Chapter 80.1- One Thousand Hands

The explosion of the fire release rasengan bloomed out in the distance expanding in a field of red that had the hair on my arms standing on end.

“Do you think that was enough?” Uzume asked. I scoffed. There was no chance it was.

“No chance” I answered.

“I did put a lot into that” She said, defending herself. I nodded, but I knew the truth. If he fought a tailed beast and came out unscathed, then there was going to be very little we could do to deal with him. Still, I spun my chakra around my arms, forming the jutsu in a matter of seconds. It wasn’t as powerful as it could have been, and I had Onoki to thank for giving me the clues I needed to get to this point at least, but still.

I called them the Spears of Heaven. They were choked full of earth release chakra, bound and given shape with the neutral shape release of the rasengan, but bent to form the shape of a straight spear rather than the balls of chakra one would have expected when they thought about the rasengan.

I sharpened my gaze, catching a storm of power heading towards us. I bent my knees, sprung forward one step, and with all my strength, hurled one of the spears at him. From this distance he looked none the worse for wear and did not even bother dodging the spear. Mistake. It drove him backwards on his feet. I squeezed my right hand, the hand I had used to toss it, and the jutsu did its work. It expanded before contacting, leaving behind its intended payload. All the stones around the Raikage rose from the ground, rising and smashing into him.

They piled on and on as I executed my own version of the chibaku tensei, except it was with the Raikage at the center. Onoki had been the one to put the idea in my mind that gravity was within the purview of Earth Release and if that was the case, then I meant jutsu like that one could be created. And maybe even with time, I could use the lightweight boulder jutsu as well. I wasn’t gong to hold my breath for it, but I was relatively confident that it was only a matter of time.

The stones piled up more and more. Within, I could see the Raikage trying to force his way out. But no dice as far as I was concerned. I tightened my fist. The earth piling more and more until the effect of that jutsu ended. Then I tossed the second spear straight at the mass of rock and the Kage buried within it. It expanded to decide its range, and then more and more rocks piled on. The Raikage was pushing through, slowly and steadily, but the sphere was moving as he did.

“Have anything that can blow that sky high?” I asked Uzume.

“Fire Release: Rasengan is the most damaging one I’ve got. You know I’m not one for indiscriminate damage Scalpel, not hammer.”