I'm Inside Naruto Manga

Logan leaped back to create distance, dodging the statue's fierce dive. Missing its target, the statue whipped up a gale as it continued its chase, angrily slashing its wings like blades toward Logan's face.

Logan lowered his stance, anticipating the attack. He sidestepped and crouched, watching the sharp black feathers sweep past his head. Then, with a flowing motion, he unleashed the accumulated power in his blade. This time, the slash not only left a white trail but also a striking red hue.

Ding!

As they brushed past each other, Logan's Shimizu, paired with the explosive force of his Iai Slash, inflicted damage on the previously impervious statue. Several black stone fragments fell to the ground, and the statue wobbled erratically in mid-air, nearly crashing from the chaotic inertia.

Logan's assault didn't end there. Maintaining his lightning-enhanced speed, he stayed on par with the statue's quick movements.

With a loud thud, the statue was knocked to the ground. Logan followed up instantly, slamming his foot down on the two-meter-tall figure, causing dust to fly. Shimizu's blade crackled with electricity as Logan mercilessly thrust it towards the statue's throat.

"Chidori Stream!"

Shimizu's tip pierced a stone fragment, and at the same moment, a surge of lightning flooded into the gap. High-temperature, paralyzing currents seared the statue's body, and the smell of burning stone filled the air. The twisted bird's head seemed to emit a pained screech.

"Bird bro, why did it have to come to this?" Seeing that it was almost done, Logan eased his strength slightly, "We could've negotiated and resolved the matter peacefully. In fact, I didn't want to fight at the beginning... "

Bang!

Logan was suddenly swatted away by the statue's wing.

The statue's strength was formidable. Logan was unlucky this time, and was directly smashed into a rock wall.

"Cough, cough... Damn it." Despite using Chakra to shield his back, the immense impact was still tough to handle. Logan took a few seconds to recover before glaring at the statue angrily.

After it was freed from Logan's grasp, the statue got up. Despite its battered appearance, it was still mostly intact. After staggering a few times, it flapped its wings and flew up into the sky.

Logan feels frustrated as he watched the stone statue hovering in the air for several times, "It seems like communication is impossible... Even though it came to life, it hasn't shown any sign of expressing itself, acting purely on battle instincts... "

"And it can still fly. The stab to its throat and Chidori Stream didn't inflict any fatal wound... But, looking at it, it's a stone statue, so it doesn't really have any fatal points."

Logan glanced in the direction of the road the stone statue had blocked before. There are forest and river, with mountain outlines in the distance, 'Maybe I can find the Summoned Beast inside.'

'No matter, this statue is so persistent. If I don't deal with it, it won't just let me pass.' Logan made up his mind, then noticed the statue still circling above, waiting for an opportunity.

The stone statue seemed to realize it couldn't beat Logan on the ground, so it changed its tactics. The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally the stone statue soared even higher to accumulate energy, and then dove down fiercely!

"I've seen this before." Logan muttered, preparing himself. The power from a hundred-meter dive was something he wouldn't block head-on; only a fool would.

Just as they were about to clash, Logan readied himself for a feint to trick the opponent. Unexpectedly, the statue's claws missed and it quickly ascended again. The statue actually pulled a feint first!

"..."

Logan watched as the stone statue flew high to a place where he could not touch it with complicated emotions.

Whoosh!

The stone statue swooped down with a fierce momentum, its wings slicing through the air and sweeping across the ground.

Logan dodged, then turned to counterattack, but the statue swiftly flew back up.

After circling a few times, the stone statue dove down again...

Logan sidestepped, this time intentionally leaving an opening, but the opponent instinctively stopped midway, and flew into the sky again.

"..."

"If you've got the guts, come down here!" Logan pointed at the stone statue that had become smarter in the sky, "Do you have no shame?"

Logan felt a little powerless. After all, if the statue is determined to play hit-and-run, he really can't do anything to it.

After three or four similar encounters, Logan got angry. He didn't have time to waste on this annoying bird. With a swift decision, he pretended to run toward the direction the statue was initially blocking. As expected, the statue swooped down to stop him. Seeing this, Logan quickly formed hand seals, "Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

The air suddenly became scorching hot, and the roaring flames formed an imposing fire dragon that rushed towards the statue, which was attempting to ascend again.

The statue couldn't react in time and was engulfed by the roaring flames. The air, tinged red by the fire, deepened in hue, and the statue was completely surrounded and scorched by the Great Dragon Fire.

After spitting out a lot of flame, Logan felt somewhat better, "There, I got you. Know your place..."

Halfway through his words, the flames in the air dissipated, revealing the statue's unharmed body, which left Logan speechless.

'It seemed the Fire Release wasn't as effective as the Lightning Release against a stone statue...'

"This doesn't make sense." Logan frowned. After all, the Great Dragon Fire was a high-level Fire Release Ninjutsu with substantial power, and he had also put sufficient Chakra into it.

Undeterred, he tried two more Fire Release Ninjutsu, but as expected, the damage to the stone statue was negligible.

In fact, after the initial surprise attack, the statue even seemed to welcome the fire, hovering closer as if enjoying it, then leisurely circling Logan, almost tauntingly.

Logan's eyes flickered as he thought of a strategy in his mind. After swallowing a few Military Food Pills, he took a deep breath, 'Since I couldn't burn it, and it didn't want to fly down to face me…' Logan took out his kunai again, 'It seemed that I had to use my modified Railgun to shot it down.'

After another routine run-through, Logan took a few steps toward the road, and the statue dove down as predicted. Flickering to dodge the sharp stone claws, Logan formed hand seals. Feeling the heat in the air, the stone statue's original intention to fly away stopped and it flew leisurely in the air, waiting for another soft fire attack.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

As the fire dragon neared the statue, it suddenly exploded, forming a wall of flames that obscured the statue's vision. However, the stone statue was unconcerned and flew right into the fire's embrace.

Sparks scattered from the sky as Logan maintained the fire release with his left hand. With his right hand, he swiftly raised the kunai, surrounded by layers of electricity.

Logan's years of mastering the lightning release made it obedient, and in the electromagnetic field created, it became a formidable force. The power gathered silently, the faint sound of electricity catching the statue's attention as it looked up from the flames. However, it was too late.

With a flick of his wrist, a meteor shot from the ground towards the sky.

The kunai, which contained the electromagnetic force, became a streak of orange light, disappearing into the sky. At the same time, this instantaneous power pierced through the statue's wing without it being able to react, while the residual light vanishing into the red-tinged horizon.

With a loud crash, the statue fell to the ground.