Kapitel 145: Ch145. Practical Training 3
Juzo jumped at Ringo the second he regained his balance, forcing her to block a sweeping slash from his Kubikiribocho with her right blade. Not even a split second later, Jinin's Kabutowari's ax met Ringo's left blade as sparks flew all around. Jinin's blow was much stronger than Juzo's but nevertheless, it fulfilled its purpose and Ringo was now in a deadlock.
Ringo knew Jinin would most likely use his hammer to strengthen the force behind his ax so she leaned on her left leg, putting as much weight onto it as possible to brace for the impact that would come from her left side.
Jinin smirked pushing himself from the ground into a spin... and before Ringo registered what he planned, his hammer impacted... Kubikiribocho instead of his ax. Ringo, who was still blocking Kubikiribocho with her right blade and was balancing herself for a strong blow from her left side, didn't last even a second before her guard broke and Kubikiribocho met her waist, bending her and sending her flying through the air to the left.
Despite preferring working solo, the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist knew what teamwork is and could work together seamlessly. This was shown by the direction Ringo was sent flying to, straight at Jinpachi, the wielder of Shibuki.
Ringo tried to regain her balance by twisting in mid-air but a string caught her leg, again making her unbalanced as Kushimaru kicked her chest, sending her back on her track towards Jinpachi even faster than before. Kushimaru landed onto his feet, and instantly fell onto his ass as smoke started rising from his right leg, the one he used to kick Ringo's armor. Clearly, he got zapped by the natural lightning in return and would not regain his nimbleness anytime soon.
Jinpachi held Shibuki like a baseball bat and when Ringo's body was finally in his striking range, he swung... a booming explosion resounded from his Explosive Sword as the dust was sent into the air. The ball of dust was broken up not a second later by Ringo's body that was sent flying in yet another direction by the explosion, right at the wielder of Hiramekarei who was already waiting for her with a hammer made of chakra.
Ringo however twisted her body mid-air as she was about to reach into Arata's striking range. This time, there was nobody able to stop her. Her foot kicked the ground which completely changed the trajectory of her 'flight', making her crash through the air towards the ground instead of towards Arata. Crouched on all four, Ringo slid on the ground in front of Arata who didn't expect her to do something like this.
Ringo seamlessly transferred all the kinetic force from her flight into sliding, mitigating it slightly, and then she pushed against the ground, again changing the sliding into the spin... It was so fast that Arata didn't even have time to register when exactly she appeared in front of him as her body was about to spin from right to left and with that, her right blade was rushing towards his neck.
Ringo was already in Arata's guard. He didn't have time to change the shape of Hiramekarei and with a massive weapon like the chakra hammer, it would be hard to counter so he was forced to go defensive and block. Pulling the hammer slightly towards his left, Ringo's natural-lightning-coated blade crashed into the chakra-made hammer-head, cracking the ground under them from the force, causing Arata's knees to bend.
Nevertheless, Arata was already in the process of changing Hiramekarei into the shape of two swords to match Ringo's dual-wielding. He was indeed the best to block her or stop her momentum as both used energy-made or coated blades and both could dual-wield.
And as Ringo spotted he divided Hiramekarei into two while changing its shape into some kind of oval chakra blades... she decided to take the kiddy gloves off. The twerp was really arrogant if he wanted to fight with two swords against her of all people.
Her left arm snapped into action, slashing towards the left blade of Hiramekarei as Arata was barely done with the division of his sword... Needless to say, he couldn't put as much strength behind his block and was sent sliding back, ending the deadlock of their right blades.
Ringo didn't wait for him to regain his bearing and jumped forward, viciously slashing her swords, getting faster and faster... one slash, two slashes, four, eight, sixteen... lightning bolts cracked and snapped all around the duo of a petite redhead who was like a rushing bull and a tall blue-haired man who barely managed to block with his big oval swords made of chakra. Ringo's speed was increasing by slash and Arata had really a big problem to block her fast-paced combo. Slowly, he started redirecting, parrying while retreating backward...
