Swoosh!
The blade sliced through an afterimage, tearing the air as Araki's body stalled for an instant.
"So it was the Body Flicker Technique!"
Samui, who had narrowly escaped being cut in half, looked back without a trace of lingering fear on her face.
Using her forward right foot as a pivot, she twisted her slender waist sharply, her overwhelming assets threatening to burst free. This drove the arm that had been slashing forward through a wide arc, and her lightning-wreathed short blade instantly cleaved backward.
[Cloud Style: Inner Slash]!
The lightning-wrapped short sword shone with blinding brilliance, accompanied by a faint chirping sound, as it struck toward Araki with lightning speed.
Its awe-inspiring descent from above left no doubt that it could split everything before it in two!
However—
Araki flicked up his longsword. As the sword rose, the wind stirred, and [Wind Sword] thrust upward like a soaring dragon, colliding with Samui's short blade in midair.
[Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu: Dragon Soaring Flash]!
Clang!
The two blades met, and wind and lightning exploded. A ring of air surged outward from their point of collision, blasting up sheets of water and sending ripples spreading far into the distance.
Samui's arm shook violently. She felt a force that seemed capable of tearing apart anything pressing along her short blade toward her arm.
"It's wind... Damn it!"
She gritted her silver teeth, and several traces of frustration finally appeared on her usually cold, beautiful face.
In the Shinobi World, the five basic elemental attributes countered and complemented one another. Kumogakure's lightning and Kirigakure's water had originally held no inherent advantage over each other. However, because water in nature was generally impure enough to conduct electricity, Lightning Release usually held a slight advantage when facing water.
But wind was different.
Wind countered lightning. When