Chapter 214: Unexpected?

Chapter 206: Accident?

When he was alive, he was full of calculations and endless backup plans; after his death, the series of hidden moves he left behind during his lifetime were still playing a role.

Using Susanoo to reverse the outcome of the match with Sasuke, using the Totsuka Blade to seal Orochimaru, and after being reincarnated with Impure World Reincarnation, facing the joint forces of Uzumaki Naruto and Killer Bee, he unexpectedly used his fingers to cast a decent conventional Genjutsu when the opponent avoided the line of sight of the Sharingan, causing the two of them to suffer a big loss.

And his other backup plan—Shisui’s eye buried inside Uzumaki Naruto’s body as the final insurance to scheme against Sasuke—played its role. It was triggered after sensing Uchiha Itachi’s Ocular Power, thereby breaking free from Impure World Reincarnation, and after that, there was another trump card, Izanami, to defeat Sage Kabuto——

He had so many backup plans that they were almost inexhaustible!

And Uchiha Gen also intended to start leaving some trump cards for himself.

In the past, when he was weak, faced with battlefield threats and Uchiha Madara’s conspiracy, he had to grow and become strong as soon as possible. He could only continuously toss out the Ninjutsu he had newly learned and the abilities of newly acquired character cards, step by step revealing these newly obtained cards in order to survive in this perilous situation.

Now that he already had sufficient ability to protect himself, then new abilities like the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique—if taking them out couldn’t directly raise his own strength by a large margin and achieve overwhelming dominance—would be better hidden to create an information gap, making it easier to achieve results at a critical moment.

“Clang!”

A crisp sound of metal clashing rang out. The black-bodied, white-bladed Sengoku Ninja Sword came down from above, easily cutting off a standard long sword in the hand of a Kumogakure Ninja, smoothly sweeping across his throat and taking away a life.

The current quality of the Sengoku Ninja Sword was no longer below world-renowned divine weapons like White Fang’s short blade or the Sword of the Thunder God. Moreover, because it came with the sharpness attribute, ordinary weapons would almost certainly be cut in half on the spot upon contact.

Only those weapons of superior texture could barely resist the sharpness of the Sengoku Ninja Sword, but after clashing for a few swords, they still couldn’t avoid the fate of bending and getting nicks.

“Uchiha Gen!”

An angry roar rang out, and blue lightning instantly crossed the battlefield, rushing towards Uchiha Gen.

It was his old opponent, Fourth Raikage A.

In an instant, a red light surged in the Sharingan, and the three tomoe spun rapidly, connecting into a hexagram, capturing the figure of Fourth Raikage A.

The blade light was like a white silk ribbon, intercepting in front of Fourth Raikage A with prophetic foresight, swiftly and fiercely slashing towards his body.

This guy was extremely fast, and even his nerve reaction speed was stimulated and accelerated by Lightning Style. But after all, he had not reached his peak yet; the Mangekyō Sharingan could completely and clearly capture his movements, anticipating the enemy’s actions first.

“Clang!”

Another crisp metallic collision sound rang out.

Fourth Raikage A’s figure quickly retreated, and the circular iron hoops wrapped around his arms made an unbearable creaking sound, with a deep blade mark appearing on them.

Without a doubt, this Ninja tool forged from refined steel would be destroyed if it clashed with the Sengoku Ninja Sword a few more times like this.

By then, he would only be able to rely on his flesh and blood to resist Uchiha Gen’s blade edge.

“Your swordsmanship——”

Fourth Raikage A looked at Uchiha Gen with a gloomy expression.

He didn’t know that Uchiha Gen’s weapon could be upgraded and strengthened by drawing cards, so he only thought that Uchiha Gen’s swordsmanship had become stronger again, which was why his attack power had become sharper like this now.

Although his defense was also very powerful and enough to ignore ordinary Ninjutsu attacks on the battlefield, it hadn’t reached the point where he wasn’t afraid of Uchiha Gen’s blade edge.

And in terms of his most proficient speed, he hadn’t yet reached the level where he could shake off the insight prediction of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Maneuvering for a short time was fine, but once he engaged in a protracted battle with Uchiha Gen, he would either have to run or die; there would be no third outcome.

A year ago, Uchiha Gen could only barely contend with him and fight to a draw, with little chance of winning. But now, the person with no chance of winning had become him, and even wanting to block Uchiha Gen alone and fight to a draw was just an extravagant hope; he could only stall for a period of time.

Just at this moment, a shout rang out from the front of the battlefield not far away.

“Gen! Come help this old man!”

While retreating on the battlefield, Danzo formed hand seals with both hands, spitting out Wind Style bullets toward the front to dodge the pursuit of the Third Raikage.

At the feet of the Third Raikage, the corpses of several Root Ninjas had already fallen.

Without a strong front line to tank for Danzo, he would face the exact same ending when facing the Third Raikage.

“Gen, just leave this place to us.”

Shadows extended from the distance. Following the starting point of the shadows, it was precisely the older generation of the Ino–Shika–Chō trio.

On the other side, Orochimaru and Akimichi Torifu had already clashed with Karai and Dotai, who wielded Six Paths Ninja Tools.

“Alright.”

Uchiha Gen nodded slightly.

He could steadily suppress Fourth Raikage A, but the opponent’s speed was indeed hard to pursue and not that easy to kill. Handing him over to the Ino–Shika–Chō combination to stall him was the same.

Moreover, he also wanted the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique to achieve sufficient battle results on an enemy of sufficient weight.

Fourth Raikage A was too fast and not easy to burn, but the Third Raikage was different.

In the past, his own attacks had no effect on this guy, but today’s Amaterasu was equivalent to true damage. If the Third Raikage relied on his defense to forcefully clash against his attacks again, that would really be something to see.

The next second, Uchiha Gen’s figure instantly disappeared, transforming into seven or eight Phantom Clones, either holding a Ninja Blade or pinching a Rasengan, “Rasengan!”

The azure Chakra light sphere pushed flat against the Third Raikage’s body, causing him to stagger. Then he suddenly turned around, his left arm fiercely elbowing toward Uchiha Gen’s body.

Powerful, fierce, and sharp, it went straight for Uchiha Gen’s back.

Even with the Sage Body and Yin Healing Wound Destruction, Uchiha Gen wouldn’t try to forcefully withstand this move.

If his heart was blown up, he couldn’t hold on either, and could only withdraw and retreat to dodge. Under the cover of the Sharingan’s Genjutsu, he body flickered to avoid to another Phantom Clone within an extremely short time.

Danzo also took this opportunity to quickly form hand seals, spitting out sharp wind blades from his mouth, rushing towards the Third Raikage.

From the very beginning, this battle seemed to have entered a familiar rhythm. As in previous battles, the two joined forces to solidly block the Third Raikage.

In several other battlefields, Fourth Raikage A relied on speed to barely entangle the Ino–Shika–Chō combination, while Orochimaru and Akimichi Torifu suppressed Karai and Dotai to the point of imminent peril.

If not for the decent power of the Bashosen, which made Orochimaru and Akimichi Torifu quite wary, casualties might have already appeared.

“Very well, then the next step should be——”

Just as Uchiha Gen planned to use Shadow Clones and Amaterasu to trick the Third Raikage, a red pillar of light that almost pierced through the firmament suddenly appeared on the battlefield not far away.