At the same time.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…
Lightning flashed brilliantly on the short blade in Uchiha Zhili's hand, rapidly extending to form the Chidori Blade. The Chidori Blade, carrying a fierce momentum, pierced savagely into Akimichi Choza's right hand. "Your fate ends now!" the Shadow Clone Zhili declared, pinning him firmly to the ground.
Akimichi Choza's right hand was impaled by the Chidori Blade, and a powerful numbing sensation instantly spread throughout his body, completely paralyzing his right hand. This numbness was exceptionally intense, as if thousands of ants were gnawing at his nerves, causing him unbearable pain.
"Ah ah ah ah!" Akimichi Choza, unable to bear the excruciating pain, let out a mournful wail. His eyes were wide with disbelief as he stammered, "Ho-how could it be so fast? It's clearly just a clone, yet it possesses similar Taijutsu abilities to the original!"
"This isn't Ninjutsu at all. Even the Second Hokage's Advanced Shadow Clone Technique can only possess eighty percent of the user's Taijutsu ability and cannot withstand significant attacks, but now..."
He couldn't imagine that he, an Elite Jonin, would be instantly defeated by the strength of an opponent's Shadow Clone in the very first exchange.
This was simply a joke.
But the intense pain from his body.
Made him realize that this was the truth.
But this was too absurd.
Could it be that at this age, he had already reached the strength of Lord Third Hokage?
No matter how complex Akimichi Choza's thoughts were, he couldn't change the fact that he had instantly lost his ability to resist.
With Uchiha Tenxiu's sparring and the Ninjutsu Uchiha Tenxiu had painstakingly stolen from other clans and revealed to Uchiha Chiri, it was naturally a perfect counter.
"The opponent was able to dodge such a rapid grab range so quickly and make such a fierce counterattack in an instant. And they can even use lightning that affects the body without destroying the Shadow Clone? When did such a powerful genius appear in the Uchiha Clan!"
Akimichi Choza was completely suppressed by the continuous lightning from the Chidori Current, collapsing directly. A wave of lingering fear swept through his mind as he thought, "The Village's intelligence completely missed this! Could it be that the Uchiha really..."
Due to the paralyzing ability of the Chidori Current, Akimichi Choza's right hand was already immobile.
In addition, the conductivity of the Chidori Current caused the lightning to transmit along his arm to his entire body.
Naturally, it also instantly interrupted the partial body transformation ability he originally possessed, as it lost control from the main body.
This also caused his right hand, due to the loss of control of Yang Release, to permanently remain in its transformed state, unable to return to normal.
This was also a drawback of the Partial Expansion Jutsu.
Although relying on Yang Release, this method of external physical transformation applied to one's own body brings powerful attack and recovery, its drawback is that once it is specifically countered, leading to the transformed body becoming uncontrollable, it will cause irreversible damage.
And now, Uchiha Chiri had accidentally achieved a special attack. Under the piercing attack of her Chidori Current, Akimichi Choza's enlarged right hand was firmly pinned to the ground.
After this attack, the lightning needles flowing from the Chidori Current itself directly struck into the veins and meridians of the giant arm, completely pulverizing them.
As a result.
Akimichi Choza, who instantly lost control of all his Chakra, was in immense pain and was pinned to the ground by this giant arm, unable to move.
At this point.
Another enemy combatant was neutralized.
At the same time, Shibi Aburame's incoming swarm of insects was also intercepted without any effect.
The Shadow Clone Uchiha Chiri also freed up a hand and performed a single-hand seal: "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Jutsu!" A fire dragon, under Uchiha Chiri's control, quickly turned the insect swarm to Ash. Under the effect of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, the surging flames were precisely controlled, not missing any parasitic insects, preventing them from escaping the fire's strike.
Even the insects trying to ambush from underground by digging tunnels had no effect under the protection of the Chidori Current?
For a time, Shibi Aburame could only choose to release a small number of insects each time, making such a depleting, targeted assault.
"We can't attack like this! It's useless this way, the opponent has too much Chakra!" Yamato suddenly exclaimed. He quickly moved to Akimichi Choza's side and severed his right shoulder with a blade, preventing the lightning from continuing to invade his main body.
Unfortunately, all of Shibi Aburame's insects were naturally countered by the lightning and fire attributes. Without using this combat method to harass, he would be rushed and killed, so he could only bite the bullet and release insects repeatedly.
On the other side.
Choza's massive arm could no longer be retracted; maintaining it would only continue to cause damage to his main body.
"Ugh! It hurts so much!" Akimichi Choza spat out a large mouthful of blood, his face contorted in pain as he spoke. He clutched the wound where his right arm had been, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Uchiha Chiri. But compared to being unable to move and being numbed by the lightning just now?
Now he.
Had detached from the giant right hand.
He could finally escape!
"Here's some hemostatic medicine for you!" Yamato's movements were as fast as lightning. He swiftly pulled out hemostatic medicine from the pouch at his waist and unhesitatingly threw it to Akimichi Choza behind him. Then he continued to deal with Uchiha Chiri's attacks.
Akimichi Choza, seeing this, quickly caught the hemostatic medicine with his left hand, bit open the cap, and poured the powder onto his injured area. The moment the powder touched the wound, a cool sensation washed over him, and the pain in the wound seemed to lessen.
Yamato's gaze did not linger on Akimichi Choza but remained fixed on Zhili's attack pattern, which resembled Sasuke's. He felt a secret panic in his heart: "This Uchiha girl's abilities completely surpass Sasuke's techniques that I encountered recently!"
Recalling the battle with Sasuke, Yamato couldn't help but frown. At that time, Sasuke's speed was astonishing, leaving them no time to react, and Sasuke's various developments of the Chidori easily broke through their Team 7's offense, while his Sharingan easily suppressed Naruto's Tailed Beast transformation.
And now, this Uchiha Clan woman in front of him could go even further; even if it was just a Shadow Clone, she could easily suppress two Elite Jonin.
Even in a Shadow Clone battle.
Yamato could tell that the opponent was displaying a very playful attitude.
Clearly, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great.
Yamato felt that she was even stronger than a Hokage-level Ninja.
"A Ninja with no weaknesses appearing in a place like this, what comes next will truly be difficult!" Yamato's face grew darker, and he couldn't help but inwardly groan.
"So, what should we do!" Yamato muttered to himself, constantly looking back and forth between Uchiha Chiri's Shadow Clone and her main body. His gaze was like a torch, as if trying to see through them to the truth hidden behind.
Not only that.
He even cast his gaze towards Uchiha Tenxiu and Queen Sara of Roran, who had not yet made a move, as if he could find clues to solve the problem in these few people.
Yamato secretly pondered, "There must be something we've overlooked, and that's precisely the key to the problem!" The more he thought about it, the more he felt his guess was correct.
Although this battle was initiated by them, from the current situation, the main rhythm of the battle was completely in the opponent's hands.
"Yes!" Yamato couldn't help but think, "Although we were the ones who actively provoked the battle, the opponent seems to be responding methodically, which is too strange."
"If this were truly a life-and-death struggle, the opponent should be going all out. But now, only that Uchiha girl is making a move. What exactly is the reason for this?"
"Roran, time travel, the Fourth Hokage encountered, a special Uchiha Clan member, damn it..."
"What on earth is the reason!..."
As these Konoha comrades fell into crisis.
Minato Namikaze, who was being pursued by Zhili's main body, also noticed this scene, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "I can't hesitate any longer, I must use a decisive move!"