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"Crush them!"
The Sunagakure Ninja, whose figures were exposed under the moonlight, let out a battle cry of defiance, facing the Konoha Ninja in the trenches, who outnumbered them by ten or even a hundred times.
Dozens of Sunagakure elites, all at least Chunin level, who had bypassed the Konoha reconnaissance Ninja's senses from various directions, converged and, led by several Taijutsu-type Jonin, charged into the crowd without hesitation.
However, this flank night raid, which should have achieved a surprise effect, stopped in front of a single person.
"Fire Release! Hinokami Kagura—"
A blazing firelight suddenly illuminated the night, revealing the young face of the approaching person.
Sawara Kiri, holding a Ninjutsu blade ignited with flames, resolutely stepped forward. The flames on the blade in his hand, under extreme vibration, transformed into a nearly golden-white, extremely hot color.
He plunged directly into the crowd.
"—Dancing Flash"
A ring of firelight spread in all directions, forming a blooming ring blade.
The Sunagakure Ninja standing at the very front initially failed to detect the problem with this strike and instinctively reached out with a Kunai to block it.
But could he block it?
"Shhh!"
Almost at the instant the blade collided with the Kunai, the Crimson Blade, which had entirely transformed into a nearly fluid state under super-high temperatures, maintained its blade-like form with the Chakra, effortlessly slicing into the Kunai in his opponent's hand like a hot knife through butter.
The steel Kunai, in the face of this Crimson Blade strike, could not even resist for a moment, melting and breaking into two pieces.
The extremely hot blade sliced into his shoulder and exited from his waist.
The Sand Ninja didn't utter a sound, simply collapsing to the ground with a thud.
Blood evaporated into a foul-smelling red mist.
And it wasn't just him.
Any Ninja in the vicinity who failed to evade that circular slash was either cut in half on the spot or left with a charred wound on their body.
Sawara Kiri didn't even glance at the person behind him. His azure Six Eyes, like stars twinkling in the night, transformed into a dim, hair-raising stream of light under super-high-speed movement, directly bypassing the Taijutsu-type assault Ninja in front and heading straight for the Ninjutsu-type Sand Ninja in the rear.
However, how could the elites chosen by Sunagakure for a flank attack be easy opponents?
As soon as the frontal assault formation was breached, subsequent combined Ninjutsu followed like a shadow.
"Combined Ninjutsu!"
"Water Release: Water Wall!"
In an instant, a giant Water Release wall, spanning dozens of meters, rose straight up from the recently rained-on ground, like a surging wave rolling across the earth, sweeping fiercely towards Sawara Kiri.
At the same time, the Sunagakure Taijutsu Ninja, who had just been stunned by that 'Fire Release' move, suddenly reacted and began to pursue and converge on Sawara Kiri.
However, Sawara Kiri's steps did not falter for even a moment.
He faced the giant Water Release wall that was almost about to extinguish him, and the flames on the blade in his hand suddenly intensified, emitting a 'boom—' of explosive combustion.
"Hinokami Kagura: Solar Heat Haze!"
The surface of the blade, originally a golden-white flame, completely turned incandescent.
The blade tip pointed forward.
"Whoosh—!"
In the face of this blade, which had elevated its temperature to an extremely terrifying degree, the Water Release wall, formed by the combined efforts of over a dozen people, failed to even cause a moment's pause.
Sawara Kiri's speed when entering the Water Release was even three parts faster than the moment before.
Water does indeed counter fire.
However, under this combined strike of the Crimson Blade and Hinokami Kagura, further aided by the isolation of Unlimited Void,
What kind of obstruction could this level of resistance be?
"Rumble!"
The surging waves behind him crashed onto the barren land.
Sawara Kiri's figure, however, had already broken through the water, like an arrow released from a bowstring, or a tiger entering a flock of sheep, fiercely pouncing into his prey.
The blade flowed, first abruptly severing the head of the bewildered person in front with a 'shhh' sound, then spinning to kick down someone who was desperately pouncing on him. His body used the momentum to invert in mid-air, avoiding several Kunai shot from behind.
