Chapter 110: Chapter 110: Rasa Captured Alive

Magnet Release: Gold Dust Spear!

Without any unnecessary words, Rasa raised his hand.

The ground trembled, and gold dust deep within surged out, spinning and transforming into a long spear.

A golden drill formed at the tip of the spear, roaring like a giant dragon as it flew out.

Sunagakure’s Magnet Release was divided into two types.

One was Magnet Release: Iron Sand, which could freely control objects containing iron, as well as the iron within sand and soil.

The Third Kazekage’s Magnet Release was precisely Magnet Release: Iron Sand.

The other type was Magnet Release: Gold Dust, changing from controlling iron to controlling gold.

Rasa’s Magnet Release was Magnet Release: Gold Dust.

If it had been the Third Kazekage, Natsuki definitely wouldn’t have been able to win.

Because theoretically, the swords and blades he projected also contained quite a bit of iron.

One-Sword Style: 36 Pound Phoenix!

Natsuki stood in place and swung his sword.

The rapidly swung blade light crashed into the long spear like a cannonball.

The blade light exploded.

The golden drill of the long spear was instantly blown to pieces, and a lot of gold dust scattered on the ground.

But Rasa merely moved his fingers, and the gold dust on the ground flew up again, re-condensing into a golden drill.

A shrill sound of tearing air rang out as the long spear advanced instead of retreated, its speed increasing by a few notches.

Nawaki instinctively wanted to step forward and help but was stopped by Maruboshi Kosuke.

He knew very well what this battle meant to Natsuki.

Rasa was very famous in Sunagakure and had learned Magnet Release from the Third Kazekage.

If Natsuki could defeat him, his fame would naturally skyrocket.

Although some ninjas didn’t care about fame, fame was still very useful.

For example, when running for Hokage.

Of course, there was another reason.

Maruboshi Kosuke understood Natsuki’s strength.

This level of attack was nothing to him.

If Natsuki was truly in mortal danger, Tsunade and the others would step in to rescue him before they even had to.

After all, one only had one life. As long as you’re alive, fame will naturally come.

Armament Haki!

One-Sword Style: Iai — Lion’s Song!

Natsuki gripped Kurosawa.

Armament Haki wrapped around Kurosawa’s blade.

His entire body suddenly disappeared from his spot. Kurosawa tore through the air, slicing toward the long spear in the most direct manner.

The long spear was cut open and split in half.

Rasa couldn’t help but tense up.

He felt a sharp, cutting aura coming straight at him, as if it would slice him in half in the next second.

It had to be said, Natsuki’s kenjutsu was indeed very strong.

Besides Hatake Sakumo, Rasa had never seen stronger kenjutsu.

At most, add Hanzo, whose kenjutsu was also very troublesome.

While thinking, Rasa casually waved his hand.

A giant cube blocked his front.

Natsuki appeared, Kurosawa deeply embedded in the cube.

But the cube formed by gold dust was too sturdy for him to pierce through completely.

Right at that moment, Rasa slammed his palm onto the cube.

The cube, receiving the force, crashed toward Natsuki.

Natsuki’s Kurosawa bent momentarily.

He immediately let go and used Soru.

The cube missed, brushing past the hem of Natsuki’s clothes and flying into the distance.

But it didn’t fly for long before scattering on the ground and sinking underground.

Rasa formed hand seals with both hands.

Densely packed gold dust emerged from underground again, sweeping in all directions like ocean waves.

As soon as Natsuki landed, the gold dust grabbed at him like tentacles.

He projected a new Kurosawa and met the attack.

Water Breathing: Third Form — Flowing Dance!

A massive amount of water surrounded him. As he dodged in the narrow space, he rapidly swung his sword.

In the blink of an eye, he shattered several of the tentacle-like gold dust streams.

Seeing this, Rasa’s gaze sharpened, and he directly raised both hands.

More gold dust emerged, combining to form a giant wave.

The giant wave blotted out the sky and pressed down entirely on Natsuki.

White Launcher!

Natsuki instantly flew into the sky.

Seeing this, Rasa immediately manipulated the gold dust to change shape, forming a giant hand that grabbed at him.

Water Breathing: Sixth Form — Whirlpool!

Natsuki spun his body.

Water flow appeared out of thin air, surrounding him.

As he swung his sword, the water flow formed a whirlpool and smashed into the giant hand.

The giant hand trembled violently and then shattered into pieces.

Using the recoil, Natsuki flew to a higher position.

Rasa snorted coldly and formed hand seals with both hands.

Gold dust formed a cloud-like cushion in front of him.

