Chapter 53: Cursed Seal of Heaven, Ultimate Counter-Kill!
Hearing Ye Ju's reminder, Zhang Xiaolin and the others also immediately discovered that Jiang Chen was not within the Earth Release barrier.
"Xiao Tu, when you just performed the Earth Release barrier, did you not include Jiang Chen?"
Zhang Xiaolin looked at Xiao Tu with a solemn expression and asked.
Xiao Tu had a face full of innocence: "I swear to God, I saw everyone together just now, so I used this barrier skill. How could I have known Jiang Chen would suddenly disappear?"
Tang Si frowned and said: "Could it be that Jiang Chen deliberately left this barrier on his own?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was clearly stunned for a moment.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely not think in that direction.
After all, that dense swarm of ice needles just now was like a hail of bullets.
If they hadn't hidden inside this Earth Release barrier,
they would likely have been shot full of holes like a hornet's nest by now.
But.
If that person was Jiang Chen, then it was really hard to say.
Because they were now completely unable to gauge that guy's true strength.
...
Meanwhile.
Outside the Earth Release barrier.
Jiang Chen was carrying his Thunder Blade, weaving through the dense ice needles.
At this moment, he had increased his own speed to the limit.
Within the space enclosed by the ice mirrors, afterimages flickered like ghosts, and his flashing figure could be seen in almost every corner.
However.
No matter how much Jiang Chen increased his speed, he was ultimately unable to capture Haku's true body in time.
The opponent's teleportation speed within the Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals was too fast.
Jiang Chen felt that within this space, Haku's speed had almost reached the same level as Minato Namikaze.
His Body Flicker Technique was inherited from Six Paths Naruto.
Although it was only at 21% for now, it was already superior to the vast majority of people.
Yet even so, facing Haku's Ice Mirror teleportation, he was still just a little bit short.
It really was just a tiny bit.
Every time he used Body Flicker to get there, Haku would just happen to withdraw his hand after throwing an ice needle, then appear on another ice mirror.
If his speed could increase just a little more, he would be able to catch the opponent.
However, that is how battles between Ninja are.
A miss by an inch is a loss by a mile!
Sometimes, the slightest difference can determine the outcome of a battle.
However, Jiang Chen was not without options at this moment.
If he activated Tailed Beast Mode now, he could absolutely crush Haku with ease.
But the problem was, his current Tailed Beast Mode was uncontrollable.
If he activated Tailed Beast Mode, Haku and Zabuza would die, but Zhang Xiaolin and the others would also be unable to escape that fate.
And he himself would suffer from the backlash of Tailed Beast Chakra, needing to rest for a period of time to recover.
Therefore, unless it was an absolute last resort, he would never activate Tailed Beast Mode!
"If I can't activate Tailed Beast Mode, then I'll just have to try that skill..."
Jiang Chen flashed back to the ground. After casually slashing and shattering hundreds of incoming ice needles, his eyes trembled, and his body instantly shuddered slightly.
The next second, he saw streaks of black markings suddenly spread from the back of his neck, quickly covering his entire body and wrapping him tightly.
"Cursed Seal of Heaven · Form One · Activate!"
As the black markings spread across his whole body, a strange type of Chakra also appeared on Jiang Chen.
The Cursed Seal of Heaven Form One could enhance a person's speed and strength.
Although this attribute enhancement wasn't as great as Tailed Beast Mode, it had the advantage of being stable and could be controlled by him.
As for the side effects, for Jiang Chen, who possessed Six Paths attributes, they could be completely ignored.
This skill was also unlocked when he reached level 21.
Actually, Jiang Chen also felt it was very strange, because he remembered that Sasuke's Cursed Seal of Heaven had been extracted by his big brother in the later stages.
By the Fourth War, the opponent shouldn't have had the Cursed Seal of Heaven anymore.
However, he was too lazy to think about those things now.
Since he had unlocked this skill and he happened to be able to use it right now, he would just use it first!
"What is going on? This strange Chakra aura..."
At this moment, Haku also sensed the strange Chakra emanating from Jiang Chen, and his heart tightened suddenly.
He began to concentrate, launching attacks on Jiang Chen from within the ice mirrors at an even faster speed.
Even the ice needles turned into more lethal Ice Release Shuriken.
Haku wanted to continue exhausting Jiang Chen in this way, but this time, he miscalculated.
After activating the Cursed Seal of Heaven, Jiang Chen's speed and strength had clearly improved by another level.
He had just reached out to throw an ice needle from the ice mirror when his wrist was grabbed by Jiang Chen, who had flashed over.
Subsequently, Jiang Chen gripped his steel blade, which was wreathed in lightning, with one hand.
While pulling Haku out from inside the ice mirror, he thrust with his blade, directly piercing his heart.
"—Pfft!"
Haku opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Lightning flashed, and the animal mask on Haku's face was shattered by the electric current, revealing the delicate, handsome face of a young boy underneath.
"Zabuza-sama, I'm sorry, I've disappointed you again..."
Haku turned his head to look at Zabuza lying on the ground, his eyes full of self-reproach and apology.
After saying these last words, he collapsed at Jiang Chen's feet.
"Ah—"
Suddenly, perhaps sensing that Haku's aura had disappeared, Zabuza, who had fallen into a state of turtle-hibernation, actually broke through the steel needles sealing his acupoints and roared as he stood up from the ground.
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Zabuza quickly formed hand seals with both hands, converting all the Chakra in his body into a surging curtain of water.
This was his final strike, using all his strength.
In an instant, a giant wave, tens of meters high, roared into existence, rushing toward Jiang Chen with a momentum that blotted out the sky and sun.
The power of this technique was enough to destroy everything on the ground.
Being able to create such a terrifying Water Release Ninjutsu in a place without water showed just how high Zabuza's attainments in Water Release were.
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
However, facing Zabuza's final strike, Jiang Chen also formed hand seals and unleashed the same Ninjutsu.
Although his [Great Waterfall Technique] was copied using the Sharingan, under the augmentation of the Cursed Seal of Heaven and Six Paths attributes, its power was even more terrifying than Zabuza's.
"—Boom!"
The two giant waves collided in mid-air, erupting with a deafening roar.
When the giant waves dispersed, this, the most prosperous town within the Land of Waves, had already turned into a vast ocean.
"Notification: Instance Dungeon quest completed. The entire team receives the following rewards: 10,000 EXP, 1 B-rank Ninjutsu skill (random), 50 Kunai, 200 Shuriken, and 30 explosive tags!"
"Notification: Congratulations on breaking the Instance Dungeon completion record. All team members receive an additional 5,000 EXP!"
"Notification: Congratulations on being the first team to clear the [Land of Waves (Hell)] Instance Dungeon. All team members are rewarded with 1 Golden Treasure Chest!"
At this moment, the notification sound suddenly rang out.
Jiang Chen turned his head to look. It turned out that the heavily injured Zabuza had died from exhaustion after using his final Water Release technique, collapsing onto the ground!
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