Shinji's eyes suddenly sharpened.
The two tomoe spinning in his pupils violently trembled.
The two black tomoe rapidly rotated and elongated, as if an invisible force was sketching and shaping them deep within his eyes.
The next moment—
A third tomoe slowly emerged from the edge of his pupil, forming a triangular arrangement with the first two tomoe, finally stabilizing.
The world became clear again in his eyes, as if jumping from high-definition to crystal-clear 8K resolution. Every subtle movement of Shou, each muscle contraction, and the flow of Chakra in his meridians were all broken down into slow-motion sequences.
The Chakra within him seemed ignited, his aura growing increasingly fierce. The gap in strength between him and Shou visibly narrowed, his power now infinitely approaching Jonin level.
"Is this the power of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?"
"It's possible."
Shinji no longer dodged. He flipped his wrist, gripping two kunai.
The next second, he stomped his foot fiercely, his figure suddenly splitting and scattering. Eight identical figures instantly surrounded Shou, each one exuding a real presence, with lingering shadows that didn't dissipate.
"Is this the technique that appeared in the previous battle?!"
Shou's face abruptly changed, a figure flashing through his mind—the Uchiha clan member recorded in intelligence reports, who shone brilliantly in the confrontation between Konohagakure and the Mist.
"You are Shunshin Shisui?!"
Shinji remained silent, inwardly grumbling.
How could he be Shisui? Otherwise, why would he have been pushed into such a desperate situation earlier?
He privately speculated that Shisui had already awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan by now. Probably a single glance from him could instantly kill Shou.
Shinji focused his mind. His movements not only didn't stop but became even more rapid. The Three-Tomoe Sharingan's ocular power fully activated, his real body and illusionary clones constantly swapping positions.
At this moment, the eight figures simultaneously raised their hands, throwing shuriken together.
The sounds of piercing air were dense and intricate, the trajectories cunning and vicious, showcasing the top-tier Ninja Tool throwing skills of the Uchiha clan.
For a moment, Shou couldn't distinguish which was the real body and which were illusions.
"Damn it!"
Shou frantically swung his kunai to block. Weapons clashed, sparks flying.
The terrifying aspect of the Phantom Body Flicker Technique lies in the extreme application of Sharingan illusions, manipulating not just vision but even tactile sensations to deceive.
What the enemy touches might be an illusion woven by Genjutsu or the actual real body.
Shou's attacks on Shinji either struck fake bodies, leaving only ripples in the air, or he mistakenly believed he had identified the real body, actually falling into an illusion trap, misjudging an illusionary clone as the real body.
"If that's the case, then destroy them all! Explosion Release: Landmine Fist!"
"Ha!"
Shou roared, Chakra surging like a tidal wave into his fist, fiercely smashing into the ground.
A booming loud noise!
Violent explosions instantly swept across all directions, engulfing all illusionary clones.
Shinji dared not be presumptuous. His figure retreated urgently, barely avoiding the explosion range.
Shou's Explosion Release was completely different from Deidara's clay explosions. He excelled more in Taijutsu; only objects touched by his fist would trigger terrifying explosions capable of tearing everything apart.
As the smoke cleared, Shou seized the gap and charged out fiercely, his kunai carrying a fierce wind straight toward Shinji's heart.
"Kid, die!"
But just as the kunai was about to strike, Shinji's figure suddenly dissipated, transforming into dozens of crows scattering and flying away.
These were Shinji's Ninja Crows; he had already combined them with the Substitution Technique.
Immediately after, more crows surged from the shadows, a dark mass swirling in mid-air, with harsh crow cries rising and falling.
Shou stared intently around him, his pupils slightly contracting, but he couldn't find Shinji's trace anywhere.
"Kid, where are you?"
Before his words finished, the crows filling the sky suddenly changed direction, swooping down toward him like black arrows.
