Miki had always used two methods to control her Insects.
One was to rely on her innate ability, directly issuing commands to the swarm.
In this method, without the support of Chakra, the Insects could only exert their basic physical abilities.
The other was the method used by her clan to control Insects, which relied on Chakra. Chakra circulated and connected within the swarm, and by forming hand signs to cast Ninjutsu, the swarm would receive a significant boost.
This Insect Secret Technique was a hybrid use of the first and second methods.
The Ninjutsu Miki used on the Insects was very simple.
Earth Release Hardening Technique
Of the five elemental Earth Release, besides Wind and Earth, the other elements were not very suitable for Insects.
The high temperature caused by Fire Release was enough to kill Insects.
Lightning Release was the same.
Miki only had Flamebug that could adapt to the high temperatures of this Earth Release for a long time.
Therefore, the Insects ball in the sky was not ordinary Insects at this moment.
It was a special Insects temporarily transformed.
Temporary Special Insects
The enormous insect orb fell from the sky, and when the swarm stopped flying, it plummeted at high speed, accelerated by gravity.
With the water ball's movement ability, it was too late to escape the attack range.
Shachi did not sit idly by. She quickly swam to the top and surfaced, a small geyser erupting from the blowhole on her head. She then formed hand signs and opened her mouth to release a Ninjutsu.
Sound Release: Super Air Wave
A bright white small ball flew out from her mouth, rapidly expanding as it moved at high speed, transforming into a giant ball of flashing white light. Piercing high-frequency noise resounded, stirring up rings of air ripples, and it collided with the insect orb.
Miki, behind the earth wall in the distance, felt a sharp pain in her ears, then lost her hearing.
After reaching up to touch her ears, when she looked again, her hand was covered in blood.
She was injured.
Even from such a distance, she was affected.
It was because she anticipated such a wide-range attack that Miki did not let the swarm disperse, but instead gathered them into a ball to resist.
Under the dual protection of clustering and hardening, the surface of the airborne insect orb continuously churned up large clumps of black powder under the surging sound waves.
Those were the Insects that died under the surging sound waves.
After the technique briefly lasted for a few seconds, it disappeared and quieted down.
The insect orb in the sky had a thick layer shaken off by the sound waves, but it was still massive, and then it crashed into the water ball.
From the point of contact, the water surface dented, and large splashes of water scattered, making the surroundings seem like it was raining heavily.
Seeing this, Shachi leaped from the top of the water ball, formed hand signs in the air, then plunged into the ground like a diver. Immediately after, a dorsal fin appeared on the ground, and she began to move freely at high speed underground as if in water, with mud and rocks splashing like waves around her.
She really just wanted to run!
Behind her, the insect orb completely crashed into the water ball, and the entire water ball was squeezed and ruptured, turning into waves of water that scattered.
Using the water waves, the Mist Ninja in the water scattered and fled.
At the same time, the insect orb disintegrated. The dead insects on the outer layer detached, and the living swarm in the inner layer rose like a black mist, dispersing into patches and chasing their respective targets.
The battle was over now.
Miki confirmed this; what remained was merely the hunt.
Miki did not intend to let any of these people escape.
Looking at the direction Shachi fled, Miki immediately submerged, also moving at high speed underground.
She used the earth layer to block the opponent's Sound Release, to prevent a counterattack.
That guy moved as fast underground as she did in water, and Miki was a little unable to catch up to her.
However…
Miki looked at the blowhole that was faintly exposed on the ground for the opponent to breathe.
Because she was a mammal, even as a fish, she couldn't breathe underground.
However, as a Tiger Whale Girl, she could rely on her special body structure to rapidly dive underground while exchanging air on the surface.
Therefore, she could continuously dive underground, but only a few centimeters beneath the surface.
She could bomb her with the Summer Red Soldier, but at this guy's speed, she could detect it in advance and hide deep underground.
So…
In the distance, the lurking Flamebug crawled out from the underground soil layer, then fluttered their wings and flew up. The crimson beetles released pheromones, setting up a Genjutsu trap over a large area.
This was the unique hallucinogenic pheromone of the Flamebug.
After completing this task, the Flamebug all flew towards the high sky.
Before long, Shachi crashed into the trap. As her blowhole exchanged gases, the pheromones were inhaled along with them. At first, she could still move straight towards the coastline, but halfway through, the pheromones began to affect her senses, and Shachi started to wander aimlessly in the vicinity.
A moment later, realizing something was wrong, she abruptly stopped.
By this time, Miki had caught up to Shachi.
They were less than five meters apart underground.
Instantly, Shachi leaped out from underground, drawing Samehada from her back.
The Genjutsu on her body was dispelled with the help of Samehada.
At the same time, Miki charged out from underground.
This guy wasn't the type to clap her hands together; in a fast-paced close-quarters battle, there was no room to release Ninjutsu.
Miki crouched low to the ground, her entire body covered in vibrant purple, and purple Chakra flames danced around her body like fluttering ribbons.
Insect Secret Technique: Poisonous Insect Mode: Centipede Dance
This guy!
Shachi's small eyes suddenly narrowed. Was it that deadly poisonous insect?
She had seen Red Circle's head before and noticed the unusual purple bloodstains.
Her blowhole closed, and she held her breath.
"You…!"
Waving Samehada, Shachi charged towards Miki.
Miki moved rapidly close to the ground, her sharp sword thrusting towards Shachi.
The less than five-meter distance vanished in an instant as they closed in.
Samehada heavily struck Miki's back, but before that, the sharp sword lightly cut a wound on Shachi's leg.
The outcome was decided.
Miki quickly moved away on the ground.
At the same time, two screams erupted.
They were from Samehada and Shachi, respectively.
Shachi lay on the ground, rolling and struggling, while Samehada writhed in pain on the ground, emitting a sharp cry.
It's over.
Miki stood up and swung her sword, shaking off the blood. The purple on the sword rippled in layers.
Immediately, she exited the Poisonous Insect Mode.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield behind.
Five of Shachi's clansmen had already lost their lives, drowned in a small water ball, outside of which layers of Insects were covered.
The idea was good: use water to block the insects and move quickly within the water ball.
The Insects swarmed forward, forming a ball to envelop them.
The Hozuki Clan boy tried to blend in, using the Water Transformation Technique to hide in a large pond.
But the Insects remembered the scent of his Chakra, so his hiding method was useless.
The Insects pretended to pass by casually, and after several back-and-forths, they swarmed forward and enveloped him in a ball when he was unprepared.
They frantically absorbed his Chakra.
The Yuki Clan girl hid in a small iceberg, her figure anxiously watching the surrounding Insects on the ice surface.
As soon as the Insects landed on the ice, they would be frozen to death by the cold air.
This somewhat reassured the girl.
But when the crimson beetles flew in, despair appeared in the girl's eyes.
And finally, the Water Spider Jonin.
The swarm surrounded him, constantly probing forward, forcing him to use Water Release Ninjutsu to protect himself.
After several such cycles, his Chakra gradually ran out.
Finally, the swarm rushed forward, forming a ball and devouring him.
A muffled scream came from within the insect orb.
Miki summoned the Winter Storm Chariot and began to package the spoils of war.
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