Chapter 86: The Third Raikage and the Escape

With a soft squelch, the Cloud Ninja who had looked up opened his mouth wide, making a gurgling sound; a blood-stained sword tip emerged from his mouth, and the smell of blood instantly permeated the air.

"Watch out... damn it, there's an invisible enemy!"

The Cloud Ninja who smelled the blood looked up and saw the tragic sight of his companion being pierced through the throat from behind, and he hurriedly shouted, but the moment he finished shouting, a line of blood had already appeared on his neck.

After he finished his last cry, that thin line of blood instantly expanded, and with a squelch, blood sprayed out like a fountain; his head rolled once and fell to the ground.

As the world spun, this Cloud Ninja saw his two remaining companions looking around with expressions of horror, and then a bloodstain appeared on their necks as well...

After all four Cloud Ninjas died without any ability to resist, the figure of Uchiha Feiyu gradually emerged; he wiped the Kusanagi Sword in his hand slightly on the corpse of one of the Cloud Ninjas, a hint of joy appearing on his face.

"It feels much easier than before. This guy should be a Special Jonin, right? He was insta-killed by me without even a chance to react..."

"Even without the Soul bonus from Hatake Sakumo, my strength now is stronger than it was half a year ago, especially after my Bloodline Evolution."

Over the past half year, Uchiha Feiyu had on one hand made up for his weaknesses in fundamentals and chakra, thoroughly possessing Shadow-level hardware, and on the other hand, through the baptism of the Blood Pool and the Awakening of his Bloodline Limit, his own natural aptitude had also greatly improved in all aspects.

Under these circumstances, even though his White Fang Sword Technique hadn't progressed much, the power he unleashed was far beyond the past; even without Hatake Sakumo's Possession, he was a notch stronger than before.

Summoning a few snakes to collect these corpses to Ryuchi Cave first, Uchiha Feiyu's figure disappeared again, leaving only some bloodstains on the ground.

Time gradually reached the evening; in just a few hours, Uchiha Feiyu, who possessed sensory abilities, concealment abilities, and strength far exceeding that of ordinary ninjas, had already harvested more than 40 heads in succession, wiping out over a dozen Cloud Ninja squads.

The Cloud Ninja squads near the Leaf Ninja camp had also sensed that something was wrong; these squads had contact with each other, yet in a very short time, the members of a squad in a certain direction had completely lost contact. Even with one's toes, one could tell that some big shot had definitely come to "fry fish in a pond."

Squish! Uchiha Feiyu slowly pulled his long sword from the back of a Cloud Ninja; the Cloud Ninja turned his head, looking at Uchiha Feiyu with astonishment in his eyes. Opposite him was the Earth Clone of Uchiha Feiyu that had just been destroyed.

"It seems you must have some reputation among the Cloud Ninjas! To actually be able to trade so many moves with me."

Uchiha Feiyu said indifferently; although he had only forced out his Clone Technique and Body Replacement Technique and entangled with him for a few rounds, the Cloud Ninja before him was already enough to be called an Elite Jonin.

"Don't... be smug... Lord Raikage... will avenge me..."

"Yes, yes, yes, your Lord Raikage is amazing, so I will definitely hide well and won't let him find me!"

With a flash of sword light, the ninja's head fell off; Uchiha Feiyu first collected the Soul, then summoned a large snake to take his corpse away.

However, the moment Uchiha Feiyu sent the summoning snake back to Ryuchi Cave, a beam of light descended from the sky, and with a boom, it smashed into the ground dozens of meters away.

Accompanied by a loud noise, the earth shook as if a meteorite had fallen, and the violent air wave blew away some small gravel on the ground, making Uchiha Feiyu unable to help but reach out to shield his eyes.

"This is... Tensou no Jutsu?! Damn! Is the Third Raikage related to Cao Cao? He comes the moment he's mentioned!"

Complaining aside, Uchiha Feiyu's speed was not slow at all; without waiting for the dust from the landing to dissipate, the Camouflage Concealment Technique and Light-Weight Rock Technique were already loaded onto his body, and he disappeared like a ghost.

"Damn it, Bulai! Where are you?!"

Amidst the booming voice, a small Giant with bulging muscles, looking like a god of lightning, appeared. The Third Raikage's gaze swept over the battlefield just now, but apart from a pool of blood on the ground, he found nothing.

Seeing this scene, a look of anger immediately appeared in the Third Raikage's eyes; he had clearly used a special method to determine the location and even the life or death of that Bulai, which was why he had come directly using Tensou no Jutsu.

Now that only a pool of blood remained on the ground, it was clear that the person he wanted to save was in grave danger and had likely sacrificed his life.

"Lightning Style: Torrent Technique!"

Violent lightning condensed into the hands of this Third Raikage like a water flow, pouring onto the ground, and then countless silver snakes instantly spread out, illuminating the entire forest within a hundred meters.

But after this flash of light ended, apart from the surrounding woods suffering a bit and being scorched black and withered by the electricity, it did not force out the hidden enemy as the Third Raikage had imagined.

"Damn coward, you just wait for me, don't fall into my hands!"

Uchiha Feiyu, over 100 meters away, shrank his head, and the speed under his feet became even faster.

"As expected of the Raikage, not only does he possess the strongest Ninja Body Technique in the entire Ninja World, but his Lightning Release is also truly slick; at the very least, it's far stronger than an average Elite Jonin."

Only after escaping several hundred meters further did Uchiha Feiyu dare to mutter a few words aloud.

There was no help for it; with Madara Uchiha aging and Nagato not yet grown, the Third Raikage could almost contend for the title of the strongest in the Ninja World.

Uchiha Feiyu had great self-awareness; if he really dared to stay and test the Third Raikage, it would likely be a case of "testing and then dying."

Seeing that the Third Raikage had arrived in this area, he did not dare to linger here to hunt, but instead turned around and slipped back toward the ninja camp.

When Uchiha Feiyu returned directly to the Leaf Ninja camp, he saw that his three subordinates had also returned by now; not only that, but judging by their appearance, they seemed to have gone through a battle.

"Kakashi, did you encounter enemies too? Didn't I tell you to stay near the camp and patrol?"

Kakashi's expression was a bit dazed, and only after hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words did he come back to his senses:

"I'm sorry, we were a bit too excited at the time, so we went a bit further from the camp."

When saying this, Uchiha Obito on the side had a flushed face and an expression of shame; Uchiha Feiyu immediately understood what was going on. It was clearly because this guy Obito didn't listen to orders that they encountered enemies.

(End of this chapter)