Chapter 35: Fierce Battle! (Seeking monthly ticket)
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Xuan Yi never expected that he would encounter a Ninja with an Ice Release Bloodline Limit.
He realized that he had to give it his all.
Bloodline Limit Ninja are never too simple.
Moreover... the person in front of him was an excellent experimental subject!
Rat – Snake – Tiger!
After three hand seals, a Water Dragon shot up from the river, then plunged towards the blue-clothed, black-haired man.
"This brat…"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man's expression changed again.
The previous Water Shockwave was one thing, just a C-rank Ninjutsu, but the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique was also used so quickly.
Faster than him!
"Truly a brat not to be underestimated!"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man completely shed his previous relaxed mindset, squatting down and placing his hands on the water's surface.
Boom!
A surge of water rose to form a water curtain, which then transformed into a wall of ice.
Rumble!
The Water Dragon struck the ice wall, immediately collapsing and scattering.
The next moment, a Shuriken pierced the ice wall, and the exploding tag attached to it ignited, exploding with a rumble.
The blue-clothed, black-haired man leaped backward, an ice blade in his right hand, and with a clang, he blocked an incoming Blade Drawing.
Clap, clap!
Both landed on the river surface simultaneously.
The blue-clothed, black-haired man used his single-handed ice blade to parry Xuan Yi's short sword, while his left hand formed a single hand seal.
Xuan Yi's pupils constricted, and he immediately retracted his sword and leaped backward.
And on the river surface, countless water needles flew out with a whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Xuan Yi swung his sword, blocking all of these water needles.
But just as his body landed, streams of water from all four directions blasted towards him.
The blue-clothed, black-haired man had predicted his landing spot.
Boom!
Xuan Yi took the hit squarely, and his body instantly exploded with a 'bang', transforming into a stream of water that fell into the river.
"What, it's a Water Clone!"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man's pupils constricted.
He possessed sensory abilities and was certain that Xuan Yi had no ambush before the battle.
This meant that he had used a Water Clone when he performed his first Ninjutsu.
Cunning brat!
The blue-clothed, black-haired man cursed under his breath, immediately turned quickly, and crossed his arms.
Xuan Yi attacked, his blade flashing like a white silk ribbon, slashing upwards from the lower left to the upper right.
The blade cut across the blue-clothed, black-haired man's crossed arms, sending countless ice shards flying.
"He actually formed a layer of ice armor on his body… just like Gaara's sand armor."
Xuan Yi was secretly surprised; after the Blade Drawing, he immediately delivered a flying kick, sending the blue-clothed, black-haired man flying and tumbling across the river surface.
Retracting his sword, Xuan Yi formed hand seals.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
This time, the Water Dragon was even larger.
The blue-clothed, black-haired man had just stabilized himself when the Water Dragon descended from the sky.
Rumble!
Water surged everywhere, and spray splattered.
The Water Dragon Bullet hit precisely, but Xuan Yi frowned slightly.
As the water dispersed, a hemispherical ice dome was clearly seen covering the blue-clothed, black-haired man.
Crack~~
The ice dome, covered in cracks, collapsed, and the blue-clothed, black-haired man, with blood at the corner of his mouth, stood up: "I was truly careless!"
"However, it won't happen again."
The blue-clothed, black-haired man raised his right arm and formed a single hand seal.
Although his left arm was not severed by the blade due to the Ice Release armor, Xuan Yi's immense strength had fractured his arm, making it temporarily unusable for hand seals.
And the blood at the corner of his mouth was from Xuan Yi's kick.
Seeing the enemy form another single hand seal, Xuan Yi immediately formed the Tiger seal: Genjutsu: Darkness Technique!
The blue-clothed, black-haired man's vision was immediately stripped away.
"This is… Genjutsu!"
"You hateful brat!"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man nearly bit his tongue, immediately changed his hand seals, then opened his mouth and exhaled, and mist roared out, rapidly dispersing.
And the blue-clothed, black-haired man, having used Mist Concealing Technique, immediately leaped up and left his original position.
But even with his quick reaction, he couldn't help but be grazed by Xuan Yi's Shuriken, leaving a bloody mark on his left arm.
Although he could condense ice armor to cover his body, the blue-clothed, black-haired man ultimately couldn't maintain a layer of armor on his body for a long time like Gaara.
Therefore, whether it was Xuan Yi's previous kick or the Shuriken just now, both injured him.
Fortunately, his reaction was quick enough to obscure the opponent's vision with Mist Concealing Technique.
After two breaths, the blue-clothed, black-haired man then used Ice Release to freeze the wound on his left arm, then formed a single hand seal to try and dispel the Genjutsu.
On the other side, within the mist, Xuan Yi also felt a secret helplessness.
Those with Bloodline Limits are indeed troublesome.
Not to mention Ice Release, just his single-handed hand seals and quick reactions were stronger than any enemy he had encountered before.
Could he be a Jonin?
However, he decided that he would go back and learn Wind Release.
Looking around, Xuan Yi formed hand seals, partially releasing the Yin Seal.
Chakra surged from within the seal, rapidly replenishing what was lost.
Xuan Yi continued to form hand seals, creating a Shadow Clone, also leaving behind his Ninja tool pouch, and then his main body quietly retreated.
He couldn't keep fighting here.
Sarutobi Shin'nosuke had to face seven enemies, and this Ice Release Ninja was already so strong, what about the other seven…
Time passed little by little.
Suddenly, the mist began to clear.
Xuan Yi's gaze sharpened, and he saw ice mirrors floating all around, with the blue-clothed, black-haired man clearly visible within each one.
Demonic Mirror Ice Mirrors!
Xuan Yi immediately formed hand seals: Front - Snake!
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
River water surged, rotating around Xuan Yi.
Even his head was enclosed.
The entire Water Formation Wall was like an inverted, rotating bell.
This caused the blue-clothed, black-haired man, who had just smiled, to freeze: "How is this bastard's Water Release better than mine?!"
"He's clearly from Konoha, damn it…"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man gritted his teeth: "I don't believe your Chakra can last!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Dense ice senbon shot towards Xuan Yi from different directions, but they were all blocked by the rotating Water Formation Wall.
The two thus engaged in a battle of attrition.
A moment later, the floating ice mirrors suddenly cracked with a 'crack, crack' sound, then collapsed and fell into the river with a 'clatter'.
And the blue-clothed, black-haired man also fell from the air, slamming onto the river surface with a 'thud'.
"What… happened?"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man struggled to lift his head.
Xuan Yi dispelled the Water Formation Wall, raised his hand, and plunged a Shuriken into the blue-clothed, black-haired man's shoulder, smiling slightly: "Sorry, I'm also a Mystical Palm Technique!"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man's eyes widened, and he suddenly understood: "Your Shuriken is poisoned!"
Xuan Yi's gaze fell on the blue-clothed, black-haired man's frozen wound on his arm.
If it hadn't been frozen, the blue-clothed, black-haired man would have succumbed faster.
However, the potent poison developed by Tsunade is indeed effective!
If it weren't for the deadly poison on the Shuriken, there really would have been no way to take down the person in front of him today.
"How ridiculous, that I would die at the hands of a brat…"
The blue-clothed, black-haired man's head slowly drooped, and he could no longer support himself, falling unconscious.
Only then did Xuan Yi step forward, take out a tube of anesthetic from his Ninja tool pouch, administer it to the blue-clothed, black-haired man, and then retrieve the antidote pill to feed him.
This guy can't die yet!