Chapter 99

Burn to ashes! Dark Release: Garuda! Another breakthrough in Yang Release!

Chapter 100 Burn to ashes! Meditation Release: Garuda! Another breakthrough in Yang Release! (Two chapters combined)

"You've reverted to your ancestral ways, huh? — Looks like killing you would yield some pretty good results —"

Uchiha Mo's expression was icy, his gaze fixed on Kaguya Bone Peptide.

Kaguya Otsutsuki has a technique called "All-Killing Ash Bones," which is a bloodline limit and is powerful enough to shatter a complete Susanoo in one strike.

Furthermore, once the annihilation effect caused by the All-Killing Ash Bones takes effect, even Naruto in Six Paths Sage Mode cannot use Yin-Yang Release to save him.

The bloodline limit of "Shikotsumyaku" is inherited from this technique of Kaguya. If Kaguya's bone peptides have undergone atavism, then it can explain why her bones are much harder than normal.

"Clematis Dance - Spreading!"

Kaguya Bone Peptide supported her upper body with her left hand on the ground, while her right hand slowly pulled her spine out from behind her back, forming a cold, gleaming bone whip!

He grinned, lunged forward at lightning speed, and with a flick of his right hand, the bone whip flew up, suddenly covering a distance of nearly ten meters and lashing out at Mo's head!

At the same time, the Third Mizukage swiftly moved his hands, his chest bulging high, and he unleashed a massive water dragon aimed at Uchiha Sumi.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

The water dragon opened its huge mouth, swept through the air, and bit towards Uchiha Mokuba!

"Um?"

Just as Mo Gang was about to use "Espite" to evade Kaguya's bone peptide attack, the Third Mizukage released a water dragon—

Mo glanced at Shuiying, somewhat surprised.

This ability is definitely better for dealing with taijutsu-type ninjas.

He bent his knees slightly and leaped backward. The bone whip swept past his feet and missed, but the water dragon changed direction, raised its head, and still bit at him.

"snort!"

Uchiha Mo snorted coldly in displeasure, gripped Futsu-no-Mitama, puffed out his chest, and suddenly spewed a fierce pillar of fire at the water dragon below.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Tch~"

A large amount of thick white smoke rose up, and the entire water jet was almost instantly evaporated.

Currently, Uchiha Mo's Fire Release proficiency is 57%, which is slightly stronger than Kage level. However, after receiving the enhancement of the Blazing Fire ability, he has undoubtedly reached the power of a Strong Kage!

Therefore, even with the reverse attribute, the Third Mizukage didn't gain much advantage.

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The Third Mizukage was startled, marveling at the power of Uchiha Mo's Fire Release technique, but his hands did not slow down at all as he began forming hand seals again.

On the other side, a figure suddenly burst through the smoke and rushed towards Uchiha Mo. He held a bone whip in his right hand, while his left hand had transformed into a huge bone drill!

"Oh~~~ Ha! Hahahaha! Prepare to die!"

Kaguya Bone Peptide laughed loudly and thrust the drill in her left hand fiercely towards Uchiha Mo in the sky.

"Crimson Blaze - Skybreaker!"

A burst of black light shone brightly on Futsu-no-Mitama, and Mo Yi-sword swung out, unleashing a sudden burst of pitch-black sword energy!

With a ferocious smile on his face, the veins on his left arm bulged as he used all his strength to smash upwards!

"boom!"

"Sizzle~ Crack—!"

White smoke rose, cracks appeared, and then—

"Bang!"

The drill bit suddenly shattered, and the weakened, dark blade light slashed fiercely at Kaguya Bone Peptide's chest!

In an instant, the bone peptide's body plummeted to the ground like a shooting star.

At the same time, before Mo could press his advantage, the sound of crashing waves suddenly rang out behind him.

The next moment, a strong push came from behind, suddenly sending Mo flying!

"Water Release: Exploding Water Wave!"

As the giant wave crashed to the ground, the Third Mizukage watched the Uchiha being sent flying, a slow, smirking smile playing on his lips as he let out a soft chuckle.

"Bang!"

Mo suddenly crashed into a large tree, instantly creating a dent in the tree and causing the entire trunk to tremble.

Mo frowned as he stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

The force of the water had penetrated his body, causing considerable trouble. However, thanks to the power of his regenerative abilities, these minor injuries were no problem.

On the contrary, this battle made Mo discover a problem within himself.

That's because he's too well-rounded!

He excelled in all eight ninja skills: endurance, taijutsu, genjutsu, power, speed, skill, wisdom, and hand seals. However, he also lacked particular strengths in the top five skills that directly determine the outcome of a battle.

