Life is truly fragile!
Looking at the corpses scattered across the ground, Ronglin sighed with emotion.
He looked up toward the Kirigakure camp. More and more people were appearing, and he was quickly surrounded on all sides.
Ronglin was experiencing something similar to what the Third Raikage had faced, though this was merely a simplified version. The Third Raikage had been pursued and surrounded by ten thousand shinobi before eventually dying of exhaustion, while Ronglin was currently facing only a few hundred.
"You...!!"
Though they had surrounded him, the Mist shinobi didn't dare move when they saw Ronglin covered in blood like a vicious Asura, standing over a field of corpses.
Ronglin sneered and raised the Kubikiribōchō, pointing it at the crowd. Even though he was facing hundreds, he wasn't worried about his safety. Did they really think they could pile on him and kill him with just these numbers?
They were underestimating him far too much!
"Someone use a Water Release ninjutsu on me! My body feels all sticky and uncomfortable. Help me wash up."
"..."
The entire battlefield fell silent. Everyone was stunned into a deathly hush.
Use a Water Release technique to wash you? Sticky and uncomfortable?
Could there be a more blatant insult?
"Wha—!!"
In an instant, the hundreds of Mist shinobi erupted in a frenzy. This was a naked, direct humiliation. Who could possibly bear it?
He had killed dozens of their comrades, and now he was shouting for them to use Water Style to help him take a bath!
Anyone would lose their mind over this!
"Die!!!"
In a heartbeat, hundreds and thousands of kunai and shuriken flew toward Ronglin. These Mist shinobi had only one thought in their minds: kill him!
Kill this arrogant brat who dared to spout such insulting nonsense.
Even if each of the hundreds of shinobi only threw a few projectiles, the total number was staggering. Someone with trypophobia would have fainted on the spot.
"Heh heh..."
Ronglin grinned, not bothered by the rain of kunai and shuriken at all, despite the fact that these tools were rigged with explosive tags that would detonate on contact. With so many weapons, there were over a thousand tags. If they all exploded together, the power would certainly be no less than an A-rank ninjutsu.
Ronglin wasn't the Third Raikage. If an A-rank ninjutsu exploded point-blank, he wouldn't die, but it would definitely hurt. The question was could these tags even explode?
If I get the chance in the future, I must get my hands on the Lightning Release Armor and learn it. I don't have a space attribute, so I can't learn the Flying Thunder God, but that doesn't mean I can't learn your Lightning Release Armor, right?
Is this guy crazy?
He can still laugh at a time like this!!
For a moment, the Mist shinobi were bewildered. Surrounded by hundreds and facing a barrage of thousands of ninja tools, he was actually smiling with a relaxed air!
He wasn't trying to counter or defend; he was just laughing?!
Beyond their confusion, the Mist shinobi were incensed. They felt completely looked down upon.
However, in the next second, their eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. As the ninja tools drew near Ronglin, they all stopped dead in the air. It was as if a freezing spell had been cast on them; they hung there without a single movement.
"Since you won't cooperate, I'll give you a grand gift!!"
Ronglin laughed loudly and raised both hands. Blue lightning flashed from his palms with a chilling light.
"Time: Shred!!!"
The ripples within the pupils of his left Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan began to spin rapidly.
"What is this!!!"
Suddenly, the hundreds of surrounding shinobi realized a massive, transparent dome had appeared around them.
"Not good! Fall back!!!"
"Retreat! Quickly!!!"
Chaos broke out instantly. The Mist shinobi who realized something was wrong immediately tried to flee, including Mangetsu Hozuki, who had been hiding in the crowd.
"Water Release: Water Encampment Wall!!"
"Water Release: Water Colliding Wave!!"
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!"
Some chose to retreat, some chose defense, and some even chose to attack.
The battlefield became a mess of confusion. This was the disadvantage of lacking a unified command. It just so happened that the Third Mizukage hadn't arrived yet, so these Mist shinobi were destined to take a heavy hit!!
If the Third Mizukage were here, he would have immediately ordered everyone to defend or evacuate rapidly, rather than letting things dissolve into such a mess.
It happened too suddenly. Even the Elite Jonin among the ranks failed to react in time.
"A bunch of idiots!"
Mangetsu Hozuki, the genius of the Hozuki Clan, felt an intense premonition of doom. Seeing some people advancing to attack instead of retreating, he couldn't help but curse under his breath.
He backed away at top speed. Although he didn't know the power of the move Ronglin was using, he felt an overwhelming sense of unease.
It was this premonition that saved Mangetsu Hozuki's life.
"Shred!!!"
Ronglin's Mangekyo came with two skills related to the power of time. Their destructive power was unparalleled, but they required a long preparation time. Fortunately, because he possessed the power of time itself, he didn't have to worry about being attacked or interrupted during that period!
It sounds like a slow process, but it was over in an instant. As Ronglin spat out those words, the spell was cast.
Within the massive transparent dome, countless silver lights flashed. Screams echoed one after another. Any Mist shinobi who hadn't managed to leave the dome was shredded by an invisible force.
Their bodies were turned into chunks of flesh, as if they had been sliced into pieces by the sharpest of weapons. Even the kunai, shuriken, and explosive tags frozen by the time power were no exception; they were ground into dust before the tags even had a chance to detonate.
"..."
A cold wind brushed past. The Mist shinobi who had escaped the range of the attack all shuddered in unison.
Dead. They were all dead!
Everyone within the attack's range had perished; not a single soul remained. Some had naively tried to use the Body Flicker Technique to escape or the Substitution Technique to block the blow, but the result was the same. Those who hadn't left immediately were all reduced to a pile of minced meat.
The force of hundreds that had surrounded Ronglin was instantly cut down by more than half.
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