novelraw Chapter 39: A Clash of Titans! Professor X vs. The Strongest Spear
Chapter 39: A Clash of Titans! Professor X vs. The Strongest Spear
All eyes turned to the figure standing in the very center of the city wall.
Hiruzen Sarutobi.
He remained standing quietly, as if the devastating scene before him was nothing more than an ordinary rural landscape.
Finally, he moved.
He took off his ordinary black outfit, revealing the red and white Hokage robe underneath.
He placed the straw hat, representing the will of fire, firmly on his head.
Then he took a step forward, leaped off the city wall, and landed steadily on the open ground in front of the fortress gate.
Alone, facing the impending devastation.
"Hokage-sama!"
"Hiruzen!"
Everyone on the city wall gasped in surprise.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood in front of the door, holding his Vajra Staff, calmly watching the blue lightning bolt getting closer and closer to him.
Finally, the lightning stopped.
It was less than 100 meters away from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Ai's figure was revealed.
His body was crackling with blue electric arcs, and his powerful aura distorted the surrounding air.
He looked at the figure standing alone in front of the fortress gate, wearing the Hokage's robe.
A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by deep contempt.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, what do you mean by this? Do you know you're doomed to defeat, so you're surrendering?"
Ai's voice was like rolling thunder, full of domineering power.
However, when he saw the fortress's wide-open gates and the Konoha ninjas standing guard on the city walls without showing any panic, his unease grew again.
Not right.
This is all too wrong.
This is not the reaction a unit about to be ambushed should have.
This is more like... a carefully laid trap.
Just as he was filled with doubt and uncertainty, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly raised his head, revealing the calm face beneath his straw hat.
Those deep eyes pierced through a hundred meters to stare directly at the Third Raikage.
He slowly removed the straw hat from his head, revealing a face that was much younger than Ai's, yet as deep as the sea.
He ignored Ai's taunts and simply looked at him calmly, as if he were watching a clown jumping around.
He reached out, and the Vajra Ruyi Cudgel, which the ape demon had transformed into, appeared in his hand.
He slammed one end of the long stick heavily onto the ground.
Boom!
A muffled thud seemed to strike the heart of every Cloud Village ninja.
"Ai".
Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears.
"Today, we should settle the score with the teacher."
The words fell.
A vast, boundless chakra, no less powerful than that of the Third Raikage, erupted from Hiruzen Sarutobi's body.
The shockwave emanated from him and swept outwards in all directions.
The sky was filled with ever-changing clouds.
Under this terrifying pressure, thousands of Cloud Hidden Army soldiers involuntarily took a step back.
The contempt and arrogance on Ai's face finally disappeared.
He stared intently at the man a hundred meters away.
This chakra...
This guy...
He's not a weak brat at all.
"All troops retreat! No one is allowed to advance without my order!"
The Third Raikage, A, let out a loud shout, his voice filled with solemnity.
Upon hearing this, the Cloud Ninja army behind him immediately carried out the order, reforming their formation in the distance and watching the upcoming top-level ninja battle with bated breath.
Ai slowly raised his head, staring intently at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was wearing the Hokage's robes.
That immense chakra, that domineering aura, completely dispelled any contempt he might have felt.
He knew he had made a fatal mistake.
He regarded Hiruzen Sarutobi as a junior who rose to power by virtue of his teacher's influence.
But now it seems that the other party is clearly a beast of the same level as itself, or even... more dangerous.
"Very good... Hiruzen Sarutobi!"
Ai grinned, revealing a ferocious smile, his fighting spirit erupting from within him like a volcano.
"Looks like I underestimated you! Now that's more interesting!"
Before he could finish speaking, the ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded.
He transformed into a streak of blue lightning, covering a distance of a hundred meters in an instant at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, and appeared beneath the city wall.
Then, with a simple, unadorned punch, he slammed into the figure in the fiery red robe.
Boom—!
A deafening roar.
The ground, constructed from a mixture of hard rock and steel, crumbled instantly like paper under this violent punch, creating a huge gap.
Stone fragments flew everywhere, and dust billowed into the sky.
The moment Ai threw his punch, Hiruzen Sarutobi leaped high into the air and landed lightly on the open ground behind him.
"Is this the power of the strongest spear? It truly lives up to its reputation."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the ground that had been blasted apart by a single punch and exclaimed in admiration.
But his expression remained calm.
Without pausing, Ai charged at Hiruzen Sarutobi once more.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
His speed was too fast. After activating Lightning Release Chakra Mode, his body was activated to the extreme, and his nerve reaction speed even surpassed the dynamic visual capture of the Sharingan.
In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The fist, crackling with violent lightning, hurtled straight for Hiruzen's face with a whistling sound as it tore through the air.
Faced with a punch powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not choose to take it head-on.
Just as the force of the punch was about to hit his body, his hands flew into hand seals at a speed that was dazzling to behold.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
A colossal fire dragon roared from his mouth, not attacking Raikage, but instead striking the ground beneath his feet.
boom!
The flames exploded, instantly blasting a deep crater in the ground. A large amount of rubble and dust were swept up by the shockwave, forming a temporary barrier that obscured Ai's vision.
Ai's fist struck empty air.
"Clever trick!"
Ai snorted and, relying on his beast-like intuition, instantly pinpointed Hiruzen Sarutobi's location. He then turned and delivered a powerful whip kick.
However, what awaited him was another earthen wall that rose from the ground.
"Earth Release·Earth Style Wall!"
boom!
The earthen wall crumbled instantly.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi's figure had already appeared dozens of meters away.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi moved at high speed across the battlefield.
His hands seemed to move without stopping, constantly forming various complex hand seals.
Fire dragon, water dragon, wind blade, earthen wall, swamp...
He effortlessly unleashed five different ninjutsu of varying attributes, releasing them one after another with incredible fluidity and combination.
Instead of pursuing the ultimate power of a single ninjutsu, he made the most of these five elemental escape techniques.