Chapter 198

"Mm-hmm~"

Suffering a fatal, crushing blow, Sato Kaede's face turned pale; he let out a scream, his momentum gradually waned, and focus slowly left his eyes.

"Brat, die." Kuchiki Senya looked at Sato Kaede, who had fallen into a deathly silence, spoke coldly, and then prepared to use a secret technique to end Sato Kaede's life.

"Boom~~"

But just at that moment, the soil beneath Kuchiki Senya's feet suddenly exploded; immediately, a sharp blade sliced Kuchiki Senya straight from the top of his head down to his heel, severing one leg entirely.

"Hiss~~" Kuchiki Senya instantly sucked in a sharp breath; his body trembled violently, his face filled with terror.

He had vastly underestimated the environment here; a blade suddenly leaped out to split him from head to heel. If his reaction had been even a split second slower, he would already be dead.

"This is my home ground; you cannot escape. Surrender, for I am very kind." Sato Kaede had now restored his original form; he looked at Kuchiki Senya with a mocking expression and spoke as if victory were already assured.

"Who exactly are you? How do you possess such eerie abilities?" Kuchiki Senya looked at Sato Kaede with a face full of shock and said.

"You are not worthy to know~" Sato Kaede pouted, speaking with bold confidence.

"In that case, I shall send you on your way first."

Kuchiki Senya's face hardened; he stared at Sato Kaede with a grotesque expression and said.

In the next instant, Kuchiki Senya pulled a scroll from his robes, then tore it apart violently.

Immediately, ripples appeared in the surrounding space; Kuchiki Senya's entire figure vanished, clearly having been teleported away from here.

"Trying to run?" Seeing Kuchiki Senya leave using the scroll, Sato Kaede immediately shouted loudly, then released his chakra once more, sealing the space within a hundred meters to prevent Kuchiki Senya from escaping.

However, Sato Kaede did not intend to give up the pursuit of Kuchiki Senya; instead, he quickly rose and stepped forward, tracking in the direction Kuchiki Senya had departed.

Although Sato Kaede's chakra was severely depleted inside him now, he still possessed agile-type demon-class superpowers; his speed was many times greater than that of ordinary people, and short-distance running posed no problem for him at all.

Here, Kuchiki Senya's speed was indeed terrifyingly fast; under these circumstances, he still put considerable distance between himself and Sato Kaede, yet the gap between the two was closing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This guy is truly hard to deal with." Sato Kaede felt the distance between himself and Kuchiki Senya shrinking at an extremely rapid rate and thought silently.

"Whoosh~"

Sato Kaede stopped running, then waved both hands; a water sphere shot out from his hands, transforming into a blue giant dragon and a red giant tiger that roared as they lunged at Kuchiki Senya.

"Damn it!"

Sensing the threat approaching from behind, Kuchiki Senya immediately cursed, then retreated rapidly.

However, this time Sato Kaede's attack did not cease despite Kuchiki Senya's withdrawal; he continued to drive the two evil beast demons relentlessly against Kuchiki Senya.

"Damn it! How dare you toy with me like this! Today I will definitely kill you!" Kuchiki Senya, seeing the blue giant dragon and red giant tiger attacking from front and rear, felt immense anger in his heart.

Regardless, Kuchiki Senya was now in a disadvantaged position; if he did not find a way to change this situation, defeat was certain, for he now had not even a shred of a chance.

"Water Release: Water Prison Chains."

Kuchiki Senya gritted his teeth, then circulated his water-attribute chakra within his body to his right arm; with a forward punch from his right fist, massive amounts of water surged from all sides, forming huge iron chains constructed from water.

The ends of these huge iron chains each wrapped around Kuchiki Senya's left arm, binding Kuchiki Senya tightly and fastening him firmly to the ground.

"Is it resolved like this? Why do I have a feeling of unease?"

Seeing that Kuchiki Senya seemed to be in no danger, Sato Kaede relaxed slightly, then frowned and muttered.

