"You're quick to react!"
Qingming withdrew his gaze from Yu Tian Xiufu and looked at the jonin in front of him, muttering to himself.
As soon as he finished speaking, a greenish glow surged from his body, and he immediately activated Instant Sword Technique, rushing toward the enemy.
Clang~
The sharp sound of metal colliding echoed.
Qingming's long blade was struck by the shuriken thrown by Kamon Hō from above.
Facing the figure now in front of him, Qingming didn't hesitate for a moment. He immediately began to channel chakra and mental energy, preparing to cast Genjutsu: Sharingan.
However, Kamon Hō seemed to have extensive experience dealing with Uchiha ninjas. The moment he sensed something was wrong, he closed his eyes.
Then, he rapidly retreated.
During his retreat, he didn't forget to throw several shuriken at Qingming, attempting to attack him.
Unfortunately, these attacks had no effect on Qingming; they only delayed him for a brief moment.
Qingming's figure flashed as he avoided the projectiles.
Next, he stomped the ground forcefully. With a loud cracking sound from the earth, his body shot forward like a cannonball, rapidly chasing after the retreating opponent.
At first, his attack was perfectly timed to connect.
But Kamon Hō's action of throwing shuriken had bought him just a fraction of a second, which was enough to help him deal with Qingming's continued pursuit more calmly.
In his line of sight, Kamon Hō's left hand dug into his ninja tool pouch and pulled out a handful of glittering iron spikes. He expertly threw them onto Qingming's path.
In that instant, Qingming's pupils shrank.
These vicious ninja tools were something he rarely encountered in past battles.
At this moment, if he stepped on them, the soles of his shoes would surely be pierced, injuring his feet. If Kamon Hō were to add poison to them, the situation would become even worse.
Although the likelihood of poison was slim based on the way Kamon Hō grabbed them with bare hands, and even if Qingming's feet were injured, his formidable self-healing abilities would allow him to recover quickly, the pain would still be inevitable.
Qingming wasn't afraid of pain, but he wasn't a masochist either. If this were a critical moment, he would endure, but that wasn't the case right now.
This man in front of him, even with the special jonin not far away, posed no real threat.
Thus, there was no need to rush.
Strictly speaking, he was merely here to assist. Even if someone needed to hurry, it should be Namikaze Minato, not him. He had no need to torture himself.
Thoughts raced through his mind as he slowed his pace, activated his Sharingan, and carefully chose a safe place to step, avoiding the spikes.
By now, Kamon Hō had clearly adjusted his position, and Yu Tian Xiufu had also moved in to assist, increasing their numbers to two. They no longer needed to fear Qingming's genjutsu as much.
Of course, this all relied on the assumption that Qingming did not intend to trade injuries.
After some quick deliberation, Qingming decided he had no such intention.
Thus, it was clear that the battle on this side would soon become quite "uneventful."
On the other hand, the intensity of the battle on Namikaze Minato's side began to soar.
Previously, Minato had to gather information while facing five opponents, but now, facing just three, he could simply charge in without hesitation.
This was Qingming's assessment, and it was also Minato's approach.
Almost as soon as Qingming faced off against Kamon Hō and Yu Tian Xiufu, their defensive posture immediately changed, and they launched a full-on counterattack.
In no time, the three Mist jonin could no longer retaliate effectively.
This showed that Minato was not a weakling—he knew when to retreat and when to charge, without hesitation.
Of course, this also likely had something to do with the fact that the Six-Tails was becoming harder to control.
Indeed, only three tails had shown so far, and the full power had not yet erupted.
However, even with the sealing techniques used to manage the beast, it was not something a few Leaf ninjas, all less than jonin rank, could control for long.
After all, the "four ounces moving a thousand pounds" sealing technique presupposed that you had four ounces to begin with.
Unfortunately, the four Leaf ninjas at the scene were far from that weight.
Shifting his focus back to the battle in front of him, Qingming swung his long blade, deftly deflecting the attacks from Kamon Hō and Yu Tian Xiufu.
The entire process was effortless and elegant.
Qingming's distraction was not lost on the two in front of him, but even so, they were still powerless against him.
"Damn it!" Yu Tian Xiufu cursed under his breath, subconsciously increasing his pace. This caused a slight misstep in the coordination between him and Kamon Hō.
Qingming quickly noticed this, so he deliberately gave Yu Tian Xiufu more openings, coaxing him into attacking.
Finally, at a certain moment, as the kunai was thrown, Qingming's eyes lit up—he had found an opportunity.
He activated his Sharingan with full force, locking onto the attack while simultaneously sensing behind him.
In the next moment, his body twisted in a strange motion, narrowly avoiding the combined attacks of Kamon Hō behind him and Yu Tian Xiufu in front.
Seeing this, both Kamon Hō and Yu Tian Xiufu's expressions changed, and they simultaneously thought, "Not good!"
The fact that Qingming could avoid both their attacks meant that they had overlapped, and that overlap had occurred during a time when Qingming could still retaliate.
This meant they would be hit.
They were right. Almost as soon as Qingming evaded their attacks, he swung his long blade directly at Yu Tian Xiufu's neck.
Sensing the danger, Yu Tian Xiufu instinctively pulled his kunai up to block.
Clang~
The crisp sound of metal echoed.
Next, an enormous force traveled through the kunai, and Yu Tian Xiufu, unable to withstand the pressure, was pushed back a step.
