Chapter 142 - 142 (1/2)
The Ice Blade in Ryo's hand was surrounded by Lightning Chakra. As it flickered, Kitsuchi felt the immense Lightning Chakra within it, and he had shivers.
”I must not be cut by that, or I'll really die!”
Kitsuchi, the Kage tier veteran, had a very accurate judgement. Ryo had named this technique the [Ice Lightning Blade], which revolved around getting an Ice Blade into a state similar to the Lightning Chakra Mode.
The blade itself is mainly a condensation of Natural Energy. Adding Lightning Chakra Mode on top of that, effectively made Lightning a carrier to that Energy.
Lightning-carried Natutal energy is a terrible existence to all those with no experience with natural energy. Once the Lightning Chakra made contact with a body part, the effect wouldn't be local. It would actually go beyond the contact point to completely destroy the body part it came into contact with.
Ryo had developed this technique quite a long time before, and had been keeping it as one of his hidden cards.
He was actually intending on keeping it for the Kyubi's attack night. Now, in order to go to Minato's help, he could only show it this too soon.
Although Kitsuchi's right hand hadn't completely recovered, he was able to move it normally. Sensing that Ryo was about to attack, he was already prepared to defend himself.
Ryo made the first move. He chose to use Ice to teleport directly. Unlike his Lightning Chakra Flicker, Ice teleportation was like a Space-Time Ninjutsu, and Kitsuchi was unable to detect it.
Ryo teleported behind Kitsuchi, where there was a Scalpel he had left before destroying the Stone Giant.
Kitsuchi was watching Ryo's movement closely. As soon as the latter disappeared, the Tsuchikage's son was prepared in advance.
”[Earth Release: Great Moving Earth Core]!” Kitsuchi's Jutsu greatly raised the surface, changing the landscape. This made Ryo's 1st strike hit the ground.
”WHAT!” Kitsuchi glanced at the ground around the [Ice Lightning Blade] attack and gasped.
A large area of the ground was covered by frost, and an electrical spark went through the ice, creating an explosion, and bursting the ground into black smoke.
Kitsuchi panicked. What would happen if he was the one to receive this cut? How much better would he be compared to the ground?
”Ryo Yamanaka… you've won! I admit defeat! I quit this battle!”
Ryo stopped attacking. Kitsuchi from the Manga left a good impression on him, and he decided to believe him.
Ryo run past his opponent, rushing straight towards the corner in the direction of the Yonbi Jinchuriki. Kitsuchi kept his promise and left the battlefield.
On his way, Ryo told Minato that he had already handled Kitsuchi, and that he was going his way.
Minato was still in a pinch facing the Yonbi Jinchuriki and Kakuzu. He was able to dodge with ease, but he wasn't getting any window to attack.
The Yonbi Jinchuriki relied on his practically infinite Chakra to arbitrarily splatter lava around, forcing Minato to move erratically, while Kakuzu used the windows that his colleague opened to attack Minato.
During this period, Minato also found Kakuzu was using Lightning, Wind, Fire and Water release as if they were his main affinities.
Ryo quickly rushed to the place where the three were fighting. He didn't rush to attack, but first contacted Minato.
”Minato ni-san, I'm here!”
Minato heard Ryo's voice and felt finally relieved. With Ryo joining his side, it was finally time to counter attack.