blogombal Chapter 152 The Complete Form Appears, Earth Escape Technique - Year Kill
Chapter 152 The Complete Form Appears, Earth Escape Technique - Year Kill
"Damn it! What are you hiding from? I will not allow my prey to escape and interrupt my enjoyment!!" After a half-second pause, Gaara roared and Shukaku slammed his right arm on the ground and chased after him.
While their speed wasn't as fast as Ishikawa's, it wasn't far behind either!
"Sand Shuriken..."
Watching the fleeing blue afterimage ahead, Gaara continuously swung his right arm, each swing unleashing dozens of sand shuriken in an attempt to hinder the opponent's escape.
Although his attacks were fast and dense, the raging Ishikawa seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and was always able to dodge in time, which made Gaara even more irritable and uneasy!
[This is troublesome. If it weren't for my red eyes, I might have been hit. The Jinchuriki who unleashed his power is definitely not someone I can handle right now. It seems I have no choice but to summon White Zetsu to retreat!] Seeing Gaara relentlessly pursuing him through his red eyes, Ishikawa thought to himself and prepared to summon White Zetsu.
But just as he bit his finger, he suddenly frowned and looked at the woods on his right.
Under his red-eyed, penetrating vision, Karin and the other two, who had been retreating with their heads as ordered, suddenly converged on him.
He is currently only one kilometer away, which is not a safe distance for the enraged Gaara.
"Huh? What's that..." Ishikawa suppressed his doubts and changed his mind, just about to lure Gaara away, when another three-person team came into the red-eyed man's line of sight and headed straight this way.
The leader was none other than Maki, the Jonin who led Gaara and his siblings. Behind him, two men, each carrying a large scroll with the character "封" (seal) on it, followed closely with anxious expressions.
"I see. I was wondering why Sunagakure was so bold as to send unstable Jinchuriki out of the village on missions. It turns out they had a sealing team observing from the shadows to prevent any unforeseen events!" Ishikawa instantly understood, and then roughly figured out what was going on with Karin and the others.
It's highly likely that Karin sensed the whereabouts of Maki and the other two, and then came to support them in their retreat! With Karin's senses, she must have also noticed Gaara's unusual behavior at this moment, which is why she didn't use a shadow clone to notify him but came directly to his aid.
"Well then, I'll give you a big gift!" Seeing Maki and Karin rushing towards him, Ishikawa instantly made up his mind, forming hand seals and unleashing a torrent of lightning...
"I'm sorry, but in order to keep you in line and allow us to evacuate safely, I have no choice but to apologize! Lightning Release: Chidori..." Turning around instantly, Ishikawa held Chidori, his left eye bloodshot, staring coldly at Gaara.
"Hahaha, you're definitely not a simple prey. Then let me see how much more you can give me, my prey!!" Seeing Ishikawa's left eye turn red and his right hand crackling with lightning, Gaara couldn't listen to anything else and immediately roared excitedly.
In response, Ishikawa showed no mercy, his body crackling with electricity as he unleashed his Lightning Release armor once more with his last chakra!
With a whoosh, it was like a bolt of lightning flashing through the lush green forest...
【So fast!】 Gaara's eyes widened, and he immediately lunged forward with Shukaku's right arm, not to be outdone. At the same time, the gourd on his back split into more than a dozen sand spears that attacked Ishikawa from all directions.
However, his sand spear was as slow as a tortoise in front of Ishikawa, who was unleashing his Lightning Release armor. With his red eyes, he found a weak point and used his sharp Chidori to tear a gap, slamming it hard into Shukaku's right arm.
"what!!!"
Amid Gaara's heart-wrenching screams, Chidori, empowered by the Lightning Release armor, tore through Shukaku's right arm like a steel knife ripping through tofu, piercing into the crevice of his right shoulder and severely injuring him!
"Damn it! You bastard, a Konoha ninja, how dare you... how dare you... unforgivable! Even prey can turn on its hunter, unforgivable! Ah!!"
