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Chapter 26: Hoshino Shu vs. Kakuzu! (Please read further, vote, and give monthly tickets!)

Earth Release-Earth Spear!

Kakuzu's skin instantly turned black, and then Hoshino Hide, who descended from the sky, slashed Kakuzu's shoulder with his sword.

Click!

The ground beneath Kakuzu's feet exploded, and his feet sank.

However, the ninja sword only cut through the clothes, not completely piercing through Kakuzu's hardened skin.

Hoshino's Wind Release nature transformation was indeed very powerful, but Kakuzu's Earth Release was equally impressive, making this attack evenly matched.

However, the Star Show is not surprising.

The purpose of descending from the sky was to attract Kakuzu's attention, allowing Wood Release to capture him successfully.

"Wood Release Secret Technique!"

"You're from Konoha!"

Kakuzu looked at Hoshino Hide and said, "I never expected that someone would master such a technique after the First Hokage."

"Then, I'll accept your heart!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kakuzu's body suddenly collapsed, turning into a puddle of mud on the ground.

Earth clone!

Just as Hoshino used a clone, Kakuzu, a seasoned veteran, did the same when facing an unknown enemy.

Just as Kakuzu's clone collapsed, Kakuzu's true form appeared, accompanied by three masked monsters.

Kakuzu formed hand seals, and two of the masked monsters opened their mouths.

The next moment, the ninjutsu erupted.

Fire Release: Head Carving!

Wind Release: Pressure Damage!

Boom!

With the sound of explosions, a terrible storm swept across, covering everything in its path, instantly pulverizing all vegetation.

Such terrifying, large-scale ninjutsu was something Hoshino Shu had never seen before.

In terms of the scale of the outburst, it was even larger than the incomplete version of the Wind Release: Rasengan that he used before.

Against an attack of this scale, aside from taking the hit head-on or retreating, ordinary substitution techniques are practically useless.

The two Star-Under-the-Stars watched as the raging flames swept in and simultaneously formed hand seals.

Wood escape-Wooden spindle wall!

Beep!

Layers of vines rose from the ground, forming an inverted hemisphere that enveloped them.

Furthermore, the layers of vines and wood on the outside are interwoven, making the defense even stronger.

Hashirama Senju had used this technique before and successfully neutralized the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball.

However, this attack was different.

The moment the defense was formed, the flame storm struck.

Rumble!

The wood exploded, collapsing layer by layer under the impact of the raging storm.

The two Stars retreated one after another, and layers of wooden ingot walls rose from the ground, only to be torn apart by the flame storm.

When the fiery storm passed, only one layer of the six-layered wooden wall remained.

At this moment, a large part of this dense forest has been emptied, with charred tree stumps everywhere.

Xingxia Xiu breathed through her mouth; the air was scorching hot, burning her throat.

Sudden.

With a bang, the last layer of wooden ingots exploded, and a bolt of lightning pierced through one of the stars.

The star-studded show immediately turned to wood, becoming a wooden figure.

Lightning Release: False Darkness!

Xingxia Xiu was startled. He raised his hand and swung his knife, causing the wooden ingot wall to explode completely, and his figure also leaped into the air.

At this moment, the two masked monsters had already flown into the sky, and they unleashed a burst of ninjutsu, with fireballs and wind balls shooting towards Hoshino Shu in the air.

Xingxia Xiu swung his sword repeatedly, creating a flurry of wind blades that collided with wind and fireballs, forming terrifying storms and waves of fire in the air.

As soon as Xingxia Xiu landed, lightning struck like a shovel, forcing him to dodge repeatedly.

Faced with three masked monsters, Hoshino was in a sorry state, not even having a chance to form hand seals and use ninjutsu.

Unbeknownst to him, Hoshino had already retreated to the edge of the clearing that had just been created using ninjutsu.

The wind-style and fire-style monsters immediately intercepted them, forcing Xingxia Xiu to leave the forest.

Just then, shuriken flew out of the forest one after another.

