Chapter 137: Wind Release: Vacuum Blade - A Brand New Sword Style!
Amidst a chaotic stone forest, Tsukasa leaped and tumbled, parrying and blocking, his Kusanagi sword almost becoming a continuous blur of light.
Countless wounds covered his body, but each healed and repaired itself at a visible speed, becoming completely unharmed.
The Sunagakure ninja fighting him grew increasingly alarmed.
This brat's swordsmanship had initially appeared stiff—they could find opportunities to injure him—but it was utterly useless. This kid was practically indestructible.
Moreover, his proficiency in swordsmanship rapidly increased at an unreasonable pace.
Different sword styles, various kenjutsu schools, and basic ninja swordsmanship combined with highly efficient, vital-strike taijutsu—all sorts of techniques became second nature to him.
The pressure on the Sunagakure ninja suddenly increased dramatically!
At that moment, Tsukasa was struck by a sudden inspiration, feeling as if some unseen constraint had been forcefully torn apart!
His swordsmanship had been fully integrated—he had achieved mastery of an advanced level.
Tsukasa abruptly raised his head. In the vision of his Sharingan, the actions of the Sunagakure ninja before him seemed slightly out of sync with their actual movements.
He could almost see their next move.
For example, the Sunagakure ninja before him, wielding a kunai with a Wind Release: Vacuum Blade attached to it, was about to strike with a sidestep and palm thrust, aiming the blade at his stomach.
Previously, Tsukasa would have had to endure the blow, risking being disemboweled to retaliate. In the process, other ninja might have seized the opportunity to stab him in the back several times.
But now—
Tsukasa stopped his charge with a twisting step, dodging the sword while bending down and sliding past his opponent's feet.
With a backhand flick of his left hand, he pulled out a kunai and plunged it into the opponent's exposed foot.
"Ahhh!" A scream of agony rang out above his head.
Tsukasa leaped up, supporting himself with one hand, and in mid-air, he raised his sword hilt and drove it into the shinobi's chest, then spun and slashed horizontally!
A circle of blazing sword light instantly drew a stunning circular slash through the enemy ranks!
Whoosh!
Fire erupted, and a ring of flames rapidly expanded and swept outward in all directions!
The Sunagakure members who had been attacking were instantly blasted away!
In an instant, there were no more Sunagakure members standing in front of Tsukasa.
Through this intense combat, Tsukasa's understanding deepened. His gaze fixed on one particular realization:
He had just defeated a Sunagakure Special Jonin and gained insight into an advanced technique—Wind Release: Vacuum Blade.
Wind Release: Vacuum Blade.
This technique had appeared in the shinobi world's history. It had been used by Danzo against Sasuke, where he imbued a kunai with Wind Release chakra, forming a longsword composed of sharp wind with considerable power.
It had also been glimpsed during the Fourth Shinobi World War, used by a Cloud Village ninja.
Although the users had all suffered crushing defeats, this had nothing to do with the technique itself—its applicability was extremely high.
It was remarkably similar to Tsukasa's current Water Release: Water Fang Blade, and the Flame Katana formed by infusing fire-attribute chakra into the Kusanagi sword.
The moment he understood this technique, the rudimentary conception of the ability he had built up through his training seemed to find a key!
It opened the door to a new world!
Above ninjutsu lies combination ninjutsu, and above swordsmanship—only combination sword styles!
Tsukasa's gaze sharpened, and he instinctively wanted to try integrating this technique into his arsenal.
However, at that moment, a strange, distorted, and amplified sound suddenly rang in his ears!
Tsukasa abruptly looked up and was astonished to see a shadow spanning dozens of meters overhead, completely covering the area.
In the distance, three indifferent and ruthless shouts rang out:
"Wind Release: Great Net!"
"Earth Release: Earth Pillar Explosion!"
"Collaboration Ninja Art: Wind Release: Super Great Sickle Weasel Technique!"
Upon hearing these shouts, Tsukasa's pupils constricted sharply.
Wind Release: Great Net unleashed a whirlwind, cutting through the ground and lifting sand and clods of earth. Then Earth Release: Earth Pillar Explosion lifted pillars of earth, shattering them into fragments resembling bullets.
Finally, the Collaboration Ninja Art: Super Great Sickle Weasel Technique unleashed a storm, sending these stones, rocks, and wind blades hurtling forth.
In an instant, a dense barrage of wind blades capable of cleaving trees and various sizes of rock projectiles rained down!
The entire sky suddenly turned dark, like a yellowish-brown waterfall, engulfing the area beneath Tsukasa's feet!
