There has never been a person who could describe running away in such a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, and who said that he was not ashamed but rather proud of it.

According to Mai Uchiha, he was the strongest but did not hesitate to run away. Not only was he not cowardly, but he became the bravest and the one with the most burdens.

It does sound reasonable.

That definitely makes sense, and stopping loss at the right time is a bloody truth.

Uchiha Takuya waited for the Konoha ninja to hear this, and couldn't help but feel excited. The little clan leader was right!

When ordinary ninjas like us meet Ohnoki, we can only meet the same fate, so why do we need to let the little clan leader get involved too?

If one person must be chosen to avenge everyone in five or ten years, it would only be the small clan leader.

"What an eloquent kid."

The corner of Ohnoki's mouth twitched slightly, no wonder he was able to thrive in Konoha at such a young age.

Talented, capable, smart, and capable of sophistry, this kind of person deserves to be damn successful.

"Having said so much, why don't you run away?" Ohnoki asked.

You kid can't just talk the talk, but actually you can't bear to abandon your teammates, can you?

Uchiha Mai said calmly: "Because I feel that I may not lose, and I will definitely not die."

Is Onoki strong?

The amount of chakra is bottomless, the Earth Release is superb, and the Dust Release attack power is the strongest in the ninja world. If Ohnoki is not strong, then the only two heroes in the ninja world can be called strong.

Mai Uchiha considers herself inferior to Onoki, and it would be too naive to think that she can be equal to Onoki just because she has obtained a pair of Consciousness-Only Sharingan Eyes.

But... you can give it a try, and it won't be too late to run away if you don't have the chance.

No matter how powerful a Jonin is, the chance of winning against a village shadow is basically close to 0. Being able to escape successfully is something worth bragging about.

And a strong person who can fight the Shadow of One Village can still try to fight even if he encounters a top master like Ohnoki.

Many unexpected situations will happen on the battlefield. Even if the chance of winning is only 20% to 30%, as long as you are confident that you can successfully escape at the critical moment, you can try to fight and beat the opponent's lower limit.

Onoki was startled for a moment and then suddenly realized. He almost forgot that Lao Zi had just said that Uchiha Mai already had the strength to fight the Kage of One Village.

"Everyone, step aside and let me cook this old man up."

Uchiha Mai waved her hand and ordered Takuya and others below.

When this sentence reached the ears of Takuya and others, it became: You go first, I will hold Onoki.

All the Konoha ninjas were moved to tears again. This is the real good leader of Konoha. He talks about running away, but his actual actions are to buy time for his subordinates to run away.

With this kind of leader, even if he really abandons everyone and runs away at the critical moment, we will have no complaints and nothing can be done about it.

"Humph, want to escape?"

Lightning whirlwind strikes!

Onoki saw Uchiha Mai's plan at a glance, formed a seal with one hand, condensed chakra and spit out a clay giant more than ten meters high from his mouth.

Earth Escape·Gang Li Style Technique.

This clay giant was both offensive and defensive, with strong defense and not cumbersome in action. When it landed on the ground, it chased after the retreating Konoha and other ninjas.

It's really unimaginable how Ohnoki, with such a short body, could spit out a clay giant.

At the moment Ohnogi formed the seal, purple light flashed in Mai Uchiha's eyes, and he also condensed chakra. He threw a ball of blue flames with his right hand towards Lao Zi.

One Hundred and Eight Styles·Dark Whistle.

The flame grew in response to the wind, and in the middle of its flight it swelled to about the height of two people. It was like a small sun falling from the sky, and it immediately startled Lao Zi, who was lying dead.

After running for his life for a long time, he finally took a break. All the pain and fatigue that he had suppressed before hit Lao Zi.

Just like everyone who had just finished running one thousand meters, Lao Zi did not have any dodge ability at this moment.

Uchiha Mai's action really frightened Ohnoki. He was the first to attack the Konoha ninja, and Ohnoki actually deliberately forced Uchiha Mai to take action.

Attack the clay giant to help Konoha ninjas escape, and attack Ohnoki to contain the powerful enemy. Ohnoki has anticipated these two possibilities.

The only thing he didn't expect was that Uchiha Dan would take action against Lao Zi.

Unfortunately, this is the most deadly thing.

As a near-perfect Jinchūriki, Lao Zi is one of the few top strong men in Iwagakure Village. Once he dies, the Four-Tailed Sun Wukong will also die.

This is the realm of Iwagakure. Although the Four-Tails can be resurrected a few years after their death, Onoki is also confident that he can recapture the Four-Tails.

What about the window period in the past few years?

Even if the Iwagakure Village survives the window period and captures the Four-Tails, it will not be easy to train a new Jinchuuriki.

No matter what, Lao Zi must not die.

