.

Sakumo Hatake slowed down and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Chenma nodded, and just as he was about to say something, a burst of lightning suddenly appeared in front of the three of them.

"Coming to my Land of Lightning to cause destruction, do you think I don't exist?! Lightning Release: Heavy Stream Burst!"

A huge elbow, crackling with lightning, suddenly burst out from the ball of lightning and headed straight for Sakumo Hatake's face.

"Be careful!"

Tatsuma grabbed Sakumo Hatake's belt with one hand and flung him aside, but the elbow strike, undiminished in momentum, was aimed at him.

"Bang!"

(End of this chapter)