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Ohnoki was old after all. His Particle Style was indeed an excessive damage dealer that was almost irresistible, but in other aspects, the over-seventy-year-old Ohnoki couldn't compare with the Fourth Raikage, who was still considered to be in his prime.
This was absolutely the most valuable and challenging opponent Menma had encountered since coming to this world.
Win against him!
Defeat him here!
Whether for his own strategic considerations or for his competitive spirit!
At this moment, Menma's pupils were burning with full fighting spirit.
"Hmph, Menma Uzumaki, you really dare to appear in front of me actively. Speak, did you kill Darui! Did the Six-Tails also fall into your hands!"
The Fourth Raikage A snorted coldly. Those eyes filled with chill looked at Menma, and the killing intent all over his body was as thick as substance.
Ordinary people would tremble just by getting close.
They might even feel a suffocating fear that makes them want to commit suicide.
One must know that those who could become Kage had all waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Even that seemingly young and sunny Fourth Hokage—Minato Namikaze's hands were also stained with blood, weren't they?
"Oh? Are you talking about that white-haired Cloud ninja who could use Storm Style? That guy was indeed very strong, able to clash head-on with Utakata-san. Mhm, he indeed died in my hands. Who let him be so unlucky? As for Utakata-san, I just invited him to be a guest at my place. Does Your Excellency Raikage even have to manage this point?"
Menma said with a light smile.
Anyway, the pretense had been completely torn apart.
Menma didn't mind provoking this Fourth Raikage more. Whether it was useful or not was another matter, but what if his luck exploded and made him lose his reason due to rage?
"Menma Uzumaki!! You really deserve to die!!"
Receiving the confirmed words.
A look of extreme ruthlessness emerged in the Fourth Raikage's pupils.
Boom!
Chakra vented out.
Bzzt bzzt bzzt bzzt!
Veins popping up.
In an instant.
The powerful aura bursting out, the body pressing forward, the next second, it was like lightning blooming.
Directly flashing to Menma's close range again.
That speed soaring to the extreme.
"So fast!"
Even Menma, at that moment, his eyes couldn't keep up with this Fourth Raikage's speed.
Bang!
From the side-up position.
A dull sound transmitted.
Menma could only rely on instinctive reaction.
Directly strengthening the chakra barrier.
Under a heavy sound.
"Lightning Release: Lariat!!!"
The bent elbow, the tyrannical Lightning Style chakra, smashed heavily directly onto Menma's side.
"!?"
Even though he had prepared defense in advance.
But that powerful impact crashing down.
Still made Menma's body shake and fly backward rapidly.
Thud!
Smashing ruthlessly onto the ground.
"Cough cough cough..."
Directly choking on the dust entering his mouth.
slightly out of breath.
Menma coughed violently a few times.
His figure looked slightly wretched, but under the defense of Nine-Tails chakra and his own blocking, that strike just now only brought a certain degree of minor injury to Menma.
"Truly worthy of being the Raikage known as the fastest... Cough cough..."
Menma couldn't help but reveal a look of amazement.
Under the enhancement of Lightning Style chakra.
And the Hidden Cloud Village's unique nintaijutsu.
As well as successive Raikages paying great attention to squeezing and tempering their physical limits, almost every generation of Raikage was the representative of the fastest in their era!
Not necessarily the only one.
But definitely one of them.
Menma had already achieved various strengthenings of his body through physical tempering and experimental catalysis. Now, even under the enhancement of Nine-Tails chakra, he actually couldn't keep up with this Raikage's speed.
He had to admit this Fourth Raikage was really strong enough.
If it were the strongest Third Raikage among successive Raikages.
That strike just now.
Without changing other conditions.
Menma might have been seriously injured directly.
But this didn't exceed Menma's expectations.
In the original story, he was an existence capable of clashing with that Ninja World Asura—Madara Uchiha. Although Madara was just strolling leisurely in the mortal world the whole time, at least he was qualified to be toyed with by Madara. This "glory" wasn't something anyone was qualified to obtain.
He hadn't broken through the Super Kage level yet.
But he was absolutely a Kage-level ceiling existence.
Whoosh!
Looking at that lightning figure approaching him rapidly again.