Ringo's swords stopped as three blades landed on her from behind. Kubikiribocho, Kabutowari, and Kiba wielders put their best into it, wanting to injure her while she was focused on Arata. Kubikiribocho stopped on her neck. Both of Kiba's blades were flashing with lightning and trying to dig into her right side, in an upward stab that would reach her heart, and right leg, right above a quite important artery. And Kabutowari's ax was in the middle of her back, right alongside her spine, as Jinin smashed his ax into it.
The battlefield stilled.
Arata was gasping for air, happy he held Ringo down long enough for the others to attack. His two Hiramekareis were crossed over his chest, stopping one of Ringo's stabs a few inches in front of his face. Really... lucky.
"Pffft." Ringo suddenly snickered.
Hearing that, the four swordsmen around her stiffened. Three of them felt a chill go up to their spines when they realized that... 'How the heck is there not even a scratch on her armor!?'
Kubikiribocho stopped on the armor coating her neck, many cracks appearing on the blade as the natural lightning reverted most of the force of the blow back onto the blade. Juzo's eyes widened. Sure, Kubikiribocho was broken many times but never by its own attack!
The lightning coating of Kiba blades shimmered down to inexistence almost instantly as the electric energy was absorbed by Ringo's armor. The only reason the Kiba blades were not damaged was their lightning attunement and Raiga was forced to step back as his blades uncontrollably shook from the impact, causing his whole body to tremble while his wrists screamed in pain as he tried to not let go of the vibrating Kiba blades.
Kabutowari... the second Jinin stuck his hammer onto the back of its ax, trying to use it as a wedge to break through Ringo's armor and dig into her spine, the force was completely negated. At least from his perspective. He didn't feel a thing. His ax though... the whole force of his blow and that of Ringo's armor's counter was focused solely on the ax, causing it to shatter into pieces as two opposing forces squished it. Needless to say, Jinin was horrified at part of his sword that was supposed to be able to penetrate any defense being broken!
'Lightning Armor: Force Reflection.' Ringo's eyes gleamed. 'Did the idiots think I would not prepare for them?'
The previous exchange where she was sent flying was enough of a lesson for her. Clearly, having superb defense didn't mean she could not be unbalanced or sent flying. It might be still in the stage of development but Ringo naturally already implemented a few tricks into her armor to increase her defensive and offensive power.
Arata didn't see what happened behind Ringo. He still thought she was affected by the three blows to her back and he just had to keep her in a deadlock while his associates penetrate her armor and finish her off but...
With a mocking smile, Ringo suddenly lengthened the blade he was blocking. The one he stopped just a few inches in front of his face. And Arata was sent onto a permanent vacation as his head was skewered by a blade made of natural lightning, creating a charred hole into it.
'Didn't expect that, did ya, fucker?' Ringo cheered while the lengthened part of the blade made of natural lightning retracted back into a coating around the chakra-metal blade.
'Shit!' The three swordsmen behind Ringo had all similar thoughts, wanting to distance themselves from her. They weren't stupid and knew the hunter just became prey.
But Ringo would not let them go so easily when they had the guts to attack her back, right?
Kapitel 146: Ch146. Raijin's Descent
Ringo's blades gleamed blue as she spun on her heel, sending a piercing stab at Jinin who now held only the hammer part of Kabutowari. He quickly put the hammer-head in the path of Ringo's sword, blocking it but Ringo was no longer paying him any attention as her feet impacted Juzo's chest, cracking most of his ribs while breaking some as lightning from her armor shocked him unconscious and the kick sent him flying way back, causing him to let go of Kubikiribocho that quickly spun in the air until it stopped by its blade burrowing into the ground.
'Two down.' Ringo hummed, half-turning her head towards Jinin who just now realized he was used only as a diversion.
The situation was quite bad for him. He was closest to Ringo, half of his weapon was destroyed, Raiga was behind him without any way to help him fast enough for it to count, and other remaining members of the Seven who were capable of fighting may have been on their way to intercept Ringo but it was apparent they would not make it before she attacked him.
Jinin took a defensive stance with his hammer. For now, he had to endure...
Ringo looked behind where Kuriarare Kushimaru was running at her, trying to hide his injured leg by acting alright. She then glanced to the right where Jinpachi Munashi with his Shibuki was also approaching at a fast pace. To her left, Fuguki Suikazan ran at her with an ordinary katana.
