Alone, Yasu faced a Jonin and a Special Jonin.
This was his first time fighting ninjas of this caliber.
The ninja he had ambushed and beheaded shouldn't have been weak either. Also, judging from how Youlou dodged and blocked his Second Form: Rice Spirit earlier, Youlou's speed was inferior to his, but his combat experience was more abundant than his.
Relying on his experience, he dodged three slashes.
The fourth slash was unavoidable, but he still managed to retreat a step at the last moment, only suffering a cut on his chest.
Youlou glanced at Atui, and years of tacit understanding allowed Atui to immediately grasp his Captain Youlou's meaning.
"Cloud-Style Deception Beheading!"
Atui instantly disappeared. While Youlou quickly formed hand seals, lightning appeared around him.
Yasu had been using Lightning Release chakra to activate his body's cells during the battle, and these lightning strikes from Youlou were attracted to the lightning on his body, striking towards him.
At the same time, Youlou gripped his ninja sword tightly with both hands, slashing towards Yasu.
Yasu guided and dissipated the lightning strikes aimed at him, while simultaneously raising his sword horizontally in front of his chest.
Youlou continuously unleashed three powerful slashes at him, and the immense force forced him back several steps.
As Yasu retreated, Atui who used the Body Flicker Technique appeared behind him, wielding his ninja sword in a surprise attack.
When the slash landed on Yasu, his entire body turned the color of mud, becoming a puddle of mud.
Atui's pupils constricted violently.
Earth Replacement!
When did he form the hand seals?!
Youlou loudly warned: "Atui, dodge!!"
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Yasu appeared to Atui's right, and several snakes shot out from his sleeve, launching a surprise attack on him.
The snakes directly and tightly coiled around Atui's body, opening their mouths and biting him fiercely.
And Yasu's katana in the other hand slashed towards Atui's neck.
"Damn it! Lightning Thrust!"
Youlou's body erupted with lightning, activating his body and charging towards Atui.
At the instant Yasu's katana was about to strike Atui's neck, Youlou took the lead in severing the snakes on Atui's body, and simultaneously tackled him, rolling twice on the ground.
Atui only had his shoulder grazed by the tip of Yasu's sword, resulting in a cut.
Yasu's eyes narrowed slightly.
As expected, the Jonin of the Hidden Cloud Village also use Lightning Release chakra to stimulate their bodies, activating their bodies' cells, causing their speed and strength to increase by a level.
However, Youlou's speed didn't increase much, so the focus should be on increasing strength.
After saving Atui, Youlou instructed: "Atui, this brat is very strong, don't be careless!"
He then looked solemnly at Yasu in the distance.
He recognized that move as the secret technique of Orochimaru, one of the Konoha Village Sannin.
Yasu formed hand seals and took a deep breath.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
He gathered chakra in his throat and spewed out a large expanse of flames like seawater towards the front.
"Dodge!"
After Youlou shouted in a low voice, he immediately dodged these flames, and after bypassing the flames, he charged straight at Yasu.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Flash Sword!"
Youlou concentrated Lightning Release chakra on his ninja sword, and lightning continuously flickered on the ninja sword.
After gathering to a certain extent, lightning erupted from the ninja sword and bombarded Yasu.
"Oh? Our moves are quite similar, let's see whose lightning is stronger then!"
The tip of his katana pointed directly at Youlou.
"Thunder Breathing, Fifth Form: Heat Lightning!"
High-heat, lightning-like slashes erupted from his katana, bombarding Youlou.
Youlou's lightning collided with Yasu's lightning.
The intense lightning illuminated the entire dark forest.
The lightning of both sides was immediately deadlocked.
Youlou was greatly shocked, how could this brat have so much chakra?
Moreover, his mastery of Lightning Release chakra's shape transformation and nature transformation was also above his.
A genius?
As he, who had participated in the Second Ninja World War, had seen many geniuses.
Those geniuses really made Youlou feel incredible.
There were many children who looked even younger than Yasu, fighting evenly with battle-hardened Jonin, or even far surpassing them.
In comparison, Youlou felt like a mediocre talent.
Now at the age of 27, he had only recently been promoted to Jonin.
So, Youlou's killing intent towards Yasu became even stronger.
It was impossible to take this Sharingan-wielding brat away alive, so he had to kill him here.
Otherwise, when this brat grew up in the future, he would be a great threat to the Hidden Cloud Village.
Youlou took the initiative to give up confronting Yasu's Heat Lightning, and rolled to dodge the bombardment of the Heat Lightning.
Afterwards, he used the Body Flicker Technique to approach Yasu.
"Cloud-Style Front Beheading!"
Youlou's ninja sword, flashing with lightning, slashed towards him.
And as they say, sometimes the best defense is attacking, so Yasu defended by attacking, and his katana, also flashing with lightning, slashed towards Youlou.
The crisp sound of blades colliding rang out.
After being stimulated by Lightning Release chakra, which mainly strengthened strength, Youlou was actually knocked back by Yasu.
As Yasu expected, Youlou's move still had a follow-up.
In the process of being knocked back, a lightning blade formed on the ninja sword, rapidly slashing towards Yasu.
The lightning blade collided with Yasu's katana, turning into lightning that covered his entire body, electrocuting him.
"Now's your chance! Atui!"
In Youlou's view, the brat had already been paralyzed by his lightning, and now was a good opportunity to kill him swiftly.
However, Atui did not appear as he had expected.
He immediately turned his head to look, and his eyes widened in horror, because at this time, Atui was lying on the ground, half of his body was scorched by flames, and his body was constantly twitching.
"What's going on?!"
Atui's speed should have been enough to dodge the Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation that the brat released earlier, so why was he hit?
"Heh, looks like it finally took effect."
Yasu used the Body Flicker Technique to appear next to Atui, grabbed him by the hair, and lifted him up.
Yasu's Sharingan stared at Youlou, with a mocking expression he said: "Why would you think that your lightning could paralyze me? Are you treating the lightning on my body as decoration?"
Only then did Youlou notice that Atui's blood vessels were somewhat blackened, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly: "The snake just now?"
The snake that Yasu summoned using Hidden Shadow Snake Hands was a venomous snake, and it bit Atui while restraining him, injecting venom into his body.
Because Atui was poisoned, he didn't completely dodge Yasu's Great Fire Annihilation, and fell to the ground after being cooked to medium rare.
Yasu pointed the tip of his katana at Atui's neck, and showed Youlou a grin: "Don't worry, it's your turn next!"
He then mercilessly used his katana to pierce through Atui's neck.
Atui, who was being held in Yasu's hand, struggled and twitched a few times before dying.
Youlou glared at Yasu with his eyes wide open.
Yasu chuckled: "Why are you looking at me with that kind of look? The moment you touched Kushina we already are in a situation of endless hostility."
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