Chapter 253 Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, I can do that too.
Chapter 253 Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, I can do that too.
Chapter 253 Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, I can do that too.
The Land of Hot Water is located near the border of the Land of Fire.
A major battle is taking place here at this moment.
Unlike the small-team infiltration operations that frequently occurred in the southern battlefield, the Cloud Village in the northern battlefield fully utilized its advantage: the destructive power of Jinchūriki.
They used Kirabi as their spearhead, and their attacks often involved large-scale, clustered operations.
Fortunately, the commander here is Orochimaru, whose summoning snakes played a crucial role in these battles, but the mortality rate was just too high.
Just like now, in order to block Killer Bee's tailed beast charge, five giant snakes had already died on the battlefield, and the remaining giant snakes could no longer play a restraining role against the huge tailed beast.
In the end, it took the combined efforts of Konoha's Jonin to barely contain this behemoth.
This was the scene Taiichi witnessed when he first arrived at the northern battlefield. Compared to the situation in the south where Jiraiya was overwhelming Sunagakure, in the north, it was Kumogakure that was overwhelming Konoha. This was the first time Taiichi had truly witnessed the dominance of a perfect Jinchuriki on the battlefield.
The Cloud Ninja were completely cooperating with Killer Bee's attack, with the Tailed Beasts opening up the situation and the ordinary ninjas advancing in the process, somewhat like a tank-infantry coordinated attack.
Seeing that the tailed beast was about to head towards the next gathering place of Konoha ninja, Taichi no longer hesitated. Taking advantage of the chaos, he threw the Flying Thunder God Kunai at the head of the tailed beast, and then Taichi disappeared instantly.
Kirabi was exceptionally happy during this time.
Ever since he was defeated by Minato Namikaze and Taichi Matsushita of Konoha, he has always wanted to take revenge on them, but unfortunately he was sent to the front line to fight against Konoha.
But this is fine too. If we can't defeat them, we can at least collect some interest from these Konoha ninjas.
He thought this way and he did this way. During this time, as a tailed beast, he had crushed countless Konoha ninjas. The pent-up frustration in his heart had finally dissipated a lot, and even his inspiration for rapping had become more active.
"Ouch~ You bastards from Konoha, get out of here! Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
In Killer Bee's inner world, he was sitting on top of the bull demon's nose, twisting his waist and waving his hands wildly, as if he had fallen into a state of excitement.
"I still need to be careful. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about this today."
Killer Bee froze, turned to look at the bull demon's eyes, which were even bigger than his own, and said blankly, "You had that feeling too. I had a kind of illusion back then, idiot, bastard, son of a bitch."
Just then, the bull demon's roar rang out: "By the way, watch out!"
Outside, the Flying Thunder God Kunai, concealed by a flurry of flying ninja tools, smoothly arrived atop the Eight-Tails' head, and Taichi's figure appeared simultaneously.
"Killer Bee, long time no see! Say hello!" Taichi's laughter, amplified by his ninjutsu, echoed across the entire battlefield, drawing everyone's attention.
Suddenly, the fiery blade energy on his short sword surged three meters, and with a powerful downward slash, the two-meter-long blade instantly pierced into the body of the Eight-Tailed Fox.
"Awooo~" A piercing scream echoed through the heavens and earth, and anyone could hear the endless pain in that sound.
The eight tentacles instantly retracted, trying to pull the little bug off its head.
But this time, Taiichi did not use the Flying Thunder God Technique to retreat. He retreated with his short sword, poured his chakra into it, and the three-meter-long flame sword aura surged again, this time reaching a full five meters.
Taiyi twisted his body and swung his greatsword, performing a 360-degree invincible spin. A wave of fiery sword energy instantly slashed out, cutting the returning tentacles.
However, the tentacles were too thick, and the sword energy was too scattered. After cutting off one-third of the tentacles' length, they were finally worn away.
Taiyi could only sigh upon seeing this; his strength was still insufficient.
Then, a pair of chakra wings suddenly extended from his back, carrying Taiichi away from the top of the Eight-Tails' head and hovering in mid-air.
This is the application of chakra materialization that Taiichi has developed during his research on the Vajra Sealing Technique over the past month.
Originally, Taiyi could have condensed wings with his chakra control, but those wings were just pure chakra and had no use. Now that he has mastered the materialization of chakra, this ability to condense wings has finally come in handy, and Taiyi can now fly.
