Chapter 531: New Power
In Haruno Sakura's light green eyes, the figure of the similarly light green giant before her was reflected.
Her heart surged with excitement.
This level of power, although not up to the further advanced "Majestic Attire God Warrior", was already quite considerable.
"During the mission to the Land of Lightning, I encountered some things... after which my Yin Release gained some breakthroughs."
"So this jutsu also has some new changes."
She briefly explained to Sasuke.
Sasuke understood.
The connection between the power of Yin Release and the Sharingan is so tight that the progress in Yin Release training is directly reflected in the Sharingan's abilities.
The boy raised his head and carefully sized up the giant before him.
"Bigger and more refined than before."
He stated with certainty.
But the changes were not just in size and appearance.
The chakra on the clone continued to flow unceasingly, pouring into the Susanoo.
A massive amount of Yin Release chakra gathered in the green giant's palm, condensing into a huge longsword!
The giant sword was a full hundred meters long, carrying a sharp and intimidating momentum. Its shape was bizarre, as if formed by twisting steel bars into a spiral, finally wrapping into a conical, edgeless spiral sword.
"A weapon huh..."
Sasuke murmured.
Perhaps because she lacked Uchiha bloodline, Haruno Sakura's previously cast Susanoo always had some slight mismatches. Even though she could push the Susanoo to an extremely magnificent and tyrannical level, the green giant still had no weapon and could only fight bare-handed.
In contrast, Sasuke, born of orthodox Uchiha lineage, possessed a complete set of weapons for his Susanoo even before he could condense its full body.
Now it seemed Haruno Sakura had filled the final shortcoming of her Susanoo. The only difference left between it and the legendary ultimate form of the Uchiha's Susanoo was the lack of wings on its back.
"To actually be able to achieve this level..."
Because he understood the difficulty and power of this jutsu, the shock in Sasuke's heart was no less than Naruto's. "Hmph, as expected of Uchiha Sakura!"
Seeing a companion without Uchiha bloodline achieve this level, Sasuke, who was beaten down by her every day, couldn't help but have this doubt:
Does the glory of the Uchiha lie in the Sharingan?
Does bloodline... really determine everything?
Sasuke had pondered this before.
At least in Haruno Sakura's case, this did not hold true.
"After acquiring the new weapon, Susanoo gained a few more forms of attack." The voice of the Uchiha... clone drifted down faintly from above. "I looked through Shisui's data at Sasuke's house and roughly deduced how to use the new moves..."
As she spoke, she demonstrated the changes brought by the new weapon to the two of them.
The spiral sword was huge in size; a simple slash had the unparalleled power to split mountains and crack rocks. The unique spiral blade could also spin at high speeds, turning into a drill that pierced through everything, making its charge and thrust indestructible!
It could also be combined with Fire Release, turning into a high-speed spinning giant flame sword with a high-temperature burning effect.
There was also a move called "Susanoo: Tsukumo" (Susanoo: Ninety-Nine), a strange name, but its actual effect was firing hundreds or thousands of chakra arrows from the sword body, conducting a carpet-bombing attack on distant targets.
The fourth move had nothing to do with the new weapon, the spiral sword.
This move also had a name, "Yasaka Magatama", which could condense a four-corner windmill-shaped tomoe in the hand and shoot it out like throwing a shuriken. Compared to the secret technique "Tsukumo", this move's power was concentrated on the tomoe, thus possessing stronger destructive power.
"The above are Susanoo's new moves."
The clone watched the Yasaka Magatama hit the ground in the distance, triggering an earth-shaking explosion with a loud rumble. After this earth-shattering strike settled down, she spoke slowly.
In the distance, the smoke and thick dust gradually cleared.
What presented itself before Sasuke and Naruto was the training ground after being successively attacked by Susanoo—
The huge wooden targets stuck in the ground had long vanished. The flat ground was left with only an unfathomably deep giant crater, the overturned soil scorched black, with wisps of white smoke rising.
So strong...!
Naruto and Sasuke both remained silent.
"I didn't use Susanoo's full power... because if I did, the commotion would be too big." The clone continued, "Besides, I'm not very good at Fire Release either."
