Huh…
Raizen finally made his move. After scattering dozens of afterimages, he materialized beside a Chūnin, Rasengan spinning violently in his palm.
The Chūnin barely reacted before the chakra sphere slammed into him. His body flew, convulsing in a final, tragic spasm. Raizen's eyes scanned the battlefield, calculating the next kill before the stunned Hyuga could even comprehend what happened.
The remaining three Chūnin froze in terror, watching their companion fall. But Raizen wasn't done. He darted in and out like a shadow, Rasengan appearing and disappearing at will, systematically wiping out the rest. Within moments, all five Chūnin lay lifeless at his hands.
"Asshole!" Ueshi Dezheng's roar tore through the field, his heart bleeding as he watched his men die. Yet Raizen remained untouchable.
"Pretend to be a fool…" the elite Hyuga Jōnin muttered, finally stepping forward with chilling precision.
"Eight Trigrams·Mountain Break!"
Both palms thrust forward, and chakra surged through the acupuncture channels with terrifying force. The ground beneath Raizen shattered violently, splitting open like a gaping maw. The Flying Thunder God Kunai he had strategically placed were sent flying or destroyed—coordinates disrupted, some scattered, some destroyed entirely.
"This is bad…" Raizen muttered, frowning. Losing coordination meant losing his teleport network, the backbone of his mobility.
The two Hyuga attacks moved in tandem. Ueshi Dezheng slammed the ground, summoning jagged stone cones that shot up like deadly teeth. The terrain transformed instantly, becoming a field of hazards. Raizen leapt to evade, mentally noting: So Jōnin can literally reshape the battlefield. That's… terrifying.
Meanwhile, Ueshi Tokusaka's precise chakra strikes amplified the chaos. Each palm attack sent waves of violent energy through the air, forcing Raizen into a narrow blind spot with Earth Style cones behind him and a chakra storm in front.
He quickly located four remaining Flying Thunder God Kunai through instinct. With a flash, Raizen vanished, dodging both attacks simultaneously and leaving the two Hyuga ninjas swinging at empty air.
"Over there!" one Jōnin barked, using Body Flicker to appear before Raizen in an instant. His palms exploded toward Raizen with the rush of air itself.
Huh! Too slow. Raizen vanished again, leaving the attack to slam into nothing. Even the calmest of Hyuga felt their blood boil. This little ghost—this Raizen—was weaker on paper, yet untouchable in practice. Frustration clawed at them like fire; no matter how skilled, no strike could land.
The battlefield, tense and chaotic, hung on Raizen's every blink. His afterimages, his Flying Thunder God Kunai, and his brutal efficiency left even the elite Hyuga questioning their control over the fight.