Chapter 182: Seventh Gate: Daytime Tiger
At this time, just as Kyosuke was desperately trying to hold off the Three-Tails, two figures were rapidly approaching.
They were Might Duy and his son, who had been ordered to come.
"Father, why are you being sent to stop that monster? How is that even possible?" Guy said, his usual passionate style gone, his face full of worry.
"...Guy," as a father, how could Duy not understand his son's meaning? After a moment of hesitation, he suddenly gave him a thumbs-up, his face full of a sunny smile. "Although the enemy is strong, that's no reason for us to retreat."
"Youth is about moving forward without regret. Your training is not yet sufficient, Guy."
"Father..."
Thump!
Kyosuke, who had suddenly been forced out of Sage Mode, had no time to release the restriction of his cursed seal and was sent flying by the Three-Tails' tail.
He crashed through countless trees along the way and finally landed heavily on the ground.
"Cough, cough, so hard to deal with," at this time, he had to admit that even the relatively weaker Three-Tails was not something he could face head-on.
For this, he couldn't help but curse the damn system in his heart again.
If it weren't for the fact that the last "Sharingan" scroll had not yet appeared, how could he be so powerless in the face of the Tailed Beast's threat now?
If he could open the Mangekyo, even if the eye's ability was not particularly strong, as long as he could skillfully use "Susanoo," today's battle would not have reached this point.
But complaining about these things was useless now. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and Kyosuke released the restriction of his cursed seal.
Feeling the renewed sense of power in his body, Kyosuke took a deep breath, and with a single-handed seal, his figure vanished from the spot again.
At this time, he was already in a state of desperation.
If he couldn't stop the Three-Tails' rampage here, there was no need to continue this war. The Eastern Army could just pack up and prepare to run.
"Since ninjutsu attacks are not very effective, then let's see if my Kusanagi sword can cut through your turtle shell."
He dodged the huge wave stirred up by the Three-Tails, and with an extremely fast Body Flicker, he came to its head. Then, a bright flash of a sword, accompanied by a sudden explosion of flames, thus slashed at its neck.
"Sage Art: Immovable Flame Slash."
The iaijutsu, which was nearly twice as strong as in its normal state, successfully cut through the Three-Tails' skin, but it was only a slight cut.
Taking advantage of the moment the furious and pained Three-Tails was shaking its body, Kyosuke forcefully pulled out the sharp sword that was stuck in its body and then retreated a certain distance.
"So hard," Kyosuke said, looking at the gradually healing wound, and couldn't help but sigh with a sense of helplessness.
Just then, the Three-Tails finally noticed the culprit who had made it bleed. In its fury, it chose to release its strongest attack without a second thought.
Looking at the chakra that was madly gathering in its mouth, Kyosuke's expression instantly became grave.
"If I use all my strength to move, it's indeed possible to avoid the Tailed Beast Bomb, but behind me..." Kyosuke looked back at the many Konoha ninja behind him, gritted his teeth, and was preparing to take this powerful attack head-on.
"In my sage state, I should be able to forcibly summon the three Rashomon gates. Even if I can't completely block it, I'm sure I can change its attack trajectory, just like Hashirama Senju did."
Just as Kyosuke was preparing to summon Rashomon, a figure, radiating a blue, chakra-like steam, charged madly at the Three-Tails' head at a speed no less than Kyosuke's.
At the same time, a loud roar echoed across the battlefield.
"Eight Gates!"
"Sixth Gate, the Gate of View... Open!"
With the opening of the Gate of View, Might Duy's speed once again increased.
"Morning Peacock!!!"
The flames that had been burning on his legs due to the rapid charge successfully hit the Three-Tails' head before the Tailed Beast Bomb could be released.
Buzz!
The black sphere, as if it could annihilate all things, flew close to the ground for a certain distance and finally hit a high mountain in the distance. Then, a powerful explosion instantly erupted.
All the ninja who did not know the situation, at this time, almost all turned their gazes to the location of the explosion.
"What... what on earth happened..."
"My god, that high mountain has collapsed."
Might Duy, who had successfully saved the situation, saw that the Tailed Beast, which had been hit by his kick, had recovered with a shake of its head. He was silent for a moment, then turned to look at his son, who had finally arrived.
"Guy, you must watch carefully. This is the result of hard work. This is... my youth!"
"Eight Gates: Seventh Gate, the Gate of Wonder..."
"Open!"
Instantly, an even more intense blue steam gushed out of Might Duy's body.
Looking at his father's bulging veins and his still-bright smile, Guy had countless things he wanted to say.
But he couldn't speak. Because the father who had always been laughed at and looked down upon was now facing a powerful enemy alone, to save his comrades, and also to tell him, what is youth!
"Guy," at this time, Kyosuke also came to his side, greeted him in a low voice, and then watched the scene before him with rapt attention.
"If you feel it carefully, Duy's strength in opening the Eight Gates should be inferior to the future Guy's, but... it's no problem to deal with the Eight-Tails."
Duy ignored the surrounding situation. He took a very basic stance, his gaze fixed on the behemoth before him. With his mind calm, a powerful and unparalleled high-speed straight punch directly slammed into the enemy.
"Daytime Tiger!!!"
The powerful punch directly compressed the air in front of him into an air cannon shaped like a tiger. After accurately hitting the Three-Tails, it then exploded.
In an instant, the entire battlefield once again felt a more violent shaking than before.
The Three-Tails' huge, mountain-like body was also sent flying high by this huge shockwave. After a long while, it finally landed heavily on the ground.
Kyosuke glanced at the exhausted Might Duy, who had collapsed to the ground, and then ran toward the place where the Three-Tails had fallen.
A small Wind Release blew away the thick smoke, and a seriously injured and dying young man was lying in the deep crater that had been smashed by the Three-Tails.
Seeing this scene, Kyosuke finally let out a sigh of relief. After a slight hesitation, he directly went forward and ended the enemy's life with a single sword strike.
With the death of the jinchuriki, the Three-Tails in its body would naturally dissipate. Its vast chakra returned to the heavens and the earth. Although it would re-aggregate in a few years, he was confident that the Three-Tails at that time would no longer be a threat to Kyosuke.
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