Chapter 177: Seven Swords Style: Seven Crescent Moon Slash
"Sharingan?! Damn it."
Although Raiga Kurosuki tried his best to break free from the genjutsu, the blade that was already approaching his head made him feel a deep sense of despair.
"What? You're being suppressed by a little brat?"
Just then, a mocking voice suddenly entered their ears.
Feeling the sharp whistle from behind, Kyosuke had no choice but to give up on the enemy he was about to kill and turn to deal with the other's attack.
Thump!
After a loud bang, Kyosuke was sent flying while maintaining a blocking posture, his two legs carving a deep trench in the ground.
"Such strong power," Kyosuke muttered to himself, his gaze turning to this unexpected spoiler, Juzo Biwa, who was holding the executioner's blade.
He placed his hand on Raiga Kurosuki's body. While helping his comrade break free from the genjutsu's control, he looked at Kyosuke, who was not far away, and said, "Konoha brat, did you kill Gen Tetsu Kaguya?"
"What? You want to avenge him?" Kyosuke said, standing up and stretching his arms.
"No, no, don't get me wrong," Juzo Biwa said with a smile, waving his hand. "Although we're from the same village, I still want to say, you did a great job."
Kyosuke looked at this ruthless man who had dared to take on a Tailed Beast Bomb with his greatsword. With a burst of chakra from his feet, he instantly charged at him.
"So fast," Juzo Biwa's pupils contracted slightly. He kicked his still-not-fully-recovered comrade aside, then turned and delivered a powerful horizontal slash.
"Sure enough, when facing such a powerhouse, I can no longer simply rely on speed to suppress him," Kyosuke thought, who had been sent flying again, with a sense of helplessness.
"Whew... since I can't win with speed, then let's see whose swordsmanship is stronger."
Just as Kyosuke's blade was pointed at the two enemies, a sharp whistle suddenly came from behind him again.
He turned and slashed, sending the oncoming weapon flying, and a man with a mask appeared before him.
"Kushimaru Kuriarare," Kyosuke said, spitting out the newcomer's name coldly.
"I never thought that the one leading this war would actually be such a little brat," Kushimaru Kuriarare said, pulling the incredibly sharp steel wire in his hand, and the longsword Nuibari, which had been sent flying, returned to his hand as if it were being controlled.
"Don't underestimate him. This is not a simple brat," Raiga Kurosuki, who had gotten up from the ground, said, his eyes filled with endless killing intent as he walked to Kyosuke's other side.
"Raiga is right. This brat is indeed not simple," Juzo Biwa said, silently walking to another spot.
The three of them thus formed a triangle, surrounding Kyosuke.
"Brat, brat, brat. You talk as if you're so tough. Aren't you shamelessly choosing a three-on-one now? If I were you, I'd just find a kunai and ram my head into it," Kyosuke said with an expressionless face, mocking the three of them, and at the same time, he slowly sheathed his Kusanagi sword.
"Haha, brat, you're that Uchiha Kyosuke, right? You're a well-known name in the entire ninja world now. A three-on-one is not bullying you," Juzo Biwa said with a relaxed expression, a look of victory on his face.
In his opinion, even if the enemy before him was as strong as the rumors said, it was impossible for him to escape alive under the combined forces of the three of them, so he had the right to be at ease.
"Hehe," Kyosuke's mouth curled up, and he let out a mocking chuckle. He then looked at the relaxed Juzo Biwa and said, "In that case, then you can try."
With that, his right hand casually rested on the hilt of his Kusanagi sword.
In an instant, an astonishing killing intent firmly locked onto the three of them.
"Even if it's three-on-one, you actually dare to get so close to me. You really don't know how the character for 'death' is written," Kyosuke continued to mock the enemy with his words.
But this time, neither Juzo Biwa nor the others were in the mood to argue with him. Because their auras had been locked by Kyosuke, no matter who spoke rashly, what awaited him would probably be the long-accumulated fatal blow.
Seeing that the enemy had not fallen for it, Kyosuke sneered in his heart, and then he continued his mockery with his mouth.
Since the three of them had called him a brat, he didn't mind showing them the power of a brat.
In an instant, this battlefield, besides Kyosuke's occasional curses, thus fell into a strange silence.
After a long while, Kyosuke suddenly stopped his curses, his expression returning to calm as he said to the three of them, "Alright, my preparations are complete."
"Preparations... what is he preparing for?" the three of them wondered in their hearts.
Then, they understood what Kyosuke was talking about.
Six wildly dancing snake shadows, a ferocious and sinister single horn, and the green chakra afterimage surrounding him—Kyosuke's appearance had undergone a great change before their eyes.
"Sage Mode, activate!"
This transformation was like a slap in the face to the three of them, which made them realize just how foolish their waiting had been.
