"Might Dai, I'll take five, you take two." Yōkō stared at the Seven Ninja Swordsn and said, "Judging by your condition, if you want to take three, that's also fine."
Hearing Fox's words, whether it was the person involved, Might Dai, or Ebisu and the others, they all felt sothing was wrong with their ears. Lord Fox was actually discussing how many to take with Might Dai.
Was this a matter of how many to take? The opponents were the Seven Ninja Swordsn! In the past, if Might Dai could defeat one of their subordinate's subordinates, it would have been considered an overachievent for him. Now, from Lord Fox's aning, it seed Might Dai actually had a chance to defeat two of them? Lord Fox and Might Dai seed to have surrounded the Seven Ninja Swordsn.
Hoshigaki Kisa was the first to form hand seals. Yōkō recognized them as seals for the Body Flicker Technique—he actually wanted to flee without fighting.
Would he let him escape?
Just as Hoshigaki Kisa tried to flee, he noticed Fox disappearing. He instinctively swung his sword backward, slamming Sahada behind him.
Clang!
Sahada collided with a broadsword. A pained cry ca from within the Great Sword Sahada—it was hurt by the impact.
Hoshigaki Kisa looked; Fox held a broadsword. This was the legendary weapon of the God of Shinobi, a weapon that dominated the shinobi world from the late Warring States period into the early Hidden Village era. He tried to buy ti with words: "The indestructible Senju Broadsword, like the Adamantine Staff of the Sarutobi clan hailed as unbreakable, is a top-tier weapon in the shinobi world. seven swords are far inferior..."
Yōkō said, "How can a shinobi belittle himself like this? Don't be self-deprecating. Co, let's see if your seven swords are fast, or my Senju Broadsword is hard."
He exerted force secretly. He coated the Senju Broadsword with crystallized Earth Release chakra, raising its durability to another level. Moreover, he secretly applied an Earth Release: Heavy-Weight Rock Technique to the broadsword, making it even heavier.
Jūzō Biwa, holding the Severed Sword: Executioner's Blade, Body Flickered behind Yōkō, slashing horizontally at his waist. Yōkō swung the Senju Broadsword, clashing with the Executioner's Blade.
The Executioner's Blade shattered instantly.
Yōkō was sowhat disappointed. Breaking the Severed Sword on the first strike was no fun; it was prone to breaking anyway.
Jūzō Biwa knew the Executioner's Blade broke easily, but he didn't expect it to shatter like sand into many fragnts, leaving only about a tenth of its length.
The Senju Broadsword swung again. Jūzō Biwa hurriedly raised the broken blade to block.
This ti, it broke vertically! The Executioner's Blade's hilt was split in two, breaking into left and right halves. The Senju Broadsword also chopped off half of Jūzō Biwa's palm and tore open his stomach. With a kick, Yōkō sent Jūzō Biwa flying, then rested the Senju Broadsword on the ground, ticulously grinding the fragnts of the Executioner's Blade into iron dust.
Hoshigaki Kisa stared at the iron dust, thinking, What level of power is this?
Next was a Hōzuki clan shinobi holding the Twin Swords Hirakarei. Sothing must have happened among the Seven Swordsn; Hōzuki Mangetsu had died, and now the Twin Swords Hirakarei were given to this ordinary-looking Hōzuki shinobi.
In front of the Twin Swords Hirakarei was materialized chakra, gathered into a chakra sphere.
The Senju Broadsword chopped at the Twin Swords Hirakarei, shattering the chakra sphere and the blade aura, clashing directly with the twin swords.
Clang!
The Twin Swords Hirakarei broke!
Hoshigaki Kisa stared at the flying broken blades and suddenly understood what Fox was trying to do. Fox didn't want to kill all seven of them; he wanted to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsn with swordsmanship, head-on! To strike at morale! What Fox wanted was to strike at morale, to completely dismantle the Kiri-nin's will to resist.
The Seven Ninja Swords were forged by the Second Mizukage, Hōzuki Gengetsu. They were Kirigakure's pride, a stable inheritance for Elite Jōnin, even Kage-level shinobi. Wielding the Great Sword Sahada or the Twin Swords Hirakarei ant Kage-level. Wielding the other five swords ant Elite Jōnin.
The distance was too great, spanning the entire shinobi world. Hoshigaki Kisa didn't yet know the situation in the Land of Earth. If he knew the outco there, he would understand that Fox and Konoha didn't want just a victory in one Great Shinobi War; they wanted to completely change the shinobi world. There were only two choices: death, or obeying the order Fox dictated.
The Twin Swords Hirakarei didn't have the regeneration property of the Executioner's Blade. Broken was broken. Given the village's level of suppression against the Hōzuki clan, the forging thod for Hirakarei had long been lost.
With one slash, Yōkō cut down and sent the stunned Hōzuki shinobi flying, then turned to face Kurotsuchi Raiga, who held the Thunder Sword Kiba.
Kurotsuchi Raiga shouted, "My Lightning Release can counter all ninja swords! Let handle this!"
The Thunder Sword Kiba's Lightning Release was exceptionally strong, stronger even than the Lightning Release of Kumo-nin. Normally, all tal weapons would indeed fear the Thunder Sword. Whether Kurotsuchi Raiga had noticed sothing or stumbled upon it by chance, Lightning Release could indeed counter crystallized Earth Release chakra.
However, elental counters in ninjutsu also depended on quantity. Talking about counters without considering quantity was just being dishonest. The crystallized Earth Release chakra coating the Senju Broadsword wasn't sothing the crackling lightning on the Thunder Sword could overco.
Clang! Clang!
After two consecutive clashes, both Thunder Swords broke into two pieces. The broken blade tips flew wildly, piercing Kurotsuchi Raiga's head. He fell in stunned disbelief.
Yōkō lifted the Senju Broadsword, blowing off a tiny bit of dust. "The Thunder Sword has so bite to it. It even left small marks on my Senju Broadsword."
After breaking three swords in a row, Yōkō turned to Hoshigaki Kisa. "The Great Sword Sahada is a living creature, a cunning and cruel fish. Let see if this fish can be made into sashimi..."
Hoshigaki Kisa didn't dare to pit Sahada against Fox in a direct clash. Forming hand seals, he made his hair grow wildly. "Hair Needle Senbon!"
He himself beca like an exploding sea urchin, his red hair stabbing out in all directions. The hair was so dense that he was completely buried within it.
Yōkō imdiately turned his head, looking in the direction Hoshigaki Kisa fled. "Not a bad technique, actually hiding within the hair to disappear. But it's only a not bad technique."
Yōkō Body flickered away, pursuing Hoshigaki Kisa.
When Nara Shikaku arrived at the scene with the Seven Swordsn Hunt squadron, he saw three corpses lying behind Lord Fox, who had already chased after Hoshigaki Kisa. Lord Fox's appearance made Nara Shikaku think that things in the Capital of the Land of Waves had gone very smoothly and Lord Fox had achieved his objective there.
But Might Dai's performance left Nara Shikaku utterly confused. Might Dai was actually holding his own against three of the Seven Ninja Swordsn: Kuriarare Kushimaru, wielder of the Longsword Nuibari; Jinin Akebino, wielder of the Blunt Sword Kabutowari; and Momochi Jinpachi, wielder of the Explosion Sword Exploding Foam. Might Dai was enveloped in blue chakra steam, his strength terrifyingly powerful.
Nara Shikaku quickly gave the order: "As planned! Move!"
He had already formulated tactics to deal with each ninja sword. This was the perfect opportunity to eliminate the Seven Ninja Swordsn!
(End of Chapter)
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