Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 218 Sky Rift
Lead-gray clouds obscured the sky, and lasers chased the shadows, cutting the sky into fine, golden lines.

Twelve...Eleven...

Constantly dodging the beams of light attacking from below, Kakuzu silently counted a number in his mind, his dark tentacles releasing chakra to sense the outside world.

After a long period of observation and evasion, he had completely mastered the enemy's abilities.

There are two forms of escape techniques that surpass S-rank:
The air blast mode has a high firing density and long range, but its attribute is singular. He has already successfully countered it with fire blasts, so it is not a concern for the time being.

The laser beam is incredibly powerful and difficult to counter. Its trajectory is extremely fast, making it impossible to react. However, its frequency is low, and each jet can only last for a maximum of 15.6 seconds. After it runs out of ammunition, it must stop to recharge, which takes 1.4 seconds. After that, it takes about 0.3 seconds to rotate and fire the laser again.

After several near-death experiences, he gradually adapted to the high-speed laser and even found the perfect way to deal with it.

While lasers are incredibly fast, capable of piercing the body before it can react, the warning signs of a light cannon attack are quite obvious.

As long as he sees the pupil-like jets rotate and open, he can predict the timing and direction of the attack, and use this to enhance his nerve reflexes with Lightning Release, allowing him to dodge in advance.

As long as you dodge the initial, unpredictable attack, the subsequent slow, slicing attacks pose no threat whatsoever.

He had memorized this attack method; as long as the cannon was raised and turned, all the attack paths were within his calculations.

Once that layer of defense is broken, the enemy is doomed.

Looking down at the arrogant girl below who was using the barrier to defend herself and was attacking with water cannons at will, Kakuzu's only intact mouth revealed a cold smile.

He had seen many such people before, usually ninjas from the bloodline clans of the five great ninja villages.

Before they've even grown their first hair, they rely on some kind of bloodline limit, secret technique, or special ability inherited from their family to think they're extraordinary and look down on ninjas from small ninja villages. Even when fighting, they just mindlessly swing their chakra around like a gorilla using a fire poker.

Ignorance, arrogance, and a mysterious self-confidence.

Only when they wield invincible ninjutsu, yet are defeated by experienced ninjas using kunai and the Three Body Techniques, will they understand:

The life-or-death struggles of ninjas are never simply a contest of strength. Fighting, like making money, requires both brainpower and physical strength!

9...7...3...2...

With a smirk playing on his lips, Kakuzu, confident of victory, steadily counted down. As he reached two, the chakra brimming within his three hearts suddenly began to surge.

Needless to say, the Byakugan's sensory abilities are exceptional. The moment Kakuzu's chakra was activated, Kairi saw the enemy's movements.

With a gentle wave of her arms, as white as lotus roots.

hum!
The rapidly spinning water shuttle shifted slightly to the side, its vertical pupil nozzles turning flexibly like human eyes, while six laser beams swept across the void in an interlaced pattern.

air.

The two attribute masks, which had been frantically roaming, paused and suddenly turned to fly towards Kakuzu's lightning release form.

The pursuing laser captured this gap, slicing vertically towards their eerie masks.

That is precisely the most fatal part of the Earthly Grudge!
But Jigen-go no longer displayed any impressive flying skills, as if it had suddenly lost its intelligence, and flew straight toward Kakuzu.

hum~
The deep hum of the water shuttle suddenly became dissipated, and the chakra inside was completely depleted, just as Kakuzu had predicted.

The straight torrents instantly lost their power, bending and deforming under the influence of gravity, scattering into rain before the reunited Earthly Grief.

Fill time is 1.7 seconds!

The black tentacles of the Earth Grudge Fly excitedly danced, and wind and fire attribute masks emerged from Kakuzu's shoulders, quickly opening their mouths.

Looking at the beautiful girl who had stood arrogantly in place since the start of the battle, refusing to move even a single step, a black line appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his voice was low and full of killing intent:
"Composite Ninja Technique: Strange Face Explosive Flame!"

boom!
The wind and fire masks simultaneously released terrifying chakra, still the advanced ninjutsu he had honed for decades: Suppression and Head Hardening.

The compressed vacuum wave burst forth with a roar, but this time it did not turn into a sea of ​​fire like it did at sea. Instead, it rolled into a giant bomb and crashed towards the barrier!

Both the Strange Face Explosion and the Flame Wind Chaos are wind and fire combination escape techniques, but their forms are completely different.

Flame Wind Rage uses Wind Release to spread Fire Release, maximizing temperature and attack range, summoning a sea of ​​fire to annihilate enemies. Strange Face Explosion uses vacuum fluctuations to condense flames and unleash an explosive effect with the extreme speed of Wind Release.

