Chapter 135: The Third Raikage vs. Titan Kong – Brutal Stalemate, White Fang's Desperate Attack, and the Frontline Falls into Chaos
The ninjas on the battlefield, witnessing this horrifying scene, frantically fled from the area around the meat sphere.
The Three Sannin also frowned upon seeing this bloody and brutal sight. The thing before them was truly incompatible with the Will of Fire!
Ōnoki, watching the scene, also lost any desire to mock.
As the eerie vines continued to extend outward, devouring flesh and blood, the meat sphere at the center grew larger and larger.
The Third Raikage A naturally sensed that the meat sphere was continuously growing stronger. He forcefully advanced toward it.
However, the vines of the meat sphere were even more disgusting and harder to destroy than the previous Wood Release. Previously, any Wood Release that touched his Armament Haki-covered Lightning Release armor would disintegrate.
But these damn vines would still tug at him before completely breaking.
Moreover, their terrifying vitality meant that for every one he destroyed, two or three more would immediately grow back.
This greatly slowed down the Third Raikage A's speed in approaching the meat sphere.
The Third Raikage A could only form seals again and punch out, condensing a new black panther.
It seemed that because the black panther had form yet was also formless, it was more agile in dodging than the Raikage's main body.
Finally, the black panther reached the front of the blood-meat sphere.
But at this moment, the blood-meat sphere had already grown to 10 meters tall. The black panther fearlessly leaped into the meat sphere.
The black Lightning Release coated with Armament Haki instantly spread across the surface of the meat sphere. The powerful destructive force blasted off chunks of small shredded flesh.
But the destruction came quickly and left just as fast. In only a few dozen seconds, the energy brought by the black panther completely disappeared into the meat sphere.
At this time, the meat sphere was covered in pits and craters, still emitting black smoke that seemed to come from carbonization.
Suddenly, the meat sphere began to undergo violent deformation, as if something was about to burst out.
With a roar of "ROAR!", a gigantic Titan Kong stood up from inside the meat sphere. The flesh and blood inside the sphere gradually transformed into its body.
This Titan Kong was blood-red all over, covered in dark red vines, its scarlet eyes staring fixedly at the Third Raikage A.
The Third Raikage A looked at the bizarre Kong standing nearly 50 meters tall in front of him, yet showed no fear.
This height was still shorter than the Eight-Tails. The Third Raikage directly charged toward the Titan Kong!
The ape-like Hiruzen, who had transformed into the Titan Kong, naturally refused to back down either. He roared and charged toward the Raikage.
It seemed he wanted revenge for nearly dying earlier.
When the two sides closed to a certain distance, the Titan Kong swung its fist. At the same time, the vines attached to the Titan Kong's arm rapidly extended.
It seemed they wanted to pull and restrict the enemy's movement.
The Third Raikage A, who had experience facing large creatures like tailed beasts, did not choose to meet force with force. Instead, he leaped into the air.
"Armament Haki · Lightning Brutal Level Thousand Generations Dance!" the Third Raikage A roared, unleashing this ultimate technique.
This move was a lightning-sharp hand blade he had honed through countless near-death trainings. In the past, he had used this hand blade to successfully sever the Eight-Tails' tail.
Now, when combined with top-tier Armament Haki, its destructive power reached an unprecedented level of terror. "AAAAAHH!" The Third Raikage A's roar shook the heavens. His eyes filled with rage and coldness as he viciously slashed at the Titan Kong's arm that had landed on the ground.
The vines blocking the way were instantly severed, as fragile as paper.
Accompanied by the sound of a massive object crashing down, the entire earth shook violently, as if it were about to split open.
Dust filled the air, making it impossible to see the situation ahead clearly.
Ōnoki, standing in the sky, however, saw everything clearly. The Third Raikage A had directly severed the Titan Kong's arm.
Watching the terrifying destructive power of the two Kage, a thought suddenly popped into his mind: Does this mean that without a fitting and powerful Teigu, one no longer qualifies to be a Kage?
The battle continued. As the smoke and dust dispersed, the ordinary ninjas on the periphery finally saw that the Titan Kong's arm had been completely cut off.
The Third Raikage A, breathing heavily, nodded in satisfaction. However, the Titan Kong's other fist, carrying terrifying momentum, descended right in front of him.
Although his Observation Haki had detected it in advance, the Titan Kong's fist came too fast, and the damn vines once again interfered with him.
The Third Raikage A directly took the full force of the Titan Kong's punch. He could only push his top-tier Armament Haki and Lightning Release armor to the extreme, and also use the Iron Body he had comprehended during his previous fight with Danzō.
In an instant, a sonic boom rang out. The Third Raikage A was sent flying like a cannonball into the distance.
Along the way, any ninjas he collided with were turned into minced meat as if they had been hit by a train while showing affection.
With a loud "BOOM!", the Third Raikage A was deeply embedded into a large rock.
Many Kumogakure ninjas' hearts rose to their throats. Even many Konoha ninjas were drawn to pay attention.
In this war, they had come to understand just how terrifying the power of top-tier Kage-level fighters was. It was a factor that could directly change the direction of the war.
Some people even thought: Why don't you big shots fight it out first? Whoever wins, we'll listen to them!
The Third Raikage A did not make his subordinates wait long. He laughed loudly as he walked out.
Seeing the Titan Kong's movements, he stopped pretending and charged toward the Titan Kong at a 100-meter sprint speed.
Because he saw that the Titan Kong was using its vines to pull its severed arm back, and then even using the vines to stitch the severed part back together.
It looked exactly like the "hand sanitizer warrior" who could restore a severed arm by smearing on some hand sanitizer.
The Third Raikage naturally would not allow the hard-earned result he had created to disappear so easily.
But by the time he approached again, the Titan Kong had already completed the arm repair. It swung its fist and attacked once more!
The two fought like this for a while longer. This time the Third Raikage still couldn't find a good opportunity to sever the opponent's arm or leg.
It wasn't that he didn't want to directly attack ape-like Hiruzen's head, but the current ape-like Hiruzen was too tall.
Even if he jumped to that height, his kinetic energy would easily disappear, turning him into a living target.
But through repeated probing, he also discovered the weakness of ape-like Hiruzen: after transforming into the Titan Kong, Hiruzen's intelligence had dropped significantly.
Previously, he simply didn't like using his brain too much, so he hadn't noticed. Only now, after realizing he couldn't win with pure power alone, did he start using his brain.
However, after transforming into the Titan Kong, ape-like Hiruzen seemed to possess infinite vitality. The Third Raikage simply could not defeat it.
What made the Third Raikage even more furious was that the Titan Kong, while fighting, would occasionally extend its vines to capture nearby Kumogakure ninjas as blood bags.
The battle between these two Kage had completely fallen into a stalemate. The fight had turned into a pure endurance contest!
On the other side of the battlefield, the situation suddenly drew everyone's attention again due to Ōnoki's roar.
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