Chapter 199

Seeing this, Lan Sen’s pupils shrank sharply, and he then crossed his twin blades to block his chest.

With a *ding*, the strike was blocked, and then the water wave slammed fiercely into Lan Sen’s body.

This blow caused a significant amount of Lan Sen’s spiritual power to dissipate.

"What a terrifying attack. Itachi might be the strongest Ghost Slayer I’ve ever encountered!"

Lan Sen placed his left hand in front of his face, and a mask instantly appeared on his face.

"Ghost Domain! Open!"

Following Lan Sen’s roar, blue ripples spread outward with him at the center.

When everything around turned blue, Hozuki Suigetsu had already entered Lan Sen’s Ghost Domain.

The surrounding trees began to slowly stand up, which made Hozuki Suigetsu frown involuntarily.

These trees didn’t give off any sense of threat, but this was a Ghost Domain after all.

Regardless, there should be something to it, right?

Just as Hozuki Suigetsu was thinking, Lan Sen arrived in front of him using a flash-step.

Since the opponent was this formidable, he didn’t need to continue holding back.

Lan Sen slashed one blade toward Hozuki Suigetsu’s neck and the other toward his abdomen.

Hozuki Suigetsu would have found it very difficult to react to such a sudden attack.

But, his Shinigami robes helped him launch a counterattack!

Hozuki Suigetsu swung his Zanpakuto with his right hand to block the attack aimed at his neck.

And with his left foot, he kicked up, using his knee to deflect the other Zanpakuto’s attack!

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

At this moment, Hozuki Suigetsu had also reacted, and he fired a Water Dragon Jutsu directly at Lan Sen.

This Water Dragon Jutsu was shot directly from his mouth.

Because the distance was too close, Lan Sen had no chance to dodge, and a water sphere slammed into his face.

However, it didn’t cause much damage.

Just then, Hozuki Suigetsu didn’t expect a large tree to appear behind him out of nowhere and grab him!

"Itachi were careless."

Lan Sen said with a smile. Now that Hozuki Suigetsu was bound by the tree, he had no way to continue attacking or dodging.

Just as Lan Sen thought victory was in his grasp, a tentacle of his stabbed fiercely toward Hozuki Suigetsu’s abdomen.

With a *squelch*, the tentacle pierced straight through Hozuki Suigetsu’s abdomen.

However, what annoyed Lan Sen greatly was that this guy was another clone!

"Is using clones all Itachi know how to do?"

"Hahahaha, don’t Itachi know that all is fair in war?"

Hozuki Suigetsu appeared not far away and said with a laugh. How could he not have sensed that tree approaching?

Thus, he naturally played along, and even the one currently here was merely a Water Clone Jutsu!

"Water Style: Great Tornado Jutsu!"

This was a ninjutsu specifically tailored for him by Ishihara, with power reaching A-rank.

And most importantly, even his clones could release this kind of ninjutsu.

A massive tornado formed of water flew slowly toward Lan Sen.

Seeing this, Lan Sen’s lips curled upward slightly. Just kidding, dodging an attack of this level was quite simple for him.

However, just as Lan Sen prepared to dodge, he felt a terrifying gust of wind coming from his left!

It was Hozuki Suigetsu!

Another Hozuki Suigetsu used his Zanpakuto to fiercely hack Lan Sen’s head off, and then Hozuki Suigetsu kicked Lan Sen away.

Lan Sen’s body was directly sucked into the water tornado.

For a time, the spiritual power within Lan Sen began to drain away rapidly.

However, when the water tornado dissipated, Lan Sen’s head flew back and reattached to his body.

Seeing this scene, Hozuki Suigetsu’s lips curled upward slightly. Although he had long known this would be the result.

Seeing it still felt somewhat astonishing.

"As expected of a ghost. Basically, all ghosts can regenerate severed limbs and recover from decapitation.

Truly an enviable ability."

"Heh, how insidious, using so many clones. It seems both of these must be clones, right?"

Lan Sen said, and then he began to search.

Sure enough, the two in front of him were indeed not the main body!

The soul strength was too fake, just like an ordinary person’s.

For a guy like this, the soul strength should at least be on par with his own, right?

What he didn’t expect, however, was that the opponent could actually turn invisible within the Ghost Domain; this was his first time seeing such a thing.

Could it be that set of clothes the opponent was wearing?

"It seems Itachi’ve already found me."

When the opponent’s spiritual power swept over, Hozuki Suigetsu said with a smile, then walked out from the shadows.

"Sure enough, there is a problem with the clothes Itachi are wearing."

Lan Sen said, then dashed toward Hozuki Suigetsu in a single bound. As for those two clones?

The trees in his Ghost Domain would help him deal with them.

With a *ding*, Lan Sen’s attack was easily blocked by Hozuki Suigetsu.

Then Hozuki Suigetsu used force to fling the Zanpakuto away.

Instantly, Lan Sen was sent flying, and then Hozuki Suigetsu arrived in front of Lan Sen with a flash-step.

Lan Sen hadn’t expected the opponent to have such great strength to flick him away like that.

And, being flicked away was one thing, but he actually caught up using a flash-step.

This guy, his combat awareness is so strong!

Thinking of this, Lan Sen felt his blood gradually beginning to boil.

If he could eat such a powerful guy, he would surely become very, very terrifying, right?

By then, even Jin, who had been chasing and killing him, wouldn’t be his match anymore.

"Hmm? Itachi actually seem excited? Coincidentally, I’m also very excited. Let me see your full strength!"

Hozuki Suigetsu roared, then swung his Zanpakuto and charged up.

For a time, the two began to slaughter each other.

Although Lan Sen had many more tentacles, Hozuki Suigetsu’s reactions were not slow, and he managed to dodge the opponent’s tentacles every time.

Even when hit by a tentacle, he could turn his body into water to directly avoid the damage!

"Itachi really are peculiar, even more ghost-like than a ghost!"

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Lan Sen joked. This ability of the opponent really caused him quite a bit of trouble.

If it weren’t for the opponent being able to turn his body into water, perhaps he would have killed this guy long ago.

As time passed, Lan Sen also discovered that it seemed very difficult to kill the guy in front of him.

And the opponent seemed capable of fighting him indefinitely.

Especially since several times when the opponent looked like he was about to fail, he would take out a bottle of water and drink it all in one go.

Instantly, his state would recover, which gave Lan Sen a massive headache.

"Looks like Itachi’re about to reach your limit. Then take this move of mine! Hiyah!"

Hozuki Suigetsu roared, then gripped his Zanpakuto with both hands and slashed fiercely toward the front.

Countless spiritual power gathered on the Zanpakuto and was unleashed.

A massive blue crescent moon flew toward Lan Sen.

Seeing this, Lan Sen’s pupils shrank sharply; he could feel the terrifying pressure from that crescent.

— Author's Notes —

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