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Chapter 96: Slaying Chiyo
Chapter 96: Slaying Chiyo
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
The sound of explosions reverberated continuously.
Unlike Kakashi Hatake and Chiyo's previous battle, which wasn't particularly loud, where the Kusanagi sword in Kakashi's hand, honed with his practiced Hatake swordsmanship, had easily sliced through Chiyo's puppets with barely a sound.
However, the clash between Asuma Sarutobi's Morning Peacock technique and Chiyo's secret jutsu created a deafening cacophony akin to countless cannons firing in unison, their roars shaking the entire battlefield and drawing the attention of countless ninjas.
The Leaf ninjas were awe-struck by Kakashi's formidable display of power, but their expressions also held a hint of tension. After all, Chiyo was a renowned ninja, a pinnacle among the countless sand ninjas of Sunagakure, hailed as the strongest puppeteer in the ninja world!
Given the current situation, the outcome was still difficult to predict.
The sand ninjas were even more anxious than their Leaf counterparts.
Aside from a few high-ranking members, they were unaware of the decimation of the ambush party and knew very little about Kakashi. They had assumed Chiyo's opponent would be one of the Leaf's Sannin, Tsunade, but instead, she faced an extremely young ninja!
Whoosh! Whoosh!!
More sand ninjas attempted to provide backup.
Leaf ninjas exerted themselves to the fullest to intercept them.
For a moment, the clamor surrounding Kakashi and Chiyo's confrontation overshadowed the clash between Jiraiya and the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, not far away. Even Rasa and Jiraiya paid attention to the developments, as they could both sense that the outcome would be decided shortly.
Would it be Kakashi, who inherited the White Fang's talent and will, emerging victorious once again over Chiyo in the Third Great Ninja War? Or would Chiyo, relying on her vastly superior battle experience, crush Kakashi?
Shikamaru Nara watched intently.
Jiraiya observed keenly.
Tsunade's gaze remained fixed on the confrontation.
Countless eyes converged on the center of the unceasing thunder.
Finally...
The metal shards that filled the sky gradually fragmented into countless scraps, becoming sparser, while the fiery light surrounded by the myriad fragments showed no signs of abating.
Bathed in silvery radiance, Kakashi, wielding the Chidori in both hands, drew fiery feathers of chakra around himself and surged towards the sky.
His hands, enveloped in lightning, formed a fist.
He threw a punch at the triangular puppet floating in the air.
Kakashi had already swept away most of the nearby puppet fragments, and Chiyo could only watch helplessly as he destroyed her puppet's core.
BOOM!!!
Lightning and fire detonated.
Accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion, the triangular puppet, crafted from some unknown material, shattered under Kakashi's mighty blow.
Clang!!!
With the destruction of the triangular puppet, the metal shards floating in the air lost their momentum and began to fall towards the ground, their power seemingly drained.
Kakashi, bathed in silvery light, struck down the triangular puppet and descended towards the ground, reclaiming the Kusanagi sword that had been ejected by the explosion.
Despite the force of the blast, the blade of the Kusanagi sword remained unscathed, its resilience far surpassing that of the White Fang ninja sword.
Crackle!
Kakashi gripped the hilt of the Kusanagi sword, and the lightning that coiled around his palm instantly spread to the sword's handle. He then flicked his left hand, causing the lightning there to vanish.
Chiyo witnessed this without any hesitation. She gently pressed her foot against the ground, using the Body Flicker Technique to swiftly retreat.
Retreat!
In the instant her ultimate secret technique was broken, she knew she had to fall back!
She was a seasoned ninja who had weathered countless storms and would not lose her conviction from a single defeat. Thus, when she determined that victory was no longer within her grasp, she decisively chose to withdraw.
Nearby Sunagakure ninjas attempted to stop him, but their ninjutsu and taijutsu couldn't match Feng Ye's speed. He paid them no heed, his eyes fixed solely on Chiyo.
Swish!
In an instant, the silvery light caught up with Chiyo.
The Kusanagi sword pierced through Chiyo's chest, but no blood spurted out. Instead, her body turned into sand and crumbled away; it had been a clone.
Without hesitation, Feng Ye, holding the hilt of the Kusanagi sword, slashed downward toward the ground below him while propelling himself upward with a leap.
Shing!!!
Shimmering metal spikes shot out from beneath Feng Ye's feet.
Chiyo's clone hadn't been meant to cover her escape but rather as bait, with her true body hidden right below!
This was the doing of a shadow-level expert who had weathered countless life-and-death trials and stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world. Even though most of her abilities had been lost, in the most perilous moment, she still exuded an extremely chilling killing intent!
If Feng Ye had reacted just a bit slower, he would have been impaled by Chiyo's puppet arm!
But Feng Ye reacted in time.
Or rather, in his four-times speed state, he had four times as much time to think as others. He anticipated Chiyo's most sinister ambush and, upon realizing he had pierced a clone, almost concluded that staying in place would invite an attack.
His backward leap into the sky wasn't just to dodge the underground attack but also to evade possible assaults from other directions. As for the downward slash, it was a faster reaction upon sensing something amiss underground.
Boom!!
An arc of light like a weekday fell toward the earth.
Chiyo's puppet arm was destroyed in an instant, and her body was blasted out from underground. She spat out a mouthful of blood and flew sideways.
Silence.
Feng Ye's figure turned into a silver glow, catching up with Chiyo in midair. With both hands holding the Kusanagi sword, he pierced through Chiyo's body from above and pressed downward, falling from the sky and slamming into the ground with a boom.
A dent was smashed into the ground, and the Kusanagi sword embedded itself into Chiyo's back, up to the hilt, like a nail pinning her to the shattered earth.
Feng Ye slowly stood up.
"Setting up a seemingly simple yet highly effective attack when the enemy thinks they've won, right until the last moment, you were still aiming for my youth and lack of battle experience. Wanting to use this to turn the tables, there's a reason countless ninjas fear you... "
He paused here, looking at Chiyo, who was nailed to the ground and only had a faint breath left, and slowly said, "Unfortunately, your plan was seen through by me."
Blood spread out on the ground.
Had she failed?
In the end, she couldn't complete her revenge. You won, White Fang...
Chiyo, who was nailed to the ground, had a pair of dimming eyes that moved with difficulty toward Feng Ye's direction before gradually losing their luster.
...
Sunagakure Village Elder Chiyo.
Killed in action!
Chiyo, who had lost to the White Fang in the Second Great Ninja War but survived by chance, ultimately couldn't escape her fate.
And Feng Ye, who killed Chiyo in the midst of the chaos, became famous throughout the ninja world after this battle!
(End of Chapter)
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