Chapter 116: The Level Beyond A Kage

Second Chapter for today!

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"Bang!"

Accompanied by the boisterous laughter from The Third Raikage, in Yu's suddenly widened eyes, he saw The Third Raikage's entire body surge with lightning brilliance, an overwhelming power that kept rushing like a roaring tide.

Yu, Akimichi Doto, and the group of Konoha Ninja behind them were all violently knocked away by the sheer force of The Third Raikage alone!

"Damn..."

"The strength and speed are beyond imagination..."

Even though Michael created a protective barrier to withstand The Third Raikage's attack for Yu, Yu was still forcefully propelled away by the terrifying power of The Third Raikage.

Looking through the transparent and invisible barrier, watching The Third Raikage with violent lightning entwined around his heavily muscled body, Yu couldn't help but grit his teeth.

This was the strongest opponent he had encountered so far. Even last year's arduous battle against the Five Tails Jinchuriki, "Steam Ninja" Han, couldn't bring such a terrifying threat and pressure.

"Hahaha... not bad, kid!"

"But no one can stop my Hell Stab! I want to see how long you can hold on!"

Witnessing Yu firmly blocking his Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite, The Third Raikage laughed heartily. At the same time, he raised his right hand, retracting one finger from the previously lifted four fingers.

"Hell Stab: Three-Finger Nukite!"

With four fingers condensed into three, the lightning stab formed on The Third Raikage's hand became more focused and sharper.

By concentrating Lightning Release Chakra at the fingertips and thrusting it toward the opponent, initially attacking with four fingers could easily pierce through most hard objects.

As the fingers decreased, the attack's power intensified progressively. When reduced to a single finger, the attack reached its peak, nearly unstoppable by any defense, earning it the title of "The Strongest Spear."

"Pressure Cannon!"

Seeing The Third Raikage enhancing the power of Hell Stab once again, Yu's gaze sharpened. Under his control, Tyrant instantly moved and appeared above The Third Raikage's head.

The massive bear paw displaced the air, forming a Pressure Cannon with enough force to pierce through a human body, and unleashed it at full power!

"Bang!"

The entire air trembled as The Third Raikage, covered in a full-body lightning shield, stood in place and directly endured Tyrant's Pressure Cannon.

"That hurts..."

"What an impressive big guy! It can penetrate through the 'Strongest Shield' and hit my body?!"

In the incredulous eyes of everyone present, The Third Raikage, after enduring Tyrant's Pressure Cannon with a pained expression and a sigh, appeared completely unharmed.

"Such a monstrous defensive power..."

"So, this is The Third Raikage's 'Strongest Shield'?"

Witnessing The Third Raikage, relying on the lightning shield and an extraordinarily strengthened body, standing in place and withstanding Tyrant's Pressure Cannon, Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!!"

Without time to be astonished by The Third Raikage's terrifying strength, under Yu's control, Toshogun, the incarnation of the Ice Demon, launched an attack. 

The power of Ice Fruit erupted instantly, emitting a bone-chilling frosty mist all over. Toshogun raised its hand and unleashed an immensely dazzling ice bird, dragging a brilliant Snow-white trail across the ground.

"So, this is the Ice Release rumored on the battlefield..."

"It's becoming more and more interesting..."

Still immersed in the formidable power of Tyrant, The Third Raikage's eyes lit up as he faced the incoming colossal ice bird fearlessly, meeting it head-on with the sharp and ferocious Hell Stab in his hand.

"Boom!!"

The all-penetrating Hell Stab violently collided with the ferocious beak unleashed by Toshogun. Shattered Ice scattered in all directions, and the entire ground was frozen into a white ice surface.

The enormous and brilliant ice bird suddenly burst, revealing The Third Raikage's burly figure surrounded by lightning, breaking through the ice. However, a thick layer of ice armor had also formed on his body.

"Hmph, indeed a formidable power."

Unexpectedly, Toshogun, manipulated by Yu, could unleash such potent force. The Third Raikage snorted coldly, shook his body, and the thick ice armor covering his body shattered.

"But an attack of this level can only be considered an itch to me!"

The intense glow of his powerful lightning shield surged, dispelling the icy power that had infiltrated his body. As The Third Raikage's words fell, he instantly disappeared from his original position.

"Damn it..."

"So passive..."

Seeing The Third Raikage vanish in an instant, Yu, whose eyes couldn't keep up with such speed, couldn't help but clench his teeth.

At this moment, he finally began to understand the feeling of helplessness experienced by Uchiha Sasuke, who activated the Mangekyo Sharingan, and the Fourth Raikage, who fought while only being able to stand still and control Amaterasu passively, as portrayed in the original story.

The Third Raikage's combat style was quite simple, to put it plainly—fast speed, stable stance, and ruthless output. 

However, with the all-penetrating "The Strongest Spear" Hell Stab, coupled with the ultimate defense, the lightning armor that not even the most potent Wind Release: Rasenshuriken could pierce, along with a formidable body capable of going head-to-head with Tailed Beasts and lightning-fast speed comparable to lightning itself, The Third Raikage had almost positioned himself as invincible in the entire ninja world.

"So, this is an opponent beyond Kage level... It's still too challenging."

"If only I could break through to Kage level right now..."

With Observation Haki fully deployed, Yu strained to sense the constant lightning-fast charges of The Third Raikage around him. 

Uncharacteristically, sweat beads appeared on Yu's forehead. Despite the honing on the battlefield and the strength demonstrated through the three demonic puppets, Yu's current combat prowess was still on par with any Kage-level ninja.

However, with his Chakra level still temporarily below the Kage realm, facing an opponent like The Third Raikage, who was beyond even the Kage level, was undeniably quite challenging. 

Instances of battles across different levels were abundant in the ninja world, but attempting to clash head-on with a foe surpassing Kage level, even for someone like Yu at the Jonin level, was an impossible task.

"Yu! Be careful!"

Just as Yu immersed himself in tactical contemplation, Akimichi Doto, engaged in combat beside him, suddenly shouted loudly.

What?!

Hearing this, Yu was startled, and when he once again utilized Observation Haki at full power to capture the image of The Third Raikage, he saw that the formidable opponent had already circumvented Michael's defensive barrier. The Third Raikage transformed into lightning and appeared in mid-air directly above Yu.

"It ends here, little devil!"

In an instant, like a flash of lightning, The Third Raikage, with a gaze that noticed Yu's somewhat panicked expression below, mercilessly unleashed the highly concentrated Hell Stab: Three-Finger Nukite!

"Yu!!"

Witnessing Yu's body completely pierced by The Third Raikage's Hell Stab, Akimichi Doto beside him was filled with shock.

"Lord Yu?!"

On the battlefield, other Konoha Ninja also exclaimed in astonishment. After over a year of battlefield experience, Yu, possessing exceptional medical Ninjutsu and tremendous combat prowess, had become the backbone of this Konoha Ninja force so they couldn't imagine him dying!

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