Ninja Pot Shadow

Raikage's order was not to be refused, but she was displeased. What was going on? I've been famous for many years and made great contributions to the village. Now you want me to compete with a child?

If we encounter them on the battlefield, that's another matter. We kill anyone between the ages of eight and eighty. At that time, we don't need to be too particular about anything.

This isn't a battlefield. She's twelve years older than Ino, they're not even from the same generation. She's been famous for many years and isn't willing to lower herself to fight a junior like this. Winning or losing wouldn't mean anything to her.

Unfortunately, an order is an order. In the strict and authoritative Hidden Cloud Village, as a ninja, she had to obey the Raikage's orders.

She was willing to have a match, but she made a condition: Karui would be Ino's opponent, and they would fight once. If Ino's strength was too weak, she would not accept the challenge.

“Fine! I agree!” Ino didn’t take Karui seriously at all. In her opinion, it wouldn’t hurt to warm up before the big battle.

Before the two sides even started their match, Killer Bee launched into a rap with a strange accent, roughly saying that Karui should beat up the Konoha ninjas to show the formidable strength of Kumogakure.

"Hmph, a Konoha ninja, what a big reputation." Karui was fuming. Ino's dismissive attitude towards her deeply offended her. She was also known as a genius in the village, and now she was being ignored like this, which made her very angry.

Ino is a seasoned veteran who has fought her way from south to north and from east to west. She has a good eye for talent, and in her opinion, the woman in front of her is only half a step behind her sister-in-law Temari, and even further behind her.

Karui was the first to draw his sword.

Just as Ino learned the Water Blade Slash from the Second Hokage, and Asuma infused his chakra blade with wind-style chakra, Karui attached a fine layer of lightning-style chakra to the blade, then shouted and thrust forward like an arrow.

"Cloud Flow - Slash!"

Ino could sense that her sister-in-law had added a layer of chakra to the soles of her feet to prevent Ino from using water-style techniques and to prepare for a water-based thrust.

As the saying goes, "the taller the tree, the more the wind blows." Ino fought in public several times, resulting in the leakage of a lot of information. Targeted attacks can indeed be very effective.

Unfortunately, knowing something and experiencing it firsthand are two different things.

Ino quickly formed hand seals, clasped her hands together, and used Water Release directly on land.

On such a deserted island, there was no need to worry about harming civilians. She had no scruples and immediately unleashed a powerful burst of water.

A massive torrent of water appeared out of nowhere and rushed fiercely toward Karui.

Ino possesses powerful water-style ninjutsu, a fact known to most ninja villages. Karui remained unfazed, holding his long sword upside down, his feet treading water, and continued his high-speed charge.

She had a good plan, but she had never actually fought a powerful Water Release ninja like Ino, and she underestimated the scale of the Great Explosion Water Wave.

The water flowed overwhelmingly, seemingly endless, like a massive natural disaster. Her vision was completely occupied by the swirling water droplets. As the water surface rose and fell, her charging speed suddenly dropped by 70%. Before she could even think of a countermeasure, the water flow transformed into two hands, grabbed her ankles, and dragged her underwater.

Karui gritted her teeth, used her right leg as a fulcrum, and struggled to break free. Her left foot was free, but her right leg was tightly entangled, and she was then forcibly dragged into the vortex.

Five minutes later, she lay on the shore, gushing water, looking extremely disheveled.

It was two moves in total: one was "Water Release: Great Exploding Water Wave" to probe, and the other was "Water Release: Wave Riding Strike" to trap the enemy. Ino easily defeated this proud disciple of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

She fastened her headband with the Konoha Village insignia and looked at the two Yugitos: "Yamano Ino of Konoha Village, I would like to ask for your guidance, senior Yugitos of Kumogakure Village."

Yugito's fighting spirit was stirred, and she nodded emphatically: "I apologize for my previous underestimation. You are a worthy opponent. Come on!"

Chapter 199 The Two-Tails Jinchuriki

The two wooden figures exuded heroic spirit and had sharp eyes; standing there, they resembled a sword about to be drawn from its sheath.

Tsunade is also very heroic, but her past experiences and hemophobia have been troubling her. Now she is somewhat like a sword with dust, and with her age, she doesn't have much desire to compete with the younger generation. In terms of momentum, she seems to be a little weaker.

Ino wouldn't set restrictions like "You're only powerful because of the tailed beast inside you, so why don't you use it?" or "You're only powerful because of your claws, so why don't you use them?" The other party wouldn't agree to that either. Since the Jinchuriki has endured an unfortunate childhood and countless acts of hostility, and has spent a lot of time communicating with the tailed beast and deepening their emotional bond, then the tailed beast is naturally a part of her power, and she can certainly use it in battle.

