Chapter 223: Spore Technique

"Hehe, you sure talk a lot!" Kisame Hoshigaki tightened his grip on his sword's hilt.

"We have plenty of time, so why not cut the chatter and get straight to the fight?"

As he spoke, Kisame suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.

A genuine coldness filled his body.

Relying on his instinctive reaction, Kisame swung his sword, Samehada, behind him.

But he was still too slow.

A shadow with the speed of lightning appeared behind him. With a thunderous crash, Kisame was instantly sent flying, crashing into a distant boulder, bloodied and battered.

It was the Raikage's attack!

"Hmm? What's this...?" Although he successfully struck Kisame, the Raikage's body had come into contact with the giant sword, Samehada.

A large amount of lightning-style chakra on his body was absorbed by Samehada.

"It seems that special sword must be the Great Sword Samehada." The Raikage hadn't seen it before but had heard of its abilities.

Once it makes contact, it absorbs chakra.

"Hmph, once this is over, this sword will become a spoil of war for Kumogakure!"

"Incredible speed!" Seeing Kisame's fate, Itachi Uchiha and Zetsu quickly scattered in different directions.

Looking at the now missing bodies of Kakuzu and Hidan on the ground, the Raikage roared in anger:

"Where are those bodies! Where did you hide them!!"

White Zetsu laughed slyly, "Hehe, if I told you, wouldn't that make my hiding spot useless?"

Through his ability, Zetsu had already transported Hidan and Kakuzu's bodies underground.

Even the sharpest ninja from Kumogakure wouldn't be able to detect it.

Furai seemed to realize something and quickly looked down, exclaiming in surprise: "Not good! Lord Raikage, the two heads are gone too!"

"What?!?" The Raikage was furious. "Damn it, when did this happen...?!"

To have something belonging to him taken right under his nose, without him noticing at all!

These two captives were incredibly important. If they were lost, rescuing his brother and Yugito Nii would be impossible.

"You strange-looking fellow! I'm going to capture all of you!" The Raikage waved his hand, and the surrounding Kumogakure ninjas instantly surrounded Itachi and White Zetsu.

"As long as you set foot in my Raikage's territory, there's only one outcome: the same fate as that Kirigakure freak—death!"

"Oh~ Raikage, you didn't think I was dead, did you..." From the pile of rubble, Kisame slowly stood up.

Apart from his torn clothes, his body was almost completely unscathed.

"He's not dead? This...this is impossible!" C, whose face was full of shock, said: "He took a full-force hit from the fully activated Raikage and... he's unscathed!"

"No!" Darui, with a heavy expression, analyzed calmly: "We saw the injuries with our own eyes, it can't be wrong! I think he must have a powerful self-healing ability; otherwise, he couldn't still be alive!"

Kisame Hoshigaki: "Tsk tsk... If you want to know the answer, just fight me and you'll understand."

"Hmph, that's exactly what I want!" As a fellow sword user, Darui was itching for a fight: "I've been wanting to test the swordsmanship of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist for a long time!"

"C, you go help Lord Raikage with those two; I'll handle this Kisame guy!"

C nodded, "…Alright, but be careful!"

As soon as he spoke, C found his body no longer obeying him.

Underground, something was wrapping around and entangling him.

He quickly looked down, only to see a large mass of expanding white substance gradually enveloping his body.

Not just C, but all the Kumogakure ninjas present, including the Raikage, were in the same predicament.

"Hehe..."

White Zetsu laughed coldly:

"Spore Technique... activated!"

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