"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
Uchiha Yusuke swung his blade, unleashing a rapid chain of slashes.
The Fourth Raikage's hair stood on end!
He immediately pushed the Lightning Release chakra's activation to its absolute peak.
In this state, the Raikage's neural reflex speed was already close to the "Yellow Flash."
Yusuke's flying slashes were fast, but the Fourth Raikage could still evade them.
Being pressed and beaten down by Uchiha Yusuke the whole time had already made the Fourth Raikage see red.
With a roar, he swung his arm like a cleaver.
"Lightning Horizontal Chop!"
The Fourth Raikage's speed was outrageous—he appeared in front of Yusuke in an instant.
Yusuke's pupils tightened slightly.
"This speed… so fast!"
The Raikage's arm cut straight for Yusuke's throat.
Yusuke couldn't dodge in time, so he could only rely on his Fire Release Chakra Mode's elementalization to tank it.
"Crack—"
With one strike, Raikage A "lopped off" Yusuke's head—yet there was no blood, only a blazing mass of fire.
Even the Fourth Raikage was startled.
He'd already heard from Yugito that Uchiha Yusuke possessed a technique that ignored physical attacks, but he hadn't expected that even his limit-breaking speed still couldn't break through it.
Yusuke's elementalization triggered automatically the moment he took a hit—like a passive skill. Speed couldn't "outplay" it.
The only weakness of elementalization was stamina consumption.
If the Fourth Raikage wanted to actually hurt Yusuke, he'd have to keep attacking until Yusuke's stamina ran dry.
But the Fourth Raikage refused to believe it.
Against other ninja, his taijutsu was practically unstoppable. He refused to accept that his ninjutsu-enhanced body techniques couldn't handle Uchiha Yusuke.
The Fourth Raikage clenched his fists and attacked again.
"I don't believe I can't deal with you!"
"Lightning Horizontal Chop: Thousandfold Dance!"
His iron fists moved like lightning. Yusuke stayed calm and didn't dodge at all.
Let him be strong—like a breeze brushing a mountain ridge.
Let him be fierce—like moonlight shining over a great river.
Let him be vicious, let him be cruel—he'd act like none of it mattered.
…
After pounding away for a long while, the Fourth Raikage finally stopped.
Yusuke smiled faintly.
"Why'd you stop?"
"Your massage technique isn't bad."
Raikage A's teeth ached with rage.
But there was nothing he could do to Yusuke.
Just as the Fourth Raikage was running out of ideas, the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki—Killer B—finally arrived at the front.
"Big bro, why didn't you wait for me? You rushed in alone?"
"Baka yarō… kono yarō…"
Killer B then shifted his gaze to Uchiha Yusuke.
"Kid, you're strong. My brother's having a hard time—keep going and he might end up dying. Killer B-sama is here to help…"
He was about to continue his cringe rap when the Fourth Raikage quickly flew over and clamped a hand over his mouth.
A showdown between commanders was supposed to be serious!
Adding a terrible rap segment was just too embarrassing!
Yusuke, however, was genuinely interested in Killer B.
So this was the "Killer of Ninja" that Minato had praised?
The singing was awful, but the strength was no joke.
With the brothers reunited, the Fourth Raikage inflated again.
So what if you're the Uchiha clan head?
You're still just a brat who hasn't even dried behind the ears!
You learned a physical-attack immunity technique and now you think you can look down on all heroes under heaven?
Today, the Kumogakure AB Combination would teach you how to behave!
Konoha had no reinforcements, yet Uchiha Yusuke still chose to fight head-on.
In the Fourth Raikage's eyes, that was pure arrogance.
Of course, judging by the earlier exchange, Yusuke did have some capital to be proud of.
But thinking those tricks alone were enough to challenge the AB Combination?
Too naïve.
The Fourth Raikage and Killer B had rampaged across the ninja world for decades, rarely meeting equals. "Strongest duo" wasn't just a slogan.
Yusuke's techniques were bizarre—but the Fourth Raikage's confidence in the power of the two brothers was even stronger.
Slowly, the Fourth Raikage extended his right arm and shouted:
"Take this, brat!"
"I'll show you the true terror of Kumogakure's AB!"
Seeing his brother's motion, Killer B immediately understood.
"OK, big bro."
"Ultimate Ox Lightning Lariat!"
Facing the brothers' combined strike, even Yusuke's expression grew serious.
He could elementalize, but his stamina was still limited.
Under the relentless assault of two Kage-level monsters, he would eventually run out of gas.
"Boom boom boom—!"
The AB Combination's Lightning Lariat kept slamming into Yusuke, making ripples of flame surge across his body.
Yusuke seized an opening and counterattacked.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
The Fourth Raikage, protected by his lightning armor, used his bare hands to take the Great Fireball head-on.
Killer B was more rational. Against Yusuke's flaming shuriken barrage, he drew his blades and entered his self-created Eight-Sword Style.
The Fourth Raikage snorted and shook out his hand—he'd been scorched pretty badly punching that fireball.
Killer B took no damage at all.
With eight blades in hand, he spun happily in place.
He might look like he was flailing around, but his Eight-Sword Style was genuinely vicious.
Even Mangekyō Sasuke couldn't clearly read his blade paths, and Edo-Tensei Uchiha Itachi had once been forced to retreat repeatedly against it.
Killer B's eight blades danced wildly, and Yusuke didn't hesitate—he drew his own sword.
If you want to play with steel, then I'll play with steel.
"Clang clang clang…"
The battlefield rang with crisp metal-on-metal impacts.
In the blink of an eye, Yusuke and Killer B had already exchanged dozens of strikes.
Killer B grew more and more hyped—then he flipped into a handstand.
"Dance!"
"Dance like a butterfly!"
In the next instant, Killer B looked like he'd been possessed by Uchiha Madara—turning into a full-on battlefield dance king.
"Wild Weaving Heron: Beheading Blade!"
Yusuke remained calm and swung once.
"One-Sword Style: Shiranui."
"SHING!"
With a clear sword ring, the thrown blades were knocked apart and scattered across the ground.
But the Fourth Raikage wasn't above playing dirty.
While Yusuke and Killer B were trading blows, the Raikage launched a sneak attack from behind.
"Heavy Flow Storm!"
Yusuke suddenly felt a fierce gust slam into his back. He spun around—
and took the hit squarely.
"BAM!"
Even though Yusuke could elementalize, the violent storm impact still blasted him off his footing and sent him tumbling.
Seeing Yusuke looking slightly disheveled, the Fourth Raikage felt the thrill of revenge.
Wasn't it fun chopping me earlier?
Now it's my turn to pin you down and beat you.
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