Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 180 The Limitations of Ninjas

"Not good, the enemy is flanking us." Tsuchishiro, who possessed sensory abilities, exclaimed, his expression changing.

In fact, Uchiha Gen didn't intend to hide it from the enemy; it was an open strategy.

The other two panicked upon hearing this.

They are currently fighting off the flames and have no time to spare.

What kind of summoned beast is this? Even with one person missing, its flames are still so powerful and persistent...

"Stop howling! Control yourself! Be strong! You're a Jonin from Kumogakure!"

"Quickly go to the right and stop the enemy, or we'll all be in trouble."

Upon hearing this, the Cloud Village Jonin, who was rolling on the ground, gritted his teeth and got up. With his face covered in blisters and disfigured beyond recognition, he endured the pain, drew his ninja sword, and rushed to the right.

The Cloud Village ninja's movements were completely visible to Uchiha Gen, but he made no attempt to avoid them.

It can be avoided, but there's no need to.

Cloud Flowing Crescent Moon Slash!

Enemies meeting are bound to be filled with hatred. The Cloud Village Jonin held his sword with both hands and swung it horizontally, unleashing a crescent-shaped, silvery-white sword aura.

Wind Flame Sword!

Uchiha Gen swung his sword vertically, and a golden-white crescent-shaped sword aura met it.

The clash was like needles meeting wheat awns; the violent explosion did not occur. Instead, the sword energy, burning with golden-white flames, severed the silver-white sword energy in the middle.

The Cloud Village Jonin was startled, but he didn't panic. He dodged to the side while simultaneously launching a counterattack.

clang!

The chakra sword, crackling with lightning, clashed with the Kusanagi sword, which burned with golden-white flames. The sound of metal striking metal rang out, sparks flew everywhere, and a clear nick appeared on the chakra sword.

But the Cloud Village Jonin had no time to feel sorry for himself. Using the center of the collision as a fulcrum, Uchiha Gen spun his sword and retreated.

clang!

As expected of a Cloud Village Jonin who was proficient in swordsmanship and genjutsu, he blocked this sudden change of tactics and sneak attack, and even managed to knock the Kusanagi sword away.

Looking at the enemy rushing towards him, Uchiha Gen placed his hands on the ground after forming a hand seal.

Earth escapes flying gravel!

The ground trembled slightly, and chunks of stone or chakra-hardened mud were thrown at the Cloud Village Jonin.

The Cloud Village Jonin dodged left and right, leaping up and down, and with a series of sharp ninja sword strikes, successfully broke through the ninjutsu and rushed to Uchiha Gen's side.

The Cloud Village Jonin, his face beaming with smug excitement, raised his sword high, about to strike Uchiha Gen's forehead, when the blade, burning with golden-white flames, pierced through his abdomen.

"How...how is this possible..."

The Cloud Village Jonin's expression froze as he muttered to himself.

Even without imbuing the Kusanagi sword with a soul, its owner can still control the Kusanagi sword to a certain extent once it leaves their hand.

This can be seen from the battle between Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi in the original work.

Without wasting words, Uchiha Gen used his Sharingan to cast a fear-based genjutsu before the opponent died, absorbing his soul and lifespan.

Because their companions bought them time, the three of them survived Zhu Rong's ultimate breath attack. Apart from a significant depletion of chakra, they suffered no serious injuries.

"Kyouji is dead." Tsuchishiro's face was grim and solemn, his voice low.

The two Trojans remained silent upon hearing this, but their eyes were filled with hatred.

Uchiha Gen jumped out and laughed, "Who are you three trying to impress with those faces?"

"Your companion's death was truly a stroke of genius."

"Who told you, the Hidden Cloud Village, to start this war?"

Tsuchishiro's eyebrows twitched, but instead of engaging in a verbal argument with Uchiha Gen, he directly used ninjutsu to communicate telepathically with his subordinate.

"The enemy's fire-style ninjutsu and summoning beast are working in unparalleled harmony. Close combat, take him down!"

Upon hearing this, Troy pulled out a scroll, and with a bang, two puffs of white smoke rose up. He already held two large square shuriken in his hands, throwing one out and holding the other in his hand before rushing out.

