"Here he comes!"
The Sound Five had just darted out of the forest and hadn't even reached the Uchiha Clan Estate when they saw a figure flying towards them in the sky ahead.
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"A flying ninja, it's Izayoi, the one who defeated Gaara of the Sand in the Chunin Exams."
"Be careful, that guy knows a Storm Release Secret Technique, it's a long-range attack and it's very powerful."
Looking at Izayoi in the sky, the Sound Four immediately recognized him and quickly reminded each other.
Kimimaro Kaguya took out a photo from his chest, first glanced at the photo, then looked at Izayoi in the sky. After confirming that the person was not Sasuke Uchiha, he threw the photo away and said, "You go find Sasuke Uchiha, I'll deal with him."
After saying that, Kimimaro Kaguya raised his hand towards Izayoi and whispered, "Dead Bone Pulse: Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Tiny holes opened at his fingertips, and sections of finger bones were fired like bullets.
The finger bones were constantly fired and constantly grew. In just a few breaths, they formed a barrage, like a swarm of bees, shooting violently towards Izayoi.
The Sound Four were not wishy-washy either. Almost at the moment Kimimaro Kaguya made his move, they turned into four afterimages, scattering to the left and right, preparing to bypass Izayoi in the sky and capture Sasuke Uchiha, whose Chakra was still behind.
Izayoi did not stop them, his eyes fixed on Kimimaro Kaguya below through the barrage, his expression focused.
In an instant, several bubbles appeared around Kimimaro Kaguya, two purple and three blue.
[Kekkei Genkai · Dead Bone Pulse (Purple)]
[Kage-Level Aptitude (Purple)]
[Chakra Control (Blue)]
[Taijutsu Genius (Blue)]
[Otsutsuki Bloodline (Blue)]
Looking at the Kage-Level Aptitude (Purple) bubble, Izayoi's eyes showed a hint of regret.
Relying on the Earth Curse Mark, or rather, natural energy, Kimimaro Kaguya had obviously completed his heaven-defying change of fate.
At only fifteen years old this year, he had just entered a period of rapid growth.
If he hadn't contracted the bloodline disease, by the time of Shippuden, his strength might have made him a leading figure in the Shinobi World.
Anyone who can get involved with the Otsutsuki Clan and is also a Genius is not a simple character.
Unfortunately, the current Kimimaro Kaguya is just shining for the last time, and he can no longer realize this aptitude.
Even if he does nothing, by the time he returns to the Hidden Sound Village, or even before he returns to the Hidden Sound Village, he might die on the way.
But now, Izayoi might get a bargain.
Gambling time has come!
So, Izayoi raised his hand and slapped out, "*Gale Palm!*"
The wind howled, and the twisted airflow was like a giant palm, swatting away all the incoming barrage.
Immediately, Izayoi's figure descended.
Seeing Izayoi voluntarily give up his aerial advantage and not engage in a drawn-out fight in the sky, Kimimaro Kaguya was slightly taken aback. However, with little time left, he didn't overthink it and charged towards Izayoi.
During this, numerous black markings appeared on Kimimaro Kaguya's body. These markings then spread rapidly like ink, covering his entire body and flashing with a red light.
When the light dissipated, Kimimaro Kaguya's skin, which was so pale it seemed devoid of blood, had turned a brownish-black color. Black patterns also appeared on his face, his back was completely hunched, and several huge white bone spurs and a tail had grown out, making him look like a humanoid lizard.
Cursed Seal Second State!
Kimimaro Kaguya, with little time remaining, seemed to sense the aura of a strong person emanating from Izayoi and went all out.
Pulling out his spinal bone from his back, Kimimaro Kaguya manipulated the hard bone, turning it into a flexible whip, and lashed it towards Izayoi.
Watching the bone whip being swung at him, Izayoi, who had just landed, couldn't help but smile, "Yours isn't big enough, let me show you something bigger."
After saying that, Izayoi raised his hand and shouted, "*Wood Release: Exploding Spears Tree!*"
His arm wriggled for a moment, and then multiple wooden vines burst out of the ground, like snakes emerging from their nests, colliding with and knocking away the incoming bone whip. At the same time, they rapidly entwined and grew, instantly transforming into a large tree, attempting to devour Kimimaro Kaguya, whose pupils constricted and face showed surprise.
However, Kimimaro Kaguya, who had already transformed into a humanoid lizard, was now incredibly fast. With just a flash of his body, he dodged the tree's engulfment.
Not only that, but he also used the tree as cover, instantly appearing on Izayoi's left side. The spinal bone in his hand extended and pierced out, like a spear or an arrow, shooting towards Izayoi's head.
Izayoi didn't even turn his head. A hard tree root suddenly rose from the ground, striking the bone that was shooting towards him from below, also blocking Kimimaro Kaguya's line of sight.
*Wood Release: Adamantine Imprisonment!*
"...Too weak."