Menma took a deep breath.
Clap!
Hands clapping together.
"Wind Style: Divine Storm Jutsu!"
Rapidly completed seals.
Subsequently extracting a large amount of chakra.
The next second.
Menma's abdomen bulged, inhaling and exhaling.
In the frontal position, a strong wind rose, forming an invisible wind tide directly, attacking fiercely towards the position of the Fourth Raikage rushing frontally.
In the area covered comprehensively.
"Hmph!"
That Fourth Raikage snorted coldly.
Bang!
Forcibly accelerating.
Flashing quickly in mid-air, like a shaking afterimage.
Bursting out even stronger momentum.
Not meaning to dodge at all.
Just pushing up straight and hard like that.
Bang!
"Bzzt!!"
Wind tearing and lightning exploding!
The falling clamorous sound.
Yet it couldn't stop the Fourth Raikage's advancing steps at all, nor did it bring any substantial damage to him.
Wind overcomes Lightning.
But that was for collisions between ordinary ninja under techniques of the same level.
For an existence of the Fourth Raikage's level.
Under the condition of attaching Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
99% of Wind Style techniques in the ninja world couldn't hurt him.
Attacks completely unnecessary to dodge.
Unwilling to waste even 0.1 seconds of time, just such a violent and strong posture, 100% Raikage style.
Crushing forward figure.
Clatter!
The next moment.
Suddenly.
Two golden chains flew fiercely.
Incredibly swift speed.
Clang!
Extremely tricky angle.
"What!?"
Under the circumstance where even the Fourth Raikage couldn't react in time.
Rushing straight for his arms.
Although unclear what these two golden chains were.
But the Fourth Raikage's intuition told him he absolutely couldn't be bound by them. Once entangled, it would definitely be a troublesome existence!
Rapidly flashing figure.
This time the Fourth Raikage no longer faced the impact directly.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang!"
Instead, after turning around and changing angle, he formed seals immediately with both hands, clapping down.
Rumble!
In the upper position.
After a burst of lightning and thunder.
A raging giant lightning ball appeared out of thin air.
Directly in the position between the two golden chains.
"Explode!"
Exploding abruptly.
Rumble!
Momentum spreading in reverse.
The subsequently vibrating space.
Menma's figure couldn't stop shaking slightly. The next second, lightning flashed, and the Fourth Raikage's figure took this opportunity to press directly in front of Menma.
Arms crossed, held high.
"Lightning Release: Lariat!"
Blatantly aiming at Menma's vital position.
Swift and ruthless smashing offensive.
Under direct distance.
Bang!
Menma's eyes hardened.
Similarly not avoiding or dodging.
'Kurama!'
A roar in his heart.
Whoosh!!!
Instantly.
Massive chakra vented out accordingly.
In the whistling angle.
Scarlet chakra condensed into shape like substance, turning into two huge palms.
Bang!
In the frontal position.
Withstanding the Fourth Raikage's strike in a very fierce manner.
Power transmitted under heavy pressure.
Bursting air waves.
Rumble!
Rippling out layer by layer.
Bzzt bzzt bzzt bzzt!
Controlled electric current spread down rapidly under the Fourth Raikage's dominance.
Attempting to cover up.
But Menma wouldn't give the Fourth Raikage such a chance.
Another chakra palm manifested.
Hum!
Scarlet chakra gathered in an instant.
"Spiralling Ring!"
As a dark chakra sphere formed.
Menma also controlled it to press down rapidly towards the Fourth Raikage's position.
Close-range confrontation.
Terrifying aura that could be fully felt.
The Fourth Raikage's face was ferocious.
"Lightning Oppression Horizontal!"
But still with no intention of retreating, the strongly erupting Lightning Style chakra, like a giant pair of scissors, forcibly broke open the outer layer of Nine-Tails chakra cloak attached by Menma.
Sharp offensive pressing down directly.
Obviously intending to use his own injury to exchange for a one-hit kill on Menma!!
He had sufficient confidence in his defense.
Even more convinced of his speed and strength.
Exchanging a little injury for Menma's heavy damage was a very profitable deal. This Fourth Raikage seemed to already see the prospect of his victory, considering for a moment to hold back a little later.
