Chapter 72: Rashōmon
Ice and Haruame rushed to Outpost Number 6 to reinforce Kiyoshi and the others.
On this side, Kiyoshi had already resumed his battle with the Six-Tails.
The Six-Tails, seeing Kiyoshi rushing towards it, directly spat out a blast of strong acid. Kiyoshi had already witnessed the powerful corrosive ability of the Six-Tails' acid and didn't want to take it head-on. Although he was confident that his Bone Pulse Kekkei Genkai's defense was enough to withstand this corrosion for a short time, he didn't want to stubbornly try it.
Using the Body Flicker Technique repeatedly, Kiyoshi avoided the Six-Tails' acid attacks again and again, gradually approaching the Six-Tails' enormous body.
Seeing Kiyoshi dodge all its attacks and get closer and closer, the Six-Tails became increasingly violent and angry at this indestructible little insect.
"Ninja Art: Corrosive Wolf Decay!"
(A Six-Tails skill set in the official databook, defined as a ninjutsu, but it doesn't specify which element it belongs to.)
The Six-Tails took a deep breath, then opened its large mouth and spewed out an extremely wide-range, highly corrosive solution. The solution covered the area around the Six-Tails, leaving Kiyoshi with nowhere to land.
Seeing the situation was bad, Kiyoshi immediately condensed Chakra at the soles of his feet, stepping on the solution and continuing to rush towards the Six-Tails.
"Tzz! Tzz! Tzz!!!"
The solution had an extremely strong corrosive effect on Chakra as well. The Chakra attached to Kiyoshi's feet was continuously dissolved, and white smoke kept rising from the places where his feet stepped.
The speed at which the Chakra dissolved exceeded Kiyoshi's imagination. Even though he continuously replenished Chakra to the soles of his feet, it couldn't keep up with the rate at which it was consumed by the solution. Helpless, he leaped into the air, approaching the Six-Tails from above.
This was exactly what the Six-Tails wanted. There was nowhere to gain footing in the air. The Six-Tails swung a tail and slammed it heavily towards Kiyoshi, attempting to knock him back to the ground and let him be completely corroded by the solution.
Seeing the Six-Tails' movements, Kiyoshi didn't sit idly by. He rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, then clasped his palms together.
"Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm!"
The wind transformed from Chakra was continuously compressed, evolving into a violent gale, and then gradually enveloped his body under Kiyoshi's control. With the enhancement of the gale, Kiyoshi's speed suddenly increased.
The sudden acceleration caught the Six-Tails off guard, and its tail slammed into empty air. The Six-Tails hurriedly tried to swing its other tails to stop Kiyoshi from approaching, but it was already too late. Kiyoshi had already reached the Six-Tails' body.
"Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Tang Pine!"
Kiyoshi rampaged wildly on the Six-Tails' body, a series of offensives continuously inflicting damage on the Six-Tails. To the Six-Tails, this kind of scraping damage basically didn't have much of an effect, but having a "little insect" jumping around all over its body was very annoying.
The Six-Tails frantically swayed its body, trying to shake Kiyoshi off, but this was futile. Kiyoshi continued to jump around all over the Six-Tails' body, constantly attacking it with the bone spurs extended from various parts of his body and the bone blades in his hands.
The Six-Tails, unable to endure it any longer, roared loudly, and its body surface began to continuously secrete a translucent mucus.
"Ninja Art: Leech Prison!"
(Also a skill given in the official databook.)
The Six-Tails' body was gradually enveloped by highly acidic mucus. The corrosiveness of the mucus prevented Kiyoshi from staying on the Six-Tails any longer. He had no choice but to unleash Chakra and use Wind Release to accelerate again, leaving the Six-Tails' body.
The Six-Tails, extremely annoyed by Kiyoshi's harassment, didn't want to waste any more time. Seeing Kiyoshi leave its body, it slightly raised its head and was about to use the Tailed Beast Ball.
Kiyoshi, who had already moved away from the Six-Tails and was about to land from the air, sensed the rapidly gathering destructive Chakra behind him at the Six-Tails' location. His heart sank, and he thought to himself that things were about to go badly.
Turning his head to look at the Six-Tails, at this moment, a huge, high-density purplish-black Chakra sphere had already appeared in front of the Six-Tails.
"Tailed Beast Ball!"
Looking at the Tailed Beast Ball rapidly attacking him, a bead of cold sweat couldn't help but appear on Kiyoshi's forehead. If he were hit head-on by this, his ashes would probably be scattered by the Six-Tails.
One thought after another flashed through Kiyoshi's mind. Ordinary defensive ninjutsu couldn't withstand it at all.
"Such a huge Tailed Beast Ball, even Samehada probably can't absorb it completely!" Kiyoshi thought to himself, "Then, there's only that move left!" At this moment, Kiyoshi recalled the earth-shattering scene from the battle between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama at the Valley of the End in Isshiki's memories.
In that battle, Senju Hashirama had blocked the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball under the Susanoo armor. It couldn't really be called blocking; Senju Hashirama had borrowed the defensive summoning tool Rashōmon to change the Tailed Beast Ball's attack trajectory, thus avoiding this extremely powerful blow.
After the war, Isshiki, who had controlled Jigen to watch the entire battle, was very interested in the defensive tool Rashōmon. So, he tried every means to obtain this technique from the Hidden Leaf Village. This benefited Kiyoshi, and Kiyoshi had already signed a contract for tool summoning with Rashōmon several years ago.
Although Kiyoshi's current strength was still a long way from Senju Hashirama's, he wasn't facing the Nine-Tails right now. The Six-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball was far inferior to the Nine-Tails' and the armored Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball, both in size and power.
Kiyoshi adjusted his posture in the air, stabilized his body, and then slammed heavily onto the ground. There was no time left for Kiyoshi to calm the surging blood in his body. The Six-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball was already very close.
Kiyoshi bit his right thumb, rapidly formed the hand seals for the Summoning Technique, then slammed his right hand on the ground.
"Summoning Technique! Third Uncle, come fix the gate!!!" (Triple Rashōmon)
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