—Celestial Art: Super-Stellar: Rasenshuriken!
Buzz—
The piercing buzzing sound drowned out everything, and even the charging phase alone made the three Tailed Beasts feel a chill run down their spines.
Are you kidding me? Their energy fluctuations are actually on par with ours?!
"There's hope!!" Victor thought to himself with delight.
Sarada stepped in front of the two, and the next moment, Rasenshuriken and Tailed Beast Ball collided spontaneously, creating an incredibly powerful blast wave that swept outwards in an instant.
A whooshing sound came from mid-air, and suppressed energy surged wildly, spreading an absolute deterrent and power fluctuation like a beast tide.
Victor suddenly understood why Sarada was standing in front; as she introduced herself, her role was that of a shield.
The surging energy shockwaves were blocked by Sarada, and a blazing light erupted from the center of the battle, instantly obscuring everyone's vision.
——Genjutsu · Mangekyo!
"Ah!!"
With a cry of alarm, Boruto's body flew out of the explosion's epicenter and slid hundreds of meters away.
"It's still too much of a stretch, considering the enemy consists of three Tailed Beasts," Victor thought to himself.
Looking at the sturdy human shield in front of him, Sarada's slender body provided Victor with a strong sense of security.
After thinking for half a second, he said to Mitsuki, "You go and distract the Tailed Beast, and I'll find an opportunity to ambush this girl."
Mitsuki:???
Even so, Mitsuki hesitated for only a moment before stepping out of the protective circle and running quickly towards the Tailed Beast in an arc.
After a moment of distraction, the three Tailed Beasts suddenly stiffened and turned around. The two-tailed Matatabi quickly locked its gaze on Mitsuki, while the other two stared intently at Victor.
"Swoosh!" Victor shouted to Sarada.
The two advanced side by side, with Victor slightly slower than Sarada. Why not take advantage of a free shield?
After a moment of stunned silence, Kokuō belatedly reacted and then charged swiftly toward Victor and his companion.
"Wind Release · Whirlwind!"
Victor quickly formed hand seals, drawing in the surrounding airflow to create a whirlwind that swept towards Kokuō.
Kokuō did not attempt to dodge; instead, he accelerated and crashed into the whirlwind, instantly dispersing its force!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Sarada spat out a fireball perfunctorily.
The fireball's power was not impressive, and Kokuō easily dispersed it. Victor followed closely behind, unleashing a 'Heroic Flame' from his mouth.
Bear!
Flames surged like a river, carpeting the path of Kokuō's advance with red.
Sarada followed up with a 'Gale Palm'.
The wind fanned the flames, and when Victor saw that the flames did not slow down the opponent, his eyes narrowed, and he retreated while pulling Sarada forward with him!
Thump—
A dull thud echoed through the sky as Sarada was struck by the massive body and its force, the heavy, drum-like sound tearing Sarada apart.
Kokuō charged toward Victor with undiminished momentum. The latter's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly formed hand seals: 'Lightning Release · Heavenly Thunder'!
The lightning bolts that struck from the sky blocked Victor's path, like a curtain shimmering with purple light.
Before Victor could catch his breath, he saw Kokuō burst through the curtain!
"Damn it!" Victor cursed under his breath.
Just then, Boruto rushed back and stood straight in front of Victor. His small body was insignificant, but he held his ground and stopped Kokuō's charge!
"Well done!" Victor couldn't help but burst into laughter.
——Earth Release · Split Earth and Turn Palm!
Victor then fired another interference shot, and the ground beneath Kokuō's feet suddenly collapsed, causing Kokuō to tremble as he temporarily lost his footing.
"Go for it, Boruto!" Victor encouraged.
"Ah!!" Boruto roared, as if he were using all his strength.
boom--
Kokuō's body was immediately shaken, and he lost his balance and fell to one side.
"Well done..."
Before Victor could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a deadly threat!
"Watch out, senior!" Sarada's urgent voice came from behind.
