Chapter 171: The Terrifying Ice Release Secret Technique
Seeing the Kusanagi sword about to pierce her chest, Minazuki Saya's strength as a Kage-level powerhouse erupted in an instant.
She forcefully twisted her body, using her physical fitness, which was far superior to Kyosuke's, to successfully avoid the fatal sword strike at the cost of a minor injury.
However, before she could catch her breath, Kyosuke's blade turned again and slashed at her neck.
At the same time, a dazzling flame suddenly rose from the blade of the Kusanagi sword.
"Uchiha Style: Blazing Sword Leap."
The crisis came again. This time, Minazuki Saya did not panic in the slightest, but looked at the oncoming sharp sword with a mocking expression.
Clang! An ice mirror suddenly appeared in front of Kyosuke, blocking the blade of the Kusanagi sword.
Just as she was preparing to say something, she was surprised to find that a hint of mockery had also flashed across Kyosuke's face.
"Do you really think that your hand seals can escape my eyes?"
A cold and murderous voice quietly appeared behind Minazuki Saya, and this voice was from Kyosuke.
Splurt! The moment the Kusanagi sword passed, a jet of blood suddenly sprayed into the air.
Seeing that the enemy had been injured by his shadow clone, Kyosuke did not let up and once again swung his sword at the enemy.
Since Minazuki Saya had previously intended to use close-quarters combat to suppress Kyosuke, now that she had been defeated in close combat, it was not an easy task to create distance again.
With a single-handed seal, the Level 6 Body Flicker Technique erupted, and Kyosuke directly transformed into an afterimage, attacking the unsteady enemy.
"Not good!" Minazuki Saya successfully avoided Kyosuke's two fatal strikes, but this third time, she could not avoid it no matter what.
Just then, a curtain of water suddenly enveloped her, allowing her to successfully escape Kyosuke's blade.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall."
Seeing that his single sword strike could not break through the rapidly surging water, Kyosuke leaped back to dodge the enemy's counterattack, then couldn't help but turn to look at a spot not far away.
There, a young girl was staring at him with a guarded expression, and at the same time, her hands were quickly forming hand seals.
The one who had released the Water Formation Wall just now was also this young girl.
"Sairan, well done," Minazuki Saya's still-shaken voice came from within the water curtain, which also let Kyosuke know the girl's name.
"Sairan, a good name," Kyosuke said without any frustration from his missed attack. He then said softly, "Seven, kill her."
"Yes, sir." Hearing Kyosuke's order, Seven, who was not far away, after forcing back the enemy in front of him, directly turned and charged at Minazuki Sairan.
Seeing that no one could disturb his battle, Kyosuke finally turned his head again and looked at the still-bleeding Minazuki Saya.
At this time, Kyosuke had already learned the identity of the enemy before him from the intelligence he had reviewed before: the current Clan Head of the Minazuki clan.
"As the head of a clan, you actually have to be saved by a little girl. What a... joke," Kyosuke said without mercy.
Hearing his words, Minazuki Saya's face instantly darkened.
She subconsciously glanced at the fighting Sairan, with no intention of retorting, and directly launched her attack.
On the surface of the sea in the distance, a dense swarm of ice blades suddenly appeared and then shot rapidly at Kyosuke.
"Secret Technique: A Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death."
Unlike the kind-hearted Haku, all the ice blades she created were larger than kunai. If one were to be hit by one, even if they didn't die, they would be seriously injured.
Seeing the rapidly approaching ice blades, Kyosuke said with a smile, "A good attack. Just right for testing 'its' defensive ability."
With that, he slammed his single hand on the ground.
"Summoning Beast: Rashomon."
Thump, thump, thump!
A huge gate with a strange face on it suddenly rose from the ground. Although the sound of the ice blades hitting it was incessant, it could not break through Rashomon's barrier to harm the Kyosuke behind it.
Seeing that her secret technique had been in vain, Minazuki Saya's heart hardened. Regardless of the presence of the other ninja, she directly launched another secret technique.
With the surge of her chakra, countless ice mirrors suddenly rose within a radius of several dozen meters, enveloping more than twenty people, including Kyosuke.
"Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals."
"No, Lady Saya, please don't," a Mist ninja who was familiar with the situation pleaded in a terrified tone.
But Minazuki Saya did not care about the lives of her subordinates in the slightest and chose to launch her attack directly.
Instantly, a sky full of ice bullets thus rained down on everyone without discrimination.
"Secret Technique: Ice Blade Barrage."
The power, which far exceeded what Haku had used in the "dungeon," made Kyosuke's cold sweat instantly break out.
He used the Body Flicker Technique to get in front of the two clan shinobi, and just as he had built an earth wall to enclose the three of them, the ice bullets fell like rain.
