"Compared to a few years ago when he simply used five instant-cast ninjutsus, he was much more troublesome. Now he should have mastered a lot of techniques, and he could instantly release most of them. This is more troublesome."
Haku watched as Kakuzu instantly cast Ninjutsu that she had never seen in the past, and also roughly guessed his situation. It should be because of the battle back then that he had gained something, which caused the change in Kakuzu's combat strength and strategy. However, Haku was not afraid.
Her hand seals' current speed was six seals per second, and the same was true for her one-hand seal. She had reached the peak of six seals per second, and it was possible to reach the level of seven seals per second that no one in the ninja world had ever reached. From a certain point of view, many of Haku's techniques were the same as Kakuzu's. It could be said that Haku's talent for hand seals was really high. In the ninja world, there were already very few people who reached six seals in a second.
The only people who were able to achieve that feat were Ryoha, Tsunade, Haku, and Itachi (Kurenai was currently at five seals per second, infinitely close to six, but she did not need six per second. Five was already fast enough because many of her jutsu could be released instantly. She could use her mental-based attacks at the speed of light or faster.)
As for Konoha's White Fang, Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Madara, and the other members of the Eight Colors, they had never fought before. Ryoha did not know if they could reach this speed, but regardless of whether they could do it or not, the whole world was so big, there were so many strong people, and there were no more than twenty people who could reach six seals per second.
As for seven seals per second, no one had been able to do it since the birth of Chakra. As for whether Haku could break the legend or not, reaching seven seals per second would depend on her own luck.
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage! Fire Release - Intelligent Hard Work." Behind Kakuzu, his Fire attribute and Wind attribute hearts released two high-level elemental ninjutsu at the same time. Then Kakuzu himself also released a Water Release technique at the same time.
"Water Release - Waterland Overflow!" This technique used to affect the enemy's movements was something Kakuzu had specially learned to use in conjunction with his instant-cast offensive ninjutsu.
"Water? If it's water, it would be useless to me." Haku stroked her beautiful black hair, allowing the surrounding water to surround her. Then, she let the Wind Release and Fire Release combine to form a laser cannon, drowning herself in flames.
"Isn't that too simple? But she didn't seem to use any techniques... How can she dodge?" Kakuzu's heart sank slightly. He didn't believe that Haku would be so easy to dealt with.
"Water Release: Rising Water Slicer! Ice Release - Frozen in Time!" Suddenly, a sonic boom sounded from behind Kakuzu. Before Kakuzu could dodge, a smooth hand had already been placed on Kakuzu's shoulder. Layers of ice immediately appeared. With lightning speed, they continuously extended toward Kakuzu. In the blink of an eye, half of Kakuzu's body was frozen.
"Separate, Lightning Release - False Darkness!" Kakuzu was both shocked and angry. He did not expect that Haku would actually come behind him and almost freeze him. Just as his body was about to be frozen, a black monster wearing a mask broke out of Kakuzu's body and shot out a thick, long lightning spear at Haku.
Haku had no choice but to use water to slide through the water current under her feet to dodge, allowing Kakuzu to escape. However, half of his body was frozen.
"Water Release - Water Curtain!" Another black special-type monster wearing a mask appeared from Kakuzu's body. It stood in front of Kakuzu and used a small-scale water release technique. It was originally used as a defense, but now it used the water curtain to pour water onto the ice on Kakuzu's body. Then another monster jumped out of Kakuzu's body and used a weak fire release technique on the water on his body. It warmed the water and the ice on his body was starting to melt.
At the same time, the three monsters protected Kakuzu in a triangular formation until the ice on his body melted completely. Haku did not make a move. Instead, she looked at the ice on Kakuzu's body. It was obvious that she wanted to observe the extent of her technique.
"This jutsu is quite useful to freeze people. It's just that if I meet people like Kakuzu or meet a group of enemies who would save each other, the weakness of this jutsu could be seen. However, one of the advantages of this jutsu is the freezing speed is fast."
Haku evaluated her technique in her mind. She wanted to test her harvest over the years by fighting with Kakuzu, and then arrange her technique according to the actual situation. She was devising the best combination of jutsus and the best way to fight against him.
"It seems that you want to test your strength and skill through the battle with me." Kakuzu did not expect that he would become a whetstone for people to test their strength.
"You can say that." Haku did not hide anything and nodded to admit it. She really did not know how to lie and did not like to lie. At the same time, there was no need to lie because this was one of the main reasons why she came here.
"You can't sharpen your knife. Instead, you just destroyed your knife. After that attack, I will be even more careful of you. It seems that I can't use my Water Release carelessly. Once there is water, the water has to be evaporated first. Fire Release - Intelligent Hard Work!"
Kakuzu spat out a surging tide of flames that immediately evaporated the water around the vicinity. He now understood how Haku had escaped just now. She should have directly controlled the water he released.
Then, she merged into the water and used the Rising Water Slicer to attack him from behind. With Kakuzu's water release, he was obviously no match for Haku. If he used his water release recklessly, Haku would take advantage of it.
"This will depend on your ability." Haku was still as calm and collected as ever, like a blooming lily, matching the smile on her face with her otherworldly and elegant demeanor.
"You will soon see that. Lightning Release - False Darkness! Fire Release - Intelligent Hard Work! Wind Release - Pressure Damage!" Three high-level elemental ninjutsu with extremely powerful offensive power combined together and then fired toward Haku
"Ice Release - Ice Shield!" Haku made a hand seal with one hand, and at the same time, she secretly made a hand seal with the other. Her figure behind the Ice Shield suddenly disappeared.
"I knew you would come. I was waiting for you, Earth Release - Earth Spear!" Kakuzu's body immediately became like a diamond that could shoot through all things, ready to punch everything that came at him. Even if Haku could come into contact with his body, it would be too late to freeze him. Kakuzu was sure that if Haku dared to freeze him, then she would definitely be sent flying by this punch.