This was the priceless Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!
Absolutely couldn't kill him at once.
Their Hidden Cloud Village was determined to get the Nine-Tails!
But this Fourth Raikage obviously thought too much.
The attack assaulting strongly.
This was still a development not exceeding Menma's expectations. Slightly widened pupils, meeting that huge thunder fist close at hand.
There was no wavering or fear deep in Menma's eyes.
In less than 0.1 seconds.
Clang!
A special kunai appeared suddenly.
That kunai flashing directly to the Fourth Raikage's left side, seen from the corner of the eye, subconsciously glancing at the special rune mark on the kunai.
"This is!? Could it be?"
The memory from more than a decade ago sealed in the brain was instantly triggered at this moment.
Just as that premonition emerged in his heart.
Whoosh!
At a close point.
Menma's figure flashed.
Seeming to turn into a red light.
Scene of disappearing out of thin air.
"Not good!"
Almost exactly the same scene.
In a moment.
It was the Fourth Raikage with a tight heart, in a mid-air posture, wanting to twist his body forcibly.
In less than a second.
Menma seemed to appear suddenly from the void.
Holding tightly the previous kunai.
Swish!
Stabbing fiercely and directly towards the Fourth Raikage's weakest eyeball position.
Clang!
Fortunately, the Fourth Raikage's reaction speed was fast enough.
Immediately turning over his body.
Clang!
Crossing hands.
Directly relying on the huge metal bracers on his wrists to block Menma's strike.
But in the rear position, the Spiralling Ring held in that huge chakra palm of Menma smashed heavily onto the Fourth Raikage's side abdomen.
Massive power released upwards.
Defense broken through with incomparable strength.
Bang!
Terrifying impact transmitted directly upwards.
The Fourth Raikage's figure flew backward rapidly after trembling violently.
Rumble!
Dragging out an extremely exaggerated gully on the ground, and crashing down several big trees successively before stopping his figure.
Unparalleled destructiveness.
The attacked spot directly became scorched black.
Feeling the waves of pain coming from that wound, the Fourth Raikage couldn't control it in the first instant. With sweetness in his throat, he spat out a mouthful of extremely thick blood directly.
Aura weakened a bit at this moment.
"Bastard!"
The Fourth Raikage A, who hadn't been injured for many years.
At this moment, his face was full of rage.
He was actually injured, and by a 13-year-old brat. Even if Menma was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, for the Fourth Raikage, this was a great humiliation!!
Proud as the Fourth Raikage, how could he accept such a stimulus!?
Rumble!
Chakra vented out further.
Rising air waves.
Whoosh!
Wind tides swept up around, enough to prove the agitated emotions of this Fourth Raikage at this moment.
But at this moment.
The angrier the Fourth Raikage was inside, the calmer his brain became instead.
Not for other reasons.
Just because Menma's strength really far exceeded the Fourth Raikage's previous expectations. He could actually use Nine-Tails chakra to this extent.
The six swaying demon fox tails in the rear position were so conspicuous, so terrifying.
More importantly.
What happened just that instant.
Menma's body movement that couldn't be captured by the naked eye at all.
Absolutely wasn't Body Flicker Jutsu!
In this ninja world, there absolutely didn't exist a human who could escape his eye capture relying solely on physical speed.
And Menma's move just now was simply like a scene reenactment.
"Flying Thunder God Jutsu! Fourth Hokage!!!"
At this moment, just like that moment.
Menma's face.
In the eyes of the Fourth Raikage A, already overlapped infinitely with that Fourth Hokage, except for hair color.
Menma at this moment really was infinitely close to the Fourth Hokage back then.
Space-time ninjutsu transcending the physical level!
Back then, the Fourth Raikage A and his sworn brother Killer B suffered a not small loss at Minato's hands because of this point.
Couldn't say it was a defeat.
But from the scene point of view.
Minato was ultimately a cut above.
Flying Thunder God Jutsu!
Because of this, it thoroughly entered the Fourth Raikage's view. Originally, after so many years, no one in the Hidden Leaf reproduced this jutsu, and the Fourth Raikage almost forgot.
However, today, right here.
Menma made the Fourth Raikage recall that unpleasant past again!