Regardless of the blade's quality, the battle had to continue.
After all, he couldn't just stop fighting halfway through to wait until he could forge a new weapon entirely out of Chakra-conductive metal using his life savings. Even if Killer B had the money to spare, Jie Uchiha wouldn't give him the chance to breathe.
Through their previous clashes, Killer B had realized the young man's speed was not inferior to his own—in fact, it was likely faster.
Trying to escape was merely a delusion. Exposing his back would only invite a relentless assault from Jie Uchiha. If he lost the initiative, Killer B wasn't sure he could survive Jie's terrifying attacks.
'Eight-Tails, I need your help,' Killer B said inwardly to Gyuki.
'Don't worry, B. Use my Chakra as you please,' the Eight-Tails replied. 'Just don't lose to that kid in front of you.'
Ever since realizing Jie was an Uchiha, Gyuki had been filled with wary apprehension. The memory of being violently suppressed by Madara Uchiha was still vivid, an eternal scar etched into the Tailed Beast's heart. Furthermore, Gyuki sensed a familiar yet entirely repulsive aura emanating from within Jie.
The Eight-Tails was almost tempted to manifest its true form, snatch the boy up, and thoroughly investigate the secrets hidden within his body.
Crimson Tailed Beast Chakra suddenly surged from Killer B, enveloping him completely as two dense Chakra tails swayed in the wind behind him. In an instant, his entire presence changed.
'Is he already using the Tailed Beast Cloak?'
Killer B's transformation immediately caught Jie's attention. Seeing the bubbling crimson Chakra, he narrowed his eyes slightly. He could also use a Tailed Beast Cloak, so he naturally knew the massive, overwhelming boost it provided.
Moreover, Killer B was already an incredibly strong taijutsu ninja. Paired with the Tailed Beast Cloak, the amplification of his physical prowess was far greater than the sum of its parts.
"Looks like I'll have to take this next part seriously," Jie muttered. The tomoe in his eyes began to spin rapidly, merging into an elegant, interconnected triangular pattern.
When dealing with a Jinchuriki, it was much safer to have the Mangekyo Sharingan active.
"Are you ready to face my attack, fool?!" Killer B shouted. "Lightning Release: High-Frequency Lightning Blades!"
Although Killer B was a perfect Jinchuriki, the inherent violence within the Tailed Beast Chakra still slightly influenced his mental state. With a primal roar, he stomped heavily on the ground, shattering the earth and sending a shower of rubble into the air.
Enveloped in the crimson cloak, Killer B vanished instantly.
'His speed has nearly doubled. The boost from the Tailed Beast Cloak is truly terrifying,' Jie thought, raising his ninjato and injecting his own Chakra into the steel.
'Once this war is over, I definitely need to learn sealing jutsu. When I can crack the Nine-Tails' seal, I'll need to shear some sheep... no, pluck some fox fur.'
Despite his wandering thoughts, Jie's physical reactions weren't slow in the slightest. His blade glowed with a brilliant white light as dense arcs of lightning danced across its edge. He brought it up to parry, resulting in a deafening clash of metal.
Boom!
A shockwave erupted from the point of impact, expanding rapidly outward and violently stripping the leaves from the surrounding trees.
Jie pushed off the ground, causing the earth beneath his feet to fracture inch by inch. Using the momentum, he swung his arm up in a vicious arc, sending Killer B flying backward.
"Hatake Kenjutsu: Thunder Slash!"
Like a flash of lightning, Killer B raised his short swords to block the incoming strike. But the moment they touched, Jie's blade sliced through the metal like a hot knife through butter. The weapons offered absolutely no resistance before being cleaved cleanly in two.
Seeing that dodging normally was impossible, Killer B flexed the two tails of his cloak, forcefully shifting his body weight mid-air to narrowly avoid Jie's deadly slash.
As a price for his evasion, the two Chakra tails were instantly dispersed into the air by the blade's gleam.
However, the tails were merely highly condensed masses of energy. Being severed didn't cause Killer B any physical harm. In just a single second, as Gyuki's Chakra surged, the cloak fully repaired itself.
But looking down at the glowing red, steaming cuts on his severed swords, Killer B couldn't help but cry out in shock.
"High-Frequency Lightning Blades?!"
Killer B was incredibly familiar with this technique. Usually, he was the one breaking other people's weapons; he never expected to be on the receiving end.
But merely losing a sword wasn't enough to stun him. What truly shocked Killer B was Jie Uchiha's terrifying learning speed.
It had only been a few seconds since he had used the technique himself. While he and Gyuki had been preparing the Tailed Beast Cloak, Jie had completely deciphered the secrets of the High-Frequency Lightning Blades and mastered its execution.
Even though the Uchiha clan's Sharingan was famed for copying any ninjutsu outside of Kekkei Genkai, this level of comprehension was simply abnormal.
Meanwhile, Jie was equally surprised by his own results.
During that strike, he had subconsciously integrated his personal research on Chakra nature transformation while executing the Hatake Kenjutsu. He hadn't expected the outcome to be so flawlessly destructive.
That attack had perfectly retained the original momentum of the Hatake Kenjutsu while gaining the unparalleled cutting power of the High-Frequency Lightning Blades. That was exactly why he had been able to effortlessly slice through Killer B's swords and sever two Chakra tails before the Jinchuriki could properly react.
Furthermore, Jie made an astonishing discovery: his version of the High-Frequency Lightning Blades wasn't just a momentary jutsu. It was an active state.
As long as he maintained the infusion of Lightning Release Chakra, the technique's extreme cutting edge would persist. Thinking about how all his future sword techniques could possess such unrivaled sharpness, Jie felt a surge of secret delight.
However, he also quickly realized that while this state could be maintained continuously, it drained Chakra at a rapid pace. In just those few seconds, Jie felt the energy expenditure was easily on par with an A-rank ninjutsu.
But Chakra reserves were hardly an issue for him.
Possessing an Intermediate Sage Body, Jie had the largest Chakra reserves in all of Konoha—second only to Naruto Uzumaki. Moreover, through his relentless training in the Lightning Release Body Revitalization technique, his physique had grown exponentially stronger, further unlocking the latent potential of his Sage Body.
Because of this, the amount of Chakra Jie could organically extract from his cells was downright terrifying.
Judging by his current reserves, he figured he could easily maintain the High-Frequency Lightning Blades state for five straight minutes. If he factored in the Sage Body's passive recovery rate—and assuming he didn't use any other massive jutsu—holding it for half an hour wasn't entirely out of the question.
For a ninja battle, which was usually decided in a matter of minutes, that amount of time was more than abundant.
'Sure enough,' Jie thought, a smirk tugging at his lips. 'Even without the System, I am a peerless genius.'
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