Chapter 394: 394. Chapter 386: Entering the final circle

394. Chapter 386: Entering the final circle

Gui, whose blood pressure was already soaring because of the problem of his hair disappearing without a trace, felt his eyes go black after hearing his senior brother shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Hozuki Gengetsu! I'm going to kill you! Why are you shouting so loudly?"

Opening his mouth was a national quintessence. Gui didn't show his usual cold and arrogant appearance at all. The bone-chilling cold radiating from his body instantly covered the entire battlefield.

"So... sorry."

Seeing that his junior brother's mental state was somewhat unstable and feeling a trace of chill, Hozuki Gengetsu shrank his neck and didn't dare to continue chattering.

"Little potato, prepare to die!"

Every step Gui took, an ice slip appeared on the ground, which showed his anger at this moment.

Onoki, who was powerless, could only watch the other party approach step by step. In order to seek a glimmer of life, he frantically turned his brain. After his gaze fell on Gui's forehead, a look of surprise jumped out of his eyes.

"Don't be excited! Look carefully, you're not bald, isn't there still hair!"

"Huh?"

Gui stopped when he heard this, raised his hand to summon a reflective ice mirror, and checked his head with a look of heartache. As a result, he really found survivors.

"Hahahaha! Look, that guy has become a Mediterranean~"

In the spectator stands, Danzo covered his mouth, endured for a long time, and finally laughed out loud. Holding his stomach with both hands, tears were about to burst out.

"Danzo, it's a bit impolite for you to laugh like this."

Mitokado Homura on the side pushed his glasses, and a faint sadness was revealed in the eyes hidden under the lenses.

No other reason, they were all people who had fallen to the ends of the earth.

"Slap!"

Smashing the ice mirror in front of him into fragments with one punch, Katsura slowly turned his head, his eyes glowing with a sinister red light, and the chill on his body was even greater than before. Onoki, who had thought there was a possibility of survival, instantly turned as pale as death.

Sorry, Grandpa, your unfilial grandson is coming to find you soon.

"I want to turn you into an ice sculpture, and then break it piece by piece and feed it to the dogs!"

Gui, who had changed from a melancholic iceberg man to a melancholic Mediterranean, had already selected dozens of ways for Onoki to die in his mind. If he didn't torture him well, he wouldn't be able to dispel his hatred.

"Onoki, out~"

However, just when Gui stretched out his hands radiating deep Ice Release aura, a voice rang out.

Onoki, who closed his eyes and waited for death, suddenly felt his body lighten. As someone accustomed to flying, he judged for the first time that he was floating in mid-air now.

"Uh?"

Opening his eyes in confusion, Onoki found that he was getting further and further away from the small island of battle. Gui, who was furious, was frantically swinging his ice knives, but was blocked by an invisible force.

"Clack!"

Falling heavily to the ground, Onoki, who had escaped death, raised his head and saw a crowd of curious eyes. With the strange music of "You love me, I love you..." echoing in his ears, he realized belatedly that he had arrived at the spectator stands.

"Why save me?"

Onoki looked at the blue-red rabbit knight sitting in the crowd with a complicated face, not understanding why the other party would save him. They had no intersection at all.

"Just rules."

Uchiha Gin, who was crossing his legs, felt Onoki's confusion, and then shook his head gently.

"In knight form, it doesn't matter if you fight to the death, but after canceling the transformation, it is elimination."

Uchiha Gin's words were very light, but they fell clearly into everyone's ears. For a time, everyone's expressions became extremely wonderful, with both joy and worry.

"Phew~"

His disciple had luckily picked up a life. Mu, who had been nervous for a long time, could finally let out a long sigh, and then turned to deal with Hozuki Gengetsu in front of him.

"Damn!"

Gui was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking. He didn't expect this battle to have such a rule. Wouldn't that mean he couldn't take revenge on that damn little potato?

"Gui! Come help me first, I'll help you get back the field after the competition~"

"Hmph! You go fight yourself! If I had known this, I wouldn't have come."

Gui gritted his teeth. In the astonished eyes of the crowd, he took off the driver at his waist, and the blue armor on his body turned into particles and dissipated in the air.

"Wig! This is defection!"

"Get lost! People in the Mist Village don't keep overnight grudges!"

