Chapter 219: Contending with the White Fang's Sword Style
The Chidori Short-Sword, condensed into a single entity, was solid and tough, much harder than ordinary steel.
When it collided with the ice blades in her hands, which were also unbelievably hard, it actually produced the clear and crisp sound of metal striking stone.
Sasuke's eyebrow rose. The force transmitted from the Chidori Short-Sword was not the immense, unstoppable surging power of the Monstrous Strength Technique.
This prevented him from using the follow-up move he had planned, which would have borrowed her force...
"You're not using your full strength..." Sasuke said faintly, as the lightning short-sword and the ice dual blades were locked in a stalemate. The black tomoe in his eyes slowly circulated as he stared intently at Haruno Sakura, who was pressing in on him.
The corner of the girl's mouth curled up, revealing a faint smile. "Of course. I'm the proctor, after all... Attack with your full strength. Let me see how strong you are now!"
As the proctor, Haruno Sakura naturally couldn't go all out from the start. She had limited the output of her Monstrous Strength Technique. After all, that level of power was something Sasuke could not yet contend with.
"Hmph, then don't be scared..."
Sasuke's gaze became sharp!
After a two-second standoff, the two of them leaped back at the same time, as if by telepathy.
Both of them were extremely familiar with each other's combat power. After the perfunctory probing at the beginning, they immediately switched to an all-out battle.
The overflowing lightning-natured chakra in Sasuke's body erupted without reservation, pushing the lightning's ability to activate the body to its extreme.
In this state, his speed and strength skyrocketed in an instant. The three black tomoe in his scarlet eyes spun wildly. His figure shot up, and he brandished his dazzling light-sword, slashing forcefully at Haruno Sakura!
"Nin-taijutsu: White Fang Sword Style!"
Haruno Sakura's brow furrowed slightly. Sasuke's imposing blow made her feel a pressure. The sharp sword momentum contained a soul-stirring presence!
Sasuke has never used such a strong sword style before... Sure enough, no one has been standing still.
As she thought this, she gripped the ice butterfly swords in her hands and met his attack.
Just as Sakura had thought, Sasuke's sword style was one he had learned after officially becoming Kakashi's disciple.
The White Fang of Konoha had made a great name for himself back then with his sharp sword style. However, his son, Hatake Kakashi, was not famous for his sword skills. The reasons for this were hard to explain. However, this did not mean that the White Fang's sword style had been lost. Back then, the reason Kakashi had been able to be promoted to Jonin at the young age of 12 was precisely because of his sharp and unstoppable sword skills.
In fact, the famous White Fang Sword Style did not have overly complicated moves. What it held was nothing more than the essence that all sword arts share: fast, precise, and vicious.
It was just that the White Fang's sword style was even faster, more precise, and more vicious.
The moment they clashed, Sakura felt the power of the White Fang Sword Style.
The activation of the body by the lightning-natured chakra made the sword style stronger and faster. The dynamic vision of the Sharingan made the sword's light straighter and more precise. And the moves of the White Fang Sword Style, obtained after a thousand temperings, made Sasuke's sword momentum even more ruthless and vicious!
With these advantages, even Sasuke, who had only just begun to learn the sword style for a few months, was able to display some of the flair of the White Fang Sword Style.
Sharp and ruthless!
The sword light flashed. The Chidori Short-Sword danced in the air, creating a series of afterimages. The dazzling brilliance was eye-catching, adding a bit of gorgeousness to the sharpness of Sasuke's sword style.
The crowd on the viewing platform looked over and saw a flurry of cyan sword light stirred up by the Chidori Short-Sword. Sasuke's figure was nimble and powerful, his sword momentum continuous, as fast as a storm, and he attacked Haruno Sakura wave after wave.
Sasuke, who was already extremely talented in the way of the sword, even though he had just started to practice it, already had a hint of his own style.
However, Haruno Sakura's sword style... or rather, her Sakura Rush and nin-taijutsu, were not bad either.
"Nin-taijutsu: Eight-Slash Sword!"
The Eight-Slash Sword, which originated from Wing Chun, when used by the girl, also had another kind of flair.
