The Sand Ninja Jonin knew he likely wouldn't be a match for the Uchiha brat in Ninjutsu, so he decided to try his luck with swordplay.
The Sand Ninja Jonin took out a small bottle from his ninja tool pouch and dripped a viscous, dark purple liquid onto the blade of his Ninjato to poison it.
As the poison flowed naturally along the blade, the Sand Ninja Jonin's Ninjato soon took on a dark purple sheen. It was clear without a doubt that this was a potent, instant-death poison.
"Brat! I spent hundreds of thousands of Ryo just for this small bottle of mixed poison. Dying by it, you can consider it a worthy death."
A hint of heartache flashed in the Sand Ninja Jonin's eyes; it seemed this potent poison was not cheap. However, he quickly looked at Uchiha Ling with a cruel and sinister gaze.
"Hundreds of thousands of Ryo and you're already heartbroken? Do you know my head is worth 320 million Ryo? If your poison ruins my face, then that 320 million Ryo would be wasted."
Ling felt that this Sand Ninja Jonin had a low perspective. A Jonin being heartbroken over hundreds of thousands of Ryo showed that he wasn't doing well.
"Brat, you? Worth 320 million Ryo?" A hint of disdain flashed across the Sand Ninja Jonin's face. He thought the brat had been scared to the point of losing his mind.
"Heh heh, don't believe me then. But since you've poisoned your blade, I assume you won't mind if I go a little harder, right? Then today, I'll show you what cruelty is!"
Ling was a kind child. She always gave her enemies the retribution they deserved based on how vicious they were to her. For instance, for this Sand Ninja Jonin who poisoned his blade before attacking, Ling planned to cripple his Chakra and then shatter his spine, leaving him paralyzed and incontinent.
"Stop boasting, brat! Die!" The Sand Ninja Jonin splashed through the water, rapidly approaching Uchiha Ling with his drawn Ninjato, which glowed a light green with Wind Release Chakra.
"Clang!" The two Ninjato collided. The Sand Ninja Jonin's large physique should have given him greater strength, allowing him to easily overpower the 1.15-meter tall Uchiha Ling.
However, a closer look revealed the Sand Ninja Jonin's arm trembling constantly, and his Ninjato tilting towards him. His face was flushed, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Brat! What did you eat to grow up? How are you so strong!" The Sand Ninja Jonin almost thought he was sparring with a humanoid Tailed Beast.
"Uncle, did you not eat? I haven't even used 30% of my strength. Are you even trying?" Ling looked at the Sand Ninja Jonin, whose veins were bulging, with a look of disdain, and then applied another fraction of her strength.
"Damn it!" The Sand Ninja Jonin felt like he was about to collapse. He immediately pulled back, then recharged his strength, twisting his body to swing his blade with increased force, intending to teach the monstrously strong brat a lesson.
"Excellent, let's dance!" Ling suppressed the wild laughter within her, simply using the quick, heavy strikes of Gale Sword Technique to clash with her opponent.
"Clang, clang, clang!" This crisp sound of clashing metal made Ling feel like she was back to playing Sekiro in her previous life. The speed of their exchange was incredibly fast.
At least in Uchiha Obito's eyes, he could only see a series of sword shadows and sparks that seemed to never extinguish, with the constant clang, clang, clang echoing.
"Brat! What is your fighting style?" The Sand Ninja Jonin felt disgusted. No matter how much strength he added or how much he sped up, the Uchiha brat opposite him could always respond with slightly greater force and speed, reacting perfectly.
Moreover, Ling's quick, heavy strikes made him feel like he wanted to vomit blood. They felt slow, but in reality, they were incredibly fast. If he dared to attack what seemed to be an opening, he would quickly have his rhythm broken, leading to a flurry of panicked movements.
"Heh heh heh, isn't this fun? Don't you like it? Breaking a sweat, aren't you? Let's turn up the intensity a bit more."
Ling smiled playfully, making her sword movements even more erratic and unpredictable. Soon, the Sand Ninja Jonin began to falter, almost getting hit several times.
"Damn brat! Die!" The Sand Ninja Jonin used the force from Ling's blade to leap into the air and then unleashed the Ninjutsu, Breaking Air Bullet.
"Still haven't learned your lesson!" Looking at the massive wind sphere rushing towards her, Ling reached out and absorbed it with her Adamantine Bracelet. Then, as the Sand Ninja Jonin was about to land and escape, Ling simply used a Body Flicker Technique to appear behind him.
Ame no Habakiri sliced through the Sand Ninja Jonin's body, and the severed Sand Ninja Jonin immediately turned into a ball of water, intending to trap Ling. This was the Water Release Ninjutsu, Water Clone and Water Prison Technique.
Ling didn't expect her opponent to also know Water Release Ninjutsu. Indeed, she couldn't underestimate him. Ling looked at the enveloping water ball and the Sand Ninja Jonin who emerged from the water, intending to strike her down. She immediately activated the shockwave from her Adamantine Bracelet.
The water ball shattered, turning into a mist of water, while the Sand Ninja Jonin was directly blasted away, crashing into the water and disappearing.
Ling didn't bother to check, simply walking calmly on the water's surface. At this moment, the water surface suddenly rose in waves dozens of meters high, surging towards Uchiha Ling from all directions.
"Mere child's play!" Ling gathered Wind Release Chakra, and Ame no Habakiri unleashed a Wind Release sword qi tens of meters long, immediately slicing through the oncoming waves.
Just then, the Sand Ninja Jonin appeared from beneath Ling's feet, intending to drag her into the water. Ling sneered, gathering Chakra and activating Pain Sky Kick.
The terrifying shockwave shattered the water surface beneath Ling's feet, directly forming a depression that reached the bottom of the lake. Terrifying waves spread out in all directions, forming waves dozens of meters high.
Ling's kick was even more terrifying than the Sand Ninja's Water Release just now, and the Sand Ninja in the water was caught in the turbulent currents, constantly tumbling.
If he wasn't careful, he would gulp down several mouthfuls of lake water. By the time the waves subsided, his stomach was full, not because he couldn't use Water Release techniques or hold his breath.
It was because the shockwave from Ling's kick directly put him into a semi-comatose state. Internal injuries caused him to subconsciously spit out several mouthfuls of blood, resulting in him gulping down several mouthfuls of lake water.
Ling lifted the Sand Ninja Jonin, who was like a dead dog. A Reverse Five Elements Sealing sealed his Chakra, and then she flicked her fingers several times at his spine, shattering his spine into several pieces.
Thus, this Sand Ninja Jonin became a cripple. The Reverse Five Elements Sealing was a Sealing Technique developed by Ling herself specifically to seal Chakra. Unlike the Five Elements Sealing, to undo it, one would need a higher mastery of Sealing Technique than Ling.
Moreover, the opponent's spine had multiple comminuted fractures, and he could no longer control any part of his body below his head, completely becoming a cripple. From now on, he would need someone to attend to him even to wipe his drool.
Ling sent a Shadow Clone to search the Sand Ninja Jonin's ninja tool pouch, while she leisurely walked towards Kakashi and the others in the distance. By this time, Full Elephant had already picked up Kakashi and the others, who were now waving at Ling.
"Since everyone is here, let's go straight to the final destination. Collecting scrolls ourselves is too slow; it's faster to just snatch them."
Ling jumped onto Full Elephant's head and then headed towards the island in the lake. Before long, she landed on this shrub-covered Rain Forest island.
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