Chapter 308 Vajra
Chapter 308 Vajra
"boom--!!!"
The mechanical giant codenamed King Kong slammed his fist hard into the spot where Kisame had just stood.
The hard ground instantly caved in, creating a large crater. Spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly in all directions, and gravel mixed with dirt flew everywhere like bullets.
"Ouch—that was close!"
At the critical moment, Kisame Hoshigaki used Water Instant to flash to a tree trunk more than ten meters away. The playful look on his grayish-blue face was gone, replaced by solemnity.
This monster's speed and strength are completely illogical!
"Don't just stand there if you don't want to die! Run!"
On the other side, Samui's voice pierced through the roar of the explosion.
She tumbled lightly in mid-air, her short golden hair flying with her movements, and she gripped a short knife coated with paralyzing poison tightly in her hand.
"This thing's surface is so thick that ordinary physical attacks are useless! Keep your distance!"
Kana was already terrified by this scene and ran away with her head in her hands. Although she was usually carefree, when faced with this steel behemoth that was obviously not something a genin could handle, she instinctively chose to follow Nishikawa Tetsu's previous teachings - if you can't beat them, run away!
"Wait for me! My legs are too short to run fast!" Kana wiped away her tears while frantically trying to move her short legs.
Shirasagi sighed helplessly as she looked at Kana's disheveled appearance.
Although she didn't have a good impression of Konoha, she couldn't help herself for the sake of that Daifuku. She grabbed Kana by the back of her collar and lifted her up like a chick. Her earth-style chakra exploded, and she ran wildly in Samui's direction.
"Stop yelling! Save your energy for escaping!" Shirasa Nagisa shouted irritably.
"Thank you, Orange Head Sister!" Kana said, still thanking him mid-air.
"I've already said I'm not an orange-head!!!"
At this critical moment, this makeshift team of five genin from different villages who were hostile to each other was forced to embark on a desperate escape.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The heavy footsteps behind them were like a death knell, each landing accompanied by a tremor of the earth.
King Kong's electronic eyes flashed with a scarlet light. Despite its enormous size, its joints used the research institute's most advanced hydraulic transmission system, allowing it to move effortlessly through complex forest terrain.
"Target is moving. Interception mode activated."
A cold, mechanical voice sounded.
King Kong's thick right arm suddenly rose, and a dark, gaping blast hole appeared in his palm.
Watch out behind you!
Hiroshi Tsugami, who had been following at the very back of the group, shouted a warning.
"That's a high-density chakra bullet! Spread out!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Three blue-white chakra orbs shot out, forming a triangular shape to block the five people's escape route.
"Water Release·Water Formation Wall!"
Kisame reacted extremely quickly, instantly forming hand seals, and a thick wall of water rose from the ground, blocking everyone's path.
"boom!"
The chakra ball struck the water wall, bursting out with intense steam, and the high temperature instantly scorched the surrounding leaves.
Although the water wall blocked most of the impact, it still blasted several large holes in it.
"Such powerful water jutsu..." Samui glanced at Kisame, secretly on guard.
This guy from Kirigakure is definitely not an ordinary genin.
But now is not the time for lamenting.
"This guy is not only strong, but he also has ranged attack capabilities. Running away like this isn't a solution!"
As Hiroshi Tsugami ran, his brain worked at lightning speed.
"We must find a way to cripple its mobility, otherwise we'll be worn down sooner or later!"
"Easy for you to say!" Kisame sneered. He had just tried to use water jutsu to entangle the puppet's legs, but the puppet simply broke free of his water flow with brute force.
"This guy is completely immune to water-based magic!"
"What about Lightning Release?"
Kana, being held up by Nagisa Shirasa, poked half her head out and weakly suggested, "I heard Minato say that machines are most afraid of electricity. If we use Lightning Release to shock it, won't it short-circuit?"
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to Samui, the Cloud Village ninja present.
Samui frowned slightly.
"Theoretically, yes. But its outer shell is likely coated with an insulating layer. If you can't directly attack the core components inside, ordinary lightning techniques will only scratch the surface."
"What if it's inside?" Hiroshi Tsugami's eyes lit up.
"I just observed it; every time it fires a chakra bullet, the firing ports on its chest and palms open instantly. At that moment, its internal defenses are at their lowest!"
"If we can induce it to fire, and at the moment it fires, send a high-intensity lightning release into its firing port..."
"We can disrupt its circuits from the inside!" Nagisa Shirasa picked up where Hiro Tsugami left off, her short orange hair fluttering in the wind. "This plan has potential!"
"But the problem is, who will be the bait?" Kisame's pupil-less eyes swept over the four girls, a cruel smile curving his lips. "At that distance, one mistake and you'll be blasted to smithereens."
The air fell silent instantly; it was an inescapable reality.
In this brutal examination room, everyone around you is a competitor.
Even if they are forced to join forces now, who would dare to entrust their back, or even their life, to a stranger who was just wary of each other?