Although casting the Water Prison Chains this time was not difficult, it was not simple either; its purpose was to restrict Kuchiki Senya, slow his movements, and ideally immobilize him, thereby granting himself enough time to set up an illusion technique.

After all, an opponent of Kuchiki Senya's high intelligence was extremely troublesome; if he could not seize this battle opportunity to inflict serious injury or even kill him, once Kuchiki Senya reacted and launched a defense or found a flaw, the one who would suffer would definitely be him.

Fortunately, his plan this time succeeded; Kuchiki Senya was delayed by him for several minutes.

During these few minutes, Sato Kaede had perfectly set up the illusion technique; once Kuchiki Senya fell into his illusion, even if the opponent's perception was extremely sharp, an ordinary person would not suspect anything abnormal, let alone Kuchiki Senya, who was now trapped by the Water Prison Chains.

175. Trifling tricks; disperse for me.

However, even though Kuchiki Senya was trapped by the illusion, Sato Kaede still faced considerable pressure; the opponent was a master at the Jonin level, and his current identity was Sasuke.

Sasuke was a formidable enemy at the elite Jonin level; he had to be extremely cautious, otherwise, if he capsized in a gutter through carelessness, it would be tragic.

Moreover, in the realm of genjutsu, Sasuke was no match for him; after all, his genjutsu was learned in a past life, and here he was merely borrowing some techniques.

"Genjutsu: Mist!"

At this critical moment, Sato Kaede chose without hesitation to use genjutsu, causing the surrounding scenery to distort, making one dizzy.

Before long, under the shroud of thick fog, everything became hazy, and Kuchiki Senya's field of vision decreased once again.

"Damn brat, do not think this can stop me."

However, Kuchiki Senya within the mist showed no panic at all; on the contrary, he spoke with full confidence, then rapidly formed hand seals with both hands.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

The next second, an orange-red flame ball erupted from Kuchiki Senya's mouth, then struck the thick fog in the direction where Sato Kaede was located.

However, when the flame ball touched the thick fog, a powerful gust of wind erupted from within the fog, scattering the surrounding dust and smoke, making the surrounding scenery appear clearly before Kuchiki Senya.

At the same time, taking advantage of the gap while the thick fog was blown away, Kuchiki Senya sprinted rapidly backward, directly dodging Sato Kaede's attack.

"Hmph, trifling tricks; disperse for me."

However, just as Kuchiki Senya burst out of the thick fog area and prepared to catch his breath for a moment, Sato Kaede's cold and indifferent voice suddenly rang out; instantly, dozens of peerlessly sharp blade lights flashed within the thick fog, slashing toward his body.

"Bang bang bang bang~~"

Hearing Sato Kaede's cold words, Kuchiki Senya's face changed drastically; he immediately defended with full strength against Sato Kaede's sudden attack and thrust the kunai in his hand toward Sato Kaede.

"Pfft~ Pfft... ~"

However, facing Kuchiki Senya's full-force attack, Sato Kaede easily blocked it and, in the process, severed the kunai in his hand.

"This is impossible; I clearly felt no chakra fluctuation. How did you attack me?" Kuchiki Senya looked at the broken kunai on the ground and said in surprise.

"Hehe, you underestimated my genjutsu too much; you simply did not see through my genjutsu." Hearing this, Sato Kaede revealed a mocking smile on his face, then spoke to Kuchiki Senya, his tone slightly tsundere.

"You...!!! Damn it, you are a genjutsu user!"

After hearing Sato Kaede's words, Kuchiki Senya's face instantly turned extremely pale; his mouth trembled as he spoke.

After all, he was not like Uchiha Itachi, who possessed the overwhelmingly powerful Sharingan; he was merely a ninja at the elite Jonin level. Without activating the Sharingan, his perception range was limited to within a hundred meters; beyond that, it failed.

And Sato Kaede's genjutsu covered an area of five kilometers in radius; therefore, Kuchiki Senya felt not the slightest abnormality.

