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The surging, immense flames swept towards her. Although she wasn't directly touched, she could still feel a wave of heat. With her current "Six Styles: Iron Body," she wasn't strong enough to withstand flames of several hundred degrees Celsius. Knowing she couldn't charge into the sea of fire, Hinata directly stepped on the air. To the stunned gazes of the two Kusagakure rogue ninjas, she actually stomped on air and flew up, as if there were invisible stairs in the atmosphere.
Using Geppo, she ascended thirty meters into the sky. Although she could still feel some heat, the cool breeze blowing at that altitude offered a touch of refreshing coolness. Hinata pulled out over a dozen shuriken from her ninja pouch at her waist.
Whoosh— Whoosh— Whoosh— Whoosh...
One shuriken after another tore through the air, emitting sharp whistling sounds as they shot towards the two Kusagakure rogue ninjas below, moving with extreme speed. The sound of them cutting through the air made the two rogue ninjas' pupils constrict. They hastily stopped their Ninjutsu. They quickly dodged the dozen or so shuriken descending from the sky.
Chii—
"Damn it... this person can actually fly! How is she flying?! What kind of strange Ninjutsu is this?! When did Konoha ninjas develop such a Ninjutsu?!" A Chunin rogue ninja from Kusagakure hastily clutched his bleeding arm. His right arm had been grazed by a shuriken. Blood stained his sleeve crimson. If he hadn't dodged in time, that shuriken would probably have pierced his throat, killing him beyond revival.
"Good thing... there doesn't seem to be any poison on the shuriken, or it would have been troublesome." This rogue ninja couldn't help but let out a small sigh of relief. Moreover, his arm was only scratched. Looking at the numerous pits made by the shuriken on the ground... the rogue ninja's lips twitched. If he had been hit by a shuriken... his bones would have been severed, right?!
"Fire Style... wait, what's that?!" Just as he was about to form hand seals again, a sharp slash suddenly attacked. The speed of the slash was no less than that of the shuriken just now. And its coverage was much wider than a shuriken's... This was clearly the Navy Six Styles' "Rankyaku Slash"!! Using a leg as a "sword," it cut through the air, creating a vacuum pressure slash powerful enough to cleave a large tree.
"Substitution Jutsu..." This Chunin hastily used the Substitution Jutsu. The slash seemed to cut him in half. But the next second, a puff of white smoke flashed. The body, cut in two... surprisingly turned into a log. Before he could even sigh in relief, his companion's warning suddenly came: "Look out!!"
"What?!" A piercing sound suddenly struck, and it was incredibly loud, making his ears ring, indicating the attack was very close. The Chunin rogue ninja quickly turned his head and saw another Rankyaku Slash flying towards him. And it was less than five meters away! How is that possible?! How could that Konoha ninja find my position so quickly? Wait... the Byakugan, it must be the Byakugan! Damn it... these Dōjutsu users, their abilities are all so disgusting!
There was no time to use the Substitution Jutsu again. The Chunin rogue ninja hastily dodged sideways, but the next second, a sharp pain shot through his left leg. He immediately looked down, utterly horrified. A look of terror flashed across his face. His left leg had been cleanly severed at the root, a detached leg lying on the ground, blood gushing from the wound, instantly dyeing the exposed bone crimson. The warm blood cleared his mind, and he immediately let out a scream of agony. If the shuriken grazing his arm had caused him sharp pain, this was living hell.
"Hiss ahhh... my leg... my leg ahhh, you bastard brat! I'll butcher you! I will kill you, die! Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere!!" The excruciating pain did not affect his hand seals. The Chunin rogue ninja immediately formed a Ninjutsu. Both sides of his cheeks suddenly puffed out. Over a dozen energy waves, or rather, wind pressure waves, spewed from his mouth, surging towards Hinata in the sky.
The other Chunin rogue ninja also instantly attacked: "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!!" A dozen or so fireballs, each the size of a human head, surged forth. Wind pressure waves. Fireballs. The terrifying "barrage" formed by the two almost completely enveloped Hinata. Moreover, the two did not stop attacking after using their Ninjutsu. Instead, they both pulled out shuriken and fired them, dozens of shuriken following the wind pressure waves and fireballs, completely blocking Hinata's escape routes from all directions.
Hinata's watery Byakugan slightly narrowed, a sense of danger rising in her heart. In close combat, she could definitely crush the two Chunin. But at long range... she was at a disadvantage. Because her long-range attack was only Rankyaku, and her Finger Pistol hadn't been trained to the point where it could strike people from a distance. Long-range attacks were a weakness for her. Furthermore, she was currently in mid-air, with no cover in any direction. Her escape routes were also blocked by countless attacks. No matter which way she fell, she would be hit.
"Easily killing two people earlier made this little girl Hinata careless... but this is also normal, after all, this girl has too little combat experience." Liu Chen, in the Sea of Consciousness, was not in a hurry to intervene. Instead, he quietly awaited Hinata's next move, to see how this little girl would react. Only when she was about to reach her limit... would Liu Chen step in to help. Otherwise, it would not help her grow.
"Iron Body!!" Hinata murmured in her heart, gritting her teeth and using her least proficient Iron Body. And because she used Iron Body, her body was almost immobile, so she plummeted directly from over thirty meters in the sky towards the ground. At the same time... countless attacks landed on her, immediately creating a series of booming sounds. The wind pressure waves and fireballs expanded against each other, instantly creating a fiery inferno. Countless shuriken followed closely behind!!