Chapter 374: Frontal Confrontation (Part 1)
As Kisame lifted the large sword and completely liberated Samehada's form, Haruno Sakura also completed her ninjutsu.
"Ice Style: Frost Funeral!"
She lifted her lower leg, sweeping out of the water, and then her sandal stomped down fiercely, splashing countless water droplets.
In an instant, chakra surged, a fierce wind rose, and the momentum of the ninjutsu vented unscrupulously; in a flash, it went from extreme silence to boiling!
Slowing down time a hundred times, one could see the changes in this instant clearly: in the perspective of expanding 0.01 seconds to one second, the world seemed to have stopped breathing. The dust in the air stagnated in the sunlight, the fluttering hair froze in the strong wind, but the execution of the ninjutsu was still too fast to react.
The cold air spread out from the girl as the center at an extremely fast speed!
The splashed water droplets condensed into crystal ice beads while still in the air, falling as big and small pearls; the rippling water waves, before they could go far, were frozen by the frost, staying at the moment the exquisite sandal stepped down, turning into a transparent and stagnant picture scroll.
Then, the ice layer grew and spread rapidly.
Then, ice spikes protruded, ice prisms pierced up, and ice blades shot out!
Countless ice weapons of various shapes, exquisite or rough, sharp or hard, knives, swords, spears, kunai, darts, shuriken, etc., all climbed and emerged with the growth of the ice layer, turning the originally crystal and beautiful world of ice and snow into a terrifying scene full of killing intent, turning all beauty into hideous horror.
Expanding one second to a hundred times, the execution of the ninjutsu was also shockingly fast; in less than a few breaths, the world of ice and snow expanded and touched Kisame.
A long paragraph was said, but in the normal time perspective, it was just a short fraction of a second.
In the blink of an eye, Haruno Sakura suddenly formed seals, and then turned the entire ground into her home field.
Then, countless ice weapons created by the ninjutsu surged towards and even drowned the enemy in front of her like a tide!
Taking advantage of the brief pause and conversation just now, Haruno Sakura quietly laid out a grand move. As soon as it came up, it was a mighty covering attack, and an endless suffocating tide of ice surged up instantly!
Haruno Sakura did not hold back at all and used this ninjutsu with all her strength. After so long of cultivation, although this ninjutsu had not undergone any earth-shaking improvements, the person who developed and used it had been continuously improving in strength. Her understanding and application of ninjutsu became more profound and essential. The casting speed and power of Frost Funeral were already on a higher level than before.
If it were an ordinary Jonin, they might even be instantly killed in the first encounter under her premeditated attack, just like the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki Fuu just now.
Even if the opponent was a Kage-level expert, this was definitely a blow not to be underestimated!
But for Haruno Sakura, the significance of this move was not to storm the enemy, or even to set up the home field, but merely a prelude to the attack, to buy her an opportunity to strike first.
She didn't even look up to see what effect this ninjutsu had on Kisame, didn't pay attention to how the enemy dealt with this ninjutsu, just bowed her head, gathered strength all over her body, bent her knees slightly, and prepared to erupt.
In the next moment, the girl's figure disappeared from the spot and appeared abruptly behind Kisame!
Incredibly fast Ice Body Flicker, Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!
Then, it was a swift blow as heavy as Mount Tai.
No more dragged-out ninjutsu, just a straightforward punch.
The arch of the foot lifted, chakra flowed smoothly through the body, from the sole of the foot and ankle upwards, fascia and ligaments stretched to the extreme, the entire calf and thigh tensed straight, muscles exploded with crazy power under the effect of the Monstrous Strength Technique, waist twisted, shoulder sent out, elbow lifted and punched—
Nin-Taijutsu: Star Cannon Hammer!
The thunderous punch twisted all the strength of the girl's body into one strand, concentrated on the small fist surface, and struck out brazenly!
Compared to Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Technique, the nin-taijutsu used by Haruno Sakura at this moment was slightly better: the Fifth Hokage's Monstrous Strength Technique merely enhanced every fiber of the muscles in the arm or leg with chakra, making it exert more than a hundred times the power, achieving the effect of splitting a street with one finger or creating a small earthquake with one foot, but in the end, the Monstrous Strength Technique only acted on a part of the body; the nin-taijutsu gradually improved and completed by Haruno Sakura over the years further integrated the essence of taijutsu on the basis of chakra control, enhancing every part of the body exerting force for the punch with chakra. The difficulty of the technique increased, and the power also increased significantly!
"Hey!"
A loud shout announced Haruno Sakura's strongest blow, blasting out with unparalleled power!
However, what she met was not Kisame's panicked back, but the latter's anticipated ferocious smile!
"It really is this move!"
A sneer of anticipation hung on Kisame's face, cold and ruthless. He seemed to have known long ago that Haruno Sakura would appear in this position, so the moment the girl disappeared, he turned around, lifted the sword, waved the Samehada bulging with spikes, and slapped precisely at the girl's fist with a howl!
The hideous spikes bulging high on the Samehada sword, like a huge pufferfish, rushed fiercely towards Sakura's flesh and blood!
"What?"
Haruno Sakura's pupils suddenly tightened!
The attack routine was seen through, and the best response should have been to change moves; but even in the Sakura Rush state, with reaction speed accelerated to an extraordinary degree, Sakura had no way to stop her punch. The reaction time left for her was too short, and the power carried by this punch was too huge. It was already an arrow that had left the bow string, able to be released but not retracted!
All she could do was slightly adjust the posture of her punch to meet the Samehada sword at a better angle!
Neither side had the space or time to change moves. At this moment, no one could retreat. It could only be that when enemies meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
BOOM—
The small fist finally came into contact with the Samehada sword in Kisame's hand, which had expanded so hugely that it had no normal shape.
The moment the two touched: the sharp spikes on the blade instantly cut the fair skin, pierced into the flesh, creating large, hideous, and terrifying wounds deep enough to see the bone, and blood immediately gushed out like a fountain! More importantly, the chakra maintaining the Monstrous Strength Technique became turbulent, instantly absorbed a lot by Samehada, and the monstrous strength produced under chakra manipulation was also disappearing rapidly!
Haruno Sakura's small face was tense, her silver teeth clenched, but she didn't retreat at all, instead advancing further; chakra poured out crazily, constantly filling the part absorbed by Samehada. Samehada's ability to absorb chakra was extremely strong, but Sakura's ability to control chakra was even stronger. Therefore, the power on the fist fluctuated violently, dropped by a few percent, and then quickly stabilized! Ignoring the bloody wounds on her hand and the intense pain, she blasted the Star Cannon Hammer firmly!
Power, the power to overturn mountains and seas blasted over!
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