Fight to Your Heart's Content

"Oh yeah, our A-B Combo is finally assembled. Brat, get ready for a beating!" Killer B rapped as pale red bubbles once again covered his body, entering the first stage of Tailed Beast Transformation.

Yagura Ai, the future Fourth Raikage, was covered head to toe in Lightning Style Chakra. Blue arcs of electricity flickered around him from time to time, and he radiated a terrifying aura.

"Brat, no matter why you came to my Land of Lightning, since you dared attack B, you'll be staying here today." His deep voice rang out, filled with absolute confidence.

"Staying here? I come when I want and leave when I want. Who could possibly keep me?" Beichen Haotian sneered disdainfully.

Arrogant. Today, he would show him the strength of Kumogakure.

Whoosh! Yagura Ai raced across the ruins, kicking up a long trail of dust. In an instant, he arrived before Beichen Haotian, his hand blade packed with immense Lightning Style Chakra as it slashed toward Beichen Haotian's neck.

Lightning Release: Violent Wave!

Armament Haki, coating!

Monstrous Strength!

Beichen Haotian swung his blade backward at Yagura Ai's hand blade. Invisible Blade Intent and a large amount of Armament Haki wrapped around it, enhancing its attack power. At the same time, he manipulated the flow of Chakra, coating the blade in countless strands of Lightning Style Chakra.

Boom! A sonic boom erupted as the air exploded. The two attacks collided fiercely, and Yagura Ai felt a sharp pain in his palm. Looking closely, he found a small cut on it, with drops of blood beginning to seep out.

At that moment, Killer B arrived at Beichen Haotian's side. His right arm, wrapped in Eight-Tails Chakra, smashed fiercely toward Beichen Haotian's stomach.

Armament Haki Hardening!

Iron Body!

The skin beneath his clothes suddenly tightened, his muscles tensed, and his blood flow accelerated. At the same time, a strange energy wrapped around his abdomen, turning his stomach pitch-black.

Bang! With a dull thud, Killer B's fist felt as though it had struck an incomparably hard iron block. Not only had he failed to shatter it, but the recoil left his hand faintly aching.

What kind of monster is this? Killer B complained inwardly.

Beichen Haotian leaped backward, swinging Wen Dao at the two of them. A vast swath of blood-red blade light shot toward them like countless sharp blades tearing through the air.

Using the incredible reaction speed granted by Tailed Beast Transformation, Killer B dodged at high speed, blocking whatever he could not evade with Tailed Beast Chakra. Yagura Ai was even more ferocious than Killer B. He further increased the activation of his Lightning Armor, causing every strand of hair on his head to stand upright as his aura became even more terrifying.

With a flash, he charged straight into the dense blade light. His fists moved at extreme speed, shattering every blade light Beichen Haotian had unleashed and fully displaying the might of Kumogakure's Nintaijutsu.

"As expected of the Third Raikage's son. You're tough, but let's see how much you can block." As Beichen Haotian praised him, Wen Dao in his hand had already become a blur, filling the space before him with blood-red light.

Dense blood-red blade light flew toward the two like a river of blood. Though the quality of each strike had dropped slightly due to their sheer number, every one of them still possessed the power to slice through gold and jade.

B, that brat's swordsmanship is formidable. It looks like you've encountered someone extraordinary this time. You'd better train hard from now on. If you could completely transform into the Tailed Beast, this would be much easier.

I know.

Faced with hundreds of blade lights, Yagura Ai no longer tried to meet them head-on. Like Killer B, he used his speed to evade, only smashing apart those he truly could not avoid.

Boom, boom, boom... The blade lights struck the rock layers, blasting countless stones apart and shaving a whole layer off the cliff face. Thick dust spread into the sky.

"You damn brat, have you had enough?" Yagura Ai roared. After being bombarded so miserably for so long, his fiery temper finally exploded. The moment the final wave of blade light vanished, he disappeared from where he stood and rushed toward Beichen Haotian at maximum speed, descending from the sky!

Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!

His two hand blades were enveloped in violent Lightning Style Chakra as they slashed toward Beichen Haotian. Even as hand blades, wrapped in such massive amounts of Lightning Style Chakra, they were comparable to top-grade Ninja Swords enhanced by Chakra flow, capable of effortlessly cutting through gold and jade.

But Beichen Haotian truly did not fear a contest of sharpness. Who knew how sharp Wen Dao was after being forged from countless precious materials? In Naruto, if there were any blade sharper and harder than Wen Dao, it was probably Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword. Of course, judging from the anime in his previous life, their functions were vastly different.

He swung Wen Dao and blocked Yagura Ai's rapidly flashing hand blades. With Observation Haki, extensive combat experience, physical abilities far beyond ordinary people, and lightning-fast reflexes, Beichen Haotian was nothing like Sasuke. Even if Sasuke could see through an attack, his body might not be able to react in time.

Lightning Release: Electric Light Cut!

Killer B leaped into the air and formed Hand Seals with both hands. A large amount of Tailed Beast Chakra dissipated, and with a puff from his mouth, a hair-thin blue bolt of lightning shot toward Beichen Haotian's head.

Beichen Haotian frowned slightly. Good thing I have Observation Haki, or I would have suffered badly. He tilted his head slightly, and the blue lightning beam sliced past the hair above his ear, leaving behind a bottomless blue hole in the ground. Wisps of green smoke rose from it.

He leaped back to open some distance, then swung Wen Dao at the two. Eight blue lightning bolts as thick as fists crashed down from above. Six targeted Yagura Ai, while two struck Killer B and knocked him from the air.

