Naruto: The Wind Calamity - Chapter 725: Countering Fujin!

Orochimaru’s eyes widened on seeing the Lightning Dragons enter the water. He quickly controlled the winds that had been absorbed by the water earlier to form a barrier, separating the flood into two parts. The Wind barrier reduced the strength of the Lightning Dragons to the extent that they were no longer a threat to Orochimaru. Unfortunately, the Lightning Dragons left a path for the flames, which Hiruzen didn’t miss.

As his black flames hit the Wind barrier, the strength of Hiruzen’s flames increased once again. Having gotten a second wind, quite literally, the flames moved through the water with an unstoppable force, completely transforming a large amount of water into steam.

Orochimaru cursed, “Shit!”

He immediately spat out a large amount of mud, which transformed into a dome around him to shield him from the flames. Unfortunately, the flames were too intense for the mud to handle. Even though its strength was reduced considerably, Orochimaru was still engulfed by the black flames!

The black flames started burning his entire body mercilessly. Orochimaru gritted his teeth as he endured the flames while using every suitable jutsu in his arsenal to reduce the intensity of the flames.

He succeeded in reducing the fire’s intensity to an extent where it was manageable for him. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done as he collapsed inside the flames.

However, there was no joy or relief on Hiruzen’s face. Even before he could take advantage of the situation, a pair of hands opened Orochimaru’s mouth from the inside and Orochimaru crawled out, completely unharmed.

A wide grin could be seen on his face as he began laughing nonstop.

“Hahaha hahaha hahaha!”

The sounds of his laughter echoed inside the barrier as he shouted, “You failed, sensei! You can’t kill me!”

Despite his laughter, there was no change in Hiruzen’s expression. He replied, “Indeed, killing you has become difficult. However, let me see how many times you can use this jutsu.”

Orochimaru stopped laughing and said with a grin on his face, “That was your only chance, Sensei. Here onwards, the only thing that awaits you is your death and the destruction of Konoha!”

For the first time, Orochimaru began weaving hand seals rapidly before slamming his hand on the ground, or rather, the floor of the barrier.

In the arena, Fujin’s Vacuum Slash hit the crystal wall raised by Guren. Shock appeared on her face as a cracking sound was heard. She exclaimed, “That’s impossible!”

A gigantic crack appeared along the entire length of the wall before the Vacuum Slash cut straight through the crystal wall! Guren stopped weaving hand signs and ducked down to avoid the Vacuum Slash.

Without the need for any order, every single Oto ninja ducked or jumped to avoid the Vacuum slash. Having seen what it did to the crystal wall, none of them dared to get in its way.

However, their eyes widened in shock as they realized something horrifying. Crystal armor appeared around Guren and her four subordinates, protecting them from the sharp winds that accompanied the Vacuum Slash.

The other Oto ninjas weren’t so lucky. The ones who didn’t have the curse seal died due to the large number of cuts opening up on their bodies due to the merciless winds. The ones who activated the second stage of the curse seal had far stronger physiques than regular ninjas. Even then, two of them died as wind blades repeatedly cut one’s throat till he was beheaded and destroyed another’s brain by piercing through her eyes. The rest were injured to varying degrees but still had the ability to fight.

Once again, the arena was stunned as nearly the entire Oto division had been wiped out! Guren and the other surviving Oto ninjas looked at Fujin with dread in their eyes. What horrified them was that Fujin was moving towards them!

Guren shouted, “Kurogaki, Shigeru, stall him! You two, protect me! Others, attack the Konoha ninjas!”

Hearing her commands, two Oto ninjas flickered towards Fujin. One was a large man whose body was covered in Rhinoceros’ armor after transforming. The other was athletic and had a cheetah-like hide. Fujin thought, ‘Hmm, stall me? Is she planning something? Or did she say those words to distract me? Oh well, let me see.’

As he moved, Fujin waved his left palm towards Guren. His Wind Cloak lost a bit of chakra as a breeze appeared in front of him. However, unlike a normal breeze, it was made entirely of wind blades!

Shigeru, the athletic one, stepped in front of Kurogaki while weaving hand seals at a speed that Fujin had never seen earlier. Surprised, Fujin thought, ‘What the hell? He is faster than Kakashi at weaving hand signs!’

