Just as Rinya had expected, the power of the Mountain Earth Technique was astonishing.
Even as strong as Senju Ken was, he was firmly pinned between two massive mountains, unable to move.
Senju Ken could only frantically squeeze out the Chakra within his body, relying on his foundation in Super Strength to hold on.
Kurokawa was not having an easy time either; the veins on his forehead were bulging.
He was not a monster specialized in massive amounts of Chakra, so maintaining such a massive control Ninjutsu was extremely strenuous.
However, Kurokawa’s face was full of smugness; in his eyes, the people of Konoha were doomed!
Kurokawa turned his head and roared at Jonin Takeda, who was coughing up blood on the side: “Jonin Takeda, I have suppressed him! Go and kill him quickly!”
Jonin Takeda had previously taken a hit of Super Strength head-on, and his internal organs were nearly displaced.
However, killing a sitting duck was absolutely no problem.
Dragging his broken body, Jonin Takeda frantically formed hand seals with trembling hands.
“Earth Release: Rock-Crushing Fang!”
Three sharp, thick stone spikes shot up from the ground, whistling through the air as they headed straight for Senju Ken’s chest and throat.
Senju Ken sighed.
Is this the end?
A dignified master of Taijutsu, to die so miserably in a crack between rocks today.
Reiko, I’m sorry, I’m coming to find you…
Senju Ken closed his eyes, his late wife’s gentle face flashing through his mind.
Just at the critical moment when the stone spikes were about to pierce his throat!
“Earth Release: Returning Rock Land!”
With two loud bangs!
Two indestructible, thick rock walls instantly rose from the ground, firmly blocking the front of Senju Ken.
The violent stone spikes slammed heavily against the stone walls, shattering instantly, and stone debris splattered everywhere.
“Captain! As long as I have a breath left, no one will be able to touch a single hair on your head!”
Rinya descended like a god, landing steadily in front of Senju Ken.
Hearing Rinya’s oath, Senju Ken’s heart trembled violently.
Someone from the Uchiha Clan, risking their life to protect the Senju Clan?
How had he never realized the Uchiha Clan was so loyal and righteous before!
In fact, Senju Ken was completely overthinking it.
Rinya was purely here to steal the kill!
He could also boost his superior’s favorability rating along the way, so why not?
The heavily injured Jonin Takeda before him was, in Rinya’s eyes, a glittering gift package.
“Fire Release: Blazing Fireball Technique!”
Rinya didn’t say a word; a mutated fireball directly forced Jonin Takeda back.
“Wind Release: Wind Sickle Technique!”
For safety, Rinya slightly changed the Chakra form, turning the Wind Release: Wind Cutter into a more fierce and domineering Wind Sickle.
Senju Ken watched from behind, dumbfounded.
This kid’s talent for Wind Release is so freakish?
He can put it into actual combat after seeing it just once!
Jonin Takeda had already lost half his life; how could he dodge the dense, invisible wind blades?
At the critical moment of life and death, Jonin Takeda forcibly twisted his body to avoid his heart, but he only heard a muffled “pfft” sound.
Blood sprayed wildly!
Jonin Takeda’s left arm was severed at the root, and he was crippled.
“You bastard brat!”
Kurokawa watched with eyes splitting in anger.
Too busy to continue suppressing Senju Ken, Kurokawa quickly changed hand seals with one hand.
“Earth Release: Piercing Ground Spikes!”
Rinya, who was about to rush up to finish him off, had his keen Sharingan instantly capture a violent surge of Chakra beneath his feet.
Without any hesitation.
“Instant Earth Substitution!”
Swoosh!
Rinya’s figure disappeared into thin air.
Just a tenth of a second later, dozens of extremely sharp ground spikes burst out of the ground, turning the area where he had just been standing into a forest of death!
Rinya, having flashed to a distance, wiped off a cold sweat.
If his reaction hadn’t been fast, he would have almost been skewered like a candied hawthorn, nearly following in his teammate’s footsteps.
