I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 371 In fact, everyone is like Lord Ye (a character from Journey to the West who was fearful of others), afraid of the things they yearn for.

"Hidden Mist! Jade Wind Deception Technique!"

As Xuanmi formed hand seals, a pale purple mist gathered around him. Chenma frowned and pursed his lips, because this mist seemed to be able to block even his senses.

Even in Sage Mode, with a perception similar to Kagura's Mind's Eye, the direction of Genmi, which was shrouded in mist, was completely obscured by fog, making it impossible to find Genmi's figure.

Moreover, he was certain that he had never seen this technique before, and he had no clue about anything related to it, such as prototype ninjutsu. It seemed to be a technique that Genmi had developed on his own.

This method is what ninjas fear most, because without intelligence, they don't know the effect or power of this technique, nor can they deduce its principles or find its weaknesses and loopholes.

The vast majority of ninjas are unable to escape the power of "information," and at the same time, the vast majority of ninjas win by relying on the advantage of "information."

Only a very few, such as Hashirama Senju, can win by ignoring the intelligence of others and using it in a way that is unreasonable, or by using techniques whose information has already been figured out and made public, to achieve an unparalleled effect.

At least, Tatsuma doesn't have that ability at this stage, especially since Genmi is already stronger than him.

Tatsuma combined his hands into the Ten Seals, carefully sensing the changes in the surrounding energy. First and foremost, there was no doubt about the surge of Water Release chakra. Its magnificent power even amazed Tatsuma.

This seems to be only a part of the Genmi technique. Upon closer inspection, there appears to be a surge of Wind Release chakra, but it is encased in Water Release, and the special mist itself weakens Tatsuma's senses.

Therefore, Tatsuma could only guess at the effect without any evidence. In addition, there were some chakras that Tatsuma himself could not distinguish, which did not seem to belong to the five elemental chakra natures.

"Illusion?"

Chenma was slightly startled, after all, this was his weakness, and a major one at that.

In the past two years, Tatsuma has hardly practiced genjutsu, and has also rarely acquired the talent for genjutsu. Who told his Uchiha teammate to not acquire genjutsu but to acquire ninjutsu talent every day?

What a born evil Uchiha brat! To limit his growth, they even refuse to let go of his genjutsu talent!

As a result, in two years, Tatsuma's genjutsu talent only increased from over 8,000 to over 9,000, still just short of the Jonin level, without receiving any additional boost from his talent.

However, during this time, Tatsuma found some new ways to deal with illusions, so he wasn't in a hurry before. But when faced with an illusion used by a shadow, Tatsuma was unsure whether his methods would work.

The purple mist quickly enveloped him, and Chenma used the methods he had developed over the past two years to deal with illusions.

"Boom!"

The ground beneath Tatsuma's feet cracked, sending mud and sand flying, and a faint chakra cloak appeared on his body. This was the best way for Tatsuma to break the genjutsu at present.

Strange power!

The principle of illusion is to use special chakra, which has been transformed through hand seals, techniques, special eye techniques, and other means, to invade the enemy's body, disrupt the enemy's chakra, and deceive their senses and brain.

The Thousand Hands' Strength, with its explosive outward chakra release, is extremely effective against genjutsu, because the enemy's chakra cannot enter the body at all, let alone disturb or deceive it.

Of course, it can occasionally fail when facing Sharingan genjutsu, because the transmission of Sharingan genjutsu is too fast, even faster than "instantaneous". Unless you continuously release chakra in advance, you cannot deal with it.

The outward flow of chakra is extremely energy-consuming, and even among the Senju clan, almost no one can maintain it for an extended period.

"Rustling sound~"

Having just adjusted to the change in his field of vision, Tatsuma sensed several strands of chakra approaching him, and he only noticed them when they were almost right next to him.

However, after receiving various enhancements, Tatsuma's speed was also quite fast. Although the conditions were extremely unfavorable to him, Tatsuma still managed to leap into the air at the last second, spinning around and barely dodging the attacks of the wind blades.

"A wind blade encased in a special water-style technique, shielding it from others' senses."

Tatsuma also tried his best to gather all the information he could, and at the same time tried some methods to see if they could work against this technique.

"Sage Art! Wind Release! Great Breakthrough!"

A strong wind rose, but quickly subsided. Tatsuma's brows furrowed more and more. The fog was too damp and heavy. Although it didn't have much effect on people, it was as sticky as oil to chakra.

The wind-style chakra was instantly weakened by the heavy, damp mist and could not be blown away at all.

"As expected of the Mizukage, his methods are truly thorough."

"Rustling sound~"

Before Chenma could finish his reflection, he had to dodge the wind blades again. This time there were too many wind blades. Even though he quickly moved to the mountain wall as soon as he sensed them, two wind blades still managed to cut through his body.

Tatsuma, who had intended to give a simple treatment to conserve chakra and continue using his superhuman strength, suddenly looked grim.

No matter how much he tried to guard against it, he seemed to have fallen for it. Within the weapon, the water-style technique wrapped around the wind blade was mixed with genjutsu chakra. Tatsuma had guessed this and was on guard.

But he didn't expect that even the wind blades contained genjutsu chakra. Just by being cut, Tatsuma felt the chakra around the injured area become chaotic in an instant.