'Smart...' Ringo thought as she looked at the giant of a man. She knew he could run faster. That meant he was letting others engage her first. For someone who lost his sword, which was his best advantage, this was indeed the best approach.
And finally, in front of her were Jinin, and Raiga who was still slightly trembling but looked determined to kill her.
Ringo smirked. There was just one last test to do. Stabbing her swords into the ground, their Lightning Susanoo Armor Coating disappeared the second she let go of them and lightning started to surge around them. The sky above her also started crackling with blue bolts as Ringo's lightning chakra seeped into the swords, making them perfect lightning rods.
"Watch out!" Raiga shouted as his eyes briefly widened when he recognized the technique. Gritting his teeth, he started pouring his own lightning chakra in big amounts around himself in preparation for Ringo's technique. "That's Raijin's Descent!"
He was, however, too late...
"Lightning Release: Raijin's Descent!" Ringo gleefully shouted, grinning like a loon with her arms theatrically spread apart, her hair standing up from both excitement and the exhilarating feeling of the static electricity coursing through her body.
From the black clouds above, two blue lightning dragons coiled around themselves in a swift descent. Their maws as big as a house deafeningly roaring at the ground they were fast approaching.
It barely took two seconds since they appeared high in the sky for them to crash on top of Ringo's head... a deafening 'Booom' resounded through the surrounding lands while the lightning painted the world blue as the lightning energy instantly raced through the area.
The trees in the radius of a few kilometers lost all of their leaves. The trees in the radius of a few hundred meters became charred. The ground in a hundred meters radius became shallow but still a massive crater and the air crackled with spontaneous electric discharges all over the whole supercharged area.
Raijin's Descent...
A secret self-sacrificial technique passed from Kiba user to Kiba user through special scrolls. The so-called above S-rank one-time final army-killing move.
Ringo was hunched over with her knees bent from the strain of two S-ranked Lightning Dragon Jutsus smashing together into her as she discharged a large amount of lightning chakra around herself. It was not to protect her body, rather it was a part of the technique. She had to envelop herself in the pure unadulterated lightning chakra of the amount of high-level S-rank Jutsu that would supercharge the two S-rank Lightning Dragons upon impact.
When the three S-rank level energies met head-on, pushing against each other? Naturally, the two S-rank Lightning Dragons would win because the amount of energy was bigger...
At this point, the user who is serving as director for the two Lightning Dragon Jutsus would be torn to shreds because of the immense pressure of three S-rank forces focused on one point... her.
But the Jutsu would continue.
The power and energy contained in the two S-rank Lightning Dragon Jutsus would literally be deflected from being vertical to being horizontal due to coming into contact with the S-rank lightning chakra the user exerted. This would also boost the two S-rank Lightning Dragon Jutsus before it would all explode in a horizontal surge of lightning energy and pressure, devastating kilometers of land around the area of impact.
It was not only Madara and Hashirama who were well above their peers in their time. Every village had one or two of these 'hidden' experts who could fight these two even if such a fight would mean sacrificing their life. Hashirama would never decide to go the peaceful way and hand out the bijuu in wishful thinking for peace if the villages could be easily conquered by him without much bloodshed. His diaries certainly said enough. In the end, he was raised to be a ninja, not a monk.
"Shit..." Ringo let out a deep breath and cursed. She could already feel the bruises forming on her body as her bones creaked. "Thankfully, nothing is broken or cracked." She gritted her teeth through the pain as she straightened herself and stretched her protesting muscles who were just put through a literal shredder made of pure energy.
She would never use the Jutsu if she didn't know she could survive it. Her armor would protect her but... Kirigakure had some recounting on Madara's and Hashirama's power and Raijin's Descent was something made to counter Madara's Susanoo or Hashirama's Wood Techniques. In close range, the trees would be literally liquified and Susanoo would be breached, injuring the user if not killing him.
"Sixty percent of my chakra, huh?" Ringo bitterly smiled as she realized how much of her chakra she had to use to concentrate her Lightning Susanoo Armor in order to prevent her muscles from tearing and bones from breaking. The armor still had massive cracks all over it but was somewhat intact. 'Well, considering this would be way above my chakra reserves limit before bonding with Rei...' She subconsciously smiled while a slight blush dusted her cheeks as she thought about that while looking around, not forgetting she is still in combat.
