73 BSNW CH 069 Seven Stars of Destruction (2/2)
”It always makes me so excited to have a chance to have a chance to see his Wind Sage Powers up close with my eyes” the slim dark blue haired girl exclaimed as her eyes transformed into a pair of Sharingan, ”Its so beautiful to watch.”
”We better keep it down Nozomi, else they might get disturbed.” The brown haired girl said, ”I don't want to get chewed off by Rikuo.”
”Haha, last time he scolded you was fun to watch Kashikoi!” Nozomi exclaimed with a smirk as they both toned it down and watched the confrontation.
”This is one of my strongest attacks so be careful” Rikuo told Jun ”Wind Sage Arts : Divine Wind Great Breakthrough!!”
The moment Jun sensed the intensity and power of the attacked he paled as he realized that none of his elemental manipulation attacks would be useful while confronting a Peak Level Sage Art. His other Jutsus were good for versatility and wide ranging destruction, but compared to this force of nature raging towards him they fell short in power. Just as he thought all was lost, his features calmed down.
To battle a Sage Style, you needed a Sage Style. He gave up his hesitation, his doubts and his fear, and with his complete concentration he first reinforced his body as much as he could with Yang Reinforcement, before he revealed his Sage Arts to the world after a long time.
”Sage Arts : Shokuton (Plant Release) - Nature's Tenacity!” A flood of dense chakra burst out of Jun and into the ground. To those who watched it was like a dam had burst open. In the next moment, before Rikuo's attack could reach Jun, a literal forest of dense foliage of all kinds of plants surrounded Jun on all sides, getting denser with each moment. Before the enormous blast of deadly wind touched him, Jun was bounded up with innumerable layers of foliage that completely protected him and anchored him to the ground.
The moment the wind blast struck him, it was like a literal calamity. Uncontrollable wind blast screamed and shredded the plants they encountered, intent on shredding Jun to pieces too. However, for every layer they destroyed, a dozen more instantly popped up. Although this power was completely focused on defense, yet it was terrifying to see the rate at which this literal forest of plant grew despite the suppression of the opposing force.
The standoff kept on going for a few minutes before the wind started to abate. However, the plant showed no signs of stopping as they kept growing like a greedy calamity wanting to devour the world. Everyone had blank stares of shock as they sensed the amount of vitality hidden in this forest. Just how much chakra had Jun poured into this Jutsu and how the hell did he have as much in the first place.
Rikuo appeared before them as the wind completely stopped, however the plants didn't stop growing as they expanded extremely quickly around them. Giant thick twisted vines lashed out from the forest towards Rikuo at unbelievable speeds, the wind whistling shrilly at the power.
Rikuo powered up his sage mode even more as he dodged and wove in between the attacks. ”Quintessence of the Howling Tempest!!” Winds around him became howling tornadoes and clashed against the living forest.
It was like watching a calamity happening in front of them as everyone watched in stunned silence. Winds shredded more and more of the forest as if trying the raze them to ground. Tenacious Forest braved the destruction as it grew more vigorous the more it was destroyed and the barrage powerful giant twisted vines struck with enough force to blast the very winds apart and crack the ground.
It went on and on for a long time without stopping. Both of them threw a wide variety of attacks at each other, but no one could decide a definite winner. Wind blade, Giant vines, Vacuum blades, Leaf blades, raging wind blasts, huge thorn spikes all flew around in a giant confusing mess.
It was a long time before this messy bout of destruction abated. Jun lay on the ground in the midst of writhing plants, completely drained of chakra. Rikuo stood shakily a few tens of meters away from him, although physically he felt better than Jun, mentally he was completely drained from having to utilize his Sage Mode for such a long time. His sage mode was special and took a huge amount of concentration, unlike Jun who had a Nature refined body as if made to host Sage Chakra.
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It took about an hour for Jun to recover enough chakra to calm down his fatigued body. As he stood up, he found Rikuo Sitting on the ground a little distance away, meditating. Rest of his team was also around them in various distance away, all using various things to entertain themselves and pass their time while waiting.
Rikuo opened his eyes as he sensed Jun standing up and he himself stood up and walked towards him. Walking up to Jun, he patted his shoulder with a smile ”Congratulations little one. You have passed the test with flying colors. Its always good to spar with a fellow Sage. Come on, I will introduce you to the rest.”
He dragged the slightly overwhelmed Jun to the rest of his group and introduced them. The mysterious Uchiha girl was Nozomi Uchiha. The brown haired girl next to her was Kashikoi Monodukuri. The well built man behind them with wild long hair and standing stoically was Saibo Kazahana. The fishnet wearing Katana wielding busty beauty who had threatened Jun earlier was Oichi Oda. The Young black haired blue eyed boy in the back who had been staring at Jun earlier when he came was Ikari Jihino.
”That old man you guys fought and argued with earlier was old man Hastar. He is a bit touched in the head and doesn't like anyone from the five great nations. In fact he and Nozomi didn't get along for a very long time. And as you already know, I am Rikuo Kaneko. Together we are known as Seven Stars of Destruction and we are the protectors of the Divine Ice Crystal Village.”