Chp-44: I Like Your Sword very much

In the forest, Trees lay chaotically on the ground, the air filled with dust and the scent of blood. The crackling of lightning in this peculiar environment was exceptionally distinct.

Satoru Hyuga hovered in mid-air, lightning crackling between his black hair strands, his clothes billowing in the wind created by the surrounding energy.

He looked like a transformed Super Saiyan.

Jūzō Biwa squinted at Satoru, who was wrapped in lightning. In just a brief moment, he suddenly sensed that Satoru's aura had grown several times stronger.

"Some kind of secret technique that temporarily boosts power? Similar to the Lightning Release Chakra Mode of the Raikage?"

"Keh keh keh, I didn't expect you to have such an ability. A prey like this is interesting," Kaguya Maro laughed shrilly, visibly excited. Under his skin, something wriggled, and two sharp bone spikes protruded from his palms.

"Maro, this kid is mine!"

Jūzō's eyes flashed coldly. Chakra surged within him as he charged towards Satoru, the Executioner's Blade in his hand carrying immense power, slamming down with terrifying force.

Boom!

With a dull thud, Jūzō's pupils contracted sharply.

"Impossible..."

Satoru had raised his hand to block the Executioner's Blade, and the massive sword couldn't advance an inch, stuck in place.

"What kind of secret technique is this? How did your Magnet Release become so powerful?"

Jūzō was shocked.

Satoru's hand hadn't even touched the Executioner's Blade. In fact, there was still a centimetre of the distance between them. A terrifying, repulsive force, like a mountain, prevented the sword from moving no matter how much strength Jūzō used.

But an even more horrifying scene unfolded.

The massive blade of the Executioner's Blade began to dissolve, turning into a silvery liquid metal that slowly flowed down Satoru's arm.

In just a few breaths, most of the blade had been disassembled.

Jūzō's pupils trembled slightly. No longer daring to stay in place, he quickly released the Executioner's Blade and retreated in terror.

"Maro, this kid has some tricks."

"Jūzō, did you just get scared because your attack was blocked? When did you become such a coward?"

Kaguya Maro taunted, having not seen the terrifying scene because Jūzō's body blocked his view.

Satoru had completely disassembled the Executioner's Blade. The silvery liquid metal, like a small snake, moved smoothly around his shoulder and arm.

Material disintegration!

Under the terrifying enhancement of the Tyrant Mode, Satoru had finally touched the threshold of material disintegration.

Although not at the atomic level, he had broken down the entire Executioner's Blade into tiny particles less than 10 nanometers in diameter. In this special state, the metal retained both metallic and fluid properties, commonly known as...

Magnetic Fluid!

Locking his gaze on Jūzō, Satoru moved like a bolt of lightning, charging forward.

A powerful sense of impending death enveloped Jūzō. Fear surged from his tailbone up his spine to his brain. Without his Executioner's Blade, Jūzō was only slightly stronger than an average Jōnin, completely unable to resist this attack.

With no time to escape, Satoru's attack reached him.

The silvery snake moved rapidly, transforming into a curved blade and slicing across Jūzō's throat.

Splat!

The world turned crimson. Jūzō suddenly felt his body lighten as his vision began to spin.

In the last moment before his consciousness faded, he seemed to hear a light chuckle in his ear.

"I like your big sword."

Thud...

His head fell to the ground, his face still frozen in an expression of terror, lifelike.

"Jū... Jūzō."

Kaguya Maro swallowed hard, his body frozen. The battle had shifted so quickly that he hadn't even had time to react. He had only seen Jūzō inexplicably retreat in fear, then Satoru counterattacking, and Jūzō's head flying into the air.

Blood from the silver blade seeped into the metal. After absorbing this blood, the silvery snake seemed even sharper.

Satoru was pleased. As he had hoped, the magnetic fluid form of the Executioner's Blade retained its blood-absorbing property.

"Damn it..."

Kaguya Maro gritted his teeth, extreme anger bursting from his mind, making his eyes bloodshot.

Visible under his skin, something wriggled violently. Accompanied by the sound of flesh being pierced, sharp bones broke through his body!

Bones protruded from his chest, elbows, and spine, making him look like a monstrous creature.

Satoru's expression grew more serious. The reason he had been able to so easily defeat Jūzō was that Jūzō was a swordsmanship ninja, completely countered by his abilities.

But Kaguya Maro, with his Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai, controlled bones that were hard to affect with Satoru's powers. Coupled with the Kaguya clan's near-insane battle lust, the real fight was just beginning.

"Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets!"

Kaguya Maro roared, raising his fingers towards Satoru. White bones wriggled from his fingertips and shot out like bullets.

Satoru didn't dodge. The silvery snake quickly transformed into a silver metal shield, blocking in front of him.

Clang, clang, clang...

With the sound of metal clashing, the ten-bone bullets were all deflected.

"It's not over yet!"

As the silver shield melted away, Kaguya Maro, now looking like a demon, was already beside Satoru. Sharp bones protruded from his knee as he swung a powerful kick at Satoru.

The silvery snake moved again, blocking Kaguya Maro's attack.

The silver metal clung to Kaguya Maro's leg, flowing towards his body along the bones.

Feeling a chill run through him, Kaguya Maro immediately retreated, slashing the silver snake-covered bones away.

"So cautious."

Satoru sighed inwardly. If he had managed to get the metal into Kaguya Maro's body, the battle would have been decided.

But it seemed the Kaguya clan member, even in his rage, retained a high degree of caution. This guy was definitely not an ordinary Kaguya clan member. I wonder what relation he has to the future Kaguya Kimimaro.

With the boost from the Tyrant Mode, Satoru now had many abilities he couldn't use before.

But he was still far from molecular-level control of matter. Otherwise, he could directly manipulate the calcium molecules in Kaguya Maro's body and kill him instantly.

"Kid, you've truly angered me."

Having narrowly escaped death, Kaguya Maro could no longer suppress his fury. Chakra surged wildly within him.

"Dance of the Seedling Fern!"

Numerous bone spikes erupted from the ground around him, like bamboo shoots after rain, quickly covering the entire battlefield. Nearby, Jūzō's body was pierced into pieces by the chaotic growth of bones.

Satoru floated higher, avoiding the surging bone spikes.

From the air, he looked down, seeing a forest of white bones.