Under Ishikawa's expectant gaze, Gaara was finally provoked and lost his temper, erupting violently.
With a loud bang, the violent chakra wind pressure blew Ishikawa hundreds of meters away, and at the same time, a huge monster made a shocking appearance amidst the smoke and dust!
"Shukaku! Oh no! Gaara has gone berserk and unleashed the One-Tailed Beast at this crucial moment! Come with me..."
Almost the instant the monster appeared, Maki, who was several hundred meters away, changed his expression drastically and immediately unleashed his Wind Release technique to accelerate towards it.
At the same time, someone shouted, "What, what is that thing?!"
"A monster? That guy definitely isn't a normal human!"
"Hiss! We're actually going to have to fight a monster like this? This is definitely not a B-rank mission."
Karin and the other two arrived at Ishikawa's side earlier, trembling as they looked at the ferocious and terrifying giant beast a hundred meters away.
Although Shukaku's size is similar to that of Oni-Gera, who has become a ninja dog summoning beast, Taro-jiro had not participated in the previous battles, and was still terrified when he saw such a giant beast for the first time!
"Idiot, help me run! Are you waiting here to fight monsters to the death?" Exhausted, Ishikawa scolded, prompting Tarojiro to react quickly and support him on either side.
"Captain, I'll help you recover right now. This should break the ban you mentioned before, right?" Karin stepped forward and offered her hand to Ishikawa's mouth without hesitation.
"Okay, let's leave here first." Ishikawa didn't refuse and urged, opening his mouth to bite Karin's fair and tender palm.
The reason he dared to unleash all his chakra without regard for anything was because of the presence of Karin, the healer!
"Ah~~"
Almost the instant Ishikawa bit Karin's palm, Karin's cheeks flushed and she involuntarily let out an alluring moan.
The sound instantly made Tarojiro feel embarrassed, and at the same time he understood why his older brother didn't let them bite Karin to recover their strength.
Those ambiguous moans really make it seem like they're bullying a young girl!
Shaking their heads to stop thinking about it, the two immediately helped Ishikawa retreat quickly, with Karin also keeping her bitten and sticking close to Ishikawa as they hurried to catch up.
"Trying to run? You can't escape!!"
Almost at the same time as the four fled, Gaara, who was above Shukaku's head, grinned wildly and made a gesture of grasping with one hand.
As he moved, the giant Shukaku beneath him mirrored his action. In an instant, a massive sand claw, several meters in diameter, appeared out of thin air and lunged at the four of them…
"I'll hold him off, you take Big Brother and go." Seeing this, Taro, though terrified, gritted his teeth, turned around, and formed hand seals.
"No need, you can't stop it!" Just as Jiro was about to speak, Ishikawa, who had recovered half of his chakra, shouted.
As he spoke, Ishikawa's hands flashed with afterimages of lightning, completing hand seals in the blink of an eye. This was Ishikawa's way of stimulating cell activation with lightning-attribute chakra, using the techniques of the Lightning Release Armor to directly stimulate his hands and increase the speed of hand seal formation.
'Earth Release: Fighting Blade Staff...'
In the blink of an eye, Ishikawa unleashed a powerful burst of power from his technique.
With the help of half a chakra, stone pillars instantly sprang up from the ground within a hundred meters, scattering sand and hands. Furthermore, they directly propelled Maki and his companions out of the forest to draw fire!
But that wasn't all. Behind Shukaku, unnoticed by the others, a thick, hard stone pillar shot out and pierced a section of the ground, driving Gaara into a frenzy once again.
"Konoha's secret ninjutsu technique, Earth Release: Thousand Years of Death, I refuse to believe this move won't break your defenses..."
Seeing that Maki and the others were doing their best to suppress Gaara and prevent him from unleashing Shukaku, Ishikawa smiled faintly and bit Karin's hand again. The four members of the team quickly retreated from the area.