Eight Inner Gates Plus Strength of a Hundred

"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"

Outside the barrier, Kisame rapidly formed a series of hand seals, then gave a low shout. He suddenly opened his mouth wide, and a surging torrent of water burst forth, crashing down toward the ground.

Splash! Whoosh!

The water, enough to form a lake, spread outward across the ground at a speed far beyond that of ordinary waves.

Guy's expression turned grave. Although his taijutsu gave him some advantage against Kisame's ability to absorb others' chakra, Kisame's Water Release techniques were still not to be underestimated.

Kisame Hoshigaki was known throughout the Shinobi World as the tailless Tailed Beast. The amount of chakra within him was enormous, nearly on par with a Tailed Beast.

Then there was Samehada, the sword he carried. As one of the ninja swords of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Village, it could not only absorb others' chakra for its own use, but also store vast amounts of chakra itself, allowing it to grant its wielder cellular regeneration at critical moments.

Kisame could even fuse with it and become a fish-man.

However, it was worth noting that most people believed Kisame's ability to absorb others' chakra came from Samehada. In truth, he possessed that ability himself as well.

But that ability had little effect on Guy, who specialized solely in taijutsu.

After all, taijutsu ninja like Guy did not rely on chakra or ninjutsu to attack. From that perspective, Guy was Kisame's natural counter.

Kisame found this somewhat frustrating as well. It was not as if he had never encountered ninja who specialized in taijutsu before, but their taijutsu had been comparatively weak. Some had not even required him to use Samehada's power before he dealt with them.

Thus, Kisame had never paid much attention to this weakness