"Someone who can kill Kakuzu, and defeat Kisame and Itachi, is truly impressive!"
The moment Deidara detonated all his small spider bombs, he used Earth Release: Earth Dragon Evasion to hide underground.
After encountering Li Chuan, he had been completely outmatched, and almost none of his techniques could harm the opponent. The Ninjutsu he just used was his strongest move, aside from his ultimate self-detonation technique.
But he still wasn't confident he could kill the opponent, so to be safe, he decided to hide first.
Crucially, according to the intelligence provided by Zetsu, this guy also knew spatial Ninjutsu, so even if he sacrificed himself for art and self-destructed, the opponent could calmly evade.
He loved art and was willing to sacrifice for it, but he wasn't stupid.
"Boom!"
A terrifying explosion echoed throughout Konoha Village, directly leveling most of the buildings in the southeast direction of the Village, causing all the Ninja who were fighting to stop and turn their gaze towards the scene.
In fact, due to the appearance of the giant puppet and the Thousand-Armed Murder, Li Chuan and Deidara's battle had already drawn a lot of attention. Such large objects appearing were too conspicuous.
"To force Deidara to use that move, it seems this Prince does have some strength."
In the Hyuga Clan territory to the southwest, Sasori, after flinging away a Hyuga Ninja he had pierced with the Hiruko: Back Spikes, looked up towards the east and said expressionlessly.
Around him were corpses everywhere, some who had been poisoned and collapsed but not yet dead, and others whose bodies had been completely pierced and died without a sound.
Facing him now were over twenty Ninja, mainly Ninja from the Hyuga Clan's stronghold and some other Konoha Ninja who had rushed over from nearby to support.
However, their gazes towards Sasori were all filled with solemnity.
Similarly, at the Village gate, Kisame, relying on his massive Chakra and Samehada's ability to absorb Chakra, single-handedly made it difficult for Jonin like Asuma, Yuhi, and Anko Mitarashi to cope.
They deeply understood how powerful Li Chuan was, who could repel Itachi and defeat Kisame.
As for Uchiha Itachi, the double agent, he was currently fighting the recovered Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, and a few other Ninja within the Uchiha stronghold.
When he first entered Konoha and saw Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura, he used Sasuke's hatred for him to deliberately lead them to the Uchiha stronghold, away from other Akatsuki members.
Kakashi and Sakura, worried about Sasuke's safety, immediately followed.
Itachi's purpose in doing this was, naturally, to protect his younger brother from being killed by other members of the Akatsuki Organization.
Akatsuki's plan to attack Konoha was simple: to kill everyone alive in the Village, especially every Konoha high-ranking official, by pushing through from the Konoha South Gate all the way to Hokage Rock.
Deidara threw bombs everywhere in the air, scattering Ninja to rescue civilians; Sasori went to eliminate the Hyuga Clan, a major Konoha clan; Kisame and Itachi were responsible for dealing with other obstructing Jonin.
Meanwhile, Pain Six Paths went directly to the north of the Village to deal with the Third Hokage, Anbu, and all other remaining Ninja from Konoha's major clans.
Finally, Tobi and Zetsu, who Akatsuki considered to have no real strength, were given free rein to finish off any stragglers, preventing any Ninja from escaping the Village and leaking Akatsuki's intelligence.
Currently, apart from Deidara being injured and Itachi slacking off, everyone else's missions were proceeding smoothly.
"It almost broke my Sage Mode: Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder. This move's power is indeed quite impressive."
After the explosion, Li Chuan looked at the crumbling Thousand-Armed Murder Buddha statue and proactively put it away.
The explosion power of Deidara's Ninjutsu just now almost broke even his Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder, which was enhanced by Sage Mode. It truly could be called powerful.
Moreover, this move was originally meant to explode inside a person's body.
"It's about time to end this."
Having received the current overall situation of Konoha from several Shadow Clone specifically used for observation, he felt the time was ripe to deal with Deidara and make his true appearance.
"Do you think you can escape my perception by hiding underground?"
Li Chuan looked at the ground not far ahead, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Although Deidara had very cleverly hidden his Chakra, he was still seen through at a glance.
Because recently, he had discovered a new ability of his Yin-Yang Eyes, or more precisely, developed a new usage based on his previous abilities.
That was the ability to directly see through souls.
No matter if the enemy was invisible, shapeshifting, or hiding underground, in trees, or behind any obstruction, as long as he wanted to, he could directly see the enemy's soul.
Now, he could clearly see Deidara's soul twenty meters ahead, six meters underground.
However, he could only see souls, not achieve x-ray vision, nor could he achieve effects similar to X-ray scans.
But he was already very satisfied with this function; at least, he wouldn't have to worry about being ambushed in the future.
You can change your appearance, hide your presence, contract your energy, but you can't change your soul, can you?
"Digging Up!"
Li Chuan pointed towards Deidara, and the magic effect of the Digging Charm immediately took effect.
Deidara, who was hiding underground, sensed that Li Chuan's Chakra presence hadn't weakened at all. Knowing that his Garuda explosion hadn't achieved the desired effect, he decided to continue hiding and wait for another opportunity to strike.
Unexpectedly, the soil around him suddenly disappeared, and he was directly exposed in front of Li Chuan.
Before he could form hand signs to cast Ninjutsu and escape, Li Chuan's figure had already appeared before him, flicking his forehead, causing him to instantly lose consciousness.
However, before losing consciousness, he understood one thing: the opponent had actually been toying with him the entire time, because if the opponent had been this fast from the beginning, he would have already been defeated in the sky.
"Stupefy!"
The moment Li Chuan stunned Deidara, he also simultaneously used the Stupefy Curse, ensuring Deidara was completely unconscious through both physical and magic means.
"One down."
Reaching out and picking up Deidara, whose forehead had a large bump, Li Chuan spread his Flying Sword Wings and flew directly towards Kisame at the South Gate.
"Is this what Konoha Ninja are like? They're nothing special!"
At the South Gate, Kisame, using his Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique to create a massive water sphere, directly swept in Asuma and the others who surrounded him.
He then summoned a large number of sharks, cooperating with Samehada, which had already merged with his body, to ruthlessly slaughter and harvest.
Soon, the huge water sphere was dyed blood red, and finally, only the strongest Asuma, Yuhi, and Anko Mitarashi, three Jonin, remained, struggling back to back.
However, all they had left was despair.
Asuma's Fire Release was countered by Water Release, Yuhi's Genjutsu was ineffective because Kisame had Samehada, and Anko Mitarashi, a special Jonin, was barely holding on with her snake-style Ninjutsu.
Furthermore, their Chakra was absorbed by Kisame with each clash, leaving them with very little left.
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