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Where should Yukina go after the Fourth Ninja War?
Bleach 118
Cultivation world 152
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With a swift shunshin, Yukina appeared atop a tree branch, her eyes scanning the battlefield below.
At the heart of the battlefield stood a teenager with spiky, long black hair, clad in a Suna chunin uniform. He appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen years old.
The teenager had a handsome face framed by sharp eyebrows and brown eyes, his fair skin contrasting with his lean, muscular physique.
A bloodthirsty smirk curved across Yukina's lips the instant she sensed the teenager's dense chakra; with slow, deliberate motion, she drew her katana.
Anger flared in the teenager's eyes when he caught Yukina's gaze, and he shouted at her.
"How dare you look down on me, you little Kirigakure wretch! Do you have any idea who I am?"
Yukina's lips curved in faint amusement as she looked at the teenager and replied.
"Of course not. We've never even met before! What, do you think I'm psychic or something?"
The teenager's temper snapped at Yukina's calm response; he shouted at her furiously.
You, clueless little girl, I am Sabaku Tadashi, Sunagakure's prodigy and the Third Kazekage's own nephew."
Boredom flickered across Yukina's face as she regarded Tadashi. "I don't care who you are. Just stop wasting my time and let's get this over with," she said flatly.
Tadashi's eyes flared red with anger at Yukina's words, and he began forming a rapid series of hand seals.
A smirk curved Yukina's lips as she saw this, and she sprang off the branch without hesitation.
After completing the hand signs, the iron sand to erupt from the ground and swirl into the air.
It twisted and surged violently in the air, turning into multiple jagged black iron spikes constructs.
Yukina smirked as she realized, "I was right—he was behind that iron spear and those iron spikes. But I never imagined he could create them by controlling his iron sand; he must have inherited the Third Kazekage's kekkei genkai."
"Magnet Release: Death Iron Spikes."
With a wave of Tadashi's hand, the black iron spikes shot toward Yukina with astonishing speed and deadly precision.
""SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Yukina twisted, turned, and danced around the iron spikes with effortless grace, dodging each one with precision.
Tadashi's eyes widened as he watched Yukina effortlessly dodging his jutsu.
'How was she moving like that? No one should be able to evade this jutsu so easily—it was as if she could predict every spike before it even launched.'
Tadashi's eyes narrowed, his gaze locking onto Yukina with sharp intensity.
'I need to deal with this girl immediately; she must be one of Kirigakure's prodigies. I can't afford to underestimate her.'
After making up his mind, Tadashi formed three hand seals and drove his palm into the ground.
"Magnet Release: Iron Crushing Hand Jutsu."
A massive black hand, forged from iron, erupted from the ground and lunged toward Yukina with terrifying force.
Yukina's eyes widened in shock as the colossal black hand lunged toward her; she looked no bigger than an ant compared to the massive iron construct.
'What the hell is that?'
Yukina swiftly regained her composure and vanished from her spot in a blur, leaving three afterimages behind as she murmured to herself.
"Illusory steps."
In the next instant, Yukina appeared beside Tadashi and swung her katana in a deadly horizontal arc, aiming to behead him.
For a brief second, Tadashi froze as Yukina appeared at his side. Even as her katana slashed toward his neck, he stayed unnervingly calm.
"CLANK."
Yukina froze, her eyes widening in disbelief as her katana failed to behead Tadashi.
She gasped as she noticed a black layer of iron enveloping Tadashi's neck like an armor.
Yukina then gave a small smile her eyes were glinting with excitement.
'This iron sand jutsu of his is incredibly versatile. Not only can he use it to create constructs to attack me, but he can also wear it like armor to protect himself from my strikes. This fight is going to be fun.'
Suddenly, Tadashi formed a single hand seal, and iron sand erupted from the ground. It twisted and surged upward, shaping into two colossal, black, razor-sharp wings on his back—each stretching eight meters in length.
Tadashi swiftly swung one of his massive wings toward Yukina's midsection, aiming to cleave her in half, but thanks to her hidden sense, Yukina predicted the strike she bent her body in an unnatural twist, narrowly evading the iron wing strike.
Tadashi was taken aback by Yukina's flawless dodge of his wing strike, but he swiftly regained his composure and ascended into the air.
With a graceful motion, Tadashi spread his iron wings while floating and formed a single-hand seal.
"Magnet Release Razor Feathers Barrage."
