Chapter 472: Sasuke VS Sasuke (1)
Although Haruno Sakura promised Sasuke she wouldn't intervene in the battle.
But her influence on the battle had already involved all aspects.
So even if she just stood casually on the sidelines, arms crossed, making a gesture of non-intervention, Rogue Ninja Sasuke still subconsciously paid attention to her existence.
He walked onto the dilapidated field, eyes looking at his other self, but half of his attention always remained on the pink-haired girl on the sidelines.
For the other Sasuke, he didn't feel the need to be too vigilant.
Admittedly, he had his Susanoo smashed by Haruno Sakura twice, suffering considerable injuries, and his condition was far from peak; but after Karin's healing, it was no hindrance to fighting.
In comparison, the other Sasuke was a year younger than him and had grown up in Konoha all along.
Rogue Ninja Sasuke didn't think he would be very strong.
—Except for that strange transformation, which looked somewhat formidable.
Until Konoha Sasuke held the Chidori Short Sword condensed by Yingying lightning, like a ghostly blue electric light, raiding quickly, the cyan short sword in his hand drew a shining blade shadow.
Boldly slashing down towards the enemy!
At this moment, Rogue Ninja Sasuke was startled in his heart—
So fast!
A crisp sound of metal and stone colliding came from where the Kusanagi Sword and Chidori Blade collided abruptly!
At the last moment, Rogue Ninja Sasuke finally reacted, barely blocking Konoha Sasuke's assault before the blade reached his body.
Across the intersection of the silver steel sword and the cyan lightning sword, Konoha Sasuke looked over playfully with his hexagonal star Sharingan.
"Is your reaction... this slow?"
The look in the Mangekyo seemed to say so.
Being looked at like this by another self, Rogue Ninja Sasuke felt slightly angry in his heart, but more than that, he was awestruck by his strength.
This Uchiha Sasuke, whose image looked more cute than mighty, was actually so strong!
Speed, strength, and swordsmanship when slashing.
Appeared not much weaker than him!
"Good at swordsmanship? Interesting... then I'll play with you!"
Rogue Ninja Sasuke snorted coldly, exerted force with his hand, pushing the opponent away; the latter borrowed the force to jump back, bent his knees and bowed his waist, his whole person seemed to turn into a spring compressed to the extreme, then, bounced away abruptly!
As if the spring snapped open, Konoha Sasuke's strength and speed increased greatly in an instant, his figure erupted, approaching the enemy again suddenly!
Close enough to almost see the reflection in the enemy's hexagonal star Mangekyo pupils.
Blade light flashed.
The second slash struck!
Shoo—!
White Fang's swordsmanship didn't have too many fancy tricks, only three words: fast, accurate, ruthless.
Sasuke's slash was a standard White Fang swordsmanship slash: expressing one's mind directly, aiming straight for the enemy. Extremely fast, extremely accurate, extremely ruthless.
Rogue Ninja Sasuke's face changed slightly, finally looking squarely at the enemy in front of him for the first time after the fight started!
This self from another world was probably not as incompetent as he imagined...
He is very strong.
Stronger than he imagined!
Rogue Ninja Sasuke had to admit this.
His figure retreated violently, dodging the opponent's sharp slash with an extreme posture.
Borrowing the momentum of retreating, Rogue Ninja Sasuke crossed his steps, his figure drew an arc on the field, flipped his wrist, the tip of the Kusanagi Sword flickering uncertainly, stabbing out viciously like a venomous snake.
Rogue Ninja Sasuke, who practiced Orochimaru's swordsmanship, had obvious differences in swordsmanship style from Konoha Sasuke.
Orochimaru's swordsmanship style leaned towards strange, insidious, and ruthless, closely related to the character of its creator.
But being blindly insidious made Orochimaru's swordsmanship more suitable for sneak attacks, plotting, etc. Moreover, Orochimaru was not famous for swordsmanship; so in a frontal battle, Konoha Sasuke, who mastered White Fang's swordsmanship, easily gained the upper hand—
Only to see lightning explode in his hand, the power of the Chidori Short Sword erupted instantly, the extremely fast speed accelerated a bit more, the blade body turned into a fan of blue light, the air was pierced, making crackling explosive sounds, meeting Rogue Ninja Sasuke's Kusanagi Sword with one slash.
A swift and fierce slash cut on the snake head of the Kusanagi Sword, chopping off the restless sword tip with one slash!
A deep notch was cut on the Kusanagi Sword.
Rogue Ninja Sasuke's eye corner twitched violently!
In the contest of swordsmanship, he also fell into a disadvantage...
Konoha Sasuke was unforgiving, moving his feet, advancing step by step, the lightning sword in his hand slashed repeatedly, the fierce blade momentum seemed to turn into a storm, slashing towards the enemy without stopping!
Clang clang clang!
Continuous sounds of sword collision came from the field instantly, densely connecting into a piece!
Two boys with almost identical appearances wielded cyan Chidori Short Sword and silver-white Kusanagi Long Sword respectively, drawing blade lights and sword shadows, constantly colliding; the boys' figures were like the wind, their postures agile and swift, their steps dodging and moving, engaging in fierce combat!
Undoubtedly, the one occupying the advantage was Konoha Sasuke who mastered the swordsmanship inherited from the White Fang.
Under his strong attack, although Rogue Ninja Sasuke parried every move without fail, he fought more and more strenuously, more and more uncomfortably.
Rogue Ninja Sasuke frowned tightly.
The opponent was proficient in swordsmanship, obviously having learned the essence of White Fang's swordsmanship. In swordsmanship, he had already lost a notch; and in the contest of strength and speed, he, not in peak condition, also couldn't gain an advantage—even in peak condition, he might not be much faster than that Sasuke.
Unexpectedly, he was suppressed by Konoha Sasuke who was a year younger than him!
In fact, Lightning Release: Chidori Demon Mode was a nintaijutsu that greatly enhanced agility. Coupled with Konoha Sasuke also awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, his control over speed went up a level, so he was much faster than before. Rogue Ninja Sasuke, even in his prime, couldn't keep up with his speed...
Risking damage to the Kusanagi Sword again, Rogue Ninja Sasuke exchanged a blow with the opponent, borrowing the force to jump back fiercely.
Konoha Sasuke chased relentlessly, raising the cyan short sword in his hand, movements bright and powerful like an agile cheetah, the blade tip cutting through the air, carrying awe-inspiring whistling sound, chasing up!
A dull muffled sound came from the intersection of the chakra armor on Rogue Ninja Sasuke and the Chidori Short Sword.
No, that wasn't chakra armor, but—
"Susanoo?"
Konoha Sasuke was startled and jumped back abruptly.
Rogue Ninja Sasuke didn't answer his question.
Susanoo was performed for the third time today. Its power had obviously declined a lot, and its form also degenerated, completely degenerating to the first form, which was the state of only using ribs for defense.
But this was enough.
The Chidori Short Sword slashed on the thin bones condensed by Susanoo, actually failing to cut it off at once!
"The first stage just now, I was careless. But next... is the real battle!"
Rogue Ninja Sasuke stood inside the protective circle of Susanoo and said coldly.
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