Ignoring Hozuki Gengetsu, who was jumping in anger, Gui, who had canceled his transformation, leaped and fell into the spectator stands very smoothly.

"Uh..."

Looking at the Mediterranean with fierce light in his eyes, Onoki, who was lying on the ground and hadn't recovered his ability to move, felt his chrysanthemum tighten, and a big "danger" word appeared on the top of his head.

"Clack~ clack~"

Gui's hands turned into sharp ice blades. The crisp friction sound made everyone present subconsciously shrink their necks, and then looked at Onoki, who was crawling in horror on the ground, with a very regretful expression.

"You... don't come over!"

"Little potato, prepare to accept the baptism of anger!"

"Brother Decade, save me~"

At this moment, Onoki remembered Uchiha Gin, the organizer and referee, and immediately shouted for help.

"Out of the arena, you are personal grievances, I have no right to interfere."

Uchiha Gin is a rabbit knight, not a bald eagle knight, and won't manage so broadly.

Moreover, isn't the wig also a victim~

"Hehehe..."

Katsura, with a sinister smile, stood in front of Onoki, his eerie laughter making people shudder.

"Revenge is fine, don't make it too bloody, there is a pregnant woman here~"

Worried that the next scene would be too beautiful, Uchiha Gin finally reminded him.

"Understood."

Gui turned his head and nodded slightly at Uchiha Gin. The shiny Mediterranean almost blinded his eyes.

"Don't!"

Mu, who witnessed this scene on the battlefield, was terrified. He leaped and flew toward the spectator stands.

Onoki was not only Mu's disciple, but also the grandson of his late teacher, a root-red and seedling-red third-generation earth. If he died here, how would he explain it to the village?

"Wait~ our contest hasn't ended yet!"

A string of bubbles with a pungent smell chased after him, and Hozuki Gengetsu's teasing voice rang out below. His hands, stained with venom, were constantly creating deadly bubbles.

This kind of bubble filled with corrosive gas, once touched, would erode bones and rot flesh. Even the knight armor with strength equivalent to the Tailed Beast chakra cloak was difficult to resist.

"Damn it!"

Mu had no choice but to turn his direction, and at the same time raised his hand to condense a white beam of light, annihilating all the bubbles following him.

"Ah!! Ah!! Ah!!"

Just when the two sides were deadlocked, a miserable scream rang out. The sound was so loud that it echoed throughout the battlefield for a long time without dissipating.

Not only was the sound loud, but the desolation and sadness conveyed from the scream almost made the listeners shed tears.

"Let me see, who is screaming so miserably?"

Uchiha Gin, who was watching the battle, was also infected by the desolation of this scream. He couldn't help but wipe the tears that didn't exist in the corners of his eyes, widened his eyes, and looked for the source of the sound.

"No... impossible! Absolutely impossible! After eating a Particle Style from me, how could you still be alive!"

Onoki, who was lying on the ground and self-intoxicated, looked at the blue knight who had fallen to the ground struggling to climb up in a daze. His surprised voice began to tremble.

You know, the Particle Style he had exhausted all his strength to release just now wasn't the weakened version that Kakuzu used to distribute benefits to everyone, but the real Atomic Dismantling Technique, the kind that would be decomposed into slag ash upon contact.

"Woo woo woo..."

The blue knight who stood up bent his waist, held his head with both hands as if looking for something on the ground, and the miserable roar never ceased.

It's over, Teacher, I'm sorry for you~

Onoki closed his eyes in despair. He didn't expect that he couldn't even do a one-for-one. What face did he have to face the elders of his hometown? Let the enemy send him to the Pure Land!

"Gone... gone..."

The demonic mutterings rang in his ears. Onoki, who didn't wait for the finishing blow, opened his eyes in confusion, only to find that the blue knight who had died and come back to life was holding his head and acting like a madman. So he gathered his courage and said,

"Kill or cut, whatever you want, don't play ghosts and gods there!"

"It's all your fault!"

The blue knight heard Onoki's voice, his body paused, and then slowly turned his head.

"Huh? So bright..."

Onoki, who was blinded by some kind of light, subconsciously moved his eyes away, but the fear in his heart inexplicably lessened a lot. Turning his head again, he looked at the blue knight who was mourning like a funeral, and said cautiously,

"That... I really didn't mean to shoot there~"

"Little potato! I want you to die!"

