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Boom, boom, boom!
Three of Kakuzu's hearts, each with a monster mask, detached themselves from his back, transforming into three monsters condensed from black matter.
Having learned his lesson once, and having lost a precious Wind Release heart, Kakuzu wouldn't make the same mistake again. He went all out, no more testing.
"Earth Release - Earth Spike Technique!"
Kakuzu clapped his hands together. Instantly, giant, sharp spikes erupted from the ground, shooting towards Yezi in the air.
Whizz, whizz, whizz... These giant, sharp spikes were very fast.
Yezi focused her mind, dodging left and right, barely avoiding the attack.
In an instant, a reddish-brown hill covered in sharp spikes appeared on the ground.
"Fire Release - Hard-Boiled Head!"
Just as she dodged the attack of the rock spikes, Yezi didn't have time to react. The red monster, along with the protruding rock spikes, approached Yezi. It opened its mouth and spewed a sea of flames towards her.
"Water Release - Water Wall!"
Yezi used Water Release again to block the sea of flames. Thankfully, her chakra amount was also terrifying. The ordinary Water Wall in her hands was like a reversed Milky Way, blocking the sea of flames.
But her Water Release chakra's nature intensity was not high. It wasn't as strong as Kakuzu's Fire Release chakra's nature intensity. Kakuzu's flames were very hot, and they quickly evaporated a large cloud of steam, enveloping Yezi.
At this moment, Yezi didn't realize the danger approaching.
"Lightning Release - False Darkness!"
As soon as the Fire Release passed, on the other side, the Lightning Release heart-turned-monster opened its mouth and spewed out a blue-white, condensed lightning attack.
Yezi still lacked combat experience.
She could still use her massive chakra amount and the Paper Release's dense explosive attack method to forcefully crush ordinary Jōnin.
But against a Kage-level powerhouse, the gap in her combat experience would become a fatal weakness.
So far, the rhythm of all the attacks had been under Kakuzu's plan.
Yezi couldn't react at all. Under the steam, even with her powerful perception ability, she knew the attack was coming.
But enveloped in the steam, she couldn't block the lightning attack, which was as fast as light.
"Sizzle!"
Yezi was instantly paralyzed by the electricity, unable to move.
"Your heart is mine!"
Kakuzu, who had quietly arrived at the tip of a spike, shot out his right hand, connected by black and gray lines, and grabbed at Yezi's heart in the air.
Faced with the full power of a Kage-level powerhouse, Yezi's strength was still lacking. Her proud chakra amount was not something Kakuzu lacked either.
Defeat was inevitable, but to be defeated so easily, Yezi was still very uncomfortable, especially since she had been so confident in front of Kenshi.
Was this it?
"What's going on?"
"Why isn't this little girl afraid?"
Seeing his hand about to grab the woman's chest, Kakuzu didn't see any fear on the woman's face. This unusual scene made him secretly wary. At the same time, he subconsciously looked towards Kenshi's direction. Kenshi was nowhere to be seen.
"Where did he go?"
As soon as the thought appeared in Kakuzu's mind, a gust of wind suddenly sounded in front of him. An ordinary-looking foot, carrying terrifying force, pierced through the air and swept towards his stomach.
"So fast!"
It was too late to dodge. Thankfully, Kakuzu's Earth Release - Earth Spear Technique, which hardened his skin, could be used instantly without hand seals.
Earth Release - Earth Spear, after hardening his skin, would give Kakuzu a terrifying defense that was almost immune to all physical attacks.
The attack that had the power of 20,000 explosion tags detonating at close range hadn't even been able to break his defense and injure him.
So, even though the enemy's surprise attack was very fast and the force of the attack was terrifying, Kakuzu didn't think he would be injured.
However, when Kenshi's foot landed on Kakuzu's stomach, the terrifying force instantly broke through his hardened Earth Release skin defense and penetrated deep into his body.
Bang!
Pfft!
Kakuzu's body instantly bent into a "V" shape like a shrimp. His eyes widened and bulged, his mouth opened wide as he spat out a mouthful of blood. His body, like a cannonball, shot directly backwards and downwards.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Boom!
Kakuzu smashed through three giant rock spikes in succession, finally crashing into the Earth Release spike hill he had created. He directly shattered the entire hill, smashing the ground within a hundred meters into pieces like glass. The terrifying force of Kenshi's kick finally subsided.
Boom... The rubble rolled around, like a hill falling from the sky into a calm lake, sending up a mushroom cloud of dust.
"Ah..."
