Mei reacted with incredible speed. The moment Yagura's warning left his mouth, she was already hurling several shuriken at the oncoming Fang Passing Fangs.
Whoosh~
The shuriken spun through the air.
However, the flying shuriken were directly knocked aside by the fierce winds generated by the Fang Passing Fang.
Then, the two white blurs of the Fang Passing Fang swept towards Mei.
"We've been spotted!"
A flicker of alarm passed through Mei's eyes. In the next instant, her body was violently caught up in the raging Fang Passing Fang.
Crack!
Crack!
Rip~ Rip~ Rip~
Under the onslaught of the savage Fang Passing Fang, Mei's bones and flesh were shredded. She was visibly being torn to pieces.
"Heh!"
"One down!"
At that moment-
The whirlwinds generated by the Fang Passing Fang abruptly stopped. Then, two Konoha's Ninjas, identical in appearance, materialized on the ground.
'Messy hair, middle-aged… shadow clones?'
'No!'
'Beast Human Clone!'
Sora's expression remained calm as he watched everything unfold impassively.
The attack seemed fierce, but both its speed and power fell far short of Jonin-level, barely reaching Chunin-level at best.
Chunin in their thirties or forties?
With talent like that, no wonder he had no impression of them. They were just cannon fodder, extras!
At that moment-
A sudden change occurred on the field.
The Mei who had seemingly been instantly killed by the Fang Passing Fang had, at some point, appeared on the branch of a large tree.
Her hands forming hand seals, and she spat out a glob of steaming, corrosive liquid.
"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!!!"
The Kekkei Genkai, Lava Release!
This was Mei's signature technique. At its highest level, it could even melt the armor of Sasuke's Susanoo, let alone an ordinary Ninja.
In an instant,
The previously smug Inuzuka Clan's Ninja was drenched head to toe in the terrifying acid. He didn't even have time to scream before the highly corrosive liquid burned through his throat.
Then, his skin, flesh, and bones rapidly dissolved, turning into a puddle of bloody water within moments.
"Konoha's Chunin, who do you think you're looking down on?"
A mocking glint flashed in Mei's almond-shaped eyes.
'These Konoha's Ninjas were truly arrogant, thinking they could kill her, Kirigakure's rising star, with a mere Fang Passing Fang?'
'Pathetic Chunin, utterly laughable.'
Simultaneously with the attack on Mei, a cold voice suddenly rang out behind Sora.
"You..."
"Have entered my Eight Trigrams field!"
In a flash,
Taking advantage of the winds stirred by the Fang Passing Fang, a Jonin from Hyuga Clan had flickered behind Sora. His body was slightly crouched, his Byakugan glaringly active, assuming the opening stance of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
This was the Hyuga Clan's secret technique, using Gentle Fist strikes on the body's Tenketsu to seal the enemy's Chakra. Its single-target lethality was remarkable.
"Eight Trigrams!"
"Sixty-Four..."
However,
Just as the Hyuga Jonin finished his pose and prepared to launch his attack, he found his arms, held out like a white crane spreading its wings, suddenly floating away lightly.
"Huh?"
"What?"
After a moment of stunned disbelief, the Hyuga Jonin felt a bone-piercing, intense pain. Both his arms had been severed, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
"Ahhhhhh..."
The scream was cut short.
Because a long sword had pierced through his throat.
His eyes instantly turned dull.
"The pose was cool..."
Sora smiled, "But remember to be faster in your next life."
As he spoke, he withdrew the Hyorinmaru from the man's throat and casually kicked the Hyuga Jonin's corpse to the ground.
At the same time, Yagura had also swiftly dealt with the Inuzuka Clan's Ninja who had attacked him. Both users of the Fang Passing Fang were only Chunin-level and couldn't last more than a few moves against Yagura.
Soon, both the man and his dog lay dead.
"You're really disgusting."
Mei Terumi jumped to Sora's side, looking somewhat disdainfully at the mutilated Hyuga Clan's corpse on the ground. "Do you always have to make such a mess? Can't you leave the opponent's body intact?"
"Perverted?"
Sora gave Mei a speechless look, then glanced at the bloody puddle in the acid nearby, feeling a bit like he'd been bitten by the dog he saved.
At that moment, Yagura, standing over the corpses of the man and dog, suddenly frowned and said, "Konoha's Ninjas usually operate in four-man cells. We've only seen three. The numbers don't match."
Then, their gazes simultaneously locked onto an inconspicuous bush.
"Hmm?"
At that moment.
The Hyuga Clan's Ninja hiding in the bush, waiting for an opportunity, suddenly felt as if Death itself had fixed its gaze upon him.
Goosebumps rose on his arms, and a startling chill exploded from his tailbone, shooting straight to the back of his head.
'It's over!'
'I've been discovered!'
'Run! Now!'
The Hyuga Clan's Ninja's face contorted in terror. His two teammates and his Jonin Captain were dead. He stood no chance against the enemies.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Without a second thought, he burst out of the bush, scrambling and crawling to get away.
'Faster!'
'Even faster!'
'If I wasn't fast enough, I would really die!'
However,
Such thing was impossible.
How could a Chunin possibly escape from right under Sora's nose?
"Vacuum Ice Blade!"
Instantly, Sora swung the Hyorinmaru in his hand.
A terrifying ice blade materialized, slicing through the air and cleanly bisecting the fleeing Hyuga Chunin at the waist.
Squelch!
The end of a life.
The Hyuga Chunin could only watch as his body separated into two halves, experiencing the same piercing despair Hizashi had felt before dying.
This instantly wiped-out team was a standard Konoha's combat cell: one Jonin + three Chunin.
With the addition of two Kekkei Genkai Users and two Inuzuka Clan's secret technique users, it was practically a top-tier configuration.
A pity…
Their luck was just too bad.
Running into Sora, plus the future Fourth and Fifth Mizukage duo from the original work... one could only say it was fated misfortune, like stepping out without checking the almanac.
A few minutes later,
The heads of the two Hyuga Ninjas were also severed by Mei using kunai and sealed into a scroll.
She was quite self-aware. As the weakest member of the team, she consciously took on the task of cleaning up the battlefield.
"With Hyuga Ninjas present..."
Yagura also jumped to Sora's side, shaking his head. "This Konoha's team discovered us in advance. Instead of retreating, they actually dared to stay and ambush us. I really don't know what they were thinking."
"Konoha is always like this, arrogant and looking down on everyone."
Sora said flatly.
However,
No sooner had the words left his mouth.
Boooooom!!!
A deafening, earth-shattering roar came from a direction dozens of kilometers ahead.
The sound exploded like thunder. Even from this distance, it made their eardrums tremble.
"Hmm?"
Sora looked up, his gaze turning towards the direction of the explosion.
At that moment, a system prompt tone suddenly rang in his ears.