Until this time, everyone discovered that Gui, who had escaped death, hadn't paid any price without any cost. On the contrary, he had paid a heavy price comparable to his life.

"Tsk, it's over. The Rock Village and the Mist Village will never have a chance to talk peace again in this life~"

Looking at Gui's shiny and reflective scalp, Uchiha Gin sighed in his heart, expressing concern for the future relationship between the two villages.

"Gui! You're not dead~"

Gui's death and resurrection made Hozuki Gengetsu the happiest. With a look of great joy, he shouted in a very loud voice,

"Hey! Isn't it just that you have no hair? After I win, I will customize the best quality wig for you!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 395 =====

Not only did he fail to kill Onoki, but he also helped him with physical hair removal for free.

Do you also want to participate in this Annual Most Caring Knight Selection Contest?

With one person eliminated from each side, the competition continued. Mu, who was the first to come to his senses, took advantage of the gap while Hozuki Mangetsu was spraying his junior brother, aimed at him, and dived from a high place. Using the gravity of the fall, he infused his legs with the boiling power of the Five-Tails.

"Horn Break!"

"How despicable!"

Feeling the scorching wind pressure above his head, Hozuki Mangetsu looked at the soles of the feet less than ten meters away and cursed angrily.

"Snap!"

Success!

Feeling that he had indeed hit the target, a flash of joy appeared in Mu's eyes. However, before he could taste the fruits of victory, he felt a piercing pain in his legs.

Looking closely, his legs were actually stuck into Hozuki Mangetsu's body, but it didn't cause him any harm; instead, he was injured by the acidic liquid.

The green knight in front of him was no longer a solid entity, but...

"Venomization!"

Hozuki Mangetsu turned his head, looked at Mu who had ambushed him from behind, and pulled a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth.

The Hozuki clan's Hydrification Technique could transform the body into a liquid state, immunizing against most physical damage and allowing for silent approach to enemies.

And Hozuki Mangetsu cleverly combined the Hydrification Technique with the Six-Tails' corrosive power, upgrading his Hydrification Technique into a deadly venom.

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~"

Seeing the armor on his legs start to smoke, the anxious Mu tried to pull away, only to find his legs tightly sucked by Hozuki Mangetsu, unable to pull out no matter how hard he tried.

"Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling..."

Unable to pull away, Mu then raised his hands, locking onto Hozuki Mangetsu's head as the target.

"Hehe."

However, how could Hozuki Mangetsu let him have his way? He immediately performed Venomization, turning his body into a pool of viscous, corrosive liquid, and climbed onto Mu's body at an extremely fast speed.

"Damn it."

Mu, having lost his target, frowned. Before he could react, Hozuki Mangetsu's venom had already covered his chest.

"Hehehe, it's too late to beg for mercy now. One drop of my venom can kill ten elephants."

The large face of Hozuki Mangetsu, transformed from the green liquid, looked at the silent Mu with mockery.

"Oh~ is that so?"

Facing the venom that was about to devour him, Mu showed unprecedented calmness, which made Hozuki Mangetsu, who thought he had victory in his grasp, feel a tremor in his heart.

"Did you kid hide an ace up your sleeve?"

"Have you ever heard of high-temperature sterilization?"

"Huh?"

"Steam Armor."

Looking at the confused Hozuki Mangetsu, Mu spoke lightly, and scorching steam instantly erupted from the gaps in his armor.

Mu started to steam~

I was just worrying about how to engage in close combat with you, I didn't expect you to take the initiative to stick to me and seek death.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! ~"

The viscous venom instantly boiled. Accompanied by Hozuki Mangetsu's shrill screams, rolling, foul-smelling thick smoke shot into the sky. Everyone in the spectator stand took out gas masks to cover their mouths and noses to prevent poisoning.

"Brother Decade, you should wear one too!"

Chiyo, who had put on a pig-nose mask early on, kindly handed Uchiha Gin a gas mask.

"Don't worry, the poison gas can't get in."

Uchiha Gin waved his hand.

The result was just as he said; the foul-smelling gas was blocked by an invisible wall and not a bit leaked in.

"Eh? It's true~"

Half-believing, Chiyo took off her mask and sniffed, finding the air as fresh as new, without the slightest odor.

