Chapter 173 Tsunade VS Substitute
Chapter 173 Tsunade VS Substitute
On the flank of the battlefield in the Land of Rivers, the people of Konoha and Sunagakure tacitly made room for Tsunade and Chiyo, and two terrifying chakra clashed together.
"The White Secret Technique: The Ten Ninja of Chikamatsu!"
As Granny Chiyo's withered fingers danced, ten puppets dressed in white robes floated in mid-air like ghosts.
They are not inanimate objects. Under Chiyo's skillful manipulation, each puppet seems to have an independent soul and can even perform taijutsu and ninjutsu like a real human ninja.
Tsunade stood amidst the rubble, her long golden hair whipping wildly in the surging air currents of chakra. The ground beneath her feet was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, the marks left by the rock layers she had just shattered.
"Is this what they call the Chikamatsu Ten Ninja?"
Tsunade was wearing a gray sleeveless combat suit, revealing her muscular arms.
"Looks like nothing special. Let me see if it can withstand my punch."
"Arrogant little girl."
Chiyo stood on a high rock, her fingers twitching slightly, a ruthless glint in her eyes.
"Granddaughter of the First Hokage, I hope your bones are as hard as your mouth! Go!"
Although she said that, Chiyo didn't underestimate Tsunade. This girl had broken Tsunade's poison during the Second Shinobi World War.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The three puppets launched the first attack.
One of them wielded two swords, drawing two intersecting streaks of cold light in the air, aiming straight for Tsunade's throat; another puppet opened its mouth, but instead of a tongue, it was a dark, gaping tube from which countless senbon needles coated with purple poison rained down; the third puppet was like a giant sphere, spinning rapidly on the ground, attempting to attack Tsunade's lower body.
The upper, middle, and lower routes completely blocked all space for dodging.
"drink!"
Tsunade gave a cold shout, showing no intention of dodging.
She stomped her right foot hard on the ground, unleashing a terrifying burst of strength.
"boom!"
The ground collapsed instantly, and a huge slab of rock was shaken up, like a shield blocking the way.
"Ding ding ding ding!"
Countless poisonous needles were embedded in the rock slab, making a dense, crisp sound.
Immediately afterward, using the rock slab as cover, Tsunade charged out like a cannonball, her right fist clenched tightly, her chakra compressed to its limit at the tip of her fist.
"Super Strength - Collapse!"
"Snap!"
The puppet wielding twin swords tried to parry, but was blasted into a shower of wood chips along with its blades by the punch. Intricate gears and bearings lay scattered on the ground, still slightly turning.
"One was destroyed, so there are nine left."
Tsunade landed, but before she could adjust her posture, the air behind her suddenly distorted.
"It's not over yet!" Chiyo's voice was chilling.
The spherical puppet somehow appeared behind Tsunade, then suddenly sprang open, revealing two high-speed spinning chainsaws inside.
"Sizzle—!!!"
The chainsaw slashed towards Tsunade's lower back.
At the same time, two other puppets, one on the left and one on the right, shot out chains from their hands, attempting to entangle Tsunade's arms.
Chiyo's combat experience was incredibly rich; she never gave her opponents a chance to breathe.
In her hands, these ten puppets formed a perfectly coordinated elite squad.
"roll!"
Without turning her head, Tsunade swung her elbow at the spherical puppet behind her.
But just as the elbow was about to make contact, the spherical puppet strangely shrank back, avoiding the powerful blow. Then, the chain puppet's iron chains wrapped around Tsunade's wrist.
"Got it!" Chiyo's fingers tightened suddenly.
"Drill: Human Body Technique!"
The moment she was bound by the chains, a strange chakra flowed through them and invaded Tsunade's meridians, attempting to disrupt her movements.
At the same time, the remaining puppets that had not moved rushed forward.
One puppet's head split open, revealing four sharp scythes; another puppet formed hand seals and unleashed a wind-style ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Wind Slicing Technique!"
The sharp wind blades, combined with the scythe's slashes, sealed off all of Tsunade's escape routes.
"Damn it!"
Tsunade frowned; she had underestimated the coordination of these ten puppets.
She exerted all her strength, trying to break the chains, but the chains were made of a special chakra metal, making them exceptionally tough.
"Pfft!"
The wind blade sliced through her shoulder, and blood splattered.
Immediately afterwards, a sickle pierced her thigh.
"It's over, Tsunade."
Chiyo watched as the blood stained Tsunade's clothes, a cold smile curling at the corner of her lips.
This knife is coated with a special neurotoxin; once it comes into contact with blood, muscles will be paralyzed and chakra will stagnate within three seconds.
The toxin spread rapidly along the wound, and Tsunade felt half of her body begin to go numb, and her vision blurred for a moment.
Chiyo didn't stop. With a series of flicks of her fingers, all the puppets rushed forward, countless sharp blades pointing at Tsunade's vitals.
A desperate situation.
If it were anyone else, they would probably have been killed, but the one standing there was Tsunade.
"hehe……"
Tsunade, who had been looking down, suddenly let out a soft laugh.
"Toxins? Paralysis?"
She slowly raised her head, her brown eyes filled not with fear, but with a fiercely burning fighting spirit.
"Old hag Chiyo, aren't you underestimating me?"
"Buzz—"
A massive, suffocating surge of chakra suddenly erupted from Tsunade's body.
