CHAPTER 110
Hyuga Yukian suddenly erupted into action. His single eye blazed with near-maddened resolve as he unleashed his Chakra recklessly, his Gentle Fist attacks dense as a net. In an instant, he sealed off all of Ao's escape routes.
"Eight Trigrams: Thirty-Two Palms!"
The palm winds howled, forcing Ao to release his grip on Mei Terumī's wrist and hastily defend. But Hyuga Yukian completely disregarded his injuries; each palm strike carried a ferocity that overdrew on his very life force. He forced Ao back several steps, preventing his escape for the moment.
"Captain!"
Seeing this, Ebisu's heart trembled violently.
Seeing the situation, Hozuki Mangetsu immediately gave up his pursuit and turned to support Ao. But at the very moment he turned:
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
Several fireballs roared forth, precisely blocking his path toward Ao.
Hozuki Mangetsu frowned and halted abruptly. His sharp gaze shot toward the panting Ebisu to the side.
"You still dare to block me?"
Hozuki Mangetsu's voice was icy.
"You're really asking for death!"
Before the words faded, his body instantly transformed into flowing water.
Hydrification Technique!
Simultaneously, the replica Hiramekarei in his hand whistled as it slashed toward Ebisu.
However, Ebisu and Shiranui Genma had been holding back for so long. They had been waiting for this very moment.
The two exchanged a glance and instantly began forming hand seals in unison.
Hozuki Mangetsu's pupils constricted sharply.
He clearly saw the hand seals Shiranui Genma was forming:
Boar, Horse, Dragon, Tiger.
"Wait! This is... Lightning Release?!"
Alarm bells blared in Hozuki Mangetsu's mind, and he instinctively tried to cancel his Hydrification Technique.
But it was too late!
"Lightning Release: Lightning Pillar!"
Ebisu and Shiranui Genma shouted in unison.
Crackle!
Two blinding blue arcs of electricity shot from their palms. They intertwined and coiled in mid-air, merging into a thicker, more dazzling bolt of lightning. With speed faster than thunder, it viciously struck Hozuki Mangetsu's watery body!
"Aaaaah!"
A shrill scream echoed across the bay.
Lightning Release was the natural enemy of the Hydrification Technique!
Electric current madly conducted through the liquid form.
Hozuki Mangetsu's Hydrification state was forcibly broken, his body forced to reconstitute into human form. Not only that, intense paralysis caused his muscles to convulse, making his movements incredibly sluggish.
"Cough, cough..."
Ebisu gasped for breath, the hand that performed the jutsu still trembling slightly. But behind his sunglasses, his eyes shone with excitement.
"This technique... I've been secretly practicing it for a month!"
He looked at Hozuki Mangetsu, who was forced to one knee with smoke rising from his body from the lightning strike, and a triumphant grin spread across his face.
"Just for now!"
Shiranui Genma wasted no words.
The moment Hozuki Mangetsu was still paralyzed, three senbon flew from his hand.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Precise hits!
The senbon sank deep into Hozuki Mangetsu's right shoulder, left arm, and thigh.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Blood sprayed.
"Ugh!"
Hozuki Mangetsu grunted. His severely injured body was unable to hold on any longer, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Ebisu straightened his back. Though covered in wounds, he spoke with unprecedented confidence, enunciating each word:
"An elite shinobi... I am now an elite shinobi!"
His gaze swept over the fallen Hozuki Mangetsu, his voice trembling.
"The genius of the Hozuki Clan... was taken down by me!"
Hozuki Mangetsu's defeat came so swiftly.
So fast that the others hadn't even reacted.
He had lost just like that, in a bewildering manner!
Seeing this, Mei Terumī's expression changed drastically.
Gritting her teeth, her hands rapidly formed seals as the Chakra within her surged out without reserve.
"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!!"
High-temperature corrosive lava, more viscous and covering a wider area than before, erupted from her mouth. It gushed entirely toward Guy's golden bell.
She intended to completely melt this annoying turtle shell!
However, Guy had endured for so long.
He too had been waiting for this moment!
Just as Mei Terumī increased the power of her Lava Release, the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic within him circulated madly, and the accumulated power erupted like a flash flood.
"Eight Gates: The Fourth Gate!"
"Gate of Pain!"
"Open!!"
He directly opened the Fourth Gate!
Violent green steam mixed with waves of Chakra exploded outward.
The hard black reef beneath his feet instantly cracked and sank.
No longer holding back, he swung the alloy nunchaku in his hands with all his might.
A shattered golden bell phantom once again manifested around him.
But!
This golden bell was different!
It wasn't a purely passive, static golden bell.
Instead, it was based on the principle of the Hyuga Clan's Rotation.
Using the high-speed whirling of the nunchaku as a medium, he forcibly activated and drew out the defensive power of the Golden Bell Shield.
The absolute defensive power of the Golden Bell Shield and the rotational force-dispersing principle of Rotation fused perfectly through the nunchaku at this moment!
It was no longer a static shield.
It transformed into a high-speed rotating, forward-crushing golden storm in the shape of a giant bell!
It pressed toward Mei Terumī!