With Tailed Beast Chakra protecting him, two lightning bolts could not injure Killer B, though his body was slightly numb. As for Yagura Ai, there was even less chance that six bolts could hurt him. His lightning resistance was extremely high, not to mention that he had Lightning Armor protecting him.

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting! You really have to stay alert at all times, or you might lose your life. This is the kind of battle that's fun, that gets the blood pumping! Take this move—it's especially suited to the environment of the Land of Lightning!" Beichen Haotian laughed excitedly as he rapidly leaped toward the mountaintop.

Seeing Beichen Haotian race toward the summit so quickly, the two knew he was planning something unfavorable to them. Naturally, they had to stop him, so they hurried after him.

Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique!

He sheathed Wen Dao, formed Hand Seals with both hands, and a blue torrent surged down from above, crashing forward in a mighty flood. Water of this level could hardly injure fighters like Killer B and Yagura Ai, but it could delay them for a while.

Reaching the mountaintop, Beichen Haotian drew Wen Dao once more. Violent Lightning Style Chakra covered it, and a dazzling blue bolt shot straight into the heavens. The Land of Lightning was a country where thunder rumbled year-round, and lightning occurred far more frequently than in other nations. Furthermore, Beichen Haotian poured all his Lightning Style Chakra into the sky, stirring the winds and clouds. Wen Dao had also been forged using Sky Thunder Stone and the Thunder God Sword, making it the perfect medium for attracting lightning.

Within two or three breaths, dark clouds covered the previously clear mountaintop. Vast amounts of natural lightning flickered in the sky as thunder boomed. Countless bolts flashed around Beichen Haotian, making it seem as though he might be struck at any moment.

"Appear once more—Lightning Release: Kirin!" Beichen Haotian shouted. Wen Dao released an even more violent bolt of lightning, and as he pulled it downward, the blue lightning beam seemed like a rope drawing a beast made entirely of lightning from the dark clouds.

This time, Beichen Haotian was somewhat stronger than when he had fought Kakuzu, and the weapon he used to guide lightning was worlds apart from what he had used before. Thus, this Lightning Release: Kirin was much larger than the previous one.

A lightning Kirin over thirty meters tall and more than fifty meters long burst from the dark clouds. With the head of a lion, antlers of a deer, eyes of a tiger, the body of an elk, scales of a dragon, and the tail of an ox, it crashed toward the mountainside with an incomparably domineering, mysterious, majestic, and violent aura. There was nowhere to hide, nowhere to evade!

Before Lightning Release: Kirin had even fully formed, a powerful sense of danger rose in Killer B and Yagura Ai's hearts. The moment they saw the Kirin's head emerge, that sense of danger reached its peak.

B, transform into the Tailed Beast quickly, or you may die under this attack. This Ninjutsu has already reached the super S-rank. Damn it! Where did this freak come from? He's so young, yet already possesses such terrifying strength.

Neither Killer B nor Yagura Ai dared hesitate. The might of this super S-rank Ninjutsu was no joke. Killer B did not even have time to rap as he began a complete Tailed Beast Transformation, no longer caring what damage his still-unfamiliar transformation might inflict on his body.

A terrifying half-bull, half-octopus monster appeared on the mountainside. Its eight dancing tails rapidly contracted into a ball and wrapped around its body, turning it into a mass of flesh with every muscle tensed. At the same time, it protected Yagura Ai, who had activated but not yet fully mastered the third mode of Lightning Armor, as they anxiously faced the attack descending from the sky.

"Aah!" A miserable scream shook the land for miles. Violent lightning struck the Eight-Tails, and the intense pain forced even the steady Eight-Tails, who had lived for thousands of years, to cry out. Killer B also screamed, nearly feeling the pain himself as the agony almost drove him to his knees.

The terrifying explosion nearly destroyed the entire mountainside. Countless boulders as tall as people rolled downward, rumbling into the great river at the foot of the mountain and throwing up huge splashes. The thousand-meter-high mountain was more than half destroyed by this strike, swaying as though it might collapse at any moment. The scent of roasted meat drifted through the air.

As the dust cleared, the Eight-Tails was charred black from head to toe, with wisps of smoke rising from its body. This strike had temporarily robbed even a Tailed Beast with overwhelming vitality of its ability to fight. It would not recover anytime soon.

Yagura Ai, hidden beneath the Eight-Tails and protected by his highest Lightning Armor mode, was largely unharmed. His blood and energy were merely unsettled, and his ears rang. The moment Beichen Haotian's attack ended, Yagura Ai shot out from beneath the Eight-Tails. After glancing at its condition, rage surged into the sky as he charged toward Beichen Haotian atop the mountain, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"You damn brat, I'll kill you!"

"Hahaha, today's battle was truly satisfying. I'm running low on Chakra and getting hungry too. Farewell, you two. I'm sure we'll have another chance to fight in the future."

Beichen Haotian leaped from the mountaintop into the sky, bit his thumb until blood flowed, then pressed it into the air. Mysterious markings spread across the void.

Summoning Technique!

Hawk Eyes appeared beneath Beichen Haotian's feet. Sitting atop Hawk Eyes, Beichen Haotian left Cloud-Thunder Gorge without looking back, leaving only Yagura Ai, who had reached the mountaintop, stomping the ground furiously and venting his rage by tearing up the earth.

In my opinion, Naruto's definitions of swords and blades are far too vague, so there's no need to worry about these minor details.