Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

"Idiot brat!"

How could close combat be a weakness for an old fellow like Kakuzu who has lived for nearly a hundred years?

Even Kakuzu's close combat skills and experience are enough to crush most jonin who specialize in physical skills.

Even if Jianchuan Ju activated the acupoint pressing bonus, he would not be able to gain any advantage in a fight with him.

The black tentacles of the Earth Wrath on Kakuzu's body spread out and transformed into countless whips, which continuously whipped and pierced Jianchuanju.

This forced Jianchuan Ju to slow down his attack frequency and use his short knife to block and parry.

The sound of "ding-ding-dang-dang" continued to ring out. Jianchuan Ju was not only unable to penetrate the defense of the "earth spear", but tiny wounds kept appearing on his body.

'wrong! ’

Kakuzu, who seemed to have the upper hand, suddenly became alert.

Although the kid failed to penetrate his defense except for the first dive attack, he felt a piercing chill in the area that was hit by the dagger.

"Did you find it?"

Jianchuan Ju, who had remained silent all this time, ignored the pain in his body and gave Kakuzu a bloodthirsty smile.

The movements of his hands became more unscrupulous.

For a moment, knives were flying everywhere.

Ice-blue knife marks gradually began to appear all over Kakuzu's body.

These knife marks were like some terrible virus. As soon as they appeared, they immediately began to spread around.

In a flash, all the black tentacles of the Earth Wrath were covered with a layer of white frost.

Even the white frost continued to penetrate inward, trying to freeze all the silk threads.

The silk tentacles that Kakuzu used to be able to control with ease gradually became less flexible due to being frozen.

Jianchuan Jue continued to swing his sword while enduring damage from the beginning to the end, so it was impossible that he was acting on impulse.

Even after the first charged attack of 'Iai Slash' cut off both of Kakuzu's arms, it failed to destroy the earth escape heart.

Jianchuan Ju secretly performed "Ice Escape*Sleeve White Snow" to spread the frost air to the blade.

Each subsequent slash and block, although unable to cut through the hardened silk tentacles, did allow the cold air on the knife to penetrate into them.

The added strength and reaction speed brought by 'acupoint pressing' also allows Jianchuan Ju to hold out for a while even when facing an experienced taijutsu master like Kakuzu.

This is exactly the time that Jianchuanju wants!

As the two continued to fight, Kakuzu's movements became more and more stiff, until the battle returned to the beach.

"Bang~"

Jianchuan Ju kicked Kakuzu in the chest, then turned over and leaned back to put some distance between himself and Kakuzu.

Kakuzu, who originally had good physical skills, not only failed to dodge the ordinary kick, but even staggered back two steps on the beach.

What was even more horrifying was that Kakuzu, who was retreating stiffly, missed a step and fell to the ground.

The right leg made of the Earth Resentment Silk Thread suddenly shattered into countless ice crystal fragments after stepping on the ground twice, as if it were a fragile glass product.

‘It’s done! ’

Jianchuan Ju took the opportunity to activate "Yusu", quickly healing all the large and small wounds on his body, and then looked at the embarrassed Kakuzu again.

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being a thread monster."

If an ordinary person was hit by Jianchuan Ju's continuous slashing and freezing, he would only suffer frostbite and have limited mobility.

He would never be as fragile as Kakuzu, who was completely corroded by the cold.

To put it simply, Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Threads are just blood vessels that have been transformed by a secret technique. The strength of a single thread is not very high. Even though the earth escape hardening can withstand physical damage, it cannot prevent the erosion of cold air.

After being completely frozen, it looked more like a giant 'sugar apple', with the 'sugar threads' on its body shattering at the touch of a finger. It was completely restrained by Jianchuanju.

However, just as Yusu finished the quick treatment and Jianchuan Ju was about to step forward to subdue Kakuzu again, the "danger premonition" in his mind once again issued a shrill alarm.

Jianchuan Ju knew without thinking that the two Earth-Resentful Monsters on Lanzai's side had probably given up on continuing to fight with the little guy and were rushing to rescue the main body.

