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Naruto Peerless Flying Dagger (29)
🕑 Added 2025-04-22 17:00:11 +0000 UTCChapter 29 - Little Li's Flying Dagger vs. One-Fingered Thrust
"In my current state, I can keep going for another three days and three nights without a problem!"
"If I stop tangling with you and charge directly into your Konoha ninja army, how long do you think they could withstand my attacks?"
The Third Raikage's words silenced the Konoha ninjas.
Whether the Third Raikage could truly last another three days and three nights was debatable.
However, if the Third Raikage went berserk, they indeed lacked the ability to stop him.
They had already tried.
Neither the combination ninjutsu of the Third Hokage and the Sarutobi clan head nor Kagami Uchiha's Susanoo could harm the Third Raikage.
Of course, if it were only the Third Raikage, the three of them might be able to hold him down, perhaps even wear him out eventually.
But beside the Third Raikage was the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, an even more troublesome opponent.
Whether the Third Raikage could last three days and nights was unknown.
But without a sealing team, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki wouldn't tire even after another three days and nights, let alone the first three.
Tailed Beasts were just that unreasonable.
They were aggregates of chakra, possessing immense amounts innately. More importantly, their chakra recovery speed was extraordinary.
The Nine-Tails was even considered to possess nearly "infinite chakra."
The Eight-Tails, Gyuki, second only to the Nine-Tails, while having far less chakra than the Nine-Tails, was still beyond comparison for ordinary ninjas.
With the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki present, the three Konoha leaders couldn't possibly surround the Third Raikage; they could only watch him rampage across the battlefield.
It could be said that if the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki disregarded their own lives, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other two might survive, but the fate of the main ninja army would be grim.
Therefore, Konoha had to take the Third Raikage's threat seriously.
"So, you Cloud ninjas still want to fight?"
Li Anshi had just arrived and heard the Third Raikage's threat, prompting him to speak up.
As Li Anshi spoke, all the surrounding ninjas turned their gazes towards him.
Although Li Anshi had been a nobody before this battle.
Now, among everyone present, including the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, no ninja dared to underestimate Li Anshi.
Not many had noticed when Li Anshi instantly killed six Jonin on the battlefield earlier.
But everyone had witnessed the strike that killed the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
Swish—
Li Anshi raised his right hand. Between his fingers, a small knife, only three and seven-tenths inches long, appeared before everyone's eyes.
White chakra light enveloped the flying dagger, radiating an aura of sharpness.
"Third Raikage, if you still wish to fight, then allow me to be your opponent!"
Seeing the small knife in Li Anshi's hand, the pupils of all the ninjas present constricted sharply.
Although they couldn't discern anything special about the knife itself, it didn't prevent them from recognizing the terror it represented.
This was the weapon that had instantly killed the Two-Tails Jinchuriki with a single strike.
Fortunately, what calmed the Konoha ninjas was the knowledge that such a terrifying flying dagger belonged to Konoha.
Conversely, the expressions of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Blue B, and the Third Raikage turned considerably uglier.
The Third Raikage didn't even fear the rampaging Eight-Tails, Gyuki; he was confident he was stronger than the berserk beast.
However, even the Third Raikage didn't think he could kill the Two-Tails, Matatabi, with a single blow.
Could he block the flying dagger that had instantly killed Matatabi?
But it wasn't a question of whether he could block it; he had to block it!
The Third Raikage knew clearly that as long as Li Anshi existed, their Cloud Village had no chance of victory in this war.
If he could block Li Anshi's flying dagger, then the Cloud and Konoha still had a fight ahead.
If even he couldn't block it...
Thinking this, the lightning around the Third Raikage surged intensely, and he also raised his right hand.
Then, he curled his fingers down one by one.
Four-Fingered Thrust, Three-Fingered Thrust, Two-Fingered Thrust, until—
One-Fingered Thrust! (Ippon Nukite)
"Then, come!"
Boom!
No one expected the Third Raikage to actually launch an attack against Li Anshi just like that.
Under the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, the Third Raikage transformed into a streak of lightning, shooting directly towards Li Anshi.
The "Nukite" (Thrust) was the Third Raikage's strongest offensive technique in his Chakra Mode.
When using this move, the Third Raikage's body, enhanced by Lightning Release chakra, would reach its absolute speed limit, using his arm as a spear to pierce through everything before him.
The fewer fingers left extended, the greater the power.
Because of the technique's immense power, even the Third Raikage could currently only manage the "Three-Fingered Thrust."
Even that required using the "Four-Fingered Thrust" several times first to allow his body to gradually adapt.
Now, the Third Raikage, disregarding his body's limits, directly used the "One-Fingered Thrust," a technique he hadn't even fully mastered. The rampaging chakra inflicted considerable damage on his own body.
Thus, within the blue streak of lightning, traces of red mist appeared, only to be instantly obliterated by the lightning itself.
"Kill!"
The Third Raikage's attack naturally exceeded Li Anshi's expectations.
However, after drawing his flying dagger, Li Anshi had already locked onto the Third Raikage.
Therefore, as the Third Raikage attacked, guided by the connection of their auras, Li Anshi also threw the flying dagger in his hand.
Thus, under the shocked gazes of numerous ninjas, the blue lightning streak that was the Third Raikage collided with the white light emanating from Li Anshi's thrown dagger, right at the edge of the trench.
Boom!
The Third Raikage's index finger collided with Li Anshi's flying dagger, erupting in a violent roar.
Subsequently, the white light radiating from Li Anshi's dagger directly sliced through the Third Raikage's lightning armor of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, severed his index finger, and finally pierced into the Third Raikage's right chest, penetrating completely through his body—
"Pfft!"
Instantly, a spray of blood burst from the Third Raikage's body. Suffering such a severe blow, the Third Raikage's chakra fell into disarray, and he was sent flying backward violently.
"A!"
Blue B cried out in alarm, disregarding his own condition and once again undergoing a complete Tailed Beast transformation.
"Roar!"
Immense chakra erupted from Blue B's body, transforming him into the crimson Eight-Tails, Gyuki. One tail shot out, wrapping around the blasted-away Third Raikage, and he turned to flee immediately.
This sudden turn of events caught the Konoha ninjas completely off guard. By the time they reacted, the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, had already carried the Third Raikage several dozen meters away.