The first person she spotted was Raiga Kurosuki who was a few meters away from her. He was kneeling on one knee, tightly gripping Kiba blades stabbed into the ground as faint, slowly dissipating bluish shimmering coating covered his body and swords. It was almost depleted and the man himself was already unconscious because of chakra exhaustion but he survived. If he was even a meter closer to Ringo, his chakra reserves wouldn't make it.
'Well, I was ordered to leave him alive.' Ringo sighed and shook her head, 'I so hate calculating these things.'
The next thing Ringo realized was that Jinin who stood closer to her and was in fact, in front of Raiga when she started her technique, was nowhere to be found. 'I guess he was vaporized alongside the hammer, then.' She shrugged.
Not every weapon could withstand such concentrated lightning chakra at such a close range. Kiba survived because it was from the start attuned to lightning. Her own nameless blades were covered in a protective chakra layer... but Kabutowari? It had no chance without Jinin coating it in chakra and the guy had no time for that.
'What a pity to lose one of the seven swords...' Ringo clicked her tongue.
She looked to the right where Fuguki should have been located. Honestly, she didn't put much thought into his survival so she had no idea if he withstood the Jutsu.
The second Ringo spotted his body, she mirthfully chuckled.
'The Earth Dome he hastily created for his protection must have been run through instantly, burying him in the dirt without him even knowing how or when he was knocked out.' Ringo analyzed the situation as she saw Fuguki's half-buried bend-over unconscious form with his legs sticking up towards the sky from the ground. The guy survived only because he was lucky that his nose didn't get covered. 'Then again, the dirt most likely grounded most of the lightning, causing him to survive. How lucky...'
Left side... Ringo only nodded when she saw a bit charred but still breathing form of Juzo Biwa. She kicked him far enough for the energy discharge to give only a slight caress to him.
Merrily walking towards the half-liquified, half-broken Kubikiribocho, Ringo amusedly noted that the 'weakest' of the seven swords actually survived her technique at close range. She took it by the half-destroyed handle, 'He can still regrow it to its former state if he sacrificed about two hundred liters of blood and fifty times of his chakra reserves.' She threw it towards Juzo, where it landed with an audible clang.
"So, Jinpachi is dead..." Ringo's eyes lingered on the dust-covered Shibuki on the ground, "that explosion maniac would never let Shibuki out of his hand willingly." Her head turned slightly, "Hiramekarei is also fine but Arata's corpse was vaporized. Huh? No big loss there..." Ringo briefly pondered if she should take Hiramekarei but decided against it. One sword taken and another destroyed was enough spoils for now. Kiri still needed its swordsmen.
Ringo relaxed. "I guess this is i-"
Kushimaru's Nuibari stabbed into the biggest crack on Ringo's chest, right above her heart. Sparks and lightning discharges flew around as the Nuibari trembled from the strength its user used to push its tip against the impenetrable yet cracked lightning armor.
Ringo blinked and Kushimaru sweatdropped as he realized he fucked up.
"Oya? You are still breathing?" Ringo asked as her empty hand snapped in Kushimaru's direction, taking hold of his masked face before she pulled him closer towards her.
Normally he would surely dodge since he was the most agile of the seven, even surpassing Ringo's past self but now... Kushimaru's left side was incinerated. He lacked his left hand, he lacked half of his left leg, half of his left chest and stomach... only the fact his wounds were burned shut prevented him from bleeding out by now.
Ringo sighed in exasperation. 'Kushimaru was always vicious little shit. Of course, he would try to score a killing blow despite being half-dead when his enemy finally relaxed. How the hell did he even survive?'
She didn't try to talk to him. There was nothing to talk about. She just started a Chidori on her free hand and speared his chest through, tearing his heart out before using lightning discharge to destroy it. Blood started slowly dripping from under the chin of his mask as his body slackened.
Kushimaru Kuriarare died.
Ringo threw his body onto the ground and stretched her arms up before leisurely walking towards her chakra blades stabbed into the ground and picking them up.
'Oh well, job well done. Time to go home, I guess...'
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