Naruto: I Level Up by Drawing Cards

While his Phantom Body Flicker Technique didn't provide a massive boost in terms of raw destructive power, it was highly effective at being infuriating.

This old guy's strength was decent, but he wouldn't necessarily be able to shake off his persistent pestering.

"If I want to escape, even your teacher wouldn't find it easy to stop me, let alone you."

Karai's expression remained calm as he retreated rapidly, simultaneously spitting out a large amount of rubber that covered the surrounding area.

Most of Uchiha Gen's clones were caught under the coverage of this sea of rubber.

Large-scale attacks were indeed effective at countering the Phantom Body Flicker Technique; Uchiha Gen could only use the Body Flicker Technique rapidly to avoid the large swaths of falling liquid rubber.

Along with the liquid rubber, smoke bombs and explosive Kunai thrown by Karai also appeared.

Explosions and thick smoke rose together, forcing Uchiha Gen to dodge while simultaneously obscuring the vision of his Sharingan.

However, he wasn't rendered blind by this situation.

He fully unleashed his sensory abilities, projecting the general situation around him into his mind from near to far.

A sharp blade's gleam, like a streak of white silk, slashed through the pitch-black smoke.

Not far away, now that Karai's suppression was gone, Yuhi Shinku was finally able to free up her hands, raising them to cast a Ninjutsu.

"Wind Release: Air Current Dance!"

The air surged, thinning the thick black smoke.

Several pairs of Sharingan, glowing with a dangerous red light, were the first things to come into view.

On the ground were several ruptured rubber orbs, each containing a dead Cloud Village Ninja.

Behind Karai were several other rubber orbs, with rubber tubes extending from them held in Karai's hands.

Uchiha Gen held his blade with both hands, lightning flashing around his body as he lunged toward Karai, piercing through several rubber walls in succession before charging at him again.

The steel hoop and his Sengoku Ninja Sword collided once more, emitting a harsh metallic grinding sound.

Just as Karai tried to exert force to push Uchiha Gen away, the Uchiha Gen in front of him suddenly vanished amidst the attack.

"Rasengan!" × 3!

Three figures of Uchiha Gen appeared simultaneously from three other directions around Karai, each holding a bright blue sphere of light and striking toward him.

Which one was real?

In his panic, Karai had no time to distinguish between them.

To his perception, the Chakra fluctuations emanating from every Uchiha Gen and the Rasengan in their palms were all undeniably real.

Although he knew only one was real, seeing through the mystery would require the ability to break through Uchiha Gen's Three-Tomoe Sharingan Genjutsu in a very short time.

And unless one could suppress his Sharingan with ocular power, there were almost no people in the Ninja World who could accomplish this.

Although Karai was strong, he was by no means a top-tier expert specializing in Genjutsu, so naturally, he could not do this.

Therefore, he could only choose to defend against every possible incoming attack simultaneously, unable to focus on any single direction.

Consequently, the thickness of the rubber walls inevitably thinned out.

The moment the Rasengan made contact with the rubber, it instantly churned and twisted the rubber, drilling through it and pouring the remaining power inside.

"Bang!"

His burly body and the tattered rubber orb were instantly sent flying by the Rasengan, but soon, rubber mixed with blood flew out from within, repairing the orb. The moment it hit the ground, it collided with the other rubber orbs containing Cloud Village Ninjas, and they all bounced and accelerated across the ground, darting into the distance at high speed.

"You can even escape like this?"

Uchiha Gen looked in surprise at the bouncing rubber orbs darting into the distance, and he prepared to give chase.

Although this method of escape was a bit strange, Uchiha Gen felt that he might be able to catch up.

As long as he could delay them, it was not impossible to keep them there.

On the other side, Yuhi Shinku clutched the bleeding wound on her shoulder and, following in the footsteps of Aburame Shikuro and the others, trailed behind Uchiha Gen.

At the very front of the battlefield.

Uchiha Gen moved rapidly, leaving afterimages behind him as he chased the bouncing rubber spheres ahead. He bit his left hand with his teeth, drew a drop of blood, and performed the Summoning Technique.

Sturdy Ninja Crows with glossy, bright feathers flapped their wings and soared into the sky, cawing strangely.

These Ninja Crows could temporarily provide him with aerial reconnaissance, preventing him from pursuing too deeply and avoiding falling into enemy encirclements or ambushes.

As it turned out, his caution was not misplaced.

After pursuing for a little over ten minutes, Uchiha Gen voluntarily stopped.

The Ninja Crows circling in the sky let out shrill, long cries, signaling to Uchiha Gen that a new, powerful enemy had appeared.

"Trouble has arrived."

Uchiha Gen frowned and was about to retreat, but his eyes flickered.

A small white-scaled snake quietly crawled out of his sleeve, flicking its tongue, which made Uchiha Gen heave a sigh of relief.

At the edge of his vision, a bolt of lightning was speeding toward him.

At this moment, those rubber spheres stopped bouncing and rolling, automatically dissolving to reveal the figures of Karai and the last three Cloud Village Ninjas.

Escaping inside these spheres was fast, but it lacked visibility, and the body's movements were affected by the rotation of the orientation. However, for physically strong Ninjas, it was just uncomfortable and would not cause overly serious injuries, so those three Cloud Village Ninjas were unhurt.

Only Karai, while acting as the rearguard to find an opportunity to retreat, had been injured by Uchiha Gen's Rasengan.

Although most of the power had been mitigated by his rubber, the remaining force was not to be underestimated.

"Uncle Karai."

The blue lightning stopped, accompanied by a muffled voice, revealing the figure of a tall, burly young man with dark skin.

He wore a black short-sleeved outfit and a white vest, with blond hair standing up under the lightning, his aura imposing.

The son of the Third Raikage, a newly risen top-tier powerhouse in the Ninja World, the Fourth Raikage A of the Hidden Cloud Village.

"A, it's good that you've come."

Karai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and upon seeing the Fourth Raikage A, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With such a distance opened up, and with the Fourth Raikage A by his side, it was certainly enough for them to escape.

Although he was somewhat injured, he still retained most of his combat power.

The Rasengan had been weakened by the rubber, and since he had also practiced the Lightning Release Chakra Armor and had reached a certain level of proficiency, his physical durability was quite high, so he wouldn't be killed or severely injured instantly.

However, with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth and his clothes stained red, he still looked quite miserable.

"Uncle Karai, who injured you? Did you encounter Orochimaru?"

The Fourth Raikage A looked at Karai and asked in a low voice.

"It wasn't Orochimaru; it was his disciple, Uchiha Gen."

Karai pointed toward Uchiha Gen, who had stopped on a small hill in the distance, watching them surrounded by a flock of crows.

"That Uchiha Gen who fought against Chiyo and Kakuzu?"