Chapter 365: Curse Seal Surge Part-4
Hmph
Guren deflects some hidden shurikens hidden behind the sword attack.
Swish swish
She makes some quick one-hand signs.
"Crystal Release: Crystal Imprisonment wave"
Guren waves her hand and encases all the shurikens and kunais flying towards her in numerous crystal shells.
Swoosh
Izumi summons a giant Fuma shuriken and infuses it with wind chakra and hurls it towards Izumi.
"Uchiha Shuriken Jutsu: Oboroguruma,"
Izumi uses the signature Shurikenjutsu skill of the Uchiha n.
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Guren slices the Fuma shuriken in half with a crystal de.
"It''s time to end this! I can''t waste any more of my time."
Guren makes some hand signs and inhales deeply.
Swoosh
Shiing
Izumi activates her Sharingan.
"Crystal Release: White Dragon Breath,"
"Second Activation: Seal,"
Izumi ms her palm on the ground.
Fwoosh Fwoosh Fwoosh
The Fuma shuriken and the small shurikens lined around Guren activate a sealing formation. A gigantic fuinjutsu formation appears beneath Guren. The sealing formation activates and traps Guren in it, sealing her chakra.
Argh
Blood leaks from Guren''s mouth as she suffers the bacsh of her semiplete hand signs.
She wipes the blood from the corner of her mouth and nces at Izumi.
"Was this your n all along?"
Izumi slowly walks toward Guren with a kunai in her hand.
''Since she can use Crystal release, she must have a higher position in the Sound Vige. If I capture her, then maybe we can unveil Kabuto''s n.''
Guren clenches her fist and attempts to release her chakra.
Bleurgh
She spits out another mouthful of blood from the bacsh. Izumi approach Guren as five wisps of chakra mes appear on top of her fingertips.
"Five-element seal"
Bang
She ms her fingers on Guren''s abdomen.
Bleurgh
Guren spits out some saliva and falls to her knees.
"I have sealed your tenketsu points. Now you can''t create any problems. From our initial encounter, I had no intention of dragging out a battle against you." Izumi withdraws her fingers as a seal appears on Guren''s navel.
Guren raises her head and stares into Izumi''s eyes. She grits her teeth.
"Don''t even think about it!"
Hmm
Izumi senses a massive amount of chakra brewing within Guren''s body.
''Is she using her curse seal to override the seal? I have yet to see her use her curse seal.''
Izumi jumps back and takes abat stance.
Haah
Guren clenches her fists as a burst of chakra erupts from her body.
"Pressure point of Harm and Death,"
Shoom
Guren''s eyes turn white as a burst of chakra from her body. The chakra turns visible to the naked eye. Ripples of chakra spread through the air as a chakra vortex wraps around Guren.
"What''s this?"
Izumi''s eyes widen as he analyzes Guren''s technique.
''I can''t see any Nature energy around her. So, she has yet to use her curse seal. But this chakra''
Izumi focuses her Sharingan on Guren''s chakra system. Pink chakra flows through Guren''s chakra system.
''She broke through the five-element seal by overloading it with chakra. But where did this excess chakrae from what type of technique is this?''
Hmm
Izumi notices a trace of green energy coiled around the tenketsu point near Guren''s heart.
"This energy she is converting her life force into chakra. At this rate, she is shortening her lifespan."
Roar
Guren roars and destroys the seal on the ground to regain her mobility.
Huff Huff
She pants slightly and turns to Izumi.
"Initially, I nned to make your death painless. But now"
Swish swish
Guren makes rapid hand signs.
"Crystal release: White Dragon Breath,"
She spits out a long breath of crystallized air. The ground near the breath crystallizes as it approaches Izumi at an incredible pace.
Whoosh
Izumi jumps in the air to avoid the crystals.
Swoosh swoosh
A barrage of white crystals rains down on her.
Whoosh whoosh
Izumi quickly dodges through the rain of crystals and maneuvers towards the nearby forest to avoid the destruction of the vige.
''Such a massive amount of chakra can''t be retained for much longer. She will eventually exhaust her chakra and fall into a weakened state. Such a powerful jutsu can''t exist without any side effects.''
