Unsurprisingly, Keita was the first to kill the enemy.
Sakai was the only one who showed a hint of surprise, while the others only showed a helpless expression. They had all experienced the unreasonable power of the Explosion Release, and the feeling of their shadow clones being blown to pieces made them feel uncomfortable just thinking about it.
Azu and the others were at ease, and they even had the time to think about these things, but the other side was panicking. Their companions were losing too fast, even if the enemy was Konoha's Ninja, it was still too fast, so fast that it caught them off guard.
Aonuma's face was dark. In just a single confrontation, one of their side had died. This was not a good sign. Where did these Root Ninjas come from? Their operation this time was carefully planned, and they only took action after making sure to avoid the Root Ninjas.
With deep confusion in his heart, Aonuma waved the two-foot-long odachi in his hand. A thin layer of wind blades wrapped around the gray odachi like a slippery green snake, constantly leaving grain-sized gaps on Azu's kunai.
The glint of the odachi was like a drill, twisting Azu's kunai. The clanging sounds of impact were quick and light, but incomparably dangerous. If not for Azu's hardened arm skin, there would have been a few more bloody scars on her arm.
The fine iron kunai was soon covered with scars, and the blade was covered with densely packed gaps, all caused by Aonuma's slashes. The cutting power of the Wind Release had a lot of advantages in this aspect.
"Your skills are not bad." Azu said coldly and threw the broken kunai, which brushed past Aonuma's temples and cut off a few strands of his black hair.
After losing her kunai, Azu clenched her fists. Her white jade-like fists were covered with a layer of dark brown luster, as if they were filled with metal. She punched out horizontally, colliding head-on with the odachi, producing a crisp sound of collision.
Clang!
Her fists were like a torrential storm of pear blossoms, launching an overbearing offensive. Azu's expression was cold as she concentrated on waving her fists, forcing Aonuma to continuously retreat.
"Damn it!"
Aonuma clenched his teeth and cursed inwardly. This little girl was too strong, using her fists to meet his odachi head-on. He was shocked. He did not expect this little girl to be so skilled in the nature of the Earth Release at such a young age.
Just then, a loud sound rang out.
"Explosion Escape, Lightning Fist."
Another huge explosion rang out. Kota's enemy was unlucky this time. His shadow clone had been destroyed, and although his main body was unharmed, facing Keita and the Kota brothers, he was clearly at death's door and wouldn't be able to last much longer.
Qing Zuma glanced at the remaining three people from the corner of his eyes. Other than Crane and the woman, the other two were not in a good situation. They looked to be in a sorry state.
Feeling the numbness in his arm, Aonuma complained in his heart. Apart from the big guy who used Explosion Release, the rest of the Root Shinobi didn't look very old, but their strength was ridiculously strong. 'Are the kids nowadays so scary?'
"Shadow Clone."
Qing Zuma stabbed out with his katana, causing Zi's attack to pause for a moment. He immediately formed a seal to summon two clones, and the three of them rushed forward with their odachi in hand.
"Earth Escape: Quagmire Technique."
The hard ground suddenly softened and turned into mud in an instant. One of Aunty Marsh's shadow clones stepped on it, and his entire calf sank in.
"Quickly dodge, it's a quagmire, go to the tree." Aonuma hurriedly came to a halt and leaped up a tree with another shadow clone. Then, they pounced on Zi from both sides, their kodachi gleaming with a cold light.
"Red Cannon."
Without forming a seal, a coconut-sized red fireball flew out of Zi's palm, and then, Qing Zuma's other shadow clone was caught off guard and exploded, blooming into a brilliant firework in the air.
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Qing Zuma was cursing in his heart. Ninjutsu without seals, it's actually a ninjutsu without seals, this is fucking cheating! As a powerful Jonin, he was very clear about what casting speed meant in this kind of battle. Ninjutsu without seals can save the time of forming seals, and being able to take the initiative to strike first, in most cases, it means victory.
Another fireball flew over, and Qing Zuma who was in mid-air had nowhere to borrow strength. Without thinking, he threw out the odachi in his hand, and then formed a seal with both of his hands, changing into a shadow clone to block in front of him.
The odachi's quality was very good, but it was sent flying by Bursting Flames. It slanted and stabbed into a tree trunk, and made a buzzing sound. Qing Zuma's shadow clone was once again swallowed by Bursting Flames.
As soon as his feet landed, Qing Zuma took out a kunai from the ninja bag at his waist, and a thin layer of wind blades immediately wrapped around it. At this time, he was only five or six steps away from Zi, and it would take less than a second to reach her.
"Go to hell!" Qing Zuma roared and threw out the kunai in his hand. In order to be a little safer, his target was Zi's torso, not her head, but with the support of Futon Chakra, as long as it hit, it would definitely blast a bloody hole.
"Fire."
Zi waved her hand and an orange-red line of fire flew out from her hand. It twisted into a strange arc in the air and formed a tightly stacked ring. It formed a funnel-shaped flame and enveloped the kunai. The wind increased the intensity of the flame and a ball of brilliant flame exploded. The kunai was directly melted.
The moment he threw out the kunai, Qing Zuma had already retreated. Regardless of whether he could succeed or not, in the case of losing his weapon, it was better to open up the distance and take back his odachi.
"Earth Release: Heart Beheading Technique."
Just as Aokuma retreated to the side of the tree and was about to pull out the Tachi from the tree, a hand suddenly broke out of the ground and grabbed Aokuma's ankle. With a forceful tug, the hand pulled Aokuma into the ground and buried him deep, leaving only his head exposed.
Zi's shadow clone got out of the ground and pulled out the odachi from the tree. She bent her finger and flicked the dark blade, making a clear buzzing sound. The quality was excellent, enough to be called a famous sword.
"Despicable and shameless guy, that's my sword, give it back to me." Qing Zuma cursed angrily, but with his whole body sunk into the soil, not to mention resisting, even moving a finger was an extravagant hope.
Regarding Qing Zuma's indignation, Zi treated it as the bark of a defeated dog and did not take it to heart.
Zi ended the battle here, and the rest were in similar situations. The brothers Kota and Keita worked together to finish off the second guy, while Takumi, wearing a tailed beast coat, directly blasted his opponent into a pile of mud. There was still a part of Sanbi Chakra left in his body, so he could not fully transform into a tailed beast, but he could still transform into a half-tailed beast.
Sasai's secret technique was also quite powerful, with a combination of scouting, hurrying, and fighting abilities. He captured his opponent alive, and now only Tong was left.
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