c161 You hit yours, I'll hit mine!
The broken hair trembled, the windbreaker danced wildly, and two-thirds of the soul surged out from the crown of the head, then split into seven streaks, scattering like Kato Dan's perfected Spirit Transformation Technique.
The five Kirigakure jounin who had been silently tracking every move of Uchiha Gen stiffened when they saw this.
"It's not good. Do you know what ninjutsu this is?"
Ghost Lantern Crescent lowered his voice and looked at the other four.
Gen Uchiha's soul-projection moved as fast as the documented form used by Kato Dan during the Second Shinobi War, leaving almost no window for counterattack. But none of the five were clueless; every pair of eyes was trained for battlefield detail.
All four shook their heads.
The Spirit Transformation Technique was so rare that even in Konoha it was considered almost extinct after Dan's death in the battle against Hanzo. Anyone who didn't study war archives or intel reports from that era wouldn't recognize it.
The flying soul streaked like lightning, punching straight into the five Kirigakure chuunin who lacked sensory skills and had zero time to prepare.
The two sensory-type Kirigakure ninjas sensed a sudden chakra surge approaching, but sensing wasn't the same as dodging, and reaction time was slower than spiritual projection by several beats.
The seven Kirigakure chuunin froze nearly simultaneously. A heartbeat later their bodies slackened, slumping into the wet soil.
Although two-thirds of the soul was split into seven shards, each portion remained far stronger than the spiritual strength of ordinary chuunin with average will and no mental-defense training.
Gen Uchiha, who had long mastered combat in the consciousness world due to previous encounters with illusion specialists and his own clan's Sharingan training, ripped through the mental spaces of all seven, taking both spirit and lifespan.
Some died from collapse under illusion, others from terror under soul invasion. Only the two sensory types resisted slightly longer.
Seven streaks of light snapped back upward, returning to Gen Uchiha's body like threads of chakra being reeled in.
"Huh… feels good."
"Zhurong, land in front of the enemy."
"Okay, Master."
Zhurong twisted its dragon-like body, rode the flame cloud downward, and perched neatly atop the crown of a pine tree.
The terrain was a sloped pine forest, and their landing point sat above the incline where mist pooled low.
The five Kirigakure jounin who had been observing rushed immediately, and Gen whipped out five kunai, scattering them like flicked sparks.
This time the five didn't repeat their earlier mistake. Yagomoro Masayuki intercepted with five kunai mid-air while the other four attacked.
Corpse Bone Vein: Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets!
Water Release: Water Iron Cannon, dual shot!
Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, in tandem!
Bone bullets and water bullets blasted upward with the same sharp speed as forged ammunition.
Then came the Great Waterfall currents from Minami Yuetou and Terumi Yo, combining their mastery of Water Release in the ever-humid Land of Whirlpools. Even without nearby water, the mist-rich air of the region allowed stronger water-style creation.
A joint assault like this could bury an average jonin, but Zhurong only lifted altitude slightly, letting the strikes crash into empty air.
Then Zhurong eased higher, stopping at the limit range of most long-distance ninjutsu.
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap.
The five Kirigakure jounin landed on the pulling tide beneath them, scattering water.
Ghost Lantern Crescent shouted upward, "So this is the proud deputy commander of Konoha? Will the Uchiha genius just drift in the clouds?"
"Come fight on the ground if you have courage!"
Gen Uchiha smiled. "Water is your home field. The air is mine. Why shorten my advantage?"
"Simple. You hit your team, and I'll hit mine."
"Zhurong, Wusheng, begin bombardment."
"Yes, Master."
The two senior Homitz replied eagerly.
Fire Release: Blazing Meteor Bomb!
Lightning Release: Skyfall Thunder!
Fire Release: Blazing Meteor Bomb!
Homitz required no hand signs. Even with Gen's maxed hand speed, their timing always won.
Five blue-white bolts of lightning dropped like falling spears. Dozens of crimson fireballs followed.
The fireballs were dangerous, but for Mist-nin, the lightning was terrifying. Water conducted. The Ghost Lantern clan's Hydration Technique was vulnerable.
Ice Release: Ice Crystal Wall!
Minami Yuetou jumped forward, hands flying. Vapor condensed into a dense white ice barrier. The lightning blasted tiny craters into it, fractures spreading like frozen spiderwebs.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Three firebombs shattered the ice wall into splinters, smothering the air in mist.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
Ghost Lantern Bengyue and Terumi Yo raised twin walls of churning water, blocking the following fireballs.
Bah, bah, bah. As water vapor hissed upward, the walls collapsed.
Shikotsumyaku: Bone-Destroying Spear!
Kaguya Go tore a spine from his back, hurled it with a whistle that cracked the air.
Feather Secret Technique: Evil Dragon Cannon!
Masayuki Yagomoro sat on the back of a giant sea-scaled crocodile, chakra merging between them. The beast opened its jaws, compressed water forming into a thin jet that blasted out faster than the bone spear.
But neither attack reached a speed Gen's Sharingan couldn't track. At this distance, evasion was trivial.
"Up left, then right."
Zhurong followed, and the spear and water jet sliced through empty sky.
Gen kept the pressure from above, raining flame and thunder.
The five Mist-nin had no choice but pure ninjutsu defense. Water flooded the battlefield, both countering Gen and preparing for mist illusions to conserve chakra.
Fire, lightning, water, and ice collided, sending thick vapor skyward. The already dim sky darkened further, and new storm clouds began forming.
For Kirigakure shinobi, anything close to rain boosted Water Release and hid their movements. Rainy days were preferred, cloudy days acceptable, sunny days worst.
Gen Uchiha maintained shadow-level chakra, bolstered by Zhurong and Wusheng. One versus five, yet his chakra consumption stayed low.
The four ninjutsu specialists endured, but Kaguya Go, a taijutsu-focused fighter who relied on Shikotsumyaku as backup, sagged.
"Captain, my chakra is almost gone." Kaguya Go's voice shook.
Long-range ninjutsu duels were agony for a close-range fighter. The Kaguya clan's bone techniques couldn't touch aerial opponents.
"Then retreat and recover. I'll cover you."
"And stay alert. My technique might not hide you from his senses."
Summoning Technique!
Ghost Lantern Crescent bit his thumb, weaved signs, and struck the water.
A plume of smoke. A giant clam appeared. Smaller than the Second Mizukage's famous mirage clam, but still enormous.
Thick fog blasted from its vents. This wasn't standard Kirigakure no Jutsu fog. This fog carried the clam's chakra, creating illusions that even the Byakugan struggled with.
"Go."
Kaguya slipped to a hidden corner and swallowed soldier pills.
Crescent's concern was justified. Gen Uchiha, hovering outside the fog, easily sensed Kaguya's location.
If he flew into the fog, the mirage effect might distort even Sharingan tracking.
He locked onto Kaguya's chakra, thought sharpened.
After all this time, it was finally right to kill one. And this was the opening.
Besides, the thunder kirin brewing in the clouds needed only a little more time…
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