“You dare to be distracted while fighting me? You’re courting death!”
Senju Ken seized the moment Kurokawa was distracted, his Chakra erupting violently.
His Super Strength smashed the suppression barriers of the Mountain Earth Technique.
Having escaped, Senju Ken was like a crazed tiger, pouncing directly at Kurokawa with terrifying killing intent.
When passing by Rinya, Senju Ken showed a trace of a grateful smile: “Kid, well done! Leave the enemy leader to me, you go take care of that crippled waste!”
Having someone in front to soak up the damage was exactly what Rinya wanted.
He turned and walked toward the wailing Jonin Takeda.
A heavily injured cripple who had lost an arm didn’t even last three rounds in Rinya’s hands.
Rinya spat out a high-pressure Fireball, burning Jonin Takeda into a charred corpse emitting a burnt stench on the spot.
[Ding! Killed one Jonin, gained 10 Plunder Points!]
The wonderful mechanical sound rang out, and Rinya felt refreshed all over.
Without hesitation, he reached out to loot the body.
[Ding! Plunder successful! Obtained the following rewards:]
[Obtained: Earth Release Chakra Source Fragment x1 (Note: Collect 5 fragments to permanently awaken the Earth-style Chakra nature transformation in your body!)]
[Obtained: Eight months of life force!]
Rinya stared at the Chakra fragment in his hand that was glowing with a yellowish-brown light, his heart blooming with joy.
Chakra attributes can be dropped too?
This system’s cheat is truly limitless.
As long as he collected five fragments and permanently awakened the Earth attribute, he would never have to worry about having massive amounts of Chakra forcibly deducted when casting Earth Release again.
If he gathered all the Wind, Fire, Water, and Lightning attributes, couldn’t he just rub together a Truth-Seeking Orb?
Or directly create a Kekkei Mora?
However, it seemed that Kekkei Mora required the Ten-Tails’ Chakra as a primer.
Whatever, he would digest the rewards in front of him first.
Rinya nimbly found a thick tree trunk to hide behind, directly absorbing the 1.2 units of Chakra and 0.2 constitution he had just stored.
His meridians were filled with abundant Chakra again, and his physical strength had also increased by a small margin.
He poked his head out to observe the battle situation.
Senju Ken was still deadlocked with the Iwagakure Leader, with no winner in sight for the time being.
Over on Takagi’s side, he was entangled with Jonin Matsui.
Pick the softest persimmon to squeeze!
Rinya decisively decided to help Takagi first.
Outnumbering the enemy is the way to go!
Once this Jonin Matsui was dealt with, they would gather the whole team’s strength to gang up on the enemy leader; it was a sure win.
Having made up his mind, Rinya’s hands moved so fast they left afterimages, his Chakra instantly condensing.
“Wind Release: Wind Cutter!”
An invisible and silent, fierce wind blade flew out of his hand, heading straight for the neck of Jonin Matsui, who was fighting Takagi.
Jonin Matsui was indeed a battle-hardened old fox; the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end, and the intuition he had honed from years of hovering on the edge of life and death allowed him to instantly sense the crisis of death.
Without thinking, Jonin Matsui immediately performed a side flip to evade.
Takagi was no pushover either.
Seeing his opponent’s movement falter, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes, and the long sword in his hand turned into a streak of light, directly sealing off Jonin Matsui’s retreat.
A dilemma!
Dodging the wind blade would mean getting split in two by the sword, and blocking the sword would mean getting his head cut off by the wind blade.
At the critical moment of life and death, Jonin Matsui showed amazing combat prowess.
He forcibly tilted his body backward in an extremely awkward posture, his Kunai firmly blocking the lightning-lit long sword that Takagi had slashed down.
Sss—!
The invisible wind blade grazed past Matsui’s shoulder, bringing up a spray of blood, and then shot off into the distance with its remaining power.
Jonin Matsui had dodged the fatal wound, leaving only a deep, bone-exposed gash on his shoulder, and his combat power had not suffered a devastating blow.