In fact, if Jianchuan Ju had not chosen the dangerous close combat, the attack of the lightning-attributed masked monster might have accidentally destroyed Kakuzu's own "Earth Spear".

Jianchuan Ju had no chance to fight Kakuzu alone for so long.

'Unfortunately, it's still a little off.'

The moment Jianchuan Ju sensed danger, he quickly spit out two wind cones from his mouth, shooting directly at Kakuzu in the distance.

At the same time, his body immediately left the spot, trying to avoid the upcoming attack.

However, the danger warning in my mind was like a maggot attached to my bones and did not subside at all.

Only then did Jianchuan Ju have time to look back and check the situation.

I saw that the masked monster with fire attribute was following closely behind me, with faint traces of burning red light on its body.

"Damn it! Is this thing going to explode?"

Without stopping, Jianchuan Ju moved quickly, trying to create some distance between himself and the fire monster.

However, before it had taken two steps, the monster began to grow larger and larger, and it was obviously on the verge of exploding.

Fortunately, Jianchuan Ju has completed the seal.

"Water Style*Water Prison Technique"

A large amount of clear water was spit out from the mouth, which quickly spun around Jianchuan Ju's body, forming a spherical water prison.

Jianchuan Ju was certainly not trying to build a water dungeon to control himself at this time.

Just as the water prison was about to take shape, what came out of Jianchuan Ju's mouth was no longer water, but cold air.

In an instant, most of the water on the outside was frozen into thick ice, while the Jianchuan Orange in the center was still wrapped in the water.

After some of the clear water deep underground freezes, it acts like forked tree roots, firmly anchoring the hollow ice ball to the ground.

It's too late to say.

The moment the 'Ice Prison' was formed, the size of the Fire Masked Monster also expanded to its limit.

"boom--"

A deafening roar tore through the sky.

How powerful would it be if all the chakra of a top-level jonin was unleashed?

The blast of flames rising into the sky and the rapidly spreading air waves caused by the explosion were enough to explain everything.

For each of Kakuzu's hearts, he chose an elite jonin with corresponding attributes, and perhaps the original owner of the heart had never seen an explosion of such power.

The violent explosion shock wave, carrying flames and countless burning gravel, slammed into the 'ice prison'. Jianchuan Ju inside could already hear the sound of the outermost ice shield being hit by gravel, and the sound of the ice layer breaking due to the shock wave.

next moment.

"Crack~" There was a clear sound of ice breaking.

But this was not the sound of the outer layer of ice breaking;

"It's finished."

Jianchuan Ju's face turned pale.

"Whoosh——" sound.

The ice ball, which should have been firmly fixed on the ground, was instantly blasted into the air by the shock wave of the explosion.

Needless to say, the breaking sound just now was exactly the cracks in the ice used to connect the underground.

Without the ground fixing point, the weight of Jianchuanju and the ice prison alone could not withstand such a strong explosion impact.

The ice ball that was blown into the air began to roll wildly, and Jianchuan Ju inside it took a lot of effort to just readjust its body before the ice ball hit the ground.

After quickly releasing the 'ice prison', the ice ball fragments and the clear water in them fell from the air, and Jianchuan Ju simply spread a pair of wings and soared into the sky.

After slightly alleviating the slight dizziness caused by the tumble, Jianchuan Ju finally looked back at the beach where the battle had taken place.

However, at this moment, apart from the huge crater left by the explosion on the beach and Lanzai who was emerging from the sea, there was no trace of Kakuzu.

Thinking of the scene that I caught a glimpse of just before the 'ice prison' was formed.

Although the two 'pecks' successfully hit Kakuzu's heart, the lightning-attribute masked monster also flew towards Kakuzu's 'corpse' at full speed at the same time.

Even though we didn't see the subsequent scenes, Jianchuan Ju had already made some guesses.

"I guess he ran away."

After a quick patrol in the air, 'Danger Prediction' did not sense anything, so Jianchuan Ju lifted the 'Acupoint Pressing' and fell back to the sea. Although the feeling of weakness still enveloped his whole body, it was countless times better than the previous battle with Minato Namikaze.

