Chapter 379: The Move to Decide the Outcome?
Haruno Sakura carefully examined the transformed Kisame twice, her gaze lingering on his gills for a moment longer.
"Compared to me, this is the real transformation master, right?" While preparing the chakra for the next move, she still had the leisure to complain, "At least I'm still human, he has completely turned into another species!"
The girl appeared calm on the surface, but under her peaceful expression, her mind was spinning like lightning, analyzing extremely quickly.
"Those gills are probably not for decoration. It seems he should be able to breathe underwater..."
"And fish tail, fins... very suitable for moving in water."
"With specialized combat power for the water environment, plus this super-large lake, he has completely occupied the home field advantage... The resistance in water is too great. I don't know super taijutsu like Guy's, so I can't instantly kill him with Nin-Taijutsu. I can only rely on ninjutsu clashes... Although the water environment is also a favorable factor for me, it's still a bit troublesome to manipulate these water flows mixed with his chakra. This is nothing, it's just that I can't defeat him in a short time using Water Style alone."
"If Sasuke didn't need support over there, this would be a good opportunity to let him understand what it means to be too clever for one's own good, but now a quick victory is needed..."
"The probing is enough. His trump cards should have all been revealed, no big follow-up moves..."
"Then, I have enough confidence..."
"Finish him off with the next move!"
She lowered her eyelids, pondering silently.
The previous mistake knocked out her impetuousness, but it didn't make Sakura lose confidence and belittle herself. On the contrary, after discarding that arrogance and frivolity, Haruno Sakura's momentum became more solid and steady. If previous battles were a honing of her skills, this battle with Kisame completed a honing of her will and character!
And right now, in the gradual probing, Sakura had mastered enough intelligence. She had enough confidence that even if Kisame had any follow-up moves, he couldn't stop her next attack!
"This is the first time I've been pushed to this extent," not far away, the merman floated in the water, "speaking" while spitting bubbles. Unable to speak normally in the underwater environment, these were words transmitted by his chakra. "Although I can win by dragging it out, out of respect, let me defeat you with the next strike!"
"One move to decide the outcome?" Haruno Sakura responded, bubbles rising from her lips. "Just what I wanted... I happen to be in a hurry too!"
As if by tacit agreement, while speaking, neither of them concealed their chakra fluctuations anymore. The chakra aura hidden and circulating in their bodies was exposed nakedly!
The chakra gushing out from Haruno Sakura even pushed back the lake water. Across a distance of a hundred meters, Kisame could feel the terrifying aura coming from the girl's side!
Kisame's heart trembled, but a fierce sneer appeared on his face, saying: "Although I don't want to admit it, whether it's chakra amount, Water Style, or taijutsu, I have been surpassed by you..."
"And your strength is even still growing! Being able to meet an opponent like you is probably my honor!"
"What a pity. It's unknown how far a character like you could go in the future! Unfortunately, you are going to die prematurely at my hands today!"
When saying this, for some reason, that person, Uchiha Madara, suddenly popped up in Kisame's mind.
No, impossible.
Fighting to this extent, he had to admit that Haruno Sakura's strength exceeded his imagination. Without Samehada, he might not even be able to last one move under her hand! But no matter how much she grew, how could a ninja with only the Ice Style Kekkei Genkai climb to the peak of Uchiha Madara's level?
What's more, how could a dying person have any future?
The Mist rogue ninja shook his head slightly, throwing this absurd idea out of his mind.
The seals in his hand were nearing completion, so he was full of confidence in defeating Haruno Sakura. At this moment, he heard the voice of the Konoha ninja opposite him.
"Is this your last words?"
The voice was as cold as ever, without a ripple.
Haruno Sakura did not respond to Kisame's words, seemingly not paying attention to what he said at all.
And killing intent was hidden in these plain words, permeating the air.
In contrast, her chakra was extremely restless. The massive amount of chakra on her body seemed to condense into substance, fluctuating as if alive, nurturing a ninjutsu beyond imagination.
Even Kisame, accustomed to high-consumption ninjutsu, still felt his heart tighten uncontrollably when seeing the power of this jutsu. Compared to it, the ninjutsu he was preparing right now, although also an unusual high-level ninjutsu, was nothing in comparison!
"However, no matter what kind of ninjutsu it is, the final winner will be me."
Thinking of the characteristics of his ninjutsu, Kisame forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart and completed the last seal methodically.
"My jutsu happens to become stronger when encountering the strong. The stronger the opponent, the more power it can exert!"
Although having such cognition, for some reason, Kisame always had an ominous premonition in his heart. This was the intuition of a battle-hardened warrior. A voice deep in Kisame's heart seemed to be telling him to run away quickly and avoid that ninjutsu!
Kisame ignored this warning sign. He clenched his hands together violently into a fist, and then swung forward with surging chakra!
"Water Style: Super Shark Bomb Jutsu!"
ROAR—!!
The moment Kisame's chakra left his body, it transformed into a huge shark, roaring and howling, opening a bloody mouth fully tens of meters large, rushing towards Haruno Sakura!
"Super Shark Bomb Jutsu is not an ordinary ninjutsu... It possesses Samehada's ability! In the collision of ninjutsu, it can absorb chakra on its own to weaken the opponent and strengthen itself. No matter what kind of ninjutsu, it will be nibbled clean and swallowed in one bite by it, thoroughly defeating the opponent in turn!"
"So far, no one has been able to stop this attack... This is a ninjutsu that becomes stronger when encountering the strong!"
The giant shark transformed by ninjutsu, carrying Kisame's confidence of invincibility, let out an earth-shattering roar and pressed towards Haruno Sakura with overwhelming momentum.
And at this moment, Sakura's ninjutsu finally arrived late!
Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away from the center of the fierce battle.
In a hidden cave deep in the mountains.
The masked man slowly opened his eyes.
The weird spiral mask only had an eye hole in the center of the spiral. Through the hole, a blood-red and bewitching eye could be seen.
Three black tomoe spun continuously in that bright red eye. The short-haired man calling himself Uchiha Madara sat on a stone chair, legs crossed, his index finger painted with black nail polish tapping on the chair rhythmically.
"How is the situation?"
In the darkness, Uchiha Obito asked faintly to the empty hall.
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