Uta looked at Shiore, who seemed to be enjoying the whole scene, and his intentions were definitely not good. So Uta decided not to hold back. She immediately used Lightning Release: Thunder Sword God Mode.
She made six hand seals rapidly, her fingers blurring from speed, and as soon as she was done, lightning first channeled into her sword before soon spreading around her. In the next moment, her entire body was covered in crackling lightning chakra, arcs of blue electricity dancing wildly around her figure and scorching the ground beneath her feet.
Then she disappeared.
A sharp thunderclap echoed through the battlefield as she directly appeared above Shiore, her sword already raised and ready to bring down a thunderous slash on him.
Shiore was not to be outdone. His reaction speed was extreme, and his speed, which had already been similar to Uta's before, had now amplified even further after Uta used her Lightning Release: Thunder Sword God Mode. The air around him distorted slightly as he moved, reacting to Uta's attack almost the instant she appeared above him.
On the other side, simultaneously, after stunning the snake in front of him with Conqueror's Haki, Shamrock did not wait for it to recover. The massive snake was still shaking slightly from the shock when Shamrock immediately created distance between himself and it.
He then made two hand seals, and instantly his sword was covered in flames. The heat distorted the air around the blade, and the orange fire wrapped around the steel like a living beast.
And not only that, he also used Armament Haki.
Holding his sword with both hands, Shamrock swung it with full force, releasing a powerful flying sword slash—not a normal flying sword slash, but a massive fire sword slash that tore through the air with a loud roar, leaving a burning trail behind it.
The fire sword slash soon directly connected with the head of the snake, and a large wound immediately appeared on its head. Flames spread across the injured area, and the sound of burning flesh echoed out while the heavy smell of burnt meat spread through the battlefield.
The snake let out a furious roar from the pain.
Due to this severe injury and pain, it seemed as if the effect of Conqueror's Haki on the snake had mostly worn off, and it became completely enraged. Its giant body twisted violently, its eyes filled with fury as it stared at Shamrock.
But its anger was not that big of a deal for Shamrock.
He stood there firmly with his burning sword in hand, not looking nervous in the slightest. The flames on his blade flickered in the wind, reflecting in his calm eyes as he watched the snake's movements carefully.
On the other side, the more Uta fought with Shiore in front of her, the more surprised she became. This Shiore was not only keeping up with her in terms of speed, but each strike and counter-strike from him was enough to send huge impacts through her body.
Every time their weapons clashed, a loud shockwave spread through the area. Sparks, lightning, and wind pressure burst out around them as the two continued exchanging blows at terrifying speed.
Although her defense had improved a lot due to the Thunder Sword God Mode, she was still feeling the pinch while fighting Shiore. Even through the lightning chakra covering her body, the force behind Shiore's attacks was enough to make her arms tremble slightly after every clash.
Because not only was she fighting at her full speed, she was also using her Sharingan. Even then, she was still having difficulty keeping up with Shiore because now Shiore was slowly starting to surpass her more and more in terms of speed.
It was as if he was testing her.
Testing exactly what speed she would no longer be able to react to.
He's still getting faster...
And on the other side, after the snake became enraged, it started attacking Shamrock wildly with its tail, its mouth, and its giant body, trying to crush him from every direction.
The massive tail smashed into the ground repeatedly, crashing trees and sending dirt flying everywhere. Its jaws snapped shut again and again, each bite carrying enough force to crush a person whole.
But Shamrock, with his Sharingan and, on top of that, Observation Haki, easily dodged all of the snake's attacks. His body moved quite nimbly and swiftly through the chaos, weaving past the tail, slipping under its jaws, and jumping over its strikes with perfect timing.
Every movement of the snake seemed slow in his eyes.
Soon, Shamrock was standing directly on the head of the snake.
Before the snake could even shake him off, Shamrock had already plunged his sword deep into the same burning wound that he had created a few moments ago.
As soon as he inserted his sword, he channeled his fire chakra into the blade. Flames erupted violently around the wound, and Shamrock immediately started running across the head of the snake while dragging the burning sword through its flesh.
The blade cut deeper and deeper as Shamrock moved, leaving behind a long burning slash across the snake's head. Smoke started rising from the wound, and the smell of burning flesh became even stronger.
Finally, when Shamrock reached the area where its brain should be, he gave one final push with a loud shout.
"Yah!"
The sword sank in even deeper.
The giant snake froze for a brief moment, its body trembling violently, before it finally collapsed onto the ground lifelessly with a thunderous crash.
Dust rose into the air from the impact.
From the long cut Shamrock had made, smoke continued to rise, and the smell of burnt flesh spread through the battlefield.
But Shamrock was in no mood to celebrate after killing the snake.
The moment the snake fell, he immediately dashed toward the location where Uta was fighting Shiore.
His feet kicked up dirt as he moved at full speed, and as he got nearer to Uta, Shamrock shouted,
"Let's go for the double burn, sister!"
As soon as Uta heard Shamrock's words, she immediately understood what her brother Shamrock was talking about, and without any hesitation, she decided to cooperate with him.
Uta retreated slightly, creating some distance between herself and Shiore.
On the other hand, Shamrock came running at high speed. He rushed past Shiore for a moment, leaving him behind, and immediately made a hand seal.
In the next instant, his shadow clone appeared beside him in a puff of smoke.
As soon as Shamrock created his shadow clone, Uta also made a hand seal, and her own shadow clone appeared beside her.
Soon, the four of them stood at the four corners. On one side were Uta and her clone, and on the opposite side were Shamrock and his clone.
Together, they had formed a rectangular formation.
And in the center of that rectangular formation stood Shiore.
Without wasting any time, Uta and Shamrock immediately started making hand seals, their fingers moving rapidly, while both of their respective clones did the same. Then all four of them slammed their palms onto the ground at the same time.
The moment their hands touched the ground, black characters started spreading outward across the earth beneath them.
The strange markings moved quickly, crawling across the ground like living ink, and soon they connected with one another, forming a large rectangle around Shiore.
Then, from those black characters, a massive barrier rose upward.
Walls of glowing energy shot into the sky from each side, joining together above Shiore and creating an entire cuboid-shaped barrier of light around him. The inside of the barrier flickered with fire-like patterns and streaks of crackling lightning, making the entire structure glow ominously.
As soon as the barrier was created, Shiore, who was trapped inside it, looked around and said with a smile on his face,
"Are you trying to trap me here?"
Shamrock and Uta did not reply.
Instead, both of them spoke at the exact same time.
"Boundless Fire-Bolt Prison."
As soon as they both said this, directly above Shiore's head, on the upper part of the rectangular barrier wall, a circle appeared.
Inside that circle, it seemed like the chakra of both Uta and Shamrock was gathering together.
The circle rotated slowly, glowing brighter and brighter as fire chakra and lightning chakra mixed within it. Sparks burst out around the spinning circle while flames coiled around its edges.
Finally, when it was fully charged and glowing intensely, a massive beam of fire and lightning shot down from it.
The beam tore through the inside of the barrier with a deafening roar and directly struck Shiore, who was standing on the ground.
This technique was basically a combined sealing technique of Uta and Shamrock, one that Shanks had personally created based on both of their chakra natures.
Since both fire and lightning naturally burned the opponent when they were hit, combining both elements together made the damage even more terrifying.
The moment the enemy was struck by the mixture of flames and lightning, they would suffer a double burn.
That was why the code name that Shamrock and Uta had decided on for this technique was Double Burn.
Whenever either of them said, "Let's use Double Burn," they were referring to this exact technique.
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