Tayuya's First Blood

Setting aside the situation with Shisui Uchiha for a moment, the battle on the Kaguya Clan's front had already reached a white-hot intensity.

"Earth Style: Earth Shore Return." Jirobo slammed both palms into the ground, causing a massive stone slab to flip up from the earth in front of him, blocking the bone bullets fired by two Kaguya Clan elites not far away.

The stone slab not only shielded Jirobo from the enemy's attack but also provided cover for Tayuya and the others.

"Tayuya, it's your turn," Jirobo urged, wanting her to attack the two Kaguya elites and alleviate the pressure on his defense.

"Stop nagging me, I'm already weaving the hand signs!" Although Tayuya sounded annoyed, her relationship with Jirobo was actually the best among the group.

"Summoning Jutsu: Doki."

Given Tayuya's current strength, she could only summon one Doki.

When that Doki—standing over five meters tall, clad in a green ninja outfit, and wielding a thick wooden club—appeared on the battlefield, it brought a significant visual shock.

"What kind of monster is that?" In the eyes of the two Kaguya elites, the Doki, its entire face obscured by long, hanging hair, appeared both bizarre and brimming with power.

"Demonic Flute: Phantom Wave Manipulation." After summoning the Doki, Tayuya pulled out her specialized bone flute and began to channel her music, controlling the Doki to charge forward, raise its massive club, and smash it toward the two Kaguya clansmen.

"Dodge!" The two Kaguya elites leaped to the left and right respectively, causing the Doki's first strike to miss.

"Try this on for size, you freak." One of the Kaguya members pulled a rib from his chest, transforming it into a bone blade, and slashed it into the Doki's arm. The result was not what the Kaguya member had imagined; the blade did not slice through the arm like a hot knife through butter. In reality, as soon as the blade pierced the Doki's tough skin and sank in about a foot, the edge was clamped tight by the Doki's highly developed muscles, unable to cut a millimeter further.

"Awoo~~" The Doki let out a howl of pain, swinging its other arm toward the Kaguya member.

"Bang!" The Kaguya member didn't have time to dodge and was struck by the Doki's palm, slamming hard into the ground.

However, this blow did not cause substantial damage to the opponent, and the Kaguya member quickly stood back up.

"Phew, that was close. Good thing I applied bone membrane hardening in advance to offset most of the impact."

"Damn it, a Doki that specializes in taijutsu is naturally countered by ninjas with this kind of physical fortification." Tayuya, who had thought she'd secured the first kill of the battle, said with great irritation upon seeing her opponent stand up unscathed.

At this age, Tayuya could not yet summon all three Doki at once. Furthermore, her genjutsu skills had yet to be fully developed, leaving her with a relatively limited repertoire of attacks.

However, those two Kaguya elites were not just facing Jirobo and Tayuya. Taking advantage of the moment the enemy was off-balance, the brothers Sakon and Ukon had already closed the distance.

"Multi-Punch."

"Multi-Kick."

With the seamless coordination of the Sakon and Ukon brothers, four fists and four legs attacked the opponent simultaneously. Even if the opponent was a master of the Shikotsumyaku taijutsu, they could not block every single strike.

"Pfft." A flying kick from Ukon struck a gap in the opponent's defense, and the Kaguya clansman was sent flying backward instantly.

At this moment, the Doki also rushed over under Tayuya's control, its thick wooden club striking the opponent's chest with precision. Like a bowling ball, it sent the man flying over a hundred meters, knocking into several other Kaguya clansmen along the way.

Under the immense impact, even the hardened bone membrane could not prevent the force from penetrating into the internal organs. Having sustained internal injuries, the group collapsed to the ground, unable to stand and effectively out of the fight.

"Yeah! Nice work, Doki!" Seeing her summoned Doki perform so well, Tayuya was thrilled to be on the battlefield for the first time.

"Isn't it a bit too early to start celebrating?" The other Kaguya elite had appeared behind Tayuya and Jirobo before they even realized it. In his right hand, he gripped a sharp, sturdy bone sword, its white surface shimmering with a jade-like luster that spoke of his extraordinary talent in the Shikotsumyaku.

"Die!" The bone sword in his hand thrust fiercely toward Tayuya's back. At this distance, Jirobo was too far to help defend her.

"Tayuya, look out!" Seeing the bone sword about to pierce Tayuya's body, Jirobo was frantic. He glared at the Kaguya clansman, but his body was too far away to intervene in time.

Just as Jirobo thought Tayuya was about to be bathed in blood, he witnessed an incredible sight. The Kaguya elite seemed to be frozen in place by a binding jutsu; his bone sword remained in a thrusting motion, but his arm could not move a millimeter further forward.

"What's happening to me? My body... I can't move." This was the first time the Kaguya clansman had encountered such a bizarre situation. He exerted all his strength to break free, only to find his body fixed as if by some powerful force, unable to budge at all.

"This is..." Tayuya, the one directly involved, saw it most clearly. On the enemy before her, thin, crystalline threads were wrapped around his wrists, arms, and legs, firmly controlling his limbs. Even more dense threads were hanging from his torso, leading directly to a tree trunk not far away.

Tayuya followed the line of sight to their companion and captain, Kidomaru. Aside from Kidomaru's legs, dense spider silk extended from his six arms. The other ends of these threads were connected to every joint of the Kaguya clansman's body. Every point connected by the silk was under Kidomaru's absolute control.

These threads were no ordinary material; they were a product of Kidomaru's own bloodline. Enhanced by chakra, these threads could be as hard as steel while retaining the flexibility, toughness, and malleability of spider silk—a truly formidable chakra weapon.

It was these countless threads manipulating the muscles and joints of the opponent that had completely locked his body, rendering the Kaguya clansman unable to break free no matter how much force he exerted.

"Don't be careless on the battlefield. You might not be this lucky next time." Although he lectured his teammate, Kidomaru was actually keeping a close watch on his companions' safety. Otherwise, he wouldn't have laid out spider silk all around them from the start. If any enemy approached, they would inevitably trigger one or more of the threads, which were difficult to detect.

This way, when his companions faced a crisis, Kidomaru could send the silk threads he held shooting rapidly and densely along the lines already connected to the enemy, firmly binding them and achieving the goal of total body control.