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"Water Release, Water Dragon Bullet!"
"Lightning Release, Lightning Body Technique!"
"Ninja Art, Lightning-Water Dragon Bullet!"
The Third Hokage, with his hands, formed seals for two jutsu almost within a second, instantly unleashing a combined jutsu of Lightning Release and Water Release—Lightning-Water Dragon Bullet.
A water dragon, as thick as a high-speed train, with lightning flashing all over its body, condensed above the Third Hokage's head and quickly flew towards Kenshi.
Rumble!
The Lightning-Water Dragon, like a serpentine, high-speed snake, rolled the trees and earth along its path to the sides like a plow.
Boom!
The Lightning-Water Dragon Bullet arrived in front of Kenshi in the blink of an eye.
Facing this terrifying attack, Kenshi didn't dodge.
In fact, not dodging was the best way to deal with it.
With the Third Hokage's Chakra control, if Kenshi dodged, he would definitely be hit directly by the Lightning-Water Dragon Bullet that would instantly change direction.
"Sealing Jutsu, Black Iron Chain Rasengan!"
Kenshi stretched his hands straight out to his sides. In an instant, countless Black Iron Chains, as thin as hairs, rotated and compressed into a black sphere around him, like a Rasengan formed by high-speed rotating Black Iron Chain lines.
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
The Third Hokage's Lightning-Water Dragon Bullet collided with Kenshi's Black Iron Chain Rasengan. The terrifying impact force was instantly absorbed by the rapidly rotating Black Iron Chain lines.
In an instant, two deep ravines, four or five meters long, were carved out behind Kenshi by the dispersed Lightning-Water currents, striking the Four Purple Flame Formation barrier before stopping.
The dust settled.
A giant, rapidly rotating black Chakra sphere appeared. The Third Hokage was stunned. This absolute defense, formed by high-speed rotating Chakra, was very similar to the Hyuga clan's taijutsu, the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
But thinking about the nature of Kenshi's black Chakra, the Third Hokage immediately shook his head. It wasn't the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, just a similar jutsu.
But it was undeniable that its defensive power was also very strong.
"It also has high jutsu resistance."
The Third Hokage's eyes narrowed slightly. When he used Fire Release to attack earlier, he had noticed that the black Adamantine Binding Chains on Kenshi had high jutsu resistance and he hadn't suffered much damage.
This time, he used his most powerful combined jutsu, the Lightning-Water Dragon Bullet, but it still couldn't break through the defense of Kenshi's black Adamantine Binding Chains.
It was certain that jutsu attacks wouldn't have much effect on Kenshi.
On the contrary, taijutsu attacks would be more effective.
But thinking about how his Monster Strength Technique combined with Enma's indestructible body had only resulted in Kenshi coughing up blood and suffering a minor injury.
The Third Hokage's brow furrowed even tighter.
It had to be said that Kenshi's Black Iron Chains made the Third Hokage feel a bit tricky.
Its jutsu resistance was very high, its physical defense was also strong, and it had almost no weaknesses. It could be called an "absolute defense."
But who was the Third Hokage?
He had a wealth of combat experience. Faced with Kenshi's turtle shell, he immediately thought of a way to deal with it.
"Water Release, Water Shock Wave!"
The Third Hokage formed hand seals again. This time, the Water Release wasn't expelled from his mouth, but condensed and rotated around him, transforming into a towering wave in an instant, rushing towards Kenshi.
Kenshi's Black Iron Chain Rasengan deflected the water current as usual.
But this wasn't an infinitely extending plain. It was a barrier sealed by the Four Purple Flame Formation barrier jutsu.
The towering wave quickly engulfed Kenshi and his Black Iron Chain Rasengan.
Inside the barrier, the water level quickly rose twenty meters.
Kenshi, underwater, still maintained the state of the Black Iron Chain Rasengan, deflecting all the approaching water currents.
Standing on the water's surface, the Third Hokage looked at the black Chakra sphere constantly rotating in the water, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Let's see how long you can last."
Without oxygen, and having to continuously output Chakra to maintain high-speed rotation, the Chakra consumption must be enormous.
The Third Hokage knew Kimura Yō's physical talent well.
Even if Kenshi's talent was higher, he couldn't change the reality that Kimura Yō's body couldn't condense much Chakra.
Without a strong attack, he just needed to wait for Kenshi's Chakra to run out.
Kenshi, inside the Black Iron Chain Rasengan, shook his head at the current situation. He really didn't have any other options.
Ultimately, his techniques and abilities were too limited.
He only had the Black Iron Chains and the Dark Walking Technique at his disposal, and these two techniques had little effect on the Third Hokage, who was rich in combat experience and skilled in taijutsu.
But the Third Hokage could exploit his weaknesses and attack him.
As for using Wood Release Chakra to unleash some simple Wood Release attacks, it was useless.
