Chapter 74: Victory and Defeat

"Shakuton... Is indeed a really troublesome skill."

Yeruashi stared at Pakura.

From what he recalled, Pakura was known as the Hero of Sunagakure, it could be said that her status in Sunagakure was equivalent to that of the White Fang in Konoha, as a result, she ended up being killed by the superiors of Sunagakure after the war because her merits on the battlefield were too much and threatened Rasa's position as Kazekage.

Since she was able to obtain the hero status of her village in the future, this mission was probably successfully accomplished and Konoha suffered heavy losses.

But, Pakura ran into him.

Judging by the fluctuations of chakra in Pakura's body, he is already at the Kage level, but he must have reached it recently, and he still does not reach the level of Konoha's White Fang.

This was Yeruashi's first encounter against a Kage level enemy.

Initially, he was going to quickly deal with Sunagakure ninjas, but he didn't expect that there would be a fairly well-known character on his side, in any case, it's only a bit more troublesome for Yeruashi.

Because...

Shakuton is nothing before the power of time.

"I'll get used to the Kusanagi sword first."

After muttering in his mind, Yeruashi tightly gripped the hilt of the Kusanagi sword with his right hand and this time, instead of charging towards Pakura, he swung his sword from afar.

Whoosh!!!

The blade, wrapped in lightning, grazed the air, creating a trail of flames and releasing a moonbow-shaped slash, with the two tips of the moonbow intertwining with the flames as if they were connecting to form a full moon.

Pakura was a bit surprised that Yeruashi could unleash a long-range attack, but he didn't panic and waved his hand, sending a sphere of fire towards the crescent moon.

Boom!!!

At the moment the fireball and the lunar slash collided, an explosion erupted.

A crater with a diameter of several meters appeared on the ground, ripples rippled through the yellow barrier.

"You're not going to fight at close range anymore?"

Pakura remained calm, "But long-range attack is my strong point!"

She waved her left hand, sending a sphere of fire in Yeruashi's direction, and then immediately waved her right hand, sending another fireball.

Seeing this, Yeruashi swung the Kusanagi sword sharply twice in a row, sending two round moons entwined with flames that collided with the two fireballs in the air.

Boom! Boom!!!

There were two more explosions.

The aftermath of the explosion forced Yeruashi to close his eyes, but the Kusanagi sword didn't stop in the slightest as it kept swinging him towards Pakura.

Whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!!!!

One by one, three crescent-shaped slashes flew towards Pakura, slicing through the air and shattering the ground.

Pakura's expression abruptly changed.

How can such an attack be used continuously!!!!

It doesn't make sense!

He could see that Yeruashi was combining lightning nature chakra and incredible speed to form a ranged attack, but that should consume much more chakra and physical stamina than his Kekkei Genkai.

"Shakuton: Extremely Smoky Assassination!"

Although she didn't know where Yeruashi was getting the stamina to compete with her in terms of physical endurance, Pakura let out a low bellow and raised her hands in Yeruashi's direction, fireballs continuously erupting from her palms and flying in Yeruashi's direction, colliding with the flaming moons Yeruashi sent in her direction.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!!

A series of powerful explosions erupted.

Although the explosions occurred almost in the center of the barrier, but their effects caused the entire yellow pyramid to fluctuate noticeably, which caused the expressions of the Jounins to change dramatically, and they struggled to maintain the stability of the barrier.

As they watched the scene inside the barrier, they could not help but be surprised.

They are familiar with Pakura's strength and fully understand his strengths.

However, this young ninja was able to resist Pakura's Shakuton from a distance!

This Konoha ninja was even stronger than expected, if they would not face him here, but on the battlefield, he would be an extremely difficult opponent to deal with!

"He can't be left alive..."

"Pakura, kill him!"

The Sunagakure ninja outside the barrier couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The strength that Yeruashi had revealed was somewhat terrifying, and if he were outside the barrier, the situation would be extremely dangerous, but inside the barrier, with the Kekkei Genkai Shakuton, Pakura had a great advantage!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!

Another series of explosions thundered.

The effects of the explosions that affected the barrier gradually accumulated.

Inside, the scene was total chaos, it was hard enough to see anything from the outside, only powerful explosions could be heard again and again, shaking the barrier.

As the battle continued.

Pakura, who was originally calm, began to panic.

"This guy..."

Pakura found it hard to believe, but his chakra had already been depleted by more than half, and this guy continued to calmly attack without showing any signs of exhaustion, no, The power of his attacks was even gradually increasing!

Unless his chakra is infinite?!

No!

This can't go on!!!

Pakura gritted his teeth, it wasn't that he was afraid to continue the battle, but the constant explosions caused significant damage to the barrier, if this continued, the barrier wouldn't last long!

This battle had become a battle of attrition, and if they continued like this, the barrier wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.

"Advance!"

A hint of determination shone in Pakura's eyes.

At this point, he had already realized how terrifying Yeruashi was, once he let Yeruashi escape, he would cause an unimaginable massacre on the battlefield, and because of his terrifying speed, he was also hard to contain, so he had to be killed here!

Pakura took a deep breath and waved his hands, sending two heat spheres in Yeruashi's direction to prevent him from interfering.

"Shakuton: Great Smoky Explosive Blast!"

An abundant stream of chakra gushed out, forming several fireballs, all the fireballs swirled and converged in his palm, forming a large fireball, which Pakura then threw forcefully towards Yeruashi.

Boom!!!

There was an explosion that caused a small earthquake.

The yellow barrier finally broke and shattered, sending a large amount of dirt and dust flying sideways.

The Jounins holding the barrier were simultaneously ejected, with the chakras in their bodies in disarray, and blood spurted from their mouths due to the destruction of the barrier.

"Pakura!"

Whoosh, whoosh!!!!

Without worrying about their injuries, the three of them immediately rolled after landing on the ground and rushed in Pakura's direction.

They saw that after releasing the large fireball, Pakura himself could not withstand the aftershocks of the explosion and his entire body was thrown backwards, his clothes being destroyed and burned, with large burns on his body.

"Ahem..."

Pakura, barely able to stand up with the help of a Jounin, smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect the battle to be so hard, it would probably affect the mission."

After such an attack, Yeruashi's body will most likely not even be found, but he also received serious injuries, they will be difficult to heal completely before the start of the most important part of the mission.

"That ninja is probably Konoha's secret weapon, and just like our ambush, killing him is already enough to affect the course of the entire war."

One of the Jounin beside him said with relief.

To push Pakura-sama to such an extent? That ninja's strength is truly terrifying!

After making sure that Pakura's life was not in danger, one of the Jounins headed towards the destroyed barrier, intending to examine the remains of the Konoha ninja, perhaps it would be possible to find a forehead protector or something else.