Onoki didn't even have time to think, he subconsciously formed a seal, condensed chakra, manipulated the soil, sand and stones on the ground, and condensed it into a flying dragon that crashed into the fire ball.

Earth Escape·Earth Stone Dragon.

"Thousand Wings of Deathfire."

Uchiha Mai groaned softly, condensing chakra again, generating boundless blue flames, wrapping the black gold wings behind her.

Then the wings vibrated suddenly, shooting out thousands of burning feathers, a small part of them attacked Ohnoki, and most of them shot towards the lying corpse of Lao Zi.

I'll blanch it, are you still here?

Onoki's eyebrows trembled. He had long heard that Uchiha Mai in Konoha was difficult to deal with, but now he had learned the lesson.

Uchiha Mai's death fire has the ability to absorb life force, which Ohnoki has long heard of. With such a large attack area, Ohnoki naturally did not dare to let it fall on Lao Zi.

Lao Zi was originally a candle in the wind at the end of a strong crossbow. If his vitality continued to lose, he would not be sucked to death on the spot.

"Earth Release: The Technique of Weighted Rock."

Ohnoki still did not form any seals this time, and once again used the weighted rock technique, but the target of the technique was neither the enemy nor his own fists, but his whole body.

The weighted rock technique can indeed be used in this way.

Chakra turned into rock and wrapped Ohnoki's entire body, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed to the air.

While performing the Heavy Rock Jutsu, Ohnoki also released the Light Heavy Rock Jutsu that allowed him to fly in the air.

The gravity of the earth acted on Ohnoki again, and the latter was like a meteor from the sky, flying through the rain of wings and falling straight to the ground.

The flaming feathers transformed Onoki into a flaming hedgehog, but failed to break through the rock formation any further and really harmed Onoki inside.

You can see Ohnoki's brilliance here.

At first glance, Death Fire Thousand Wings is not very lethal. It is a technique that only relies on its large attack range and the characteristics of Death Fire to hurt people.

If it were another Earth Release and Hardening Technique, it could only increase the physical defense, but would still be injured by dead fire, so Ohnoki chose the Weighted Rock Technique, which was generally not used for defense.

When he was about to fall to the ground, Ohnoki scattered the rock layer wrapping his arm, formed another seal, and manipulated the underground soil to create a curved earth wall, blocking the sky above himself and Lao Zi.

Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall Technique.

Generally, earth flow walls are straight, with an angle of 90° to the ground, but this earth flow wall is curved.

After doing all this, Onoki removed the rock layer covering his whole body, and used the light and heavy rock technique again at the moment he was about to land, avoiding the ending of being thrown apart.

Deathfire Thousand Wings' attack only lasted a few seconds.

After a few seconds, the attack stopped, and Onoki leisurely floated out from under the earth flow wall, forming another seal.

"Earth Escape Barrier·Tu Lao Tang Wu."

The shape of the earth flow wall changed, turning into a circular dungeon that enveloped Lao Zi, and the dungeon was covered with Onoki's chakra.

Uchiha Mai has seen this technique before.

The Domu Domu is generally used to trap enemies. Before the chakra is exhausted, even if the earth wall is damaged by an attack, it can be repaired immediately.

Ohnoki chose to use this technique to protect Lao Zi.

Purple light flashed in Uchiha Mai's eyes, and she used her psychic vision to have a panoramic view of the entire structure of the dungeon.

The diameter of this dungeon is nearly ten meters, the wall thickness reaches 3 meters, and its density is close to that of rock. After careful analysis, it is indeed difficult to break through from the outside.

But…

Such a powerful earth escape defense technique could not prevent Mai Uchiha from continuing to attack Lao Zi.

Consciousness only, no ignorance.

Chakra surged out and turned into a barrier, wrapping Lao Zi's heart. Before Uchiha Mai could speed up the time, Onoki noticed something was wrong.

Damn it, how could there be fluctuations in the barrier inside Tulao Tangwu?

The method developed by Mai Uchiha to use inherent temporal control to attack the enemy is actually somewhat similar to Onoki's Dust Release, both of which rely heavily on barrier techniques.

Inherent time control is to wrap the enemy with a barrier, speed up or slow down the time in the barrier to cause the barrier to break, and finally use the correction power of the world to attack the enemy's internal organs.

Dust Escape also uses a barrier technique to wrap the opponent, and release within the barrier the power of Dust Escape that is powerful enough to kill gods and Buddhas, breaking the enemy into an atomic state.

Therefore, Ohnoki's ability to perceive barriers is still very strong.

It was impossible for Lao Zi, who was seriously injured, to use the barrier technique, and there was no need for him to use it. After eliminating all options, the last one must be the correct answer.
To be continued...