A disc-shaped flame shot out from Yoru's palm and violently collided with the fire dragon, causing a fierce explosion.
Yoru quickly closed in. Although Shisui blocked the shallow strike again with his ninja blade, the opening from his block was seized by Yoru, who delivered a powerful knee kick that sent Uchiha Shisui flying hard.
"Binding Path Sixty-One: Six Rods Light Prison!"
Before Shisui could react, Yoru clenched his right hand in mid-air, and six beams of light shot in from all directions, instantly sealing Shisui's movements.
"What kind of jutsu is this?!"
Shisui was shocked and instinctively tried to perform a Body Flicker Technique to escape, but the surrounding light pillars locked him tightly like shackles.
Yoru gave him no chance to struggle.
With a burst of speed, Yoru appeared above Shisui and reached toward his eyes.
"Your Sharingan, I want it!"
Pffft!
Blood sprayed from Shisui's eye socket.
A sharp pain surged through him as he groaned in despair.
He shouldn't have provoked this guy—this was no opponent he could handle!
Yoru already had one Sharingan, and as he prepared to snatch the second, a fierce shout rang out.
"Stop! You mist ninja!"
"Earth Release: Earth Spear!"
"Earth Release: Stone Pillar Prison!"
The ground beneath Yoru roared and rolled as countless stone pillars formed a cage trapping Shisui, while several sharp rocky spears shot toward Yoru's body.
Shisui used the Stone Pillar Prison not just to bind but as protection, and followed it with Earth Spear to attack Yoru.
In moments, he had unleashed two A-rank ninjutsu consecutively. His mastery of Earth Release and timing was clearly top-level.
Yoru naturally didn't want to be an easy target but also wouldn't foolishly give up his prize.
"Demonic Path Thirty-Two: Yellow Flame Flash!"
With a burst of speed, Yoru dodged the Earth Spear.
At the same time, a yellow flash of flame appeared from his shallow strike and rapidly surged toward Shisui!
Yellow Flame Flash is one of the few speed-type Kido (demonic path spells), relying on sudden bursts. Plus, Shisui was locked tight in the stone pillar cage.
Boom!
In an instant, the flames engulfed Shisui with scorching heat.
"Shisui!"
"Wind Release: Airflow Dance!"
A gale swept over, forcibly dispersing the flames from Shisui's body, but the Uchiha prodigy was already badly burned and gasping for breath.
[System Notification]
Successfully completed A-rank target 'Uchiha Shisui' mission (2): Defeat Uchiha Shisui, reward 5000 points.
Detected A-rank target 'Sarutobi Shinnosuke', side mission triggered:
Capture Sarutobi Shinnosuke, reward 10,000 points.
Defeat Sarutobi Shinnosuke, reward 5,000 points.
Kill Sarutobi Shinnosuke, reward 50,000 points.
"Shisui!"
"Lord Shinnosuke... we can't let this guy get away..."
"Don't worry, stay still."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke shoved a medicinal pellet into Shisui's mouth, then turned with a grave gaze toward Yoru.
He knew just how strong Uchiha Shisui was—but under Yoru's assault, Shisui barely lasted a few moves.
And that technique just now...
"A special secret jutsu of Kirigakure."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke's expression was serious.
Since their battle with Kirigakure began, their frontline had repeatedly crushed the Kirigakure troops led by Kouki Yakura. With the wind, lightning, and earth fronts stabilizing, Konoha ninjas even felt they had already won the war.
Now it seemed they had underestimated this last Kirigakure faction.
After all, Kirigakure is a village that stands alongside Konoha. In such a terrifying, suffocating blood mist environment, producing monsters like these isn't surprising.
Shinnosuke's gaze fixed on Yoru, his hands not stopping.
In an instant, Yoru felt the earth beneath soften, and he was about to use Body Flicker to escape.
But then the sky trembled and a large amount of sticky earth fell from above, predicting where Yoru would dodge.
Yoru raised an eyebrow and burst into another Body Flicker Technique.
Before he could land, the earth before him roiled like a raging river!
Clearly, in Yoru's brief clash with Shisui, Shinnosuke had already realized Yoru's extraordinary taijutsu and kenjutsu, as even the Uchiha fighting style-master Shisui was suppressed.
So Shinnosuke gave up close combat and switched directly to ninjutsu bombardment mode!
Even with Yoru's fast Body Flicker, facing near full-map Earth Release attacks was troublesome.
But at least one mission was done, and with a Sharingan in hand, continuing the fight was unwise.
Chaos sounds came from inside Futada Village as well—Rainyuri and Mangetsu were active, but Yoru knew they couldn't really damage the Konoha camp much.
If this continued, casualties might happen.
Once Konoha's strong ninjas regained composure, serious trouble would follow.
Yoru didn't know if Shisui had activated Mangekyo Sharingan, but the Uchiha in Futada Village definitely had.
"Enough..."
Yoru Body Flickered to evade the flying rock and earth projectiles. Drawing a flare from his pouch, he fired it into the sky while softly chanting.
"Overlord! Flesh Mask, All Phenomena, Winged Flight, Bearer of Human Name! Inscribe the Twin Lotus on the Azure Flame Wall..."
The low chant made Shinnosuke uneasy. Though his Earth Release was fierce, against Yoru's maxed Body Flicker, it was ineffective, so he increased the earth jutsu's power, hoping to restrict Yoru.
"Sarutobi Shinnosuke, son of Sarutobi Hiruzen, see you next time."
"No!"
A pale voice came from beneath a pale mask, the surrounding atmosphere surged with heat and energy, making Shinnosuke's pupils shrink as his hands slammed the ground.
"Demonic Path Seventy-Three: Twin Lotus Azure Flame Fall!"
"Earth Release: Earth Flow City Wall!"
Massive chakra surged underground, and the earth before Shinnosuke rose suddenly, forming a huge, thick wall like a fortress.
But then a loud explosion came from the wall, which was blasted apart by an incredibly terrifying energy.
Flames spread in ripples, sending hot smoke skyward, completely destroying the heavy wall.
Although Shinnosuke quickly created another Earth Flow wall, the situation remained grim.
The broken wall fell away, revealing a panting and severely chakra-depleted Shinnosuke.
"What kind of technique is that... what monster is he?"
"Right, Shisui!"