The shark devoured the entire lower half of the soldier's body from the waist down. His upper half fell onto the deck and continued twitching. The other soldiers were so terrified that they didn't dare move. Some were drenched in cold sweat, while others trembled uncontrollably and dropped their muskets on the ground. A few even vomited at the sight of the twitching torso.
Not to mention that most of these Marines were recruits—even veterans who had experienced several battles would probably have been shaken to the core by this sight.
Seeing this, T Bone drew the sword at his waist again and raised it over his head. "Everyone! Show the courage of the World Marines! If we must die, then let's die like men!"
His slogan was impassioned and did raise morale somewhat, but it was still difficult for everyone to break free from their fear of death.
After all, they were facing an entire school of sharks this time, surrounding the warship tightly. Even T Bone would probably be powerless to turn the tide, right?
"Right-Angle Flash—T Bone's Air Slash!"
T Bone once again unleashed a flash of yellow Sword Qi, taking down two sharks. But sharks were nothing like humans. They were born to love bloodshed and violence. Seeing two of their companions hacked to death only enraged them further.
T Bone knew this very well, so he swung his sword even more desperately to stop the sharks' terrifying counterattack.
"Right-Angle Flying Bird—T Bone's Great Bird!"
A Sword Qi even more powerful than [T Bone's Air Slash] roared forth with a sound that tore through the air, slashing toward the school of sharks on the right side of the sea. However, this seemingly powerful Sword Qi dissipated into the air halfway there.
As it turned out, [T Bone's Great Bird] was T Bone's ultimate move. He was still many years away from becoming a captain, and the technique was still under cultivation. He couldn't yet unleash it in its complete form.
"Still not enough?" T Bone shook his head helplessly. "Could it be that we're really going to die here?"
T Bone had gone from his earlier passionate resolve to a calm acceptance of death. It seemed he was now the only person aboard the warship who wasn't afraid of the school of sharks.
No, that wasn't right. There was one more person.
A young man stepped forward and shouted to everyone, "All of you, get inside the cabin! Leave this to me!"
The person speaking was Leiyin.
Some soldiers immediately grew angry when they heard this. "And you're still joking around at a time like this!"
"Exactly! You're only a Private Third Class, yet you're still making such outrageous claims!"
"Even Lieutenant T Bone can't handle them, let alone you!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The soldiers on the ship chattered over one another while the sharks slammed into the hull even more violently.
Suddenly, another shark, just like the previous one, leaped onto the deck. It opened its bloody maw and lunged at a Marine soldier. The soldier screamed in despair. In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and his body was torn in two!
Just like last time?
No, something seemed wrong.
This time, the body torn in two belonged to the shark.
Huh?
When everyone looked over, they saw Leiyin holding the Kusanagi Sword, with the shark's body lying in two pieces on the deck.
"Th-thank you." The rescued soldier was still shaken out of his wits and hurriedly thanked Leiyin.
Leiyin didn't look at him. He simply gazed at the school of sharks and said flatly, "Go back inside the cabin."
"Oh, okay, okay." The rescued Marine obeyed at once and hurried toward the cabin.
Seeing this, T Bone also ordered, "All soldiers, leave this to Leiyin. We're going into the cabin. Don't become a burden to him."
Leiyin had dispatched the shark that came flying at them with a single strike. Only then did T Bone remember that this fellow possessed the strength to crush a Marine lieutenant colonel. Perhaps leaving it to him really could turn danger into safety.
But they were facing a vicious, savage school of sharks—not a group of loaches. Could Leiyin really handle them? Although T Bone had said to leave it to him, his heart was still pounding with doubt.
Although the soldiers hid inside the cabin, they all watched the situation outside from the doorway.
On the deck.
Leiyin had killed a shark, and the stench of blood grew even thicker in the air. The sharks caught the scent and became even more frenzied. More and more of them leaped toward the deck. Everyone watching from inside the cabin, including T Bone, was sweating nervously.
If Leiyin died, everyone aboard would die. If Leiyin survived, everyone aboard could live.
In other words, the soldiers' lives and deaths rested on Leiyin alone.
Facing the sharks rushing madly at him, Leiyin merely waved the Kusanagi Sword in his hand and coated it with lightning. "Kusanagi Sword—Chidori Blade!"
The lightning-coated blade emitted a sharp, piercing shriek through the air. Whenever a shark leaped at him, Leiyin slashed it without mercy.
As expected of the Kusanagi Sword. It's truly sharp. As long as it hits a shark, it can immediately cut it in half. An ordinary ninja blade definitely wouldn't have this effect.
Come on, come on! No matter how many of you come, I'll cut every last one of you down!
Just like that, Leiyin whipped up a bloody storm aboard the warship. Every shark that lunged at him ended up split in two.
Gradually, perhaps because the sharks had lost their will to fight, they realized they couldn't hurt Leiyin in the slightest and stopped attacking.
Leiyin's face remained as still as an ancient well, but when the soldiers inside the cabin saw the deck covered in severed shark bodies, every one of them was left dumbfounded.
By now, Leiyin had killed nearly half the sharks aboard the ship, but his attack was far from over.
The next moment, Leiyin stepped on the air and ran toward the sea as if he were climbing invisible stairs.
He ran toward the sea?
What was this? The Six Powers—Geppo?!
When had this kid learned it? No one had ever taught him. Even T Bone inside the cabin couldn't help widening his eyes.
Indeed, no one had taught Leiyin.
As it turned out, when he had fought Lieutenant Colonel Ryan in Rogue Town, Leiyin had activated his three-tomoe Sharingan and "copied" all of Ryan's [Six Powers] techniques.
In Naruto, Hatake Kakashi had been able to copy thousands of ninjutsu with a single Sharingan. For Leiyin, who possessed the Sharingan Bloodline Limit, this was even less difficult.
Just like that, Leiyin used [Geppo] to run straight toward the opposite side of the school of sharks.
Seeing this, the sharks were all dumbfounded. Other people can barely hide from us in time, yet this kid actually dares to charge through the sea toward us?
Since he had come all this way, the sharks naturally showed him no mercy.
Thus, the Tiger Sharks surged toward Leiyin like a tidal wave.
Leiyin stood on the surface of the sea as though he were walking on level ground. Seeing the dense black mass before him, he merely smiled faintly. Then his hands flashed up and down as he suddenly formed a seal, unleashing a powerful ninjutsu.
"Water Style—Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding seawater surged into the sky. In midair, it formed a gigantic water dragon. The next moment, the water dragon roared toward the school of sharks.
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