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Just as Naruto's kunai was about to touch Kimimaro's throat—
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!..."
A series of teeth-grinding sounds, like flesh being pierced by a hard object, rang out in rapid succession!
Kimimaro's moon-white kimono was instantly pierced and torn apart by countless sharp objects!
One after another, pale, sharp bone spurs of varying lengths.
Like a flower of deathly thorns blooming in an instant, it appeared without warning from every corner of his body—
Shoulders, elbows, ribs, knees, even the spine—bursting wildly out!
In an instant, he transformed into a human-shaped hedgehog!
The dense, white bony jungle enveloped him completely!
Naruto was utterly horrified!
His sprint was too powerful and the distance was too close, so he didn't have time to stop completely!
"Pfft... hiss..."
Despite relying on near-instinctive, extreme reactions.
At the last moment, Naruto's body made an extremely awkward twisting and side-lying dive, avoiding the most fatal frontal piercing.
But the sharp bone spurs still relentlessly tore through his training clothes!
A searing pain shot through my left arm, right rib, and outer thigh!
The orange fabric was immediately stained with blood!
A bone spur even grazed his cheek, leaving a thin but clear bloodstain!
Naruto tumbled out awkwardly, leaving a trail on the ground before barely managing to regain his balance.
He quickly got up, ignoring his wounds, and just wiped the bloodstains on his face hard with the back of his hand.
His eyes were filled with unprecedented solemnity and rage as he stared intently at the dense, white forest of bone spurs: "Damn it! What kind of monster is this?!"
Sasuke had already teleported to Naruto's side, his Sharingan spinning at high speed.
The crimson light seemed to drip blood, and the voice was low and urgent: "I don't know! But my eyes can see!"
"His chakra... is very special! It is continuously and rapidly condensing and multiplying at specific bone locations within his body, and then instantly piercing through body tissue!"
"This is definitely not an ordinary ninjutsu! It's his bloodline limit that's driving these bones!"
His Sharingan's insightful abilities allowed him to detect the bizarre yet highly efficient bone formation process.
The dense, white bone spurs slowly contracted and disappeared back into Kimimaro's body, leaving only his tattered kimono as evidence of the horror that had just transpired.
He stood unharmed, his grey-green eyes sweeping over Sasuke's scarlet eyes.
A subtle, almost appreciative, flicker seemed to appear on his cold face.
"As expected of the Sharingan, which the Uchiha clan is so proud of."
Kimimaro's voice remained calm, yet carried a barely perceptible hint of agreement: "By simply observing, one can discover the subtle processes of the 'Shikotsumyaku' chakra's operation."
At this point, Kimimaro's voice carried a hint of envy: "This insight... no wonder Lord Orochimaru is so fond of you and sees you as the most perfect vessel."
Sasuke's face instantly darkened, and the killing intent in his Sharingan surged: "I don't want to get close to that disgusting guy! I don't want to become anything of his!"
Whenever Sasuke recalls the battle with Orochimaru, he feels a chill run down his spine.
If he had a choice, he would rather go with Jiraiya to gather materials than get close to Orochimaru.
"It's not up to you."
Kimimaro's voice suddenly turned cold, like ice shattering.
He slowly raised his left hand, fingers together, and then plunged it into his left forearm!
Under the shocked gazes of Naruto and Sasuke, Kimimaro calmly cut his arm at the ulna bone.
He forcefully drew out a longer, wider, and more perfectly curved Senbai bone knife!
The blade was as smooth as a mirror, exuding an even stronger aura of death than before.
"Orochimaru-sama's will is my mission; your eyes must be given to him."
Chapter 185 The Horn of Counterattack
Kimimaro, wielding twin bone swords, assumed an ancient yet imposing starting stance: "Willow Dance!"
Before he could finish speaking, his figure suddenly blurred!
He seemed to transform into a white phantom shrouded in a storm of death.
With an extremely strange trajectory, as unpredictable as willow catkins in the wind yet as fast as lightning, it instantly cut into Naruto and Sasuke's defensive circle!
Sasuke's pupils contracted sharply, his Sharingan frantically tracking the opponent's movements, while his kunai instinctively went out to block!
"when!!!"
An immense force surged from the bone sword, and Sasuke felt a violent tremor in his hand, as if it were about to tear apart!
