Clang!
Heavily injured, his entire body's nerves paralyzed, unable to move, Zabuza could only watch helplessly as Roy's merciless butcher blade fell, utterly unwilling.
Fresh blood dyed the white bedsheets red. Zabuza's head flew out, rolling several times on the ground.
His eyes stared at Roy, unable to believe he would die here. His ambitions, strength, and everything else vanished into smoke with his death.
Until the final moment, Zabuza glanced at Haku, then slowly closed his eyes.
The spacious room fell into complete silence.
Gato and the two samurai stared dumbfounded at this scene. Not to mention them—Roy's speed was so fast that even Haku hadn't reacted.
"Lord Zabuza—"
Haku let out a mournful scream.
After beheading Zabuza, Roy pressed on without stopping, rushing toward the delicate youth. The Wind-Chasing Boots' special effect hadn't ended yet; he seemed to transform into a gust of fierce wind.
Instantly appearing before Haku, Roy swung his sword, the cold blade edge pressing toward the other's neck.
Haku formed a one-handed seal, body flickering to a corner.
The fully swung blade missed. Roy clicked his tongue. These ninjas were truly troublesome. Fortunately, thanks to his surprise attack, he had eliminated Zabuza first.
"I'll kill you!!"
Haku's face twisted, his delicate appearance completely gone, leaving only mad hatred. Terrifying killing intent emanated from his eyes as he coldly stared at Roy.
Roy provoked, "Come at me."
Haku, having lost Zabuza and transformed into a beast of vengeance, was impossible to flee—exactly as Roy intended. This was also one of the reasons he killed Zabuza first.
If their positions were reversed, this effect might not have been achieved. Without Naruto Uzumaki's "Talk-no-Jutsu," Zabuza might not have realized his feelings for Haku.
Another reason was of course that Zabuza's reward was higher. 1000 attribute points easily earned—not in vain for squatting in this world for five days.
Seeing that both sides were about to engage in a great battle, Gato and the two samurai fled in panic.
Neither Roy nor Haku had the leisure to care about them.
Haku was blinded by vengeance and anger.
Roy's mind was extremely clear. He knew Haku's intelligence—the other possessed mastery over Ice Release and Water Release. After being taken in by Zabuza, he had learned all of Zabuza's combat techniques and assassination arts.
"Ninjutsu: Hidden Mist Technique!"
Haku's grim voice rang out. Mist suddenly rose, filling the entire room with dense fog, making it impossible to see one's hand. Haku's figure hid within.
No matter how furious, Haku was still an elite ninja. Without calming down, he couldn't kill his enemy.
Several phantom images flickered in the dense mist—Haku was using the Body Flicker Technique to move rapidly. A faint sense of danger emerged in Roy's heart, and he furrowed his brows.
Whoosh!
Roy's ears twitched slightly, hearing intense breaking wind from the left. The longsword in his hand transformed into a shield, blocking the senbon silver needles attacking him.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, immediately after, from left, right, above, and below—all directions came dense sounds.
Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death!
Hidden deep in the mist, Haku formed a one-handed seal. Chakra transformed the water mist into massive amounts of senbon, executing a 360-degree wide-range high-speed barrage.
Countless senbon silver needles covered the sky and earth, shooting toward Roy—as if to turn him into a hedgehog.
"Gather, breath of the earth—I am called Alfo!" Roy's expression unchanged, rapidly completing a short chant. What he released was precisely "Diving: Protection of the Spirits" learned from Riveria.
Increasing physical and magical defense, a colorful light garment covered his entire body, leaving not a single blind spot.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Countless fine needles landed on Roy, emitting dense sounds of steel collision, scattering all over the ground.
Haku was stunned. What method was this?
Although "Diving: Protection of the Spirits" defense was inferior to "Dimensional: Severance," it was still magic. High-explosive grenades might not necessarily blast it open, let alone a few small silver needles.
Roy stepped out with a single arrow-like stride, breaking through the window, running toward outside the room.
The mist environment was the other's home field, disadvantageous to him. Haku's strength was nearly equivalent to Zabuza's—just looking at the attribute point rewards for both showed this. It was just that Haku's temperament was kind, usually not showing his abilities.
This time, with Roy killing Zabuza, it caused the other to explode, transforming into a mad ferocious beast.
The Mist's assassination techniques—logically speaking, if the target couldn't be eliminated, the assassin would retreat. But Roy knew the other would follow, because this wasn't a commissioned assassination, but vengeance.
As Roy expected, when Haku saw him attempting to flee, he immediately became anxious, closely following behind.
When leaving the mist environment and entering the forest, Roy deliberately slowed his pace, letting Haku catch up.
Haku's hands danced, continuously throwing out hundreds of silver needles, covering all of Roy's escape routes.
However, the colorful light garment on Roy still hadn't dispersed, blocking all the silver needles, making the delicate youth grind his teeth in hatred.
Even if he summoned mist again, Roy would certainly flee. Haku decisively brought out his trump card secret technique.
Secret Ice Release Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!
Dozens of ice mirrors descended from the sky, enveloping this area, simultaneously trapping Roy. Every mirror reflected Haku, his face carrying cold killing intent.
This secret technique wasn't merely trapping enemies with ice mirrors—Haku could move at extreme speed between the mirrors.
Haku attacked like a madman, using every technique at his disposal, throwing various moves at Roy.
Without Zabuza, what meaning was there in living? He wanted revenge, kill this youth before him, then commit suicide to accompany Lord Zabuza!
Haku, harboring thoughts of death, attacked frantically.
"Truly a pity—you fell into the trap." Roy secretly shook his head, his face unhurried. His right hand brushed across his spatial ring, retrieving the Elven Holy Sword.
Heavenly Incineration!
Roy's mind moved, fully activating the Elven Holy Sword's special effect, draining all energy within three kilometers. Crimson flames coiled around the slender sword body.
Even in a different world, the Elven Holy Sword's special effect could still activate—the essence of energy wouldn't change.
To make an analogy, the Elven Holy Sword was a car, and magic elements, chakra, and other energies were the fuel driving it. Magic elements were merely the most compatible gasoline.
Under the crimson flames' baking, the surrounding temperature rose sharply. No matter how bizarre Ice Release was, it was merely using chakra to create solid ice.
The ice mirrors trapping Roy began to melt.
Roar!
Roy heavily swung the Elven Holy Sword. The flame dragon let out a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar, instantly exploding.
The resulting heat wave, with Roy at the center, madly spread, easily crushing all the ice mirrors. Haku hidden within was inevitably caught in the blast.
Thud!
Haku, burned into a charcoal-like figure, lay in a deep pit.
In this world, setting aside taijutsu-specialized ninjas, ordinary ninjas were typical high-attack, high-speed, low-defense types. In terms of thick skin and durability, they couldn't compare with Roy's endurance.
Roy stepped forward, coming before Haku.
Haku's turbid, lifeless eyes reflected Roy's figure, a trace of unwillingness appearing on his face.
Roy thrust the Elven Holy Sword into the other's heart.