Just as Omoi's blade was about to slash Kurotsuchi from the side.
A flash of inspiration struck Kurotsuchi. The rock fist she had originally launched forward suddenly smashed straight down!
The earth took a direct, brutal blow. Even Gaia herself would have called it masterful—you were the true child of the earth!
The Chakra in the rock fist poured fiercely into the ground at an incredible speed. A ring of earthen spikes several meters wide immediately erupted around Kurotsuchi, stabbing upward at Omoi's body from below.
Omoi instantly felt a chill run through his lower body!
He stomped down on the emerging earth spikes, performed a backflip, and once again pulled away, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
That was close... If I'd been any slower, I really might have ended up smashing an egg against a rock.
Hozuki Suigetsu, who had been beside Yugimaru and Utakata, could no longer contain his excitement. He turned directly into a puddle of water and rushed toward Omoi.
"You Hidden Cloud guys are having so much fun fighting. Why didn't you include me?"
He appeared directly behind Omoi, his upper body reforming as his right hand clenched into a fist. His entire arm suddenly swelled to more than twice its size!
"Water Style: Giant Vortex Hand!"
He drove a vicious punch straight into Omoi's back.
But Omoi was in midair and had no way to borrow force to evade Hozuki Suigetsu's punch. His mind rapidly began devising a response.
No choice. He could only take it head-on!
He brought his ninja sword behind his back, gripping the hilt tightly with one hand while pressing the other firmly against the blade. He held the sword horizontally, intending to block the attack.
But Omoi's move was exactly what Hozuki Suigetsu wanted.
After all, in Kirigakure,