Besides exposing more of his abilities, for the Third Hokage, who had witnessed the power of Hashirama Senju's Wood Release, Kenshi's Wood Release was simply not enough.
Ultimately, his Chakra reserves were insufficient.
If he had Hashirama Senju's Chakra reserves, he could directly unleash countless dense Black Iron Chains in a kilometer radius around him, like the Wood Release: Tree World Creation, and easily overwhelm the Third Hokage.
Unfortunately, Chakra reserves were Kenshi's weakness.
This was also the reason why he prioritized developing the Black Iron Chains over Wood Release Chakra.
The Black Iron Chains had one advantage: they could be retracted into his Chakra acupoints.
Combined with his absolute control over Chakra, even the Black Iron Chains exposed outside his body consumed very little Chakra from the natural environment, almost negligible.
As long as Kenshi's stamina was enough and his mind was focused, he could continue to fight using the Black Iron Chains.
This greatly ensured Kenshi's ability to fight continuously, making up for his lack of Chakra reserves.
The Third Hokage's plan to continuously drain Kenshi's Chakra by trapping him in the water was destined to fail.
But Kenshi also needed time to stall the Third Hokage.
So, he continued to keep the Black Iron Chain Rasengan rotating at high speed to confuse the Third Hokage.
...
"Good."
"Now we can act."
Inside the Root base, Kenshi flicked his hands, and the Black Iron Chains connected to his palms clanged as they swung, flinging off the blood that remained on them.
To his right, the Root ninja, Wind Hawk, lay in a pool of blood, only his head remaining, his angry eyes staring at Kenshi.
"That's the importance of intelligence, huh?"
"The Third Hokage didn't expect that I could also use the Shadow Clone Technique."
Kenshi chuckled softly. This feeling of intellectual superiority brought about by information asymmetry made him feel very happy.
He had already learned a lesson from his carelessness.
Kenshi wouldn't make the same mistake again.
He knew that once he went out, he would definitely face the Third Hokage and an unknown number of ninjas in pursuit. With his current abilities, his chances of escaping were very low.
The best way was to scatter the ninjas chasing him.
So, after breaking through the ground, he sent his shadow clone out first, while his real body hid in a secret chamber, using the sealing jutsu patterns inside to block Chakra Sensing, preventing the Third Hokage from sensing any trace of him as he passed through the hole in the base.
This way, the Third Hokage, who didn't know that Kenshi could use Shadow Clone Technique, would naturally assume that Kenshi's shadow clone was his real body.
Originally, Kenshi planned to lure the Third Hokage further away before his real body emerged.
But he underestimated the Third Hokage's strength.
Or rather, he was mistaken about the difference in strength between him and the Third Hokage.
As a result, he didn't lure the Third Hokage far enough before his real body emerged. It was too dangerous to go out, otherwise, there was a chance of being sensed.
But he couldn't stay inside forever.
The commotion had already been made. The longer he waited, the more ninjas would come, and the lower his chances of escaping would be.
Fortunately, Kenshi seemed to have good luck.
The Four Purple Flame Formation's ability to block Chakra Sensing meant that Kenshi didn't have to worry about being sensed by the Third Hokage once he went out.
As for the other ANBU ninjas... he would deal with them later.
This was the best outcome.
"It's time to go."
Whizz, whizz.
Two Black Iron Chains shot out from his hands, fixing themselves to the sides of the hole. Kenshi exerted force, and his body flew out of the Root base, pulled by the Black Iron Chains, landing steadily on the ground outside.
Looking at the purple barrier towering in the forest on the side of the Hokage Rock, Kenshi smiled, then retracted the Black Iron Chain garment into his Chakra acupoint space. His naked body, suppressing his Chakra fluctuations, ran towards the opposite direction of the Hokage Rock.
With Kenshi's absolute control over Chakra, and having sensed how the ANBU team ninjas who had guarded him before concealed their presence by suppressing their Chakra fluctuations, he was even better at suppressing his Chakra fluctuations than the ANBU.
He could already control his Chakra so that it wouldn't naturally leak out of his body. Now, he suppressed his Chakra fluctuations to the greatest extent.
Unless it was a special Chakra Sensing type ninja like Minato Namikaze.
Other ordinary ninjas wouldn't be able to detect Kenshi's presence unless they were very close.
Plus, no one lived in the area where the Root base was located.
It was also late at night. Even if the commotion of the Third Hokage and Kenshi's shadow clone battle had been noticed by others in the village, it wasn't enough time for them to arrive here.
So, Kenshi quietly passed through the forest, arriving at the edge of the Chakra Sensing barrier that enveloped the entire Konoha, undetected.
As long as he passed through the Chakra Sensing barrier, he would have escaped from Konoha.
As for whether he could ultimately escape the pursuit from Konoha and survive, he would worry about that after he escaped.
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