Moreover, as soon as the genjutsu was released, Sato Kaede immediately hid; therefore, even though Kuchiki Senya possessed formidable perception, he failed to detect Sato Kaede's presence in time.

Under these circumstances, in a normal situation, he would have already been killed by Sato Kaede, and would not be standing here, lively and jumping about.

Furthermore, Sato Kaede deliberately held back; if Sato Kaede had truly been ruthless and directly used his genjutsu to kill Kuchiki Senya, he likely would have had no ability to recover, and the final outcome would have been hard to predict.

"We are both at the level of Elite Jonin; you cannot defeat me! My speed is not weak, and I possess Earth Release; only a Kage-level powerhouse could possibly defeat me! Your attacks cannot harm me." After recovering, Kuchiki Senya immediately straightened his posture, spoke in a deep voice, and his expression was extremely solemn.

Although he was very confident, he was not blindly arrogant; the fact that Sato Kaede could launch a surprise attack on him without his knowledge or alertness was enough to prove Sato Kaede's extraordinariness.

Therefore, even though Kuchiki Senya considered himself not much weaker than Sato Kaede, he did not rashly continue attacking, but instead chose to engage Sato Kaede steadily and cautiously.

Although Kuchiki Senya had not discovered where Sato Kaede's true body was, through the powerful chakra fluctuations, he could vaguely discern Sato Kaede's location, and then fiercely attacked Sato Kaede's main body.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~"

As Kuchiki Senya continued his attacks, dozens of dense and sharp blades suddenly shot out from the thick fog, then, carrying a fierce whistling sound, slashed toward various parts of Kuchiki Senya's body.

Kuchiki Senya's speed was indeed very swift, but alas, Sato Kaede's genjutsu interference still surrounded him; therefore, every time he dodged the blade attacks was extremely arduous.

In less than 5 minutes, Kuchiki Senya's entire body was covered in dense, fine bloodstains; the sight of him dripping with blood was chilling to behold.

"No good, this guy's genjutsu mastery far exceeds mine; if this continues, sooner or later I will be drained of chakra and die."

However, Kuchiki Senya was not broken; instead, he gritted his teeth and persisted, his mind racing furiously as he thought of a way to escape the dangerous situation.

"Since that is the case, then I will first exhaust his chakra."

Suddenly, a look of determination appeared on Kuchiki Senya's face, and he thought silently.

At this moment, Kuchiki Senya finally decided to stake everything; he intended to gain the advantage by relying on his chakra reserves.

As an Elite Jonin, and one possessing the innate ninjutsu 【Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall】, Kuchiki Senya's chakra reserves within his body were not lacking.

Moreover, in this narrow, enclosed cave (Li Ma De), he could fully rely on his own chakra reserves to continue grappling with Sato Kaede.

"Earth Release: Rock Dragon Bullet Technique!"

In the next second, Kuchiki Senya raised his right hand and shouted loudly.

"Roar—!"

A roar immediately came from behind Kuchiki Senya; then, a giant rock beast condensed from mud and sand emerged from behind him; after raising its head and letting out a long cry, it lunged toward Sato Kaede's direction with claws and teeth bared.

This move is one of the most powerful techniques in Earth Release, said to be immensely powerful, and the power of this Rock Dragon Bullet Technique can reach about four times the power of a normal Rock Dragon Bullet.

"Fire Release: Flame Bullet Technique!"

Facing the oncoming giant rock beast, Sato Kaede's expression changed slightly; he did not expect Kuchiki Senya to still be hiding this ace up his sleeve, so he immediately dared not be negligent, quickly used a Fire Release ninjutsu, and then threw it at the rock beast.

176. This is genjutsu; my Substitution Technique

A huge crimson fireball shot out rapidly from the kunai in Sato Kaede's hand, then collided with the rock beast's body.

In the next second, a violent explosion immediately rang out, and rings of visible ripples spread outward.

And the rock beast was overturned into the sky by the massive explosion.

"Water Release: Water Prison Technique."