Chapter 135 Slash

Land of Fire.

Tanzaku Town.

The battle raged on as the silver haired man despite fighting three enemies alone unleashed a spectacular display of power and technique, neutralizing every attack hurled at him with ease and grace.

The air was thick with the energy of jutsu, the ground scarred by their clashes, and the night alive with the echoes of their determination.

"I know just this won't hold you back for long; so here's another gift for you" Muttered Kazuki as he watched the icy binds beginning to take hold, slowing down Roshi's transformation.

He knew that Roshi, even partially transformed, possessed immense destructive power. Anticipating a counterattack, Kazuki was already preparing a next move, a combination of tactics designed to exploit any openings.

"Wind Style: Gale Force Arrows!"

SWISH!! SWISH!!

Kazuki extended his hands, releasing a volley of compressed air projectiles, each sharp as an arrow, aimed directly at Roshi. The wind arrows sliced through the cold air, speeding towards their target with lethal precision.

"DAMN!! I can't let that hit me!!!" Yelled Roshi in a panicked tone after seeing the approaching highly compressed air arrows coming towards him, his legs were encased in ice that even his lava was taking time to melt, he looked completely helpless before the attack which had the potential to riddle him with holes.

"NO!!! I won't die here!!!!"

ROAR!!!!

Adrenaline facing certain death kicked in as roshi let out a desperate scream, the scream suddenly turning into a soul shaking roar, lava pouring out his mouth like a tide.

"Lava Style: Eruptive Rock Dome!"

BOOM!!!

In an instant, a dome of molten rock encased him, intercepting the wind arrows which exploded upon contact, sending fragments of cooled lava scattering across the battlefield.

"HA! I'm the Tsuchikage… don't you dare count me out yet!!"

Onoki with blood running down his forehead despite the injuries from kazuki's attack earlier stood up, a determined look in his eyes that gazed at the silver haired man at distance.

Floating High, Onoki once again gathered a cluster of sub atomic particles, preparing another attack.

"Particle Style: Grand Annihilation Sphere!"

With a thrust of his hands, he directed the deadly sphere towards Kazuki, intending to end the confrontation with a single, crushing blow.

"Persisting relentlessly in the face of adversity isn't always a sign of courage… I thought that by that age you would have learned how to give up."

Kazuki spotted the approaching sphere with ease, his lips parting and words leaving his mouth, a disappointed look on his face.

BOOM!!!

Next moment with a silver flash kazuki calmly teleported to a nearby marked position, easily evading the attack of Onoki through the use of Flying Raijin.

"Not yet… I can still go on…

Meanwhile, Ran, previously staggered by Kazuki's earlier attacks, regained her footing. Seeing Kazuki momentarily focused on Ōnoki, she gathered immense steam around his fists, her body heating up to an almost unbearable temperature, even stopping the blood flow from the horrendous wound on her stomach.

 "Steam Release: Scorching Palm Strike!"

"Same strategy again and again… truly brainless"

Ran charged, aiming a devastating blow towards Kazuki's last known position. However, Kazuki, ever vigilant, detected the incoming attack with his acute sensory abilities, speaking out in a disappointed tone

"Fizz!!"

"Water Style: Whirlpool Shield!" He quickly countered, creating a spiraling barrier of water around himself that cooled the steam and disrupted Ran's attack trajectory, blowing her away with the attack's inertia.

ROAR!!!

Roshi, now fully encased in his rock dome, continued his transformation, the sounds of his roars muffled but still fierce.

"I told you already that I won't just stand around and watch."

As the rock dome began to crack from the building pressure inside, Kazuki understood Roshi was nearing to the complete tailed beast transformation but he didn't want to make things was for him.

"Ha!!"

He glanced around the battlefield, quickly analyzing the positions and conditions of his foes. Deciding it was time to utilize one of his most strategic jutsu's, he took a deep breath.

"Fuinjutsu: Chakra Disruption Field!"

Kazuki announced, placing his hands on the ground. A series of intricate symbols appeared, spreading outwards to create a field designed to disrupt chakra flow temporarily of anyone within this field.

All these years being hokage kazuki might not have battled much but he never slowed down his training, he further improved his chakra nature transformations to the point where he got excess to a lot of kekkai genkai by combining two chakra natures, he studied Fuinjutsu to develop a lot of variations in it, this jutsu just one of the many.

"My chakra… damn it's becoming unstable!!"