He jumped onto it and also flew into mid-air.

The two of them taking to the sky attracted the attention of many people.

After all, in the ninja world, ninjas who could fly were extremely rare.

Tsunade instinctively took a glance and found it was Natsuki and Rasa.

Thinking of Rasa’s strength, she couldn’t help but feel worried.

On the other side, Pakura frowned slightly.

She felt there was no need for Rasa to tangle with Natsuki. Retreating directly would be better.

She knew very well what Rasa was thinking.

First, he believed his strength was greater and he could kill Natsuki.

Second, Sunagakure’s defeat was already a foregone conclusion, and he was undoubtedly the main culprit. If he could kill Natsuki, he could atone for his mistakes.

Rasa stared at Natsuki and raised his hands.

Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral!

Under his control, the gold dust flew toward Natsuki.

As it approached, the gold dust suddenly spread, sprouting sharp spikes like bamboo shoots.

Water Breathing: Seventh Form — Drop Ripple Thrust!

Natsuki leaped, dodging the golden spikes while plunging down at extreme speed.

With Kurosawa in front, his entire body seemed to become a sword, thrusting toward Rasa while moving at high speed.

Rasa frowned slightly.

He controlled the gold dust cushion to descend and formed hand seals with both hands.

The ground trembled, and like a volcanic eruption, it spewed out a massive amount of gold dust.

The gold dust surged out, scrambling to blast toward Natsuki.

Natsuki slashed out with his sword, only temporarily forcing back a portion of the gold dust.

More gold dust came from all directions, intending to swallow him whole.

Doll: Baryon Formation!

Natsuki summoned the five dolls.

After the dolls formed their formation, a powerful laser fired out.

A path was instantly blasted through the gold dust.

Geppo!

Natsuki disappeared in mid-air.

All the gold dust crashed together but hit nothing but air.

Rasa couldn’t help but catch his breath.

At the same time, he also felt surprised.

What ninjutsu did Natsuki just use? He could actually walk in the air? And his speed wasn’t slow either.

But he had no time to think further.

Natsuki’s attack had already arrived in front of him.

Water Breathing: Eighth Form — Waterfall Basin!

Swinging the sword from top to bottom, water flow descended from the sky like a waterfall.

Rasa’s vision was filled with a massive amount of water.

Magnet Release: Gold Dust Cube!

The golden cube reappeared.

At the same time, with a thought, Rasa accelerated and widened the distance.

The water crashed onto the golden cube, driving it into the ground.

But Rasa had already dodged, so Natsuki’s Water Breathing: Eighth Form — Waterfall Basin didn’t cause any effective damage.

However, he wasn’t in a hurry.

Currently, Sunagakure was being defeated like a landslide. The longer this dragged on, the more disadvantageous it was for Rasa.

Doll: Victory Formation!

After Natsuki landed, the five dolls charged toward Rasa.

They formed a V shape in the air, like a sharp blade suddenly unsheathed.

Seeing this, Rasa raised his hand and waved.

The ground surged, and a wave of gold dust flew out, drowning the five dolls.

Natsuki wasn’t surprised.

He took a deep breath, gripped Kurosawa, and charged forward.

Rasa recognized this as the One-Sword Style: Iai — Lion’s Song Natsuki had used earlier.

Although powerful, it couldn’t break his defense.

Moreover, repeating the same kenjutsu meant Natsuki’s period of dominance had passed, and he was starting to fall into a disadvantage.

However, Rasa still didn’t lower his guard.

Because he knew Natsuki still had a Broken Phantasm he hadn’t used.

Especially considering that Natsuki had previously taken out a pile of swords and blades from a storage summoning scroll to detonate them, the power was extremely astonishing.

Rasa waved both hands, and a golden cube blocked his front.

The golden cube trembled. Natsuki appeared, and Kurosawa embedded itself into it just like before, unable to advance further.

Rasa sneered lightly and waved his hand. The ground Natsuki stood on immediately trembled, and gold dust burst forth.

Armament Haki!

Reinforcement Magecraft!

Shigan!

Natsuki raised his right hand, his index finger piercing through the golden cube and heading toward Rasa.

Rasa was horrified.

An unprecedented sense of crisis surfaced in his heart.

He instinctively took a step back, but it was too late.

Because he trusted the defensive power of the Magnet Release: Gold Dust Cube too much.

Most importantly, he was in the middle of attacking Natsuki and couldn’t change his move in time.

Rasa gritted his teeth and simply increased his chakra output.

Blood sprayed.

An invisible chakra air current pierced through his body.

But fortunately, it didn’t hit his forehead or heart.

