Chapter 428: This time I won

"Konoha's support… finally arrived?"

Shanjiaoyu Banzang looked at Lian Ye standing before him and sighed with relief, as if a burden had been lifted.

If the Poison Master doesn't come to aid soon, he'll be finished here today.

Lian Ye didn't turn around; his cold gaze remained fixed on the three Kage opposite him.

"From now on, leave it to me."

"Poison Master, do you really think you can handle the three of us at once?"

The Third Generation Water Shadow's face darkened as he said coldly.

Back then, when they attacked the Whirlpool Country, it was only because Lian Ye defeated them one by one.

If they united, the Poison Master would surely not be their opponent.

Today they will erase their past shame!

"Stop the chatter with him, go straight for it!"

Second Generation Raikage was surrounded by dazzling Lightning Radiance, his hair standing on end, having pushed the Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its limit.

"Just a bunch of defeated underlings."

Lian Ye said lightly, as if he hadn't taken any of the three seriously at all.

"Tch, troublesome weather."

Second Generation Raikage spat, and his Lightning Release Chakra Armor burst into even brighter light, instantly vaporizing the approaching rain into white steam with a sizzle.

The Third Generation Water Shadow thrived in such conditions.

"Water Release: Thousand Rain Needles!"

In an instant, the countless raindrops falling from the sky transformed.

During their descent they were intensely compressed and elongated, becoming countless sharp rain needles.

The Third Generation Earth Shadow hovered midair, white cubic light gathering in his hand, ready to be released at any moment.

Second Generation Raikage moved.

Using Lightning Release to accelerate his body to peak speed, he ignored the damage from the rain needles, turning into a winding blue lightning bolt that surged straight at Lian Ye!

Facing attacks from both sky and ground, Lian Ye didn't hesitate and immediately activated the Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

Buzz—

A dark‑red Susanoo skeleton materialized instantly, shielding Lian Ye within.

Countless rain needles hammered the Susanoo skeleton, producing a continuous clanging, crisp sound.

Like a downpour striking metal, yet it failed to breach the defense.

"Lightning Blade!"

Second Generation Raikage, wrapped in the strongest Lightning Release, slammed his elbow hard onto the same spot of the Susanoo skeleton.

Boom!

The violent impact caused tiny cracks in the hard Susanoo skeleton, yet it still hadn't pierced the defense.

A hint of surprise crossed Lian Ye's face as he praised.

"Tch, after years apart, your coordination is surprisingly smooth."

Seeing this, Second Generation Raikage, uninterested in lingering, turned his body into a blue lightning bolt and withdrew again.

At the exact moment he left, the Dust Release formed by Da Ye Mu in the sky surged toward him.

"Dust Release: Primordial World Peeling!"

The annihilating white light of Dust Release was about to arrive; Lian Ye had no intention of using Susanoo to block Dust Release, and instead directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape.

"Nice coordination."

As soon as Lian Ye appeared, the Third Generation Water Shadow already controlled water needles and fired them at him.

One warrior, two shooters.

Facing all three at once, he couldn't gain the upper hand for a moment.

The Water Shadow and Earth Shadow gave him no chance to get close; whenever he tried to approach, the Raikage would rush in with his massive body to block.

Lian Ye drew his waist‑mounted Tachi and swung it rapidly; the blade light formed an impenetrable barrier, slashing the water needles that came near into pieces.

Da Ye Mu in the sky seized the chance, instantly firing a second, smaller Dust Release cube.

The white light precisely enveloped his area, covering it together with the countless rain needles.

Lian Ye's figure vanished again.

Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, he appeared beside a Kunai, temporarily escaping the densest core of rain needles and the direct threat of Dust Release.

He picked up the Kunai on the ground and shot it toward Da Ye Mu in the sky.

"Evil Uchiha, trying that move again!"

Da Ye Mu didn't hesitate, turning and using Dust Release toward the Kunai's direction; as long as Lian Ye dared to appear here, he'd be pulverized by Dust Release.

Unfortunately, Lian Ye had anticipated this and didn't use the Flying Thunder God teleport.

Instead, he took three Kunai bound with Explosive Talismans from his Ninja Tool Bag and threw them in different directions.

He didn't aim at the three Kage, but at the ground and water puddles around them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The successive explosions raised huge splashes of mud and water, disrupting perception and sight.

Amid the chaotic explosions, Lian Ye's gaze locked onto the Third Generation Water Shadow, who was fully controlling the water needles.

To maintain such a wide‑range and intricate Ninjutsu, the Water Shadow's body remained relatively still, focusing on perception and control.

Eliminate this ranged shooter, and dealing with the remaining two will be easy.

Now it's no longer a matter of being too close or too far.

Lian Ye infused a large amount of chakra into his eyes.

The dark red Susanoo reappeared, this time not as a full-body skeletal framework but as a half-body skeleton.

In the skeleton's right hand it still grasped a dark red Tachi, faintly exuding black aura.

The Susanoo's massive Tachi swung abruptly, raising a raging vortex that smashed and blew away the barrage of rain needles aimed at Lian Ye.

Among them were a few Flying Thunder God Kunai.

At the same time, Lian Ye dispelled the Susanoo and again employed the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The Third Generation Water Shadow sensed the massive chakra reaction of the Susanoo ahead and continued to control water needles to suppress.

But he paid no attention at all, unaware that a Kunai had appeared behind him at some unknown moment.

Spatial distortion surged behind him.

"Mizukage, be careful!"

Da Ye Mu in the air, through the smoke, vaguely saw a silhouette.

The Third Generation Water Shadow, startled by the words, turned his head and saw only a pair of Kaleidoscope Sharingan and a Tachi's blade glinting at extreme speed.

"Pfft!"

The blade precisely sliced across his neck.

Thousands of rain needles in the sky lost control, turning back into rain that fell with a whooshing sound.

The headless corpse of the Third Generation Water Shadow weakly collapsed into the muddy water.

Amid the thick fog and rain curtain, Lian Ye stared coldly at the corpse on the ground, his voice calm.

"This time I won't take you to exchange for money."

He acknowledged that the coordinated teamwork of the three indeed put considerable pressure on him.

Since that's the case, I can only see him off.

Killing someone is easier than capturing them alive...

Through the rain curtain, Lian Ye gazed at the Second Generation Raikage and the Third Generation Earth Shadow, who were shocked and frozen by the Mizukage's instantaneous death.

The two had not expected that Lian Ye could instantly slay the Mizukage under their coordinated teamwork.

"The roleplay is over, you can go die now."

Half-Body Susanoo reappeared, radiating terrifying pressure.

The Second Generation Raikage and the Third Generation Earth Shadow exchanged glances, each seeing fear in the other's eyes.

The Susanoo before them made them feel the threat of death.

"Earth Shadow, cover me!"

Lightning Release chakra on the Second Generation Raikage suddenly erupted.

Da Ye Mu, hearing this, immediately formed hand seals with both hands.

"Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"

Rumble—

The ground on both sides of Lian Ye suddenly rose, forming two massive hemispherical rock walls, like closing giant clams, pressing down toward Lian Ye in the middle.

This move had an enormous range, forcibly restricting Lian Ye's movement and vision.

Seizing the opportunity, the two turned and fled without hesitation.

The Second Generation Raikage instantly transformed into a blue lightning bolt and fled toward the distance.

Da Ye Mu likewise refused to fall behind.

"Even a three‑against‑one can be counter‑killed by a single person."

"If not now, then when?"

By the time Lian Ye shattered the Earth Release that emerged, the two had already vanished.