The purple diamond-shaped mark on her forehead shone brightly at that moment.
"Yin Seal - Release!"
With a low shout, the purple light transformed into black curse lines, which, like living vines, instantly covered her face and extended to her entire body.
"Ninja Art: Creation Rebirth: Hundred Healings Technique!"
At this moment, time seemed to flow backward.
To Chiyo's astonishment, white steam began to rise from the deep, bone-revealing wounds on Tsunade's shoulders and thighs. The granulation tissue writhed wildly, and the severed muscle fibers, blood vessels, and nerves, stimulated by the massive Yang Release chakra, reconnected and healed at a visible speed.
In the blink of an eye, the wound disappeared without leaving a scar.
As for those toxins?
Under the rapid metabolism of cell division and regeneration, toxins are directly and forcibly metabolized and excreted from the body, turning into black sweat that seeps out from the pores and is then evaporated by chakra.
"What...what kind of technique is this?!"
Chiyo said in surprise.
Instant self-healing? Even immune to deadly poison? I've never even heard of such a technique!
"Now, it's my turn."
Tsunade pulled sharply.
"collapse!"
The chakra chain that was just moments ago incredibly strong was as fragile as a noodle in the face of the monstrous strength of the Hundred Healings state, and was torn in two.
Tsunade did not throw away the chains; instead, she wrapped them around her hands and pulled hard.
The chained puppet on the other end instantly lost its balance and flew towards Tsunade.
Come here!
Tsunade unleashed a punch.
"boom!"
The steel puppet exploded in mid-air, turning into a pile of scrap metal.
Tsunade stomped her foot, causing the ground to shatter and create a large crater. She then charged into the group of puppets like a black lightning bolt.
At that moment, she abandoned all defenses.
"puff!"
A sharp blade pierced her abdomen.
Tsunade didn't even flinch. She charged forward, bracing herself against the sharp blade, and with a backhand slap, smashed the attacking puppet into pieces.
The wound began to heal the moment the sharp blade was pulled out.
"How is this possible... how could there be such a fighting style?!"
Chiyo watched the figure charging recklessly amidst the flashing swords and the clash of blades, and her composure began to crumble.
This was not a battle between ninjas at all. When the puppet's sword slashed at her, she didn't dodge; when the poison needles pierced her, she didn't avoid them.
Chiyo panicked and quickly manipulated the remaining three main puppets into a formation.
"The three treasures are drained!"
The three puppets stood in a triangular formation, with a black hole in the middle, unleashing a terrifying suction force that attempted to pull Tsunade in and crush her.
The surrounding rocks and trees were all uprooted and swept into the black hole, turning into dust.
Tsunade stood in the raging wind, her clothes fluttering wildly as they were pulled by the suction, but her feet seemed rooted to the ground.
Taking a deep breath, Tsunade's Hundred Healings Chakra surged wildly into her right fist.
Instead of resisting the suction, she leaped high into the air, plummeting like a meteorite towards the center of the black hole.
"Are you looking for death?!" Chiyo exclaimed in shock.
Entering the center of the Three Treasures Absorption Center, even the most skilled ninja would be shredded.
"It's your toy that's dead!"
Just as Tsunade was about to be sucked in, she swung her right fist out suddenly.
This is not just superhuman strength, but an attack that involves highly compressed chakra.
The force of the punch compressed the air, forming an invisible air cannon that slammed into the central node of the Three Treasures Absorption.
"Boom!!!"
A deafening roar.
That black hole, capable of devouring everything, was actually blasted apart by this one punch!
The massive shockwave instantly shattered the three main puppets into a shower of parts, which fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
The smoke and dust cleared.
Tsunade stood in the center of the ruins, the black curse mark on her body still flowing. Although her clothes were badly torn, revealing large areas of skin, there were no wounds on her body, and her skin was as smooth as ever.
Around her, Chiyo's proud "Chikamatsu Ten" were now reduced to two mutilated halves, twitching weakly on the ground.
"Huff... huff..."
Tsunade was panting heavily; the side effects of that rapid regeneration were beginning to show, and her physical strength was being greatly depleted.
But her gaze remained domineering, fixed on Chiyo in the distance.
"What other tricks do you have up your sleeve? Bring them on!"
Chiyo stood on the rock, looking at the wreckage scattered all over the ground, her cloudy old eyes filled with complex emotions.
She lost.
"I'm not playing anymore."
Chiyo sighed, lowered her fingers, and severed the last chakra thread.
"The Legendary Sannin of Konoha... Tsunade."
Chiyo gave Tsunade a deep look.
"Your medical ninjutsu is indeed ahead of its time."
"but……"
Chiyo turned around, and although she was defeated, she did not lose her composure as an advisor to Sunagakure.
"This war is not over yet."
After saying that, Chiyo's figure flashed and disappeared into the sandstorm.
Tsunade did not pursue them.
As the Hundred Healings Technique was lifted and the black curse mark faded, a strong sense of exhaustion instantly overwhelmed me.
She plopped down on the ground, pulled a bottle of nutrient solution from her ninja tool bag, and gulped it down.
"What a troublesome old woman."
Tsunade looked at the puppet fragments scattered all over the ground; her chakra was almost gone.
"but……"
She looked up at the sky, a smile appearing on her lips.
"This feeling of fighting with all my might is not bad."
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