Fwoosh Fwoosh
Two floating orbs of pink crystals chase after Izumi as she swiftly shes through the forest. The crystal orbs rain down a barrage of crystals to hinder Izumi''s path.
Shiing
Izumi activates her chakra vision and notices a stream of thin chakra attached to the floating crystal orbs.
''She can control them remotely with her chakra to track my position.''
Swish
Izumi throws a wind-coated kunai towards the crystal orbs.
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The crystal orbs block the kunai with a crystal needle.
''These crystal orbs are semi-autonomous. They can attack, defend as well as track.''
Izumi looks around and confirms her distance from the vige.
''This must be far enough!''
She stops in her tracks and turns around. Purple lightning flickers through her eyes.
''Being a half Uchiha, fire release was never my forte.''
Izumi channels lightning chakra through her palms and ms them on the ground.
''Lightning Release: Lightning sh Quake,''
Bzzt crackle
Lightning crackles through her palms and travels in a zig-zag path along the ground.
BOOM
Multiple pirs of purple lightning shoot out of the ground while pinning a crystalline creature hiding within the ground.
"So, you were using this creature to track my path?"
A crystal lizard jumps out of the ground. The dorsal surface of the lizard is entirely covered in glittering pale blue crystals jutting out haphazardly from its body. The lizard has red crystalline beady eyes and its tail is covered in a dense crystal shape forming a mace-like protrusion.
nk nk nk
Izumi''s jutsu only paralyzes the lizard for a moment.
Tch
Izumi clicks her tongue as the crystal channels the electricity to the ground, using its tail as a conduit.
Whoosh
Guren manages to catch up with Izumi. She has a slightly pale face. Guren calms down her breath and stretches her hands.
Blue crystalline curved des jut from her forearms.
Whoosh whoosh
She closes the gap with Izumi and engages in closebat.
ng ng
Izumi deflects the de with her kunais. After just one attack, the kunais snap in half. The kunais crystalize and shatters in countless dust particles upon falling to the ground.
Hmm
Izumi notices the microscopic crystalline particles lingering around the de.
''Her crystal release chakra is capable of altering the molecrposition of any object. Her Kekkei Genkai is closer to Kekkei tota in terms of power. I must avoid those des at all costs.''
Swoosh
Izumi draws her chakra de and infuses it with lightning chakra. She parries Guren''s de and retreats.
Hmm
Izumi notices traces of crystallization on her chakra de.
''Earlier, her jutsu instantly crystallized my fire dragon. But now, it only barely crystallized my lightning de. Is she weakened after the use of forbidden jutsu or is it because my mastery of lightning chakra is much stronger than my fire chakra?''
Izumi analyzes Guren''s weakness as she deflects a barrage of crystal needles from the crystal lizard summons.
Swoosh
She performs a backflip and avoids another rain of crystals from the floating crystal orbs.
''At this rate, I will get overwhelmed by her rapid attacks.''
Swoosh
Izumi retreats further and draws her de in front of her chest.
''Lightning Release: Lightning flicker sh''
Swoosh
Multiple balls of lightning disperse from Izumi''s position. The lightning balls turn into shadows of Izumi and flicker across the battlefield.
"Lighting Release: Jolting Discharge,"
Izumi''s shadows draw the chakra de and release a stream of a thunderbolt from its tip. The thunderbolt streams crisscross with each other and bombard the area around Guren.
Swoosh
Guren raises her left hand and forms a crystal dome to protect herself from the lightning discharge. The crystal lizard channels the electricity to the ground like a lightning rod.
Huh
Guren narrows her eyes and makes some one-hand sign.
"Crystal Release: Shuriken wild dance"
The air around Guren condenses in multiple spinning crystal shurikens. They revolve around her at a high speed.
Haaah
With a gesture of her hand, the crystal shuriken slices through the entire area, including the multiple lightning shadows.
"Where is she?" Guren looks around to locate Izumi''s real body.
Crack crack
The ground cracks open and a shadow jumps out of it.
Whoosh