Chapter 647

These thoughts had barely flashed through when Kakuzu's expression changed abruptly.

Because that flash of silver light did not attack his true body, but instead flickered to the position of one of his heart clones in an instant. After the silver light flashed, that heart clone exploded directly, disintegrating into countless fragments in the lightning light.

And immediately after.

That silver light appeared next to his next heart clone.

"Damn it!"

"This guy..."

Kakuzu's expression became incomparably ugly in an instant.

Lu Chen was not attacking his true body, but instead went directly to attack his hearts right from the start. Could it be that his ninjutsu had already been seen through by the opponent?

But how is this possible!!

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Lu Chen did not stop at all, his figure flashing continuously. Kakuzu's heart clones couldn't dodge his attacks at all, exploding one after another like watermelons.

"Stop!!"

Watching this scene, Kakuzu finally showed a trace of panic, but Lu Chen's movements did not stop at all. He brought his five fingers together and swung out, poking and shattering his last heart.

Kakuzu's true body froze in place instantly.

He reached out his hand toward Lu Chen, trying to do something, but felt the power in his body fading rapidly, and finally, with a thud, he fell to the ground.

Silently.

Lu Chen appeared next to Kakuzu's true body, crouched down slightly, leaned close to his head, and said: "I know your abilities clearly."

"You..."

The vision before Kakuzu's eyes began to dim.

Bang!

Lu Chen stood straight again, stepped down, and crushed Kakuzu's head, causing it to disintegrate into countless black threads.

At the last moment before his consciousness disappeared, what emerged in Kakuzu's heart was 'fear,' which he hadn't experienced for a long time; he had only felt this way many years ago when he fought against Senju Hashirama.

That battle was nothing but a joke.

And so was this one.

He almost didn't even know what Lu Chen's ability was!

The entire battle process was like child's play, just a failed sneak attack, and then he was easily killed by Lu Chen.

"Did he see through my ninjutsu in an instant?"

"To think he would be strong to this extent..."

"As expected, I shouldn't have taken action this time..."

Accompanied by the last remaining thought popping up, Kakuzu's consciousness disappeared completely.

"Really..."

Looking at Kakuzu's corpse, which was completely shattered and whose aura had disappeared, Lu Chen shook his head and looked at himself, with only a few remaining scraps of cloth protecting his vital parts.

Crouching down next to Kakuzu to search for a while, he quickly found a stack of banknotes on Kakuzu's body, and the amount was not small.

Whoosh!

Lu Chen dissipated the chakra on his body, turned off the Eight Inner Gates, and arrived in front of the ramen shop owner whom he had sent out of the attack range earlier.

"Sorry, you were caught in the crossfire."

"This is compensation."

After handing the money he searched from Kakuzu's body to the ramen shop owner, Lu Chen smiled faintly at him and said: "Well then, goodbye."

Whoosh!

In the next instant, Lu Chen disappeared.

Only the ramen shop owner remained, staring blankly at the position where Lu Chen had disappeared, and it was only after a long time that he gradually came back to his senses.

Realizing that he had just narrowly been involved in a battle between two ninjas, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and murmur: "So that young man was a ninja..."

After leaving the small town, Lu Chen quickly headed toward the Land of Fire.

On the way, while passing through a small town, he encountered Root ninjas under Danzo. After seeing him, the Root ninjas conveyed the latest situation and location of the Konoha camp to him.

Two days later.

Lu Chen returned to the Konoha camp.

One could see that the camp here was significantly smaller than it was a few months ago; one could hardly see any younger Genin, and the total troop strength in the entire camp was less than three thousand.

It was not that most of them were sent out to fight, but that most of them had returned to Konoha. The war had lasted until now, and the resource consumption between the various villages was also very huge, and the order of the Ninja World was in chaos; now it had entered a short period of recovery.

"You're back, Lu Chen."

Seeing Lu Chen walk in, Orochimaru smiled at Lu Chen and said: "When the news that you killed Hanzo came back, I was shocked for a long time. I didn't expect your strength to have reached such a level..."

Lu Chen smiled slightly and said: "It's just because I have spent far more time practicing than others."

Orochimaru's gaze swept over Lu Chen, and he also showed a look of understanding. He could see Lu Chen's physical development, which was much faster than the actual passage of time; the current Lu Chen looked almost sixteen years old.

He could probably guess that Lu Chen used a time-type Kekkei Genkai to change the growth rate of his body. Doing so could indeed exchange for powerful strength in a very short time, but it would accelerate the aging of the body and reduce his lifespan.

"Speaking of which, your bounty in the underground world is said to have reached thirty million ryo. You should be careful with such a value; there will probably be some very troublesome ninjas eyeing you."

Orochimaru grinned and spread his hands, saying: "It is said that in the underground world, among the ninjas who obtain various bounties, there are even ninjas who have fought against the First Hokage and survived."

"Hmm..."

Lu Chen sighed and said: "I met that guy."

Orochimaru was a little surprised and said: "That's really unfortunate. It seems you are fine. Was that ninja killed by you?"

"Hmm."

Lu Chen nodded, walked to the table, poured a cup of tea, and took a sip.

Orochimaru said with a bit of shock: "Killed Hanzo of the Salamander, and even killed a ninja who survived under the First Hokage. Lu Chen, has your strength already reached the level of the First Hokage?"

Eleven years old... no, sixteen years old reaching that level of the First Hokage, such a thing is absolutely incredible, but Lu Chen, after all, is an existence who possesses a time-type Kekkei Genkai!

Lu Chen shook his head and said: "No, it's still far from it. Lord First Hokage was an existence who ended the chaos of war by his own strength and let the Ninja World have no war for decades."

He was indeed still far from the First Hokage.

Even Uchiha Madara with the Eternal Mangekyo couldn't compare.

As of now, his full-power attack releasing Heavenly Flash could probably barely manage to shave a piece off the top of a mountain, while Uchiha Madara had such power with a casual strike after opening the Complete Body Susanoo.

The strongest attack with all his might was equal to someone else's ordinary attack; such a gap was obviously still extremely huge.

At this time, if he encountered Uchiha Madara or Senju Hashirama, he could at most rely on speed to escape; if he chose to fight, even if he couldn't be killed, he would have a very high probability of being sealed. ===== CHAPTER 649 =====