Chapter 1041: Terrifying Dust Release

At such a close distance, Su Xiao rushed to Onoki's front almost instantly.

Onoki in mid-air had a calm expression, his hands suddenly clasped together.

With a rumble, earth spikes grew from the ceiling and the ground, attacking Su Xiao in a pincer movement from above and below.

Su Xiao immediately jumped up, his body arched in mid-air, and he swung his blade to slash at the stone spikes above his head. These stone spikes gave him a very dangerous feeling. Strangely, these stone spikes were neither sharp nor sturdy.

The long blade slashed past, and the several stone spikes above Su Xiao's head snapped as expected. As for the stone spikes under his feet, he had already formed an energy shield on the soles of his feet, so he could stand on the stone spikes without being pierced by them.

"Good reaction, kid."

Just as Onoki's voice fell, a large number of stone spikes grew around Su Xiao again—front, back, left, right, up, down—everywhere he looked was full of stone spikes.

This made Su Xiao very suspicious. He hadn't seen Onoki perform hand seals at all; the other party had just clasped his hands together.

Clang, clang, clang...

Blade light flickered in the underground prison. Su Xiao leaped into mid-air, surrounded by broken stone spikes. He used Zhan Long Shan to pierce through a broken stone spike and soon discovered the abnormality.

Su Xiao landed, pressed his hand on the ground, and his face looked a bit ugly.

The entire underground prison was made of stone, and in these rocks, Su Xiao sensed the fluctuation of chakra. These stone spikes were ninjutsu that Onoki had set up in advance, or rather, this was a secret technique.

Onoki must have consumed a lot of chakra. Did he go to such great lengths just to set up these stone spikes? One must know that even if he used the quantity advantage of the stone spikes to hit Su Xiao, it would at most hurt him; it was impossible to cause serious injury.

There were at least hundreds of stone spikes between Su Xiao and Onoki. Su Xiao's intuition warned him that it was best not to be directly touched by these stone spikes, which was why he hadn't rushed toward Onoki.

Just as Su Xiao was dodging the stone spikes coming from all directions, Onoki began to perform hand seals. He slapped the ground with one hand, his eyes staring fixedly at Su Xiao, his bulbous nose wrinkled, but he didn't activate the ninjutsu immediately.

Su Xiao had just slashed off several stone spikes growing from the ceiling when Onoki's eyes lit up.

"Earth Release: Earth Movement Core."

A square stone block rose from under Su Xiao's feet. Su Xiao leaped backward along with this force, the hem of his windbreaker fluttering.

But just at this moment, a black stone spike drilled out from the ground very abruptly, piercing straight toward Su Xiao's back.

There were also a large number of stone spikes in front of Su Xiao. Having no other choice, he could only raise his arm and swing backward, smashing toward the black stone spike behind him.

Just as Su Xiao made the posture of swinging his arm, Onoki performed hand seals quickly. A black stone spike also grew from the ground under his feet. Onoki pressed his hand on this stone spike, just waiting for Su Xiao's elbow strike to hit the other black stone spike.

Su Xiao's gaze had been focusing on Onoki. Dodging attacks relied on his intuition ability. Just as Sha had once said, when using intuition ability to dodge attacks, one's vision must always focus on the enemy's movements, while the brain is used to think about the enemy's purpose.

Just as Su Xiao's elbow was about to touch the black stone spike, he suddenly stopped, and Counter Shields appeared around him one after another.

Bang!

Su Xiao, wrapped in the Counter Shield, collided with that black stone spike. Onoki not far away frowned.

"Very smart, kid, but ginger is still spicier when it's old."

Veins bulged on Onoki's head, and chakra was consumed in large quantities.

At this time, Su Xiao had just been sent flying by several stone spikes. It seemed that stone spikes could grow anywhere in the entire underground prison.

Su Xiao landed steadily. Just after landing, Su Xiao noticed something wrong. Several pebbles the size of fingernails were floating in front of him.

Whoosh~

Several thin black stone spikes grew out from those pebbles. Su Xiao hadn't paid attention to these pebbles at all before. Now, there weren't many other things in the underground prison, but there were plenty of pebbles and stone spikes.

Several black stone spikes as thick as steel needles pierced toward Su Xiao's face. These stone spikes were really too close to him, no more than 20 centimeters at most.

Su Xiao immediately tilted his head, and a stone spike grazed his cheek, bringing up a few drops of blood.

Just as the black stone spike touched Su Xiao, Onoki not far away roared.