Behind him, Kamon Hō tried to make up for the mistake. Twisting his wrist, he changed the kunai's trajectory from a stab to a horizontal slash, aiming at Qingming's waist.
However, Qingming didn't dodge. Instead, he turned around and locked eyes with Kamon Hō.
In Kamon Hō's field of vision, Qingming's already blood-red Sharingan now looked as though it had been drenched in blood, exuding an overwhelming, spine-chilling aura.
"Genjutsu?!"
In the blink of an eye, Kamon Hō made the judgment that Qingming was about to cast a powerful genjutsu.
Since Yu Tian Xiufu had been pushed back by Qingming, there was a brief window of time where he couldn't attack, leaving Kamon Hō with no choice but to close his eyes and retreat rapidly, fearing that Qingming would immediately use the genjutsu and take them down in one go.
However, his retreat inadvertently altered his movement, and his kunai only left a shallow cut on Qingming's waist.
That wound was nothing compared to the ones Qingming had inflicted on himself during self-healing tests.
Thus, even if left untreated, it would heal completely in no more than three minutes.
But Qingming wouldn't leave it untreated.
He focused chakra into the wound, and with that, it would heal completely in about a minute.
Satisfied, Qingming redirected his focus back to the special jonin in front of him.
Without wasting a second, he took a step forward, closing the distance between them, and struck again, this time aiming straight at his neck.
Sensing the danger, Yu Tian Xiufu immediately raised his kunai to block.
But at that moment, Qingming's Sharingan activated, casting Genjutsu: Sword Technique.
"Huh?"
Seeing the sword in his vision split into three, Yu Tian Xiufu's pupils constricted.
As an experienced special jonin, he immediately realized that he had fallen under a genjutsu's influence.
Without hesitation, he concentrated his mind and disrupted his chakra flow.
In an instant, the three blades merged back into one.
"Hmph! Childish trick!"
Yu Tian Xiufu sneered and immediately raised his kunai to block Qingming's attack.
Although dispelling the Sword Technique had cost him a bit of time, making his counterattack a little slower, he was still prepared to absorb the strike.
As long as he withstood this wave of attacks, the situation would return to the previous state once Kamon Hō joined the fray again.
Yu Tian Xiufu thought to himself, but things did not go as he expected.
Qingming's strike, although seemingly forceful, actually carried little power compared to the one from earlier. The force didn't reach Yu Tian Xiufu, rendering his attempt to deflect the blow futile.
This was illogical.
Qingming had clearly been in a position to launch a series of attacks and seize the advantage, yet he chose not to do so.
Without a doubt, Qingming had made a deliberate choice to waste the opportunity.
As the saying goes, "When something seems strange, there's a reason for it."
Yu Tian Xiufu was not one to believe that Qingming had simply made a mistake.
From their earlier exchanges, he knew that despite Qingming's young age, his battle experience was far from lacking, and he could not have made such a major miscalculation.
Even if he had, with Qingming's enhanced Sharingan, he would have corrected it immediately.
But instead, Qingming did nothing with the opening.
"What's going on?"
Yu Tian Xiufu's mind was in turmoil.
At that moment, a strong sense of danger suddenly filled his chest.
He looked down to see Qingming's face twisted into an eerie smile.
Before Yu Tian Xiufu could react, a sharp pain pierced through his abdomen.
He looked down to see Qingming's left hand gripping a faint blue, high-density chakra sphere, which was pressed against his stomach.
Pfft~
A mouthful of blood spurted out.
Yu Tian Xiufu recalled his brief sense of pride from earlier, when he had dispelled the Sword Technique. Staring at Qingming, he gasped, "You… did it on purpose?"
Qingming didn't bother responding to his question. With a single motion of his left hand, the lv8 Rasengan exploded, sending Yu Tian Xiufu flying through the air.
In fact, his earlier decision to allow Yu Tian Xiufu to dispel the genjutsu had been intentional, a way to quietly set up the Rasengan.
This was a classic strategy of "bluffing to lure the enemy in, then striking when they least expect it."
He had made this decision after realizing that Yu Tian Xiufu's sensory abilities were rather limited when they first clashed.
Otherwise, Qingming wouldn't have been confident in hiding his actions.
Boom~
Looking at Yu Tian Xiufu crash to the ground, Qingming withdrew his gaze and turned to face Kamon Hō.
At that moment, Kamon Hō had just opened his eyes and regained his footing.
The battle between Qingming and Yu Tian Xiufu, although seemingly long, had actually happened in the blink of an eye. Kamon Hō likely hadn't figured out what had just occurred.
Indeed, this was true.
Kamon Hō only noticed that the moment he blinked, his teammate was already on the ground.
As for what had transpired, he had no idea.
He glanced at Qingming, then at Yu Tian Xiufu, who was struggling to stand up after falling.
His mind raced, and he started considering how to stall for time.
"Retreat!"
However, just at that moment, a loud shout rang out from nearby.
Both Qingming and Kamon Hō turned in unison.
Two more Mist jonin, one clutching his arm and the other his abdomen, were rushing toward them.
Behind them was Namikaze Minato, who had just pulled a kunai out of one Mist jonin's chest.
Clearly, the battle on Minato's side had reached its conclusion.
The question now was: should Qingming intercept these newcomers?
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