The entire battlefield fell silent, utterly shocked. It was truly awe-inspiring. Apart from A and Killer Bee, everyone else present was probably seeing a tailed beast being so brutally beaten by a human for the first time.
Don't say this was just a sneak attack. Even if the Eight-Tails stood still and let you attack it, you might not be able to break through its body defenses.
Besides, the other party only used three or two moves to severely injure the Eight-Tails.
"Matsushita Taichi, it's you again! I'm going to kill you, you bastard, you idiot!" Killer Bee jumped around, three of his eight tentacles were already unable to move and could only lie there limply, obviously too badly injured.
"Oh, Killer Bee, I heard you've been acting really badly lately, bullying our Konoha's chunin and genin. Why don't you come find me directly and we can have another three hundred rounds of fighting?"
Taichi laughed, his voice, amplified by chakra, was no quieter than that of a tailed beast.
At this moment, all the Konoha and Kumogakure ninjas who witnessed everything finally reacted.
Konoha's morale was naturally high. For so many days, they had been suppressed by Kumogakure, but they were not convinced. Kumogakure had only won by using the tailed beasts, a cheating method. Therefore, they had been holding their breath.
Now, Taiichi's arrival has finally given them a chance to vent their anger.
It was unclear which Konoha ninja was the first to shout, "Kill! Kill all these Kumogakure scum!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
One after another, the sounds of battle rang out on the battlefield. Taking advantage of Taichi's momentum in suppressing the Eight-Tails, the Konoha ninjas sounded the horn of counterattack for the first time in days.
In the sky, Taiyi flapped his wings and floated in mid-air, watching the two sides of ninjas fighting below.
Although Konoha's morale was high, their early disadvantage was too great, which made it increasingly difficult for them to fight back even when they launched a counterattack.
Seeing this, Taiyi no longer hesitated. He formed a hand seal and released the Yin seal on his forehead. The next moment, his chakra was instantly restored. Then, six shadow clones appeared in mid-air.
These are special shadow clones, each possessing the amount of chakra Taiichi possessed at his peak.
They flapped their wings and swooped down towards the battlefield below, like tigers among sheep. The six shadow clones transformed into six scythes of death, reaping whatever they flew over.
They specifically targeted junior ninjas, taking them down in a single encounter. The six shadow clones showed absolutely no awareness of being skilled fighters.
"You bastard, how dare you criticize me? You did the same thing yourself." Killer Bee, seeing Tai's shamelessness, immediately lost his composure.
It charged forward waving its eight tentacles. The Eight-Tails' recovery ability is really fast; the three tentacles that were just paralyzed have now recovered.
"We're in the same boat; otherwise, if you can do it, I can't!"
Taiichi was shameless as well, constantly dodging Killer Bee's attacks in mid-air. He dared not be hit by those thick tentacles, otherwise even the Cremation Technique might not be able to save his life.
Just as the two were about to engage in a fierce struggle, three signal flares rose into the sky behind Yunyin, signaling Yunyin's retreat.
A little later, three signal flares also rose up behind Konoha.
Taiichi dodged Killer Bee's tentacle again, and with a flap of his wings, he created some distance.
This time, Killer Bee did not pursue again. Instead, he stood in a distant standoff with Taichi. Around the two, the Konoha and Kumogakure ninjas quickly separated and retreated to their respective rears.
At that moment, two figures rushed towards them from afar. They were Orochimaru and A from Kumogakure.
With the arrival of these two, Killer Bee was the first to deactivate his Tailed Beast form, and his body began to shrink rapidly. Seeing this, Taichi slowly landed on the ground, and the chakra wings behind him turned into specks of light and dissipated in the air.
"Lord Orochimaru, I'm not too late, am I?" Taichi said with a smile.
Orochimaru gave a wicked smile. "Not too late, you've arrived just in time."
The two greeted each other and then looked ahead, where Ai and Kirabi were also looking at them.
"Matsushita Taichi, we meet again." Surprisingly, it was Ai who spoke first. Instead of being furious as expected, Ai remained quite calm.
"Yes, it's just that every time we meet, it's the Cloud Village that's attacking our Konoha by relying on the Tailed Beasts. Doesn't the Cloud Village have anyone else? They have to rely on the Tailed Beasts for everything!"
Taiyi is so sharp-tongued; he never backs down when it comes to enemies. With just one sentence, he shut Ai down everything he was about to say.
