Naruto: The Teaching System - 242

Chapter 242: Sky-Splitting Kick

"Run!" Beneath his gas mask, Onizo roared while turning to sprint toward the opening behind him.

Just as the others were still confused, a voice rang out from above.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

Sawada condensed chakra in his throat, then unleashed a massive fireball toward the sea surface like a falling meteor.

In an instant, the sea surface blazed to life, becoming as bright as day.

On the sea surface, both the Sunagakure shinobi on the ships and the fleeing Onizo looked on in shock at that meteor-like fireball.

"Run!"

"Jump into the sea! Quick!"

The next moment, countless shouts rang out. All the Sunagakure shinobi desperately ran toward the deck's edge. On the sea, ships couldn't move quickly. They could only jump into the ocean, hoping to escape.

Onizo looked at the opening ahead, panic flashing across his face. Almost there! I'm almost safe!

With his movement, the passage originally connecting to the Sunagakure ships rapidly retracted. Just as he was about to reach the opening, Onizo leaped in.

The fireball Sawada released instantly exploded upon contact with the oil scattered by Nyanko-sensei. In an instant, the massive fireball spread out, swallowing the entire sea surface, flames erupting with the fuel from the oil.

Onizo had just reached the opening when the explosion struck his back directly, the powerful force blasting him into the submarine.

The Sea Snake Cartel members still moving supplies inside the submarine saw their boss fall. They rushed over, helped Onizo up, and patted out the remaining flames on his back. Before they could ask what happened, Onizo's gas mask had already fallen off, revealing a terrifying face burned and scarred by the explosion. He frantically shouted, "Dive!"

The subordinate at the control panel immediately responded, turning the steering wheel in his hands. The entire submarine began diving underwater.

"They're escaping!" The Hyuga chunin observing from a distance saw the submarine move and quickly spoke.

Choza, who had been prepared, fired a signal flare from his hand. The specially-made green signal flare was particularly conspicuous in the sea of fire.

Konoha shinobi around the sea of fire quickly formed hand seals and slapped toward the sea surface. "Water Release: Wild Water Wave!"

The violent water waves released by hundreds of shinobi stirred up the seawater in this area. The entire sea surface instantly became turbulent.

The submarine that hadn't yet fully submerged was instantly tossed up and down by the surging waves. Onizo had just stood up inside the submarine when he was knocked aside by the sudden shaking.

All Sea Snake Cartel members inside the submarine lost their balance, falling in all directions.

"What's going on?!" Onizo finally regained his composure and asked the subordinate at the helm.

"Boss! Someone's using jutsu to stir up the sea—I can't control it!" The Sea Snake Cartel member who had been operating the steering wheel answered with despair in his voice.

"Idiots! Those fools from Sunagakure led them right to us! Let me operate it!" As Onizo spoke, he quickly formed hand seals. The unique turbines at the submarine's tail began rotating.

Onizo sensed the seawater fluctuations outside the submarine, veins bulging on his face. How many people came?! Why hadn't I noticed anything?

He increased his chakra output again. The submarine, bobbing up and down like driftwood in the water, began stabilizing under the desperate churning of the tail turbines pushing the seawater.

Sawada, observing from the air, watched in surprise as the submarine stabilized. "This guy's got skills! Nyanko-sensei, let's go down!"

Sawada gently patted Nyanko-sensei's head and pointed at the submarine below.

"Got it!" Hearing this, the clouds beneath Nyanko-sensei's feet churned as he flew toward the submarine's location.

Seeing only about half of the submarine's tail remained above water, Sawada frowned. Too late!

Without hesitation, Sawada stepped on Nyanko-sensei's head, his entire body plunging toward the sea. Sawada used his momentum from the free fall, concentrating chakra intensely on both feet, then raised them high.

"Sky-Splitting Kick"

He kicked and shattered the submarine's remaining tail, then viciously smashed it into the sea!

In an instant, time seemed to freeze. A strange, absolute silence enveloped this area.

Onizo and the Sea Snake Cartel members inside the submarine felt their footing lighten, then their entire bodies flew into the air.

On the sea surface, Choza watched, dumbfounded, as the submarine went flying from Sawada's kick, thrown high out of the water.

Only then did he come to his senses, condensing chakra in his throat to amplify his voice. "Everyone! Retreat!"

The Konoha shinobi who had been maintaining jutsu on the sea, hearing Choza's voice, froze for a moment. Then they immediately turned around, running on the water and desperately fleeing.

On the sea surface, the area where Sawada kicked formed a hemispherical vacuum zone with a hundred-meter diameter. Visible circular shockwaves spread rapidly across the sea surface at a speed ordinary people couldn't react to.

In their wake, waves were instantly flattened, and even the sea of fire remaining from the oil was extinguished. The Sunagakure ships further away were violently pushed away like leaves in a gale, the hulls groaning—then shattered, becoming scattered wood chips.

"Sawada, get up here quickly!" Nyanko-sensei's voice came, carrying a trace of panic. If they didn't leave now, the tsunami from Sawada's kick was coming.

"Coming!" Sawada increased his chakra output beneath his feet and jumped onto Nyanko-sensei's head.

Seeing Sawada safely aboard, Nyanko-sensei didn't hesitate and quickly flew toward the sky.

With Sawada's departure, the massive vacuum just created in the sea was refilled and submerged by surrounding seawater. The surging seawater and the shockwave's energy merged and intensified. At the initial impact point, a water wall over ten meters high surged in a circle in all directions.

"Looks like I overdid it a bit." Standing on Nyanko-sensei's head, Sawada's mouth twitched. The destructive power of this strike was excessive.

Fortunately, the Konoha shinobi had already run far away, and Choza had reacted promptly, ordering a retreat.

"Ah! Help!" Hearing the cry for help, Sawada turned his head and saw the submarine whose tail he'd just destroyed, already sinking into the seawater.

Pushed by the tsunami, several Sea Snake Cartel members could vaguely be seen desperately clinging to the opening. Then they were swept away by the fierce water flow of the incoming tsunami, instantly disappearing.

"Nyanko-sensei, sense the chakra position of that person who was standing on the submarine," Sawada said to Nyanko-sensei beneath him.

"No problem!"