Chapter 163 155: Confrontation!

"Hmm, compared to what the intelligence reported, he has learned Uchiha Kagami's Phantom Body Flicker Technique from back in the day. If I were still in my prime, I could still put up a fight, but now—because I was in a rush to retreat, I was suppressed by that brat."

Karai looked at his disheveled state and shook his head.

"Then it's perfect to just finish that guy off right here!"

Fourth Raikage A clenched his fists. Before Karai could speak, he transformed into lightning again, streaking across the grass in an instant, and charged toward Uchiha Gen.

"What speed!"

Uchiha Gen's Sharingan spun rapidly, tracking the shadow of Fourth Raikage A.

The Sengoku Ninja Sword swung through the air, but Fourth Raikage A dodged it by side-stepping. He brought his right hand together into a hand-blade, condensing high-intensity electrical current, and aimed straight for Uchiha Gen's neck.

"Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!"

In an instant, Uchiha Gen's figure was scattered into smoke. Using the cover of genjutsu, his real body quietly moved to another clone, condensed a Rasengan, and struck down toward Fourth Raikage A.

"Boom!"

The blue lightning moved away instantly, causing the Rasengan to blast a spherical crater into the ground.

Having missed the strike, Uchiha Gen shifted again, switching to another clone.

As expected.

Almost the next instant, the Phantom Clone he left behind was blasted apart.

"They are all physical entities; it's impossible to distinguish which one is the real body. This clone technique is truly exquisite."

Fourth Raikage A Body Flicker-ed again, dodging Uchiha Gen's attack, and dashed left and right across the battlefield.

Since they were all physical entities and he couldn't tell which was the real body, he would just blast all these clones away at once!

Karai didn't have that ability, but he, Fourth Raikage A, had the speed to do it!

Uchiha Gen's figure drifted ghost-like among the various clones. Whenever a clone was destroyed, a new Phantom Clone was quickly condensed.

"At this speed, if it weren't for the dynamic vision of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, I would barely be able to react, yet his speed can completely keep up with my numerous clones. Lord Orochimaru's judgment was indeed correct; speed-type Ninjas can indeed counter the Phantom Body Flicker Technique to a certain extent. The faster the speed, the more obvious the counter."

He couldn't fight head-on. If he kept dragging it out, his ocular power would be the first to give out.

He had to change his combat strategy!

Uchiha Gen Body Flicker-ed to dodge Fourth Raikage A's heavy elbow strike. The palm of a Phantom Clone on the other side condensed another Rasengan and pressed it toward Fourth Raikage A.

If the latter continued to attack, he would have to risk the possibility that this Phantom Clone was the real body and take a solid hit from a Rasengan.

Hidden Cloud Village produced many brutes, and even the successive Raikage were no exception; Fourth Raikage A was one of them.

However, although he was a brute, he was no fool.

In the original timeline, during the Five Kage Summit, he was willing to sacrifice an arm to force his way through Amaterasu because he was confident that he could trade that arm to take Uchiha Sasuke's life.

If not for Gaara coming to the rescue, he might have actually succeeded.

But right now, Fourth Raikage A did not believe that taking this potentially real Rasengan would allow him to achieve a corresponding result against Uchiha Gen.

If he bet wrong, he would suffer a huge loss.

Amidst the heavy red light of the Sharingan, blue lightning surged everywhere. For a time, the two were locked in a confrontation, evenly matched.

"Lord Karai, should we go up and help?"

The latter silently turned his head to look at another Cloud Village Ninja.

This person was forming hand seals with both hands, eyes closed, and sensing.

As an excellent sensory Ninja, this Cloud Village Ninja was someone he had just spent a great deal of effort to protect from Uchiha Gen.

"Lord Karai, I suggest we retreat immediately! Konoha's reinforcements have arrived, and further behind, there is a large Konoha army following!"

The sensory Ninja opened his eyes and said anxiously to Karai.

The latter was not surprised.

As long as those on the Konoha side weren't fools, they definitely would have already sent the message back.

Once they learned that an important target like him was here, a massive army pressing down on them was almost inevitable.

"A! Retreat! Konoha's reinforcements have arrived!"

Karai shouted toward the distant battlefield.

The next second, the blue lightning quickly withdrew and disengaged from the battle.

Speed-type Ninjas who are fast can be this willful; they come when they want and leave when they want.

Uchiha Gen did not rashly pursue to continue the entanglement.

Fourth Raikage A's strength was not below his, and he even countered his Phantom Body Flicker Technique to some extent.

He could stalemate and maneuver against him, but winning would be difficult, let alone with Karai, who was not much weaker than them, present.

Once pincered, he would have even less chance of winning and might even flip the situation; if Fourth Raikage A were willing to abandon the others, with his speed, he could definitely take Karai and run away.

In any case, reinforcements were arriving, the enemy had been forced back, the mission was accomplished, and he wasn't injured, so he had already gained.

Continuing to fight to the death would not only be unlikely to yield much result, but it was also easy to suffer a reversal, which would not be worth the loss.

Uchiha Gen stood in place, watching Fourth Raikage A take Karai and the others as they retreated.

Only moments later, Aburame Shihei, as well as the severely injured Yuhi Shinku and others, quickly arrived at the scene.

"Has Karai already run away? That's a pity. Lord Orochimaru will be here soon. If we could have kept him here, it would have been enough to cut off an arm of the Third Raikage, and our chances of winning this war would be higher."

Sarutobi Toriyama looked at the battle scars left on the ground with regret and sighed.

"We couldn't keep him. The Third Raikage's son came to support. If they want to leave, even with Lord Orochimaru here, we might not be able to stop them."

Uchiha Gen shook his head, reached out to press on Yuhi Shinku's injured chest, and performed the Mystical Palm Technique to treat her.

A look of relief immediately appeared on the latter's face, and she looked at Uchiha Gen with admiration.

"I originally thought about joining forces with Gen to see if we could maneuver a bit longer in front of that old guy Karai, stall him, and wait for Lord Orochimaru's reinforcements. I just didn't expect you to be so powerful!"

Uchiha Gen's display today truly shocked the others.

Previously, only a few people knew his strength, but after this battle, it was almost equivalent to declaring to the Ninja World that he had already stepped one foot into the ranks of the Ninja World's top powerhouses!

"Let's first head back and rendezvous with the main force. Fourth Raikage A and Karai both appeared in this vicinity, which means Kumogakure's main force is definitely not too far from us; they might be planning something."

Uchiha Gen withdrew his hand from performing Medical Ninjutsu on Yuhi Shinku and said calmly.

Among those present, only Yuhi Shinku was seriously injured from resisting Karai; the others were not too badly hurt and didn't need his treatment. They could just go back and have the Medical Ninja he brought handle them simply.