Enduring the pain, Rasa controlled more gold dust to surge toward Natsuki.

In an instant, Natsuki was enveloped in gold dust.

But in the next second, he used Soru and disappeared.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Rasa was so angry he almost spat blood.

He had no time to pursue, clutching his wound and retreating backward.

"Lord Rasa is actually injured?"

Although the other Sunagakure ninjas were organizing a retreat, not many had managed to withdraw.

It couldn’t be helped. Tsunade was in front, and Hatake Sakumo was behind.

Breaking out was not easy for them.

Because of this, many people were paying attention to the battle between Rasa and Natsuki.

Now, seeing Rasa injured, everyone instantly showed shocked expressions.

"This Rasa is indeed no match for Natsuki!"

Nawaki said with a face full of excitement.

Maruboshi Kosuke understood Rasa’s situation better than he did.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t strong, but Natsuki’s self-created taijutsu played a role.

A single finger actually pierced through such a thick, heavy gold dust cube. Who could have expected that?

Before this, such a powerful taijutsu simply didn’t exist in the ninja world.

Maruboshi Kosuke felt that what he said earlier about Natsuki becoming a taijutsu grandmaster would soon be realized.

"Well done!"

A smile appeared on Tsunade’s face.

Pakura, however, had an expression of astonishment.

She had fought Natsuki before, and his archery was indeed very formidable.

But fighting Rasa, he didn’t use archery.

Pakura only now realized that when they attacked the outpost, even if they had countered Natsuki’s archery, it would have been very difficult to win.

"Rasa, hurry up and retreat!"

Pakura found a moment to shout.

She didn’t warn him earlier because Rasa and Natsuki were fighting back and forth, even holding a slight upper hand.

But now that he was injured, if they kept fighting, it was uncertain who would win or lose.

Moreover, without her and Rasa, it would be very difficult for Sunagakure to retreat.

Hearing this, Rasa’s face instantly became very ugly.

He was a genius surrounded by stars in Sunagakure, and his strength indeed lived up to his genius reputation.

Many people even believed he would be the next Kazekage.

Young and vigorous, he actually suffered a loss at the hands of a Konoha ninja younger than him.

Most importantly, he felt he only suffered this loss due to carelessness, not expecting Natsuki to have a method like Shigan.

Although Natsuki had used it before, Rasa was busy extinguishing the fire and saving lives, so he didn’t notice.

And even if he had noticed, he might not have been able to defend against it.

After all, Natsuki didn’t just use Shigan. He also used Armament Haki and Reinforcement Magecraft.

Under the double reinforcement, the power of Shigan more than doubled.

A look of unwillingness appeared on Rasa’s face.

Although he knew what Pakura said was right, he couldn’t bring himself to retreat after being injured.

Rasa’s gaze sharpened, deciding to bring out all his strength for a final strike.

Even if he couldn’t kill Natsuki, he had to heavily injure him.

Only in this way could he regain his face.

Thinking of this, Rasa immediately formed hand seals with both hands.

Magnet Release: Gold Dust Wave!

Rasa clapped his hands together.

The entire ground trembled violently.

"You guys step back!"

Natsuki shouted with a solemn tone.

Obviously, Rasa was no longer holding back and prepared to put him to death.

BOOM!

With Rasa as the center, the ground cracked, and countless gold dust spewed out.

They covered the entire sky like a torrential rain.

Countless golden sands filled Natsuki’s vision.

For the vast majority of ninjas, there was nowhere to run from such a large-scale attack.

But Natsuki was not among that vast majority of ninjas.

Geppo!

Natsuki launched himself from the ground, rapidly ascending into the sky.

"Don’t even think about it!"

Rasa had seen Geppo before, so he knew Natsuki would most likely use it.

He formed hand seals with both hands again.

Magnet Release: Imperial Gold Dust Funeral!

Terrifying chakra was infused underground, and the ground trembled like an earthquake.

The originally ordinary ground completely turned into gold dust, looking brilliant and golden.

But behind this extremely opulent Magnet Release ninjutsu lay murderous intent.

In the original work, Gaara used Imperial Desert Funeral.

Its effect was to crush all matter in the area covered by the desert.

And Magnet Release: Imperial Gold Dust Funeral was exactly the predecessor to Imperial Desert Funeral, but its sand was denser and heavier than that of Imperial Desert Funeral.

Because it used gold dust.

The entire ground turned into gold dust and flew into the sky.

Like an ocean wave, massive in scale and fast.

Rasa’s entire face was strained. Obviously, this was his all-out strike.