Izayoi's voice came from behind, startling Kimimaro Kaguya, whose expression changed drastically. He quickly manipulated the bones in his body, turning them into sharp bone spurs, which burst out of his back, turning himself into a hedgehog.
Boom—
The bone spurs had just emerged when a terrifying roar instantly erupted.
Izayoi, who had instantly appeared behind Kimimaro Kaguya, threw a punch, colliding with the bone spurs that had burst out of his body.
The bone spurs failed to pierce Izayoi's fist, as they were blocked by a layer of blue flames that had appeared.
Then, the blue flames transformed into a distorted airflow, like a shockwave, instantly shattering the Dead Bone Pulse bone spurs that were harder than steel.
The shockwave that shattered the bone spurs still slammed heavily into Kimimaro Kaguya's body, sending him flying.
"So... so strong!"
Kimimaro Kaguya, who was sent flying, was constantly bleeding from his mouth, and his internal organs were churning. Even controlling his bones to form a bone membrane failed to withstand the shockwave.
After landing, looking at the incomparably powerful Izayoi, his eyes were filled with despair.
This guy in front of him was on a completely different level.
Even he, who had activated the Cursed Seal Second State, was no match. The Sound Four were definitely not his match either.
Thinking of this, Kimimaro Kaguya's eyes suddenly hardened, and he made a decision in his heart.
He just needed to delay for a while. According to the information Kabuto-sensei had given him, Sasuke Uchiha had only awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan. With that kind of strength, he would not be a match for the Sound Four at all.
He just needed to buy them some time!
"Aaaah..."
Kimimaro Kaguya suddenly let out a beast-like roar, his entire body flashing red again. Then, he mobilized most of the Chakra that was suppressing his illness along with the medicine, and infused it all into the ground, roaring with a ferocious expression, "Dead Bone Pulse: Dance of the Larch!"
In an instant, the earth trembled slightly.
"What's going on?"
"This location is... the Naka River?!"
"Is Sasuke Uchiha training Ninjutsu?"
"Such an evil aura, it doesn't seem like Yin Release Chakra. I seem to have sensed something similar somewhere... Damn it! Quickly notify everyone, Orochimaru's people have infiltrated Konoha, they are fighting Sasuke Uchiha."
Without the barrier to block it, this suddenly erupting terrifying Chakra instantly attracted the attention of the Sensor Team.
Even some of the ninjas skilled in sensing on the outskirts of the city, their expressions changed drastically as they looked towards the forest where birds were startled and flew away.
Before long, a group of ninjas who received orders through the transceiver turned into afterimages that were difficult to catch with the naked eye, and flew towards the Uchiha Clan Estate.
So fast, they arrived in the forest in no time.
The scene returns to the battlefield.
As Kimimaro Kaguya's roar resounded.
Rows of bone spikes, both in length and thickness, that were extremely astonishing, instantly burst out of the ground, like white waves, engulfing Izayoi.
So fast, due to the close distance, even if Izayoi could fly, he could not escape the attack range of the bone spikes in an instant.
However, Izayoi had no intention of dodging at all.
He looked at the area and speed that were very amazing, for ninjas who could not fly, it was simply a white wave of instant kill level, he could not help but clap his hands and smiled: "Very good move, such a swan song, it is worth me using this trick as a return gift."
After saying that, Izayoi's body also burst out with blue Chakra flames.
Then he shouted loudly, and shouted the name of the technique that pacified the troubled times.
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees!"
Rumble...
A more intense earthquake not only instantly enveloped this battlefield, but also affected the Uchiha Clan Estate and the forest.
Sasuke Uchiha and Karin, who had started fighting with the Sound Four and gained an absolute advantage, as well as the Konoha ninjas who were flying in the forest at full speed to the Uchiha Clan Estate, could feel this tremor.
Immediately, an incredible scene suddenly came into their eyes.
Only to see green trees, like ancient giant pythons sleeping in the ground, suddenly awakened, broke out of the ground, and straightened their huge bodies like rivers.
The trees in the forest are already big enough, with a volume that several people can hug.
However, in front of the towering trees that rose from the ground, it was simply the difference between a child and an adult.
Looking at the trees whose height and thickness had far exceeded the forest, but were still wriggling, growing and spreading, and could be completely compared with the Death Forest, the eyes of the Konoha ninjas trembled.
One of them even spoke in a trembling voice.
"Wood... Wood Release!"
Before the others could exclaim in astonishment, a ninja's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted, "The range of the technique is too large, turn around quickly!"
They saw more and more trees rising from the ground in front of them. The formed towering trees occupied the space, rejecting other latecomers, causing the trees that grew slower to tilt to the side, forming green waves that instantly turned the open space into a forest, also submerging the surrounding woods and the Uchiha Clan Estate, knocking down many buildings.
Even Sasuke Uchiha and Karin, who were fighting, as well as the Sound Four, were submerged by the green waves.
