What was strange was that this process produced no usual thunderous sonic booms.
Instead, the displaced air currents gathered and layered behind him, following some mysterious pattern, further propelling the figure and driving his speed to an utterly terrifying level!
Within the battlefield, Memaro Kaguya, who had been specially targeted and drawn the majority of the firepower, finally removed the bone shield that had already turned charred black and cracked apart.
His gaze swept around, and his heart sank instantly.
Only a little over ten clansmen remained standing around him, all experts within the clan. The rest either lay screaming in pools of blood or had already completely fallen silent.
Before the enemy had even fully revealed itself, the Kaguya Clan had already lost nearly one-fifth of their combat strength!
Damn Konoha ninja!!!
Towering killing intent churned wildly within Memaro Kaguya's heart.
Yet before he could think further, an immense pressure descended directly from the air above him, an overbearing aura of unstoppable domination that locked firmly onto him!
Looking upward, he saw a green figure suddenly appear out of thin air, charging toward him at horrifying speed!
And as the distance closed, the figure no longer concealed anything. Green light suddenly exploded around his body, transforming him into a hurricane wrapped in blinding radiance and deafening thunderous detonations, descending toward him like a sword of heavenly punishment!
The momentum was incomparably ferocious!
"Konoha bastard!!!"
Faced with such a vicious assault, not only did Memaro Kaguya show no fear or retreat whatsoever, but it instead completely ignited the madness and bloodlust within his bones!
With a furious roar, he not only refused to retreat but instead stomped hard enough to shatter the ground beneath his feet and charged directly toward the incoming green hurricane!
During the charge, horrifying cracking sounds erupted from his right shoulder blade as bone spontaneously twisted, intertwined, and extended outward, instantly forming a savage spiral bone spear as thick as an adult man's waist, firmly gripped in his hand!
The spear tip pointed directly forward, and as he thrust with all his strength, it tore through the air with a sharp howl resembling a raging gale passing through narrow gaps!
Dance of the Kudzu Vines!
The Kaguya Clan's techniques were all named using the format dance plus plant name, closely related to the combat characteristics of bones.
Kudzu Vines were among the most common hardy vines in the Shinobi World's mountains and wilderness. Their stems spiraled wildly upward, capable of strangling giant trees, splitting rocks, and breaking through soil with savage vitality.
And Dance of the Kudzu Vines was the Kaguya Clan's ultimate killing move, famed for extreme penetrating power.
When thrust forward, the bone spear continuously rotated at high speed, like Kudzu Vines twisting around a tree trunk, drilling through all defenses with spiraling, tearing force!
Both sides possessed absolute confidence in themselves, and neither attempted to evade.
Thus, they collided head-on in the purest and most violent manner possible!
Boom!!!
A terrifying explosion far beyond all previous blasts erupted violently!
The green hurricane and spiral bone spear collided like two meteors, erupting with dazzling, blinding light and countless fragments of shattered bone!
The surrounding air surged like giant waves in a storm-tossed sea. Ring-shaped shockwaves visible to the naked eye spread madly in every direction, blasting away the sand, shattered rocks, and even mangled corpses!
The hurricane and bone spear simultaneously unleashed terrifying spiral-tearing forces, invading and canceling each other like flowing mercury.
The massive spiral bone spear began shattering inch by inch, but as it disintegrated, the green hurricane's radiance dimmed rapidly while its size continued to shrink.
And at the very instant the two remained locked in stalemate, mutually annihilating one another's power, a figure suddenly burst forth from the gradually collapsing center of the hurricane, wielding a katana in each hand, the Weaknessless Soaring Shortswords obtained during the journey to the Land of Takumi.
The figure spun in midair as both swords crossed downward!
In an instant, countless incomparably sharp wind blades detached from the swords and transformed into an airtight web of death descending toward Memaro Kaguya!
"Hmph!"
Memaro Kaguya snorted coldly as his left arm suddenly rose, instantly generating a thick bone shield in front of him.
Amid dense collision sounds like pounding drums, deep cracks were slashed across the bone shield's surface while fragments of shattered bone scattered everywhere!
Even while defending, Memaro's mind raced rapidly.
Who exactly was this person?
Such terrifying mastery over Wind Style?
Among Konoha's ninja, those famous for Wind Style… Could it be Danzo Shimura?
The moment that name surfaced in his mind, sharp pain suddenly erupted from Memaro's left arm!
A crafty wind blade had actually pierced through a gap in the bone shield's defenses and viciously slashed his arm, leaving behind a savage wound deep enough to expose bone!
Kill! Kill!! Kill!!!
Towering killing intent erupted within Memaro's chest.
He considered himself among the top experts in the Shinobi World, yet his fame had never spread far.
If he could personally twist off this kid's head here… then the name Memaro Kaguya would undoubtedly shake the entire Shinobi World!
"Good!!"
Memaro burst into wild laughter as every muscle in his body suddenly bulged. Both arms violently exerted force, attempting to forcibly knock aside the two swords firmly trapped within his bone palms!
However, the twin blades merely trembled slightly.
The next instant, a rebounding force far stronger and more concentrated than he had imagined suddenly exploded back through the blades!
Memaro's massive body involuntarily staggered backward one step, then he froze for an instant.
Immediately afterward, a scorching mixture of fury, humiliation, and madness exploded within his chest like a detonated powder keg!
"Die!"
Memaro let out an inhuman roar as his entire body transformed into something like a spiked hedgehog. Bones erupted madly from all over him, turning into countless spear-like bone spikes that shot toward Shinichi at point-blank range!
Dance of the Willow!
However, the instant before the bone spikes closed in, Shinichi's figure gently swayed.
Like a breeze brushing willow branches, his figure had already appeared over ten meters away, clothes fluttering lightly without even a speck of dust touching him.
"Hmph!"
Memaro's eyes turned bloodshot as all ten fingers suddenly spread toward Shinichi!
Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless sharp finger bones tore through the air like bullets, accompanied by shrill, piercing sounds, forming an airtight barrage of death toward Shinichi!
Faced with such violent attacks, Shinichi merely calmly raised the katana in his right hand and slashed lightly through the air.
Wind Style: Wind Wall!
A semi-transparent barrier composed of countless rapidly rotating streams of air instantly appeared before him.
The incoming bone bullets struck the wind wall and were immediately deflected, shredded, and erased by the circulating airflow, but the next instant, that gigantic beast-like figure forcibly smashed through the wind barrier using nothing but pure physical strength and violent chakra!
Amid exploding air currents, Memaro Kaguya charged toward Shinichi like an out-of-control war chariot!
"Oh? Quite savage."
Seeing this, Shinichi's brows lifted slightly.
Both hands tightly gripped the hilts of the Weaknessless Soaring Shortswords. His knees bent slightly into a bow stance, the sword hilts raised high past his shoulder.
The posture looked less like swordsmanship and more like someone gripping a heavy bat poised to strike.
Streams of fierce airflow like raging tidal storms poured into the blades, then were madly compressed and condensed by him, then the swords vibrated with a sharp buzzing hum.