Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Stunning Battle, Powerful Forth Raikage
In Kumogakure Village, which had become a battlefield, the battle was extremely intense. Just as the fight reached its peak, Itachi and Sasuke intervened.
The Forth Raikage was quite shocked. "What on earth are the people from Konoha up to?"
"The Akatsuki Organization has targeted the Tailed Beasts in Kumogakure Village. If the Akatsuki manages to seize them, Konoha will be the next target," Itachi declared grandly.
"We must nip the Akatsuki's scheme in the bud here," Sasuke added.
Sasuke thought, "These lies were what Naruto told me to say. Next, my target is her..."
Sasuke looked at Ni Yumumen. He recognized her strength.
A powerful kunoichi like her is the perfect candidate to expand the Uchiha clan.
Right then, Ni Yumumen was on the verge of collapse. Her hair was disheveled and her robe was in tatters, and she could barely stand.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu[b]Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu[/b]!" Sasuke struck first. He leaped above Kakuzu's head and spat out a huge fireball directly at him.
Kakuzu kept evading Sasuke's attacks.
"Damn it, another annoying guy showed up," Hidan quickly licked the blood from his scythe.
Hidan's skin changed, and strange patterns appeared all over his body. He looked extremely odd.
Hidan quickly moved his feet, drawing a strange pattern on the ground.
Ni Yumumen sensed something was seriously amiss.
Hidan thrust a steel rod into his body and let out a pain-filled scream.
Ni Yumumen felt the same pain and instantly collapsed onto the ground.
Hidan kept inserting steel rods into his body, and Ni Yumumen's body was covered in blood. Eventually, she fell into a pool of it.
"Enough," Kakuzu quickly stopped Hidan. "Stop. The Two-Tailed Jinchuriki is about to die."
Sasuke was furious that the girl he had his eye on was being tortured mercilessly.
"Lightning Release: Chidori[b]Lightning Release: Chidori[/b]!" Sasuke charged towards Kakuzu at an extremely high speed, holding the Chidori in his hand.
Kakuzu was standing on the outer edge. Sasuke had to get rid of him first to get to Hidan.
Unexpectedly, a bolt of lightning shot towards Kakuzu even faster than Sasuke.
After overtaking Sasuke, the lightning bolt didn't stop but accelerated straight towards Kakuzu.
It was the Forth Raikage. The Raikage transformed into lightning and appeared in front of Kakuzu, putting a thick arm across his neck.
Kakuzu couldn't believe it and glanced in the other direction.
Kakuzu thought to himself, "How is this possible? Didn't Pain hold the Raikage back? Why is the Raikage here? What on earth happened to Pain?"
Kakuzu looked at another area and saw that Pain's Asura Path, Human Path, Animal Path, Preta Path, and Naraka Path were all lying on the ground.
Kakuzu was shocked! He knew Pain's strength but hadn't noticed that the Raikage had taken down the five Pain bodies so quickly.
The Forth Raikage gritted his teeth, his hair standing on end and his eyebrows furrowed in rage, looking like a vengeful demon.
The Forth Raikage showed no mercy. He rushed to Kakuzu's side and used his arm as a machete to chop off Kakuzu's head.
After the Raikage took care of Kakuzu, his eyes still regarded Kakuzu's headless body with utter disdain, as if it were an ant.
Hidan returned to his normal state. Seeing the Raikage kill Kakuzu with a single blow, he immediately sensed something was wrong.
"Tsk, where the hell did Zetsu go?" Hidan said. "The Two-Tailed has been subdued. Why hasn't Zetsu come to take away the Two-Tailed Jinchuriki?"
At this moment, the Raikage's eyes, filled with a menacing killing intent, turned towards Hidan.
Feeling the Raikage's murderous gaze, Hidan couldn't help but shiver.
Just as the Raikage was about to make a move, Kakuzu's headless body unexpectedly stood up, and another head emerged from behind.
Wind Release! Pressure Damage![b]Wind Release! Pressure Damage![/b] Kakuzu came back to life and launched a powerful Wind Release ninjutsu at the Raikage's back.
Suddenly, a tornado of extremely high density erupted, like a heavy wind cannon, as if it could tear the entire earth apart.
The Raikage took the full brunt of this Wind Release jutsu.
After the Wind Release jutsu ended, the earth was left with terrifying claw marks, which were scraped out by the wind.
Even the earth could hardly withstand Kakuzu's Wind Release, but the Raikage, who was directly hit by this move, seemed to be unscathed.
The Raikage's face grew even uglier, and he looked as if he wanted to swallow Kakuzu alive.
"Impossible! How could such a high - level ninjutsu not cause any damage at all?" Kakuzu exclaimed in shock.
The Raikage charged forward again, locking his target on Kakuzu.
The Raikage's speed was far beyond imagination. Kakuzu knew that his speed could never match the Raikage's.
"Can't escape! Can't avoid it!" Kakuzu thought to himself. "I have to fight!"
Fire Release! Head Hardship![b]Fire Release! Head Hardship![/b] Kakuzu used two ninjutsus in a row. "Wind Release! Pressure Damage![b]Wind Release! Pressure Damage![/b]"
The wind fanned the flames, and the flames were fanned even stronger by the wind.
The tornado fueled the raging fire. Several fire dragons merged to form a sea of fire, turning everything in its path into scorched earth.
Kakuzu used the dual ninjutsu of fire and wind to create a huge wave of fire, attempting to block the Raikage's attack.
However, what happened next was beyond Kakuzu's expectations.
Blue chakra emerged from the Raikage's whole body, and his overall defense reached an astonishing level. He rushed headlong into the huge wave of fire.
The huge wave of fire couldn't halt the Raikage's advance. Kakuzu felt extremely powerless.
"Such a fierce fire can't even slow down the Raikage." Kakuzu had no other tricks left up his sleeve. He only had one last move left: "Earth Release! Earth Spear![b]Earth Release! Earth Spear![/b]"
Kakuzu used his strongest defensive jutsu, making his whole body as hard as rock.
The Raikage charged forward and punched straight through Kakuzu. It was as easy as piercing through a piece of paper.
Kakuzu had already guessed this result because Lightning Release restrains Earth Release.
If there were any other way, Kakuzu wouldn't want to face the Raikage.
The Raikage could be said to be Kakuzu's nemesis. Although Kakuzu could use ninjutsus of five attributes, he couldn't break through the Raikage's physical defense.
All of Kakuzu's methods were ineffective against the Raikage.
On the other hand, every punch from the Raikage was a fatal blow to Kakuzu.
"It seems that an ordinary punch can't kill you completely," the Raikage tensed the muscles on his face and gritted his teeth tightly.
The Raikage punched continuously. Each punch was infused with lightning - attribute Chakra and landed heavily on Kakuzu.
In fact, if the Raikage had thrown just two more punches, Kakuzu would have died completely.
However, the Raikage was not at ease. He was worried that Kakuzu would stand up again, so he threw a total of a hundred punches in a row.
The Raikage pounded Kakuzu into dust[b]dust[/b].
After Kakuzu was ground into dust by the punches, the Raikage straightened up again, tightly clenched his fists, and turned his gaze towards Hidan.
At this time, Hidan was in a fierce battle with Sasuke. Seeing that Kakuzu was dead, Hidan began to have the intention to retreat.
"What the hell's going on today? Is the combat power of Kumogakure Village really that strong? Even Kakuzu bites the dust here. Dammit!"
Hidan glanced at the five Pain bodies on the ground. Since even the boss of the Akatsuki Organization has been defeated, it looks like he can't stay in the Akatsuki anymore.
Hidan immediately fled out of Kumogakure Village.
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