The former has a larger range for clearing the battlefield, while the latter is more powerful and suitable for attacking fortified positions, making it ideal for dealing with strong barriers like fortresses.

boom!
Taking advantage of the moment when the water cannon was stuck in a charging state and unable to fire, and with the wind and fire moving at extremely high speed, Hui Li didn't have time to release any ninjutsu to defend herself before being slammed hard into the barrier by the exploding fire.

Click... click...

Like a glacier struck by a giant ship, the barrier was instantly cracked, and a violent wave of fire surged into it, engulfing the girl who was surrounding the water shuttle.

It worked!
Kakuzu, with only half his face remaining, floats in mid-air, his black beard, cut several times, hanging down from his waist, and two white masks on his shoulders revealing eerie smiles.

Fire Release, as the most offensive ninjutsu, has countless weaknesses.

It has explosive power but no endurance, consumes a lot of chakra, and its attack speed is not as good as wind and lightning release. But there is one thing that is indisputable: it is the most offensive ninjutsu among all elemental ninjutsu, without exception!

Even the most powerful thunderbolt only has a slight edge in terms of penetrability.

Now, the extremely aggressive flames are enhanced by wind-style techniques, making them even more powerful, several times stronger, and absolutely no living being can survive them.

She was dead.

He died because of his own arrogance.

Kakuzu couldn't help but smile. Although he was slightly disappointed that he couldn't have her heart, he couldn't hide his joy at the thought of all the gains he was about to make.

Kaka!

The raging fire crackled and popped as it burned the earth, turning the sky crimson.

At this moment, his sensory ninjutsu had lost its effect. All the scattered chakra that flowed past would be ignited by the flames and turned into nourishment. His body descended slowly and cautiously, with countless ferocious tentacles on his body groping haphazardly in mid-air, like a venomous snake trying to catch information about its prey.

He wanted to find the Thunder Blade, Fang.

The temperature generated by the Qimian Explosion is extremely high. It's okay if it can be relieved in a short time, but if it lasts too long, the chakra metal will be melted, and 4000 million will be gone!

The tentacles darted about in the air, seemingly more restless than the flames below.

Boom!
what sound?
Kakuzu's heart skipped a beat as he waited for the flames to die down. He seemed to hear a sound like the beating of drums. He listened intently for a while, but could only hear the crackling of the burning flames.

I must have misheard... *gulp!*
really have!
With all three hearts inside his body pulsating simultaneously, Kakuzu suddenly looked toward the center of the inferno, where the fire was raging fiercely, with bursts of flame shooting dozens of meters into the sky, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.

But he was quite certain that the sound of drumming was coming from there.

What the hell is it?
A nameless fear rose in Kakuzu's heart for no apparent reason. It was an intense emotion he had not felt in decades, as if he had been thrown alone into a sea of ​​fire, feeling anxious and scorching.

Boom!
Another terrifying drumbeat rang out, making Kakuzu tremble all over and even his tentacles seem to be knotting. This time the sound was extremely clear and unusually familiar, and he instantly recognized what it was.

That was a heartbeat!
He almost jumped up!
The heartbeat that used to excite him, full of life and energy, now sounded terrifying to him!

What kind of creature could produce such a huge heartbeat?

The legendary giant?
Just as he was filled with fearful speculation, another drumbeat sounded, and then a slightly plump figure slowly emerged from the sea of ​​fire.

Snow-white bare feet tread on wind and thunder, leaving deep footprints on the already crystallized ground.

Kaka!

The cracks, as thick as an adult's thigh, climbed the ground as the person walked. The malice and murderous intent intertwined in the void, and the chakra full of vitality was filled with a terrifying greed, as if a ferocious beast had crawled out of its cage to devour people!

"Hiss-ha-"

The scorching steam from their breath evaporated, and the fierce airflow suppressed the raging fire.

That wasn't wind-style chakra that could be easily ignited; it was pure power without any impurities!
The ground cracked and trembled in layers. The Valkyrie, clad in wind and thunder armor, stood in the square, her snow-white kimono long gone.

The purplish-black lightning armor completely enveloped his voluptuous body, and the raging winds that tore everything apart twisted on the lightning armor. The slender, four-petaled wind wings were inlaid with whirlwind turbines, and even the sea of ​​fire was torn apart by the violent wind and lightning.

The girl's once elegant silver hair, which had been styled in a bun, now danced in the gale, leaving deep, knife-like cracks as it swept across the ground.

"I hate this dishonorable way of fighting!"

