One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

Soon, the two figures left the border of the Land of Grass and arrived at the neighboring Land of Waterfalls...

Nagato stopped, slightly out of breath.

"Is it really okay to fight in other small countries?"

Cao Zhi waved his hand dismissively.

"It's alright, since Takigakure is isolated from the world anyway. Our battle here won't affect them!"

Nagato curled his lip, sensing that Kusakage was somewhat unreliable.

The two found a flat place and then formed the "opposition seal" with each other.

"Well then, excuse me, Grass Shadow!"

"I hope you lose, but don't cry!"

At this time, Nagato's mastery of the Rinnegan was not yet fully developed; he was merely extremely skilled in using the five elemental ninjutsu.

Nagato formed a hand seal with one hand, transforming into a puddle of water, thus dodging the invisible Heavenly Sound Wave from the grass mushroom.

"Just as Hanzo-sensei said, your speed and taijutsu skills are comparable to the Third Raikage!"

Kusaji instantly moved forward, approaching Nagato who was forming hand seals.

"I probably can't beat the Third Raikage, but the Fourth Raikage might!"

Nagato instantly used the Substitution Jutsu to create distance, and then formed hand seals.

"Fire Style, Phoenix Fire Technique!"

Several small fireballs erupted from the long gate, continuously bombarding the spot where Cao Zhi had landed.

Cao Zhi hummed softly.

"I spin and jump, I close my eyes!"

After humming a song lyric, her body emitted a faint purple light, which was Sona's acceleration skill, stacking movement speed!

Cao Zhi nimbly dodged the fireball attack, and before the smoke from the explosion had even dissipated, his arrogant words were already uttered.

"Since ancient times, Fire Release techniques have been known to produce smoke but cause no harm. Nagato should abandon the training of this ninjutsu system..."

Nagato ignored it and instead clapped his hands in the direction of the sound.

"Wind Escape, a big breakthrough!"

A sudden gust of strong wind stung Cao Zhi's eyes, making her lose her balance; the rocks beneath her feet cracked under her weight.

Nagato leaped high into the air and threw down an iron pillar-like object.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Binding Technique!"

As the iron pillar fell, it suddenly split into three iron rods, forming a triangular formation that plunged into the ground. Then, an electric current surged, blocking Cao Zhi's movement range.

Nagato took a deep breath and then exhaled a dragon-shaped stream of water.

"Water escape, water dragon bullet technique!"

With unstoppable momentum, the water dragon slammed down heavily on the head of the grass fungus, which was controlled by the lightning binding spell...

At the critical moment, Cao Zhi slammed his hand on the ground, and countless fist imprints seemed to appear around his body. It was none other than the Blind Monk's Heavenly Thunder Strike!

After forcibly breaking the lightning binding technique, he used a movement skill, moving at a speed comparable to teleportation, and left the original spot.

The water dragon bullet smashed a huge crater in the ground. Nagato saw Kusashi escape easily and the corners of his mouth turned up. He did not underestimate his opponent and suddenly opened his onion eyes wide.

"This move, taken by surprise, defeated Master Hanzo!"

"Witness the ninjutsu of a god, Universal Pull!"

Suddenly, a suction force came from Kusaji's body, forcibly pulling her to the other's side. Then, a long sword instantly appeared in Nagato's free hand.

"It's over, the strongest in the Land of Grass!"

With a "whoosh," Kusanagi's figure was pierced, but there was no feeling of hitting a physical body. Nagato opened his mouth slightly, somewhat puzzled as to when the opponent used an earth clone!

The grass fungus, its abdomen pierced, turned into a puddle of mud and fell to the ground. Not far away, the flowers and plants suddenly transformed into the shape of the grass fungus.

"Neeko's skills, forever a god!"

Nagato reacted quickly, not wanting to reveal his other eye technique, and chose to fight Kusashi in close combat.

He also used the Universal Pull technique from time to time to interfere with the release of ninjutsu by Kusanagi.

After a period of entanglement, the place where the two sides fought was devastated. The river had dried up, the earth had cracked, and even the distant mountain peaks had been shaved off by Nagato's wind release.

When the herb was once again drawn to Nagato's side, a hint of smugness flashed across both of their faces.

"You lost, Kusakage!"

"No, you lost, Nagato!"

Kusaji's absorbed body twisted violently as he kicked Nagato in the face. If the kick landed, given Kusaji's martial arts skills, Nagato would likely become a headless knight on the spot.

Cao Zhi let out a roar.

"The ultimate martial arts technique, Dragon Tail Swing!"

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

A powerful repulsive force appeared, and Cao Zhi's feet twisted, but he still stepped forward firmly and actually broke through the repulsive force!

Nagato barely managed to dodge a fatal blow before being kicked in the chest, blood gushing from his mouth. He tumbled dozens of meters, crashing into a grove of trees.

The grass was thrown far away and crashed into several large trees.

Fortunately, it was resilient. After struggling painfully for a while, Nagato slowly got up, blood dripping from his body. Looking at the strangely twisted grass on his right leg, he revealed a slight smile.

"Cough cough... Lord Kusakage... cough cough, it seems... I've won!"

"From now on, the Land of Grass, please follow..."

Cao Zhi waved his hand and spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood.

"Who said you won?"

Humming an off-key song, Cao Zhi was enveloped in green light and miraculously recovered quickly.

Before long, his injured right leg was completely healed, and he was barefoot, standing on the ground.

"Nagato, you were hiding a killer move, huh? You blew my shoe off, you have to pay me back..."

Nagato's face was grim when he suddenly slammed his hand on the ground, his eyes wide with rage.

"You think you've got victory in the bag?"

This action startled Cao Zhi, who thought the other party had gone mad and was about to summon a psychic golem...

Fortunately, when the smoke cleared, it revealed a much larger salamander.

Nagato nodded gently at the salamander.

"Jing Yan, please, help me stall for time!"

The salamander, nearly 10 meters long, opened its mouth wide and charged at Kusashi. Suddenly, it stopped and then ran behind Nagato, trembling.

Nagato turned his head and saw a strangely shaped young woman who had appeared in front of him at some point.

Suddenly, the other person's beautiful face split open, revealing a large mouth covered with spiraling sharp teeth.

Nagato's voice trembled.

"What the hell is this...?"

Suddenly, Cao Zhi teleported behind the monster and grabbed its tail.

"Little Purple can't eat yet, it's not mealtime!"

Looking at Jingyan, who was bent over and trying to bury his head in the soil, Nagato was stunned. He now knew who the culprit was in the mass disappearance of the Salamander clan in the Land of Rain!

Seeing the monster roaring in place, enraged by being interrupted from eating, it leaped and darted around so fast that Kusashi was beaten black and blue. Nagato couldn't help but smile with relief.

"I have lost, Land of Rain. We will keep our promise and stop the Sand Village from attacking the Land of Grass if they march south!"

Cao Zhi waved his hand dismissively, took out a handful of soldier pills from his person, and stuffed them into the Void Queen's mouth.

"Be good, be good, as long as you don't eat the village's big black cow, I'll make you up to two top-quality lambs when we get back!"

After much effort, Cao Zhi managed to calm the furious Xiao Zi down, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"Nagato, do you need me to treat you?"