In the dense forest less than five kilometers from the town, Yakura dispelled her Transformation Technique, holding a Kunai in each hand.
Crouching low, she glared with murderous intent at the dozen or so Hidden Mist Ninja before her.
Two Scorch Release: OverSteam Kill fireballs floated beside her, the intense heat causing the Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique cast by the Hidden Mist Ninja to lose most of its effectiveness.
At her feet, a Hidden Mist Jonin lay like a dried corpse, completely devoid of life.
Without any pleasantries or threats, Suikazan Fuguki, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, grinned hideously and gestured to his companions behind him.
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Although they had not lured all the Hidden Sand Ninja as planned.
It was even possible that those Hidden Sand Ninja were hiding in the shadows, waiting to ambush them.
But as the linchpin of the Hidden Sand team, as long as they quickly took down Yakura, the remaining Hidden Sand Ninja would be nothing more than a disorganized rabble.
"Water Release: Collaboration: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
Under the command of Suikazan Fuguki, fifteen Hidden Mist Ninja simultaneously used Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
A torrent of water gushed from their mouths.
Similar chakra natures, when performing the same ninjutsu at the same time, fused and converged, forming a monstrous wave capable of submerging everything around them!
Yakura's eyes flashed slightly. She leaped and dashed, quickly dodging the surging, colliding waves coming from all directions.
Before she could pull the battlefield apart and break the encirclement of the Hidden Mist Ninja before her.
The three Hidden Mist Jonin following behind Suikazan Fuguki had already completed their hand seals.
"Summoning Technique: Black-Eyed Crab!"
"Summoning Technique: Great Swordfish!"
"Summoning Technique: Man-Eating Shark!"
Chakra smoke enveloped the surroundings.
The three massive figures vaguely visible in the smoke made Yakura feel immense pressure.
Before the smoke could dissipate, the three Jonin had already cooperated with their summoned beasts to launch Water Release: Water Bullet Barrage.
Water spheres over two meters in diameter, containing massive amounts of chakra, bombarded the surrounded Yakura like cannonballs, one after another.
The fifteen Hidden Mist Ninja who had used the collaboration water ninjutsu earlier did not stop either.
Eight of them stood in eight directions, forming hand seals, maintaining the output of chakra, preventing the water ninjutsu under their feet from dissipating.
The remaining seven plunged directly into the water, shooting towards Yakura from underwater.
The overwhelming water ninjutsu attacks caused the Scorch Release fireballs rotating around Yakura to quickly extinguish.
The seven Hidden Mist Ninja lurking in the water also leaped out of the water one after another to launch attacks.
"Guhahahaha~ Yakura! Where else can you run this time!"
Suikazan Fuguki drew the great sword Samehada from his back.
Watching Yakura, who had already sustained several wounds in a short period and was unable to mount an effective counterattack, only able to dodge in a sorry state.
Her heart was filled with the joy of imminent revenge.
With a move of his feet, Suikazan Fuguki, wielding Samehada, charged straight at Yakura, treading on the water.
"Scorch Release: Scorching Stream!"
Yakura saw Suikazan Fuguki rapidly approaching.
After exerting herself to barely kick away two Hidden Mist Ninja ambushing from underwater, she formed hand seals and slammed her hands fiercely onto the water surface beneath her.
Scorching heat began to spread from her palms.
The ceaseless flow of water beneath her feet became as scalding as boiling water in the blink of an eye.
The Hidden Mist Ninja ambushing from underwater hurriedly distanced themselves, trying to avoid the rapidly churning and boiling water.
But still, two of them were a step too slow and were engulfed by the boiling water.
When they struggled to get out of the water, their entire bodies were covered in blisters, and they couldn't stop letting out screams of agony.
Even three huge summoning beasts had one turn into smoke and disappear because it couldn't dodge in time.
The remaining two were also forced back a distance.
"Activating such a large-scale Scorch Release, how much chakra do you have left to use!"
The smile on Suikazan Fuguki's face became more and more ferocious as he leaped up, crossing the scalding water surface.
