Chapter 422: Forced Killing

Ding ding dang dang~

In the blink of an eye, the shadow clone and Hozuki Zangetsu fought together.

The shadow clone attacked with all his strength, and although Hozuki Zangetsu was mainly defensive because he was afraid of Qingming's existence, he would not hesitate to launch a counterattack as long as he got the chance.

Therefore, the two sides fought very fiercely.

The shadow clone was almost hit by the opponent several times, and then collapsed, and Hozuki Zangetsu was forced to transform into water several times.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Finally, at a certain moment, Qingming made a move.

He did not rush to approach the opponent, but found the right opportunity and performed the ninjutsu - Wind Style·Wind Blade!

A meter-long transparent wind blade quickly formed in front of him, and then shot towards Hozuki Zangetsu.

At this time, the opponent just got rid of the water state.

The next moment, the wind blade came.

However, to Qingming's disappointment, almost at the moment when the wind blade came, the opponent entered the water state again.

The wind blade passed through the opponent's body without causing any damage to him.

"Is it really a semi-passive ability?"

If Qing Ming was just guessing before, he is now 100% sure.

The wind blade just now was a great opportunity created by him using the powerful insight of the Sharingan and the "heart-to-heart technique" to communicate with the shadow clone.

According to the opponent's reaction speed in the past period of time, if this "water transformation technique" must be actively controlled, then the opponent must not have reacted just now.

But the fact is that the opponent reacted.

In this way, it means that his guess is correct-as long as he uses this technique before the battle begins, he can passively resist various fatal and non-fatal injuries to a certain extent.

This shows how shameless this "water transformation technique" is!

It's a pity that he didn't develop the thunder attribute chakra.

Otherwise, it would be much easier.

And this also made him reaffirm the idea of ​​mastering all attribute chakras, because only in this way will he not have any shortcomings.

Shaking his head, putting these thoughts aside for the time being, Qingming slowly drew out the long sword from his waist, and then walked straight towards the other party.

At first, his steps were still very slow, but after a few steps, with a flash of green light, he disappeared from the spot.

Gui Deng Zhan Yue, who had been paying attention to this side, saw this scene, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

The next moment, he ducked to avoid the attack of the shadow clone, and then raised the short sword in his hand to block the right side of his body.

Ding~

The next moment, a crisp metal collision sound rang out.

Qingming, who performed the "Instant Sword Technique", swung a knife and chopped on the short sword of Gui Deng Zhan Yue.

The huge force came, causing Gui Deng Zhan Yue to slip and retreat half a step back.

Seeing this, Qingming did not hesitate at all, and immediately put away the knife and chopped again.

Gui Deng Zhan Yue, who had experience in fighting before, knew that once he entered Qingming's rhythm, he would inevitably be overwhelmed.

Therefore, this time he did not choose to resist, but consumed chakra to make his body enter the hydrated state and dodge the attack.

Not only that, he also took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Qingming looked at the dagger piercing his throat, and his expression did not change at all, as if he had expected it. He slightly turned his body and avoided the attack.

However, after finally finding an opportunity, how could Hozuki Zangetsu give up easily?

Almost in the next moment, his dagger changed from stabbing to cutting, slashing horizontally towards Qingming's neck, trying to cut off his carotid artery.

Qingming reacted quickly and immediately retracted his long sword, erected it in front of him, and blocked the attack.

Zi~~~

Qingming and Hozuki Zangetsu exerted force at the same time, and the blade of the long sword and the edge of the dagger rubbed against each other, making a harsh sound.

Looking at Hozuki Zangetsu who was close at hand, Qingming's pupils shrank slightly, and he planned to cast the "Illusion·Sharingan" with a thought.

"Hmm?"

Instantly, Kizuna Zangetsu realized something was wrong and quickly closed his eyes, while putting away his sword and retreating.

Qingming seized the opportunity and immediately followed up, swinging his sword diagonally.

The blade slashed across the opponent's chest, but there was no feeling of slashing through flesh and blood, but instead there was a sticky feeling of blockage.

Qingming looked closely and saw that the opponent's body had turned into liquid at some point, and his long sword was confined in the body.

"This"

Qingming's brain was working rapidly.

The next moment, he mobilized a large amount of chakra, transformed it into fire escape, and injected it into the long sword. With a "boom", a raging fire ignited on the blade of his long sword.

The flames erupted from Kizuna Zangetsu's body, instantly covering his entire body, and frightened him so much that he immediately entered a state of full body hydration.

Then, like jelly, he bounced backwards, instantly widening the distance between him and Qingming.

After he turned back into human form, Qingming keenly noticed that a large part of his chakra had been consumed.

‘Sure enough, any ability has its limits.’

Indeed, the ‘Water Transformation Technique’ can make Kizuna Zangetsu immune to 100% physical attacks, and can also make him ignore many ninjutsu attacks.

But all of this requires chakra support.

Once the chakra is insufficient, it is impossible to be immune to physical attacks or resist ninjutsu attacks.

Therefore, the simplest way to deal with him is to consume a large amount of his chakra.

With this thought, Qingming released the ‘Shadow Clone Technique’, allowing the chakra in the body of the shadow just now to return to the original body.

After adjusting his state to the best at the moment, Qingming attacked Hozuki Zangetsu without hesitation.

This time, he did not hold back at all. Except for a few abilities such as the Mangekyō Sharingan, he used all the other abilities that could be used.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Hozuki Zangetsu suffered a devastating blow, and the chakra in his body decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not only that, because of Qingming's crazy offensive, he was forced to continuously transform into water, and he had no chance to fight back.

Basically, he was either being beaten or on the way to being beaten.

This made Hozuki Zangetsu very depressed.

However, no matter how aggrieved he was, he had to endure it in front of absolute strength.

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Time passed by minute by minute.

Qingming's Sharingan turned slightly, carefully observing Hozuki Zangetsu's state.

After confirming that the chakra in his body had dropped to the critical point and that he would have no chance if he did not resist, he slowed down his offensive slightly, deliberately leaving the opponent a chance to fight back.

However, Hozuki Zangetsu, who had been suppressed to the extreme, had no time to distinguish whether this was a trap or not, or rather, he had no time to distinguish.

Almost at the moment when Qingming showed a ‘flaw’, he took action.

He saw him thrust out a sword, directly approaching Qingming’s heart.

Qingming was forced to retreat half a step and avoided the attack.

Hozuki Zangetsu took this opportunity to retreat to the rear, instantly widening the distance between him and Qingming, trying to return to the Mist Ninja team and rely on them to save his life.

However, all this was within Qingming’s calculations, and the hope he saw was just an illusion.

Almost at the moment he turned around, Qingming’s body flashed with green light, and instantly came behind him, then stretched out his left hand and pressed on his back.

Although at the critical moment, Hozuki Zangetsu used up the last chakra and completed the water transformation again, he still failed to escape.

Zizizizi~

A harsh friction sound was heard.

A strong wind blew!

The next moment, Hozuki Zangetsu's body was wrapped in a ball of energy.

Then, Hozuki Zangetsu's painful roar came from inside.

If you look closely, you can find that in the energy ball, there are countless tiny chakra needles shuttling back and forth.

This is not any other ninjutsu, but the S-level forbidden technique - Wind Style·Rasenshuriken!

Admittedly, Hozuki Zangetsu's "Water Transformation Technique" is very tricky and can be immune to a lot of damage, but in the case of insufficient chakra, facing the cellular level attack of "Wind Style·Rasenshuriken", it is powerless to resist.

In just a moment, he was forced to exit the water state because of the exhaustion of chakra.

Then, the next moment, he lost his life.