Chapter 22: My Strength Exceeds Your Imagination
A blue screen appeared before Kudo Ryo.
**Name**: Kudo Ryo
**Level**: Peak Genin
**Mental State**: Good
**Ninjutsu**: Water Release Techniques *3, Earth Release Techniques *3
**Martial Arts**: Diamond Shield (Remnant), Xiao Li's Flying Knife (Beginner)
**Warrior Level**: Acquired Eightfold Sky.
**Talent**: 8% Water Element Affinity.
**Good-Evil Value**: 1500
It seems I can buy a good technique now. What Kudo Ryo longed for the most was: the Jiuyang Divine Skill. After all, what young boy hasn't dreamt of becoming Zhang Wuji after watching "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"?
Most importantly, the system's introduction included this line: "Inner strength grows rapidly and is endless; ordinary punches and kicks can deliver immense destructive power; unmatched defensive capability, automatically rebounding external attacks—resulting in an indestructible body."
The Jiuyang Divine Skill has a total of 9 layers. The first layer's mental method is worth 1500 good-evil points. Kudo Ryo silently thought, "System, exchange for the first layer of the Jiuyang Divine Skill."
A stream of data flowed into Kudo Ryo's mind, and a mysterious voice echoed: "He is strong, let him be strong; the gentle breeze sweeps over the mountain ridge. When still, there is no movement; when moving, it flows like the rivers. As he stands, let him stand; as the bright moon shines upon the great river."
A moment of enlightenment washed over him. An orange glow flickered on Kudo Ryo's body. After mastering the first layer of the Jiuyang Divine Skill, he felt his dormant Diamond Shield technique was rapidly advancing to the next level.
Meanwhile, in the distance on the main battlefield, thick fog began to envelop the area. This was the signature ninjutsu of the Mist Village: Mist Concealment Technique. This is terrible; although Kudo Ryo could sense the approaching enemies at close range through the water elements, the other three members of his team were like blind people within this mist.
"Hey, mist village ninjas over there! Your companions are way too weak. Can you exchange them for a stronger one?" This remark completely infuriated Uehara Kohei, who was preparing to hunt the prey in front of him.
Of course, it wasn't just the mist ninjas who were affected. Yamashita Daisuke also breathed a sigh of relief, even though he found himself caught between the attacks of two jounin.
This troublesome kid was far too important. It had been personally instructed by the Third Hokage to keep him safe, and thankfully, those four chunin didn't harm Kudo Ryo.
Why Kudo Ryo managed to survive without any injuries while being surrounded was no longer something Yamashita Daisuke needed to consider. His headache now lay with the ninjas from the Mist Village!
Uehara Kohei glared at the little ghost in his sight, laughing sinisterly, "Little brat, I'm going to play with you." As he spoke, he leaped forward, landing right in front of Kudo Ryo.
He swung his large blade downwards and nimbly jumped back a bit. Kudo Ryo smiled, "Uncle, you don't seem all that impressive!"
Even though he knew this person was an experienced jounin, as long as he could stir up the opponent's emotions, it would be worth it for his taunting.
"Don't worry; you won't survive more than five minutes!" Although Uehara Kohei spoke calmly, he was already agitated inside. After all, how could a little brat who was only a few years old be allowed to spread news of him failing to take care of such a weak opponent? The shame would be unbearable!
As a taijutsu-oriented jounin, Uehara Kohei's fighting style was aggressive and open. It was impossible for the kid in front of him to withstand the power of his big blade. However, Uehara was astonished to see that the little brat held back his large blade with only a kunai!
Kudo Ryo felt helpless; this jounin's speed was simply too fast. Thankfully, he managed to block the attack with the kunai; otherwise, the consequences would have been dire. He could feel the strain on his right arm, and when Uehara Kohei swung his second heavy blow again—
A sensation reminiscent of a blade striking the water rippled through. What is this?!!! Before Uehara Kohei could react, he was suddenly engulfed by a water vortex that appeared beside him.
"Tiger – Snake – Tiger – Snake – Tiger – Snake, Water Release: Vortex Tornado Technique!" Not only was there immense water pressure, but the rotating, hardened "water blades" caught Uehara Kohei off guard, and unfortunately, it left him with his feet trapped inside forever.
Clearly, this taijutsu-focused jounin had been incapacitated. It wasn't that Konoha's ninjas were too weak; they simply did not expect that Kudo Ryo would be able to switch positions with a water clone so rapidly.
Even a jounin well-versed in water ninjutsu wouldn't be able to achieve this under Uehara Kohei's attacks. But with an 8% water element affinity, Kudo Ryo turned the impossible into the possible!
Uehara Kohei was now faint from the pain, and the battlefield was gradually shifting towards Kudo Ryo's side. Having already taken down four chunin and one jounin, the situation was looking dire for the Mist Village ninjas.
No one on their side dared to approach the "King of Hell" any longer. Kudo Ryo's presence appeared far too eerie in everyone else's eyes!
After using a Water Release that consumed about 30% of his chakra, Kudo Ryo remained expressionless, continuing his taunt mode across the whole battlefield: "Hey, why is this uncle also such a soft-shelled shrimp? Don't tell me all ninjas from the Mist Village are like this?"
The response to Kudo Ryo came from behind him—Kamiyama Makoto appeared suddenly and spat out, "Tiger-Snake-Rabbit-Ji-Dog-Rooster-Rat-Horse-Rooster-Rat-Tiger, Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!!"
This was not the low-caliber water dragon bullet technique that he had once faced during his battle with the Third Hokage. This was Kamiyama Makoto using a sufficient amount of chakra for an authentic water dragon bullet technique.
The dragon-shaped stream of water surged towards Kudo Ryo, piercing through effortlessly. Kudo Ryo seemed to merge into the water dragon bullet.
Kamiyama Makoto was struck with immense shock. No matter how high this kid's ninjutsu talent was, there was no way his reaction time would be that fast!
Unfortunately, reality was indeed such a hard pill to swallow. With the ability to switch positions using the water element and his physical self, the chakra he had at the moment was exceedingly low.
Theoretically, Kudo Ryo was now practically immune to Water Release techniques. How could any ninjutsu composed of water escape his perception?
Suddenly behind Kamiyama Makoto, Kudo Ryo burst out laughing, "Uncle, my strength exceeds your imagination!"
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