"Earth Release: Super Weighted Rock Technique."

With a rumble, the stone slab under Su Xiao's feet shattered, and a layer of invisible "armor" seemed to appear around his body. The weight of this "armor" was extremely terrifying.

At this moment, stone spikes no longer grew in the underground prison. Onoki floated one meter above mid-air, his hands performing hand seals quickly, almost appearing as afterimages.

Hum~

A hazy white light appeared between Onoki's hands; it was a transparent square energy frame.

At the same time, a square "barrier" appeared around Su Xiao, just happening to wrap him inside.

"Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu."

White light spread around Su Xiao. At this moment, Su Xiao's body was as heavy as ten thousand catties, and it was impossible to jump out of the Dust Release barrier.

Su Xiao took a deep breath and swung his blade forward with all his might.

Clang!

A blade flash with a diameter of five meters appeared. This blade flash was different from the blade flashes Su Xiao had slashed out in the past; it was significantly more solid and faster.

Now Onoki had two choices: one was to give up using Dust Release and immediately float to a high place to dodge the blade flash; the other was to perish together with Su Xiao.

"Heh."

The corners of Onoki's mouth curled up, his eyes didn't look at the blade flash at all, and he continued to urge the Dust Release.

With a swish, the blade flash slashed past, and the white light emitted by the Dust Release filled the entire underground prison.

Broken stones landed, and several bent stone spikes fixed Onoki to the ceiling. At the same time Su Xiao slashed out the blade flash, Onoki controlled the stone spikes to roll himself up, thereby dodging the blade flash.

"That was close."

Onoki touched the remaining half of the goat beard on his chin. He had been entangled by the stone spikes around his abdomen before, which caused his head to tilt forward, and that was why his goat beard was slashed off by the blade flash.

Crack, crack.

The sound of stone slabs shattering came. Su Xiao walked out from a square stone pit, with several broken Counter Shields beside him.

With a crack, the broken Counter Shields shattered and turned into energy, dissipating in the air.

Was it the Counter Shield that resisted the Dust Release? Of course not. The defensive power of the Counter Shield was excellent, it was true, but it wasn't enough to block the perverted attack power of the Dust Release.

What helped Su Xiao block the Dust Release was the incidental ability of the 【Divine Afterglow】 scabbard, Divine Blessing.

Special Effect: Divine Blessing (Active), after activation, generates a layer of secondary invincible shield. The shield lasts for 1 second, with a cooldown of 72 hours.

Actually, even the secondary invincible shield didn't completely block the Dust Release. The secondary invincible shield wasn't invincible in the true sense; the secondary invincible shield only lasted for 0.7 seconds before being decomposed by the Dust Release. Fortunately, the attack of the Dust Release in this barrier state only lasted for an instant.

Secondary invincible shield + Counter Shield + two layers of energy shields with 400 points of strength blocked the Dust Release.

Su Xiao hard-carried the attack of the Dust Release, which made Onoki somewhat stunned. In the decades he had mastered Dust Release, many people had dodged the Dust Release, but this was the first time he had encountered someone hard-carrying the Dust Release.

Onoki soon accepted this matter. A hazy white light appeared between his hands again. This time it wasn't a barrier-shaped Dust Release, but a diamond-shaped sharp cone. The attack range of this thing was no longer a point, but a cylindrical shape, just like a very thick laser, decomposing whatever it touched.

Before, Onoki used the "Atomic" Dismantling Jutsu, and now it was the "Limit" Dismantling Jutsu. The latter was an upgraded version of the former, with an expanded range, expanded power, and sustainability.

"Kid, receive this for me again."

Although Onoki said so, he didn't attack directly with the Dust Release, but was adjusting the angle. Shuoyan Village was right above the underground prison, and the attack range of the Dust Release: Limit Dismantling Jutsu was too large.

Su Xiao didn't look at Onoki at all. The weight his body was bearing had clearly decreased. As time passed, the effect of the Super Weighted Rock Technique would become weaker and weaker.

Su Xiao turned and rushed toward the entrance of the underground prison. Onoki, who was looking for an angle to kill Su Xiao in seconds, was stunned. Instead, he thought of something, and his gaze looked toward the cell where Deidara was held.

The cell was empty, and there was a string of handwriting on the ground. The handwriting was written very hastily, carved quickly with some kind of "sharp weapon."

On the ground, it was written: "This dog was here!" ===== CHAPTER 1042 =====