"Just knowing I have these skills is enough for you guys. In actual combat, besides using this spiral sword for mid-to-close range combat, I basically won't use the other moves."
For long-range ninjutsu like "Susanoo: Tsukumo" and "Yasaka Magatama", she had the stronger Wind Blade Torrent and other Water Release and Ice Release jutsu on hand, so naturally, she didn't think much of them.
After speaking, the clone deactivated Susanoo and landed on the ground.
"I remember... above Susanoo, you have an even more powerful move called Majestic Attire God Warrior, right?" Sasuke frowned and asked.
He was still unforgettably impressed by the Majestic Attire God Warrior that shone brilliantly in that other world.
"Even more powerful than this?" Naruto's face was full of disbelief.
"Hn." The clone nodded solemnly.
"The Majestic Attire God Warrior is a combination of Senjutsu and the Mangekyo, further integrating the power of Ice Release and Water Release secret techniques. Compared to a regular Susanoo, it is superior in both strength and defense!"
Seeing the full anticipation on Naruto's face, she smiled apologetically.
"However, in terms of attack forms, it doesn't offer anything new, and the commotion is too big, so I'll save visual prowess and skip this move."
Haruno Sakura's main body patted Naruto's shoulder and smiled: "Alright, Naruto, I'll show it to you to satisfy your eyes next time there's a chance!"
"Right now, let's let Sasuke show us a few moves first!"
Sasuke's ultimate move was also Susanoo.
—He directly skipped the Chidori Demon Body form, which was a bit too embarrassing.
Unlike Haruno Sakura, the purple giant behind Sasuke only had half a body and was not yet in its complete form.
The weapons used were also not a huge single-handed spiral sword, but holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other.
"Sakura, look."
Naruto pulled Haruno Sakura, pointing at the very special bow body and arrow.
He seemed dull on the surface, but he had extremely high talent for combat. He could tell at a glance the ingenuity of that bizarrely shaped disk-like giant bow: it could act as a bow for long-range attacks, and also as a shield for close combat; the giant chakra arrow in its hand could be shot from a distance, or used as a long sword in close combat.
"Hn."
Haruno Sakura looked over, thought for a moment, and commented in a low voice: "This set of weapons is quite interesting... suitable for both long and short range, balancing offense and defense."
When Sasuke developed this form of Susanoo, she was already on her way to the Land of Lightning, so this was Sakura's first time witnessing Sasuke's new power.
"This is Susanoo in its normal form." Sasuke merged into the giant's body and spoke slowly.
He manipulated Susanoo to swing a few times. The sword momentum was vigorous, whistling like thunder, its power not to be underestimated.
Then, drawing the bow and notching an arrow, after demonstrating a long-range attack, the black-haired boy continued: "Based on Susanoo, I can also integrate the power of Lightning Release into it, forming an even stronger jutsu..."
"Secret Technique: Takemikazuchi!"
Lightning suddenly blazed wildly, and a dazzling blue light abruptly exploded on the training ground. Even with eyes closed, the intense light could still penetrate the eyelids, stinging the eyes!
After a good while, Haruno Sakura finally rubbed her teary eyes and saw clearly the changes on the field:
The purple giant had put on a thick and majestic layer of Lightning Release armor, a vigorous and awe-inspiring momentum rushing straight at her.
In the air, ionized lightning and fire faintly exploded, crackling, indicating the danger of Sasuke's new jutsu.
The three couldn't help but step back a few paces.
"An advanced form of the Chidori Demon Body huh..."
Haruno Sakura narrowed her eyes.
This jutsu, Takemikazuchi, to some extent, was the Lightning Release sister version of the Majestic Attire God Warrior.
Sasuke was influenced too much by what he constantly saw and heard from Haruno Sakura.
Even the development of ninjutsu was full of the girl's shadow:
Equally liking to continuously develop a jutsu in-depth, evolving it to a higher realm; equally liking to fuse Susanoo with their most proficient nature transformation, turning it into their strongest move.
—Of course, Haruno Sakura's Majestic Attire God Warrior didn't have those moe cat ears.
"Sorry for the wait."
Sasuke put down the hand seal and said calmly.