Chapter 68: The Six-Tails! The Seven Ninja Swordsmen's First Battle (End)
Looking at the Tailed Beast Ball that was already close at hand, fear couldn't help but appear on everyone's faces, and the aura of death rushed towards them.
Facing a Tailed Beast Ball head-on was probably something only the Sage of Six Paths could do!
At the critical moment, Jūzō Biwa let out a roar and stepped forward, mustering his courage to swing the Executioner's Blade in his hand horizontally towards the Tailed Beast Ball, attempting to block it with the sword and buy time for his teammates to escape.
However, the Executioner's Blade in front of the Tailed Beast Ball was as fragile as paper. It only lasted for an instant before being directly shattered by the Tailed Beast Ball, breaking into two pieces.
The broken blade pierced straight towards Jūzō Biwa's waist and abdomen. Fortunately, he had several teammates beside him. Seeing Jūzō Biwa's brave act, the others, who had just come back to their senses, subconsciously pulled him, thus avoiding Jūzō Biwa's fate of being killed by the broken blade.
Although Jūzō Biwa's actions were somewhat comical, reckless, or even overestimating his abilities, he ultimately slightly deflected the direction of the Tailed Beast Ball and bought a little bit of time.
Suikazan Fuguki, who had just been blown away, had recovered under Samehada's treatment and arrived just in time for this critical moment.
Suikazan Fuguki vigorously swung Samehada to meet the Tailed Beast Ball. Samehada opened its large mouth and actually devoured the Tailed Beast Ball completely, even making a few lip-smacking sounds afterward.
Samehada, having swallowed the Tailed Beast Ball in one gulp, suddenly grew several times larger, almost catching up to Suikazan Fuguki's size. This Tailed Beast Ball was truly a great supplement for Samehada.
Kiyoshi and Saito Kage, seeing that the others were out of danger, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although Kiyoshi had sensed the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's attack, the distance between Kurare Kushimaru and the others and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki was too close. Kiyoshi, who hadn't yet reached the point where he could just clap his hands and have things appear, simply didn't have time to rescue them.
The Six-Tails Jinchuriki, its Tailed Beast Ball eaten by Samehada, roared angrily. Violent tailed beast Chakra further surged from its body, and the Chakra shockwave erupted, stirring up a gust of wind.
Suddenly, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki disappeared from its spot and instantly appeared among the group. It attacked from all directions, its six dark red Chakra tails flying and lashing out at everyone.
Kurare Kushimaru and Jinpachi Munashi, whose strength was slightly weaker, were unexpectedly directly blown away on the spot, heavily injured by the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's attack. The old six, Jūzō Biwa, however, had secretly used a Water Clone after his brave act of slashing at the Tailed Beast Ball, thus escaping the disaster.
Suikazan Fuguki and Torune Aburame each used their own methods to block the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's sudden attack.
Suikazan Fuguki, who had even more strength at this moment because Samehada had fed back a large amount of high-quality Chakra, still had enough power to launch a counterattack.
"Jūzō! Retreat! Without the Executioner's Blade, you can no longer participate in this battle!" Kiyoshi said. Less than three minutes had passed since the start of this battle, and they had already lost two generals. The Six-Tails Jinchuriki, whose body was covered in tailed beast Chakra, had no blood for the broken Executioner's Blade to absorb. They couldn't possibly let it absorb Jūzō Biwa's own blood. If they continued fighting, Jūzō Biwa would likely suffer serious injuries or even die.
It had to be said that honest people were blessed. Jūzō Biwa's actions just now greatly increased Kiyoshi's goodwill towards him. He had truly paved a wide path for himself in front of his superior.
After all, in a place like the ninja world, having an honest teammate who might be reckless but was willing to risk their life to provide rescue at critical moments was very reassuring.
Hearing Kiyoshi's words, Jūzō Biwa reluctantly retreated. Although he still wanted to continue fighting, he actually knew that his current strength was indeed not enough to participate in the battle with the Jinchuriki. Moreover, this was also a form of care from Kiyoshi as his superior.
At this time, Suikazan Fuguki and Torune Aburame had already fiercely engaged the Six-Tails Jinchuriki again.
Samehada had a very strong restraining effect on Jinchuriki in the semi-tailed beast transformation state. Suikazan Fuguki became more and more courageous as he fought. His Chakra was constantly consumed and replenished, his body was continuously injured and healed. With Samehada's assistance, he was practically a perpetual motion machine.
However, there was also a problem. Although Suikazan Fuguki was constantly entangled with the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, he lacked a decisive means to end the fight. He couldn't break through the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's defense in his current state.
Torune Aburame, who was also fighting in close combat, had the ability to break through defenses, but the Blunt Sword, Kabutowari, that he wielded was relatively too clumsy and couldn't hit the extremely fast and agile Six-Tails Jinchuriki at all.
Kiyoshi, who had been observing from the rear, afraid of accidentally injuring his teammates fighting in close combat, and thus hadn't made a move for the time being, finally seized a fleeting opportunity.
When Samehada once again devoured most of the Chakra around the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, taking advantage of the fact that the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's tailed beast cloak was still repairing and its speed had slightly decreased, Kiyoshi predicted its next second's movement position and decisively made his move. He quickly formed hand seals and then slammed his right hand heavily on the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Core Movement!"
The Six-Tails Jinchuriki, who was moving at high speed, was caught off guard and lost its balance when the ground suddenly rose up, as if it had sprained its ankle, and its speed suddenly slowed down.
Seeing this, Torune Aburame's eyes couldn't help but light up. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had arrived. It would be unforgivable not to strike the Six-Tails Jinchuriki now. He had been Holding back for a long time, not having landed a single hit after fighting for so long.
Seizing the moment when the Six-Tails Jinchuriki paused, Torune Aburame instantly closed in and unleashed a set of combo techniques with Kabutowari.
As expected of the sword that was said to be able to crush any defense, the Blunt Sword, Kabutowari, finally lived up to its reputation and broke through the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's defense.
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