Chapter 163: A Technique Unleashed Together
The two were silent for a moment. The wind on the battlefield continued to blow, whistling, as if speaking for them.
The girl lifted the hair at her temples that was constantly dancing in the wind and tucked it behind her ears to prevent it from blocking her vision and affecting the upcoming battle.
She suddenly said, "It's fine if you don't want to say it... Your ability is related to your bones. Whether it's high-speed taijutsu movement or instantaneous ninjutsu teleportation, it must be activated through your bones."
"Am I wrong?"
Have I been seen through?
Kimimaro was silent.
He did not respond to Sakura's words. It's fine if I've been seen through.
Kimimaro was still full of confidence in defeating her.
Because, in this forest of bones, having opened his death gate, his chakra amount had surged by dozens of times or more. He was invincible!
He could continuously use Body Flicker to appear at any position in the bone forest to attack the enemy. In this area, he was another miniature Namikaze Minato. At the same time, the bone forest itself could continuously grow and spread under the endless supply of chakra, stabbing out bone swords and bone spears at the enemy to assist his main body's attack!
This was the true power of the Dance of the Seedling Fern.
The ability to teleport to any bone tree or bone pillar created by the Dance of the Seedling Fern was Kimimaro's final trump card!
In the original story, just after using this move, Kimimaro, who had teleported from more than two hundred meters underground to behind Gaara, had his life force depleted and his soul dissipated in the middle of his attack.
This ability to appear and disappear in an instant within the Dance of the Seedling Fern had been cut short after only showing one scene. It was truly too much of a pity.
Otherwise, on what basis would Orochimaru have valued Kimimaro so much?
Just by relying on the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai that created bones? Then why didn't he go and snatch Haku's or Sakura's body? The hardness of ice was not inferior to that of bone, and there were also all sorts of accompanying Ice Style jutsu!
"You're not wrong," Kimimaro said calmly after a moment of silence. "But this is meaningless. There's one thing I have to remind you..."
The moment he spoke, he suddenly disappeared from not far from Sakura!
And then he reappeared on another bone pillar behind the girl, launching a surprise attack on her—
"...This place is full of bones!"
SWISH— The bone spear in his right hand thrust towards her heart!
So fast! Sakura, in her Sakura Rush - Phase Two state, was actually unable to completely dodge this blow!
She tried her best to turn sideways to avoid the bone spear. The sharp spear tip cleanly cut open her Anbu vest and bodysuit, and the impact bent her ribs sharply, almost breaking them. The place under her armpit, close to her chest, was even directly torn open, taking a piece of flesh with it!
"Hmph...!" the girl let out a muffled grunt.
She was horrified. Not only was Kimimaro's speed of teleporting through the bones extremely fast, but what was even more terrifying was that, as he had said, this place was full of bones. This was a forest of bones—
This was the home field of the Shikotsumyaku!
She had been gravely mistaken to deduce Kimimaro's combat power based on the little bit of information from the original story. This Kimimaro, who had opened his death gate and had completely unleashed the Dance of the Seedling Fern, his combat power was probably ten or a hundred times greater than the Kimimaro from the manga, who had been at the end of his rope!
A home field advantage...
She grit her silver teeth. Her right hand grabbed the bone spear on her left side. Her waist twisted with the momentum, she turned, and leaned back slightly—
Her left elbow sank, and she delivered an elbow strike with the force of a thousand-pound weight at Kimimaro!
"Nin-taijutsu - Wing Chun Splitting Elbow!"
"Damn it, I can't pull my hand out!" Under the activation of the Monstrous Strength Technique, the girl's slender five fingers were stronger than steel clamps. Kimimaro tried to exert force with his right hand, but the bone spear remained motionless!
The white-haired youth's pupils shrank violently!
CRACK!
Kimimaro's figure retreated rapidly. The part of his right hand below the shoulder, which had already been half-severed by the Raikiri Raging Stream, could not escape its fate this time either. It was smashed into a pulp by that elbow strike!