His clothes and even the blindfold were torn to shreds by the surging chakra. Clad in wind and lightning armor, Gray looked at Kakuzu, whose tentacles were trembling, his star-like, deathly gray eyes filled with killing intent.

"Your Earth Grudge Fear had better be truly valuable!"

The slightly deep female voice carried a strong sense of pressure despite its calmness.

A deep-seated fear kept tugging at Kakuzu's fragile nerves. His lips trembled, and he could no longer speak. He didn't understand what the monster that emerged from the sea of ​​fire was. He just felt as if he had returned to that afternoon when he assassinated the First Hokage!
Whoosh!
The tentacles suddenly burst open, generating buoyancy!

Without any hesitation, and no longer thinking about the ninja tools in the sea of ​​fire, Kakuzu leaped up like a cat with its fur standing on end. He didn't know where he was going, he just kept running away in the opposite direction from Hairi.

Chakra surged wildly from three hearts, pounding erratically. Twisted black whiskers sculpted a human form, his back view identical to that of the boy he once was. Having long since abandoned his human form, he seemed to have regained his lost humanity in an instant—

In a way that results in the loss of everything!

Boom!

A deafening roar erupted, as if a bomb had been detonated. The ground as far as the eye could see exploded, and terrifying shockwaves spread outwards along the plaza, shattering and burying trees, buildings, and even the coffins.

The exaggerated scene before him shattered Kakuzu's soul. He frantically mobilized his chakra to escape, but found that he could not move at all. Even the Earth Grudge, which should have moved at will, became uncontrollable.

A beam of warm sunlight shone down, and he trembled as if he had fallen into an icy hell.

Right in front of him—

The sky has cracked open!
The dark clouds stretched for kilometers, and a deep ravine, like a canyon, split open in the middle, from which a huge golden sun slowly emerged, like the eye of a god.

He lowered his head as if he sensed something:

His body, once covered in black tentacles, has been obliterated by wind and thunder. A seemingly soft and gentle hand is now gently clutching and playing with his only remaining heart.

Only then did he understand:

Long before he heard that deafening roar, his two hearts, Wind and Fire, had already been shattered, and the force of the energy pierced through his body and even shattered the sky!

"Wow...so fast...what kind of ninjutsu is this?"

On his deathbed, Kakuzu trembled as he tried to turn back and take a closer look at the enemy who had killed him, but his gradually crumbling body could not support him in making such a move.

"The Sun-Chasing Style: Sky-Splitting Technique can be considered a physical combat move!"

"Sky Rift... Body Technique..."

Struggling to recite the unfamiliar moves, Kakuzu had never imagined that taijutsu could unleash such terrifying attacks.

How ridiculous!

He had just thought the other party was a so-called genius relying on secret techniques and bloodline limits, but it turns out that he was simply unworthy to see this berserk state. The other party was actually a ninja proficient in taijutsu...

“You’re not bad either. Even among all the ninjas I’ve ever met, you’re the most troublesome!” Gray said slowly, watching Kakuzu evaporate like powder.

These words were truly sincere.

Kakuzu's combat experience and skills are too rich. He has developed the five elemental escaping techniques to the extreme and combined them with each other. He also has rare skills such as flight, area attack, and immortality. When he faced Obito Uchiha, he was far less troublesome than this old guy.

"To receive praise from the new God of Ninjas... is truly... an honor..."

"It's a pity, I'm not that guy's match yet, and... I'm just a shadow clone." Hui Li shook her head coldly, her five fingers gripping the only lightning-style heart. Yin Release and lightning intertwined, giving birth to terrifying black lightning that attacked the soul!
Zizizi!
The deliberately preserved black tentacles danced wildly, and black lightning at point-blank range continuously attacked the consciousness belonging to Kakuzu within!
He was already extremely weak, clinging to life with only a heart and a few traces of resentment, and now he was attacked by the Black Lightning, which was restraining his soul and spirit.

Just a moment!

呲~
A sound of despair seemed to emanate from within the Earthly Grudge, and the frenzied tentacles drooped completely under the black lightning.

hum!
A vibrant green chakra slowly glowed from his hand, continuously repairing his heart and meridians damaged by lightning release. Broken blood vessels automatically reconnected, and the chakra seed and black tentacles also regained their vitality.

If Kakuzu knew that she was still a medical ninja, he would probably die with even more regrets.

Incite!

Her heart pounded rapidly in her hand, and black tentacles, like tiny snakes, coiled around Gray Glass's arm. Black and white intertwined, holiness and evil coexisted.

She could sense that Kakuzu's last remaining consciousness had been extinguished!

(End of this chapter)