Magnet Release

"Come on, give it everything you've got."

After a brief exchange, lightning flashed around Chizuru's feet as she burst forward at an even greater speed than before. In an instant, she appeared behind Kirito and sent him flying with a kick.

Chizuru was naturally attuned to the two Chakra Natures of fire and lightning.

In order to surpass Kirito in speed, she had successfully cultivated Lightning Release as her second Chakra Nature over the past two years. Then, with the help of a Uchiha Jonin proficient in Lightning Style Ninjutsu, she learned a secret technique that used Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate the body and temporarily enhance her speed.

This secret technique for temporarily enhancing speed would continue to improve alongside her mastery of Lightning Release Chakra, making Kirito, who was also a Lightning Style ninja, incredibly envious.

Of course, injecting a large amount of Lightning Release Chakra at once would produce an even greater boost.

"Ah, you got even faster. But is this really okay? Your legs won't be able to take it, will they?"

Kirito lowered the arms he had crossed over his abdomen and smiled.

Every powerful ninjutsu came at a price. The price of using Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate the body and temporarily enhance speed was injury to the stimulated areas.

After all, humans were ultimately made of flesh and blood. Even those who had cultivated lightning-nature transformation had decent electrical resistance, but they still could not endure being continuously shocked.

Of course, it would be a different matter if Chizuru possessed a body as terrifying as the Third Raikage's.

"Hmph, worry about yourself."

Chizuru replied coldly, her hands rapidly forming seals.

Lightning Release: Earth Running!

A large current instantly erupted from beneath her feet and shot toward Kirito at high speed along the ground.

Kirito immediately leaped up to evade the attack.

"Don't think you're getting away."

Chizuru rapidly completed another set of hand seals.

Lightning Release: Lightning Ball!

A mass of electrical spheres appeared at random and shot at Kirito in midair like bullets.

Kirito was instantly pierced through by the numerous electrical spheres.

With a "Poof!"

Kirito turned into a cloud of white smoke, and a battered piece of wood fell from the air.

Seeing this, Chizuru's Two-Tomoe Sharingan swiftly swept the surroundings. She quickly found Kirito, who had used the Substitution Technique to hide behind a large tree, then saw him take out a Summoning Card and channel chakra into it.

Summoning Jutsu: Release Technique.

With a "Poof!"

The summoning formula within the Summoning Card was instantly released.

An iron rod wrapped in a large amount of wire appeared in Kirito's hands.

The next moment, white lightning appeared in Kirito's hand and rapidly spread across the entire iron rod.

Kirito had already cultivated Lightning Release Chakra Nature two years ago. After two years of training, he now had a deeper understanding of Lightning Release Chakra Nature, and his use of Lightning Release Chakra had become increasingly skillful.

Under his control, a large amount of Lightning Release Chakra transformed into high-voltage current, flowing rapidly through the wire wrapped around the iron rod.

"So this is your new trick? Let me see it, then."

Chizuru smiled as she looked at the strange iron rod Kirito had taken out, one she had never seen before.

As she spoke, her hands rapidly formed seals again.

Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!

A barrage of fireballs immediately shot from Chizuru's mouth.

Seeing this, Kirito smiled faintly and stabbed the iron rod in his hand into the ground. Fine currents immediately raced across the earth.

The next moment, a large amount of black Iron Sand rose from the surrounding ground and rapidly gathered before Kirito, forming a black Iron Sand wall that blocked every incoming fireball.

"Magnet Release!"

The Third, who had been watching the battle with the Scrying Jutsu, shot up from his chair in shock. Even the pipe clenched between his lips fell to the floor.

Ninjutsu that used Iron Sand for attack and defense was precisely the specialty of Sunagakure's Third Kazekage. This ninjutsu had been developed by the Second Kazekage and ultimately shone brilliantly in the hands of the Third Kazekage.

The Third had once fought the Second Kazekage, the creator of Magnet Release, and recognized at a glance that the ninjutsu Kirito was using was Magnet Release.

"Magnet Release Ninjutsu? Kirito, are you using Magnet Release right now?"