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Multiple razor-sharp iron feathers rained down on Yukina from all directions at incredible speed.
Yukina was frozen in shock as countless razor-sharp iron feathers hurtled toward her at blinding speed.
She swiftly activated her Hydration kekkei genkai, transforming her entire body into water.
"SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH."
The sharp iron feathers barrage kept slicing Yukina's water body into countless fragments, yet the scattered water quickly flowed back together, restoring Yukina's water body again and again.
As Yukina kept restoring her body again and again with her Hyderfication Kekkei genkai, defying the iron feathers that kept slicing her apart, she suddenly heard her katana's whistle ring out sharper and clearer than ever.
Also, at this instant, Yukina could feel Tadashi's chakra with startling clarity; it pulsed through every grain of his iron sand, molded seamlessly with his will.
Suddenly, the katana's sharp whistle died away, replaced by a strange throbbing that made it seem as though the katana was alive and breathing.
All of a sudden, a sharp silver aura burst from the katana, enveloping the scattered fragments of Yukina's water body.
After Yukina's water body reformed, she gave a faint smile as she felt the sharp silver aura and thought.
'So this is it... I finally understand what was holding me back. At last, I've broken through to the Soul Sword Realm!'
Tadashi's mind raced in confusion at the sudden emergence of the sharp, silver aura surrounding Yukina's body.
'That silver chakra… what the hell is it? My instincts are going wild, telling me to run. The last time I felt something this terrifying was during Uncle's training.'
'I refuse to run from this little girl! If I did, the entire village would laugh at me, and I'd shame the Sobaku clan itself.'
'I don't want to imagine the consequences if that happened.'
Once Tadashi made up his mind, the iron sand surged around his palm, and in the next instant, a sharp black spear materialized.
'I haven't fully mastered the Lightning Release yet, but now I finally understand why my uncle insisted on me mastering it and combining it with the Iron Sand.'
'Her hyderfication kekkei genkei is too annoying. the only way for me to take her out is coating my iron sand with Lightning Release chakra.'
"BZBZBZBZBZBZ."
The black iron spear became shrouded in blue lightning chakra, sparks writhing around it like living snakes.
"SWISH."
Tadashi flapped his iron wings and plummeted toward Yukina at breakneck speed, his black spear crackling with blue lightning chakra.
When Yukina saw this, she closed her eyes and hoisted her katana high above her head, gripping it firmly with both hands.
She gripped her katana tightly with both hands, feeling its weight and pulse, then swung it downward.
"SWISH."
A silver sword qi surged outward, arcing like a crescent moon before streaking straight toward Tadashi.
"SSSHHHHNNNKKK."
The sword qi cleaved the black spear in two, severing Tadashi's right arm and slicing through half of his massive iron wing with surgical precision.
"SQUASH."
"SHINKKK."
"AAAAAHHHH,"
A cold smirk curved Yukina's lips; she surged forward, closing the distance to the tumbling Tadashi to end him once and for all.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Suddenly, kunai whistled through the air from every direction, hurtling toward Yukina with deadly precision.
Yukina's lips curled into a cold smirk as the kunais flew toward her, a quiet mutter escaping her lips.
"Illusory steps."
Yukina vanished in an instant, leaving behind three afterimages as she effortlessly dodged the kunais.
In the next moment, Yukina appeared atop a tree branch and turned her head, only to find herself surrounded by thirty Suna ANBU, their eyes burning with killing intent.
Yukina's lips curled into a bloodthirsty smirk as she faced the thirty ANBU, her mind racing through her next move.
'Perfect. This is going to be fun—ANBU are the hidden village's elite, after all.'
The leading ANBU turned to the female ANBU at his side and ordered.
"Stabilize Chunin Tadashi's condition immediately, then escort him back to headquarters."
After nodding in acknowledgment, the female ANBU seized Tadashi and shunshined away in an instant.
The ANBU leader glared at Yukina before turning to his subordinate and issuing his order.
"This little girl must die here and now; she is not allowed to live do I make myself clear?"
All the ANBU nodded at their leader's command, then instantly shunshined into position, cutting off every possible escape route for Yukina.
Yukina just smiled and looked around her; she then muttered to herself while wearing her bloodthirsty smirk on her face.
'This mission is getting far too fun—I think it's time to experiment with my sword qi and explore its full potential. I suppose these ANBU will help me broaden my understanding of the sword qi I've just comprehended.'
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