Looking at countless Ice Senbon hovering in the air, Sandaime had a look of surprise, although he had expected something similar to happen; when the thing really happened, he couldn't help but have a solemn expression.
Such large-scale ninjutsu is nothing short of an S-Class technique that can instantly turn the tides of a battlefield.
At this moment, Suijin indifferently waved his hand vertically downwards.
Instantly following the command, the countless hovering Ice Senbon shot downwards towards the forest and Sandaime like high-speed bullets, causing a rain of icy cold explosions.
Sandaime didn't wait any longer and immediately shouted,
"Earth Release Barrier Technique: Earth Prison Dome of Magnificent Nothingness!"
With a roaring sound, the mud, gravel, and rocks rose from the earth forming a self-repairing barrier that protected Sandaime inside it from the rain of Ice Senbon.
Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha… Sha…
By the time, the Earth Prison Dome took shape, the countless Ice needles hovering in the air broke the speed of sound and shot at it with an exploding momentum.
Boom… Boom… Boom…
Crash… Crack… Break… Whoosh… Freeze…
Wherever the Senbons hit, the deep pits will be left on the grounds, the trees were broken into small wood chunks, the Earth dome itself continued collapsing and repairing.
Although the Senbons themselves aren't very strong, when they hit their target at the speed of breaking the sound barrier, then there isn't much that can be sustained in the face of such an attack.
The Earth Dome however kept breaking and repairing at an astonishing speed, Sandaime, who was hidden inside the Earth Dome Prison, pressed his hands on the dungeon wall and actively poured his Chakra with everything he had to maintain the barrier.
But it was getting difficult as each Senbon will burst with chilling cold air, freezing the surrounding area.
The surrounding Anbu looked at the battlefield from a distance with horrified expressions, they all had a gloomy look under their masks, only now did they understand that why Sandaime-Sama ordered them to not intervene in the battle.
If they had to resist such a barrage of countless Ice Senbon, they would undoubtedly die!
Even the Kumo ninja's gaze flickered.
Similar to the Konoha Anbu around him, he really didn't expect the strength of the Bounty-nin to be so high that even the Sandaime Hokage, known as the 'God of Shinobi' was having trouble dealing with him!
"The identity of this bounty ninja is not ordinary, this matter must be reported to Raikage-sama, as soon as possible!"
In the Shinobi world, every powerful ninja deserves the attention of major shinobi villages, not to mention, the one in front of them who can even make the 'God of Shinobi' have so much trouble.
At this point, Kumo Jonin paid more attention to mysterious bounty-nin's every move.
On the other side of the encirclement ring, the Monkey mask Anbu crouched on the tree looking at the battlefield, and muttered, "He is really so strong!"
The face of Dog mask Anbu was also dignified, no matter how much he overestimated the strength of the mysterious bounty-nin, he still didn't expect it to reach such a high level.
However, Hatake Kakashi wasn't one of the best analysts for nothing and easily understood that the terrifying Ice Release ninjutsu was cast using the power of nature, therefore, he wasn't much scared by the scene and pondered how to be able to crack it!
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In the Konoha Village.
A member of the Uchiha Clan quickly located Uchiha Shisui, who still stayed near the assigned mansion, and asked the detail about Watanabe's kidnapping.
Naturally, Shisui wouldn't be telling the truth, so he gave the excuse of not knowing the exact details and only casually said a few words.
The Uchiha ninja didn't have any doubt about the information, Shisui is an Uchiha highly respected within the Uchiha Clan, as everyone knows, an Uchiha wouldn't betray his Clan. So, he said casually, "The Patriarch has summoned the Police Force, and is about to hunt down the Bounty-nin who attacked the Kumo head ninja!"
Shisui was startled, as most wouldn't expect the Uchiha Clan to help out in the internal matters, given the situation they have been put into.
Calming his surprise, Shisui inquired "Was it an order from Hokage-Sama?"
The Uchiha ninja shook his head, "No, Sandaime-sama has long set off to hunt down the bounty-nin, himself!"
