Chapter 175: Kyosuke's Swordsmanship
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Technique."
While the flames had not yet dispersed, Kyosuke threw a large handful of shuriken.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson."
The shuriken, mixed with the scorching hot flames, attacked the enemy like scattered phoenix sage flowers.
The power of this advanced ninjutsu was that it not only contained the power of Fire Release but could also be used like shuriken for angled attacks, making it almost impossible to defend against.
Faced with the oncoming attack, Gen Tetsu Kaguya gritted his teeth. Not only did he not dodge, but he charged forward again at an accelerated speed.
At the same time, a layer of highly compressed water flow covered the long sword in his hand.
"Flowing Water Seal: Raging Might."
With a roar, this powerful slash directly shattered the flying shuriken in front of him and continued toward Kyosuke with undiminished momentum.
"Whew..." Kyosuke let out a light breath, his attention instantly highly concentrated. When it came to swordsmanship, he was not afraid of anyone now.
Turn, sink his waist, his palm held open at the hilt, containing an endless killing intent, and it wasn't until the moment Gen Tetsu Kaguya's blade was about to close in that it erupted.
"Immovable Flame Slash."
With his swordsmanship raised to Level 10, Kyosuke could now use this iaijutsu without the power of Sage Mode. And Gen Tetsu Kaguya was the second person to have the honor of tasting it.
The rapidly slashing blade directly cut through the water flow along with the blade. Even his right hand, which was holding the sword, was not spared and was directly cut off by Kyosuke.
With blood spraying, Gen Tetsu Kaguya couldn't help but let out a pained grunt.
But as brave as he was, he would not just give up on his plan.
"Give it to me!" Gen Tetsu Kaguya pulled over a subordinate, snatched a short sword from his hand with a wave of his hand, and then charged at Kyosuke again.
"Flowing Water Seal: Azure Dragon."
Looking at the enemy's frenzied expression, Kyosuke sneered in his heart. "Since you're so determined to die, then I'll grant you your wish."
This time, Kyosuke did not choose to fight the enemy head-on, but held his sword with both hands and turned to the side.
After calming his mind, his arm twitched slightly, and in an instant, three seemingly ethereal sword lights pierced through the ferocious water dragon and fiercely slashed at Gen Tetsu Kaguya's body.
"Secret Sword: Flying Swallow Return."
This was a three-in-one phantom body technique that Kyosuke had created using genjutsu, the Body Flicker Technique, and swordsmanship. He asked himself, at present, there were very few people in the ninja world who could take this move head-on, and Gen Tetsu Kaguya was naturally not among them.
"How could I be defeated by this brat? This is impossible!" he said, falling to the ground with a thump. Gen Tetsu Kaguya did not care about the blood that was flowing freely from his body, but struggled to get up and prepare to fight again.
However, he had been subjected to such a powerful attack in succession. Even if his physical strength was high, it was probably inevitable that he would be seriously injured, so for a time, he could only struggle in vain.
Seeing their clan head seriously injured in a few rounds, the other Kaguya clan ninja couldn't help but widen their eyes in astonishment.
Then, having recovered, they all abandoned their original opponents and charged at Kyosuke, preparing to rescue their clan head.
"A good opportunity," Kyosuke said, his eyes suddenly narrowing as he saw the enemy's reckless behavior in order to rescue their comrade.
With his hands clasped together, he brought a series of afterimages and madly charged at the Mist ninja in front of him.
"Body Flicker Technique."
Coming behind an enemy, the Kusanagi sword, with a thunderous momentum, directly slashed across the enemy's neck. It wasn't until Kyosuke had left the spot that blood sprayed freely.
The second, the third... in just a few short breaths, the number of enemies who had died at Kyosuke's hands had reached a dozen.
It had to be said that when facing these ninja whose strength was generally lower than his own, with the combination of extreme speed, powerful swordsmanship, and the excellent perception of the Sharingan, it was really too easy to kill enemies.
Of course, this was also partly due to the fact that these ninja had been distracted in order to rescue their comrade.
Seeing this, Kyosuke simply used Gen Tetsu Kaguya as a bait and began to slaughter the enemies who had come to the rescue.
In an instant, the number of corpses around him rapidly increased.
After a long while, a Kaguya clan ninja finally broke through his blockade and came to Gen Tetsu Kaguya's side.
"Clan Head, you..." This ninja wanted to persuade his clan head to retreat, but the latter's murderous gaze made him swallow the words he was about to say.
This person had no doubt that if he really dared to persuade the clan head to retreat, he would probably be killed by him directly. He was very sure of this, knowing Gen Tetsu Kaguya's personality.
Helpless, this person could only make a gesture to his surrounding comrades, preparing to use their numerical advantage to defeat the enemy head-on.
Seeing the enemy's intention to gather, for some unknown reason, Kyosuke did not interrupt their actions. While continuing his slaughter, he quietly released the cursed seal on his neck.
"Thirty seconds. I must seriously injure them during this period. So, it's beneficial for me for the enemy to gather together," Kyosuke thought to himself.
By the time the members of the Kaguya clan had surrounded Gen Tetsu Kaguya, Kyosuke, who had entered Sage Mode, had directly appeared on their other side in an instant.
With a quick series of hand seals, his real body and the snake shadow behind him released an attack at almost the same time.
"Sage Art: Wind and Fire Gilt."
The combination Sage Art, which had an extremely large coverage area, instantly enveloped these unsuspecting enemies.
"Aaaah!!!" Countless screams were incessant, but this could not shake Kyosuke's cold gaze in the slightest.
"You guys stay and clean up the enemies who were lucky enough to survive. I'm going to another battlefield," when the surrounding subordinates heard his order, Kyosuke had already arrived at another small battlefield with a larger number of people.
Body Flicker Technique, swordsmanship, and the simultaneous attack of the snake shadow—wherever Kyosuke went, it could almost be said that there were casualties everywhere.
"Whew... about a dozen people were dealt with in less than twenty seconds," he said, taking a deep breath, and then turned and charged at another place.
On a cliff, ten kilometers away from the third battlefield, seven figures were rapidly running.
"Lord Mizukage actually told us to go and support the Kaguya clan. Let me tell you, it's better for those people with abnormal brains to just die," a rather plump man with long orange-red hair said.
"Hehe, fatty, I agree with you. It's better for those scumbags to just die," another person said. From the looks of it, he was also very dissatisfied with the Kaguya clan.
"Even if we don't want to, we still have to follow Lord Mizukage's orders to go to the rescue. Don't you think so, Juzo?"
"Tsk, a boring order."
These seven figures, in the midst of this noisy conversation, gradually moved away. And the direction they were heading was none other than the battlefield where Kyosuke and the others were.
❃❃❃
⤑ Show your support with Power Stones!
⤑ Unlock a Bonus Chapter every time we hit 100 Power Stones!
❃❃❃
♕ Get early access to 30+ advanced chapters on Patreon!
🔗 https://www.pat-reon.co-m/c/Hollowborn
(Just remove the hyphen (-) to open the link!)
💬 Enjoying the story? Drop a review!
Your support really helps the series grow—thank you!