In an instant, in this space surrounded by countless ice mirrors, a constant roar of explosions sounded.
The ninja on both sides had long since given up on fighting and were using various defensive means to try to block the fatal attack. But unfortunately, very few survived.
Minazuki Saya hid in an ice mirror several dozen meters high, her gaze firmly fixed on a circular earth wall below.
"Did it work?" Although she really wanted to just solve the enemy like this, the burning wound on her back was a reminder that the enemy was not an opponent who could be easily dealt with.
Sure enough, not long after, the earth wall collapsed with a crack, and three figures walked out of it, looking a bit worse for wear.
"Cough, cough, we finally made it," Kyosuke's Sharingan swept around, and he found the enemy's figure at the top.
But for some unknown reason, he did not launch an attack, as if he were waiting for something.
The two sides thus remained in a stalemate for a while. In the end, it was Minazuki Saya who couldn't hold back and made the first move. Because if she didn't, her subordinates outside would probably be completely slaughtered.
It had to be said that the combat power of Kyosuke's army's ninja was indeed a whole level higher than the enemy's.
"Since the Ice Blade Barrage can't solve you, then how about you try this move?"
"Secret Technique: Heavenly Weeping."
Minazuki Saya ignored the Great Fireball that Kyosuke and the others were trying to use to block her and instead spat out a large black cloud from her mouth.
When this black cloud had slowly covered the heads of the few of them, a large number of ice needles, even denser than before, thus madly fell on the three of them.
"Don't even think about using an earth-style jutsu to defend. The penetrating power of the Heavenly Weeping is not something a mere earth-style jutsu can defend against," Minazuki Saya said, continuing to maintain her chakra output, and was preparing to enjoy the enemy's dying struggle.
But just then, a figure suddenly charged out of the ruins of the original earth-style jutsu.
She looked carefully, and this figure was none other than Uchiha Kyosuke, but his appearance was a bit different.
An evil single horn, blue hair filled with a strange power, and the faintly visible transparent green snake shadow—all of this spoke of his peculiarity.
It turned out that the Kyosuke who had climbed out of the earth wall before was a shadow clone, and his real body had been hiding in the ruins of the earth wall, trying to accumulate natural energy.
Although he could directly enter Sage Mode by releasing his cursed seal, the shorter duration made him reluctant to use this trump card easily. That was why he had chosen to rely on his own conversion to enter Sage Mode.
Coming to the two clan shinobi, Kyosuke, in his Snake Sage state, directly waved his hand and released a Wind Release ninjutsu filled with sage art chakra.
But that wasn't all. A snake shadow behind him opened its mouth and spewed a mouthful of burning, almost white-hot flames.
When the fierce wind and flames met, they formed a combination Sage Art attack with an extremely wide coverage.
"Sage Art: Wind and Fire Gilt."
This Sage Art not only destroyed the falling ice needles but also completely evaporated the black cloud. If it weren't for Minazuki Saya running fast, she probably wouldn't have been able to escape death.
Seeing the countless shattered ice mirrors at the top, Minazuki Saya, with a lingering fear in her heart, no longer had a single shred of wishful thinking.
At this time, she had already recognized the enemy's strength. For this, she was preparing to take out her strongest secret technique to deal with the tricky brat before her.
First, she repaired the broken ice mirrors at the top again. Then, while forming hand seals, she slowly said to the Kyosuke below, "Did you know that as our clan develops the Kekkei Genkai to different stages, we will correspondingly master different secret techniques? This Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals is the ability I mastered in the second stage."
Hearing the enemy actually begin to explain her abilities, if it weren't for the limited duration of Sage Mode, Kyosuke would have really been in the mood to listen to her.
Looking at the enemy hidden several dozen meters in the air, the snake shadow behind Kyosuke suddenly merged into a pair of wings. With a forceful flap, he directly charged at the enemy who was in the air.
Thump. He shattered the ice mirror before him, but Kyosuke found that the enemy's figure had actually vanished into thin air.
"It's not like Haku's Body Flicker in the ice mirrors. Otherwise, no matter how fast she is, it's impossible for her to escape my Sharingan," Kyosuke thought to himself as he slowly descended.
Just then, her voice came again from another place.
"I've already developed the Kekkei Genkai to the third stage. The ability I've obtained this time must be used in conjunction with the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals."
At this time, the duration of Kyosuke's Sage Mode was already approaching its limit. The snake shadow surrounding him flickered slightly, and then disappeared.
"It seems that the duration of his state is not long. The reason he was hiding in the ruins before was probably to make preparations," Minazuki Saya said with a cold smile, and then her hands completed the last hand seal.
Instantly, a dark glow appeared on the surface of all the ice mirrors.
"Secret Technique: Cold Moon Frost Flower."
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