Lightning converged into a giant blue dragon, surging upward from the ground as it was encircled by three enormous snakes.
Jinlin watched the scene with disdain. The golden python was always the one to charge in first.
Without a second thought, Jinlin relied on her powerful body and lunged straight at the thunder dragon.
"A mere python dares to challenge lightning..."
"Impossible!!!"
Originally, Kurosuki Raiga looked down on it—after all, his lightning possessed devastating destructive power. He firmly believed that an ordinary giant python couldn't shatter lightning with brute force.
But the next moment, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. What did he just witness?
The golden python coiled itself around the thunder dragon, and in the next instant, shattered the lightning-formed beast into pieces.
"Hiss-ha! That felt amazing!"
"Chizan! From now on, give me lightning massages regularly!"
Jinlin's delighted voice rang out. Despite bathing in lightning, she remained completely unharmed.
Seeing this, Kurohebi and Yamoryū subtly distanced themselves from Jinlin, clearly repulsed by her.
"Hey, Jinlin, are you seriously okay after being struck by lightning like that?"
"What? What could possibly happen? Normal snakes fear lightning, but I'm a golden python who mainly trains her physique. The lightning actually has a great tempering effect."
Feeling the stimulation of lightning coursing through her body, Jinlin appeared quite pleased.
Even Gekko Chizan looked a bit dumbfounded.
"Damn! Are you even a snake anymore?"
"You're not afraid of lightning?"
"Damn it!"
The one most affected, without a doubt, was Kurosuki Raiga. He had great confidence in his lightning, and now, just one clash into the battle and he was already rattled.
Watching the increasingly unhinged Raiga, Gekko Chizan showed a subtle smirk. For some reason, he really enjoyed watching his enemies lose their minds.
The more insane his opponent became, the more fun it was for him.
Perhaps that was one of Number Six's hidden traits.
All three snakes were now on the move.
Jinlin immediately activated her innate skill, Rampaging Charge, opening her gaping maw and charging straight at Kurosuki Raiga.
Though Raiga was slightly shaken, he responded immediately in the face of the attack.
Countless orbs of lightning shot into the air, but Jinlin didn't care at all, letting the thunderballs crash onto her body freely.
"Boom!"
Lightning exploded, but apart from some blackened scales, Jinlin was largely unscathed.
Kurohebi and Yamoryū's attacks were far more elegant.
The former coiled her body and opened her mouth, spewing forth countless greenish toxic clouds that formed into snakes lunging toward Raiga.
The latter swayed his tail, unleashing waves of sonic vibrations. Wherever the sound struck, the ground shattered.
Three snakes, three distinct attack styles, surrounded Kurosuki Raiga.
Even as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, one of Kirigakure's top combat forces, he found himself outmatched against three giant serpents who trained in Sage Arts from Ryūchi Cave.
Thunder crackled frequently, but had no effect.
Jinlin was like a monster that didn't feel pain—her massive body forced Raiga back with each charge.
Meanwhile, the poisonous smoke and sonic waves gave Raiga a splitting headache.
As the fight dragged on, the ground around him no longer looked like earth.
It had either been corroded by poison or shattered by sound waves.
"Damn it! You want my life? Then come and take it!"
Raiga grew more and more frenzied, his eyes blood-red, a terrifying aura radiating from his body.
He raised both blades high and stopped dodging—above him, the gathered lightning became even more terrifying, altering the very sky.
Seeing this, Gekko Chizan scoffed.
"Going for mutual destruction, huh?"
"Too bad. You're overestimating yourself."
"Jinlin, Kurohebi, Yamoryū—fall back."
At his command, the three giant snakes suddenly retreated.
"Trying to run? Not so easy!"
Raiga had already resolved to destroy these snakes. He poured all his chakra into the Lightning Blades in his hand. The thunder gathering in the sky became increasingly terrifying, even changing the color of the heavens.
"If you want to die, at least pick a better place. This open plain isn't suitable for suicide."
"Allow me to assist you."
"Chōmei, half-tailed transformation."
Gekko Chizan stretched his limbs. He had no intention of taking that lightning head-on; half-tailed transformation was the best option.
Under the watchful eyes of the three serpents and Kurosuki Raiga, Gekko Chizan suddenly burst out with crimson chakra.
In the next moment, his body entered a half-tailed beast transformation mode, enveloped in red chakra.
"A Jinchūriki..."
"Hehehehe... This brat was hiding a lot."
Yamoryū's voice was filled with astonishment. Jinlin and Kurohebi were both too shocked to speak.
Raiga also recognized Gekko Chizan's form, his crazed expression now laced with surprise.
"Didn't think you'd be a Jinchūriki... The Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki?"
"No. Konoha would never let the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki step onto the battlefield. Who the hell are you?"
All the villages were well aware of the Nine-Tails' terror. Konoha had never allowed the Nine-Tails' host to fight in open war.
He knew clearly: the kid before him wasn't the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki.
"Hehehe. Does it matter?"
"You're going to die anyway."
"I don't care much about the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, but I do care about your swords. For them, I'll use my strongest attack to send you off!"
"Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Terrifying chakra began to gather—red and blue chakra orbs fused together mid-air, forming a massive purple-black sphere.
The dreadful chakra radiating from it made the onlookers shudder.
"Hmph! I didn't expect to die at the hands of a Jinchūriki!"
"Brat, even if you're a Jinchūriki, I'm not afraid of you!"
"I am Kurosuki Raiga! Thunder is my power!"
"Lightning Style: Lightning Burial!"
All the lightning fell at once, as though tearing the earth asunder.
This was Raiga's strongest move—lightning that would destroy even him, annihilating everything around him in the process.
"Whoosh!"
"Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Under the astonished gazes of the three snakes, Gekko Chizan in half-tailed form grabbed the Tailed Beast Bomb in front of him with one hand.
The terrifying chakra, forced under external control, became wildly unstable. The sphere began to distort and change shape.
Gekko Chizan didn't care at all, ignoring the transformation entirely—this scared Chōmei out of his mind.
"What the hell, Chizan! What are you doing!"
"That's a Tailed Beast Bomb! Are you trying to blow yourself up?!"
"Just spit it out! Don't grip it! Hey hey hey! It's gonna explode! It's gonna explode!!"
"Eh???? How is this possible?"
Chōmei's voice was like a rollercoaster—first high, then low, then filled with endless confusion.
He felt like his entire worldview had just been shattered.
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