Chapter 95: Feather Ascending to Heaven
Chapter 95: Feather Ascending to Heaven
"This is getting interesting..."
Feng Ye clutched the Kusanagi sword tightly, the blade trembling violently in his grasp as the Chidori lightning that coiled around it began to fluctuate wildly, threatening to disperse.
This force wasn't acting on the chakra threads but directly on the metal, pulling on metallic objects in a wide radius, causing them to act erratically.
It was Jiton, Magnetic Release!
A bloodline limit, and one that Chiyo clearly didn't possess. This ability was coming from the strange puppet she had finally summoned.
"Looks like this has something to do with the Third Kazekage," Feng Ye instantly realized the origin of the peculiar puppet.
Most likely, after Chiyo was defeated by Bai Ya, she and the Third Kazekage created this special puppet together, capable of utilizing Jiton.
At this moment, the Kusanagi sword felt like it was stuck in mud, cumbersome and difficult to wield, despite still being in his hand.
All around, the fragments of the destroyed puppets, those made of metal, floated up and surrounded him, pulled toward the triangular puppet at the core.
Indeed, one could never underestimate a Kage.
The seemingly pointless barrage of puppets that Feng Ye had been slicing apart was all a ploy to create enough fragments for this moment. First, restrict his weapon with the magnetic puppet, then use the scattered fragments to create an overwhelming encirclement.
Almost every fragment was coated in deadly poison and sharp enough to take a life. With metallic weapons affected by the magnetic force, they were now difficult to wield.
This tactic was ineffective against the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, or Orochimaru, who were adept at various ninjutsu. Instead, it was specifically designed to counter Feng Ye and Bai Ya, who relied on swordplay and taijutsu.
"Do you think my puppets were just meant to stall you, brat? You're still wet behind the ears... If it were Bai Ya, he might have already seen through my intentions and never stepped into my trap." Chiyo's expression turned indifferent as she looked at Feng Ye as if he were already dead.
To think that possessing some tricks would allow one to run rampant on the battlefield—how naive. Despite appearing powerful, he had unknowingly stepped right into the heart of her trap. Youth meant inexperience, and that was Feng Ye's weakness.
Trapped in the center of her Jiton enclosure, not even Feng Ye and Bai Ya together could escape their doom!
"This is bad..." Not far away, Tsunade, who was pressing her advantage against the three Sunagakure ninjas, sensed the situation and immediately realized Feng Ye had fallen into Chiyo's trap. Her expression turned grim.
She took a breath and stopped attacking, intending to use her Hundred Seals technique to pull Feng Ye out of the trap.
However, the three Sunagakure ninjas, aware that the battle between Chiyo and Feng Ye had reached a critical juncture, gritted their teeth and rushed forward, determined to hold Tsunade back.
Even at the cost of their lives, they were resolute in their mission to keep Tsunade from aiding Feng Ye, effectively trapping her as well and leaving her to watch helplessly as Feng Ye fell into peril.
"All my weapons are coated in deadly poison," Chiyo said calmly. "And without your weapons, you can only rely on taijutsu. I doubt you're proficient in ninjutsu either... Even if Tsunade over there manages to undo my poison, she won't have the chance to cure you."
"It's over, brat!" Chiyo didn't rush to attack, instead continuing to manipulate the fragments to form an even more complete encirclement, like a giant sphere with no gaps for Feng Ye to slip through.
Feng Ye didn't try to squeeze through the gaps but instead looked up at the triangular puppet floating above him. With a thought, he let the Chidori dissipate and loosened his grip on the sword.
After a quick glance, Feng Ye retracted his gaze and exited the violent state of the Eight Inner Gates. He separated his left and right hands, forming identical hand seals with each, as he turned to face Chiyo once more and spoke:
"So that's how it is... It seems you've put in quite some effort to deal with my father."
Feng Ye deliberately slowed down his speech a little, but his hand movements remained unhindered, swiftly completing the hand seals in an instant.
The shrill cry of Chidori rang out once more as lightning arcs erupted from both his left and right hands.
This was Dual Chidori, a technique he could now effortlessly employ with his abundant chakra.
"So, you still intend to put up meaningless resistance."
Chiyo stared impassively at Feng Ye, her expression unperturbed by his words. She gave a soft hum, and her hands suddenly came together, causing the chakra threads to abruptly constrict!
Buzz! !
Countless metal fragments were pulled and drawn towards Feng Ye from all directions, like a violent storm, threatening to tear him to shreds.
But almost in the same instant that Chiyo acted, the silver light on Feng Ye's body flickered once more. He broke through the third and fourth gates of the Eight Inner Gates without hesitation, and his hands, enveloped in lightning, became a blur as they slashed through the air.
Shick! Shick! Shick!!!
With the power of the Eight Inner Gates' Lightning Gate, four times speed, and Dual Chidori, Feng Ye's hands moved with such speed that they left afterimages in the air, creating trails of fire in their wake.
This was Morning Peacock, but it was also not Morning Peacock. Instead of the shape of a fist, Feng Ye's hand blades slashed out arcs of burning lightning.
"Feather Ascension!"
This was the first time Feng Ye had used this technique.
With his hands enveloped in Chidori lightning, he swung them through the air, creating burning arcs that resembled a phoenix shaking its feathers, leaving behind feathers of phoenix flames that coiled with intense heat.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Explosions rang out in rapid succession.
Vibrant red feathers, long and slender, were born from the air sliced by Feng Ye's hands, flying in all directions and forming a hemispherical storm of fiery feathers around him. Every metal fragment that fell was blasted away by these fiery feathers.
"Ninjutsu? No... This is taijutsu?!"
Chiyo's expression changed drastically as she witnessed this spectacle.
She was certain that Feng Ye was a taijutsu-type ninja, and the lightning release he used was meant to enhance his close-quarters combat. Even if Feng Ye possessed some long-range ninjutsu, she was confident that he wouldn't be proficient enough to counter her attacks.
Without his weapon and with his ninjutsu unable to withstand her metal fragments, he could only rely on taijutsu to counter the myriad of poisonous fragments. It seemed like a hopeless situation, but to her surprise, Feng Ye could also launch long-range attacks using only taijutsu!
With her experience, she immediately realized that the flames weren't created by chakra but by the intense friction of his hands moving at incredible speeds!
This was an area-of-effect long-range attack using only taijutsu, a technique that this young man had somehow mastered!
"Damn it!"
Chiyo grit her teeth, her hands moving frantically as she manipulated her chakra threads to their limit, controlling the countless metal fragments and launching them furiously towards Feng Ye.
This taijutsu technique undoubtedly consumed a lot of stamina and chakra, and it couldn't be maintained for long. However, she had prepared an abundance of metal fragments, and as long as she prevented Feng Ye from breaking out, he would eventually tire himself out and be unable to defend against them all.
The advantage was still on her side!
(End of Chapter)
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