Hearing this, Shisui froze, instantly his thoughts turned, and after casting a Genjutsu on this Uchiha Shinobi to make him forget seeing Shisui here, Shisui disappeared without saying anything more.
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On the Battlefield.
Suijin who was hiding behind the cover of a massive Ice Wall saw that Sandaime used the Earth Prison Dome that is generally used to trap the enemy, to trap himself inside the enchantment for the protection against the All Killing Rain.
'Hooh, now that is somewhat impressive, to say the least!'
The Earth Dome Prison indeed turned out to be a good Jutsu to prevent the damage from the All Killing Rain, but Suijin knew that it actually wasn't the best choice, and if not for him to not cause too much damage on the Dome, because he doesn't want to kill the Hokage-Sama, Sarutobi Hiruzen might have suffered some serious injuries.
And Suijin can be sure that Sandaime also realizes this.
After a while, the Rain of Ice stopped, and the Earth Dome barely managed to get by.
As soon as the All Killing Rain stopped, Suijin noticed in his Byakugan vision that Sandaime printed some hand seals as the Dome mud fell.
"Which ninjutsu is he using now?' – Suijin frowned, although he has seen a lot of ninjutsu, it is still far from the level of the one known as the Professor of ninjutsu!
Only a moment later, Suijin understood as he saw Sandaime's Chakra invading the earth, and only a moment later, his feet staggered and fell inside.
The Jutsu Sandaime used is the 'Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!' As a result of which the ground beneath his feet has become a muddy swamp that swept his feat, and as soon as his body sunk a little the mud started becoming sticky trapping him inside it.
"That's it then!" – With that understood, Suijin allowed his body to sink within and quickly printed the hand seals, "Ice Release: Freezing Wave!"
The moment Suijin shouted, an icy cold wave swept over causing the 'Swamp of the Underworld' to be frozen.
Suijin, whose body was half trapped inside the frozen ground breathed a sigh of relief but found that Sandaime had already rushed over towards him with the Adamantine Staff.
With a Chakra flush, Suijin managed to break free of the frozen ground.
At this time, Sandaime has already bypassed the Ice Wall and while still in mid-air he waved his Adamantine staff towards Suijin with all the might.
Suijin didn't yet have the opportunity to stabilize his body, but he hurriedly took out two Kunai from the inner part of his sleeves, covered them in Ice to increase the hardness of both Kunai, and tried to resist the attack from the Adamantine Staff!
Since Kunai are made of metal, so it was really difficult to resist the Adamantine Staff, which is as hard as Diamond, but they still managed to block the staff, courtesy to the low temperature, as we all know, metals become harder at low temperature [Basic Physics].
With the ear-piercing golden symphony, accompanied by the sparks upon the collision of metal, Suijin felt the huge force on his hand that even shattered the ice below his feet in a series of spider web cracks because of the force transfer.
Not being able to withstand the whole momentum, Suijin's feet staggered, and Sandaime didn't let that opportunity go to waste and swept a hard kick in Suijin's stomach that sent him flying and collided with the rubble of broken trees.
'Cough-Cough-Cough… Such strength, makes me wonder just how monstrous is Shodaime-Sama's physical strength!?' – thought Suijin while wiping the blood as he still felt the numbness in his both hands because of resisting that blow.
At this moment, Suijin also understood, that Sandaime may look thin and old, but his physical strength is really no joke, coupled with Adamantine Staff, and the high-level mastery of Taijutsu and Bokijutsu, the character description of him being similar to the Son Wukong fits quite accurately, especially with that Adamantine Staff, that is an imitation of the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
With the Suijin disguise, it is difficult for him to overwhelm the Sandaime in close quarters.
Sandaime didn't give Suijin enough time to recover his bearings and shot several shurikens along with printing the hand seals immediately after throwing the shurikens, "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
In the blink of an eye, the several shurikens became hundreds and continually increased.
Suijin didn't dare to be careless and quickly printed,
"Ice Release Secret Technique: Straight Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"
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