Chapter 219: Confrontation Before the Armies
On the border of the Land of Hot Water, the sky, which had just been clear, was suddenly covered with dark clouds. The Konoha ninja army spontaneously cleared a path. Uchiha Douhuan stepped forward unhurriedly, arriving before the Cloud army's formation. The Fifth Hokage's divine robe behind him fluttered wildly in the wind.
"He's here," Killer Bee and Yugito Nii watched the slowly approaching Uchiha Douhuan with grave expressions. However, when Killer Bee saw the figure of the person Uchiha Douhuan was carrying, a look of astonishment also appeared on his face.
"Big brother?" Seeing A, whose body was covered in charcoal-like scars, Killer Bee immediately wanted to charge out, but Yugito Nii beside him reached out and stopped him.
"Killer Bee, calm down. Lord Raikage is in their hands right now. We can't act rashly," Yugito Nii said.
"So you're all here," Uchiha Douhuan said, sizing up the two Jinchuriki at the front of the enemy formation, who could be said to be the strongest in the Cloud besides A, with great interest. He then turned his head and said to the Cloud ninja holding Konohamaru, "Alright, we can begin the hostage exchange."
At this moment, the other party was already drenched in sweat. After all, he had to hold a hostage while maintaining the activated state of an explosive tag, all while traveling under the death glares of a host of Konoha ninjas.
When he arrived at the front line, his back was already soaked with sweat. But even so, he had maintained his grip on Konohamaru's neck the entire time.
"You send Lord Raikage across the border first!" this person roared.
"Is this the procedure for a hostage exchange?" Uchiha Douhuan's eyes narrowed slightly. Under Uchiha Douhuan's gaze, the hands of the person holding Konohamaru trembled uncontrollably.
"Now, quickly send Lord Raikage across the border, or I'll have this little brat die with me!" the other party shouted, trying to sound fierce but clearly lacking confidence, while lifting Konohamaru up.
"Konohamaru!" Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted anxiously.
"Fine, we'll do it your way then," Uchiha Douhuan said with a light laugh, tossing A in his hand towards Killer Bee and Yugito Nii like a piece of trash.
From behind Killer Bee, an octopus tentacle shot out, wrapped around A, and brought him back into the formation.
"Big brother!" Looking at the unconscious A, Killer Bee was extremely anxious. "Medical-nin! Medical-nin!"
In the next moment, seeing that the Raikage had safely returned to their formation, a fanatical look suddenly appeared on the face of the person holding Konohamaru.
"Damn you Konoha, die!" After speaking, the other party directly removed his chakra. The explosive tag, already in an activated state, instantly lit up with a blinding white light. He had never intended to return alive from the beginning. After seeing the Raikage safely return to the Land of Lightning, he chose a mutually destructive path without a second thought.
However, in the next instant, Uchiha Douhuan suddenly appeared in front of him. His right hand, wreathed in chakra, gently brushed over, laying down a complex sealing formula. The fiery light of the exploding tag converged in an instant, gathered into the sealing rune in Uchiha Douhuan's hand.
In the next second, Uchiha Douhuan, holding Konohamaru, returned to the front of his army, leaving only a headless corpse in his original spot.
"Sealing jutsu..." Yugito Nii's face was extremely grave as she looked at Uchiha Douhuan. According to the intelligence they had, Uchiha Douhuan was not skilled in genjutsu, which was why Jinchuriki like them could confidently stand before him. But the sealing jutsu Uchiha Douhuan had just displayed was an even more direct counter to Jinchuriki than genjutsu.
After all, even against a Mangekyo's genjutsu, they could still gamble on a perfect Jinchuriki being able to resist it by cooperating with their Tailed Beast. But sealing jutsu had always held a death grip on them from beginning to end.
Uchiha Douhuan tossed the still-unconscious Konohamaru towards Sarutobi Hiruzen. After catching Konohamaru, Sarutobi Hiruzen carefully checked his precious grandson's condition. Seeing that Konohamaru was only unconscious because the effects of a strong knockout drug had not yet worn off, he also breathed a sigh of relief. After handing Konohamaru over to a clan member nearby to take care of, Sarutobi Hiruzen also came to Uchiha Douhuan's side. The two Hokages stood at the front of the army, and the morale of the Konoha side soared.
In contrast, the Cloud army, having just witnessed their own Raikage being thrown back like a dead dog, now had their fighting spirit at a low ebb.
Then, in the Cloud formation, A, who was receiving treatment from medical-nin, had his right arm suddenly explode into a mist of blood.
"Uchiha... Douhuan!" Seeing his brother suddenly suffer a heavy blow, Killer Bee looked at Uchiha Douhuan through gritted teeth. In the next moment, he drew his swords and charged towards Uchiha Douhuan.
As Killer Bee ran, the chakra around his body churned continuously. In no time, an octopus with a bull's head appeared before everyone.
Uchiha Douhuan looked at Killer Bee, who had entered his Tailed Beast state and was charging straight at him. Without dodging or evading, he spoke with a blank expression, "I could have clearly resolved all of this within our borders, but do you know why I brought things here to resolve them?"
In Uchiha Douhuan's eyes, his dōjutsu churned and surged out. After mixing with his chakra, a jet-black God of War rose from the ground. It raised a hand and, with a single punch, smashed the charging Gyūki into the ground. The jet-black God of War looked down from above at the Cloud crowd before it and spoke indifferently, "Because I want you to witness with your own eyes the miserable state of your Raikage, and then, to make you understand the consequences of provoking Konoha."
The massive, jet-black God of War raised the two long swords in its hands high. In an instant, thunderclouds gathered. The two divine weapons exclusive to the Susanoo, Futsunomitama and Ame no Habakiri, were charged by the lightning. It slashed out two beams of sword light, one to the left and one to the right, powerful enough to split the sky, sweeping towards the Cloud formation.
Seeing this scene, Gyūki, who had been knocked to the ground by the Susanoo, quickly got up and retreated, blocking the path in front of the Cloud army.
"Matatabi!" Yugito Nii shouted, completing her Tailed Beast transformation into a cat demon whose entire body was engulfed in ethereal blue flames. Together with Gyūki, she opened her great mouth. A jet-black Tailed Beast Ball rapidly condensed in front of the two of them, then flew one after the other towards the incoming lightning sword slashes.
A huge explosion rang out on the great plain on the border of the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Lightning. Although the two Tailed Beast Balls weakened a large part of the damage from Uchiha Douhuan's slashes, due to the hasty preparation, they were not enough to completely block this blow that contained the might of heaven. The remaining lightning swept over. Seeing this, the two Tailed Beasts could only block in front of the army, taking the blow with their bodies.
The two giant Tailed Beasts were heavily slammed to the ground in front of the Cloud formation. A huge gash appeared on the body of the Eight-Tails, Gyūki. And the Two-Tails, Matatabi, was directly beaten back to her original form.
(End of chapter)
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