Looking down, Natsuki could see a very spectacular scene.

Flowing gold dust was everywhere, its momentum so great it seemed as if it would cover the entire sky.

Seeing this, Tsunade instinctively wanted to step forward and rescue him but was held back by Pakura.

"Natsuki!"

Nawaki immediately grew anxious.

But Maruboshi Kosuke was much calmer than him, instantly throwing a shuriken.

Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!

But the densely packed shuriken were deflected one after another upon hitting the gold dust.

Natsuki immediately opened a storage summoning scroll.

A massive amount of swords and blades were thrown out by him.

In a sense, he countered Rasa.

Because Rasa was a ninja who leaned toward AoE attacks.

To Natsuki, it wasn’t that lethal.

However, making the scene grander would make it easier to leave a deep impression on the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure, which would help boost his fame.

Broken Phantasm!

Natsuki snapped his fingers.

All the swords and blades exploded suddenly.

Chakra air currents soared into the sky, turning into surging white light.

"Explode!"

Seeing this, Rasa also shouted fiercely.

The gold dust trembled, emitting a deafening sound.

The two explosions detonated in mid-air, countless fragments and gold dust spreading in all directions.

The Sunagakure and Konoha ninjas engaged in combat couldn’t help but be stunned.

They unanimously retreated backward.

Rasa couldn’t help but catch his breath.

With a casual wave of his hand, he stepped onto a gold dust cushion.

The gold dust cushion retreated backward at extreme speed.

Rasa clutched his wound and looked toward the sky.

The sky at this time was still very chaotic, making it impossible to see the specific situation clearly.

He didn’t know if Natsuki was dead or not.

But he believed he was already dead because he trusted the power of his Magnet Release: Imperial Gold Dust Funeral.

Unfortunately, this war ultimately ended in Sunagakure’s defeat.

They had lost too much.

Out of four thousand ninjas, he estimated that if they had a thousand left after the retreat ended, it would be a victory.

With so many ninjas dead or captured, it would be very difficult for Sunagakure to continue fighting Konoha.

The only way was to sue for peace.

Just as Rasa was thinking, he suddenly felt a chill.

He saw a shadow on the ground leap up and turn into Natsuki.

"How is this possible?"

Seeing Natsuki completely unscathed, Rasa’s heart trembled violently.

It was actually very simple.

Although the power of Magnet Release: Imperial Gold Dust Funeral was very great, its range was also very large.

With a large range, the power wouldn’t be as concentrated.

Although for most ninjas, such power would still be enough to crush them to pieces, Natsuki was different.

He had Armament Haki, Reinforcement Magecraft, Doll: X Formation, and Violet Umbrella.

Even with four layers of protection, he still felt unsafe and even used Projection Magecraft to project Maruboshi Kosuke’s pot.

Coupled with Broken Phantasm offsetting a lot of the power, he managed to withstand it.

After withstanding it, he took advantage of the explosion obscuring Rasa’s vision to use Shadow Assassin.

Taking advantage of the moment Rasa was distracted, he jumped out.

Starburst Stream!

Holding two Kurosawas, Natsuki swung his swords instantly.

Rasa’s reaction speed was very fast.

He instinctively controlled the gold dust to block in front of him.

But Starburst Stream wasn’t a single strike. It was sixteen strikes.

His gold dust only blocked the first three strikes. The remaining thirteen all landed on him.

In an instant, Rasa only felt intense pain radiating from his entire body. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Blood spurted wildly, and he passed out directly.

Natsuki grabbed Rasa and immediately retreated backward.

Because the other Sunagakure ninjas released a dense barrage of ninjutsu toward him.

"Save him!"

With a flash, Tsunade directly abandoned Pakura and blocked in front of Natsuki.

With a single punch, she blasted many ninjutsu into dust.

Maruboshi Kosuke and the others also formed hand seals, blocking the remaining ninjutsu.

"Teacher Tsunade, I have not failed my mission!"

Natsuki smiled and set Rasa down.

Tsunade was instantly speechless.

She actually didn’t expect Natsuki to capture Rasa alive.

After all, Rasa was older and had the Kekkei Genkai, Magnet Release.

It had to be said, Natsuki gave her a huge surprise.

"Hizashi, take Rasa away."

After Tsunade finished speaking, she looked at the retreating Pakura and said happily. "If the two of us capture Pakura, we can end this war!"

Pakura sensed her gaze, and her face couldn’t help but turn pale, feeling that Sunagakure was going to meet its end here.

With Rasa captured, it was simply impossible for her to lead the other Sunagakure ninjas to escape alone.

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