Chapter 98: Pursuit and Harvest

"Argh!"

Following a series of screams, the Cloud Ninja rear-guard squad turned into corpses in an instant after a flash of lightning struck through them.

Only the last Cloud Ninja had dazzling electric light flash over their body; clearly, they had also learned a portion of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, blocking the first strike of the lightning.

But in the next moment, the lightning retreated rapidly, revealing the figure of Uchiha Feiyu and his raised arm.

He extended his arm forward, thumb curled, forming a palm blade, with dense lightning dancing all over his body.

The Cloud Ninja who had just used the Lightning Release Chakra Mode looked on in horror and shouted:

"No, this is impossible..."

"Hell Stab—Four-Finger Nukite!"

With a *puchi* sound, the intense lightning condensed into an indestructible long blade of electricity, piercing through the ninja's chest in an instant.

However, Uchiha Feiyu was still young, yet he already possessed Orochimaru's Cell Activation, Hatake Sakumo's White Fang sword technique, and the Lightning Release Chakra Mode of two generations of Raikage—ninjutsu that others could only dream of.

It was just that, firstly, Uchiha Feiyu had always preferred using a blade, but the Lightning Release Chakra Mode of those muscular brutes was entirely bare-handed, which he found very uncomfortable and planned to improve upon later.

"I wonder how many Cloud Ninja I've actually killed; I feel like this wave of Cloud Ninja is truly going to suffer a major blow to their vitality."

At least in the short term, it was impossible for Uchiha Feiyu to bring the Lightning Release Chakra Mode to the level of the two Raikage.

This was already the third day since the Cloud Ninja retreated from the battlefield. In these three days, Uchiha Feiyu had either launched frontal assaults or ambushes, killing an unknown number of Cloud Ninja along the way.

Possessing the souls of the Third and Fourth Raikage, Uchiha Feiyu immediately began to borrow their souls to learn the Cloud Ninja's most famous Lightning Release Chakra Mode. With the foundation of the White Fang sword technique and the previous half of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode as a base, his progress was indeed not slow.

"And are those father-and-son brutes' brains filled with nothing but muscle from practicing Ninja Body Technique? Why must they attack with fists and fingers? Would it kill them to pick up a blade and hack someone?!"

Reaching out, capturing souls, and merging them, Uchiha Feiyu felt the skills of these ninjas, then casually discarded some weak souls and summoned a giant snake to clean up all the Cloud Ninja corpses.

Once he spent two years thoroughly digesting and mastering these things, his strength would inevitably advance by leaps and bounds, making him the strongest Ninja Body Technique ninja.

Slowly withdrawing his arm from the ninja's chest, Uchiha Feiyu flicked the blood off his hand, his expression looking a bit unpleasant:

"Tsk... I already feel like I can't handle it just by opening to the Four-Finger Nukite. It seems the Cloud Ninja's Lightning Release Chakra Mode really isn't something that can be learned in a short time."

Secondly, besides the technique of using chakra, the Lightning Release Chakra Mode also had high requirements for the physical body. Even though Uchiha Feiyu's physical strength was quite good, it was still a far cry from those two muscular brutes.

"I wonder if my cheap teacher has helped me prepare the corpses? With so many corpses, it should be enough to push my bloodline up another level or two. I just don't know if I can awaken the Mangekyo?"

At this moment, the only top-tier powerhouse left among the Cloud Ninja was Killer Bee. However, although Killer Bee also knew the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he was not that kind of specialized Ninja Body Technique ninja, and in terms of speed, he was far inferior to Uchiha Feiyu.

This meant that even with Tailed Beast Power, Killer Bee could not pose any threat to Uchiha Feiyu. Uchiha Feiyu could not deal with Killer Bee, but he could freely unleash his output against ordinary Cloud Ninja.

Coupled with the fact that the defeated Cloud Ninja had almost lost their formation and organization, unable to form large ninja groups to deter Uchiha Feiyu, he truly left a trail of blood and carnage along the way.

"What a pity... any further forward is the Land of Lightning. The remaining materials will have to wait for later!"

Looking at the national border in the distance, Uchiha Feiyu silently stopped his steps. Once he entered the Land of Lightning, the danger of being hunted would increase significantly.

After all, even someone as strong as the Third Raikage could be swarmed to death by ten thousand ninjas. Although the Cloud Ninja had suffered heavy losses, they could still scrape together ten thousand ninjas if they tried hard enough.

With the front lines defeated, the Cloud Ninja's reinforcements had likely already arrived at the border of the Land of Lightning.

Turning around, Uchiha Feiyu transformed into a flash of lightning and disappeared from this battlefield.

It took three days to hunt down the Cloud Ninja, but it only took a few hours to return to the Leaf camp.

After returning to the Leaf camp, Uchiha Feiyu didn't say a word and went straight to find his cheap teacher.

Orochimaru in the command room was coordinating the ninja evacuation. At this moment, his image no longer had the disheveled look from the battlefield; instead, he looked spirited, and even his originally pale face had a few hints of a flush.

Seeing Uchiha Feiyu enter, a smile appeared on Orochimaru's face as he spoke:

"How was it? What were the results?"

"I killed about a thousand Cloud Ninja. Oh right, I also killed two Bloodline Limit ninjas; I can hand the corpses over to you, Teacher, later."

"Cloud Ninja's Bloodline Limit? I remember that besides a Storm Release, those barbarians didn't seem to have any other Bloodline ninjas."

"There was also a Magnet Release ninja, but he was far worse than the Sand Ninja's Magnet Release; it felt like a knock-off version."

Uchiha Feiyu had indeed encountered a Magnet Release ninja named Toroi. This guy's ability was also quite strange; he could impart magnetism through contact with others, and then he could make the iron tools he threw track the opponent.

It was just that Uchiha Feiyu's speed was much faster than the Shuriken he threw. Before the Shuriken could touch Uchiha Feiyu, his own throat had already been slit.

If Uchiha Feiyu hadn't habitually collected his soul afterward, he wouldn't even have known that this guy was also a Bloodline Limit ninja.

Compared to him, the Bloodline Limit ninja who possessed Storm Release performed more prominently. At least when Uchiha Feiyu hacked that Storm Release ninja to death, it still took a bit of time.

The external manifestation of the Storm Release Bloodline Limit was like a laser that could turn corners and track targets, which was quite a counter to a speed-type ninja like Uchiha Feiyu.

It was just that the ninja's own strength had only just reached the level of an Elite Jonin, which was why Uchiha Feiyu was able to kill him.

After finishing speaking with Orochimaru, Uchiha Feiyu took a Scroll from his bosom. After opening the Scroll, with a *bang*, two corpses appeared on the ground.

"These are the corpses of those two Bloodline Limit ninjas. They should be very useful to you, Teacher, right?"

Orochimaru chuckled, looked at Uchiha Feiyu meaningfully, and said in a low voice:

"After cleaning up the battlefield, those corpses were all placed into scrolls. They are currently in the third tent at the rear; I'll leave them for you to guard..."

(End of chapter)