The brutal summoning beast operation was still playing out.
But at this point in the battle, only one Splitting Dog was still active.
Compared to the others, this was the strongest of Haori's summoning beasts. Its composition was inherently strange, and its splitting and merging confused the Iwagakure ninjas.
Plus, although the Splitting Dog was huge, it was incredibly fast and agile. At the same time, its individual vitality was extremely tenacious… so it hadn't been trapped yet.
But it was almost there. Summoning beasts weren't Tailed Beasts. No matter how strong they were, they couldn't deal with this number of enemies.
As for the other two beasts besides the Splitting Dog, they were quite unfortunate. They had been firmly trapped by the Earth Release River at this time.
Haori was standing on a high point, so he had a good view. During the battle, he was also looking in all directions. Of course, he could see the situation of his summoning beasts. To prevent the two summoning beasts from actually drowning, he had no choice but to release their summons and send them back to the summoning space.
And Haori's own situation… wasn't good either. He had too many enemies to deal with at the same time. He was outnumbered.
Without the Third Raikage's defensive power, he couldn't do what he did.
At this time, his arms were hanging down. Blood was dripping from his fingertips… He was being beaten up. He would inevitably be injured.
The Iwagakure ninjas standing on the water's surface were all his enemies.
More Iwagakure ninjas around him were also his enemies.
Fortunately, so far, Haori hadn't been injured in a vital area. His blood loss was also within a controllable range. He could also tolerate the pain, so his actions weren't affected.
Haori had stopped releasing Fire Release. At this time, the dark clouds had already descended… The environment helped him. He wasn't far from the sea, and the humidity was high enough.
"You know?"
"It's about to rain."
Haori's tone was calm. His mask had been shattered in half. Half of his forehead protector and one eye were exposed.
So, Dōjutsu, who had been fighting at the forefront, could see that his eyes were full of seriousness… Dōjutsu didn't know why Haori was giving a weather forecast at this time. Why was he so serious about giving a weather forecast? Even if it really rained, so what?
But he felt that something was wrong. Haori's fighting style was quite puzzling. He had been using Fire Release attacks. He hadn't used the jutsu that killed the Raikage again, and even other Lightning Release techniques were hidden.
Was there some kind of conspiracy?
As Dōjutsu was thinking this, rain began to fall. Moments later, the rain turned into a downpour.
The reason why Haori didn't attack Dōjutsu was that he didn't want him to die initially. During the battle, Haori had confirmed that he was the highest battlefield commander of Iwagakure. The Iwagakure force would still need to attack Kumogakure. Losing their commander wouldn't be a good thing.
Konoha needed Iwagakure to truly and effectively exert their combat power.
But at this time, Haori couldn't care about that anymore. The other party was too persistent. If he didn't die, Haori might be the one who died.
He had already consumed enough chakra in the previous battle.
But at this moment, in this instant, four Iwagakure ninjas, including Dōjutsu, attacked Haori as if they had received a signal.
But unexpectedly, Haori turned around and retreated explosively. He ran to the edge of the bathtub-like lake at top speed, then jumped directly into it!
He curled his tongue, and a loud whistle sounded.
One of the Splitting Dog's individuals, the one closest to Haori, immediately discovered Haori falling!
It abandoned the enemy it was attacking and quickly charged towards Haori's location.
Its four paws, with sharp claws, quickly climbed up the rock wall created by the jutsu in a spiral shape until Haori landed accurately on its back!
The fall stopped immediately. Haori then directed the Splitting Dog to charge upwards.
They climbed to the top of the rock wall. Then, the Splitting Dog, carrying Haori, jumped dozens of meters. Then, Haori stood on the Splitting Dog's back and did a second jump.
The Chidori Flow on his body suddenly lit up.
Lightning flashed in the clouds at the same time.
Then, there was resonance.
The rain poured down, the clouds hung low, and Haori in the middle of the air seemed incredibly small.
But thick lightning began to gather towards his location.
Dōjutsu saw Haori's series of actions and, considering what he had just said, finally realized what he was trying to do!
"Quickly! Get off the water! The enemy is preparing to use a suicidal technique!"
Regardless of whether the Iwagakure ninjas understood what he meant, Dōjutsu grabbed a ninja next to him and, without a word, threw him towards the outside of the lake like a shot put.
But he was too late!
A nightmarish lightning dragon descended from the sky.
Haori plunged into the water like an arrow. Then, the Lightning Release: Kirin followed behind him.
Lightning connected the sky and the lake's surface, quite violently.
The brilliant lightning, along with the circular ripples caused by Haori's jump into the water, expanded outwards, circle after circle… This could easily create the illusion of slowness visually. But in reality, the powerful lightning instantly covered the lake's surface.
Haori didn't deliberately pursue a flashy technique, but some techniques are just flashy when used. At this time, the entire lake lit up. It was like… glowing food!
After the flash came complete silence.
Several minutes later, Haori surfaced from below the water.
Lightning Release: Kirin, truly an S-rank area jutsu. After this one move, there was no one left standing on the lake's surface. Roughly estimated, the number of enemy ninjas who died was over 50.
No, there was someone still alive. In a huge, half-destroyed earth sphere, Dōjutsu's figure was revealed.
He was still alive, but he looked terrible… If you had to describe him, it was as if he was still alive, but anyone who saw him for the first time would want to ask, "Are you still alive?"
Haori's chakra was almost depleted. He didn't pay any attention to the nearly half-dead Dōjutsu. Instead, he started forming hand seals again.
He released the Splitting Dog's summon and simultaneously summoned the Eight-Trigrams Bird.
The big move was finished. He should escape.
The Eight-Trigrams Bird let out a loud bird call. Haori jumped onto its back and tried to escape by air!
The Eight-Trigrams Bird flew low over the water. Its single leg even left a scratch on the water's surface.
But after leaving the lake for a distance, Haori suddenly turned around and casually released a C-rank Fire Release technique.
Then…
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The entire lake instantly caught fire!
No, it should be said that there were consecutive explosions. The entire surface of the water was instantly lowered by several inches!
Or maybe a massive amount of water was instantly evaporated!
The blast wave almost knocked the Eight-Trigrams Bird over!
It has to be said that, as expected, although Haori didn't deliberately control it, such a strong electric current directly hitting the water's surface would definitely cause an electrolysis reaction of varying scales.
He turned around and took another look. After the explosion, something seemed to be still burning on the water's surface.
If Dōjutsu could still survive this, then he should live. Haori had no choice.
He patted the Eight-Trigrams Bird's back. He should focus on escaping now. If he was surrounded again, he would be finished.
But could he escape?
The dark clouds seemed to dissipate. There was a strong light that made people's eyes uncomfortable.
Haori squinted and looked up. Then, his eyes widened.
There was a meteorite, with a blast wave, piercing through the clouds and falling from the sky!
A huge meteorite that was large enough to crush Haori and the bird together.
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