Xiangna shrank back. Although she was simple-minded, she wasn't stupid. She couldn't believe that these people from other villages would risk their lives to protect her.
Samui looked coldly at Kisame: "Since you brought it up, why don't you go?"
"I don't have that kind of free time," Kisame shrugged. "My water-style techniques are better suited for defense and containment."
"Everyone, we don't have time for mutual suspicion now!"
Looking at the approaching Kongou behind him, Hiroshi Tsugami gritted his teeth and calmly analyzed the situation:
"If we can't resolve this here, we won't even be able to leave this forest, let alone pass the exam!"
With unwavering determination, she declared, "I'll be the bait! My earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique in Chinese mythology that allows one to escape attacks directly) won't stop its attacks, but I can use the terrain to change its firing angle and create an opportunity for Samui!"
"Are you crazy?" Shirasa Nagisa looked at the girl from the same village in surprise. She didn't think Tsugami Hiro was the kind of person who would sacrifice himself for others.
"I'm not crazy," Tsugami Hiro said quickly. "Shirasa Nagisa, you're in charge of slowing it down with the mud traps, giving Samui time to charge up. Kirigakure guy, you use Water Release techniques in conjunction with Shirasa to turn this area into a real quagmire!"
"As for you, Konoha's..."
Hiroshi Tsugami looked at Kana.
"Stay away. If we fail... then you should run."
Kana was stunned, looking at the older sister from Iwagakure, her eyes reddening slightly.
"I...I can help too, I know a little bit of sealing magic."
"That's enough."
Samui gave Tsugami Hiroshi a deep look. This girl from Iwagakure was not only intelligent, but also courageous.
"It takes three seconds to prepare for Lightning Release. If your Earth Release can't block its line of sight within that time, we'll all die."
"I see."
Hiro Tsugami took a deep breath, stopped in his tracks, and quickly formed hand seals.
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Flow Walls!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Three thick earthen walls rose up behind the group, blocking "King Kong's" path.
"Perform cleaning."
Without pausing, King Kong smashed through the first earthen wall with its massive body, and at the same time raised its right arm, the launch port in its palm lighting up red again.
"Now! Shirasagi! Kirigakure!"
Hiroshi Tsugami shouted.
"Earth Release·Yellow Spring Marsh!"
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Nagisa Shirasa and Kisame attacked at the same time.
The once-hard ground instantly transformed into a massive, viscous mudslide vortex, with the torrent of water washing over the soil and trapping King Kong's lower body deep inside.
"Warning! Chassis restricted, power output reduced."
King Kong's movements finally slowed down slightly.
In order to escape its predicament, it aimed the chakra bullets, which were originally aimed forward, at the mud beneath its feet.
"The launch port is open!"
Hiroshi Tsugami stared intently at the red dot of light.
"Samui!"
Samui was already poised to strike, and instead highly compressed her Lightning Release chakra into the short sword in her hand, forming an extremely dazzling and penetrating blue lightning bolt.
Go!
She let out a sharp cry, and the short knife in her hand shot out like lightning.
At that critical moment, the lightning bolt precisely pierced through the gap in the second earthen wall, and just before King Kong could launch its attack, it fiercely stabbed into the unsuspecting firing port in its palm!
"Zzz—!!!!"
The ear-piercing sound of an electrical short circuit echoed through the forest.
Blue arcs of electricity leaped wildly across King Kong's massive metal body, and its electronic eyes began flashing red light frantically.
"It's a success!"
Chanel jumped up excitedly.
However, before the smiles on everyone's faces could fully bloom...
"Warning! Right arm weapon system damaged."
"Activate backup power source. Physical forced wipe mode activated."
"Click."
With a sickening metallic twisting sound, King Kong forcibly ripped his damaged right arm off the joint and threw it into the mud!
With its right arm no longer a burden, it braced itself against the ground with its left arm, and with that terrifying force, it pulled itself out of the Yellow Springs Swamp!
"boom!"
King Kong's massive body landed in front of everyone, and from his only remaining left arm, five half-meter-long alloy blades, gleaming with a cold light, sprang out.
Its chest armor, which had been hidden, slowly opened, revealing an extremely dense chakra-conducting metal lining that emitted a faint blue light.
"This...how is this possible?!"
Hiro Tsugami's face turned ashen as he looked at the chakra readings on the detector, which not only hadn't weakened but had become even more frenzied due to the removal of the restrictions.
"Its core outer layer is actually made of pressure-resistant metal?!"
Although Samui's lightning attack destroyed its firing system, it was unable to penetrate the insulating armor used to protect its core.
"The hardness of this puppet... it's simply monstrous." Kisame gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, cold sweat dripping down his back.
Kong's single eye, flashing red light, was locked onto Samui, who had just unleashed his lightning technique.
"Target locked, eliminate."
The enormous metal claws slashed down with a whooshing sound as they tore through the air!
The shadow of death instantly enveloped this makeshift team that had just established a sliver of trust.
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