Huh?
As expected—he's dangerous.
Blue B narrowed his eyes slightly. The tachi in his hand was instantly wrapped in blue-white lightning, vibrating at an extremely high frequency.
At the same time, the violent crimson Tailed Beast chakra surrounding his body surged along the blade as if alive—pouring, coiling, compressing—fusing with the high-frequency blue-white Lightning Release chakra.
With a single slash, Blue B unleashed a massive lightning blade—highly condensed, interwoven with violent crimson lightning and blue-white high-frequency shockwaves—bringing it down fiercely toward the roaring, overwhelming wave of fire!
Lightning Release: Supersonic Vibration Blade!
The gigantic lightning blade split the incoming torrent of fire cleanly down the middle!
The wave was torn in two, like a ruptured cascade of flames, surging past both sides of Blue B and instantly turning the ground and forest behind him into twin infernos!
A top-tier combatant with immense battle experience, Blue B saw through it the moment he faced the technique—its power was indeed enormous, its area of effect vast, but that very breadth was also its flaw.
Because of that spread, its force wasn't concentrated enough.
Against higher-intensity, point-based or linear piercing attacks, it could be forcibly cut through and split apart!
However—
Just as Blue B had cleaved apart the fire wave and burst out from the split inferno—
Whoosh!!!
Above him, a figure wreathed in intertwined azure and crimson flames descended like a meteor, appearing directly overhead—so fast it left no afterimage behind!
ROAR!!!
Might Duy threw a punch!
It was as if an ancient beast roared across the heavens!
The sheer force of the blow compressed the air to its absolute limit, forming a colossal tiger made entirely of pale compressed air—lifelike, ferocious—as it lunged downward to devour Blue B!
Where the tiger's roar passed, gale-force winds tore through like countless blades, crushing everything below!
Another expert!?
Blue B's gaze sharpened. His reaction speed was astonishing—eight crimson tails instantly retracted, layering over each other to form a solid spherical shell of red chakra around him!
BOOM!!!
Daytime Tiger struck the crimson sphere head-on!
The immense impact hurled it into the ground like a cannonball. With a deafening explosion, a crater dozens of meters wide was blasted open, shattered rock launching outward like artillery shells, and every tree within a hundred-meter radius was pulverized into dust!
The crimson sphere trembled violently under the impact. The red glow on the eight tails dimmed visibly, fading from deep crimson to a dull, pale red.
Inside, Blue B felt his blood churn slightly, and the flow of chakra in his body momentarily destabilized.
Though the attack was devastating, it hadn't caused any real damage. After all, he was in a semi–Tailed Beast transformation—his physical strength, defense, chakra reserves, and recovery had all been significantly enhanced by the Tailed Beast's power.
Still—
That violent strike had forcibly knocked him out of the semi-transformed beast-like state—where his body was covered in boiling dark-red chakra—and pushed him back into a human-dominant form, maintaining only a basic level of Tailed Beast chakra enhancement.
The moment Blue B slightly loosened his defensive tails and leapt out of the crater—
A crimson figure flashed toward him like a streak of light!
Shinichi!
The Flowing Cloud Blade left its sheath. The blade traced a graceful arc through the night sky, unleashing a massive crescent of flames!
The flaming arc stretched over ten meters long, carrying destructive heat as it slashed directly toward Blue B's neck—just as he was recovering from the impact of Daytime Tiger!
Blue B's eyes turned cold. Blue-white lightning instantly gathered on his tachi as he swung to meet the attack head-on!
Clang!
With a deafening metallic crash, a multicolored shockwave—formed of sparks, lightning serpents, and explosive force—erupted outward in a circular blast from the point where blade and sword collided!
The terrifying shockwave blasted away all debris and dust within dozens of meters, creating a brief vacuum zone!
In the next instant—
Their gazes met briefly in midair.
And then—
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Two crimson figures collided and crossed at high speed across the battlefield, now filled with smoke, dust, and crackling lightning!
A dense barrage of metallic clashes and explosive energy bursts rang out in rapid succession—so fast they almost merged into a continuous roar!
Shinichi's swordsmanship—was just like his Fire Release—
Fierce as fire. Swift. Violent.
Each strike carried scorching Fire Release chakra—slash, cleave, lift, thrust. The transitions between moves were smooth and natural, yet every motion was laced with lethal intent.
