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Chapter 208: Nara Keisuke VS The Third Raikage!
🕑 Added 2025-09-22 11:25:17 +0000 UTCChapter 208: Nara Keisuke VS The Third Raikage!
"You bastard!"
The Third Raikage turned his head with difficulty, his eyes, now completely bloodshot, glaring at Nara Keisuke. Combined with his blood-soaked body, he looked like a demon who had just clawed its way out of hell.
"I am going to kill you!!" he roared, his voice as mournful and furious as a lone wolf howling at the moon.
Hearing his cry, both Minato and Kagami were snapped out of their shock and elation, their focus returning to the enemy before them. Keisuke's one attack had destroyed the Kumo camp and inflicted massive casualties on their army. The damage was easily comparable to what the Raikage himself had inflicted on the Konoha camp. In a single blow, the war on this front had been reset to a stalemate.
If they could now take out the Third Raikage or the AB Combo... this war would be over. The only question was whether Keisuke could withstand the Raikage's assault, let alone defeat him.
Minato and Kagami weren't sure. Keisuke had already fired two of those Tailed Beast Bomb-like attacks. While a high-difficulty jutsu might not always be a chakra-drainer, a high-power one absolutely was. Their only worry was that Keisuke's reserves were running low.
Keisuke, however, was focused entirely on the Raikage. From the man's full-throated roar, he could tell that the "grievous" wounds were merely superficial, not even "deep to the bone." Though he had been prepared for the Raikage's defense, seeing it in person was still shocking.
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, the reanimated Raikage had been damaged by Temari's Wind Style while in his base form. But once he activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, even a direct hit from Naruto's Wind Style: Rasenshuriken had only briefly stunned him. Keisuke had just seen his own Wind Release: Pressure Damage—one of his strongest wind jutsu—combined with the elemental counter, barely manage to inflict a light wound on the living Raikage. It was no wonder he was surprised.
At that moment, an even more intense, blinding lightning erupted from the Third Raikage's body. An immense amount of chakra was molded and refined, forming a light-blue armor of electricity. Under the extreme stimulation of this chakra, his body's cells were activated to their limit. The bleeding stopped, and the cuts from the wind jutsu began to visibly heal.
"Cellular activation" was the ability to create new cells to replace old ones. The "Lightning Release Chakra Mode" was Kumo's most secret nin-taijutsu; its primary function was to use lightning to stimulate the nervous system, drastically increasing movement and reaction speed. But it was also a supreme form of physical activation. It could be used for healing; it was just incredibly chakra-intensive.
For the Third Raikage, however, killing the Shadow of Darkness was now his only priority. Chakra consumption was the last thing on his mind.
'The Shadow of Darkness. His abilities beyond the intel are not just Wind Style, but also that astonishing monstrous strength!' the Raikage thought, his mind working at high speed. 'His strength is comparable to my own. But he used a wind jutsu, not his famous shadow arts... I must create an opportunity for a one-hit kill!'
CRACKLE—
A thunderclap exploded on the open ground. The Third Raikage unleashed his ultimate speed, charging Keisuke like a bolt of lightning.
In response, Keisuke calmly spread his Shadow Binding Technique, creating a black web of shadow tendrils on the ground, waiting for his opponent to fall into the trap. He even sent several tentacles shooting forward to intercept the charge.
But the enraged Raikage had not lost his mind. He was well aware of the "Shadow of Darkness's" intel. Compared to the unexpected Wind Style, the shadow arts were his true signature. A bolt of lightning flashed. The Raikage, displaying inhuman reflexes, forcibly changed his vector mid-charge, dodging the tentacles.
'So careful?' Keisuke narrowed his eyes. He raised his left hand and fired a black projectile.
Spiraling Shadow Binding Bullet!
The Raikage clearly saw the attack. He flickered again, dodging the bullet, and at the same time, continued to move, ensuring his own shadow was nowhere near the projectile's path.
'That wasn't an accident. He has solid intel on my abilities!' Keisuke's mind raced. 'I've never fought a Kumo ninja before, but he's intimately familiar with my techniques, even dodging the potential splash effect... It seems the intel-sharing conspiracy is real.'
Using these two feints, the Raikage had closed the distance. He looked at Keisuke, and the "Lightning" tattoo on his right shoulder crackled with black electricity.
"Lightning Release: Black Panther!"
In the blink of an eye, the black sparks expanded, taking the form of a ferocious panther made of pure black lightning. It roared and leaped at Keisuke, fast as light itself, its jaws open to devour him. This was the Third Raikage's unique Black Lightning.
But in the face of this attack, Keisuke calmly raised the Flame Uchiwa. The Black Panther slammed into the fan and, like a mud-ox entering the sea, vanished completely, absorbed without a trace.
'A tool that can absorb Lightning Style!' The Raikage was briefly surprised, but not deterred. 'It doesn't matter what tool you have. It's useless before my strongest spear!'
In the instant Keisuke was absorbing the jutsu, the Raikage closed the final gap. He raised his right hand, all four fingers held tightly together. A brilliant light enveloped his hand as he thrust it forward.
"Hell Stab: Four-Fingered Spear Hand!"
The attack arrived in an instant. Just as the Gunbai finished absorbing the Black Panther, the Raikage's spear-hand struck it dead center.
CLANG!
A piercing, metallic sound rang out. Keisuke held the fan's handle with his right hand and braced its face with his left. The chakra from his Boil Release Mask flooded his body, amplifying his strength.
'Boil Release: Peerless Monstrous Strength!'
Gritting his teeth, Keisuke held his ground, successfully blocking the Raikage's "Hell Stab" head-on.
The Raikage was inwardly stunned. This was the first time in his life anyone had ever blocked his Hell Stab. Not even the Eight-Tails could stop it. But the Hell Stab was not just four fingers. Its true power was when it was concentrated into one...
But Keisuke didn't give him the chance. The Black Lightning he had just absorbed, along with the remaining power from his Wind Release Mask, was channeled into the Gunbai and unleashed all at once.
Repel all things, and turn them into a ferocious counter-wind!
Uchiha Reflection!