The same goes for her. Sealing techniques, ninjutsu, taijutsu, steam explosions—she uses whatever she has at this time. There are top-tier medical ninjas around, so as long as she doesn't die on the spot, she's fine. You could say there are no restrictions.

Upon learning that she was ready, Yugito flicked her braid and moved with lightning speed, instantly closing the distance to more than ten meters. Her right hand spread its five fingers, and her nails grew out like five sharp short swords. She stretched her arm forward and fiercely stabbed at Ino's chest.

So fast!

Even when it was just a test, Yugito's speed was still frighteningly fast. Compared to that, the battles in the Chunin Exams were nothing but child's play.

Ino's current speed of 7 is barely enough to keep up with Yugito's movements. She touches the ground with her toes, retreats rapidly, and at the same time shoots out three kunai.

Yugito's balance was astonishing. During the thrust, his body completely defied common sense, turning sideways, lowering his head, and bending over to dodge the flying kunai while almost without affecting the speed of the thrust.

Her gleaming claws shot forward, just a step away from piercing Ino's heart. Suddenly, her cheeks puffed out, and without any hand seals, she spat out several streams of chakra water, as fine as needles, towards Yugito.

This is a Water Release ninjutsu that doesn't require hand seals, which I learned from the Second Hokage.

"Water Release: Heaven's Cry!"

Yugito had never seen this ninjutsu before, nor was it mentioned in the village's intelligence. The two were too close, and just a second before she felt the chilling chakra needles about to pierce her eyeballs, she twisted her waist to the limit, her toes landing quickly, her heels touching the ground, and her body leaning back forcefully, narrowly avoiding the chakra water.

Ino reached into her waist pouch with her right hand, and a kunai appeared in her palm. She gripped the handle and stabbed it into Yugito Kenmi's abdomen.

Using the force of leaning back, Yukiman supported himself with his hands, and exerted force with his waist and knees at the same time, performing a nimble backflip. His two long legs drew a silver crescent-shaped arc from bottom to top.

Like a feline, she transformed not only her hands into claws, but also her feet into sharp weapons. Her toenails grew rapidly, turning into twenty-centimeter-long blades, which she used to slash at Ino's chest and abdomen.

With its two long legs and claws, Ino's attack range was extremely large. She quickly changed her move, turning her kunai from a thrust to a slash, shifting her center of gravity backward, and retreating five steps at the critical moment to create distance again.

Her bangs were cut off by claws, a small section of which was three centimeters long. Her golden hair fluttered in the wind. The clothes on the wooden doll's chest were torn, and there was a ten-centimeter-long wound on her fair skin. Two semicircles on the left and right sides were also exposed, each revealing one-third of their shape.

Yukito made no attempt to conceal anything; most of the people present were women, so was it necessary to hide anything?

What? You mean the Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee? Those two guys who turned their brains into muscles, they can hardly understand the concept of women in their minds. Fitness equipment is what they focus on. Women? Sorry, no.

"Your physical skills are better than I expected," Yugito said sincerely.

Ino nodded: "You're not the first person to say that."

"I will give it my all from now on."

"it is good."

The next second, the two clashed again.

Yugito is a weapon from head to toe. She can launch attacks from incredible angles with her claw strikes, kicks, and flip kicks after a brief hang time. Her attack speed is fast and her skill combos make Ino feel like she is fighting a wild beast.

She struck with her claws to the left and right, followed by knee strikes and kicks like in Muay Thai, and then a forward dash attack. Ino had to jump up to dodge, which put her back into Yugito's attack rhythm. Her body was extremely light, and she was good at launching smooth, flowing flip kicks and claw strikes.

The two exchanged more than twenty blows in the blink of an eye.

In order to disrupt the opponent's attack rhythm, Ino used Water Release: Heaven's Cry three times and Water Wall once.

Yugito's brow bone was slashed by Water Release: Heaven's Cry. She used the tailed beast's chakra to restore her body. Ino's right arm was cut open with five deep blood grooves. She used the massive water flow at the scene to partially hydrate herself and quickly healed her wounds.

Yukito exclaimed, "You are indeed a strong fighter. It is my honor to have the opportunity to spar with you."

"...Well, it's my honor."

Yugito's figure was elusive, and her speed was getting faster and faster. One second it looked like she was directly in front of him, but in reality she had already used her high speed to circle around to the side. The next second it felt like she was being attacked from above. As a result, Ino felt a chill down her spine and quickly turned around to block the claws with her kunai.

She felt like she was facing an upgraded version of Kimimaro, so she fought very cautiously.

Yugito, wary of her Water Release: Heaven's Cry, dared not linger in the same spot for too long.