He gritted his teeth and tried to resist, but his body was pushed backward by the enormous force!
"Naruto! Flanking!"
Sasuke issued a stern warning.
Almost at the same moment Sasuke parried, Kimimaro's other bone sword shot out like a venomous snake.
From an extremely tricky angle, it silently stabbed at Naruto's ribs!
The angle was so insidious, and the timing so precise, that it completely blocked Naruto's space to dodge!
Naruto gritted his teeth, unable to completely dodge, and could only block with his kunai held to his side!
The steel kunai snapped in two like rotten wood before the bone knife’s terrifying penetrating power!
The bone knife continued its momentum, grazing Naruto's broken kunai and leaving another deep gash on his ribs!
Naruto groaned in pain and staggered backward from the shock.
The battle instantly escalated into a brutal close-quarters combat phase!
Kimimaro's "Willow Dance" truly lives up to its name.
His movements were like willow branches swaying in the wind, seemingly light and ethereal, but actually concealing deadly intent.
Each movement caused the double bone blades to draw deadly arcs, with tricky angles and astonishing speed!
Even more terrifying is that his body can unleash sharp bone spurs from any unexpected angle at any time to launch a surprise attack!
Naruto and Sasuke stood back to back, relying on their long-standing teamwork and the insight of their Sharingan to fight back fiercely.
Naruto pushed his speed to the limit, using shadow clones for feints and distractions, while his main body looked for opportunities to deliver heavy taijutsu blows.
Sasuke, relying on his Sharingan's predictive abilities and exquisite taijutsu, repeatedly parried the deadly bone blade thrusts.
However, the Corpse Bone Pulse's advantage in close combat is overwhelming!
"Clang! Crack! Splat!"
The sounds of metal clashing, weapons shattering, and bone spurs tearing through flesh were incessant!
Naruto's kunai broke!
He immediately used his shadow clones to create smoke, and took the opportunity to pick up the rubble on the ground to use as weapons.
But the pebbles were like tofu in front of the bone knife, instantly pulverized!
Sasuke's kunai broke too!
He attempted to use steel wire to restrict Kimimaro's movements.
But the tough steel wire was easily broken and cut like spider silk in the face of the opponent's brute force and sharp bone spikes!
The weapons in their hands were quickly worn down and destroyed in the repeated clashes with the bone knife.
Kimimaro's bone swords, however, seemed inexhaustible; even if one was knocked away, a new one could be instantly drawn from another part of his body!
Not to mention the unpredictable and impossible-to-defend bone spur attacks!
In close combat, Naruto and Sasuke were unable to inflict any effective damage on Kimimaro!
Their punches and kicks struck the opponent's skin covered with hard periosteum as if hitting steel, causing their own hands and feet to ache from the impact.
Kimimaro's every counterattack, whether it was a slash or thrust with his bone sword, or a cut or pierce with his bone spikes.
They were in grave danger, constantly suffering new wounds!
Their training uniforms were stained with blood, and their heavy breathing echoed in the courtyard.
"This can't go on like this!"
Sasuke's inner alarm bells rang loudly.
The Sharingan clearly saw that Kimimaro's chakra was still abundant and cold, as if it were inexhaustible.
Both Naruto's and Naruto's stamina and chakra were being rapidly depleted!
"Naruto! Retreat!"
Sasuke parried a sweeping bone sword with a swift movement, using the recoil to retreat rapidly while simultaneously reaching into his ninja tool pouch with lightning speed!
Naruto instantly understood, using a substitution jutsu to dodge the bone spike aimed at his abdomen and leaping backward!
"Trying to escape?" Kimimaro's eyes flashed, and he was about to give chase.
Sasuke let out a low shout and swung his hands out! Not just kunai.
Instead, they were several special kunai with eye-catching talisman paper wrapped around their tails—explosive talisman kunai!
The kunai shot towards Kimimaro's landing spot and pursuit route with a shriek!
Kimimaro frowned slightly. Although Liu Zhiwu's movements were exquisite, the area explosion of the detonating tags posed too great a threat.
He had to stop his pursuit.
His body twisted strangely, and the bone knife slashed precisely at the flying kunai, attempting to knock it away or cut off its fuse in advance.