Under such a powerful combined ninjutsu, even if Tsukasa possessed regenerative abilities, a direct hit would only result in him being sliced to pieces and buried on the spot.
Tsukasa's scalp tingled, and he immediately used his wires to slide backward at top speed.
In the distance, the Sunagakure commander listened to reports from the retreating genin while raising his hands to form hand seals, his gaze coldly fixed on Tsukasa, who was pulling on wires and leaping and dodging in such an extreme environment amidst the rain of wind blades.
"So that's it—that ability to glide through the sky is achieved with wires."
"Then, after this move, this place will be completely razed to the ground. Without this means of movement, how will you cope?"
He sneered, clasped his hands in hand seals, leaned back, and suddenly unleashed another condensed Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere, blasting toward the fleeing Tsukasa!
As soon as it was launched, eleven wind spheres followed closely behind, arcing through the air!
Meanwhile, a rain of wind blades and sandstone poured down, causing the earth to tremble violently!
The towering, jagged forest of earth and rocks was instantly crushed into dust by the combined ninjutsu, creating a dust storm that was then sliced apart and scattered by the wind.
The desert was instantly cleared.
Tsukasa's wire was abruptly severed by a wind blade flying through the air, and he crashed to the ground like a kite with a broken string, rolling seven or eight meters. Seven or eight of his ribs were broken.
He scrambled to his feet, covered in dust, and before he could even wipe his face, he sensed something was wrong and immediately leaped up.
A wind sphere slammed into the ground, and the ricocheting wind blades cut three or four more gashes into Tsukasa's body.
Despite the pain, he gritted his teeth, performing a backflip to dodge the barrage of wind spheres that came flying like a chain.
Finally, when he could no longer avoid them mid-air, he grabbed his Flame Katana and forcefully twisted his body to block them.
BANG!
Tsukasa was sent flying, his body deeply embedded in the ground.
He looked up at the twelve wind spheres flying toward him again before he could even catch his breath, and all he could do was curse.
"Damn it!"
Tsukasa cursed angrily, using his regeneration to heal his wounds. He immediately rolled over and got to his feet, dodging the wind sphere chain, and tried to charge forward again.
But the continuous barrage of wind spheres blocked his path, forcing him to retreat.
From being only forty meters away at the start of his charge, the distance had grown to nearly sixty meters.
This short distance felt like an insurmountable chasm, blocking Tsukasa's path.
This was the situation he least wanted to see.
He had initially thought that by penetrating the enemy lines, they would hesitate to use large-scale ninjutsu for fear of accidentally injuring their own forces, allowing him to break through and forcibly disrupt Sunagakure's core formation.
Facing a group of elite Sunagakure soldiers unable to form combined ninjutsu, Tsukasa, with his current abilities, could easily cut through them.
However, the ruthlessness of the enemy far exceeded Tsukasa's expectations.
In the previous wave, Tsukasa hadn't killed many, but now the number of Sunagakure soldiers had been reduced to less than two hundred.
Most of the ninja had died at the hands of their own comrades.
"Huff..."
Tsukasa seized an opening, took a few deep breaths, wiped his dusty face, and stared grimly at the twelve elite Sunagakure soldiers opposite him.
Those around them died instantly, without even a cry of pain.
In this situation, Tsukasa couldn't even recharge the Zero-Tails.
His own chakra and stamina were nearing their limit.
"This can't go on!"
"I have to take a gamble!"
Tsukasa's face hardened as he looked down at the Kusanagi sword in his hand.
When he had gained insight into Wind Release: Vacuum Blade, he instantly thought of a technique that could resolve the current situation—the combination ninjutsu that Yamato and Naruto would use in the future:
The Typhoon Water Vortex Technique!
This combined ninjutsu, using Water Release: Wild Water Wave and Wind Release: Rasengan, creates a massive waterspout, effectively countering aerial attacks.
In other words, it was a defensive technique that could buy Tsukasa an opportunity to break into the enemy's core position!
Tsukasa had also witnessed the combination of Wind Release and Fire Release firsthand—the Collaboration Ninjutsu: Flame Wind Wild Wave, used against him by Kakuzu!
Both of these combined ninjutsu techniques possessed effects comparable to S-rank jutsu!
Normally, Tsukasa wouldn't have been able to use them, but after experiencing a series of Wind Release techniques, pushing his understanding of wind nature to a level sufficient for nature transformation, he had gained insight into this core technique—Wind Release: Vacuum Blade!
When this ninjutsu met Water Release: Water Fang Blade, and his Kusanagi Sword: Flame Katana, Tsukasa felt that this might spark an unexpected synergy!
And this could very well create a completely new sword style!
End of Chapter 137
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