"Brat, you're looking for death."
Hiroki's expression turned fierce. He hadn't intended to pay much attention to Ren, but the latter's repeated pestering successfully ignited his killing intent.
"Tsk, stop wasting time. Today, it's either you die, or you die."
Ren rolled his eyes, no longer bothering with the opponent, and began to form hand signs.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
With Ren's sharp cry, a water dragon soared from behind him, circling in the sky for a moment before rushing straight towards Hiroki.
"Earth Release: Earth Wall!"
Hiroki's reaction wasn't slow either. Just as the water dragon approached, a thick earth wall rose from the ground, but it was immediately shattered by the attacking water dragon, scattering into large and small fragments. However, the water dragon also lost momentum and dispersed in the air.
"My turn!"
After dodging the scattering fragments, Hiroki quickly ran towards Ren, his right hand raised high, a morbid smile on his face.
"Lightning Release: Earth Corridor!"
Ren didn't sit idly by, but instead retreated while forming hand signs. Fine electrical currents coursed along the ground, rapidly spreading towards Hiroki.
"Uh…"
Hiroki quickly dodged to the side, but still couldn't completely avoid it. After being struck by a current, his body instantly became paralysed, though he recovered quickly. However, his offence was interrupted.
"Kid, you're quite good at running!"
Hiroki's killing intent surged instantly, feeling like he had been played. He quickly formed hand signs with both hands, then slammed them heavily onto the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Pillar Spear!"
Ren felt a violent tremor under his feet and, without hesitation, used the nearby rocks to suddenly leap into the air.
Sure enough, in the next instant, two or three sharp rock spikes burst from the ground. If Ren had been a step slower, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Now, where will you run?"
Seeing Ren in the air with nowhere to gain leverage, Hiroki's face showed a triumphant, cunning smile. As a battle-hardened veteran, he didn't miss this excellent opportunity.
He took two steps forward to gain momentum, then suddenly leapt up to attack Ren, who was beginning to descend. He began to gather Chakra in mid-air, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the latter.
"Damn it, why are young people so bloodthirsty?"
As Ren descended, he didn't forget to mock Hiroki, which instantly darkened Hiroki's face, and the speed at which he gathered Chakra increased by several points.
At this moment, Hiroki had already flown in front of Ren, and the explosive Chakra in his right hand was fully charged.
"Die! Detonating Clay Fist!"
As Hiroki expected, as his fist landed on Ren, a violent explosion occurred directly in the air, black smoke scattering and spreading in mid-air.
"Looks like your comrade was blown to smithereens by Lord Hiroki, ah hahahaha."
The Iwagakure Jonin, clutching his bleeding left arm, sneered at Ryufeng.
"Heh, you should worry about yourself first."
Ryufeng's expression didn't waver at his words. Instead, he quickly formed hand signs with both hands. Fire Release Chakra gathered in his throat. A massive, scorching fireball flew forward.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
The Iwagakure Jonin gritted his teeth, only able to force himself to dodge. A wave of powerlessness rose within him.
He had been caught off guard and had his left arm injured by this brat, which significantly reduced his combat power. After all, most of his strength lay in Ninjutsu. Now, he could only hope that Hiroki would come to support him quickly.
As expected of the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan, such extraordinary ability is truly terrifying.
Meanwhile, on Hayama's side, as time passed, the opposing Iwagakure Jonin gradually fell into a disadvantage against Hayama's continuous onslaught. Defeat was only a matter of time.
At this moment, both sides were giving their absolute best, with no time to pay attention to their surroundings. After all, this was a battlefield; the price of losing was losing one's life, with no other option.
"Hmph, the brat runs pretty fast."
Hiroki landed from mid-air, his expression somewhat grim. Although he had successfully hit, the human-shaped electric current that exploded at the end told him that Ren had successfully escaped using a Lightning Clone.
"Don't get distracted."
Hearing the voice from behind, Hiroki didn't hesitate. While gathering Chakra in his right hand, he suddenly turned around and indeed saw that Ren had already rushed close, swinging a punch at him.
"Detonating Clay Fist!"
Hiroki's expression turned disdainful. To dare to clash with his Bakuton fist, even a Kage would have an arm crippled by him.
"Heheheh."
To Hiroki's surprise, Ren's mouth curved into a smile. Before Hiroki could react, Ren directly bent at the waist, hunched his back, and lowered his head, crashing directly into Hiroki's embrace, causing Hiroki's Detonating Clay Fist to miss.
"Hm?"
Hiroki, bewildered by Ren's manoeuvre, instinctively lowered his head, then immediately let out a scream. Hiroki, under attack, frantically gathered a large amount of Bakuton Chakra in both fists and struck the ground.
To avoid being caught in the blast, Ren abruptly retreated five meters from Hiroki. Just as he landed, a huge roar came from Hiroki's side. When the smoke cleared, Hiroki was half-kneeling on the ground in pain, clutching his left eye, with streams of blood gushing from it, staining his cheek and palm.
"Brat!"
Hiroki suddenly looked up and, with a forceful motion of his hand, directly gouged out his left eye. Everyone nearby who noticed gasped in unison.
The eyeball in Hiroki's palm was completely stained red with blood, and a slender water needle was plunged right through its centre, piercing the entire eyeball.
"You Konoha guys are truly despicable!"
Shiroyama, seeing Hiroki with one eye blinded, roared at Tsunade while his fist followed.
"Hmph, and it's not despicable when you ally with Sunagakure?"
Tsunade sneered, directly throwing a punch that forced Shiroyama back, then turned her head to glance at Ren's side.
Good job, brat!
"It seems we worried too much."
Nara Shikaku, while fighting Ebizo, was also observing the movements across the entire battlefield. Upon seeing the situation on Ren's side, he immediately felt reassured, as if he had eaten a calming pill.
At the same time, his respect for Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade grew even more.
As expected, Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade are truly far-sighted. This kid, Ren, really gave us a big surprise!
"That brat who fought Ye Cang last time, has he gotten stronger…?"
Chiyo also noticed the commotion over there. Upon seeing that Ren had actually blinded Hiroki, whose strength was comparable to Ye Cang, and remained completely unharmed himself.
And Ryufeng, who was suppressing the Iwagakure Jonin, she couldn't help but feel a strange sense of loss.
Why does Konoha always have so many geniuses, so many that it makes one jealous?
Then she looked at their Hidden Sand Village. The younger generation was completely crushed by Konoha. Except for her grandson Sasori, who also forcibly left the village after killing his comrades and was listed as a rogue ninja.
"Sigh."
Chiyo sighed inwardly. After regaining her composure, she began to focus on manipulating puppets to deal with Sakumo Hatake.
After all, what's done is done. All I can do now is use the full strength of the village to win this battle!