Chapter-21 : Art is an Explosion
Fog around village suddenly dispelled in one go as visibility started increasing.
Both the Old man and Hidan who were bound in some kind of ritual both looked around around as anger swelled in both of them.
"You fucker, I will kill you!!" Hidan, who looked at the entire cult that was massacred shouted as his skin started turning black with wisps of white floating around.
Hiro who emerged in the distance, looked at the both of the his face half way covered with a cloth mask, his bow still in his hand.
A lot of his chakra was just spent, and as such, he popped a pill into his mouth.
[ Chakra stats
Quantity : [A-]
Quality : [C+]
Density : [C+]
Regeneration : [B] -> [A] (temporary)
Control : [C+] ]
His chakra regeneration suddenly got boosted by a whole entire tier as he could feel his chakra slowly coming.
Hidan, who in his anger forgot about the ritual, stood up and ran out of the circle made up of blood.
"Hidan don't....." Before the old man could stop Hidan, both of them suddenly fell down in their place as they both screamed at the same time.
'I'll take it'
Hiro, who was looking for an opportunity, instantly raised his bow, but this time, instead of using water nature chakra, he used his Lightning natured chakra at the tip as Lightning started crackling around it.
Hiro, gave the both a smile as he focused almost half of his remaining chakra into the tip as the blue of the Lightning turned white as sounds of birds chirping started coming.
*fwip*
Hiro released the string of the bow as the arrow flew through the air at speeds many times faster than sound as Lightning crackled off of it.
Before the both of them could do anything about it, the arrow flew through both of their chest as they fell down.
"You mother fucker!!!" Hidan raged once again as he got up, not minding the gaping hole his chest.
Same with the old man as he held up his scythe, wind nature chakra being accumulated on its three blades as Hiro could sense the danger even from a hundred meters away.
'Fuck....I forgot these fuckers can regenerate' Hiro said as he looked that two of them were starting to get closer, he summoned another arrow into his bow while retreating as he once again focused a huge amount of Lightning chakra into the arrow.
'Shit, I'm already down to 20%' Hiro thought as he released the arrow which once again found its target and hit the old man in his left leg, separating from his body as the old man fell down.
But despite landing this heavy blow, Hiro was nowhere happy as he looked at the two of them still approaching him exceedingly fast with their weapons in hand.
Hiro, who saw the tides turning to the opponents favor with his chakra running low, started running away fastly but was chased just as fast.
"You wont be running forever, where ever you stop I'll kill you in the worst possible way you can imagine" The old man said with an angry tone as he fired multiple wind natured slashes towards Hiro who was barely able to dodge them while running away.
Although Hiro was very fast, it seemed that the old man was an agility based ninja as he caught up to Hiro just a few seconds later.
"Looks like I can't run away anymore, heh?" Hiro said as the bow from his hands disappeared, Replace by the Katana he had.
Hiro looked at both as they circled around him with their scythes as the both jumped at him at the same time.
Hiro parried their attacks but was being pushed back as he started using the defensive ability of his arm guards to block their attacks.
'This can't go on for long' Hiro thought as he felt his chakra reserves running dangerously low.
Even with the enhanced chakra regeneration speed, Hiro wasn't able to keep up with two S ranks at the same time.
'Fuck!' Was the only thing he could think before being slashed at his chest with a powerful wind style attack combined with the scythe.
*boom*
Hiro collided with the boulder in the back as he coughed out a little blood.
If Hiro did not have his chest plate and the armor beneath it, he believed it would have been the end for him.
Hiro, who rarely lost his cool, got up with a frustrated look 'Fuck this shit, I'm going all in'
Hiro, who was being beaten back till now, suddenly released a huge amount of pressure as his skin turned red and his muscles bulked up a bit.
[Seven Heavenly Breath]
[4th activation]
As if being possessed, his pupils turned white as Hiro kicked out at the ground with incredible force as he lunched himself towards the old man, leaving his Katana on the ground.
