A Move Made Together
The two remained silent for a moment, while the wind on the battlefield continued to blow and howl, seemingly speaking for them.
The girl brushed aside the hair that was fluttering in the wind and tucked it behind her ears to avoid obstructing her view and affecting the upcoming battle.
She suddenly said, "It's okay if you don't want to... Your abilities are related to your bones. Whether it's high-speed Taijutsu movement or instantaneous Ninjutsu teleportation, it all comes down to using your bones."
I did nothing wrong, did I?
Have they been found out?
Kimimaro remained silent.
He didn't respond to Sakura's words, but it didn't matter that he had been found out.
Kimimaro remained confident that he could defeat her.
Because within this forest of bones, his fatal weakness was activated, Chakra to surge dozens of times, making him invincible!
He can Body Flicker Technique appear anywhere in the Bone Forest to attack enemies. In this area, he is another version of Minato Namikaze. At the same time, the Bone Forest itself can continue to grow and spread with a constant supply of Chakra, thrusting bone swords and bone spears at enemies to assist his main body's attacks!
This is the true power of the Dance of the Early Bracken.
Kimimaro's ultimate trump card is his ability to teleport to any bone tree or pillar in the bone forest created by the Dance of the Early Bracken!
In the original story, Kimimaro had just used this move to teleport from more than 200 meters underground to behind Gaara, exhausted his life force and died halfway through the attack.
It's such a shame that this ability to appear and disappear in the Dance of the Early Bracken was only shown in one shot before being cut short.
Otherwise, why would Orochimaru value Kimimaro so much?
Is he only relying on the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai to create bones? Then why doesn't he just steal Haku or Sakura's bodies? The hardness of ice is no less than that of bones, and he also has various Ice Release!
"You are indeed right," Kimimaro said calmly after a moment of silence, "But that's meaningless. There's something I need to remind you..."
The moment he spoke, he vanished from not far from Sakura!
Then it reappeared on another bone pillar behind the girl and launched a surprise attack on her.
"... There are bones everywhere here!"
Swish—the bone spear in his right hand thrust straight towards her heart!
That was fast! Even in Cherry Blossom Impact - Stage Two, Sakura couldn't completely dodge that attack!
She desperately dodged the bone spear to the side. The sharp spear tip cleanly sliced through her Anbu armor and bodysuit, causing her ribs to bend sharply and almost break. The area under her armpit, near her chest, was ripped open and a chunk of flesh was torn away!
"Hmph...!" the girl grunted.
A sense of dread crept into his heart. It wasn't just that Kimimaro's teleportation speed using bones was incredibly fast; what was even more terrifying was that, just as he had said, bones were everywhere—this was a forest of bones.
This is the home turf of the Shikotsumyaku!
Her estimation of Kimimaro's fighting strength based on the limited information from the original work is a huge mistake. This Kimimaro, who has activated his weakness and fully unleashed the Dance of the Early Bracken, is probably ten or even a hundred times stronger than the Kimimaro in the manga who is now exhausted!
Home advantage, huh...?
She gritted her teeth, grabbed the bone spear on her left side with her right hand, twisted her waist, turned around, and leaned back slightly—
With his left elbow slamming down, Kimimaro received a devastating elbow strike!
"Nintaijutsu - Wing Chun Elbow Strike!"
"Damn it, I can't pull my hand out!" With the Monstrous Strength Technique activated, the girl's slender fingers were even stronger than steel clamps. Kimimaro exerted all his strength with his right hand, but the bone spear remained completely unmoved!
The white-haired youth's pupils suddenly contracted!
Crack!
Kimimaro retreated swiftly, his right hand, below the shoulder, already cut in half by the Lightning Blade Torrent, was now also blasted into a bloody pulp by the elbow strike!
If he hadn't forcibly severed the bones in his right hand, the right half of his body would probably have been smashed to pieces by now.
But... it's pointless.
"Did they just grow bone arms to replace the original flesh and blood body?"
Sakura Haruno was taken aback. Her opponent was capable of such a feat; even with two missing arms, his fighting ability remained undiminished. It was truly astonishing!
At the same time, she also realized how disadvantageous it would be for her to fight Kimimaro in the Shikotsumyaku's home turf, the Dance of the Early Bracken...
However, Kimimaro understood this much better than she did!
Thud! The girl pushed off with her feet and leaped up, determined to leave the forest of bones.
Whoosh! In the blink of an eye, Kimimaro's figure Body Flicker Technique on the bone pillar above her head, and he swung his sharp bone sword down with great force, drawing an arc in the air.
Whoosh! Sakura's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt. She quickly ducked, dodging the sword, and then delivered a powerful Star Cannon Hammer, shattering Kimimaro into pieces of bone.
He dodged it again!
Sakura didn't have time to think and instinctively jumped down, avoiding the bone sword that came hurtling down from above.
My breathing gradually became increasingly rapid, which was unavoidable.
Kimimaro's attacks were so relentless they were suffocating!
At this moment, Kimimaro, who had burned with all his life and spirit, unleashed the full power of the Dance of the Early Bracken.
Taking advantage of his home-field advantage—being able to instantly appear anywhere in the Bone Forest— Kimimaro launched a relentless pursuit of Sakura!
This time, fighting a powerful enemy on their home turf is the toughest battle the pink-haired girl has ever faced.
Even her battle with Orochimaru hadn't been this difficult.
If it were just Kimimaro launching the attack, with her Cherry Blossom Impact and Monstrous Strength Technique, she could fight Kimimaro to the death without fear.
However, the heavy bone pillars around her could also grow into sharp bone blades at any time to harass her, and if she wasn't careful, they would pierce a hole in her body. This kind of battle, which required her to pay attention to her surroundings, made her feel extremely strained.
"Hmph..." Sakura grunted, "I need to find a chance to escape his territory, at least by using my Ninjutsu!"
However, Kimimaro's airtight attack clearly left her no opening to exploit.
"Damn it, I can't find the right moment to Hand Seals!"
Even if it's just forming a hand seal!
In that moment of distraction, his bone knife tore his clothes, leaving several bloody marks on his body.
If we continue playing like this, the disadvantage will only grow!
However, just as Kimimaro pressed forward relentlessly, and Sakura Haruno began to falter and show signs of defeat,
Whoosh--!
Several darts suddenly shot out from outside the battlefield.
"Steel wire?" Kimimaro's attack suddenly froze. He looked down and saw that the dart was connected to a steel wire, which, thanks to the Sharingan's ability to predict his movements, had cleverly bound his body!
"Sharingan Secret Technique: Manipulated Windmill: Triple Blade!"
The unexpected attack gave Sakura Haruno a precious moment to catch her breath...
She finally had enough opening to unleash her Ninjutsu.
As Hand Seals, Sakura subconsciously glanced back.
Sasuke, despite his severe injuries, used his last strength, along with the help of his Ice Clone, to unleash this attack.
How could someone who can't even stand up launch such an attack?
This question flashed through Sakura Haruno's mind.
Then she watched helplessly as Sasuke, who had used this move, collapsed unconscious.
The wounds that had just been treated began to burst open again, gushing blood continuously, triggered by this brazen attack.
Sasuke in a pool of blood, was quickly carried away from the battlefield by Ice Clone.
The girl felt a slight tremor in her throat.
"Thank you, Sasuke..."
She didn't know whether she was moved or angry. She only felt a strong emotion surging up from the bottom of her heart and rushing to her head.
For the first time, the Chakra within her body seemed to boil uncontrollably!
"Take this, Kimimaro..."
"This was a combined attack from Team 7!"
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