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Chapter 179: Sakura Flowers Flying In The Flame, Raining Fire All Over The Sky
Senbonzakura pointed diagonally at the ground. A faint smile graced Yuichi's indifferent face as the sea breeze tugged at his robes.
Seeing Yuichi's stance, Zephyr, watching from the NEO Marine ship, realized what was coming. That kid... don't tell me he wants to...
Before Zephyr could finish, Yuichi's voice echoed from the screen.
"Scatter, Senbonzakura..."
The Zanpakutō, burning with pink flames, dissolved into fragments, drifting away on the wind. The broken shards blazed violently, fed by the sea breeze.
The color of the sakura petals was pink, and the flames matched them perfectly. They floated in the air, a mesmerizing storm of fire petals.
Suddenly, they began to fall like meteors.
A rain of fire descended. The burning blade fragments exploded with light. It looked as if petals had fallen into a sea of fire. For a moment, the entire surface of the ocean was illuminated in pink.
The first thought in the minds of the spectators was: Beautiful.
It was a scene of terrifying beauty—the romance of sakura flowers combined with the rage of fire.
Yuichi stood surrounded by the storm. He held only the hilt of Senbonzakura, the black and red armor still floating on his hand. The hilt acted as the medium between the Zanpakutō and the Spirit of Fire, maintaining the Over Soul state.
Yuichi stared at Tobirama with dark eyes. With a light flick of his fingers, the scattered petals suddenly rioted.
They accelerated instantly, covering the entire sea area. The shards spun crazily, moving at irregular speeds. They cut and burned everything on the surface of the sea, sparing only a small safe zone around Yuichi.
Reefs shattered. Waves were scorched. Even the seawater could not extinguish these flames.
Tobirama stood frozen. The reefs were gone. The specially marked kunai he had scattered were destroyed instantly. His coordinates were being erased one by one.
The spectators realized Yuichi's plan.
This was a wide-range AOE attack designed to render the Flying Thunder God useless. No matter how fast Tobirama teleported, he couldn't dodge a storm that covered every inch of the battlefield.
Unless he escaped the area entirely. But this was a cage match. An invisible wall enclosed the battlefield. Tobirama had nowhere to run.
Yuichi raised his index finger and pointed at Tobirama.
"Go."
It was a light command, yet it carried the weight of an imperial decree.
The surrounding fragments converged into a torrent, bursting toward Tobirama.
Tobirama wanted to shift positions, but the air was filled with erratic, burning blades. Even if he dodged the main torrent, the stray shards would shred him. It was checkmate.
Stalling is just delaying defeat!
Tobirama slammed his hands together.
"Water Style: Super Exploding Water Shockwave!"
Boom!
The sea boiled. A massive volume of water rolled up, forming a tsunami to intercept Yuichi's Senbonzakura.
Fire collided with water. A piercing roar erupted. But the stalemate lasted only a moment before Senbonzakura broke through the current. The water exploded into steam and rain.
The torrent of blades crashed into the reef where Tobirama stood, tearing it apart.
But Tobirama was gone.
Yuichi squinted, looking down at the water in front of him.
Splash!
Tobirama burst out from underwater, leaping directly in front of Yuichi. He held a kunai, spinning it in his palm, and stabbed viciously toward Yuichi's neck.
The sudden counterattack surprised both worlds. Tobirama had used the water to mask his approach!
The sharp tip was less than a centimeter from Yuichi's throat when it stopped abruptly.
Tobirama's eyes narrowed. Yuichi had caught his wrist.
"Fighting me in close combat? Have you forgotten that I am stronger than you physically?"
Crack!
Yuichi squeezed, and the sound of Tobirama's wrist bones shattering echoed. Tobirama winced, and the kunai fell from his limp hand toward the ocean below.
Refusing to give up, Tobirama clenched his other hand into a fist. But before he could swing, he felt a massive impact in his stomach.
His internal organs felt as if they were being twisted together. A knee strike had slammed into his gut.
Blood spewed from Tobirama's mouth, and he was launched backward at high speed.
This power... Tobirama thought as he flew through the air. It's more terrifying than the monstrous strength of the Senju clan...
As he flew, he collided with the swirling fragments of Senbonzakura. The flames of the Spirit of Fire burned him, inflicting a sharp pain that seemed to sear his very soul.
Clang!
The sound of blades gathering rang in his ears. Tobirama caught a glimpse of Yuichi out of the corner of his eye.
He's... behind me!
Yuichi stood behind the airborne Tobirama. Flames burst from the hilt in his hand as the blade reformed.
Boom!
A massive pillar of pink fire erupted from Tobirama's chest, swallowing him whole.
As Tobirama was consumed by the inferno, Yuichi held Senbonzakura and slowly sheathed the blade.
As the guard clicked against the sheath, the flames behind him vanished along with the falling petals.
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