His mastery of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu goes without saying; it is the foundation of Mo himself. In the current ninja world, he dares to assert that, apart from Might Guy, no one can gain an absolute advantage over him in any of these three aspects.

Mo's strength is enough to allow him to contend with ninjas specializing in strength, and his speed is enough to give him the ability to fight back against those with super speed.

The advantage of this situation is very obvious: Mo has a way to defeat any regular ninja and will not be countered by any ninja.

Just like when facing the Third Raikage, the Raikage's attack and defense were stronger than Mo's, but not strong enough to leave Mo helpless. In this situation, Mo's huge speed advantage was the straw that tipped the scales of victory.

However, the downsides are equally obvious—

That is, when facing an attack from multiple powerful individuals, Mo lacks a crucial and absolute advantage to quickly break the deadlock!

Whether it was Kaguya Bone Peptide or the Third Mizukage, neither of them could easily last more than a thousand minutes against Uchiha Mo alone, but when they joined forces, they did cause Mo a considerable amount of trouble.

"Cough! Cough cough!"

Amidst the dust and smoke ahead, a figure coughed up blood as he stood up, stepping through the water.

At this moment, there was not a single patch of good skin left on Huiye Bone Peptide's body. His entire body was charred black and riddled with holes.

Beneath the gap, one could vaguely see the white, jade-like bones. Even on the face, apart from the skin around the right eye which was still relatively intact, most of the cheek was a mixture of white bone and charred flesh.

Especially on his chest, there was a gruesome knife wound that stretched all the way to his abdomen, and the surrounding gaps were melting, with chunks of flesh still falling off.

Kaguya, her body hunched over, looked up at Uchiha Mo with a ferocious smile on her face.

"That was a really painful blow! If I hadn't taken some damage beforehand, and if I hadn't decisively used my bones to create a periosteum within my flesh, I probably would have been burned to death by those white flames by now."

"————"

Mo remained calm and did not answer.

"Hehe~" Bone Peptide grinned menacingly. His smile, devoid of lips, revealed an unusually large number of teeth. His grin even exposed his entire gums, making him look exceptionally terrifying.

"Such a brilliant move, I should return the favor!"

"Snapped!"

Bone Peptide suddenly squatted down, placed his hands on the ground, and looked up at Uchiha Mo with a sinister grin.

"Here you go, this is my return gift, and also my final, wild dance!"

The Third Mizukage was initially pleased to see Kaguya Bone Peptide stand up again, but his expression suddenly changed drastically upon seeing her like this. He raised his hand and shouted, "Stop! Bone Peptide!"

"There are still Kirigakure comrades around! Your Kaguya clan is also fighting nearby, don't use that move! I already know how to deal with the Blood Ninja!"

"Then all of you should die."

Kaguya responded with a light laugh, and he suddenly injected chakra into the ground beneath his feet. The surrounding grass seemed to be swept by a strong wind, and all of them fell outward from the center of Kaguya, sticking to the shallow water stains on the ground.

"Damn it! You'll die even if you use this move in your current state!"

The Third Mizukage, his face contorted with rage, shouted his dissuasion, but he was already retreating.

"Who cares about that? What I want is—"

"Only fighting!!!!"

Kaguya Bone Peptide suddenly widened its eyes and roared with a ferocious expression.

The white periosteum beneath his flesh receded rapidly, revealing gruesome bloody holes. His body began to bleed, and his intestines fell out from the cuts on his torso. Looking up, one could still see his heart beating.

This is because he has poured all of his chakra into the ground beneath him, and he is no longer able to maintain the periosteum in his body.

"I see----"

Mo's expression remained unchanged, but the tomoe in his eyes began to spin rapidly.

"I acknowledge your fighting spirit. In return, I will grant you the real battle you crave."

As he spoke, Mo raised his left hand, his palm hanging limply downwards. Immediately afterward, streams of light, like flames and lightning, flowed down from his palm and slowly fell to the ground.

The pitch-black lightning bolts fell extremely slowly, like a viscous liquid, but their speed increased dramatically the moment they hit the ground!

In an instant, black light formed a circle on the ground around Uchiha Mo, and then, as if it were burning, jet-black lightning flames, as thick as the circle, rose up from the circle on the ground!

Thunder, fire, and lightning swept around Mo, exploding and burning!

Mo's powerless left hand suddenly opened and then rose into the sky. With this action, the lightning and flames that had been sweeping around Mo quickly condensed behind him, and in the blink of an eye, a black firebird shimmering with lightning appeared behind Mo.

"Hey——!"

Its massive right claw gripped Mo's shoulder, while its head rested on the other shoulder, emitting a clear, sharp screech towards the opposite Kaguya Bone Peptide.

