Chapter 186: Trump Card

Tsk!

Looking at the dangerous situation he currently faces, Dong Shilang couldn't help but complain; the opponent really thinks highly of him, willing to spend a lot.

Just based on the attack rhythm the opponent has prepared, even if an elite Jonin came, in his current state he probably wouldn't fare well.

Indeed!

The Gangshan Jonin's offensive, which he has been planning for a long time, can be said to have driven the current Dong Shilang into a desperate situation.

By using a large-scale Yellow Spring Swamp to restrict Dong Shilang's range of movement, and then attacking him with the Earth Stone Dragon Technique he himself has cast.

Even if this technique fails, there is that rock-ninja special Jonin with excellent speed and strength, acting as a front line to draw his attention, while he lurks in the shadows to launch a ninjutsu attack.

Even if their opponent is a Jonin in perfect condition, the two of them working together could still cost him his life!

What's more, Dong Shilang is in poor condition!

In the Gangshan Jonin's view, the opponent's defeat is merely a matter of time; perhaps it won't take more than a few rounds for the two of them to kill him and then turn back to rescue their comrades.

"If that's the case, then I have no choice but to use that move!"

With no other recourse, Dong Shilang had no choice but to play his trump card. If he continued to hide his hand at this point, he might really lose here.

What else is there afterwards~

"Release!"

While the two earth stone dragons were still some distance away, Dong Shilang dared not delay any further, directly forming the seal to dispel a ninjutsu he had prepared in advance.

Afterwards he put away his ninja blade and began forming seals with both hands.

Although he can now seal with one hand, this is limited to some C-rank and lower, relatively simple ninjutsu.

Like the ninjutsu he is about to perform, he currently cannot do it with one hand.

Shen—Mao—Chou

As the seal in his hand completed, a clamor like thousands of birds chirping simultaneously erupted from Dong Shilang's wrist.

It also reached the ears of the special Jonin opposite him and the Gangshan Jonin hidden underground.

"Lightning Release: Chidori"

Dragging the high-density chakra in his hand, feeling the boost from the lightning-natured chakra's transformation, Dong Shilang charged straight at the special Jonin blocking his front.

The speed he displayed was astonishing!

"What's going on?"

"How could that guy possibly still be able to use a lightning-release ninjutsu of this level?"

The Gangshan Jonin, who was hiding underground and observing the surface situation through ninjutsu, saw Dong Shilang's actions and was quite shocked.

Because, according to normal reasoning, after consecutively casting three high-level ninjutsu, he should have little stamina left to keep producing chakra.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been tangled up with his teammates for so long just now.

"Could it be a soldier's pill?"

"But that doesn't make sense! Even if he had taken a soldier's pill, he couldn't possibly digest it that quickly; there would have to be some process in between!"

Due to his surprise at Dong Shilang's change at this moment, the Gangshan Jonin is now secretly speculating about the cause of this change, while also muttering to himself constantly.

"Could it be that he took a soldier's pill before the battle even started?"

After racking his brains and still unable to figure it out, he could only arrive at this conclusion.

Otherwise, it would truly overturn his understanding.

You should know, even for a veteran Jonin like him, continuously producing a large amount of chakra and releasing three high-level ninjutsu in such a short time would already be somewhat overwhelming for him.

His bodily energy would be consumed at double the rate!

What's more, it's the opponent!

Judging by the opponent's build, he looks only about fourteen or fifteen years old!

No matter how he tries, he finds it hard to believe that the opponent possesses such a vast amount of chakra.

Otherwise, sensory ninjas wouldn't have given any warning!

Actually, the reason Dong Shilang still has enough chakra to use Chidori at this moment is not, as the opponent guessed, because he had taken a soldier's pill beforehand.

Such a thing, while it can play a certain role in battle, is not very practical on such a large-scale battlefield.

Because using a soldier's pill brings some not-so-serious side effects, Dong Shilang does not want to take it unless absolutely necessary.

After using it, although it can help restore chakra in the short term, the taste is unpleasant, and eating too much also imposes an invisible physical burden on young ninjas, which may affect their future growth and development.

Although it's not obvious!

That aside, the key is that after taking it, while it may be effective in the short term, once the drug wears off the resulting side effects make Dong Shilang unwilling to use it lightly.

Soldier's pills help ninjas draw energy more deeply from their body's cells, but this energy isn't conjured out of thin air; after the drug's effect ends, the ninja will experience a period of weakness.

During this weakness period, ninjas are not completely unable to produce chakra, but both the efficiency and the cost are several times that of before.

That's not good at all!

Especially on a battlefield of prolonged melee!

However, although Dong Shilang is not currently taking soldier's pills, if the situation becomes urgent he would still not hesitate to use this thing that he considers not very practical.

But at this moment he simply doesn't need it!

Because he has already found a method more suitable for himself!

That is 'Sage Mode'!

Since the future crown prince can prepare shadow clones in battle to absorb senjutsu chakra, why can't he?

Only Naruto, due to the Nine-Tails' interference, is unable to complete the Two-Hearts Technique with the two frogs, Fukasaku and Shima.

And Dong Shilang, on the other hand, is because his senjutsu preparation time is too long, and furthermore he has no frog or snake-like spirit beast to help him absorb and harmonize natural energy.

However, both of them can enter Sage Mode through the Shadow Clone Jutsu, that miraculous ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage to counter the Sharingan.

This also means that Dong Shilang's Sage Mode, which originally had no practical combat value, has finally found its use.

It is not only used as an energy source, but also to activate itself.

It can also give him considerable help in battle~

Just like now, once deployed, it rescued him from this dangerous situation!

Of course, necessary disguises still need to be done!

He currently has no immortal markings on his face!

You don't even need Ninjutsu; just some simple makeup tricks, with no difficulty at all~