Another One Caught

"This guy has some serious strength."

Utakata jumped back, his hand emitting Chakra to heal his severed right arm.

He looked over with a questioning gaze, wanting to know if he needed to step in. The reason he was blown away earlier was due to a misjudgment of his opponent's size and strength. If it came down to a real fight, he wouldn't be afraid. After all, he was a mature Jinchuriki.

He was at least at the level of a fairly average Kage.

Lin Ke gently shook his head. He knew this guy was most likely Jugo, but he didn't expect him to become so tall, nearly five meters in height, which was really annoying to look at.

The bulging muscles and mutated hands were eerily similar to the Tyrant from Resident Evil.

Strength, speed, stamina, durability, and regeneration were all terrifyingly strong. For ordinary Jonin, close combat was out of the question. In a surprise attack, he could very likely take out a careless Jonin at random.

He could exchange blows with elite Jonin. Like the monster they encountered before, he was frighteningly thick-skinned. The shadow's punches and kicks couldn't do any real damage. It was estimated that attacks enhanced with Wind Release or Lightning Release would be needed to kill him.

His Taijutsu level was average. Even a shadow who wasn't a Taijutsu specialist could parry his moves. The two sides seemed to be fighting fiercely, but they were actually just relying on their physical abilities. Forget Guy Teacher, even Xiao Li could give them both pointers.

There was no way Lin Ke had the time to seriously study Taijutsu. After being specially trained for a while, at most his reactions could keep up, and simple Taijutsu offense and defense wouldn't be a problem, but the rest was hard to say.

He also hadn't had a proper Taijutsu fight with anyone for a long time. Whether it was combat experience or Taijutsu level, he was three levels below the average Jonin. In actual combat, he could rely on his bizarre Clone Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu to add some points.

As for the shadows that copied his Taijutsu level... they were just a bunch of terrible players.

Fortunately, the opponent wasn't much better. When ganged up on, the difference between him and the shadows wasn't that great. They were mainly relying on their physical qualities, and no one could gain much of an advantage in terms of skill.

Still, it was alright. The shadow's expression was unremarkable. If Lin Ke himself came, he wouldn't be much different without using Ninjutsu.

Then, it's time for the new Eight Gates Shadow—

With a thought, the two shadows who had been standing by watching the show stood up and disappeared from the spot.

"Boom!"

The roar of a sonic boom rang in his ears, and a gust of wind surged. The laughing giant was directly hammered in the abdomen by a small fist, and he knelt on the ground on the spot.

"Ugh~ splat~" Gastric juices were vomited from his mouth, and he reached out to grab the Eight Gates Shadow.

"Crack!"

The Eight Gates Shadow grabbed his index finger, stepped on his back, and with a pull, his arm made a crisp cracking sound. The finger being held was deformed like plasticine.

"Thump!" Another kick hit the giant's temple, knocking him over several meters.

After rolling on the ground a few times, before he could recover from the pain and dizziness, four small black feet appeared before his eyes.

Purely judging by Taijutsu, the new Eight Gates Shadow is not much different from Guy Teacher in his normal state. He has already touched the edge of an elite Jonin in Taijutsu, and because of his smaller size, he is faster in actual combat and can attack more of the opponent's body.

Lin Ke was quite satisfied. There was no need to compare him with Guy who had opened the Eight Gates Formation. Six Gates Guy could instantly kill Kisame, who held 30% of the Tailed Beast's Chakra. That wasn't 30% of his strength, but his full strength with only 30% of his Chakra.

For a tailless Tailed Beast, 30% of its Chakra was already close to its full strength in combat power.

Guy in his normal state was also a proper elite Jonin. The Eight Gates Shadow's skills were as poor as the other shadows, but with such speed, his ability to crush weaker opponents was definitely online.

While he was summarizing, the two Eight Gates Shadows were frantically beating up the giant, demonstrating the absolute advantage in speed to the fullest.

The giant's body recovered extremely quickly. In the blink of an eye, the wounds disappeared, and the torn fingers and arms could grow back. However, it could be seen that with continuous regeneration, his huge body was slowly shrinking.

"Die!!!" He endured for a long time, seizing the opportunity when the Eight Gates Shadow attacked, and grew cannon-like barnacles all over his body.

"Buzz~"

A beam of light spread out, quickly forming a spherical space with a diameter of more than ten meters. It lasted for less than a second before dissipating, revealing the giant standing in the pit, his size reduced again, only about three meters tall. The ground slices swallowed by the light were very smooth, and the damage type was not an explosion.

Is it similar to the Dust Release of the Hidden Stone Village?

Utakata frowned, snatching a portion of the Tailed Beast's Chakra, ready to partially transform into a Tailed Beast at any time.

The damage is so high, and it can actually kill two-dimensional shadows...

Lin Ke's expression also became a little more serious. There were more than a dozen two-dimensional ordinary shadows on the ground waiting to support, and in the attack just now, their stamina was first reduced to zero, and then they were completely killed and lost contact.

This was the first time he had seen someone permanently destroy a shadow.

However, while the destructive power was amazing, the release speed was really a bit slow. Both Eight Gates Shadows retreated before being damaged. If he hadn't known that the shadows would be killed, the ordinary shadows should have been able to escape.

"Bang!"

The large guy hadn't even caught his breath when he was kicked away again by the ghostly Eight Gates Shadow. In mid-air, another Eight Gates Shadow struck him in the face with a whip kick, and with a snap, his nose and cheekbones caved in.

Such injuries were nothing to him, but the pain and dizziness after being struck in the head were unavoidable.

"Slap!"

The sound of a palm echoed, and he felt his power rapidly dissipate like a receding tide. Soon, it was drawn away from his body, and his original, dormant personality began to awaken.

"Thump!" The large guy fell to the ground without a word, the brown color fading from his body, but his size and physique remained unchanged.

Mystical Palm Technique was as effective as ever against things related to Natural Energy.

Lin Ke added a few more slaps. Based on his previous experience with the Cursed Seal and Kimimaro, he completely dispersed the Natural Energy, preventing it from gathering again in the short term. Only then did he instruct Shadow and Hina to keep an eye on the fallen, unconscious large guy. He then entered the Base with Utakata, wanting to see what exactly had happened inside.

And to scavenge Orochimaru's experimental data while he was at it.

In the photos taken by Hermit Purple a few months ago, the Original Body was here. It was probably transferred long ago by now, but there should still be some related data.

Even if he wanted to decipher it, he would still have to bring it back to the village in the end. His organization was lacking someone who could decipher codes.

Speaking of which, he was about to put together the Hawk Squad. It's just that Karin lost an arm, Jugo turned into an alien, and he wondered if Suigetsu at the Eastern Base had suffered any misfortune.

"It's really that tall, meow."

Hina jumped out of Shadow's arms and touched the large guy with her paw, exclaiming in amazement.

Can humans really grow this tall?

Why is my partner so

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