The dual swords in her hand were called "Paired Palm Swords." The blades were light, the faces were thin and narrow, and the edges were as sharp as a sword's, good for thrusting.
When swung and crossed, the dual swords crisscrossed like beautiful butterflies, which was why they were also called Butterfly Dual Swords.
The moves were universal. The force-generation techniques and offensive strategies were applicable due to the same human body structure in both worlds. After being magically modified by nin-taijutsu and paired with the girl's Sakura Rush, the sword art of a world without magic had become a sharp killing move in Sakura's hands.
Her wrist turned, her movements light and brisk. She held the dual swords and met Sasuke's Chidori Short-Sword.
Clang, clang, clang, clang—
Fighting fast with fast!
The Chidori Short-Sword in the black-haired youth's hand and the Butterfly Dual Swords in the pink-haired girl's hand had clashed dozens of times in an instant. The intermittent, crisp clashing sounds had even blended into one, making it almost impossible to distinguish.
On the field below, the two of them were fighting in a deadlock, evenly matched.
In terms of speed, Sasuke's attack speed was faster, while Sakura's reaction speed was faster.
In terms of moves, the White Fang Sword Style was more ruthless and sharp, wide and open, while the magically modified Eight-Slash Sword was smaller and more precise, simple and brisk.
In the perilous close-quarters combat, because Haruno Sakura had suppressed the output of her Monstrous Strength Technique, the two of them were fighting to a draw.
The sword style of the Eight-Slash Sword was different from Sasuke's. The White Fang Sword Style used the whole body to generate force, pouring the power enhanced by lightning into the tip of the blade, which was why it was so fierce. The Eight-Slash Sword, on the other hand, focused on generating force from the wrist. Its movements emphasized being fast, agile, and clever, with small movements being ideal.
Haruno Sakura's sword style, with its stabs, markers, pecks, and lifts, was exquisite and continuous. Sasuke's sword style, with its collapses, intercepts, chops, and pierces, created a whistling sound that cut through the air.
Weaving and turning, their figures crisscrossing, their sharp blades colliding, the movements of the two were too fast for the eye to follow.
The pure clash of taijutsu made the battle between the two on the field look more like a duel between swordsmen than a clash between ninja.
However, this was the charm of taijutsu.
Once both sides engaged in a taijutsu contest, they could only be fully immersed in it. Unless the gap between the two sides was too large, if one wanted to simultaneously cast a ninjutsu to attack, they would only lose instantly because of the distraction.
The perilous and unpredictable nature of taijutsu was just like that. Even in a close battle, the winner and loser would often be decided suddenly.
And the two people on the field, the close-quarters combat they were engaged in was not purely taijutsu, but nin-taijutsu with their own unique characteristics.
The weapons in their hands were also the essence of their respective ninjutsu—
The cyan short-sword shone with a bright, dazzling brilliance.
The silver dual swords radiated a chilling cold, crystal clear.
After bringing their respective elemental ninjutsu's nature and shape transformations to their extreme, an ultimate beauty was presented. The Chidori Short-Sword and the Butterfly Ice Blades, just by being placed there quietly, already had a beauty that was hard to forget.
And after they began to dance with the movements of their masters' hands, each turning into a sharp and fierce cyan sword light, or a small and exquisite silver blade light, intertwining and crisscrossing in the air, scattering sparks of fire in their collisions, they had a suffocating, intoxicating beauty that could almost make one forget the extreme danger hidden in this dance of swords.
In the courtyard, the exhilarating battle between the youth and the girl was brilliant, and it also made the crowd on the balcony watch with rapt attention, almost forgetting to speak.
Only when this wave of continuous attacks from the two had finally ended, and after they had exchanged hundreds of blows without a result, and had to retreat to the side to catch their breath for a moment, did the crowd let out a deep breath in unison.
"Amazing!" Katsura-U said with a sigh.
He could see that Sasuke's strength was indeed very strong. After seeing such a taijutsu offensive, he had absolutely no confidence that he could block his attacks.
He let out a sigh of the new wave pushing the old. "I probably can't beat either of them... I just wonder, in terms of close combat alone, who of the two of them is stronger?"
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