Killer Bee stopped his pursuit and looked at the youth in white in the distance, speaking with great interest: "Yo! What's wrong? Can't handle me in close combat and want to run? Bakayaro! Konoyaro!"
Aokawa did not answer.
He held his left hand forward as Chakra gathered in a glow, and the Spirit Blade in his hand transformed into a Spirit Bow shimmering with blue light.
His right hand gripped the bowstring and pulled it back sharply in one fluid motion.
On the bowstring, instead of the usual blue Spirit Arrow, a crimson Chakra Arrow wrapped in rings of white runes rapidly coalesced into shape.
"Fire Release: Explosive Flame Arrows!"
Seeing the arrow, Killer Bee didn't become wary; instead, he burst out laughing.
"Yo! You want to use a bow and arrow against me? Such a slow attack can't hurt this Lord Bee!"
Before he finished speaking, Aokawa had already released the bowstring.
Thrum!
The crimson Chakra Arrow, carrying a sharp whistling sound like a bolt of red lightning, tore through the sky and headed straight for Killer Bee's chest!
Facing this whistling arrow, Killer Bee's figure only swayed slightly; he didn't even bother to dodge.
He raised the Ninja Blade in his right hand and slashed down precisely at the incoming Chakra Arrow!
Blade and Chakra Arrow collided.
There was no sound of breaking as expected.
At the moment the Chakra Arrow was split down the middle by the Ninja Blade, the white runes wrapped around the shaft suddenly lit up with a blinding light!
Boom—!!!
A deafening roar exploded right in front of Killer Bee!
Violent flames mixed with a Chakra storm, forming a massive fireball that swallowed him whole.
Even with the protection of the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, such a close-range explosion still mangled his right arm holding the blade, and the crimson Tailed Beast Chakra was even torn open.
The massive impact forced him back seven or eight steps before he managed to steady himself.
Killer Bee looked down at his charred, smoking arm with mangled flesh that was rapidly healing under the influence of the Tailed Beast Chakra.
"Arrows that explode?" He was stunned for a moment, and for the first time, the gaze beneath his sunglasses was filled with uncontrollable anger.
"You brat..." He looked up, staring intently at Aokawa in the distance: "You're a truly insidious kid!"
But this was only the beginning.
Atop the treetop, Aokawa remained expressionless; his movements of drawing the bow, condensing, and firing were fluid and blindingly fast.
Without Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others to worry about, he no longer had to hold back and could bomb at will.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three crimson streaks of light in a triangular formation tore through the air, carrying an even sharper whistle than before, sealing off all of Killer Bee's evasion routes.
Having suffered once, Killer Bee didn't dare use his blade to slash them this time.
He exerted force through his feet, his body twisting in an unnatural posture, narrowly passing through the gaps between the three Chakra Arrows.
However, the Chakra Arrows' target wasn't him in the first place.
The three Explosive Flame Arrows zipped past him and struck the three large trees behind him with precision.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three massive fireballs exploded in succession, the violent shockwaves mixed with countless wood splinters slamming into Killer Bee's Tailed Beast Chakra Mode from behind, pushing him forward several meters in a pathetic state.
Before he could think, Aokawa was already moving at high speed across the treetops, his motion of pulling the string becoming a blur.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
This time, it wasn't one arrow, but over a dozen identical Chakra Arrows tracing different arcs, covering all his evasion space from all directions.
With no way to dodge, Killer Bee let out a strange cry and spun his body at high speed, his seven Ninja Blades turning into an impenetrable steel barrier.
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!
A dense sound of metal clashing rang out, followed immediately by a continuous roar of explosions!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The dust and shockwaves from the explosions instantly swallowed Killer Bee's figure.
Although his Seven Swords Style integrated offense and defense, it was ultimately a Move created for close-quarters combat; using it to block such area-of-effect explosive attacks was extremely taxing.
Each Chakra Arrow's explosion caused his movements to maintain balance to stutter slightly, and each was depleting the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode on the surface of his body.
The ground was blasted with charred craters, and thick smoke billowed, severely obstructing his vision.
For the first time in battle, he felt frustrated.
"Yo! You damn brat! Is this all you've got, these little tricks?"
He had had enough of this frustrating way of fighting!
In the gap between another wave of arrows, Killer Bee caught the position where Aokawa would land next.
He gathered all his strength into one point, his body turning into a red cannonball, braving the aftershocks of the explosions to charge forcefully toward Aokawa's position!
As long as he got close, he had absolute confidence that he could tear this kid to pieces in an instant!
Seeing Killer Bee about to charge in front of him, the expression on Aokawa's face didn't change at all.
The Spirit Bow in his hand vanished in an instant, replaced by the Spirit Blade emitting a blue-white light.
Clang!
Killer Bee's sure-hit strike was steadily parried.
With the combat foresight from Sword Mastery, every intention of Killer Bee's movements was laid bare before Aokawa's Byakugan.
The two once again engaged in intense close-quarters combat, sparks from clashing blades constantly flashing in the dim forest.
But this time, Aokawa no longer matched him in raw strength.
With every block, he used Hirenkyaku to dissipate the force and reposition at high speed, his figure flickering unpredictably, leaving Killer Bee's brute strength with nowhere to vent.
After another intense clash of blades, Aokawa's figure suddenly drifted back.
"Vacuum Blade!"
A solid wind blade erupted from the tip of Aokawa's blade, hitting Killer Bee squarely in the chest.
The massive thrust pushed him back violently again, and he rolled pathetically on the ground several times before steadying himself.
Killer Bee looked up sharply, but what met his eyes was a scene that made his blood boil.
Aokawa had already used the recoil from that Vacuum Blade to drift back dozens of meters to another tree.
The Spirit Blade that had just been clashing with him had now turned back into that incredibly disgusting longbow.
A crimson Explosive Flame Arrow was already notched on the string, aimed coldly at him.
"You!"
Killer Bee's breath hitched in his chest, and he was nearly exploding with rage.
Run if you can't win, shoot from afar.
This guy was as slippery as an eel!
He could only watch helplessly as a new round of Explosive Flame Arrows rained down on him again.
Aokawa moved continuously through the forest; with every jump and landing, an Explosive Flame Arrow would whistle out.
For a time, with Killer Bee at the center, the entire Battlefield was covered by the flames and roars of explosions.
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