["Leaf Dragon God!"]
"Ahhh!!"
Lan Hua and Hyuga Tokuma were severely injured by Chen Baojun's strike.
"Pffft—!"
Aburame Muta and Anko Mitarashi were also gravely wounded by Hanzo of the Salamander.
Although Muta was badly injured, he no longer had any regrets. He had already secretly sent the intelligence out using his insects.
To better conceal the transmission, he deliberately put on an angry expression.
Hanzo raised his sickle, preparing to deliver the final blow.
At that critical moment—
"Heaven-Piercing Fist!"
Karin leapt down from the sky and smashed her fist into the ground with tremendous force.
Hanzo instantly sensed the danger and jumped back, barely dodging the attack.
Boom!
The ground shattered into pieces under the impact.
Seeing the sheer force of the strike, Hanzo couldn't help but remark,
"What incredible strength… It may even surpass Tsunade's power back then."
Karin asked,
"You know my master?"
Hanzo quickly realized who she was and said with a hint of pride,
"So you're Tsunade's disciple. I am Hanzo of the Salamander, the man who once granted your master the title of the Sannin."
Hearing this, Karin's gaze sharpened.
"Oh? So you're Hanzo of the Salamander. Truly, after searching high and low, I find you without any effort."
The diamond-shaped mark on her forehead slowly spread across her body as she assumed a stance—right fist forward, left palm guarding.
"Then let me send you on your way."
As Tsunade's disciple, Karin naturally understood that while outsiders saw the title "Sannin" as an honor, to Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru it was actually a humiliation.
After all, three of them fought Hanzo alone, yet the battle ended in a "draw."
Then the enemy himself acknowledged them and granted them the title of Sannin.
To them, it was nothing less than a form of charity from their opponent.
This time, Karin intended to vent that grievance for her master.
Hanzo gripped his sickle tightly.
Sensing the enormous chakra emanating from Karin, he dared not underestimate her.
Karin attacked first.
She dashed forward at high speed and threw a punch toward Hanzo.
Hanzo sidestepped the strike and swung his sickle in retaliation. Karin quickly retreated to evade it.
At that moment, Karin seemed to sense something.
She gathered chakra into her leg and smashed it violently into the ground.
"Heavenly Foot of Pain!"
Hanzo's expression changed dramatically.
"Not good! Ibuse!"
At the same time, a giant salamander burst from the ground beneath Karin, preparing to release poisonous gas.
But before it could do so, Karin's kick struck directly into its head.
Karin possessed far more chakra than Tsunade.
Moreover, the vitality of the Uzumaki Clan was nearly comparable to that of the Senju Clan.
On top of that, Tsunade constantly consumed chakra to maintain her youthful appearance.
Therefore, even with the same Strength of a Hundred Seal, Karin's destructive power exceeded Tsunade's.
Boom!
Ibuse's head was blown apart by Karin's kick.
Although the salamander's head was destroyed, the toxic mist within its body erupted instantly.
Seeing this, Karin hurriedly opened a sealing scroll and tossed out a smoke bomb.
Bang!
The smoke bomb exploded, releasing green gas.
Strangely, when the purple poison mist collided with the green smoke, the two neutralized each other and vanished.
"Hm?"
Hanzo frowned.
"This antidote… I see. It's from that old puppet woman of the Hidden Sand."
As a veteran of the Second Great Ninja War, Hanzo immediately recognized the antidote smoke as the one used by Granny Chiyo back then.
Karin let out a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, Granny Chiyo predicted that Hanzo might be revived with Impure World Reincarnation, so she distributed antidotes to us in advance. Otherwise I'd be fine, but the rest of the unit would be in serious trouble."
Karin charged forward again at high speed.
Hanzo shook his head.
"The younger generation really lacks patience."
"Water Body Flicker Technique."
Forming hand seals with one hand, Hanzo transformed into a puddle of water and avoided Karin's strike.
But that wasn't the end.
The moment Karin reached Hanzo's former position, a chain suddenly sprang from the ground, binding her ankle.
At the same time, Hanzo's sickle descended from above, slashing straight toward her.
"Young lady, you're too reckless."
"Is that so?"
Karin smiled faintly, showing no panic.
Suddenly, a golden light erupted behind her.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Multiple chakra chains shot out and blasted Hanzo's sickle away.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains!"
"And besides… you shouldn't have bound me."
Karin grabbed the chain around her ankle with her left hand and pulled hard.
"Not good!"
Hanzo immediately realized his mistake.
He had dug his own grave.
But it was too late.
He was violently dragged toward Karin.
Karin had already gathered power in her right fist.
"Pure Land: Heaven-Piercing Fist!"
BOOM!
Hanzo's Reanimated body was smashed to pieces by the punch.
However, his poison sac ruptured, releasing an overwhelming cloud of deadly poison.
Seeing this, Shin quickly opened another sealing scroll.
He pulled out a jar of insects and scattered them into the toxic mist.
"Destruction Bugs: Devouring Swarm!"
The insects instantly swarmed into the purple poison cloud.
After a short time, Hanzo's deadly poison was completely devoured.
Shin sighed in relief.
"Whew… Thankfully Lord Ryoma prepared these super antidote insects for me in advance."
The shattered Hanzo watched as even his poison was neutralized and sighed.
Perhaps he truly had grown old.
Karin then took out a strip of white cloth.
"Cloth Binding Technique."
The cloth wrapped around Hanzo layer by layer.
Finally, Karin attached a sealing tag.
"This sealing formula from the Hidden Sand is pretty useful."
Uzumaki Karin vs. Hanzo of the Salamander — Karin wins.
[Tsunade: Hahaha! Well done, Karin. As expected of my disciple.]
[Karin Uzumaki: Yes, Master.]
Although she had not yet formally become Tsunade's student in this timeline, Karin already regarded her as such.
[Tsunade: Heh. Losing to my disciple—how does that feel, Hanzo?]
[Hanzo of the Salamander: Hmph. I lost to your disciple, not to you. What are you so proud of?]
[Tsunade: You're just stubborn.]
[Hanzo of the Salamander: Still, those insects from Aburame Ryoma are impressive. I never expected even my poison would be neutralized.]
[Orochimaru: Naturally. Ryoma is one of Nagi's trusted subordinates within Root. His strength is formidable.]
[Onoki: Putting aside famous veterans, the younger generation of Konoha is truly remarkable. Even the man once called the "Demi-God of the Shinobi World" was defeated by this little girl.]
[Rasa: Sigh… Konoha simply has too many geniuses.]
[Granny Chiyo: And right from the start they've already revived that old man with the breathing tube using Impure World Reincarnation. Looks like there are quite a lot of powerful shinobi on the enemy side.]
[Chen Baojun: Sigh… Even in death I'm forced to fight for the enemy. How shameful.]
[Daitō: My apologies, Lord Mifune. As a wanderer, I never expected that even after death I would still cause trouble for you.]
[Mifune: Those who act without knowledge bear no guilt. This is the sin of Black Zetsu and Obito.]
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