"Ah!"

To prevent himself from being steamed into gas, the Hozuki Mangetsu, in extreme pain, had to give up the idea of corroding Mu and quickly detached from him.

"Cough, cough, cough... what a vicious method."

After landing, Hozuki Mangetsu returned to his original form, his aura much more withered than before, and his figure a bit shorter.

"You, the one playing with poison, how can you have the nerve to call me vicious?"

Mu, steaming all over like a moving pressure cooker, couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Hozuki Mangetsu's slander.

"Come on, Hu Zi, so many years have passed, it's time for us to settle things."

Mu raised his hand, his once thin body becoming extremely sturdy under the blessing of the Tailed Beast power. Staring at Hozuki Mangetsu not far away, he bent down and assumed a sprinting stance.

The next moment, white lightning had already crashed into the bewildered Hozuki Mangetsu.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly struck by immense force, Hozuki Mangetsu, who didn't have time to Venomize, spat out a mouthful of blood.

But Hozuki Mangetsu's reaction was fast. Just as Mu was about to start steaming, he suddenly opened his arms, and a huge green bubble appeared out of thin air, wrapping the two of them inside.

"What do you want to do?"

Mu frowned, but Hozuki Mangetsu naturally wouldn't answer. His green body began to secrete unknown liquid, and in the blink of an eye, their legs were covered by this liquid.

【Knowledge Wolf Decay】

"Hu Zi, you don't want to live anymore?"

Seeing this, Mu was instantly shocked. At this moment, the bubble was full of corrosive liquid. If it exploded, the power generated would be enough for both of them to hold hands and report to the Pure Land.

So Mu immediately prepared to start steaming. Under the heating of the scorching steam, the liquid under his feet gradually boiled, and the foul-smelling gas became increasingly thick.

"If you want to die faster, keep steaming."

Hozuki Mangetsu tilted his head, looking at the panicked Mu in front of him with a mocking smile.

"You want to die with me?"

"Do I look like that kind of idiot?"

"Then you?"

"Only an idiot would tell you~"

Facing Mu's clumsy attempt to get information, Hozuki Mangetsu smiled in disdain, the speed at which his body secreted liquid accelerating, soon reaching their chests.

"Tsk."

Mu clicked his tongue inwardly; at this point, he could only choose to go all out.

"Mu Wang, lend me your fastest speed."

In the sea of consciousness, Mu floated in front of the white divine horse enjoying the bondage play and shouted loudly.

The Five-Tails raised its eyelids, a flash of brilliance in its huge beast pupils. Looking at the anxious Mu in front of it, it grinned.

"Then let's run."

"Hehehe, this time I won~"

In reality, the liquid in the bubble had reached their necks. Hozuki Mangetsu looked at the silent Mu, thinking the other had given up resistance, and smiled very triumphantly.

Mu, having successfully borrowed the power, slowly raised his head. Under Hozuki Mangetsu's puzzled gaze, he pulled a running Five-Tails card from the driver at his waist, didn't even look at it, and inserted it directly into the side card slot.

"Deadheat Mach!"

Accompanied by the emotionless electronic sound, Hozuki Mangetsu, who was grabbing Mu, felt a piercing heat and couldn't help but curse loudly.

"Want to die? I'll grant your wish!"

"Alright, I don't care about the consequences."

Unlike the blue and white plain color, red armor appeared out of thin air, carrying a scorching aura, and precisely locked onto Mu's upper body.

"Die! Explode for me!"

The high temperature of the steam caused the liquid in the bubble to boil instantly. Seeing the timing was ripe, Hozuki Mangetsu pressed the detonation button directly, while he instantly turned into a pool of liquid and fled the scene.

"Boom!"

A white light flashed, and a huge green mushroom cloud rose. Onoki, lying on the spectator stand, had tears in his eyes.

"Teacher!"

"No one can survive under my senior brother's move. Little Potato, spend the rest of your life in endless regret~"

Katsura, with bandages wrapped around his head, perfectly hiding his bald spot, walked over. Looking at the sad Onoki, he coldly announced Mu's death date to him.

"Woooooo..."

The explosion full of toxins gradually came to an end. In the gaps of the ruins, a viscous liquid flowed out. After wriggling a few times, it turned into a Q-version green knight.

