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"The first one."
As Might Dai launched his attack, Haori quickly retreated with Yashamaru.
He had been too narrow-minded in his judgment of the battlefield. Even though he believed in Dai's strength at this moment, even though he wouldn't participate in the battle himself, he couldn't forget the possibility that the enemy would prioritize attacking him.
After all, Haori was also a Konoha ninja. In the eyes of the enemy, he was the same as Dai. But at this moment, compared to the two of them, Haori was clearly the softer target, one they could squeeze first.
Although Haori's retreat speed was fast enough, he was still affected by Dai's attack.
But fortunately, it was only the aftermath of Dai's full-power strike. It didn't cause any substantial damage.
As for the "first one" Haori mentioned, it wasn't that Dai had already attacked one enemy, but that he had already killed one enemy.
With just that one simple attack, Jūzō Biwa had been killed.
From Haori's observation, the spot on the other person's back where Dai had hit was already broken. His entire chest had been crushed flat. With that kind of violence, his internal organs had probably been shattered into mincemeat. So, he didn't even struggle. He had died from Dai's attack.
If Jūzō Biwa could still live after that, it would be too anti-biological.
As for how Dai moved, he was too fast for Haori to even notice.
This wasn't strange. At this moment, Dai's speed was probably too fast even for the Sharingan to catch.
"You are my final enemies. This is the final request and wish of a ninja. So, I hope you won't do anything unnecessary. Because before you defeat me, those strategies are meaningless."
Dai said, as he stepped out of the 10-meter deep pit that his attack had created.
"Jūzō Biwa… He was killed in one blow?"
"As expected, you are very strong."
"But if we don't eliminate him, the mission to assassinate Orochimaru will obviously be impossible to continue."
"Although he's strong, it seems like he can only use taijutsu."
"Although he's strong, it doesn't mean we can't kill him!"
The conversation between the four enemies, some of it was between themselves and some of it was addressed to Dai. But they also agreed with Dai's opinion. Judging from the effect of that attack, it was clearly not a good decision to go past Dai and attack Haori.
That kind of speed, there was no opening to find.
As soon as their voices fell, they all charged towards Dai at the same time.
Dai didn't dodge. He charged forward to meet them!
Because he couldn't maintain this extreme state for too long. He didn't have the luxury of prolonged combat.
Although the four enemies charged forward at the same time, who attacked first didn't depend on the deviation in their movement speed, nor was it about who was the fastest and could face Might Dai first.
The order of attack, or rather, the order of death, was determined by Dai.
Like a double-instantaneous movement, Dai crossed the first three in an instant and appeared beside the last one, Kushimaru Kuriarare!
He was a Lightning Release ninja, but he was the slowest. He obviously wasn't going all out. So, Dai judged that either the other person was preparing some kind of big move, or he was planning to escape.
So, no matter what, he was Dai's first priority target.
Dai was like a phantom, like a demon. His appearance was completely untraceable.
But unlike Jūzō Biwa, who was facing away from Dai, no matter how fast Dai was, a Jōnin was still a Jōnin. He wouldn't be completely unable to react when facing an enemy directly.
So, the moment Dai appeared, Kushimaru Kuriarare almost instinctively used the Lightning Blade, Kiba, to launch a slash.
But what good was awareness? His body was ultimately too slow to react effectively. So, Kushimaru Kuriarare's attack never happened.
No matter how fast the fastest Lightning Blade was, it wasn't as fast as Might Dai.
Before Kushimaru Kuriarare could swing his blade, he discovered that his arms had been thrown away.
Dai raised his right arm, tilted his body, and appeared. Then, his arm, like a blade, chopped down with force. The cutting effect of extreme speed and strength instantly severed both of the enemy's arms.
Before the pain signal could even reach his brain, Dai had already turned and charged forward. His bent left arm was as hard as iron, and he slammed it violently into Kushimaru Kuriarare's neck.
This was the first strike of the Morning Peacock. Dai originally wanted to continue with a combination attack, but he realized it wasn't necessary.
Because the enemy had been beheaded.
The three enemies who were still charging forward quickly stopped. As they turned around, the only thing they saw was the Lightning Blade, Kiba, falling from the air.
Kushimaru Kuriarare's head, which was already flying through the air.
Was it shock or fear?
But no matter what, they could only choose to continue attacking. Because they had understood that for this enemy, escaping was meaningless.
This high-speed, high-attack enemy, running away with your back to him would only make you die faster.
"The second one."
Haori was still counting coldly.
The next one was Zōri.
With the headless corpse falling to the ground as a signal, Dai instantly appeared in front of him.
Although they couldn't catch him, after adapting to Dai's speed a little bit, it was still possible to predict his movements. Zōri seemed to have anticipated Dai's attack on him and had prepared beforehand.
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He had a clear and correct judgment of where Dai would appear.
So, the moment Dai appeared, the blunt blade, Kabutowari, which could break through anything, was swung by Zōri with one arm, directly hitting Dai's neck!
Kabutowari had a hammer and an ax. As the ax blade hit Dai, Zōri's other hand, holding a hammer, smashed into the back of the ax.
This strike could split Dai in half from head to toe!
But the expected hit didn't come, and the missed blow caused Zōri's body to become slightly unbalanced.
He had only hit Dai's afterimage.
"No good!"
Zōri thought he had exposed an opening.
This was indeed an opening, but in reality, Dai didn't need this kind of opening.
Instantly flashing to the side of the other person, about five meters away, Dai bent his arm and drew back his fist. The attack came instantly.
This was a super-high-speed straight punch combo. The friction between the fist and the air during the rapid movement instantly created a large number of fireballs.
It was the Morning Peacock.
But using the Morning Peacock in the Eight Gates state was a bit different.
First, the fireballs created by friction were mixed with crimson blood.
Second, the power was incomparable.
The Morning Peacock was originally a long-range attack. But the distance between Dai and Zōri was extremely close at this moment. Not to mention the fireballs of the Morning Peacock, even the air blast caused by the high-speed fist had an attack effect.
So, before the Morning Peacock bloomed, it had already hit the enemy.
"The third one…"
Compared to the death of Kushimaru Kuriarare, Zōri was already considered lucky.
"There are two left… My body is almost at its limit. So, the next two moves…"
"Probably each one will cost an arm…"
"Fortunately, I still have two arms."
After Zōri fell, Dai said to the last two enemies.
Haori could see the burden the Eight Inner Gates was placing on Dai without him having to explain.
The enemy could also see it.
But even so, no one dared to make a move before Dai truly fell.
Although it was just taijutsu, the Eight Inner Gates Formation seemed to be invincible.
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