All sorts of curses and roars from the Sunagakure Ninja rang out in his ears.
But none of them could drown out the roaring fire in his hand.
During this brief moment of stagnation, a Jonin nearby had already completed his hand seals.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
The rapidly exhaled wind blades aimed at Sawara Kiri were silent, and under the cover of night, their forms were not even very clear, yet they had already covered all of Sawara Kiri's possible landing positions.
The nature transformation of Wind Release is cutting.
Under the observation of his Six Eyes, all the branches and stones obstructing the path between them were silently split into two.
But—
"Heh."
Sawara Kiri's lips curved, and the light in his eyes grew even brighter.
He rapidly distorted the blade in his hand, and in this instant, while suspended in mid-air and with no time to spare, he swiftly unleashed several slashes.
"Hinokami Kagura: Burning Bones, Summer Sun!"
The flame stream, which had once again combusted on the basis of this fire blade, no longer maintained its previous concentrated state. Instead, it broke open in a fan shape, like a shield blocking his front.
"Buzz—!"
The explosively gushing flame stream precisely counteracted the sharp wind blades, bursting into a spreading flow of fire that perfectly obscured Sawara Kiri's figure.
"Captain, he's done for!"
A nearby Sand Ninja instinctively whispered.
The Jonin who had released the Wind Release, however, seemed to suddenly sense some threat and immediately shielded his speaking companion.
"Whoosh!"
Just one strike.
The stream of fire that suddenly burst forth from the blaze completely engulfed the unfortunate fellow.
Sawara Kiri's figure, however, was even faster than the fire. He stepped along this path of fire, trampling the charred corpse of the unlucky individual from earlier, his flame blade raised high, the blazing flames surrounding him like his most loyal servants.
"Hinokami Kagura—"
The raging fire behind him seemed to illuminate the entire night sky, casting a deep shadow on his handsome face.
Only his eyes remained bright blue.
Even the Wind Release Jonin's gaze couldn't help but be drawn to this spectacular scene, causing him to momentarily lose focus.
Only his body, still acting on instincts honed by countless hours of arduous training, completed the final hand seal.
"Wind Release: Great Vacuum Orb!"
"—Dance!"
The two techniques, completed almost simultaneously, were released in sync within a remarkably close distance.
The highly condensed air bomb formed by the Wind Release collided with the intensely burning golden-white flame stream.
If time were to stand still at this moment, one might even vaguely glimpse Sawara Kiri's Ninjutsu blade, like a non-Newtonian fluid, swaying as molten steel flowed under explosive super-high pressure.
However, once time began to flow,
The extremely sharp, rippling firelight effortlessly sliced through the roaring wind bullet blocking its path.
And with it, sliced through the fragile neck of this Sunagakure Jonin.
"Whoosh—"
Sawara Kiri's figure, carried by the inertia of super-high speed, passed over the headless corpse, sliding six or seven meters across the rain-softened ground, his Ninja shoes plowing a deep mark into the earth.
Even among Jonin, there are differences.
At this moment, the Ninjutsu blade in his hand had already melted into molten steel, gradually dripping to the ground.
The hilt was so hot that even with his palm wrapped in Chakra, he couldn't hold it at all.
He threw away the Waste knife useless blade, turned around, and looked at the surrounding Sunagakure Ninja, who were all stunned and staring at him with bewildered expressions.
He looked down on everything.
Those Sunagakure Ninja even forgot to maintain their assault formation. Under his sweeping gaze, they couldn't help but take half a step back, just staring at him.
Could there truly be such intensely blazing fire in this world?
Sawara Kiri casually summoned another Ninjutsu blade from the sealing wristband on his wrist, and with a flick of his hand, he discarded the sheath.
His azure eyes swept over the faces of the Sunagakure Ninja before him, and a smile, unique to a top predator, slowly appeared on his handsome face:
"It's not over yet!"
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