"Sigh~ why do I still feel a little disappointed?"

Hozuki Mangetsu, who had more than half of his body evaporated by the suddenly powered-up Mu and barely saved his life, looked at the mess on the ground and suddenly felt empty in his heart.

He and Mu had fought for so many years; this time, there was finally a result. As the final winner, he couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.

"Cough, cough, cough... Hu Zi, sighing is not your personality."

Suddenly, just as Hozuki Mangetsu was mourning his departed old rival, a familiar voice came from behind him. Surprised, he turned around.

But he saw Mu, whom he thought was dead, standing behind him panting heavily. His whole body was covered in wounds full of pus corroded by venom, his face mask was torn in half, and dark red blood flowed from his exposed mouth and nose.

"No way, you didn't die from this?"

Looking at Mu, who had only half a breath left, Hozuki Mangetsu rubbed his eyes. After confirming he wasn't dreaming, he shouted in surprise.

"Hehe, as long as I run fast enough, the explosion can't catch up to me."

Mu, who was struggling to stand in place, didn't want to be weaker than Hozuki Mangetsu in momentum. Even though his current state was terrible and his internal organs were eroded by poison gas, he still gritted his teeth and answered.

"You people from the Land of Earth, your mouths are as hard as ever."

"Better than you soft-boned people from the Land of Water."

"You're courting death!"

The Q-version Hozuki Mangetsu jumped up suddenly and kicked Mu on the... knee.

"Uh..."

Mu looked suspiciously at the Q-version Hozuki Mangetsu, who wasn't as tall as his knee. If he hadn't been seriously injured, he really wouldn't have felt that kick just now.

"Snap!"

Driving the little power he had left, Mu raised his foot and gave Hozuki Mangetsu a heart-piercing kick. The Q-version green knight flew backward directly, smashed into the protruding stone wall, and turned into a pool of viscous liquid.

"Plop~"

As the liquid landed, a grey driver fell out, and the shrunken version of Hozuki Mangetsu was forced to deactivate his transformation.

"Hozuki Mangetsu, out~"

"This time, I won."

Seeing his nemesis eliminated, Mu, feeling a sense of relief in his heart, finally lost the support of his obsession and fell backward. The armor on his body turned into light particles and dissipated.

"Mu, out~"

Another contestant was eliminated. As the organizer, Uchiha Gin naturally provided good service. With a wave of his hand, he used gravity to pull the two unconscious people to the spectator stand. Katsura, who had been waiting for a long time, and Onoki, who had recovered some strength, immediately ran over.

"Tsk."

Katsura picked up the light Hozuki Mangetsu, a flash of solemnity in his eyes.

Although Hozuki Mangetsu appeared to have no wounds on the surface, the foundation of his body had suffered irreversible damage. Whether he could recover his physique was a small matter; whether he could save his life depended on whether the Sage of Six Paths blessed him.

"Teacher!"

Wrapped in a blanket gifted by Uchiha Gin, Onoki checked Mu's injuries anxiously. He saw that the bandages usually wrapped around his body had long since fallen off, revealing gruesome burn marks.

But these old wounds were not important. Onoki smelled a pungent odor from the dark red blood seeping from Mu's mouth and nose; it was a corrosive gas containing highly toxic poison.

This meant that his teacher's body was now full of toxins. If not treated in time, he might die on the spot.

"We're leaving first."

There was no time to lose; both of their injuries needed timely treatment, otherwise, their lives would be in danger. Katsura picked up the unconscious Q-version Hozuki Mangetsu, greeted Uchiha Gin, and left in a hurry.

At the same time, Onoki carried the unconscious Mu on his back and flew up, waved at Uchiha Gin, and instantly disappeared into the dark skyline.

"Have the small fries finally been eliminated?"

On the battlefield, the only one who hadn't transformed yet, Kinkaku, looked at the backs of the few leaving and curled his lips in disdain.

These weaklings were not worthy of competing on the same stage as them at all. Mr. Gin was still too kind.

"The way you talk is so cocky, I just don't know if your 'thing' is small?"

Unknown when, the white fox knight stood behind him, his words revealing a faint fighting spirit.

"My 'thing' is very big, do you want to compare?" (End of chapter)