"How's that, you little punk? Now you've seen the power of my senjutsu! Let me tell you, even Pain's Six Paths with their Rinnegan couldn't absorb my senjutsu. And you think your measly Mangekyō Sharingan can handle it? Keep dreaming!"
Seeing Kazama's body trembling from the pain, Yakushi Kabuto burst into maniacal laughter.
"You're not wrong. The Rinnegan can't absorb senjutsu," Kazama replied coolly. "But I'm not using the Rinnegan to absorb it. And my eyes? They're not your average Rinnegan either."
With a single gesture, Kazama tapped into the system within his body, completely absorbing the senjutsu into himself.
Ding! Successfully absorbed Senpō: Hakugeki no Jutsu. Congratulations, Host, you've obtained Senpō: Tengeki no Jutsu! This technique is an enhanced version of Hakugeki no Jutsu. Except for the caster, all forms of enemies will be obliterated into nothingness by its vibrations!
"You! You!"
Kabuto was dumbfounded, his jaw dropping as he watched Kazama actually absorb his senjutsu.
"I, Kazama, am a man of my word. I said I'd absorb your senjutsu, and that's exactly what I did. But wait, there's more—I've got a little gift for you. Senpō: Tengeki no Jutsu!"
As Kazama unleashed the technique, a vibrational force far stronger than Hakugeki no Jutsu ripped through the air, instantly reducing the entire cave to rubble.
"Hmph! What kind of trash is this Tengeki no Jutsu? Never even heard of it!"
Kabuto scoffed, preparing to liquefy his body to resist the vibrational force.
But he hadn't anticipated that Kazama's Tengeki no Jutsu was so powerful that even his liquefied form couldn't withstand it.
At that moment, Kabuto's sage body began to visibly disintegrate at a rapid pace.
And this was only because Kabuto's mastery of senjutsu allowed him to resist it slightly.
If it had been anyone else, they'd have been reduced to nothing in an instant.
"How is this possible?! My body's already liquefied—why can't I avoid the power of these vibrations?!"
Staring at his fading form, Kabuto was drenched in sweat, utterly powerless to fight back.
Just when he thought his end was certain, the vibrations from Kazama's Tengeki no Jutsu suddenly stopped.
Kazama had deliberately spared his life.
He knew Kabuto still had other senjutsu techniques up his sleeve, and Kazama wanted to absorb as many of them as he could.
After all, the power of senjutsu was just too incredible.
"Punk, looks like your skills are lacking! If you'd held on a bit longer, you might've actually killed me!"
Unaware that Kazama had spared him on purpose, Kabuto assumed Kazama simply wasn't strong enough to finish him off. He started mocking him again.
Kazama, seeing Kabuto's baffling confidence, couldn't help but chuckle.
"You're right, I couldn't kill you. But it looks like you can't kill me either. And honestly, that senjutsu of yours was pretty weak. Got anything else? If you do, hurry up and show me!"
"You bastard! Still looking down on me when you're about to die? If I don't kill you today, I'm not human!"
Unaware he was falling for Kazama's provocation, Kabuto unleashed another senjutsu technique.
"Senpō: Muki Tensei!"
The surrounding rubble instantly transformed into sharp spikes, hurtling toward Kazama.