"This chakra nature transformation... I've never heard of anything like it!"
Rasa stared fixedly at the ever-shifting cloud of mist surrounding Gekkō Raito, his brow tightly furrowed.
A mocking smile curled Raito's lips. "What, already starting to question where I'm from?"
He flicked his fingers idly. "Just because it looks like ice, you decided it must be Kirigakure's Ice Release Kekkei Genkai?"
Only then did Rasa realize that the seemingly immature brat before him was deliberately trying to provoke him while mocking his ignorance.
Hmph. A sharp-tongued brat. Nothing but bluster.
Rasa snorted inwardly and slammed his hands together. Even more raging gold dust surged toward Raito in overlapping golden waves.
This time, Raito chose not to meet the attack head-on.
With a thought, he stopped gathering the clouds into shields. Instead, they spread like gauze, settling directly over the heavy gold dust.
Great Sage, activate thought acceleration mode!
[Great Sage: Acknowledged. Thought acceleration mode activated.]
Within his stretched-out perception of time, Raito precisely controlled the clouds' transformation, instantly turning them into highly corrosive acid mist.
A teeth-grating hiss immediately filled the air.
Yet Rasa's gold dust merely gave off a puff of white smoke, its surface still gleaming.
Raito inwardly cursed. Despite all his care, he had overlooked one thing: gold was highly resistant to corrosion.
The unharmed gold dust broke through the acid mist like a golden python hunting prey, jaws spread to swallow Raito whole.
At the last possible moment, chakra erupted beneath Raito's feet. He used the Body Flicker Technique to dart sideways, narrowly escaping.
Looks like I can't afford to forget basic physics and chemistry in a fight!
He quickly adjusted his tactics. Since acid mist was ineffective, there was no point wasting chakra on transforming his clouds.
To finish off this troublesome