"Rustling sound~"

But Xuanmi seemed to give Chenma no time to adjust, launching another barrage of wind blades like a net. With such a dense attack, it was difficult for Chenma to dodge unimpeded.

Not to mention that he currently has two chakra imbalances in his body, preventing him from activating his body and unleashing even greater speed.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~"

He barely dodged most of the wind blade attacks, but Chenma had several more wounds on his body. Chenma raised his hand, and with extremely fast speed, he stitched up the deeper wound on his left shoulder.

A body with disordered chakra cannot trigger the cursed seals hidden within, thus preventing the use of Yin Healing and Destruction for rapid self-healing. This is truly frustrating.

Feeling the stiffness in many parts of his body, Tatsuma's expression became extremely serious. He even considered using the Flying Thunder God Technique to quickly leave the fog.

However, even using the Flying Thunder God Technique now seems to be a luxury.

In order not to expose himself, Tatsuma did not leave the Flying Thunder God Technique seal nearby, which made it difficult for him to sense the Flying Thunder God Technique seal from a great distance due to his greatly weakened perception.

"Rustling sound~"

"Earth Release! Earthflow Wall!"

Faced with the wind blades attacking again, Tatsuma gave up dodging, because with his current physical condition, it was difficult for him to move freely, let alone perform some high-difficulty moves to dodge the wind blades.

"Bang bang bang~"

The wind blades swiftly sliced ​​through the earthen wall, but by the time they reached Tatsuma, they had already consumed too much energy and were no longer very powerful. Tatsuma unleashed his right-hand chakra and, combined with the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm technique, directly shattered the wind blades.

At the same time, his left hand, which had already channeled chakra, reached into the ninja tool pouch behind him, grabbed a kunai, and branded the Flying Thunder God Technique seal onto the kunai's handle.

However, it is not the complete Flying Thunder God Technique.

After all, he can't use his custom-made kunai right now. If he does, the probability of being exposed will increase greatly. And ordinary standard kunai are not enough to imprint the complete Flying Thunder God Technique.

Therefore, Tatsuma chose the abridged version of the Flying Thunder God Technique that he had initially learned from Tobirama Senju, and at the same time, he connected his chakra in advance.

In this way, he doesn't need to sense the jutsu. As long as the chakra connection is not broken, he can capture the location of the kunai at any time and teleport there instantly.

However, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape is a last resort. Tatsuma will not use such a method until Genmi's genjutsu chakra completely invades Tatsuma's brain; it is merely a preparation in advance.

"Splash~"

Suddenly, Chenma heard the sound of water and felt a chill on his feet. He looked down and saw that his feet were covered by water.

As for why it's said to be "seems," it's because Tatsuma had a conflicting judgment at that moment. One judgment was that his feet were already immersed in water, while the other judgment was that he was under a spell and there was no water under his feet at all.

Tatsuma knew that his own brain had also been invaded by Genmi's genjutsu chakra; otherwise, he wouldn't be so preoccupied with this issue. But now, he couldn't help but believe that there was enough water on the ground to cover his feet.

"Splash~"

The sound of water grew louder and louder, and Tatsuma felt the water level rising higher and higher, reaching up to his knees. He could even feel the water surface bobbing up and down as if it were being impacted by something.

This caused a faint itch in his knees, like standing on a beach, with the waves constantly covering his body and then receding, creating a strange sensation from the mixture of two completely different senses.

Faintly, Chenma also saw a ship, a ship with diffused lights, and a group of pretty young ladies waving at him, inviting him to board and experience happiness. The ship was getting closer and closer to him.

Come on~

"Ah, so happy!"

"Anyway, there's plenty of time~"

Chenma swallowed hard and retreated repeatedly. With his last shred of rationality remaining, he cursed Genmi inwardly for trying to seduce him, a model citizen, using such methods.

Everyone knows he's a decent, morally upright young man!

In the mist, Genmi watched as Tatsuma retreated, his face showing a mixture of anticipation, panic, and embarrassment. He was also curious about what kind of ship Tatsuma had seen.

He was the caster, but even he couldn't fully know the specific scenery the enemy was seeing, since chakra's effect on each person was different.

"Are they family? Or comrades who died at their hands? Or perhaps it's a sense of trepidation upon returning home?"

Genmi guessed, but Tatsuma almost bit his tongue until it bled, unable to regain his senses. Holding onto the last shred of reason, Tatsuma threw the kunai in his hand.

He wanted to escape this place, but with the help of the Flying Thunder God Kunai as a "relay device", he sensed that Genmi had just caught his kunai.

Genmi held the kunai, somewhat puzzled. How did "Takasugi Shinsuke" find his location? Or was it just an unconscious action before death? He didn't notice anything unusual about the kunai and quickly refocused his attention on "Takasugi Shinsuke".

A ship constructed of wind blades was about to crash into "Takasugi Shinsuke". Genmi had even prepared to save "Takasugi Shinsuke" when he was on the verge of death, which could be considered as giving his best friend face in the end.

But "Takasugi Shinsuke" is gone.

"Flying Thunder God Technique, Second Stage!"

(End of this chapter)