The old man parried Hiro's attack as His fist collided with the scythe. But to his surprise and horror, the handle of the Scythe was suddenly bent as the priest was thrown back a dozen meters, crashing into Hidan who couldn't register what happened.
[ Physical stats
Strength : [B] -> [A+] (Temporary)
Endurance : [A]
Durability : [B]
Agility : [A-] -> [A+] (Temporary)
Regeneration : [D+] ]
Although Hiro was a Ranged fighter before, he did not neglect his close quarters skills, and being in company of someone like Shira, Hiro would be retarded if he did not learn Taijutsu from him.
He had learnt Shira's signature Jutsu, the Seven Heavenly Breaths which boosted his Physical stats to beyond his limits.
His Strength and Agility both got upped to the max of A tier, effectively making him equal to an elite S ranked Taijutsu master in terms of raw power.
Hiro once again pounced on the old man as he started dishing out dozens of ground shaking attacks each second, his body moving faster than the speed of sound, countering them before they could form any seal for a Jutsu.
Hiro snatched both of their scythes and sealed them away in his inventory just as fast he he grabbed them.
"Hidan, keep believing in lord Jashin, he's going to run out of energy soon, bear for just a few minutes more" The old man said as they shielded their bodies and tried to open up the distance between them and Hiro.
The old man was right, Hiro was running out of time, although he could pull of the Seven Heavenly Breaths, his mastery was nowhere near Shira's who could keep going on for hours with it.
His limit was 10 minutes with the 4th activation, which was running out quick
No matter how much he beat the two on them up their unholy vitality kept them going as they still were able to fight against him somehow.
Seeing that Hidan was closing in, instead of dodging his hit, Hiro let him hot himself.
"Mistake" Hiro muttered as he grabbed both of Hidan's hands while pressing his legs against his chest.
"AAAARRGGGHHHHG!!!!" Hidan screamed loudly as Hiro ripped his hands out from his shoulder as blood sprayed from everywhere.
Feeling that his time was running out, Hiro grabbed Hidan by his clothes and threw hi. into the air, then using a bicycle kick, he kicked him away from here.
Hiro now focused all his energy onto killing the old man.
Without his scythe, half his leg missing, with most bones being crushed, the old man wasn't even at his 60%, but still had enough power left to fight Hiro head on.
Hiro then steeled his heart as he kicked the ground and jumped almost a hundred meters into the air as he opened up his inventory and the paper fly.
Thousands of Intermediary rank explosive tags flew out as they rained down onto the ground.
But as if each one had its own brain, they flew towards the old man as they kept sticking then to his body.
Soon, as if a mummy, his whole body was covered in explosive tags, as the last bunch explosive tags wrapped around his face, reality sunk into his eyes as a horrifies expression coyld be seen.
But before he could even start begging for life, a bunch of tags curled up and forced their way into his mouth and rendered him unable to do anything.
He tried to peek and tear the tags but each time he did, a dozen more will take its place, making his actions futile.
Soon he was covered with seals all around and resembled an egg instead of a person
"Boom Bitch" Hiro said as he kicked the air beneath his feet and ran away in the opposite direction as fast as he could.
*BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!*
A huge explosion occurred as Hiro ducked as pieces of boulders, rocks and trees flew out it all direction.
The shockwave hit his body, as Hiro had braced for it, it didn't do much.
He turned around to see the Destruction behind and was surprised himself.
"That is much stronger than I thought" Hiro said as he wiped sweat off his head.
There was a crater almost a hundred meters in diameter where old man once stood, everything around was flattened with burnt roots of trees exposed to the air as dirt that was launched in the air, came raining down.
Hiro, who not deactivated the Seven Heavenly Breaths, focused on his semses as he a grunt escaped his mouth.
*Tch*
Hidan had used the explosion as his cover and had ran away, Hiro, who was still injured and exhausted after used the Taijutsu skill, was barely able to carry himself now, let alone chase after him, as such, he let him go, he will hunt him down later.
A/N : Those who give power stones be blessed with big PP
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