Wasabi Mitarai also recognized Kirito's manipulation of Iron Sand as Magnet Release and asked in surprise.

"Magnet Release? This guy actually mastered Magnet Release."

Upon hearing that, Chizuru's pupils shrank to pinpoints. Her two tomoe spun rapidly as she tried to analyze the secret behind Kirito's Magnet Release Ninjutsu and copy it.

Unfortunately, although she could see Kirito's chakra flow, she could not replicate it at all.

"Magnet Release? Well, close enough."

Kirito laughed inwardly.

He did not know any real Magnet Release at all. The essence of Magnet Release was using chakra to generate magnetic force, and he had no idea how that worked.

But that was fine. He understood the principles of electromagnetism.

He could now use the electricity generated by Lightning Release Chakra, along with the iron rod in his hand wrapped in a large amount of wire, to indirectly gain the ability to control magnetism. Though it appeared to be Magnet Release on the surface, it was not actually ninjutsu at all—merely his own application of Lightning Release Chakra.

Two years ago, he had successfully developed his own Magnet Release, but unfortunately, he had too little chakra to use it in actual combat.

Now, two years later, his chakra reserves had reached the level of a Chunin. His skill in using magnetism to control iron sand had also improved greatly, and he could barely employ it in real combat.

Today was the first time in two years that he had displayed this Magnet Release Ninjutsu before others.

The requirements for mastering this Magnet Release Ninjutsu were extremely demanding.

First, one had to possess Jonin-level chakra reserves. Only sufficient chakra could generate high-voltage electricity powerful enough for the task.

Second, one needed exceptional chakra control and sufficient computational ability. Using electromagnetism to control magnetic force was an extremely complex process. Without outstanding chakra control and enough computational ability, it was impossible to manipulate magnetism at will.

Of these two conditions, Kirito currently only met the second. He still fell short on the first.

Therefore, he had no choice but to use the iron rod in his hand, which contained a small amount of Chakra Metal, to make up for it—further strengthening the magnetic field while reducing chakra consumption.

The battle was not over. Chizuru would not waver in her determination to win just because Kirito had used Magnet Release. She stopped using ninjutsu and instead stimulated her body with Lightning Release Chakra to accelerate. She swiftly circled behind Kirito, then forcefully flung several Senbon wrapped in electric currents.

Temporarily enhanced with Lightning Release Chakra, these Senbon had not only become more powerful, but much faster as well.

But to Kirito, whose dynamic vision had been strengthened by Natural Energy over a long period to rival that of a feline, the Senbon were still far too slow. He swung the iron rod in his hand and easily knocked away the incoming Senbon.

At the same time, as the iron rod swung, a large amount of iron sand immediately flowed like water, forming an Iron Sand Wave that surged rapidly toward Chizuru.

Magnet Release: Raging Waves!

Chizuru immediately tried to evade, only to discover in shock that her right foot had been seized by a hand of iron sand that suddenly grew from the ground. It firmly pinned her in place, leaving her unable to move for the moment.

"What will you do now, Chizuru?"

Kirito clenched his left hand and smiled at Chizuru, who was about to be swallowed by the Iron Sand Wave.

Magnet Release: Grasping Hand!

Realizing she no longer had time to dodge, Chizuru decisively formed Hand Seals where she stood, then spat a fire dragon toward the incoming Iron Sand Wave.

Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!

The fire dragon collided with the Iron Sand Wave.

A great quantity of iron sand instantly melted into molten iron.

However, the iron sand within the earth was nearly inexhaustible. As more iron sand flowed in to replenish it, the Iron Sand Wave completely swallowed the fire dragon and continued charging toward Chizuru like a raging flood.

"Danger."

Seeing this, Wasabi Mitarai instantly realized that something was terribly wrong and quickly formed Hand Seals.

At the critical moment, a thick wall of water surged up from the ground and blocked Chizuru's path.

Water Release: Water Wall.

The high-temperature iron sand collided with the water wall, producing a massive amount of steam in an instant. The Iron Sand Wave's impact was also greatly weakened, and it could no longer threaten Chizuru.

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