Kakuzu's pupils contracted: "So it really is a clone?"

The masked monster in the air flew nimbly, trying to dodge the shuriken.

However, this shuriken was imbued with wind-style chakra by Hoshino, greatly increasing its attack range.

The fire-style monster was grazed, and a piece of its pitch-black body was immediately sliced ​​off, causing it to pause involuntarily.

call out!

The wooden spikes pierced the air, penetrating the fire-elemental monster.

In the forest, Xingxia Xiu formed a hand seal.

The art of cutting propagation!

The wooden spikes that pierced the fire-escape monster immediately sprouted new branches, forming a honeycomb-like structure, and the mask shattered instantly.

The lightning-escape monster immediately flew over the forest, its mouth opening as bolts of lightning shot down like spears.

Xingxia Xiu immediately dodged, but the lightning bolts descending from the sky relentlessly pursued her.

Sudden.

Xingxia Xiu drew his sword and swung it, sending several wind blades soaring into the sky, cutting through the lightning and slicing towards the lightning-wielding monster.

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The lightning-wielding monster in the air immediately chose to dodge.

But at that moment, Xingxia Xiu quickly turned around.

Kakuzu had already attacked from behind.

In close combat, after only two rounds, Hoshino Hide's sword was forced to fall to the ground by Kakuzu.

Xingxia Xiu is quite experienced in combat and is not bad in close combat.

However, compared to a cunning old fox like Kakuzu who emerged from the Warring States period, he is far inferior.

In the high-speed close combat, Hoshino had no chance to use ninjutsu and relied on his powerful chakra bursts to boost his strength, barely managing to stay afloat.

Even so, after a dozen or so rounds, he was still kicked away by Kakuzu and crashed into a tree trunk with a thud.

His body slid off the tree trunk, and before Xingxia Xiu could get up, black tentacles shot out from the ground and wrapped around his body.

Immediately afterwards, Kakuzu's detached hand grabbed his neck.

"You're very good."

"However, your combat experience is nothing compared to mine."

Kakuzu appeared in front of Hoshino Hideaki, then raised his right hand, his skin instantly hardening and turning black.

"Your heart will be the most precious thing I've ever had."

As Kakuzu spoke, his right hand plunged into Hoshino Hide's chest with a "plop" sound, and then pulled out his heart.

Looking at the beating heart, Kakuzu's eyes lit up with joy.

Wood Release technique!

He had a deep impression of Hashirama Senju back then.

No.

I will never forget it.

Bang!

He casually tossed Xingxia Xiu's corpse aside, then his black tentacles enveloped Xingxia Xiu's heart before burrowing into his opened back.

The Star Show destroyed one of his hearts, and now he can get another one.

The characteristic of the Earth Grudge Fear is that it can use the nature transformation of the heart possessor.

Everyone is looking forward to the results.

Turning around, he walked out of the forest. The wind-style and lightning-style monsters in the air also flew down and entered Kakuzu's body.

Because Xingxia Xiu's other wooden clone automatically dissipated and turned into wood.

Sudden.

Kakuzu dodged.

However, even with his quick reflexes, he was still inevitably pierced through the back by a wooden splinter.

Kakuzu immediately reached down and pulled the wooden splinter from his back. Seeing Hoshinoshita standing there, his clothes stained with blood but still forming hand seals, Kakuzu looked on incredulously: "This... how is this possible?"

"I've already taken your heart."

Hoshino Hide didn't speak, but completed the hand seals and activated the Rooting Technique.

The remaining wooden thorns inside Kakuzu's body immediately grew rapidly and branched out, piercing three of the other four hearts in Kakuzu's body with unparalleled precision, including the one he had just obtained from Hoshino Hide.

Kakuzu coughed up blood, swayed, and then collapsed with a thud.

Hoshino Shu didn't step forward immediately. Instead, he formed a hand seal, and vines emerged from the ground, binding the fallen Kakuzu and suspending him in mid-air.

(End of this chapter)