If he hadn't forcefully severed the bones of his right hand, half of his right side would probably have been smashed to pieces by now.
But... this was meaningless.
"He just grew a bone arm to replace his original flesh and blood one?"
Haruno Sakura was awestruck. For the opponent to be able to do this, to still not have his combat power reduced after losing two arms, was truly astonishing!
At the same time, she also realized how disadvantageous it was for her to fight Kimimaro in this home field of the Shikotsumyaku...
However, on this point, Kimimaro knew it even more clearly than she did!
Smack! The girl pushed off with her feet and leaped up, wanting to leave this bone forest.
Swish! In the blink of an eye, Kimimaro's figure appeared on a bone pillar above her head. The sharp bone sword in his hand swung down forcefully, tracing an arc in the air.
Swish! Sakura's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt. She ducked her head sharply, letting the sword pass over her, and with a buried-body Star Cannon Hammer, she smashed Kimimaro into bone fragments.
"He dodged it again!"
Without time to think, Sakura subconsciously jumped down, avoiding the ghastly bone sword that came from above her head.
Her breathing gradually and unavoidably became rapid.
Kimimaro's attacks were so dense they were suffocating!
And at this moment, this Kimimaro, who had burned all his life and spirit, was bringing out the power of the Dance of the Seedling Fern to its greatest extent.
Using the home field advantage of being able to instantly appear anywhere in the bone forest, Kimimaro launched a continuous pursuit of Sakura!
This time, fighting against a powerful enemy on their home field was the most difficult battle the pink-haired girl had ever experienced.
Even the battle with Orochimaru back then had not made her feel so difficult.
If it were just Kimimaro himself attacking, with her Sakura Rush and Monstrous Strength Technique, she could fearlessly fight him to the death.
But if you added the fact that the thick bone pillars around her would also grow into sharp bone blades at any time to harass her, and if she was not careful, she would be stabbed with a hole in her body, this kind of battle, where she had to be distracted by her surroundings at all times, made her feel abnormally strenuous.
"Hmph..." Sakura let out a muffled grunt. "I have to find a chance to get out of his home field, or at least to cast my own ninjutsu!"
But Kimimaro's impenetrable offensive clearly did not leave her any opening she could use.
"Damn it, I can't find the timing to form hand seals!"
Even just for a single seal!
On the contrary, in a moment of distraction, her clothes were cut by his bone sword, and a few more bloody gashes were left on her body.
If this goes on, the disadvantage will only grow larger and larger!
However, just as Kimimaro was pressing forward step by step, and Haruno Sakura was beginning to struggle, her defeat gradually becoming apparent...
SWISH, SWISH—!
A few shuriken suddenly shot out from outside the battlefield.
"Steel wires?" Kimimaro's attacking posture suddenly froze. He looked down and saw that the shuriken were connected to steel wires. Under the effect of the Sharingan's ability to predict actions, they had cleverly tied up his body!
"Sharingan Secret Technique: Windmill Triple Blade!"
The unexpected attack suddenly gave Haruno Sakura a precious moment to breathe...
She finally had enough of an opening to use her own ninjutsu.
As she was forming the hand seals, Sakura subconsciously looked back.
It was Sasuke, forcing himself to stand up with his severely injured body, and in coordination with the ice clone, he had used the last of his strength to use this move.
He clearly can't even stand up anymore. How can he still launch such an attack?
This question flashed through Haruno Sakura's mind.
And then she watched with her own eyes as Sasuke, having used this move, collapsed unconscious.
The wounds that had just been treated, spurred on by this forceful blow, had begun to tear open again, and blood was continuously gushing out.
Sasuke, in a pool of blood, was quickly carried away from the battlefield on the back of the ice clone.
The girl felt her throat tremble a little.
"Thank you, Sasuke..."
She didn't know if she was moved or angry in her heart. She only felt a strong emotion welling up from the bottom of her heart, rushing straight to her head.
And the chakra in her body, for the first time, seemed to be out of control, boiling uncontrollably!
"Take this, Kimimaro..."
"This is a combined attack from Team 7!"
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