Chapter 156 Punching Akaza, Kicking Kokushibo

"What a terrifying guy, he actually killed all six Lower Moons in one go. No wonder he could eliminate Douma and Gyutaro."

"It seems I need to learn from Hantengu and temporarily avoid the golden-haired kid's sharp edge. Let Akaza and Kokushibo take the lead."

"Hehe, luckily I have a lot of my collection in the Infinity Castle, so I can teleport through the pots."

"Teleport?"

"Are you hiding from me? A stinky fish dares to dream of escaping my grasp!"

Just as Gyokko was feeling smug, an indifferent voice came from behind him.

It was Naruto, who had caught up using the Shadow Instant Kill Array.

Every one of Gyokko's pots had a shadow.

So, under the coverage of Naruto's Shadow Instant Kill Array and Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Gyokko had nowhere to run.

Every time Gyokko teleported, Naruto could follow and pursue him.

"What?!"

"How did he catch up?!"

A huge wave surged in Gyokko's heart, and he prepared to teleport again, but Naruto would not let him have his way.

In the face of the speedrun mission, Naruto had no intention of playing a cat-and-mouse game; he only had one thought:

Demon Slaying!!

A cold light flashed, and the blade swept across. The neck, which even Muichiro Tokito, the Mist Hashira in the original work, found difficult to cut before awakening his demon slayer mark, was decapitated by Naruto with a single strike!

Next one.

Naruto was like a ruthless demon-slaying machine. After slaying Gyokko, he instantly teleported to his next target.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I'm scared, I—"

The timid Hantengu actually had a burst of power under the fear of absolute strength suppression.

"Scream! Zohakuten!"

Hantengu, whose main body was hiding on a beam somewhere, shrieked.

Five giant wooden dragons lunged from all directions, and five attributes—lightning, wind blades, flames, ice cones, and poison—erupted simultaneously.

Naruto formed a hand seal.

"Five Elements: Great Bullet Technique."

Chakra spheres of fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water attributes accurately hit each wooden dragon.

The explosion caused by elemental counteraction tore Zohakuten into pieces.

Mind's Eye of the Kagura instantly found Hantengu's main body.

"Don't, don't kill me! I didn't do anything!" Hantengu timidly begged for mercy, trying to escape.

Naruto coldly glanced, swung his blade with one hand, and Hantengu died!

"Come on! Let's fight!!!"

Akaza's fighting spirit boiled. He rushed over from other platforms with a wild laugh, his feet exploding with the compass needle pattern, and his fists striking down like meteorites!

Naruto, who had just slain Hantengu, met him with a punch! "Bang—!"

With a pure clash of power, Akaza's fist exploded with a loud bang, and his bones shattered!

He widened his eyes, and before he could react, Naruto had already grabbed his face and slammed him hard into the ground!

With a loud "bang," the platform instantly cracked and shattered.

The electric light transformed from Lightning Release Chakra was like thousands of lightning snakes, rampaging and weaving through the splintered wood chips.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Naruto held Akaza's head, falling from high altitude, smashing through several buildings consecutively, finally stopping on a platform.

"The Upper Moon Three's fighting demon is nothing more than this."

Just as Naruto was about to use his nichirin blade to sever Akaza's head, an incredibly sharp crescent-shaped sword light slashed towards Naruto's back.

No—it wasn't one!

A huge sword light was superimposed with countless small crescent moons.

This was Kokushibo's Moon Breathing and Blood Demon Art.

However—

Naruto didn't care at all. With the Dragon Origin Chakra cloak and the Dragon Slayer Set's equipment defense, what if he took Kokushibo's slash head-on?

With one swing of his blade, Akaza's head was severed.

Naruto threw away Akaza's head and turned to look at Kokushibo.

"Your sword isn't sharp enough."

Naruto said indifferently to the samurai who was once ranked second during the Sengoku period and was now ranked first.

Kokushibo's six demon eyes slightly constricted, and his demon blade "Crying God" slowly unsheathed, its blade gleaming with a cold light.

His breathing was steady and heavy, and with each step he took, the wooden floor beneath his feet silently cracked with fine lines.

"Is that so? Your nichirin blade may not be fast enough either," Kokushibo responded.

The two sides' auras were at loggerheads.

At this moment, Naruto sensed something and suddenly turned his head, discovering that Akaza's headless corpse had somehow stood up, and the "Destructive Kill: Compass Needle" snowflake pattern suddenly unfolded beneath his feet, his fighting spirit boiling.

"Destructive Kill: Air Type!"

He suddenly stomped the ground, his figure turning into an afterimage, and punched Naruto!

Before the fist wind arrived, it brought a sonic boom, and the air was compressed into a visible shockwave, causing the wooden floor beneath his feet to collapse inch by inch!

Almost simultaneously, Kokushibo followed up with his attack.

As a noble and arrogant swordsman, Kokushibo disdained fighting together with an enemy, but the pressure given by the opponent was too great, and the disparity in strength was too vast, making Kokushibo once again become a despicable swordsman.

A pathetic guy who, after gaining "eternal life," would still swing his blade at his eighty-year-old younger brother.

"Moon Breathing: Fifth Form—Lunar Vortex!"

The demon blade slashed out, and countless crescent-shaped sword qi intertwined into a spiral storm of destruction, tearing through the air and strangling towards Naruto!

The floor, walls, and ceiling—all objects swept by the sword qi were instantly cut into pieces, and the entire space seemed to be sliced by countless moonlight rays!

"Are Upper Moon One and Upper Moon Three teaming up?"

"Interesting."

Naruto's eyes turned cold. With a single grab, a bright blue orb instantly appeared.

"Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"

The giant Chakra shuriken instantly collided with Kokushibo's sword qi, erupting with a piercing metallic cutting sound!

The Rasenshuriken's residual power even remained undiminished, directly crushing the sword qi and blasting towards Kokushibo.

Kokushibo's six eyes' pupils contracted violently.

"Clang"

At the critical moment, it was Nakime who teleported Kokushibo, allowing him to avoid the Rasenshuriken.

At the same time, Naruto raised his other hand, taking Akaza's punch head-on!

"Bang—!"

The two forces collided, and an impact wave exploded, instantly collapsing buildings within dozens of meters!

Wood chips, shattered stones, and broken beams scattered like a rainstorm, leveling the entire area!

Kokushibo's breathing was slightly rapid, but his fighting spirit remained undiminished.

The next moment.

Sharp blades grew all over Kokushibo's body.

"Moon Breathing: Final Form—Solitary Moon of the Eternal Night: Uninterrupted!"

His sword stance suddenly changed, and both the demon blade in his hand and the blades on his body slashed out simultaneously.

"Swish—whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh"

Sword qi intertwined into an impenetrable net of destruction.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of countless crescent moon blades flew out, as if even space itself would be severed!

"Hahahahaha, how exhilarating! Your strength is the greatest I've ever seen in my life."

Akaza laughed wildly, breaking through the limits of a demon. Even with his head severed, he could regenerate. His entire body's muscles swelled, and his demon blood boiled.

"Destructive Kill: Final Form: Blue-Silver Chaotic Afterglow!"

His punch speed suddenly increased to its limit, and countless fist shadows struck down like meteors, each blow carrying terrifying power capable of pulverizing steel!

At this moment, Naruto really wanted to clash with Akaza using Might Guy's Morning Peacock.

Unfortunately, he didn't know Eight Gates yet.

Therefore—

Facing Akaza, who was going all out at close range, Naruto could only give him a Great Ball Rasengan.