Fortunately, the main direction of the technique's advancement was towards the Naka River, otherwise, if it had advanced towards the Uchiha Clan Estate, the entire estate would have disappeared.
Even so, the Uchiha Clan Estate, which was only affected, was destroyed by a tenth.
In the forest, small trees were overturned by large trees, and birds and beasts fled frantically, still unable to escape the fate of being swallowed.
When everything returned to calm, a shocking scene was presented.
From the perspective of the Konoha ninjas, a towering tree of Death Forest level stood in front of them.
The forest attached to it was like a chive field next to a paddy field, the difference was simply enormous.
Even the ninjas and villagers on the outskirts of the city could see this incredibly exaggerated small forest as long as they looked this way.
"Look, what is that?"
Before the Konoha ninjas could recover, they saw someone pointing a finger at the sky.
Following the direction the person pointed, they saw a figure as small as an ant compared to the towering trees, flying into the sky above the forest under the sky filled with beautiful sunset clouds.
"Is it a bird? No, that's... a person!"
"A flying ninja, so it's him, that Genius who developed the Storm Release Secret Technique."
"I remember he seems to be a disciple of Jonin Kurenai, a classmate of Sasuke Uchiha, and a very good friend."
"It is said that his Chakra is very powerful, a Genius suspected of awakening a bloodline from a previous generation."
"Wait..."
Those who recognized the figure were saying what they knew.
Suddenly, they seemed to realize something and suddenly froze.
Then everyone's expressions became dumbfounded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Could it be..."
One ninja opened his mouth wide, looking at the figure in the sky above the forest who had raised his hand to condense a blue and white energy ball, with an expression of disbelief.
Although the following words were not spoken, everyone knew what he wanted to say.
At this moment, everyone's expressions became extremely fanatical, and the way they looked at Izayoi was like a lecherous ghost looking at a peerless goddess.
Izayoi was naturally unaware of the Konoha ninjas' reaction.
After raising his hand to condense the Super Hurricane Combination Sphere, Izayoi injected water, lightning, and fire nature transformations into it, quickly turning the blue and white energy ball into a cyan energy ball with flowing flames.
"Narukōhō!"
Izayoi gave Kimimaro Kaguya the highest standard of funeral, and at the same time, he also wanted to see if he could increase the drop rate, starting the gambler's moment.
The cyan energy ball changed shape, turning into a cyan beam of light, and shot down violently.
Unlike the energy diffusion of Storm Release: Judgement, this blue beam of light, though massive in volume, was not a simple electrothermal attack, but contained a destructive power with flowing flames.
Although it only had one more nature transformation than Storm Release: Judgement, its power was not in the same league at all.
The blue beam of light fell into the forest, accurately hitting Kimimaro Kaguya, who was bound by branches and hung under the treetop of a towering tree, already turned into a fixed target.
Boom————
A earth-shattering explosion resounded.
Even those in Central Street heard the muffled thunder-like roar.
People on the outskirts of the city could also see a huge mushroom cloud rising from the forest.
Izayoi, who was engulfed by the mushroom cloud, stared at the original location of Kimimaro Kaguya through the dust and mist with his Tenseigan covered by cosmetic contact lenses.
At this time, Kimimaro Kaguya, and a large area of towering trees around him, had been turned into powder, and may have become a part of the dust and mist.
In order to take a gamble, Izayoi chose to give up Kimimaro Kaguya, this high-quality Human Puppet.
If he lost the bet, he would not only waste a lot of Chakra, but also lose a powerful Human Puppet.
If he won the bet, Izayoi would add another Perk, and it would be very compatible with the Otsutsuki Bloodline. In the future, when the Otsutsuki Bloodline is upgraded to an unknown level, it may be expected to be promoted to Kekkei Mōra, and it is also an indispensable core Perk for synthesizing Kekkei Mōra.
Therefore, Izayoi's mood now has a sense of excitement of betting big or small, and it is still a full bet.
A few seconds later, the corners of Izayoi's mouth rose slightly.
He got it!
In the thick dust and mist, two rays of light emerged that only Izayoi could see, one purple and one blue.
Before long, two beams of light flew to Izayoi and penetrated into his body.
Izayoi clenched his fists slightly, waiting for the moment that would determine his mood.
Ding! You have obtained the Talent Perk [Otsutsuki Bloodline (Blue)], which overlaps with your own Talent Perk. Merge or decompose?
Ding! You have obtained the Talent Perk [Kekkei Genkai Dead Bone Pulse (Purple)], merge or decompose?
"Merge, merge all!"
Afraid of being stupid, Izayoi chose to give up the points of a Blue Perk and merge all of them.
At the same time, he clenched his fist and waved his arm.
He won the bet!
50% chance, either he gets something, or he gets nothing.
Since graduation, Izayoi, who had only exploded two Blue Perks from Rock Lee, was finally lucky this time.
At this moment, Izayoi's mood was so happy.
At the same time, the battle between Sasuke Uchiha and Karin also came to an end.
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