Yezi, who had regained control of her body, opened her mouth wide in shock, looking at the towering dust cloud below.
"This... is too strong!!"
Yezi was shocked. Just one kick, Kenshi's one kick, could create such a terrifying destructive power.
The earth was like a fragile cookie, shattered with a casual kick.
"I can't believe Big Brother's taijutsu is so terrifying!" Yezi looked at Kenshi, her eyes filled with admiration.
In the air, a clay bird condensed under Kenshi, supporting him.
Below, the dust settled. In the crater, Kakuzu leaned against the pile of rocks and earth he had crashed into. Blood was still pouring out of his mouth.
Three black monsters condensed from chakra attribute masks had fallen beside Kakuzu. Two of them stood at attention, staring at Kenshi in the air. One quickly burrowed into Kakuzu's body, replacing the heart that Kenshi had directly blown up with a kick.
"The power is not bad!"
Kenshi was satisfied with the attack just now. Although it wasn't as powerful as Might Guy's Eight Inner Gates kick, being able to blow up one of Kakuzu's hearts with a single kick was still pretty good.
Feeling the violent power contained in his body, Kenshi suddenly shook his head and sighed.
"As expected, this is a world where bloodline matters!"
After fusing with White Zetsu's Wood Release cells, the limits that restricted Kenshi's physical growth were gone. With all the acupoints and spaces in his body destroyed, his physical body had naturally grown to its current state over the past three years.
He didn't even need to use Tsunade's chakra-bursting brute strength. Just with the strength of his own physical body, he could easily smash a mountain and shatter the earth.
At this moment, Kenshi could be considered an all-around ninja with no weaknesses, even without the Body Flicker Technique.
"Little brat, state your name."
Kakuzu stood up again, activating his strongest mode, Earth Grudge Fear, with two Fire Release and Lightning Release attribute masks on his shoulders, connected to his body by countless black lines. The joints of his body cracked, revealing the countless black lines inside.
He had realized that he had encountered a formidable opponent again, after the First Hokage.
"Just a nobody. Don't worry about it."
Kenshi smiled casually, swinging his arms and twisting his neck. He said, "To tell you the truth, I've never had a good, hard fight with a Kage-level powerhouse. I hope you can make me feel the heat of battle."
All along, the enemies Kenshi had encountered were either killed by him instantly or were too afraid to die to deal with him, so he could only use his shadow clone to fight. His real body hadn't actually fought personally.
Yezi and Kakuzu's brief battle had sparked Kenshi's interest.
Now, with his body, he wasn't afraid of ordinary injuries. He could have some fun with Kakuzu.
"You little brat, you'll regret this!"
Kenshi's casual and playful attitude completely enraged Kakuzu. He said, "Even the First Hokage, who fought me before, didn't dare to be so arrogant and conceited in front of me, little brat!!!"
"Water Release - Water Dragon Bullet!"
"Lightning Release - False Darkness!"
Without saying a word, the enraged Kakuzu instantly released a combined jutsu from the chakra attribute masks on his shoulders.
"Water Lightning Dragon Technique."
The lightning-flashing Water Lightning Dragon, as large as a train, carried violent force and flew towards Kenshi in the air.
Faced with this attack, Kenshi's response was to clap his hands together.
"Water Lightning Dragon Technique."
Water gathered, lightning flashed, and instantly, a Water Lightning Dragon even larger than the one Kakuzu released opened its mouth and bit downwards.
Boom!
Buckets of water splashed everywhere. Violent blue and white lightning flashed across the sky. The two Water Lightning Dragons, large and small, collided. The smaller one was naturally defeated.
Bang!
Kakuzu widened his eyes and jumped backwards, dodging the Water Lightning Dragon attack that descended from the sky.
"How is that possible?"
Kakuzu was a little incredulous. At the same time as having such powerful taijutsu, he also possessed such terrifying jutsu talent. The combined jutsu he released was even more powerful than his own.
"He... who is he?"
Kakuzu had subconsciously stopped calling Kenshi a "little brat." Kenshi's strength made him feel the same sense of powerlessness he had felt when he faced the First Hokage.
"No, there's only one First Hokage!"
Kakuzu quickly shook his head, re-gathering his fighting spirit. Now was not the time to be powerless.
"Water Release - Mist Hiding Technique!"
Kakuzu clapped his hands together. A large amount of mist instantly rose, enveloping an area of five kilometers.
It has to be said that Kakuzu's chakra amount was also terrifying. The chakra amount of three hearts was not much less than Yezi's.
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