Chapter 151: Cursed Seal State Two, Another Battle with Pakura
After repelling the Sand ninja squad, Kyosuke regrouped with the others and prepared to push the front line forward.
After all, with Saori and several other Hyuga clan members in the team, he wasn't worried about the enemy using encirclement or flanking tactics to attack the camp.
"Tsk, as expected of 'Body Flicker Kyosuke'-sama. So skilled and bold," someone on the side said in a strange tone.
The only one who would tease Kyosuke so brazenly was Hyuga Saori.
But not only Kyosuke, who was already used to it, but also the two clan shinobi beside him and the many Konoha ninja directly ignored her words. They all got up and followed Kyosuke, attacking the distant Sand ninja.
Saori: "Fine, you're all so tough."
With that, she could only helplessly follow.
Soon, the main force of the Sand ninja's attack was exposed to everyone's sight. When Kyosuke saw the person in the lead, a rather cold arc formed on his lips.
Like him, the woman opposite was also looking at Kyosuke and the others with almost the same gaze.
"We meet again, Uchiha brat," Pakura said with a cold laugh.
"That's right, you're not wrong," Kyosuke replied, then, as if reminding her, he said again, "But this time, don't run away in the middle of a fight. Otherwise, I'll feel sorry for your subordinates."
The corner of Pakura's mouth twitched. At the same time, she cursed herself in her heart. She knew that this brat's verbal attacks were powerful, so why did she have to engage him in a verbal spar? Wouldn't it be better to just fight?
Thinking of this, Pakura ignored Kyosuke's words and the questioning gazes of her subordinates. With a slight wave of her arm, she led the others and charged forward.
The battle began again.
This time, Kyosuke directly faced the aggressive Pakura. He also wanted to see just how big the gap was between himself and a true elite jounin.
Without using the Body Flicker Technique or activating his cursed seal, he directly swung his sword at the enemy.
The Kusanagi sword let out a piercing cry like a ghost's wail, and then... it was blocked by Pakura's kunai.
Looking closely, Kyosuke found that a layer of visible wind blades was attached to her kunai. It was this layer of wind blades that had blocked the extremely sharp Kusanagi sword.
Seeing that his attack had not been effective, Kyosuke, with the powerful perception of his Sharingan, easily dodged her counterattack and then quickly swung his sword again, aiming for her arm.
Helpless, Pakura could only drop the kunai in her hand and, while dodging Kyosuke's slash, she reached out and grabbed at his body.
But how could Kyosuke, who was familiar with her abilities, let her succeed so easily?
The cursed seal spread wildly across his entire body, and with his greatly increased speed, Kyosuke successfully avoided Pakura's grasp.
"Sigh, I'm really no match for her in close combat. Then let's try ninjutsu."
After dodging her attack, Kyosuke leaped back with force, and then a massive fireball, over five meters in diameter, thus crashed down on Pakura.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."
Kyosuke's extremely fast hand seal ability allowed him to seize the initiative in the ninjutsu exchange.
Whether Pakura chose to dodge or take his Great Fireball head-on, Kyosuke was already prepared with a follow-up move.
But to his surprise, when faced with the raging ninjutsu, Pakura stood there without dodging or evading. The only thing she did was...
Raise her hand and swing it down.
Instantly, the massive Great Fireball was split in two.
When she reappeared in Kyosuke's sight, he found that a sword, made entirely of wind-natured chakra, had appeared in her hand at some point.
"Wind Release: Blade of Wind."
Kyosuke himself recognized this move. It was an A-rank Wind Release ninjutsu, and its power was among the top of all Wind Release ninjutsu.
But he hadn't expected Pakura to be able to master it as well.
"What, are you surprised?" Pakura said with a disdainful smile, looking at the highly guarded Kyosuke in the distance.
Before he could reply, she charged at him, and the sharp Blade of Wind in her hand quickly thrust at Kyosuke's chest.
From the looks of it, Pakura's own swordsmanship was also not low.
However, her attack had unexpectedly missed.
Glancing at the afterimage left in her original position, Pakura's brow twitched slightly, and at the same time, she thought to herself, "This brat's progress is truly astonishing. This speed, I'm afraid many veteran powerhouses might not be able to achieve it."
She turned and blocked Kyosuke's oncoming sword strike. At this time, Pakura couldn't help but start thinking about how to defeat the enemy.
Although she had heard of the title "Body Flicker Kyosuke" before, it wasn't until she had truly fought him today that she realized that this title was not an exaggeration.
Even with her own strength, she wouldn't be so easily defeated, but it was not an easy task to injure the enemy. For this, Pakura needed to think of a way to limit the enemy's speed.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
A Body Flicker Technique like Kyosuke's used a burst of chakra to increase movement speed in a straight line. Since she couldn't directly interrupt his jutsu, she might as well just limit his range of movement.
Thinking of this, Pakura seized an opportunity and directly chose to take Kyosuke's sword strike, trading a minor injury for the successful release of her ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Wind Killing Formation."
Instantly, countless high-speed rotating miniature tornadoes suddenly appeared around the two of them, moving rapidly and irregularly.
And that wasn't all. While Kyosuke was dodging the tornado's attack, Pakura's chakra erupted, and she used another ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Tornado Hurricane."
This was also an A-rank Wind Release jutsu, and it directly enveloped Kyosuke.
Seeing countless wind blades begin to cut at the enemy's body, Pakura let out a rather triumphant laugh and said, "Give up. The wind wall of this ninjutsu will produce a corresponding backlash according to the strengthening of your attack. You can't break it, hahaha... ugh."
However, before her laughter could fade, a figure quickly flew out from above the hurricane, from the vacuum zone that was more than twenty meters high.
"He can fly?!" Pakura looked at Kyosuke in the air, a feeling of disbelief in her heart.
After so much effort, and at the cost of injury, she had finally managed to trap this detestable brat. She was about to avenge her previous shame, but the duck that was in her mouth had just flown away?
In an instant, Pakura found it completely unacceptable to accept this cruel reality.
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