The great sword Samehada in his hand slashed straight at Yakura's face as she was activating her ninjutsu!
"Scorch Release: Vapor Killing!"
Yakura changed her hand seals and quickly used her most familiar Scorch Release.
With a support of her palms, the Scorch Release fireball collided with Samehada.
"Hiss ha~!"
The great sword Samehada let out a painful hiss, and its gray-blue surface turned slightly red.
The blade kept twisting, and the spikes on it stood up straight.
"Baby, soon you'll taste the most delicious chakra!"
Suikazan Fuguki comforted Samehada with a word, ignoring his already slightly burned arm, and kept slashing with the great sword in his hand.
Clang! Clang! Clang~!
Under the heavy and powerful slashes, Yakura's kunai was knocked away with just a few strikes.
And her hands and arms were also scraped and penetrated by the spikes on Samehada due to the close-range collision, becoming covered in blood.
Even more chakra was sucked away from her body.
Facing Suikazan Fuguki's strong attack and the entanglement of several Hidden Mist Ninja, Yakura knew that she couldn't face them head-on.
She secretly prayed that her teammates could arrive soon.
"Ah~!"
"It's Hidden Sand's Wind Release!"
"Get out of the way!"
As Suikazan Fuguki continued to exert pressure, the Hidden Mist Ninja's exclamations rang out.
The eight Hidden Mist Ninja who had been preventing the Water Release from dissipating were simultaneously attacked by Wind Release.
Despite being prepared, one was directly beheaded.
The remaining seven, though two suffered minor cuts, managed to evade the Hidden Sand Ninja's assault.
However, the Water Release, which they had been confining to the combat area, rapidly dispersed due to the loss of chakra control.
The advantageous terrain they had painstakingly created vanished in an instant.
Taking advantage of Suikazan Fuguki's distraction, Yakura struck directly at the greatsword Samehada in his hand with her Scorch Release: OverSteam Kill.
Samehada roared in pain from the heat.
The scorching temperature transmitted through the hilt forced Suikazan Fuguki to release it temporarily.
The twelve Hidden Sand Ninja clashed with the remaining Hidden Mist Ninja.
The original encirclement formation collapsed.
A fierce battle began.
No longer surrounded, Yakura, facing Suikazan Fuguki who had lost the greatsword Samehada, unleashed her killing intent and immediately switched from defense to offense.
Meanwhile, Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato, waiting for an opportunity in the town,
had been quietly biding their time, using sensory ninjutsu and the crows circling overhead to maintain observation.
Seeing the Hidden Sand Ninja intentionally drawing out the battlefield,
luring the Hidden Mist Ninja away from the dense forest filled with water,
and several severely injured Hidden Mist Ninja and a Hidden Sand Jonin, heavily wounded and nearly incapacitated, left isolated,
Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato immediately realized their chance had come.
Under Yamanaka Kei's control, three crows carrying the Flying Thunder God Technique Formula dove down from the sky in a triangular formation.
One headed straight for the injured and incapacitated Hidden Sand Jonin.
The other two targeted the injured Hidden Mist Ninja and the location where the greatsword Samehada had fallen.
"Minato, the sword! The greatsword Samehada!"
Yamanaka Kei's eyes gleamed as he stared at Namikaze Minato.
The greatsword Samehada!
The most unique of the Hidden Mist's Seven Ninja Swordsmen's blades, and the only one with life.
It not only absorbs the opponent's chakra, but also provides the absorbed chakra to its wielder.
It can also use the stored massive chakra to stimulate the regeneration of body cells.
Even if one doesn't care about their appearance, they can merge with Samehada to become a fish-man, allowing the body to live completely freely in the water, greatly increasing water combat ability.
Although in the original story, it ultimately backstabbed its user, Hoshigaki Kisame, becoming a traitor and defecting to the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B.
But this thing is really useful under normal circumstances!
"You really are..."
Namikaze Minato, facing his best friend whose eyes were shining, really couldn't bring himself to refuse, and could only smile helplessly.
His figure flashed and he directly activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, disappearing from the spot.
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