Tsuchishiro and another Jonin, one drawing a kunai and the other drawing a ninja sword from his back, charged forward from different directions.

Seeing the three rushing towards him, Uchiha Gen chuckled and swung his sword. Golden and white sword energy intertwined to form a net that enveloped the three, leaving charred scratches on the ground.

Troy, a ninja with the Magnet Release bloodline limit, can magnetize anything he touches, or transfer something he touches to another object and then attack using the magnetism.

Knowing this information, Uchiha Gen would never directly touch the shuriken that Troy had launched.

If it comes into contact with the magnet, it will be transferred. Then, due to the attraction of magnetism, the Trojan attack will be equivalent to a tracking missile.

The square shuriken was directly blocked by the interwoven golden-white flame net, which also forced the three of them to dodge.

The next moment, Zhu Rong spat out a series of deep red explosive fireballs, and Uchiha Xuan injected chakra into Wusheng's body, lightly swinging his sword to slash, and streaks of blue and white lightning fell from the sky.

The two types of attacks forced the three of them, including Tsuchishiro, to dodge in a sorry state, covered in dust and dirt, with no chance to get close.

Forget about getting close; under such a high density of attacks, there wasn't even time to form hand seals.

Without the ability to form hand seals, a ninja's means of counterattack are extremely limited; this is a limitation of ninjas!

That's why hand seal ninjutsu is so precious...

Upon seeing the appearance of the three, Uchiha Gen's lips curled up slightly. He released Wusheng, letting him do as he pleased. He bit his right thumb, formed hand seals, and pressed his hands down to the ground.

Spiritual communication!

With a bang, a large cloud of white smoke billowed out, and ten large pythons, each over ten meters long and of various colors, appeared.

As soon as these giant pythons appeared, they launched an attack on the three of them, Toshiro and his companions.

Under the relentless triple attack of explosive fireballs, lightning bolts, and pythons, Troy and another Cloud Village Jonin were quickly overwhelmed.

The former was struck by lightning, and while his body was paralyzed, a blue python coiled around his body.

The latter was burned in the leg by the flames from the explosive bullet, and because his mobility was impaired, he was struck in the head by lightning repeatedly, and collapsed to the ground, paralyzed.

Because Tsuchishiro possessed the Melt Release technique, which could create rubber, he could ignore lightning strikes and had a slightly easier time, thus surviving the longest.

Seeing that all his companions had been hit, Tsuchishiro suppressed his grief and decisively ran towards the front line of the battlefield.

Actually, leaving Tsuchishiro behind wasn't a difficult task for Gen Uchiha, but it was something he didn't want to do.

It's not because of any sentimentality; what sentimentality could one have for a one-eyed man?

However, they couldn't afford to give up now that they had to eliminate Tsuchishiro, the frontline commander of Kumogakure.

Tsuchishiro was a courtier of the Raikage and the examiner of the Raikage's ultimate sword, the Thunder Plough. He held a high position in Kumogakure.

He is still the frontline commander of the Cloud Village. If he is killed, will the Cloud Village headquarters let it go?

He and Orochimaru only wanted to attack the front lines of Kumogakure, not the Kumogakure headquarters.

"Bring them here."

Upon hearing the command, the pythons immediately coiled around Troy and the other man, swimming to Uchiha Gen's side.

Ignoring their unwavering resistance, he met their gaze with his Sharingan and instantly took their lives.

Extracting the souls of the two, and sending the python back to Ryuchi Cave, Uchiha Gen grasped the power of life, mounted Zhu Rong, and once again transformed into a dragon knight spreading flames, thunder, and fear, roaming the battlefield to snatch souls and take lives.

Kumogakure no longer had enough manpower to stop Uchiha Gen's rampage. In order to avoid greater casualties, Tsuchishiro made a decisive decision and ordered a retreat.

Withdrawing from a battlefield ravaged by fighting is naturally not easy. The Konoha ninjas fought desperately, and the Kumogakure suffered considerable casualties before finally breaking free from the battle.

In order to minimize casualties in Kumogakure, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was personally led by Kito to cover the rear with the remaining high-level combat forces of Kumogakure; otherwise, the losses of Kumogakure would have been even more severe!

(End of this chapter)