The next moment, the crow figures violently distorted. Their original wings directly transformed into high-speed spinning shuriken, overwhelmingly raining down.
Shinji leaped out from mid-air, one hand pressed against his mouth, scorching hot Chakra gushed out—
Great Fireball Technique!
Flames and shuriken arrived together. His figure flashed again, completely disappearing from sight.
Shou tumbled awkwardly to evade, barely dodging this fierce assault. When he stood up, he had lost his target again, his heart instantly growing anxious:
"He disappeared again... this slippery kid."
He was a ninja possessing the Explosion Release Bloodline Limit, combining Taijutsu with explosions, fearless in close combat.
But this Uchiha kid stubbornly refused to confront him head-on, only harassing him with illusions and instantaneous movement, leaving his brute strength nowhere to be applied.
Yet the next second, the air a few meters ahead of Shou slightly warped and writhed.
Shinji's figure just slowly emerged out of thin air.
Shou's pupils abruptly contracted, and he exclaimed in shock: "You!" How is this possible?"
"You actually know the Camouflage Concealment Technique? This is our Iwagakure's secret technique!"
Shinji's eyes suddenly glared, overwhelming ocular power surging out like tide, directly seizing Shou's mind.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!
In the dimly red and oppressive illusion space, seven or eight giant stone stakes rumbled down, fiercely piercing Shou's limbs, chest, and back.
In reality, Shou instantly froze in place, trembling violently all over, with extreme pain sweeping through his entire body.
Terrible, this is illusion!"
He had completely forgotten that the Uchiha clan were masters of illusions.
But this wasn't entirely his fault. From the start of the battle until now, Shinji had always used body flicker, Ninja Tools, and Ninjutsu to fight, never revealing true ocular illusions.
Apart from the Phantom Body Flicker Technique, the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique was currently his strongest killing move.
The information gap ultimately determined Shou's defeat.
Shinji leaned on his knees, panting heavily, his internal Chakra nearly depleted, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
This was the most perilous life-and-death battle since his transmigration.
But he won.
His opponent was still an Iwagakure Jonin, even if his methods contained some scheming and sneak attacks.
He lowered his head and looked at the thin, gauzy, almost transparent fabric beside him, the corner of his mouth slowly curling into a relieved smile.
[Item: Invisibility Cloak (Consumable)]
[Type: Special Ninja Tool]
[Effect: Continuously inject Chakra to distort light rays. An excellent tool for lock picking and entering a lady's boudoir at night.]
[Note: Usage count (1/2). Maximum duration per use: one hour.]
This was something he exchanged from the System Shop in the previous round. Originally thought to be of little use, unexpectedly it played a decisive role at this moment.
Shinji struggled to his feet, slowly walking to the immobile Shou, drawing a kunai from his waist.
"I don't know any Camouflage Concealment Technique. As for why I can be invisible... when you reach the afterlife, you might know."
His wrist sank slightly, a cold light flashed.
Blood gushed out, Shou's body fell limply.
"I never... thought, I would actually... lose to a kid like you!"
Carrying unresolved doubts to his death, this Iwagakure Explosion Release Jonin completely went silent.
Shinji retrieved the Invisibility Cloak into his inventory, crouched down and searched Shou's corpse for a moment, unexpectedly finding two Ninjutsu scrolls.
One was Lightning Release: Thunder Array Detonation Technique, the other was Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall.
He unceremoniously stuffed the scrolls into his backpack.
Killing and looting brings wealth. These two techniques, if exchanged in the System, would at least be worth tens of thousands of Points.
Hesitating for a moment, he still took out a Sealing Scroll and put Shou's corpse inside.
Perhaps it will be useful later."
A corpse possessing a Blood
line Limit holds considerable value.
"People like Orochimaru are collecting Bloodline Limit corpses, right? Find an opportunity to sell it to him!"
Shinji shook his head, no longer lingered, and turned to sprint away.
"First, saving Rin is urgent!"