bookbashuk Chapter 145 Feint to the East, Attack in the West: Deal with the Evil Ghost Path First!
Chapter 145 Feint to the East, Attack in the West: Deal with the Evil Ghost Path First!
Chapter 145 Feint to the East, Attack in the West: Deal with the Evil Ghost Path First!
hide?
The sound was transmitted through the bones, from the bone spikes on the sea surface to the bones underwater, and then clearly reached Izumi's ears.
He could hear Pain's words and sense the subtle changes in chakra in every part of the Bone Spike Forest.
He chuckled inwardly; he wasn't really hiding, he was just creating a suitable battleground for himself.
Beneath the seabed, his figure silently disappeared into the crisscrossing, enormous bone spikes, using them as passageways to move through.
On the sea, that white jungle of bone spurs became his domain.
Pain stood on a rock not yet covered by bone spikes, his Rinnegan scanning his surroundings.
The fog churned and the bone spikes stood tall, but Izumi River could not be seen.
He knew the other party hadn't left, but was hiding in the shadow of these bone spikes, ready to launch a surprise attack from any direction at any moment.
"Aren't you coming out?" Pain's voice remained calm, but there was a hint of impatience in his tone.
His response was a bone spur that pierced him from the side.
Bone spikes flew out of the jungle at great speed, heading straight for Pain's head.
Pain didn't even turn his head. He slightly tilted his head, and the black rod in his hand shot out from his palm, shattering it before retreating.
However, at the very moment the bone spurs shattered, Izumi's figure burst out from among the other bone spurs.
The raised right fist, brimming with monstrous power, slammed towards Pain's face.
Shinra Tensei!
Pain turned to the side, unleashing his repulsive force once more, sending Izumigawa flying.
But the instant Izumi was thrown back, his body disappeared into another bone spike behind him.
Only a few white bone fragments remained, drifting down in the mist.
Pain's Rinnegan contracted slightly; this fighting style was more troublesome than simple taijutsu.
The opponent combined his bloodline limit with the bone spike jungle, allowing him to attack or defend as if hunting in his own territory.
In the distance, Shura Dao raised his arm and launched a missile toward a suspicious area in the Bone Spur Jungle.
The missile exploded, flames engulfing several bone spikes, and fragments scattered everywhere.
But Izumi's figure had already emerged from another bone spike, and the bone knife in his hand slashed towards Shura's back.
The five arms of the Asura Path swung back and forth, the serrated blade blocking the bone knife.
Metal clashed with bone, sparks flying. Izumi didn't linger; he used the recoil to retreat, his body disappearing into the bone spikes once more.
"Slippery mudfish." The three faces of the Asura Path spoke simultaneously, their voices mechanical and cold, their six eyes of reincarnation devoid of any emotion.
He looked up at Pain, who was hovering in mid-air, and knew what was going to happen next.
He then turned and sped toward the battlefield where Ye Cang was.
At the same time, Pain slowly rose into the air, his black robe with red clouds fluttering in the sea breeze.
He looked down at the vast forest of bone spurs below, the white spurs appearing and disappearing in the mist, like a desolate white forest.
There was no fluctuation in his Rinnegan eyes; he simply slowly opened his arms.
"Izumi Taketori, I'll show you what the power of a god truly is!"
His voice wasn't loud, but with the boost of chakra, it clearly carried throughout the entire sea, even drowning out the roar of the waves.
"Shinra Tensei!"
The consumption of chakra suddenly increased, and Pain's hands trembled slightly, with an unprecedentedly terrifying repulsive force gathering in his palms.
The moment the repulsive force erupted, the air was compressed into a transparent ripple visible to the naked eye, spreading outwards in all directions from Pain.
The hard, steel-like jungle of bone spurs crumbled like a paper toy before this irresistible force.
White bone fragments flew in all directions, like withered leaves swept up by a gale.
The sea was pushed aside, the surface of the sea caved in, revealing the black reefs and silt underneath.
The rocks along the coast were uprooted and mixed with broken bones and mud, pushed further away by repulsive forces.
After a muffled, loud bang, a huge, bowl-shaped crater appeared where the bone spur forest had been.
All the bones were cleared away, and only seawater began to pour in, flowing in from the edge of the pit and quickly submerging the newly formed depression.
The waves surged and the seawater crashed against each other, producing a dull roar.
Pain lowered his hands, his Rinnegan gazing down at the massive crater being swallowed by the sea.
His brow furrowed slightly, and a thought flashed through his mind: Had he dodged it?
He neither saw Izumi's figure nor sensed his chakra.
Although the bone spikes have been removed, the attacker could indeed have avoided the attack if they had dived into the seabed beforehand.
On the sea surface, the backflowing seawater formed circular waves that constantly rippled and crashed, splashing up white foam.
The fog closed in again, shrouding the entire sea area in a grayish-white haze.
boom!
A red figure emerged from the sea, creating a towering column of water.
Water splashed everywhere, shimmering with iridescent colors under the sunlight before being swallowed by the mist.
The figure flew into the air, its bone wings unfurled, and it looked directly at Pain.
At this moment, Izumi River has changed completely.
The wings on its back were no longer a pure white skeleton, but were wrapped in a layer of scarlet chakra.
Tiny sparks burned along the edge of the wing membrane, like the wings of a phoenix.