Ran who was barely on her feet and was within the range of the field that had expanded to at least half a kilometer found the chakra in her body rioting, cursing out in a frustrated tone.

"Even Fuinjutsu of this level… this monster…

Onoki riddled with injuries to save chakra decided not to float but this field made it impossible for him to stay on the ground, once again expressing his shock at what he was witnessing.

As the chakra disruption field expanded, a visible tension gripped the battlefield. Kazuki's foes, caught within the intricate network of sealing symbols, felt their chakra fluctuating uncontrollably. Roshi, in the midst of his transformation within the rock dome, struggled as the flow of his tailed beast's chakra became erratic.

"Still don't underestimate the wisdom of old… nothing can hold its own before the pinnacle of chakra mastery…Kekkai Tota" {Combination of three chakra natures, Particle Style}

Ōnoki, hovering above, realized the precariousness of their situation. He quickly tried to counteract the effects of the seal.

"Particle Style: Atomic Reversal!"

He attempted to disassemble the seal itself at a molecular level, a highly advanced technique that required immense concentration and control. His hands moved with a blur of speed, tracing complex symbols in the air, his chakra working to undo Kazuki's Fuinjutsu.

Meanwhile, Ran, for the first time in this battle showed why she was chosen as the new jinchuriki as despite being in the field managing to use her chakra to some extent.

"Boil Release: Vapor Shroud!"

With a stomp, she released an immense amount of steam, enveloping the area and obscuring vision. Within this cloak of steam, she advanced, using the cover to close the distance between him and Kazuki.

"Zzzz!!!"

However, her little trick to approach Kazuki silently was nothing more than a terrible joke before his sensory abilities as sensing her approaching he prepared for close combat. He withdrew the Kusanagi blade, channeling his chakra into the legendary weapon.

 "Lightning Release: Thunderclap Slash!"

The blade crackled with electric energy, slicing through the steam with precision, aiming to intercept Ran before she could launch another attack.

KENG!!

"He's… just too powerful….

As the blade met Ran's advance, a clash of steam and lightning erupted, the impact sending shockwaves across the field. The steam dissipated under the intense heat of the lightning, revealing Ran momentarily stunned by zap from kazuki's lightning attack, barely able to speak.

Taking this opportunity, Kazuki moved swiftly towards Ōnoki, who was still focused on dismantling the Fuinjutsu.

"Wind Style: Cyclone Bind!"

"DAMN!!"

Flashing one handed signs he blew towards the sky, in an instant creating a tornado around Ōnoki, trapping the Tsuchikage within swirling winds that hampered his ability to concentrate on his jutsu.

With Ōnoki temporarily contained, Kazuki turned his attention back to Roshi, whose rock dome was now showing large cracks, the red chakra visibly pulsing from within. Knowing he needed to end the fight before Roshi could fully transform Kazuki prepared his next move.

"Water Style: Raging Waves!"

"Ice Style: Frost Bind!"

Thud!!

Kazuki slammed his hands into the ground, summoning a massive surge of water that rushed towards the dome, seeping into the cracks and beginning to freeze. He intended to solidify the water inside the cracks, potentially trapping Roshi in a prison of ice.

"Just what can work against him…

As the water froze, the dome shattered, revealing Roshi partially transformed, his body encased in ice, struggling against the cold that immobilized him, a look of despair on his face as he spoke inwardly in a helpless tone.

Seeing him immobilized and the other two not able to interfere momentarily, Kazuki brought a serious look on his face, taking out a kunai with one hand and tightening the grip around Kusanagi's handle.

"Farewell"

These were the last words that left Kazuki's mouth as immediately after he hurled the kunai in his hand towards Roshi.

"Flying Raijin Slash!"

Just as the kunai appeared close to Roshi, Kazuki appeared next to it out of nowhere and a blade enlarged in the helpless eyes of Roshi.

"Thwack!"

Blood splashed on the ice that encased Roshi as soon as the blade cut through his throat, opening it up.

"I… cough…I

THUD!!

Blood rinsed down Roshi's open throat who with his eyes widened tried to say something but the cut throat making him unable to speak, gradually the life in roshi's eyes began to drain away along with his blood as eventually they turned completely white, his neck going limp.

….

The battlefield fell silent, the outcome pretty clear. Kazuki's calm eyes on the dead Roshi before him, the gaze of Onoki and Ran on the dead Roshi as well.

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