boyutpedia Chapter 215 Qing's Tactics
Chapter 215 Qing's Tactics
Asma's body looked like a lump of mud, his head drooping, and his limbs twitching slightly.
In the battle just now, even with the help of Kyosuke's many shadow clones, Asuma was still defeated by Kisame Hoshigaki and Ao, and did not even have a chance to escape.
Or rather, Asuma was seriously injured when he was ambushed by Ao while trying to escape using his clone technique in a critical situation.
"I'm sorry... Kyosuke..."
Asma slightly opened his mouth and made a faint sound, blood flowing continuously from the corner of his mouth.
Qing had no intention of capturing prisoners, so he struck hard, bringing Asuma to the brink of death.
However, Ao happened to see Kyosuke arriving, and wanting to make use of the waste, he didn't cut off Asuma's head directly.
Unfortunately, Asuma is dispensable to Ao; he can use her for as long as he can, so he won't treat Asuma.
Without treatment, Asma won't live long; maybe a few minutes, maybe a few seconds, he will die soon.
Seeing this, Kyosuke cursed inwardly.
The shadow clones were too slow in delivering messages. If Kyosuke had known that Asuma had been captured, he would have turned around and run away instead of coming here.
With Ao, Kisame Hoshigaki, and the still-alive Mangetsu Hozuki, who could arrive at any moment, Kyosuke faces an extremely dire situation.
Moreover, in order to maintain his public image, he also had to consider Asuma, who was now a hostage, which made him somewhat constrained.
Qing, that weakling, couldn't even kill Asuma in an instant.
Asma, that coward, didn't even dare to perish with a powerful enemy.
Where are your explosive tags? For the glory of Konoha, you should stick them to your body and perish together with the enemy!
Kyosuke let out a soft breath, clearing his mind of all sorts of chaotic and irrational thoughts. His mind became clear, and he stood up straight, his eyes filled with determination.
"Asma, I'm sorry, this is war."
Kyosuke's voice seemed to come from his chest, deep and resonant, with a slight tremor.
Upon hearing this, Asma forcefully raised his right wrist and gave a thumbs-up.
"Heh heh heh, abandoning your comrades, is this your Will of Fire?"
Kisame Hoshigaki sneered and formed hand seals, preparing to unleash a ninjutsu.
Qing didn't speak, but simply observed the surroundings with her eyes rolled back.
Neither of them would trust anything Kyosuke said.
Kyosuke glanced at them and said to Gamabunta beneath him, "Boss Gamabunta, the battle is going badly, let's leave."
Bunta glanced at Asuma, exhaled a puff of smoke from the pipe dangling from his lips, and then turned and leaped backward.
"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"
Kisame Hoshigaki spewed out a torrent of water like ocean waves, instantly forming a water sphere the size of a hill, imprisoning Bunta who had jumped into the air.
"Using water jutsu to fight a toad? You're kidding me!"
Gamabunta moved even more nimbly in the water prison, turning around and launching an attack on Kisame Hoshigaki and Ao's positions.
"Water Release: Iron Cannon Ball!"
Bunta spat out three large water spheres in one breath.
The water sphere successfully broke through the water prison and struck Kisame Hoshigaki and Ao.
Kisame Hoshigaki charged forward, dodging the water sphere attacks, and arrived next to the water prison, placing his hands on it.
"A mere toad can only be food for sharks! Thousand-Foot Shark!"
In the enormous water prison, countless sharks appeared, swimming around the massive Gamabunta before fiercely charging at him, ready to tear his flesh apart.
At the same time, just as Ao was about to dodge the attack, an arm suddenly reached out from beside her feet and grabbed Asuma's ankle.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Kyosuke's two shadow clones worked together to create a raging fire, attacking Ao from behind.
Ahead lay a water sphere as hard as a rock, and behind, a sweeping flame, both already upon them.
Bringing hostages might slow down your evasive maneuvers, making it impossible to completely avoid attacks.
Of course, perhaps Qing's physical skills are excellent, allowing him to easily evade these attacks, as well as subsequent attacks, while carrying the hostages.
This is why Gambling Qing wouldn't risk his own injury for the sake of hostages.
Faced with this situation, Qing released his grip on Asuma's nape without hesitation, and then his body disappeared.
"Gotcha!"
An arm from underground grabbed Asuma's ankle and pulled him underground.
boom!
The water ball hit the flames, creating a large amount of water mist.
"Let's hold off the enemy together!"
The shadow clones around rushed forward, doing their best to hold back Ao and Kisame Hoshigaki.
Bunta was battling numerous sharks, wielding his short sword to slay them one after another, while Kyosuke also used ninjutsu to assist him.
However, because Wen Tai was too big and there were too many sharks, he was also bitten and had many wounds on his body.
A large amount of blood floated in the water sphere, like light red silk.
Seeing that the shadow clone had saved Asuma, Kyosuke immediately created more than a dozen shadow clones.
"Cover me!"
Kyosuke shouted and jumped off Bunta's head, swimming towards the ground.
The surrounding sharks pounced quickly, but were blocked by the shadow clones surrounding Kyosuke.
When Kyosuke reached the bottom of the water dungeon, three shadow clones were already waiting outside to meet him.
The three shadow clones pressed their hands to the ground: "Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
Three rock dragon heads shot into the sky, intersecting and spinning rapidly, crashing into the water prison like rotating drills.
Whoosh!
A breach was made in the water prison, and water gushed out continuously. Kyosuke swam out of the water prison with the fierce current, and at the same time, the summoning spell was canceled.
"Thank you, Boss Toad!"
With his clothes tattered and blood oozing from his body, Wen Tai snorted coldly and disappeared.
After escaping the water prison, Kyosuke immediately dived underground to escape, while his remaining shadow clones continued to intercept Ao and Kisame Hoshigaki.
Ao and Kisame Hoshigaki quickly dealt with Kyosuke's shadow clones, and looking around, they could no longer see Kyosuke.
However, neither of them showed any sign of disappointment.
Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Ao and asked in a deep voice, "Did you find it?"
Qing smiled slightly and said softly, "Found it, the enemy's true form!"
They had already fought Kyosuke's shadow clones long before Kyosuke's main body arrived.
For them, the number and combat power of the shadow clones only caused some trouble. What really gave them a headache was that they couldn't distinguish between the shadow clones and the original body, even with the Byakugan.
If you can't find the original body, destroying any number of shadow clones is all in vain.
From the very beginning, they appeared to be engaged in a fierce battle, but in reality, they weren't exerting their full strength at all, because they weren't sure if the one standing on the giant toad's head was Kyosuke's real body.
It is standard practice for ninjas to have their shadow clones act in a high-profile manner while their main body remains low-profile and infiltrates the area.
In order to find Kyosuke's true form, Ao used Asuma as bait and deliberately let Kyosuke rescue her.
As long as Kyosuke feels temporarily safe, his main body should appear to heal Asuma, then take Asuma away, leaving a shadow clone behind to cover their retreat.
"Once I find his main body, my Byakugan will lock onto it, and his shadow clones will become useless."
In Qing's view, Kyosuke's temporary escape was actually like jumping into her palm.