Naruto: The Teaching System - 217

Chapter 217: Betting on Sunagakure's Honor!

On the thick stone slab, the white cloth on Baki's left face fluttered slightly in the wind.

Kitsuchi raised both hands to form the confrontation seal, and Baki also raised both hands to form the seal. In this situation, he could not afford to be disrespectful.

But the next instant, Baki's figure flickered. He wanted to strike first.

He disappeared from his original position.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Over ten shuriken shot out like blue light trails. Kitsuchi's eyes narrowed slightly. These bore the characteristics of poison.

Well, though this was normal, it still made Kitsuchi somewhat unhappy.

Just then, the dozen shuriken strangely changed direction mid-flight, heading straight for Kitsuchi's vital points.

At the same time, Baki finished his hand seals, his cheeks puffing up.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

The high-pressure air bullet arrived first, pushing Baki's poisoned shuriken to their maximum potential.

Seeing this, Kitsuchi quickly formed seals and slapped his palms on the ground. "Earth Release: Multiple Earth-Style Walls!"

Several rock walls five meters thick rose from the ground, instantly blocking Baki's poisoned shuriken.

The sound of shuriken embedding in the rock walls continued, and the high-pressure air bullet directly blasted spiderweb-like cracks across the rock walls.

"Wind beats earth! No matter how thick your stone walls are, they're useless!"

As he spoke, Baki's figure moved like a ghost across the ground at high speed, forming seals again.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"

Over ten transparent wind blades released in a fan shape, directly cutting through the thick rock walls like slicing through tofu.

Boom—

Amid the flying debris, Kitsuchi's figure quickly retreated, but Baki's wind blades mercilessly pursued him.

"Tsuchikage-sama, do you need me to call for a stop?" Halfway up the mountain, Rasa said with an ambiguous tone.

"Hmph! Youngsters are just youngsters, lacking patience." Onoki glanced at Rasa disdainfully and sneered.

How could he not know his son's strength? This was just the beginning.

Sure enough, the next moment, Kitsuchi dodged the wind blades and took the opportunity to stomp hard, directly gathering earth-yellow chakra in his right hand and smashing it into the ground.

"Earth Release: Earth Spikes!"

Rumble—

The pursuing Baki felt the stone slab beneath his feet shake violently. In an instant, hundreds of sharp rock spears burst from the ground.

Baki performed an aerial flip, spat out several wind blades to cut down the nearest stone spears, and used the momentum to change direction.

However, Kitsuchi seemed to see through Baki's movements. He formed hand seals with both hands, then pressed them on the ground.

"Earth Release: Rock Spear Prison!"

The rock spears bursting from the ground instantly twisted like living creatures, rapidly extending and interweaving to form a spike prison covering half the field, trapping Baki firmly.

"Can it contain my wind?" Baki's eyes narrowed slightly, his figure flickering and changing within the cage, dodging the constantly attacking rock spears.

Impressive. Watching Kitsuchi's movements through the screen, Sawada could not help but praise silently.

This move, which turned originally stone-hard spears into flowing Earth Release Nature Transformation techniques, definitely surpassed most people in the current ninja world.

No, it should be said he was already among the elite few in the ninja world.

Moreover, if his guess was correct, when Kitsuchi launched the Earth Spikes earlier, he had already formed single-handed seals.

But the number and power of the Earth Spikes had not decreased much. Truly worthy of an Earth Release expert.

Seeing Baki say these words, Kitsuchi showed an honest smile.

This smile, in Baki's eyes, was like the arrival of disaster, greatly shocking his heart.

"Earth Release: Fissure Palm!"

Before Baki could react, Kitsuchi directly launched his killing move.

The entire prison instantly collapsed. You must know, that thick stone slab was merely placed on the mountainside, not suspended in mid-air.

A huge pit a hundred meters deep and dozens of meters wide instantly formed. Baki, who had been using the rock spears to support his body, immediately lost his balance.

In the instant of weightlessness, Kitsuchi gave Baki no chance to catch his breath. A giant rock hand suddenly emerged from the deep pit, reaching for Baki.

"Wind Release: Instant Severance!"

Blue light flashed, and the rock giant hand was severed directly at the wrist.

Using the falling debris as stepping stones, Baki shot into the air. Upon landing, he involuntarily staggered.

His left foot was obviously injured by the rock giant hand just now, blood flowing freely.

He looked up at Kitsuchi with a serious expression. Instant Severance could be said to be his Body Flicker technique developed by combining Wind Release.

But he still could not completely avoid it.

"It's over!" Kitsuchi's voice rumbled like thunder. He clapped his hands together and smashed down hard toward another part of the giant pit.

The stone slab beneath his feet made creaking sounds. The next instant, the stone slab exploded.

The ground on both sides of the mountainside suddenly rose, forming huge arc-shaped rock layers that blocked out the sky, like the closing mouth of a giant beast.

"Earth Release: Mountain Coffin!"

Dust flew everywhere. Baki's pupils contracted sharply. At this moment, he was powerless.

Escape? The Mountain Coffin's range covered almost half the mountainside. Where could he escape to?

Endure? Even Sunagakure's One-Tail Tailed Beast might not be able to withstand this jutsu!

Hmm?

Baki noticed that the originally broken stone slab had now fallen down and was perfectly wedged between Kitsuchi's rock layers.

At this life-or-death moment, he unhesitatingly rushed toward the most densely packed stone slabs, his entire chakra exploding and burning.

The pale blue storm appeared particularly brilliant amid the dust.

Betting on Sunagakure's honor!

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sickle Weasel!"

The ultra-high-speed rotating wind blade tornado directly slammed into the rock wall, producing ear-piercing cutting sounds.

The rock wall was forcibly carved several meters deep, but it was far from enough!

The thickness of the rock layers brought by Kitsuchi's Mountain Coffin exceeded Baki's estimation.

Seeing his prey trying to escape, Kitsuchi would not be merciful and let him go.

"Ahhhhh—!" Kitsuchi roared, his entire chakra exploding. The towering rock layers collided with each other.

Thud—

The collision sound echoed throughout the entire valley, dust flying up into a mushroom cloud.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the screen.

When the dust settled, the two arc-shaped rock layers connected seamlessly, but at the center, a diamond-shaped crack appeared, directly penetrating the rock body.

"Cough—" Baki was in terrible condition. The white cloth over his left eye had long since disappeared.

Besides the original injury to his left foot, now even his right arm showed unnatural twisting.

From the crack to his current position, intermittent bloodstains dripped on the ground.

Just then, Baki tremblingly reached for his ninja tool pouch. His wind could not stop!

At least he could not surrender; otherwise Sunagakure's honor would be lost here!

Kitsuchi slowly walked over, his face showing a trace of admiration. This man before him truly had courage.

However, as long as he did not surrender, Kitsuchi could not stop.

"Sunagakure's swift wind cannot shake Iwagakure's mountain!"

This was the first time Kitsuchi spoke during the battle. He immediately raised his right hand high.

His fist clenched, transforming into a hard rock fist.

Boom—!

The sound of the rock fist hitting the ground and the shouts from halfway up the mountain rang out simultaneously.

As the dust cleared, Kitsuchi's rock fist had landed to Baki's left, directly blasting a radiating crater there.

Baki's forehead protector slipped off, falling in front of him, his eyes dimming slightly.

In the end, he still surrendered!