Chapter 99: Chapter 99
Kiriya smiled faintly.
Frog Kata really was convenient.
It was a senjutsu style that blended natural energy into taijutsu, greatly increasing both his attack range and power.
Just like now, his foot had clearly not touched A, yet the natural energy he drew in had already blasted A away.
Because it was invisible and intangible, it was incredibly difficult to guard against.
Of course, considering A’s absurdly tough body, Kiriya did not stop just because he had gained the upper hand.
Instead, he pressed the advantage and went after him while he was down.
"Frog Kata: Wild Form."
Kiriya muttered inwardly, closing the distance in an instant. His fists hammered into A’s waist and abdomen like a machine gun.
In the space of a single breath, over a hundred punches had already landed.
The violent force drove through flesh and muscle, slamming again and again into A’s internal organs.
Blood spilled from A’s mouth in large mouthfuls, and the impact even passed through his body to form powerful shockwaves behind him, carving deep trenches into the ground.
"Frog Kata: Final Form."
Kiriya clenched his fist, his expression burning with intensity, and launched another straight punch meant to finish the fight.
But a massive chakra suddenly rushed toward him within his senses, and a deadly sense of danger struck his heart. He immediately changed his move, shifting from offense to defense.
"Frog Kata: Bell Cutter."
Kiriya raised both forearms and struck precisely against the sword blades, snapping both of the attacker’s long swords in an instant.
"Wha—"
Killer B, wrapped in a layer of hot red chakra, looked stunned. He had not expected Kiriya to respond like that.
To make such a precise move in that split second, this brat’s taijutsu was ridiculously strong!
"Eat this!"
Kiriya had no intention of indulging him. He gathered power in his fist, and a fierce shockwave swept toward Killer B.
"Whoa!"
Killer B let out a strange cry.
An octopus tentacle suddenly emerged from behind him and shielded him tightly, but he was still sent flying together with it.
Even then, he controlled another tentacle to wrap around his beloved big bro and rescued A as well.
Kiriya’s expression turned strange.
He was honestly shocked by the speed of Killer B’s tentacles.
What the hell? This was practically Tentacle Release: Body Flicker Technique!
With that speed, paired with tentacles that could freely expand and shrink, he was basically the lifelong enemy of every magical girl.
No, perhaps their lifelong love instead.
Naturally, Killer B had no idea what Kiriya was thinking. He first looked toward A.
"Big bro, you okay?"
"I’m fine."
A coughed twice and spat out another mouthful of blood, then snorted coldly.
"Just some internal injuries. Nothing worth mentioning."
"Big bro, this guy’s dangerous! We should take him together," Killer B suggested.
"No."
A rejected him firmly, his tone turning stern.
"B, don’t interfere. This is my fight."
As a taijutsu-type shinobi, being suppressed head-on by a younger brat and nearly beaten into the ground was an unbearable humiliation for A.
If he could not wash it away with his own fists and the enemy’s blood, he would never be satisfied.
This was something he had to overcome himself.
"I see. In terms of taijutsu, you’re the strongest shinobi I’ve ever seen."
At that moment, Kiriya suddenly spoke with genuine admiration on his face.
"I, Kiriya, acknowledge you as the strongest!"
He was not deliberately making a joke.
He was speaking from the heart.
After all, his Wild Form just now had already been him going all out, yet it had only caused A internal injuries without truly damaging his foundation.
A could still speak with full strength and continue trying to fight him.
That kind of body was so tough that even Kiriya clicked his tongue in amazement.
He could only be called the tankiest man in the shinobi world.
Even if Final Form was stronger, there would not be a qualitative difference.
In other words, relying on fists alone, Kiriya had no way to defeat A.
So that praise had absolutely been sincere.
But to A and the others, it sounded like naked mockery, and it instantly filled A’s rage meter again!
"Bastard! I’ll kill you!"
A roared and charged forward once more, aiming to smash Kiriya with a decisive elbow strike.
"Liger Bomb!"
This time, A was more careful.
His eyes locked tightly onto Kiriya’s hands as he tried to understand the logic and principles behind Kiriya’s techniques.
But if Frog Kata could be seen through that easily, it would not be Frog Kata.
"Frog Kata!"
Kiriya also raised his elbow, using natural energy to strike A’s arm and force that heavy elbow attack off course.
The deflection even dragged A’s body with it, leaving him open for another violent beating.
Unfortunately, although Kiriya’s taijutsu was powerful, it still lacked the decisive force needed to break through A’s Lightning Armor.
He could not deal a fight-ending blow.
Reality forced Kiriya to consider other methods.
"If pure taijutsu won’t win, then I’ll have to use ninjutsu."
After punching A away, Kiriya directly summoned two shadow clones.
Without saying another word, they began forming a Rasengan while adding chakra nature transformation into it.
Screech, screech, screech—
A Wind Release: Rasenshuriken half a meter in diameter quickly took shape!
As an S-rank ninjutsu, this technique placed extremely high demands on chakra volume, control precision, and mastery of nature transformation.
Kiriya had spent considerable effort learning it.
Ever since he obtained the Nidaime Hokage Tobirama’s training notes from Orochimaru, he had been studying chakra nature transformation.
Influenced by the original story, the first nature he began with was Wind Release.
At the same time, he used the experience-boosting effect of shadow clones to complete his Rasengan training and tried adding chakra nature transformation into it.
However, his progress had been somewhat slow, mainly because his chakra had still been a little tight for such a demanding technique.
But after mastering Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku, Kiriya’s progress accelerated several times over, and it did not take long for him to develop this ninjutsu.
"Then I’ll let you test this move’s power."
Kiriya smiled.
His smile was warm, friendly, and extremely nuclear.
"Hmph. You think a slow technique like that can hit me?"
A was extremely disdainful.
He was currently locked in close combat with Kiriya’s main body.
Would Kiriya really put himself in danger?
Naturally, Kiriya would not put himself in danger.
So he used a small trick.
"Flying Thunder God!"
Kiriya’s main body vanished instantly.
Almost at the same time, his shadow clone appeared behind A with the Rasenshuriken in hand and pressed it straight toward the muscular man’s back.
"Big bro!"
Killer B was shocked and rushed forward without thinking.
Boom!
A massive sphere of light rose out of nowhere, then expanded, expanded, and expanded again until it finally stopped at a range of over a hundred meters.
Inside it, countless tiny wind blades cut continuously, slicing everything they touched into microscopic dust.
That terrifying, nuclear-blast-like power made the young Kumo-nin feel cold all over.
"This ninjutsu... What kind of monster is he?!"
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