‘Wind Release: Pressure Damage jutsu’

Shigeru exhaled intense winds at Fujin. However, instead of having a wide range, his jutsu was very concentrated and hit Fujin’s wind blades. While he couldn’t stop the wind blades, Shigeru successfully managed to change the direction of his wind blades just enough to ensure that none would hit them or Guren.

Fujin thought, ‘Not bad. I guess I shouldn’t underestimate Orochimaru’s underlings so much.’

Fujin raised his sword once again. This time, some chakra from his wind cloak began flowing through his blade. The massive chakra flowing through the sword made most of the remaining Oto ninjas worried. However, a smirk appeared on Shigeru’s face as he disappeared from his location.

Fujin’s eyes widened as he thought, ‘He’s fast! Very fast!’

Initially, Fujin had plenty of time to attack the Oto ninjas. However, Shigeru’s speed suddenly increased twenty-fold! He closed the distance between them in the blink of an eye! Fujin immediately controlled his Wind Cloak and extended it in Shigeru’s direction.

However, Shigeru immediately stopped and retreated while thinking, ‘So his wind cloak can transform back into the wind dome… That’s troublesome. Luckily, he doesn’t know about our abilities.’

Fujin was surprised by how quickly Shigeru retreated. He turned his gaze towards Kurogaki, who continued moving towards Fujin despite his partner’s retreat. Fujin swung his sword at Kurogaki while analyzing, ‘He retreated too quickly… Did he intend to attack at all or was it a bluff to let this guy come close to me? However, why exactly is this big guy running towards me?’

Instead of trying to dodge Fujin’s sword or get away from the Wind Domain that was forming once again around Fujin, Kurogaki raised his left arm and tried to catch Fujin’s blade with his bare hands! The Konoha ninjas around were surprised to see someone attempting to block Fujin’s wind chakra-enhanced blade!

While everyone expected him to be sliced in two, they were shocked as he successfully managed to catch Fujin’s sword! Blood dripped down his left arm, but he continued holding on to Fujin’s sword!

Fujin’s eyes widened as he realized, ‘He absorbed the chakra flowing through my blade! Ugh, not good! This bastard is trying to absorb the chakra in my Wind Cloak as well!’

With a giant grin on his face, Kurogaki raised his right arm and claimed, “You’re dead!”

He brought his right fist down like a hammer at Fujin’s head, aiming to crush him where he stood! At the same time, Shigeru moved again at an insane speed and appeared on Fujin’s left side. He intended to attack Fujin at the same time as Kurogaki.

Suddenly, Shigeru’s eyes widened and he retreated once again. A millisecond after he retreated, strong winds blasted through the area where he was in. He thought, ‘So he could still control his cloak despite Kurogaki’s interference? No matter. I successfully distracted hi…’

Shigeru’s eyes suddenly widened. Before Kurogaki’s fist could land on Fujin, he suddenly stopped and vomited blood. He glanced at his abdomen and saw a giant hole at the place where Fujin’s punch landed.

Due to the curse seal, Kurogaki’s body was much stronger than a normal ninja. Even though he had absorbed the chakra flowing through the sword, Kazekiri would have sliced through a normal human with little difficulty. That showed how strong his body was. Hence, Kurogaki was very confident in his physique. Paired with his ability, he never feared close combat against any ninjas. To his shock, Fujin’s punch had opened up a hole in his body!

He glanced at Fujin and muttered, ‘Ho…?’

His eyes widened as he noticed the veins on Fujin’s body bulging and his skin flush with raw power. The Konoha ninjas who were keeping an eye on Fujin immediately exclaimed, “That’s the Eight Inner Gates technique! Fujin knows that technique as well?”

Fujin glanced at the collapsing Kurogane as he closed the three Inner Gates he had opened and thought, ‘Dark Release, huh? I guess he can’t absorb a Fist. Tsk, I should just raid Orochimaru’s hideouts if I want some good specimens to research on. Now then, let me see how fast Swift Release is.’

Fujin’s eyes landed on Shigeru, who immediately became nervous. His eyes widened and he hurriedly stepped to the left as Fujin’s blade passed through his previous location. He immediately retreated while thinking, ‘Shit! He is even faster than befo…’

Terror appeared in his eyes as Fujin appeared in front of him once again despite him moving at his greatest speed. He tried to change his direction, but Fujin’s blade sliced through his body, cutting him in two pieces!

At the same time, a Vacuum Slash was unleashed from his sword. It flew straight at Guren, who had just completed what she had been doing and slammed her hands on the ground!

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