Chapter 319 Zabuza's Transformation
Chapter 319 Zabuza's Transformation
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Lightning Release: Gratitude Wave!"
"Water Release: Water Chaos Waves!"
Multicolored ninjutsu light, like dazzling fireworks, crashed down on the puppet named Cang Yue in the center of the arena.
However, after entering the second stage, Cangyue's mobility and computing power were terrifyingly enhanced.
He wielded his two chakra lightsabers with impenetrable precision, and low-level ninjutsu posed no threat to him.
"Damn it! This guy's getting faster and faster!"
While panting heavily, Obito used the perception of his three-tomoe Sharingan to dodge the light sword that Cangyue suddenly thrust at him.
Not far away, Nohara Rin bit her lip, her dark red chakra cloak flickering in and out.
She formed hand seals, attempting to unleash a powerful Water Release technique once more, but as soon as she began to refine her chakra, a deep and violent roar echoed from the depths of her mind—the restlessness of the Three-Tails Isobu within its seal.
"No... we can't rely on its power any more."
Cold sweat beaded on Lin's forehead as she forcefully suppressed the destructive urge surging within her.
Kushina warned her that with her current control, if she excessively extracted the tailed beast's chakra, she could easily suffer a backlash and become a tailed beast herself.
At that point, not only will the exam be terminated, but the lives of those present will also be in danger.
"I can only use medical ninjutsu and basic water jutsu to help everyone!" Rin shouted.
"It's okay, Rin, just take care of yourself. I'll take care of this guy." Obito turned around and gave Rin a big smile, then turned to look at Sogetsu, his eyes turning fierce.
"It's just a broken puppet, don't be so arrogant!"
Obito roared and quickly formed hand seals.
Cangyue seemed to have determined that Obito was the most threatening target among the group. Ignoring the harassment from the Cloud Village genin with lightning release, it suddenly exerted force with both legs and charged towards Obito like a cannonball. Its two lightsabers crossed and slashed down in a scissor shape!
This attack was extremely fast.
"I can't dodge it!" Obito thought in horror.
At this critical moment.
"when--!!!"
A deafening metallic clang rang out in front of Obito.
Sparks flew everywhere.
A broad, heavy sword forcefully blocked Cang Yue's dangerous lightsaber.
"What?!"
Obito stared wide-eyed at the back of the figure carrying a large sword who was blocking his way.
Zabuza Momochi!
He was gritting his teeth and gripping the knife handle tightly with both hands.
The terrifying downward force of the lightsaber caused the muscles in his arms to tremble violently, and even blood seeped from the base of his thumbs.
"Why...why did you save me?" Obito asked incredulously, not thinking that this guy, who was full of murderous intent, could be a good person.
"Stop being so delusional, you Konoha idiot!"
Zabuza forced out a few words through gritted teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.
"You and your teammates are the main force in this battle. If you're eliminated here, we'll all be worn down by this puppet!"
"I only saved your life so I could beat the game myself, so get back at me, you bastard!"
Although he used harsh words, Zabuza did his best to buy time for Obito.
"Hmph, thanks, Kirigakure!"
Obito grinned, and the three tomoe in his eyes spun wildly.
He took a deep breath, and a special kind of chakra suddenly burst forth from his body.
"Buzz—"
In that instant, the tomoe in Obito's right eye seemed to come alive, its rotation speed reaching its maximum.
"What kind of power is that?!"
The surrounding genin, including Zabuza, all felt a suffocating sense of oppression.
"You have a second stage too?!"
Chakra began to gather around Obito's body.
"Click, click..."
A huge, jet-black skeletal arm appeared out of nowhere on Obito's right side.
Although it was just an arm, not even covered in flesh and blood, only bare white bones, the ominous aura emanating from it made Cang Yue feel danger.
Susanoo!
Although it's just a basic partial manifestation, it's already Obito's strongest trump card, as he needs to hide the existence of his Mangekyou Sharingan. However, it's quite difficult for him to use the three tomoe to create a partial manifestation.
"Get out of my way!"
Obito roared and, controlling the giant skeletal arm, threw a powerful punch!
"Bang!!!"
The punch landed squarely on Cang Yue's chest.
The special material that the Azure Moon was made to withstand anti-artifacts finally shattered in the face of Susanoo's power.
It flew backwards, leaving a long ditch in the ground.
"What... what kind of ninjutsu is this?!"
