This voice came from the child beside her.
Now that he could speak normally, it meant one thing—he had already broken free from the illusion's control.
This... this can't be possible!
She had never seen anyone who, once caught in a genjutsu, could escape it again.
Phew!
Shiki Uzumaki spat out some blood—it was what had flowed after he bit through his own tongue earlier.
The sharp pain from biting his tongue snapped him back to awareness.
In an instant, Shiki Uzumaki tightly gripped the wrist of the woman beside him.
Crack!
Even though her wrist was soft and delicate, he twisted it without hesitation and snapped it.
"Ahh!!!"
The intense pain instantly knocked the woman unconscious. Not surprising since she was practically helpless when it came to physical combat.
Along with her dark gray cloak, she fell onto the ground, revealing large patches of bare skin.
But right now, no one was paying attention to her anymore.
"You really surprised me. To think that even inside the illusion, you still managed to keep enough clarity to bite your own tongue."
Duy Ni said with some shock.
Seeing the blood Shiki had spat out, he already understood exactly what had happened.
"I prepared myself beforehand, but truth is... I'm still too inexperienced," Shiki replied steadily, though his heart pounded slightly inside.
If he hadn't opened the Healing Gate earlier, he might've had no chance at all.
This was real battle—carelessness could cost your life over something this minor.
"I see. But what are you going to do now? Your neck has lost way too much blood, although I don't know why your vitality is so strong. I'd say you won't last much longer, either."
Duy Ni's gaze swept across Shiki Uzumaki's blood-soaked neck.
A wound was barely visible through all the blood.
It was nearly touching the trachea. All of this was ultimately because that woman neglected her body training—her strength didn't even match that of an average person.
"Yeah, if it were someone else, they'd probably have no options left by now."
Shiki glanced upward, then placed his right hand against his neck.
[Ninjutsu: Sage Art - Mystical Palm Technique!]
A bright green glow suddenly burst forth—To be continued.
Chapter 236: Another Fierce Battle
"You—you're a Medical Ninja?"
Duy Ni was momentarily stunned, completely losing that sense of certain victory.
Not just him, the other two subordinates standing in the room were also shocked, forgetting they should attack immediately.
"What are you waiting for?! Stop him!"
Although even after healing, the kid before him wouldn't necessarily pose a threat,
Uncertainty drove him crazy. "Wouldn't" wasn't good enough when "might" could get him killed.
He craved absolute control. Everyone assumed that someone who could thrive in every faction must be quite the risk-taker. But they didn't know how cautious he actually was.
Duy Ni was already charging forward before the words had even left his mouth.
He intended to interrupt Shiki Uzumaki's healing. As long as Shiki couldn't recover, the balance of victory would once again return to his control.
Meanwhile, his final two captains also reacted, following closely behind him.
"Damn it! Since when did Medical Ninjas become this good at taijutsu?"
"This damn brat doesn't make any sense!"
Both silently mused in their minds.
Ever since Tsunade Senju—one of Konoha's Sannin—established the standard for Medical Ninja, hardly anyone had seen a Medical Ninja engaging in combat.
According to those regulations, Medical Ninjas absolutely could not participate in battle.
Their role was solely to heal teammates. If they ever fought, they naturally became prime targets for enemy attacks, eventually causing the team to lose its healing capability, which harmed both combat effectiveness and recovery efforts.
So since then, Medical Ninjas rarely got involved in battles at all. Eventually, most Medical Ninjas even lost their ability to fight altogether.
Yet this child before them was actually capable of using Medical Ninjutsu to heal himself.
Shiki Uzumaki frowned slightly upon seeing only three remaining enemies rushing toward him.
The chakra in his hands surged again, glowing a deep green so intense it nearly blinded them.
It also healed at an astonishing speed.
In essence, the principle behind the [Mystical Palm Technique] wasn't much different from the [Creation Rebirth] technique.
Both stimulated cell activity to promote cell division and regeneration, achieving wound recovery.
However, excessive use of the [Mystical Palm Technique] came with many negative consequences.
Unlike the incredible restorative power of the [Creation Rebirth] technique, very few cells could withstand the massive chakra load from the [Mystical Palm Technique].
It might even accelerate aging or lead to death, failing to achieve the purpose of quick recovery.
But for the Uzumaki clan or the Senju clan, these are not issues at all.
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