This was precisely the result of Guy's month-long mastery of combining the Golden Bell Shield, Rotation, and nunchaku!
"Golden Bell: Rotation Strike!!"
Guy's roar accompanied the shriek of the nunchaku tearing through the air.
Dark-golden club shadows danced chaotically within the massive golden vortex. Each club shadow was wrapped in the heavy defensive power of the Golden Bell Shield. Each trajectory contained the force-dispersing and impact momentum generated by Rotation.
Attack was defense, and defense contained attack!
The boundary between attack and defense was utterly blurred under this technique!
Mei Terumī's eyes widened.
She saw that rotating storm, several meters in diameter and composed of countless golden club shadows.
Like a solidified golden giant bell, it crashed toward her with overwhelming force.
The Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique she had previously spat out, combining high heat and powerful acidity, was instantly shredded and flung aside by the violently rotating club shadows and golden bell energy the moment it touched the edge of the storm.
It couldn't penetrate in the slightest!
She instinctively unleashed Lava Release again.
The corrosive lava capable of melting through rock sprayed toward the golden storm.
But the result remained the same!
The moment the lava collided with the golden storm, it was torn apart and shredded by the high-speed rotating force that integrated offense and defense.
It transformed into scattered droplets of ineffective acidic liquid.
Sizzle!
The corrosive sound was completely drowned out by the roar of the storm.
Immediately afterward, several incredibly solid golden club shadows, like venomous dragons, thrust fiercely from the front of the storm.
They smashed viciously into the reef before Mei Terumī.
BOOM!!!
A deafening explosion erupted.
The black reef, several people tall, shattered instantly.
Countless fragments of stone were launched by the shockwave like shotgun pellets, shooting in every direction.
Although Mei Terumī leaped back in time, she was still pushed several staggering steps backward by the violent shockwave.
For the first time, an unconcealable look of shock and terror appeared on her face.
"What... what is this?!"
She cried out involuntarily.
It wasn't a conventional ninjutsu.
Nor was it pure taijutsu.
It was some kind of monstrous technique she had never seen before, forcibly blending absolute defense with savage attack.
A monstrous technique!
This boy before her, younger than herself, was a monster!
An absolutely terrifying monster!
Despair welled up in Mei Terumī's heart.
Her two strongest Kekkei Genkai attacks appeared utterly powerless before this violent golden bell.
Guy's movements did not stop because of Mei Terumī's despair.
The giant golden storm bell didn't pause for a second.
With an aura of destruction, it continued crashing down upon Mei Terumī, who had yet to regain her footing.
Mei Terumī's pupils contracted violently.
"If I get hit head-on by this thing, I'll really die!"
"I'll really die!!"
The icy shadow of death instantly enveloped her completely.
At that moment:
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!"
Ao's urgent, sharp shout suddenly rang out from the side.
A massive water dragon formed from seawater roared in from the flank and crashed into Guy's golden storm.
BANG!!!
The water dragon struck the side of the rotating golden bell and shattered spectacularly into a shower of spray.
Although this full-power strike failed to break the Golden Bell: Rotation Strike, the powerful impact caused the trajectory of the violent golden bell to shift slightly, and its speed stalled momentarily.
Within that split-second opening, it gave Mei Terumī her final chance to escape.
She didn't care about appearances.
Executing a clumsy sideways roll, she tumbled away, barely grazing the edge of the golden storm.
KABOOM!!!
The giant golden storm bell crashed down and exploded.
Violent energy mixed with shattered reef and seawater erupted wildly in all directions.
The roar shook the entire bay, leaving behind a shallow crater in the ground.
At the moment the golden bell exploded, when visibility and energy were at their most chaotic, Guy's figure shot out from the still-undispersed golden turbulence.
His left hand had already gathered power, fingers spread wide.
The power of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic and the Eight Gates converged into his palm.
With unparalleled ferocity and speed, it transformed into a golden afterimage barely visible to the naked eye.
He struck fiercely toward Mei Terumī.
"Great Strength Vajra Palm!!"
SMACK!!!!
A dull, scalp-numbing impact exploded.
This palm landed squarely on Mei Terumī's side, just below the waist and above the left hip, as she had only just rolled back to her feet and hadn't yet adjusted her posture.
Pfft!
A large spray of blood mist erupted from the point of impact.
"Ugh!"
Mei Terumī let out a short, painful grunt.
Her entire body was sent flying sideways by the tremendous force.
She crashed heavily into a reef more than ten meters behind her.
Thud!
A heavy, dull impact rang out.
Mei Terumī's body slid limply to the ground.
Curled into a ball, her condition was unknown.
Guy did not pursue.
He didn't even spare Mei Terumī another glance.
Because within his field of vision, the battle on the other side had reached an extremely critical point.
Hyuga Yukian, under the combined assault of Ao and the remaining Hidden Mist Chunin, was being compressed to his absolute limit.
"Captain!!"
Chakra erupted violently beneath Guy's feet, instantly reducing the reef beneath him to dust.
His figure transformed into a streak of green lightning.
At maximum speed, he shot like a bullet toward Hyuga Yukian's location!
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