Zoro's spar with the young Konoha ninjas continues. All 6 of them are now attacking with taijutsu and ninjutsu after knowing that genjutsu doesn't work on Zoro.
But Zoro blocks all of their attacks with his swords and dodges the ones he can't dodge. He can sense all of their attacks clearly with his Observation Haki, so he can respond correctly.
They are not as fast nor as strong as Raikage, but it's not easy to keep up with their attacks because of their number and good teamwork.
The young ninjas also attack from various angles that are difficult to deal with like from behind or below while their friends stop Zoro's movements by attacking from the front and sides.
Zoro is used to fighting multiple opponents at once, but these guys sure are different despite being younger than most of his opponents. Not only are they stronger than average jonins despite still being chuunin, they have good teamwork too.
They are more difficult to fight than he initially thought. It makes him glad he asked them to fight together like this because it gives him more pressure and he now knows what he needs to improve.
Zoro blocks, dodges, parries, and counters all of their attacks, be they taijutsu or ninjutsu. He makes sure to not cut their bodies using his great control over his swords though.
When hitting their bodies, he makes sure his swords won't cut even if he attacks with the sharp parts of his swords. It's also a good training to hone his sense and sword control.
When they use weapons or long range ninjutsu, Zoro will make his swords "sharp" so they can cut those weapons or ninjutsu.
But because he can cut metal easily now, his attacks end up cutting their weapons when they don't coat them with chakra.
Seeing their metal weapons get cut like butter seems to make the young ninjas afraid and hesitant to attack.
So Zoro decides to control his sword intents to not cut their metal weapons, just like how he won't cut their bodies
Though it makes him wonder why they aren't afraid of attacking him with their arms or legs when his swords can cut even metals.
He understands that Guy is a taijutsu specialist, so he can only attack with his body. Guy also only attacks when Zoro's swords are being held by his friends' attacks.
But Zoro still thinks that Guy is being too fearless when facing sharp swords that can cut metal easily like his swords.
'Should I give him a warning?' Zoro grins while thinking about that.
As before, the young ninjas are attacking him together. Kakashi attacks from his right using a tanto coated with lightning chakra. It's not his father's white tanto, but it looks similar.
Asuma attacks from the left using his knuckle blades that are coated with wind chakra. Genma attacks from above using a sword. Kurenai and Ebisu are throwing kunais and shurikens from the front while Guy moves to Zoro's back to send a powerful kick.
Previously, Zoro would block the sharp weapons and then jump to the right or left to dodge the other attacks. But he makes a different move now.
He swings his swords while spinning his body as if he's using Dragon Twister skill. But he doesn't create the blade tornado and only deflects all the attacks coming at him.
Although he doesn't swing his swords strong enough to create the blade tornado, his swings are still strong enough to push the young ninjas a few meters back.
Zoro now decides to stop being defensive and move to attack them. He crosses his arms, pointing the swords in his hands up to the sky. Then he dashes at a very high speed toward Ebisu and Kurenai who threw kunais and shurikens from behind before.
"Santoryu: Oni Giri!" (3 Sword Style: Ogre Cutter!)
He flashes between them while slashing his swords to the sides. They can't react to his speed and get hit by his swords. Their friends shout anxiously seeing them getting hit by Zoro's sharp swords.
Strangely, they don't get any cut wounds even though they get hit so strongly that they fly quite far until hitting trees. They get knocked unconscious without cut wounds, but there are rather deep diagonal bruises on their torso caused by Zoro's slash.
"Don't worry, I won't kill my opponents in a sparring match. But being injured and hurt is normal, right? Or maybe you are afraid of being hurt? Then you can surrender now."
Zoro smirks while mocking them although he knows they are just worried about their friends.
"Just 1 attack and they are down already. The level of Konoha's young ninjas seems to be fairly low, doesn't it?"
Zoro swings Sandai Kitetsu horizontally, creating a big flying slash attack toward the other 4 ninjas. They widen their eyes as they dodge the attack by crouching or jumping high.
Their eyes get even wider when they see the slash attack cut the trees behind them so easily. If they don't dodge it, then it would be them who get cut like those trees.
Now they understand well that Zoro can control the sharpness of his swords. None of them know how he does that, even those like Tsunade and Fugaku also don't understand how he can prevent cutting anything with his sharp swords.
But they don't have time to think too much about it because they are in a match now. The 4 young ninjas quickly come to their senses and move to attack Zoro.
They charge at him while preparing some hand seals. Only Guy is charging forward faster than anyone without doing anything else. Zoro just grins while getting into the same stance before using Ogre Cutter.
The 4 young ninjas are vigilant and start spreading even wider. They think Zoro will use Ogre Cutter again, so they can't get too close to each other or he'll take 2 of them at the same time.
Too bad that Zoro doesn't intend to use Ogre Cutter. He doesn't charge forward, instead, he just stays on his spot before swinging his swords outside.
"Double 360 Pound Cannons!"
Zoro creates 2 spiral energy cannons using Sandai Kitetsu and Enma. They are flying at very high speeds toward Genma and Asuma who move on the sides.
Both of them are surprised at the unexpected attack. But they manage to react and try to block the spiral energy cannons using their weapons.
Unfortunately, the spiral energy cannons are stronger than they thought. They get blasted away and crash onto trees until they break the trees. Unlike Zoro, their bodies aren't that tough, so they got knocked out quite easily after crashing into some trees.
Now, only Kakashi and Guy are left. 4 have been defeated, but Kakashi and Guy don't have any intention to surrender. They look at each other and nod, agree to use every last bit of their power now.
Kakashi uses Chidori again while Guy activates his Eight Gates. Guy activates the 5th Gates, which is his current limit because even the 5th Gates is already putting too much burden on his body at his current level.
Usually, Guy wouldn't dare to open the 5th Gate yet and would only use the 4th Gate at most. But he really wants to go all out and Tsunade is here, so he won't need to worry about being injured from his own technique.
Zoro grins widely while getting ready to face them again. He is excited to see the power of Eight Gates. After all, this is the jutsu that allows Guy to be on par with Six Path Madara.
Both Kakashi and Guy charge toward Zoro at the same time. Kakashi assaults from the front using his chidori at a high speed. Guy is much faster than Kakashi and attacks Zoro with a kick from the left.
Zoro blocks their attacks with his swords, but they keep attacking. Kakashi slashes and stabs with his lightning spear hand from the front while Guy is jumping around at a very high speed to attack Zoro from other sides.
Right, left, back, front. Guy moves around everywhere to send his kicks and punches while Kakashi focuses on attacking from the front.
Their cooperation is really good and Zoro actually has a hard time keeping up with their attacks. He can sense their attacks, but handling both of them at the same time is difficult, especially when Guy moves around to attack from everywhere while Kakashi is keeping him busy at the front.
They aren't as fast and as strong as Raikage yet, but facing both of them at the same time is not easy. But that's what makes this sparring match more interesting.
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