"What?"
"Didn't I say it at the beginning? Ninja game time is over."
Ayane's eyes turned cold, and the chakra erupting from her body became visible to everyone.
Toma let out a cry of pain, his body was thrown aside by the powerful air current from the chakra explosion, rolling on the ground for some distance before barely stopping.
"Such terrifying chakra... Can we really deal with this guy?"
The Chunin responsible for sensing whispered, his face tense.
The power gap between us and them is substantial.
Even with two Jonin leading the team, we'd probably still be crushed by the opponent like dead leaves.
"Don't be fooled by the opponent's bluff— we are elite Konoha ninja!"
The other Jonin besides Toma was completely calm, forming hand seals with both hands.
"Water Style: Water Turbulence!"
He spit out a raging torrent from his mouth, rushing toward Ayane.
Immediately, his seal transformed again.
Within the water stream, sparks of electricity emerged.
Seeing this, Ayane knew it was a combination of Water Style and Lightning Style; forcing through would be troublesome, so she could only dodge to the side.
"Gentle Fist Technique: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
As Ayane retreated, Toma had already predicted her move. With the opening stance of Eight Trigrams Palm, he waited for Ayane to enter his attack range.
Just as his attack was about to land on Ayane, a torrent of chakra suddenly surged out from Ayane's body.
Boom!
It clashed head-on with Toma's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, instantly causing an explosion.
Ayane landed safely on the ground, her clothes and hair completely unruffled; Toma, meanwhile, retreated several meters, fresh blood streaming from his trembling arm as he stared at Ayane with a grave look.
"It's actually the 'One Blow Body'..."
The Gentle Fist Technique: One Blow Body releases chakra with intense force from all the body's acupoints— just like Revolving Heaven, it's a full-range offensive Gentle Fist.
It's the most basic combat style among many Gentle Fist techniques.
But with this basic move, not only did she break his Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, she even injured his arm with the backlash.
"Just as I thought, you really are an incredibly dangerous person, Ayane."
Not only her mindset, but her strength is equally terrifying, truly intimidating.
"I was hoping this move would take you down for good. Your strength is even greater than I imagined, Toma-senpai."
Ayane said regretfully.
"You'd better not underestimate your seniors! No matter what, I am a Jonin from the illustrious Hyuga Clan!"
Toma began condensing chakra again, coordinating with the other Konoha ninja, preparing to surround and attack Ayane once more.
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The massive head of the water giant python, summoned by Hakushi using Summoning Jutsu, was naturally accompanied by the clones Tenha and Raidenmaru.
Their objective of attracting enemy attention had already been achieved, and right at the beginning, they successfully lured the Third Hokage over, missing the prime time to protect the Nine-Tails.
After all, with him, Ruri, and the ability of Water Clone, facing so many Konoha ninja—even with Kushina and the Nine-Tails providing chakra—it was just barely feasible.
As the Konoha ninja surrounding them grew in number, the weakest was at Chunin level; there were plenty of Jonin as well.
As soon as Tenha and Raidenmaru appeared, Konoha ninja were disturbed for a moment, but quickly calmed down, their formation tight as ever, encircling them seamlessly.
Although two troublesome enemies had joined, in overall strength and numbers, the advantage was definitely on their side.
And at the Third Hokage Hiruzen's side, he had successfully summoned his own Summoning Beast.
A white-haired monkey dressed in a fur cloak.
Slightly larger than a human, its forehead was adorned with a Konoha ninja headband, baring its fangs with a hint of ferocity.
After being summoned by Hiruzen, it landed beside him, four limbs on the ground, surveyed the battlefield, then sniffed the air and asked Hiruzen:
"There's leftover Nine-Tails chakra in the air, Sarutobi—what's going on? Something happened to that girl?"
"As you can see, Enma. Kushina is currently inside that giant python."
Hiruzen said succinctly.
"Is that so?"
The monkey, Enma, glanced at the people on the python's head, narrowing its eyes.
Wearing Konoha ninja headbands, and Uchiha clan ninja...
Though he didn't quite understand the situation, it was clear these people were enemies.
Over there, Tenha and Raidenmaru appeared on the other side of Hakushi.
Raidenmaru stood on Tenha's shoulder, head lowered, and said with surprise:
"This brother's size is something else."
The deep blue watery python opened its mouth, emitting a low roar that shook the air, seemingly responding to Raidenmaru.
"Save the touching tales of brotherhood for later. Focus on fighting now."
Hakushi shot Raidenmaru a glance.
"Dealing with these Konoha ninja is a real hassle, Father."
Raidenmaru lightly complained.
Earlier, he and his sister Tenha almost got taken down by these Konoha ninja, and he nearly had to reveal his full Immortal Technique form.
Just as Raidenmaru finished speaking, he suddenly sensed a surge of overwhelming chakra entering his and Tenha's bodies.
The source of this chakra was being transmitted up from the giant python below.
The python was absorbing the Jinchuriki and Nine-Tails' chakra, passing the excess on to them—that's how it worked.