"Konoha isn't without Jinchuriki, you just don't use them, you're just incompetent, you bastards, you idiots!" Killer Bee was not to be outdone when he saw his older brother get the short end of the stick, after all, he had never lost an argument.
Just as Taiichi was about to speak, Orochimaru stopped him with a gesture. Taiichi naturally had to give Orochimaru face; he understood the hierarchy and didn't disrespect Orochimaru just because he was stronger.
In fact, Orochimaru was somewhat apprehensive before. He had seen many young geniuses before, and such people were often the more talented they were, the more arrogant they became.
Although no signs of this were found in previous interactions with Taiyi, it had been a long time since then, and Taiyi did not have the strength he has now.
However, seeing Taiichi immediately quiet down at his single gesture, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Jiraiya and Tsunade.
Those two guys are really lucky! How did they end up with such a good apprentice?
Composing himself, Orochimaru looked at A and Killer Bee ahead. "Now that Kumogakure has announced its retreat, aren't you two afraid we'll leave you here?"
"Orochimaru, I'm not easily intimidated. Even if it's just you and Matsushita Taichi, or even if Namikaze Minato were here, you wouldn't be able to keep us brothers here."
Ai was arrogant and showed no shame whatsoever for having been defeated by Minato and Taiichi. His thick skin was clearly something he had developed.
"Matsushita Taichi, don't get cocky just because you gained a little advantage with a sneak attack. This is a battlefield, not a place for you to fight one-on-one. Next time we fight, I will definitely twist your head off."
"Why wait until next time? If you have the guts, stay here now and let's settle this right here and now. Whoever runs away is a coward."
When it comes to verbal battles, Taiichi has never lost. Seeing Ai and Killer Bee's defiant expressions despite clearly losing, he felt a surge of secret pleasure.
Is there anything more satisfying in this world than watching your enemy's helpless expression? At least Taiichi doesn't think so.
"A, Killer Bee, the Cloud Ninja have mostly withdrawn. If you two don't leave soon, Taiichi and I won't mind keeping you here."
Orochimaru looked at the Cloud Village ninjas who had already gone far away and was getting impatient. There were many things to do at the Konoha camp, and he didn't have time to waste with these two guys.
Reminded by Orochimaru, Taichi realized that he had been tricked. The two old men were trying to stop him and delay Orochimaru's return to the camp.
After all, Konoha suffered heavy losses at the beginning of this battle, and there must be a lot of things to do in the camp at this time.
They are truly insidious. Beneath their burly appearance lies such a treacherous and calculating heart. And Killer Bee is the same. They are all treacherous villains. In the end, the only truly innocent one is Taiichi himself.
The more I thought about it, the angrier I got; the intense emotions seemed to have triggered something.
A figure suddenly appeared beside Taiyi.
That golden hair, and that iconic entrance—without even a proper look, Killer Bee exclaimed, "It's Minato Namikaze!"
Taiyi's expression changed at this moment, and he immediately shouted loudly.
"Senior brother, let's go! Today, together with Lord Orochimaru, we'll take down those two clowns!" he said, his chakra surging around him, poised to pounce.
Ai, who was on the other side, was also startled when he saw this situation. He was not afraid of any two of these three people. If he couldn't beat them, he could still escape. But if he encountered all three at once, he might really lose his life here.
"By the way, retreat quickly!"
As he spoke, lightning crackled around him, and he instantly retreated. Killer Bee was no slower; his Tailed Beast Cloak appeared, and he increased his speed to the maximum, quickly fleeing backward.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them disappeared from Taichi and Orochimaru's sight.
They were nothing like the fearless people I just described.
At this moment, Orochimaru was looking at Minato with great curiosity. He didn't remember the village sending Minato Namikaze to provide support again. If not, then who was this guy in front of him?
With a "bang," the water gate in front of us turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared.
Beside him, Taiyi burst into laughter, clutching his stomach. "Still daring to spout nonsense? Didn't you run away in fear the moment you saw Minato-senpai?!"
Sure enough, this was Taichi's shadow clone. Just think about how scared A and Killer Bee were. These two guys had obviously suffered a lot in their previous battles with Minato and Taichi, and they were traumatized by it.
"Alright, Taiichi, let's hurry back. Your early arrival was a huge help to me; otherwise, we would have suffered even more losses in today's battle."
, 7
Orochimaru rarely showed any signs of fatigue in front of Taiichi, which shows just how much pressure he has been under recently.
"These are things I should do."
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Taiyi was quite polite, showing no signs of arrogance or pride.
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