The surrounding genin were all dumbfounded.
That enormous bone hand looked just like the arm of a demon god.
"Hahahaha! Did you see that?! This is the power of the Uchiha clan!"
Obito stood there, laughing triumphantly.
However, his cool demeanor lasted only three seconds.
"cough……"
Obito suddenly covered his right eye and bent over in pain. The skeletal arm vanished into thin air.
"Damn it... my chakra is drained too much, my eyes hurt so much..."
"You idiot! Don't unleash your ultimate attack if you don't have enough chakra!"
Zabuza was so enraged by this scene that he almost vomited blood. He raised his greatsword and pointed it at Sogetsu, who was swaying as he stood up again in the distance.
"It's not dead yet! Let's all charge in while its armor is breached!"
"I don't need you to teach me!"
The genin from Kumogakure shouted and unleashed his Lightning Release chakra.
"Iwagakure, use Earth Release: Block its escape route!"
"clear!"
In an instant, the genin once again displayed amazing teamwork.
The swamps and earthen walls created by Earth Release restricted Sogetsu's mobility, while the combined attacks of Lightning Release and Water Release constantly eroded its surface defenses. Zabuza's greatsword, like a ghost, specifically sought out and cut into the areas where its armor was damaged.
"Obito, are you alright?" Rin rushed over anxiously and used medical ninjutsu to relieve the stinging in Obito's eyes.
"I'm fine, Rin." Obito gritted his teeth and stood up, his eyes still firm.
"Leave the final blow to me!"
He looked at Cang Yue, who was being suppressed by everyone in front of him, took a deep breath, and squeezed out all the remaining chakra in his body.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Buzz—"
The dark blue pillar of fire erupted once again!
This time, it encountered no resistance and poured into the crack in Cangyue's chest caused by Susanoo's attack!
"Beep—Warning…Core overheating…System…Melted…"
Cang Yue's scarlet electronic eyes flashed wildly a few times before finally dimming completely under the intense heat of the blue flames.
The massive metal body emitted several muffled explosions, billowed thick black smoke, and then collapsed with a thud.
"We won...we won..."
Seeing the puppet reduced to a pile of scrap metal, all the genin present breathed a sigh of relief, collapsed to the ground, and gasped for breath.
Obito lay down on the muddy ground, looking at the sunlight filtering through the leaves, and grinned foolishly.
"Hehe... This great man... is going to be Hokage..."
Not far away, Zabuza planted his greatsword in the ground, sat down leaning against the hilt, looked at Obito's foolish appearance, and snorted coldly.
"Tch, the people of Konoha are really a bunch of lunatics."
He looked up at the sunlight filtering through the leaves, but the images of the four figures in green bodysuits from earlier kept flashing through his mind, their figures overlapping with Obito's.
That kind of crazy attitude of burning one's life and breaking through the limits of the body without hesitation for the sake of one's companions; that kind of continuous attack that turns into a green meteorite in the air with an indomitable and all-consuming momentum.
Zabuza's eyes became somewhat complicated. The philosophy he had been instilled with since childhood was that emotions were superfluous, companions were for use or betrayal, and only survival was the only truth.
To survive, he could kill all his classmates without hesitation during the graduation exam, without even blinking an eye.
But today, he saw something completely different.
"They're so weak, they know they'll die, so why do they still stand in front of others?"
Zabuza recalled the boy who led the group, a boy with a watermelon-shaped haircut whose eyebrows were as thick as caterpillars.
Those cringeworthy lines, though cringeworthy, were like a heavy hammer, relentlessly striking Zabuza's already frozen heart.
"And this idiot named Obito..."
Zabuza glanced at Obito, who was sprawled on the ground grinning foolishly, and then at the brown-haired girl who was gently wiping Obito's sweat.
"For this kind of pointless bond... you'd even risk your life?"
Zabuza lowered his head, looked at his own hands, and suddenly felt a little unfamiliar with them.
He recalled the moment he rushed out to shield Obito from a fatal blow; his body seemed to react before his brain.
"I'm just trying to beat the game... just trying not to die here."
Zabuza kept telling himself this, trying to attribute his actions to rational calculation.
But even he himself couldn't deny that at the moment he swung his sword to block the lightsaber, he felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration deep inside.
"Damn it... there's definitely something wrong with Konoha's feng shui!"
Zabuza shook his head violently, trying to shake these strange thoughts out of his mind.
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