A moment later.
Mifune climbed to his feet, his expression complicated.
Given his reaction speed,
by the time he approached Hyuga Sho, he had already seen the Explosive Tags' sudden burst of flame.
Unfortunately...
This was not a blade strike between samurai.
He could not lower his body or sidestep to evade it in the blink of an eye, then deliver a fatal blow to his enemy.
An all-around, attack-proof, 360-degree Explosive Tag blast.
It directly enveloped Hyuga Sho from head to toe.
In other words, no matter who launched a close-range attack against Hyuga Sho from any angle,
as long as Hyuga Sho could sense it an instant before the opponent attacked him
and use Dark Release: Explosion Palm,
then...
the opponent's attack would be rendered completely ineffective.
They might even be counter-killed.
Hyuga Sho released ten Explosive Tag attacks at once.
Like a string of firecrackers going off in rapid succession, he unleashed them without pause.
The result was an effect that seemed almost like a single attack.
The combined force of the ten Explosive Tags was enough to blast many Kage Level Ninja away.
And because they had not been detonated right against Mifune's face,
they had not killed or crippled him.
Essentially, Mifune had been struck by the shock wave and energy of weakened Explosive Tags, which sent him flying.
"I have lost."
Mifune sheathed his katana, his face full of dejection.
But his pride had not diminished in the slightest.
Because the Bushido in his heart had not been destroyed by this.
From the moment he became a samurai,
Mifune had known the difference between samurai and ninja.
He also knew that ninja could do things samurai could not.
However...
Hyuga Sho's attack still conveyed to this traditional samurai that the times had changed.
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