Upon hearing the warning, Victor's first thought was that the woman was still alive. Then he saw a Tailed Beast Ball seamlessly appear behind the suddenly collapsed Kokuō!
While Boruto was still locked in a stalemate with Kokuō, where was Sarada? He glanced at her with a puzzled look and saw her running anxiously toward him.
It's too late!
A thought flashed through his mind, and Victor decisively pulled out the reagent, no longer hesitating as he injected it into his body...
boom--
The explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball followed in quick succession, engulfing Victor's small figure.
Victor, as the person involved, only felt intense pain spreading throughout his body, with every meridian and cell being violently destroyed, yet constantly repaired under the protection of another force.
"Ah!!!!" Victor let out a bloodcurdling scream like a pig being slaughtered.
"Are you alright?... Senior?" Sarada sat upright on the ground watching the scene unfold, but her voice was filled with worry.
"Senior, be careful!" Boruto warned.
Before the first Tailed Beast Ball had even finished exploding, the second one hit the same spot... Victor was speechless.
Because the vocal cords were destroyed.
"Will he be alright? He's an old man after all," Sarada asked softly.
"The second Tailed Beast Ball deals less damage than an instant-cast one; it only has a scare-inducing effect," Boruto explained.
In the distance, Mitsuki dodged and weaved as he fought Matatabi, who kept spewing out ghostly blue flames, but he never managed to hit her once.
After a long while, Victor barely managed to withstand the damage from the Tailed Beast Ball, only to be met with a third Tailed Beast Ball.
A third time!
"Hiss!!" Victor gasped.
Fortunately, Sarada arrived just then. She got up and lunged forward, colliding with Tailed Beast Ball and intercepting the explosion halfway through.
"Huff huff huf,f" Victor gasped for breath, drenched in sweat, thinking he was really going to die here.
However, looking around, he noticed that the other two members were also struggling, and continuing like this could lead to casualties.
Although he didn't care whether they lived or died, they were, after all, members of the organization's inner circle, and this operation was carried out on his own...
It would be difficult to explain if something went wrong.
After considering the consequences, he quickly raised his arm, and after a few maneuvers, the spaceship that had been hidden in mid-air appeared, and a highly condensed 'annihilation ray' shot out.
Matatabi, which was about to pounce on Mitsuki, stopped in its tracks. A powerful sense of threat lingered in its heart, and it quickly jumped to the side to dodge.
boom--!!
The explosion created a huge mushroom cloud, and its damage was in no way inferior to the Tailed Beast Ball's burst.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
After charging for a moment, the two laser beams simultaneously locked onto Kokuō and Saiken. Boruto quickly retreated to create distance between himself and Kokuō.
Even the Saiken that had been gathering Tailed Beast Balls in the distance stopped and scurried away.
Victor no longer cared about energy consumption; since he was already here, he had to catch a Tailed Beast to sacrifice!
Then the spaceship entered the cooling period to store the laser, and Sarada was called back to Victor.
Although Victor's previous actions were unfair, Sarada seemed to have no intention of resisting and obediently stood in front of Victor.
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!" A painful howl came from not far away.
Mitsuki was engulfed in eerie blue flames, rolling around on the ground in a sorry state.
Boruto returned, panting, and said, "Senior, I've reached my limit. What should we do next?"
Victor paused slightly upon hearing this, but asked without revealing his emotions, "How much longer can you maintain this defense?"
"At most, I'll endure one more Tailed Beast Ball," Sarada replied 'honestly'.
"Hmm, I already have a plan in mind." Victor secretly assessed the situation and then said, "Next, we'll withstand one more Tailed Beast Ball. If things get too bad, we'll prepare to retreat."
"Yes!"
"Go and bring that member back," Victor said.
Boruto accepted the order, and the flames on Mitsuki's side were extinguished, but he was also seriously injured and was lying on the ground unconscious.
Boruto carried him back by half of his body.
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