Chapter 10: Hanma's Trump Card.

Tsunade slowly stood up like a furious lioness, spat out a thick clot of blood, and coldly stared at Hanma.

Hanma didn't care about Tsunade's gaze. In fact, to powerful ninjas, there is no distinction of gender. Giving it their all is the greatest respect for Tsunade.

Without any hesitation, Hanma quickly increased the distance between them. Before fully understanding the instant ocular jutsu, he needed to avoid its sharp edge.

"Clan leader, do you still have such a big surprise for me?" Hanma asked with a constipated expression as he looked at the elder.

He really didn't expect such a thing to happen. This old man actually had a Mangekyou Sharingan?

The elder, filled with enthusiasm as if he had returned to his invincible twenties, responded proudly, "Junior, the glory of the Uchiha clan is something I merely inherited."

Hanma's mouth twitched. This old man, talk about speaking with pride. He even brought out phrases from the Sengoku era.

The situation was gradually becoming clearer. Both Tsunade and the elder displayed excellent offensive and defensive capabilities, and with the elder's mysterious ocular jutsu, forcing someone to retreat was no longer feasible.

It seemed that Hanma's chances of winning were at their lowest at the moment.

The elder smiled, looked at Hanma, and said:

"For so long, you have been relying solely on physical strength and that strange blood energy to fight.

Where is your chakra? Your ninjutsu and taijutsu? You don't think you can defeat the two of us with just taijutsu, do you?"

Most of the observing elite ninjas nodded slowly, especially Hyuga Tenzou.

With his clan's Byakugan, he had long noticed something peculiar about Hanma. This person didn't use chakra to fight!

Hanma sighed and looked at Tsunade who was already itching for a fight. He clasped his hands together and stopped the effect of the "Heaven and Earth Furnace" status.

Due to his extreme dislike for the high-attack, low-defense nature of shinobi, Hanma almost always kept the "Heaven and Earth Furnace" active, continuously enhancing his body with his chakra.

Hanma was not unfamiliar with ninjutsu. On the contrary, he had a basic grasp of the five elemental ninjutsu, and his prowess in taijutsu was considered top-notch in the ninja world.

However, using elemental ninjutsu in battles didn't help accumulate experience for his taijutsu skills.

Moreover, against most enemies, three punches and two kicks were enough, making it unnecessary to waste chakra.

Gradually, Hanma got used to solving enemies with just taijutsu, rarely using elemental ninjutsu.

Due to his previous life's understanding of the Otsutsuki, he deeply realized that without mastering Sage Mode, chakra's significance in later stages was minimal.

Without a platform to obtain Sage Mode, but possessing the status system, he could completely achieve or even surpass the power of the Six Paths with taijutsu alone.

Because of this, he fell into a mild obsession, unwilling to waste even a bit of chakra and always wanting to advance his physical prowess quickly.

Hanma sighed, with a slight hint of excitement, and said:

"So, clan leader, Tsunade, I will go all out."

Fierce electric arcs danced around Hanma, and a massive amount of Lightning Release chakra gathered around him, striking the air and producing an unsettling crackling sound.

Hanma let out a long howl as his blood energy and Lightning Release chakra merged. The deep blue lightning armor became tainted with dark red blood energy. The chakra, no longer absorbed by his statuses, filled the lightning armor rapidly, making it stronger and more substantial.

The elder stared with his Mangekyou Sharingan, feeling turbulent waves in his heart. Having had the "power of a god" with Susano'o, he surprisingly felt a similar aura from this lightning armor.

The observing elite ninjas showed expressions as if they were witnessing a monster. Kurenai Yuhi murmured, "The reason he's immune to genjutsu is because he usually doesn't use chakra to fight?"

Inoshikacho White Fang, who had been silent, looked at the massive bloody lightning ball on the battlefield and said slowly, "Chakra is the foundation of ninjas, even for taijutsu ninjas."

Jiraiya, seeing that Tsunade had recovered from her injuries due to the elder's Mangekyou Sharingan, gradually calmed down and said:

"I've been fighting Hanma since childhood. This guy probably developed some secret technique that continually enhances his physical body with chakra."

"Since I was sixteen, I noticed his strength growth was abnormal."

The blood-colored lightning ball in the battlefield had swollen to over ten meters high. The lightning on its surface showed signs of becoming uncontrollable, spreading outward gradually.

Tsunade and the elder stepped back a few paces and then heard the elder ask breathlessly, "Junior of the Senju clan, how is the Uchiha clan's Mangekyou Sharingan?"

Tsunade didn't retort. She looked at her fully healed body and agreed, "The Mangekyou is indeed extraordinary."

Then she paused, "Elder, take care of your body. If you feel unwell in the future, you can come to me for a check-up."

The elder chuckled at her words. The friendship among ninjas indeed builds in battle.

However, Tsunade, as a direct descendant of the Senju clan, understood the Uchiha better than many of his clan members.

The elder pointed at the lightning ball, with a hint of helplessness, and asked, "What is he doing? Is this a defensive jutsu? Why does it feel like his chakra is out of control? Is it going to explode?"

Tsunade frowned as she watched and also felt helpless.

"I don't have any long-range attack jutsu. Even your Great Fire Annihilation wouldn't affect him now, let alone other things."

She paused again, "No need to worry. With such a huge consumption of chakra, there's no way he is stalling for time. Get ready to continue the battle."

"Today, we must defeat this shameless guy!"

As she finished speaking, the giant lightning ball, now twenty meters tall, stopped expanding. It emitted a dense and stable buzzing sound. The lightning ball gradually shrank, and the lightning began to solidify into a roughly humanoid shape.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Hanma's deep voice came from within the lightning.

The blood-red lightning further compressed, revealing a tangible armor. The surging chakra washed over the armor, making each piece more detailed and solid with every pass.

Finally, after a few breaths, Hanma appeared before everyone like a demon god.

Hanma's blood-colored Lightning Release chakra overflowed from his body, forming the first protective layer.

He himself wore a blood-red lion helmet, with a thick belt around his waist, menacing demon heads on both shoulders, and the main armor composed of layered plates with thick mirrored segments on the front and back, and high-top, thick-soled battle boots.

This was the "Susano'o" Hanma created for himself using the "steel armor" and "mountain pattern armor" templates from ancient China, combined with his Lightning Release taijutsu and blood energy.

The air was filled with the burnt smell of lightning and the bloody scent of his chakra. A true battle was about to begin.