"Kid, seeing as you're worth three hundred million Ryo, I'll allow you to say your last words!" The tall Ninja temporarily suppressed his desire to attack. After all, she was a major client worth three hundred million Ryo, and he had to ensure her death was clear and understandable.
"Um, what's your name? I, Uchiha Ling, don't kill nameless people! Also, how much is your head worth?" Ling couldn't just let others think about collecting rewards; she needed to collect rewards herself. She didn't believe this tall Ninja was worthless.
"Damn kid, you want my head for a bounty? I won't tell you! Die with regret!" The tall Ninja was a bit flustered. Did this kid not know how to respect other people's professions? He was a bounty Ninja, and no prey had ever talked about wanting his head for a bounty before.
Seeing their boss draw his Ninjato and charge, his subordinates naturally charged with arrogant and fierce expressions. They didn't even bother with a preliminary Ninjutsu greeting. Ling felt it was unprofessional and lacked a sense of ceremony.
"Sigh! Why must you force my hand? How can killing and fighting build a harmonious Ninja World?"
An invisible wind wall surrounded Ling. With Wind Release Chakra Mode activated, Ling's speed was enhanced to its extreme.
In the next instant, Ling vanished from her spot. The tall Ninja didn't clearly see how Ling disappeared, but the instincts gained from prolonged combat made him feel a fatal danger.
He only thought for a moment before realizing that the short kid had appeared almost instantly in front of him. He noticed the invisible wind blade swirling in Ling's hand, and her eyes were filled with indifference.
"Damn it! How can she be so fast! Is it a Space-Time Ninjutsu? Damn it, I can't avoid it at all, I can only take it head-on!"
Although Ling's Body Flicker Technique speed was at its extreme, her drawing speed was still within the range where the tall Ninja could barely react. So he raised his broadsword, which was over twenty centimeters wide, to block.
Ling looked at the tall Ninja's reaction and merely sneered. She slowed her attack to allow him to react and block, simply to see if Gale Sword Technique combined with Technique of Ten Divisions could cleave both man and weapon in two.
After Ling used Technique of Ten Divisions, the tall Ninja's Ninjato was evenly divided into ten sections. Ling instantly struck her sword precisely along the dividing lines. With a crisp "clang," Ling had already swept past the tall Ninja and appeared behind him.
In the terrified eyes of the tall Ninja's subordinates, she slowly sheathed her Ninjato and turned around. She didn't even spare a glance for those Chunin.
"How can she be so fast! What terrifying sword technique!" The tall Ninja stood still, his expression stunned. The wide-bladed greatsword he held slowly broke and fell to the ground.
The cut was incredibly smooth, not broken at all. At this moment, blood began to seep from his clothes on the left side of his chest, and his body weakly collapsed to the ground, his life force already dissipated.
Ling's sword technique was terrifying to the extreme. First, it effortlessly cut through the tall Ninja's wide-bladed, thick-backed greatsword, then precisely sliced into the gap between his left chest ribs, directly piercing his heart and left lung, thus delivering a fatal blow.
The tall Ninja's collapse and death not only surprised his subordinates but also astonished Shisui, Kakashi, and the others. Such a sharp sword technique was truly something they had never witnessed before.
"Boss! Damn it, die!" One of the tall Ninja's most loyal subordinates recovered, his expression grief-stricken and ferocious as he swung his Ninjato and charged at Ling.
"I didn't want to kill either, but he was too weak, couldn't even block one sword. Truly, all skill and no talent."
Ling calmly dodged the swinging Ninjato by shifting her body, then casually slapped the Ninja, who couldn't see the situation clearly, sending him flying.
His body spun two and a half times in the air, and many bloody fragments of teeth flew out of his mouth. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the Ninja's head had rotated two hundred and seventy degrees, meaning he was beyond saving.
Ling had no good feelings for these Rogue Ninja who had no bottom line and only thought of killing for pleasure. She didn't even spare them a glance. They had no value alive, so it was better to send them to the Pure Land.
Ling calmly turned and ran towards Minato Namikaze's side, leaving these Chunin for Kakashi and the others, who had already rushed over, to handle.
However, before leaving, Ling left behind a physical Shadow Clone to collect the bodies, scavenge spoils of war, and perform cremation and scattering of ashes, a one-stop service.
Ling held a foam ball in her hand, observing Minato Namikaze's situation using Telescope Technique, while she herself rapidly headed in that direction.
The one confronting Minato Namikaze was a tall Ninja with dark skin, white hair, and horns on his head. The immense Chakra emanating from him was not to be underestimated, even though he looked a bit rough.
However, when she saw the clan emblem on the man's vest, Ling immediately became interested, because having read many of Uchiha's books, Ling knew that it was the Hagoromo Clan's emblem.
Three curved lines supported a circle, like ripples on the sea surface as the moon is about to set into the horizon.
Ling was very interested in the Hagoromo Clan. She heard they were descendants of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, but currently, apart from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who was hiding somewhere, the only Ōtsutsuki Clan in the Ninja World were Kaguya's branch.
And Kaguya only had three filial sons: the eldest son Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the second son Hamura, and the third son Ōtsutsuki Chenxiang.
And the Hagoromo Clan, as the name suggests, was very likely the descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo, but Otsutsuki Hagoromo only had two sons, Ashura and Indra.
So how did the Hagoromo Clan come to be? Could they be the descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo's illegitimate child, or perhaps the Hagoromo Clan was trying to claim kinship with Otsutsuki Hagoromo?
However, an answer would soon be provided. This remnant of the Hagoromo Clan was reserved by Uchiha Ling. Through genetic testing, she could definitely trace their origins.
She wanted to see whether the Six Paths Sage, full of benevolence and morality, had an affair, or if Hamura framed his elder brother.
At this moment, Minato Namikaze looked at his opponent with a grave expression. That Hagoromo Clan member had immense Chakra, his Lightning Release was incredibly powerful, his speed was also very fast, and his defense was very strong.
But these were not the true threats. What truly made him feel troublesome was a wooden bracelet on the opponent's wrist, which could absorb any Ninjutsu attack and then generate a super-strong shockwave.
Previously, he had tried to use Flying Thunder God Technique to get close and then use Spiraling Compression Sphere to eliminate the opponent, but to his surprise, the opponent simply pressed a hand on the Spiraling Compression Sphere and absorbed it directly.
Then he used Flying Thunder God Technique again to approach, preparing to cut the throat with a Kunai, but unexpectedly, the opponent released a shockwave through that bracelet that rampaged in all directions.
He reacted quickly at the time, so he used Flying Thunder God Technique to dodge. Otherwise, he would definitely have been stiffened by that terrifying shockwave, and then it would have been dangerous.
Ling, a thousand meters away, also noticed this ancient-looking bracelet. She instantly realized that this was a treasure, and of course, anything Ling set her eyes on, she would find a way to obtain.
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