His footwork was even more astonishingly agile—at times drifting like a phantom, impossible to pin down; at others bursting forward like a hunting leopard. In coordination with his swordplay, he wove a deadly web of flaming blades around Blue B's entire body!
And Blue B—
Born of the battle-obsessed Kumogakure, and the future mentor of Killer B, the Eight-Tails jinchūriki—his mastery of the blade was equally unfathomable. His swordsmanship was swift as lightning, broad and unrestrained; Lightning Release intertwined with the Tailed Beast chakra around him. Every slash struck like crashing thunder, every blow carried overwhelming force, fast as a fleeting flash.
'This brat's strength is insane!'
'No wonder he could kill Uncle Yotsuki Bi!'
'If I didn't have the Eight-Tails chakra reinforcing me, just in terms of raw physical strength… I might not even match him!'
During the brief yet ferocious close-quarters clash, Blue B was secretly shaken. The opponent's sword was not only fast, precise, and tricky—but the sheer brute force behind it far exceeded expectations.
After all, he himself had trained in Lightning Release Body Flicker combat techniques—though not to the level of his cousin A.
His gaze sharpened.
The pale red Tailed Beast chakra around his body surged violently once more!
Its color deepened at a visible rate, shifting rapidly from light red toward a dark crimson!
Seizing the brief opening created when a single slash forced his opponent slightly back, the chakra cloak around Blue B visibly thickened. Subtle beast-like traits began to emerge in its form—he was on the verge of re-entering a semi–Tailed Beast transformation, with a full boost to strength and speed!
"Shinichi, fall back!"
At that moment, Might Duy, who had been observing from the sidelines, suddenly shouted.
Previously, because the two had been fighting at such extreme speed and close range, his vision couldn't keep up. He had reacted too slowly—and didn't dare intervene rashly for fear of hitting his ally.
But now—
As the two separated briefly after another violent clash—
He didn't hesitate.
His right fist, already fully primed, shot forward in an instant!
"Daytime Tiger!!"
Another terrifying air cannon, compressed to the absolute limit, took the form of a roaring pale tiger. It tore through the air with a shrill explosive howl, blasting straight toward Blue B!
Not good!
Seeing this, Blue B had no choice but to once again wrap himself in his eight tails, forming a crimson sphere.
BOOM!!!
The entire crimson sphere was blasted away like a sandbag struck by a siege ram!
As it flew backward, the dark crimson chakra rapidly dispersed and faded, smashing through dozens of towering trees and carving a deep trench nearly a thousand meters long before finally coming to a halt.
The Tailed Beast chakra he had just been gathering—was completely blown apart by that strike.
He couldn't even maintain the most basic cloak form.
And after unleashing that earth-shattering punch—
The blue steam surging around Might Duy's body abruptly collapsed inward. His body swayed violently; his face turned pale at a visible rate. Beads of sweat rolled down like rain. His legs gave out, and he was on the verge of collapsing.
Clearly—
Opening the Seventh Gate and unleashing Daytime Tiger twice in such a short span had placed an enormous burden on his body.
You've got to be kidding me…
Big bro, you're already spent?
You're nowhere near your son's level in the future…
Shinichi couldn't help but complain inwardly—but he also knew it was unreasonable to measure Might Duy by Might Guy's standards. Otherwise, that last Daytime Tiger wouldn't have merely shattered Blue B's chakra cloak—it would have done far more.
He didn't choose to pursue the blasted-away Blue B.
Because—
In the distance within his field of vision, behind Blue B, dense ranks of Kumogakure pursuers had already appeared in the forest.
In the few short breaths of combat between him and Blue B, the enemy's main force had already closed in!
More importantly—
That cold sense of danger within him, the warning from the Ominous Sign entry, still hadn't faded.
To catch up this quickly meant that this five-hundred-man Kumogakure unit wasn't just elite—
It was filled with jōnin, and even a considerable number of elite jōnin.
With such a lineup—and the Eight-Tails jinchūriki present—
If he got surrounded, even with clones assisting, unless Might Duy risked his life to open the Eighth Gate…
It would be a certain death scenario.
"Move!"
Shinichi stepped forward in a flash, grabbed the exhausted Might Duy—who could barely stand—and hoisted his arm over his shoulder. Without looking back, he turned and dashed in the same direction as the retreating forces, pushing his speed to the absolute limit!
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