Kimimaro's Last Burst

"Ha!" At this time, Kimimaro's aura had changed greatly. Obviously, he knew that the medicinal properties in his body were about to disappear. At that time, he would die, so he unleashed all of his strength. The condition of the Level 1 of the cursed mark had been fulfilled. Upon the mark's activation, Kimimaro's strength had increased a lot.

In all honesty, if the cursed mark didn't corrode the soul, it would be good to have one as a trump card. But unfortunately, the mark corroded not only the soul but also the flesh. It was really not worth it to take it.

"So fast..." Naruto noticed Kimimaro. He already knew that Kimimaro was very powerful, but he didn't expect him to be this powerful. He was much stronger than himself even after being taught by Jiraiya.

"This is more like it." Ryoha was not to be outdone. He instantly arrived in front of Kimimaro. Although his chakra was concentrated on his fists and feet, he couldn't achieve the same strange punch as Tsunade, but his destructive power had improved a lot. In hand-to-hand combat with Kimimaro, who had entered Level 1, his hand-to-hand combat was not inferior to him.

"I don't have much time. Cursed Mark Level 2!" Kimimaro didn't have the slightest bit of fear for someone who was about to face death. The fighting spirit in his eyes became stronger and stronger. The cursed mark on his body began to emit a scarlet light. Kimimaro's body once again underwent a transformation. His entire body simply became a human-shaped monster that was akin to a dinosaur.

A tail appeared behind Kimimaro. He swung his tail with a huge force towards Ryoha's body, immediately blasting him away.

"The improvement is crazy. The current Kimimaro's strength is no longer weaker than Guy's. The explosive power contained in his body has even surpassed Iron him by a lot. It's truly too shocking. A single lash from his tail actually has that much power."

Ryoha covered his wrist which was a bit numb. Fortunately, he had manipulated the water flow to form a protective membrane on his arm at the critical moment. Otherwise, if he was hit, his hand would definitely be broken.

"This is my, Kimimaro's, final battle. Take a good look. This is my true power." Kimimaro roared. His astonishing speed enabled him to arrive in front of Ryoha instantly. It was truly difficult to stop his advance.

"I can't fight hand-to-hand against him." At this time, Kimimaro's speed had already surpassed that of Guy, and his destructive power was even more terrifying. If Ryoha was hit lightly, his skin would split open, and if worse, his bones would be shattered.

"You won't be able to dodge it. The last attack, Dance of the Seedling Fern!" When Kimimaro saw that Ryoha's speed had suddenly increased, he immediately understood that Ryoha had been holding back in the previous battle. Now that he had entered Level 2 and his strength had increased, he began to show his true strength.

Seeing that he could not catch Ryoha in a short time, Kimimaro immediately pressed his hands to the surface of the water. Sharp bones directly pierced through the ground under and then extended through the water bed.

"Sorry for the trouble." The range of this move was too large and if he was standing on the water's surface, he would undoubtedly die. Thus, Ryoha hurriedly jumped into the air. His left hand began to condense a Water Drill. Then, he threw it down towards the swarm of bones below.

The water javelin fell down and immediately exploded into a huge water tornado. The powerful rotating force pulled the bones that extended out from the ground into the vortex. Then, it began to spin.

After Ryoha developed the Tsunami Rasengan, he abandoned the characteristic of the usual water-attribute nature transformation. After he integrated his own peculiar nature transformation characteristic into his other Water Release jutsu, his power also increased greatly.

In particular, the Hardened Water Drill. This move had been improved by the Second Hokage countless times, and it had fallen into Ryoha's hands. After he added his exclusive feature to it, the jutsu was simply tailor-made for him and became even more terrifying.

Its power had already exceeded the highest S-rank ninjutsu.

"I'm here!" Just below, the bone swarm was pulled up by the Hardened Water Drill and pulled into the water vortex. Just as the bones were about to be crushed, a very slender bone that was at least 10 meters long suddenly appeared behind Ryoha.

Kimimaro's voice came from inside the bone. Ryoha turned around and found that Kimimaro had extended half of his body from the bone. A bone spike appeared in his hand and stabbed him towards Ryoha's heart.

"You are really powerful, but you still lost." Ryoha's body was penetrated, but what flowed out was not blood but water. At the same time, the real Ryoha jumped up from the flow below. A condensed Tsunami Rasengan appeared in his hand and hit Kimimaro's chest.

"Bang!"

A heavy crash sounded. It was completely different from the usual Rasengan. The terrifying impact of the Tsunami Rasengan suddenly pierced through Kimimaro's chest. If Ryoha did not intend to leave Kimimaro's body behind and deliberately put the Tsunami Rasengan's power on his hand, Kimimaro's body would be torn down to the last cells.

"Cough cough... Did I still... lose? However, I was very happy with this battle. Orochimaru-sama, I'm sorry, I let you down." Kimimaro did not scream but instead coughed. The hole in his mouth and chest that had been blown up continued to bleed. "Can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Ryoha." Ryoha looked at Kimimaro and felt a sense of loneliness in his heart. If he did not have any blood disease, he would definitely be a terrifying figure when he grew up. At least Sasuke was incomparable to him. No wonder Orochimaru liked to admire Kimimaro so much.

"Ryoha? You are a very good... opponent. Unfortunately, I... I don't... have much time left. If there is a chance in my next life, I will definitely find you for a rematch..."

Kimimaro revealed an ugly smile and used the last of his strength to speak to Ryoha. The light in his eyes had disappeared. His fate was different from that of the original work. He didn't perish from illness but died proudly in battle.

"I will use your Bloodline Limit to shake the whole world with the existence of the Shikotsumyaku. Let the Kaguya clan's Bloodline Limit once again become famous in the world." Ryoha said in a low voice, pulling Kimimaro's body out of the bones and landing on the water below.

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, the coffin not far away exploded. A long-haired man stood there, emitting a cold chakra. It was obviously Sasuke who had completed the Cursed Mark Level 2.

"Is this the real power? It's really too strong." Sasuke did not care about what was happening behind him. His body moved, and he ran forward. Obviously, after feeling the power that Orochimaru had given him, he urgently wanted to see Orochimaru.