The Shadow Clone Technique is a good ninjutsu when you're easy to beat, but it's really stupid to use it to split your chakra against a Jinchuriki like Yugito.

Ino unleashed a Water Severing Wave, which Yugito easily dodged with two consecutive somersaults, much like a gymnast. Despite having a large amount of chakra, Ino consistently used taijutsu in combat, making her far superior to Gaara, who was also a Jinchuriki.

Ino mimicked Lee's tone and shouted, "Sensei! I'm going to use that forbidden technique!"

Tsunade, standing some distance away, snapped impatiently, "Shut up! Hurry up, I'm going to go for a drink later!"

She turned to the Fourth Raikage: "You don't want the news of your arm-wrestling trickery to leak out, do you?"

The Fourth Raikage was annoyed, but even more confused. Why were the people of Konoha speaking in such a sarcastic way?

He asked in a muffled voice, "What's wrong?"

Tsunade, with the air of a grandmaster, said, "Don't leak the information you see later; it's my secret technique."

It was already disgraceful for Yugito to bully the weak, and according to the internal workings of Kumogakure, the ninjas of Konoha were no good! The ninjas of Kumogakure were good!

The ninjas of Kumogakure should challenge those of higher level. Right now, his own Jonin is having such a hard time fighting against the Chunin of Konoha, and he's not going to publicize it.

"Yes, I agree."

While they were talking, Ino used three water jets in succession.

She forced the wooden figure back from three directions, then quickly formed hand seals, ending with the "巳" seal, gathering all her chakra.

"The Flower Realm has descended!"

Chapter 200 Ino vs. Yukito Nii

Wood Release not only counters the Nine-Tails, but all tailed beasts, including the Two-Tails within the Wood Man.

With Ashura's chakra, the power of Wood Release naturally carries the nature of the Divine Tree. If it also has the First Hokage's massive chakra, suppressing the Nine-Tails would be a piece of cake.

Ino isn't as strong now; her Wood Release level and chakra are both lacking, and the meager Ashura chakra within her can't match the level the First Hokage possessed. But Wood Release is Wood Release; Flower Release and Grass Release are both types of Wood Release. The starting points are different, but the end result is the same, and it still retains the effect of countering tailed beasts.

The plants on the island began to grow wildly, their decades-long growth cycle condensed into seconds, and Ino's arrival in the Flower World gave rise to a large number of flowers out of thin air.

Driven by the life force transformed from a large amount of chakra, flowers as large as cartwheels and as small as fists spread across the battlefield, and when the wind blew, a large amount of pollen spread.

Yugito felt that Ino suddenly became blurry in his vision and thought he was under an illusion.

The two tails inside her body spoke up, reminding her, "It's the effect of pollen."

"Pollen?" Yugito was taken aback. A bloodline limit ability? It looks like it's Wood Release? This opponent is stronger than I thought.

She grew stronger when faced with a stronger opponent, her fighting spirit blazing: "Interesting, a descendant of the Senju clan of Konoha Village? Tadashi, help me!"

"it is good."

Yugito landed on all fours, her braids fully unfurled, like a Saiyan transforming, her hair flowing freely, and a large amount of cat-demon patterned chakra appeared on her body. Her eyes turned white, and then she let out a fierce roar, using her feline-like keen senses to pinpoint Ino's location amidst the swirling pollen.

Her afterimage remained in the same spot, but her body had already covered more than ten meters, striking out with a claw towards Ino's position.

"Hmm? Not affected?" Seeing that the other party had entered a half-tailed beast state and was moving as fast as flying, Ino dared not fight with physical skills anymore. Just like Mario going through a water pipe, she jumped into the flower bud next to her. By the time Yugito had torn the flower and stem to shreds, she was already more than a hundred meters away.

The battlefield was covered with flowers. She used the ninjutsu of the Flower Realm and the effect of pollen to confuse her vision, constantly moving among the many flowers.

Pollen fell on Yugito like snowflakes. Even a fool would know that this stuff was bad for her health, so she spread chakra around her body to form a fire shield.

Ino creates vines to entangle and slow her down. The wooden doll's claws and fangs become deadly weapons. She also spews out a bunch of rat-shaped blue chakra fireballs around herself, burning the vines.

"Fire Rat Jade!"

Blue flames burned rapidly among the plants, and the fire rats ran around, creating dozens of fire lines within the flower field of the well. Not only did this thing burn quickly, but it also burned for a long time.

This is the Two-Tails' chakra! Ino remained unmoved.

Countless vines sprouted from the ground, one after another, tightly binding the fire rats released by the wooden figure, then dragging them into the ground, forcibly absorbing and sealing them.

Suppressing and absorbing the chakra of tailed beasts are all abilities of Wood Release.