However, Jianchuan Ju still looked at the big hole on the beach with some regret.

"Alas, I was thinking of recruiting him again after the battle."

Another good news.

Today, this book has reached 3000 subscriptions, which means it has entered the premium channel.

I guess the exquisite badges will be available in the next two days.

Thank you all readers for your support along the way.

I originally wanted to write a chapter of thanks for the excellent work, but when I thought about the time when I was reading books in the past, I would see "three chapters unread" and click on it with great joy, but it turned out that one chapter was nonsense, and my mood was not so good anymore.

So let’s just talk nonsense here.

As a new author, I started writing books because I was unemployed. Later, when I found a job, I was overwhelmed by the workload. I never dared to think that I could write a masterpiece all the way.

Maybe it’s a combination of coincidences and luck, but the most important thing is your support.

Thank you very much again. Thank you.

I'll just assume I owe you all a chapter this time, and I'll definitely make it up before the end of the month.

Chapter 244 See when they arrive!

What Jianchuan Ju said about recruiting was not a lie.

Although he wanted every move to be fatal during the fight just now, Jianchuan Ju still wanted to try whether his "money ability" could impress the opponent if there was a chance to subdue Kakuzu.

After all, there is actually no hatred between the two of them, and the profession of bounty hunter can only be regarded as the enemy's knife at best.

Besides, Kakuzu was a well-known money-lover. At worst, Jianchuan Ju could just let Kakuzu be his agent to manage his money.

Give Kakuzu, the agent, more commission.

Isn’t this much more cost-effective than saving a lifetime of money to buy bombs for Xiaonan to play with?

"Don't even mention 600 billion Detonating Talismans! 60 million would be enough for Sorabe to blow up Konoha countless times!"

Thinking of this, Jianchuan Judu began to feel sorry for Kakuzu.

It's a pity that this crappy "Ice Prison" of his is just a prototype of Ninjutsu and has not been perfected.

The Water Prison Technique was used as a defensive ninjutsu, and it was originally intended to be used in conjunction with Zabuza and Mei Terumi as a team combination skill.

At that time, his strength was relatively low and he did not master many ninjutsu. The water prison, an all-round buffer zone, was very suitable for resisting some splash damage.

Later, as Jianchuan Ju's strength gradually increased, the enemies he faced became increasingly powerful, and the defense of the water prison was no longer enough.

For most attacks, Jianchuan Ju either chose to rely on 'Yuqi' to resist, or took advantage of the 'Danger Prediction' to dodge them first.

Moreover, Jianchuan Ju later learned the ninjutsu "Water Style*Water Array Wall" from Qing, and the defensive power of the Water Prison Technique became even more useless.

However, the 'Water Array Wall' taught by Qing can only defend on one side. Jianchuan Ju has studied it for a long time but cannot achieve the level of the 'Second Generation Mizukage' Senju Tobirama, which surrounds the whole body, so it is not of much use to Jianchuan Ju.

What Jianchuan Ju wanted was the kind of defensive ninjutsu that could be used to block large-scale attacks from all directions when it was impossible to dodge and it was not appropriate to resist head-on.

Until recently, when he fused the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, and Jianchuan Tachibana was still unable to draw any defensive ninjutsu, he picked up the Water Prison again.

However, what Jianchuan Ju envisioned was that the thick ice layer on the outer shell would resist damage, the flowing water inside would relieve the impact, and it would also have to be firmly fixed on the ground. This was indeed somewhat difficult for a single person, and the development progress was very slow.

In the end, I managed to come up with a semi-finished product that looks a bit like a combination of ninjutsu.

If it hadn't been so close to the center of the explosion today, the 'Water Array Wall' would definitely not have been able to withstand the blast, and Jianchuan Ju wouldn't have released it rashly.

As a result, he managed to withstand the explosion that was as powerful as a full-power "egg bomb" without any injury, but he was blown so far away that Jiaodu had disappeared when he came back.

'Alas, there is still a long way to go.'