This was the first time Mo had used up such a huge amount of chakra, and the move was not yet fully completed, so Mo's face was a little pale.

However, this little thing doesn't affect his condition.

On the other side, Kaguya Bone Peptide also completed its final charge and suddenly raised its head!

Upon seeing this, the Third Mizukage quickly retreated while simultaneously cursing loudly.

"Damn it, lunatics! They're both lunatics!"

At the same time, the two who had been preparing for a long time finally moved.

"Corpse Bone Pulse Secret Technique - Super - Dance of the Early Fern!"

"Burn to ashes! Garuda of the Dark Essence!"

"Hey——!"

Thick, massive bone spikes, gleaming with a sharp, cold light, rose from the ground one by one, densely packed! They hurtled straight towards Uchiha Mo!

Mo suddenly swung his left hand down, and the strange bird let out a sharp cry and burst out from Mo's side!

Garuda streaked across the sky at lightning speed, leaving a trail of dark light behind its wings, and crashed headlong into the massive, sharp bone forest!

The bone spikes spread rapidly, piercing through ninjas one by one, blood splattering everywhere. They couldn't even utter a cry before being impaled and hung on the spikes. Whether they were Hidden Mist ninjas or Leaf Village ninjas, anyone who came within a hundred meters of Kaguya's bone peptide was doomed.

The next moment, the two ninjutsu techniques collided!

"Buzz! Boom!"

The pitch-black light burst open like flames, filling the entire field of vision within a hundred meters, with crackling lightning bolts swirling and crackling in the darkness!

It is fire, it is lightning! It is darkness that annihilates everything! It is light that destroys everything!

"Boom—!"

As if the heavens were enraged, the earth seemed to tremble twice.

As the darkness dissipated, there was no longer any bone forest or ninjas in front of Mo.

All that remained was a large crater nearly a hundred meters in size! As for the ninja and Kaguya Bone Peptide who were killed by the Early Fern Dance, there was no trace of them.

".——"

Yang Dun proficiency +9.10%

Unlock new ability: Hate the Heavens Without a Handle; Unlock new trait: Immortal Power - Residual.

Nine point one percent! This number is outrageous. You have to know that the difficulty of improving after reaching the 50% proficiency threshold is several times that before reaching 20%!

Even the Third Raikage, a peak-level Kage, only provided Mo with a mere 6% increase in Lightning Release proficiency. Yet, Kaguya Bone Peptide, a mere ordinary Kage-level Kage, directly boosted Mo's Yang Release proficiency by a staggering 9%!

"As expected, it's different from ordinary corpse bone veins—"

"Whoosh—! Crack!"

Sumi retracted the Futsu-no-Mitama into its sheath and turned to look to the right.

Yes, Fugaku is still alive.

In fact, using "Meditating Garuda" on Kaguya Bone Peptide is somewhat of an overkill.

Mo has been working on this technique ever since he acquired the ability to meditate, and even now, he still hasn't figured out how to perfect it completely.

While "Dark Release: Garuda" is powerful, has a wide range, and is fast, it requires a long charging time and consumes a huge amount of chakra. Mo has never figured out how to shorten this process and reduce the consumption.

When facing Kaguya Bone Peptide this time, perhaps the opponent piqued Mo's interest, perhaps the opponent gave Mo the opportunity to use this move, or perhaps Mo felt that he might discover other methods in actual combat.

In short, Mo made a decision that was somewhat like "using a cannon to kill a mosquito."

While they were pondering, Kirigakure began to retreat, and Fugaku instantly appeared beside Uchiha Mo.

His face was somewhat pale as he stared at the hundred-meter-deep crater in front of him. When he turned to look at Mo, there seemed to be something inexplicable in his eyes.

Fanaticism? Horrification? Admiration? Longing? Or perhaps fear?

Perhaps it has both, or perhaps neither, but Mo doesn't care.

He merely glanced at Fugaku Uchiha before turning around and ordering them to return to camp.

The power to change the entire landscape with a single strike was still too terrifying in this era, so much so that the Third Mizukage panicked and ordered a retreat, but he never expected that Uchiha Mo's chakra was almost depleted at this moment.

Or perhaps he has already considered it, but doesn't dare to gamble on whether Mo can get a second shot.

Both sides quickly began to retreat, without the slightest hesitation.

Upon returning to camp, Mo immediately dispatched Uchiha Yakumi to take stock of the Uchiha's losses. After finding no casualties, he then had the army's losses assessed, and subsequently sent people to handle the matter according to protocol.

After completing this series of tasks, Mo returned to his tent and opened the control panel to check the results of the operation.

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