A bony tail extends from the tailbone, its tip sharp as a spear, swaying gently behind it, leaving behind streaks of crimson afterimages.
The skeletal armor that had been shattered by the repulsive force on his body was rapidly healing, with crimson chakra seeping through the gaps, like magma flowing in a crack.
The chakra not only repaired the armor, but also formed a dark red halo on its surface, making his figure look like a demon crawling out of purgatory.
Izumi River, shrouded in skeletons, had only its red and white eyes visible.
The Sharingan in his left eye slowly rotated, and the three tomoe reflected the figure of Pain; the Byakugan in his right eye bulged with blue veins, clearly showing the flow of chakra within the opponent's body.
He flicked his wrist lightly, and the knuckles made a crisp clicking sound.
With the action of clenching his fist, his entire skeleton armor instantly closed up and healed, looking brand new, with even the tiny cracks disappearing without a trace.
"You are indeed very strong." Izumi's voice came from within the armor, carrying a metallic echo. "To be able to force me to use my last resort, you deserve my recognition."
His gaze swept over the Hungry Ghost Path standing on the distant reef, whose pair of Rinnegan eyes were staring intently at him.
Izumikawa knew that the Preta Path's power rendered his attacks, which were made of pure chakra, ineffective.
As long as the Hungry Ghost Path touches it, its chakra will be absorbed and used to replenish the other party.
Therefore, he never resorted to methods like those used by the immortals.
From the start of the battle until now, he has only used pure physical attacks and the physical skeleton of his bone veins.
Right now, he's simply filling the bone armor with chakra, strengthening the power of the Corpse Bone Pulse.
Pain gazed at Izumi's crimson skeletal armor, a barely perceptible ripple flashing in his Rinnegan.
He could sense that the other party's aura was stronger than before. The oppressive feeling was no longer that of a mere martial arts expert, but rather that of a more dangerous being.
"Your defense is not bad," Pain said slowly, his voice still calm. "But how long can it last?"
Izumikawa did not answer; his own light passed over Pain and landed on the still-burning battlefield in the distance.
Yekura's figure weaved among the summoned beasts, bursts of light from her Blazing Release technique occasionally exploding, while the Asura Path had already closed in on her flank.
"Yakura, the Asura Path is over!" Izumi's voice condensed into a single line, reaching Yakura's ears through the vibration of chakra.
Ye Cang, who was some distance away, did not turn around, but simply nodded slightly. He then swung the fire python in his hand, sending a charging split-type dog flying.
At the same time, he retreated, increasing the distance between himself and the Asura Path.
Izumikawa withdrew his gaze and focused it back on Pain, whose bone wings vibrated slightly, with crimson chakra flowing across their surfaces as if burning.
"My turn," he said in a low voice, his figure transforming into a dark red streak of light as he charged toward Pain.
Pain raised his right hand, and the gravitational pull of the Universal Pull enveloped Izumi.
This time, Izumi Kawa still did not resist, but he also did not use the momentum to accelerate.
His bone wings suddenly unfolded, and the chakra on the wing surfaces exploded, tearing a gap in the gravitational field.
His body slid sideways out of the direction of gravity, like a leaf blown off course by the wind.
Pain's Rinnegan contracted slightly; his opponent's reaction speed and combat adaptability far exceeded his expectations.
After only a few exchanges, they had already figured out how to evade the gravitational field.
Izumi's figure traced an irregular zigzag in the air as he approached Pain from the side.
His right fist was brimming with monstrous power, and the crimson chakra on his fist surface merged with the skeletal armor.
A dark red halo formed, and before the fist even arrived, the air was already compressed into a sharp whistling sound.
Pain raised his other hand, preparing to launch Shinra Tensei.
But he suddenly realized that the other party's swinging motion seemed a bit strange, but the repulsive force had already erupted in his hand.
As Izumi swung his fist at him, he completed a 180-degree turn and used the repulsive force to stomp his foot.
His figure shot straight down towards the Hungry Ghost Realm not far below, like a fiery meteor.
boom!
Nagato, completely unaware of the opponent's intentions, never expected that the target of this attack would be the Preta Path, which had not participated in the battle.
Only the Preta Path, which has a special absorption effect on ninjutsu, was powerless against the fists of Izumigawa, a taijutsu ninja.
Like a rag doll, it spun 360 degrees in mid-air and rolled several times before finally crashing into the depths of the island.
Upon seeing the successful Izumi, he stood on the ground looking at Pain in the sky, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Without the Hungry Ghost Realm, his talents as an immortal can be unlocked.
However, while some successes have been achieved here, things are not so optimistic for Yecang.
On the distant sea, the Asura Path had already clashed with Yekura.
Five arms swung simultaneously, with cannon muzzles, blades, and serrated edges attacking Yecang from different angles.
Yekura's figure weaved through the gaps in the attacks, while the Firebird of Scorching Release circled around her, shooting down the missiles one by one.
However, the Asura Path's firepower was too intense, and she already had several wounds on her body, with her robes torn in several places.
"Never mind me, focus on dealing with yours!" Ye Cang's voice came from afar, slightly panting, but still steady.
Izumikawa understood Yekura's thoughts; she hadn't faced such a life-or-death battle in a long time.
So she wanted to squeeze out all her potential and see her limits, to see just how far she could go.