They Had to Strike Together!

Dark clouds gathered rapidly above the forest.

A bolt of lightning fell from the clouds and struck the raised Thunder Sword.

Violent currents spread along its blades.

The surrounding trees instantly blackened.

Lightning tore fissures through the ground.

More electricity converged into a torrent of lightning that swept toward Might Duy and the other three.

Ebisu's pupils shrank to pinpoints.

Aoba Yamashiro tried to dodge, but his body could not keep up with his thoughts.

Chakra surged toward Might Duy's heart.

"The Eighth Gate—"

A hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.

The Chakra he had gathered was forcibly cut off.

"Didn't I tell you to use the short sword to call for help the moment you were in danger?"

A familiar voice came from beside him.

Might Duy whipped his head around.

Fang Xu was standing at his side. Duy had no idea when he had arrived.

Facing the onrushing torrent of lightning, Fang Xu merely raised his left hand.

A metal bracelet emerged from beneath his sleeve.

The Electricity Storage Space opened instantly.

Boom!

Lightning powerful enough to destroy a vast stretch of forest stopped just short of Fang Xu's palm.

Every current seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, pouring into the bracelet.

The lightning torrent, dozens of meters long, rapidly shrank.

Even the arcs scattered across the ground and trees were drawn in.

After a few breaths, the lightning vanished completely.

The forest fell dark again.

Fang Xu stood where he was, without so much as a tear in his clothes.

Raiga Kurosuki gripped his twin swords. The vicious look on his face was gone.

He could clearly sense that the Lightning Release Chakra he had unleashed had not been canceled out.

It had been absorbed in its entirety.

"What kind of ninja tool is that?"