Chapter 159: , Power That Shatters the Earth

After hearing Ryosuke’s proposal, Tsunade looked at Ryosuke with glowing eyes, a charming smile on her lips.

Arm wrestling to compare strength?

Isn't this playing with a big sword in front of Guan Gong?

Since this man wanted to give it away so much, she could only—graciously accept.

Subsequently, the thin man and the chubby youth stepped aside, leaving the position on the table to Tsunade and Mizunuki Ryosuke.

"Come on."

"Do you need some time to prepare and warm up?"

Tsunade said with a smile, a trace of ease in her eyes, as if she had already determined she would win.

Actually, this was understandable; after all, the Strength of a Hundred technique in the ninja world was unique to her, and even the Akimichi clan within the Hidden Leaf could only bow down to Tsunade’s monstrous strength in their normal form, let alone other families in the ninja world.

In terms of strength, Tsunade had never feared anyone since she debuted.

"No need, let’s start directly."

Looking at Tsunade’s confident expression, Ryosuke’s certainty about Tsunade’s identity had reached 90%.

But since he had already proposed the gambling game, he naturally couldn't start with a bang and end with a whimper.

Soon, the two stood on the left and right sides of the table, each extending a hand and placing it on the table, gripping each other’s hands.

"White Shark (Kisame), you be the referee."

Ryosuke said to Kisame Hoshigaki on the side with a smile, using his "code name" to address him.

To this, Kisame Hoshigaki nodded and came to the side of the two, and Tsunade on the other side had no objections.

"Ready, start!"

Seeing that both of them were fully prepared, Kisame Hoshigaki didn't hesitate anymore and directly waved his hand to announce the start of the contest.

Upon hearing the start announced by Kisame Hoshigaki, the two exerted force together.

At this moment, both of their strengths remained at the level of normal people, and neither had gained the lead.

Tsunade stared directly at the smiling, harmless-looking youth in front of her, her eyes flickering slightly.

Under such circumstances, she seemed to have no need to expose her full strength; she only needed to reveal a little bit of strength to win.

Thinking of this, Tsunade began to exert force slowly; Yang Release chakra was directly converted into a huge force and transmitted to Tsunade’s arm, until she added 30% of her strength.

But soon, Tsunade’s eyes became solemn, because no matter how she increased her strength, she still couldn't do anything to the youth on the opposite side; the youth’s arm in front of her seemed to be cast from iron, and no matter how she exerted force, she couldn't shake the youth’s iron arm in the slightest.

Even until this moment, the youth’s expression hadn't changed in the slightest.

Even if Tsunade only used 30% of her monstrous strength, the power was already very terrifying.

The table serving as the base had already made a "creaking" sound, as if it could collapse under the monstrous strength of the two at any time.

Seeing this, Tsunade also knew she had encountered a "tough nut," but in terms of strength, she had never feared anyone.

Tsunade’s Yang Release chakra accelerated its output; 40%, 50%...

At this moment, Tsunade had already used half of her strength.

"Crack!!!"

Finally, the table under the two’s elbows could no longer support them, emitting a violent hum, and then shattered into pieces.

Under the huge force, the fragments of the table were like broken shrapnel, scattering and shooting out.

"Dodge!"

The thin middle-aged man gave a low shout and was the first to pull away, his speed so fast that only a residual image remained.

Combined with Ryosuke’s previous guess, it could be seen that this was a Hidden Sand ninja adept at Wind Release.

On the other side, the chubby youth also reacted very quickly, clapping his hands on the ground, forming an earth wall in front of him to block the fragments of the exploding table.

And Kisame Hoshigaki, who was closest, just smashed the incoming fragments with two punches and continued to watch the arm wrestling between Tsunade and Ryosuke at close range.

At this moment, Tsunade looked at the youth in front of her with burning eyes, the contempt between her eyes having disappeared without a trace.

Such monstrous strength was something Tsunade had never encountered before.

Recalling the feeling of "the same kind" that came from the youth when she first saw him, Tsunade’s heart fluttered slightly.

At that moment, Tsunade’s competitive spirit was completely ignited, and she no longer cared about the surrounding environment or other messy things.

Tsunade continued to increase her strength, the monstrous force on her arm climbing to another level; she had even vented a full 70% of her strength.

Because the table had been destroyed by the two’s arm wrestling, the two were now standing in place.

The contest of wrist and arm strength had now escalated to a contest of whole-body strength.

"Boom!!!"

Under the continuous increase of force from the two, the ground beneath their feet began to crack inch by inch, and the huge force even caused the ground to tremble slightly.

Seeing this, except for Kisame, the remaining two in the room showed shocked expressions.

How could there be such "monsters" in the world?

As the arm wrestling progressed to this point, Ryosuke’s eyes were also filled with a serious expression.

·· Begging for flowers ·· ··

At this point, even Ryosuke was ignited with a bit of desire to win.

There was no reason for the woman on the opposite side to go all out while he still held back.

Neither of them intended to stop, continuously increasing their force.

With the continuous increase of force, soon Ryosuke was already going all out, approaching his limit.

And he could feel that although the Tsunade in front of him was also approaching her full strength, there was still a certain gap from her limit.

This also indicated that at least on the path of strength, Ryosuke was still not as far along as Tsunade.

And this was actually not strange; the principle was the same as the Yin Release shadow secret technique Ryosuke used earlier.

After all, unlike Tsunade’s specialization in Yang Release, Ryosuke possessed too many other powers, so there was a gap in specificity compared to ninjas who specialized in a single category of skills.

Seeing this, Ryosuke couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Those who can become Hokage are indeed not simple people."

Soon, Ryosuke’s arm began to tilt backward continuously, and the scales of victory began to tilt toward Tsunade.

And at this time, the strength on Tsunade’s arm was still increasing, and it was clear that Tsunade was about to win the arm wrestling contest.

Ryosuke, whose desire to win had been completely ignited, had a sharp glint flash in his eyes.

Since he couldn't beat Tsunade in Yang Release: Monstrous Strength, Ryosuke could only make up for it from other places.

In the original work, Tsunade once had a contest with the Fourth Raikage, A, to compete for the position of Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

The content of the contest was also arm wrestling.

A small contest allowed both of them to acknowledge the other’s strength.

In this contest, the Fourth Raikage, A, played a small trick in order to win.

Seeing that he couldn't win in a contest of strength, the Fourth Raikage chose to use speed and disrupt the opponent’s force exertion to make up for the lack of strength.

He first pulled back suddenly, letting Tsunade’s strength empty, and then immediately used Lightning Release chakra to stimulate his cells, exerting force again with several times the speed, and achieved victory in one fell swoop.

Such behavior could be called a strategy, or it could be said to be somewhat unfair.

And since he had chosen a contest like arm wrestling, what was being compared was pure strength, and Ryosuke didn't intend to win in such a way.

Furthermore, the development and use of Lightning Release had never been Ryosuke’s strong suit, and he estimated he couldn't do it as perfectly as the Fourth Raikage.

But this didn't mean he could only be helpless and wait for the outcome of defeat.

Mizunuki Ryosuke had another way.