But fortunately, because of the transformation of Kyosuke's chakra, a momentary flaw appeared in the lock of his aura, which allowed the three of them to get far away. Otherwise, they would probably have died of frustration.
Feeling the faint sense of threat coming from Kyosuke, the three of them took a deep breath to calm their restless hearts, and then, almost at the same time, they started to charge.
The longsword Nuibari, the executioner's blade, and the lightning sword Kiba, each carrying a different power, slashed at the three vital points on Kyosuke's body.
But in terms of numbers, the snake shadows behind him far outnumbered the enemy.
Swish! Two snake shadows instantly transformed into the form of two burning giant dragons, and charged at different enemies.
And that wasn't all. A strong suction force suddenly came from their open mouths, causing the long swords in the enemy's hands to change their slashing direction.
"Sage Art: Flame Dragon Strike: Star Devourer."
Boom!
He sent the two enemies flying, and Kyosuke looked at the somewhat hesitant Raiga Kurosuki, a ferocious expression flashing across his face, and then he charged at him.
"You like to play with swords, don't you? Then let's see who's better," a thought flashed in Kyosuke's mind, and the mouths of the snake shadows behind him幻化 six sharp swords that were exactly the same as his Kusanagi sword. In addition to the one in his hand, seven sharp swords directly slashed at the enemy.
"Seven Swords Style: Seven Crescent Moon Slash."
In this moment of crisis, the two swords in Raiga Kurosuki's hands flashed wildly with a strong electric light, and then this layer of electric light spread to his body, forming a protective coat of lightning.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Strike Armor."
Faced with the seven oncoming attacks, Raiga Kurosuki knew in his heart that with his swordsmanship, it was impossible to take them safely. Since he couldn't take them, he might as well just gather all his chakra into the Lightning Strike Armor and try to withstand the enemy's attack.
His choice was not wrong, but he still underestimated the power of Sage Mode and the swordsmanship attack that had been raised to Level 11.
The two sides instantly passed each other. Kyosuke calmed his heartbeat, and then he slowly turned around.
"Hey, are you alright..." Juzo Biwa said, looking at his dazed comrade. He was about to say something, but the scene before him made him instantly close his mouth.
Blood, as if it were endless, suddenly gushed from Raiga Kurosuki's body, forming a rather tragic and beautiful picture.
He looked at his comrade with his mouth open, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't have time to speak and crashed to the ground.
One of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, the user of the lightning sword Kiba, Raiga Kurosuki, dead!!!
"..." He took a step back to dodge the gushing blood, and Kushimaru Kuriarare looked at his dead comrade and still maintained his usual silence. From the mask on his face, no one could tell what he was thinking at this time.
Was he lamenting his dead comrade, or was he afraid of his own fate? Perhaps both.
At least, the psychological fluctuation of Juzo Biwa on the side was very strong.
"Damn it, this brat is a bit too strong. Should I retreat first..."
Before he could make up his mind, Kushimaru Kuriarare on the side raised the long sword in his hand and directly charged at the enemy.
"Damn, you crazy bastard," Juzo Biwa cursed. At the same time, his hands came together and he launched his signature ninjutsu.
"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Technique."
Looking at the thick fog that was gradually enveloping his surroundings, Juzo Biwa, while forming hand seals, shouted to his comrade, "This brat's swordsmanship is too strong. We can't rashly engage him in close combat."
After waiting for a long time and not getting a reply from his comrade, he now had a very bad premonition in his heart.
"No way. No matter how useless Kushimaru Kuriarare is, it's impossible for him to be so easily killed by the enemy."
Although he said this, from his constantly retreating steps, his true thoughts could still be seen.
Just as Juzo Biwa was struggling in his heart, a chilling voice suddenly came from the thick fog.
"I'm sorry, he probably can't answer you."
Kyosuke's calm voice, at this time, sounded so terrifying to Juzo Biwa.
"That guy, he's really dead, just like that..." Juzo Biwa's last string in his heart was completely broken by Kyosuke's voice. Then he erupted with all his chakra and directly fled without looking back.
To prevent Kyosuke from pursuing him, he had been maintaining the spread of the thick fog. Wherever he went, his surroundings were all enveloped in the thick fog.
In an instant, the entire battlefield was filled with a lingering smoke.
Using Sage Mode's perception to confirm that the enemy had fled, Kyosuke, who was sitting on the ground in a disheveled state, couldn't help but let out a small sigh of relief.
In fact, after so many fierce battles today and the frequent use of Sage Mode, his body had long since reached its limit. In addition, the two powerful sword techniques had completely exhausted his stamina.
If the enemy hadn't been overwhelmed by fear and had waited patiently for a while, it would probably have been Kyosuke himself who had fled in a disheveled state.
He kicked Kushimaru Kuriarare's corpse aside, and Kyosuke, under the cover of the thick fog, thus lay down in the pool of blood and rested.
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