Chapter 45: Mission Accomplished
The soft voice echoed again, and with it, a flash of cold light appeared. Blood Ninja's hairs stood on end as he quickly drew a kunai with his left hand to block the incoming sword strike.
His peripheral vision flicked toward the spot where Gen had been standing just moments ago. There was no one there now.
After the sword passed, Gen's figure reappeared at the same spot, as if he had suddenly materialized from the space itself.
"What kind of ninjutsu is this?" Blood Ninja's cold sweat dripped down from his nose. He couldn't grasp the movements of his opponent and didn't understand how Gen had suddenly appeared beside him. Such ninjutsu defied all logic—this shouldn't be possible.
Gen didn't respond, instead, he casually waved the Tianyun Sword in his hand and muttered, "It's really not as convenient as using kunai. If Madara had made that slash just now, even if he didn't die, he'd at least be seriously wounded. How is it that this guy only suffered a light injury?"
Gen tested the feel of the sword again, smiling lightly, "But it's fine. I'll just treat him as a practice target. It's also good to train my physical skills."
With a thought, Gen vanished in an instant and reappeared right in front of Blood Ninja, the Tianyun Sword flashing with cold light as it slashed toward him again.
Blood Ninja reacted quickly. He had already witnessed this strange attack twice. While he couldn't yet figure out the pattern of Gen's sudden appearances, he stayed alert, trying his best to defend himself.
In moments like these, calmness was essential. His right hand thrust out a kunai to block the strike, while his left kunai aimed straight for Gen's eyes.
It missed!
Blood Ninja's eyes widened in realization. The opponent was right in front of him, and with no warning, Gen disappeared again, vanishing like a shadow. In less than a breath, Gen reappeared, his long sword aimed directly for Blood Ninja's throat.
His heart raced again as he barely dodged, quickly thrusting his kunai blindly toward Gen.
But... he still missed!
Before he could regain his stance, Gen's sword came down again, a relentless barrage of strikes. Blood Ninja couldn't even find an opening to fight back.
Blood Ninja gritted his teeth, defending purely by instinct. At this point, ninjutsu and physical techniques seemed useless. He couldn't even form hand seals, and as for taijutsu, it was pointless when the opponent's strikes were so fast and precise.
The sword strikes grew faster, each one stronger than the last. It was like a flash of light endlessly circling him, with only flashes of kunai visible as Blood Ninja desperately tried to counter.
In reality, Blood Ninja was simply forced to defend passively. He had no idea how many times he had been slashed, his body riddled with wounds from the continuous attacks.
"This isn't good, I can't keep going like this!"
Blood Ninja shouted in his mind. He was frustrated; he had already realized that Gen's taijutsu wasn't on his level. However, the strange ninjutsu—appearing and disappearing so abruptly—was completely unpredictable. Without it, he was confident he could defeat Gen in a fair contest of taijutsu within ten minutes.
But those were just his fantasies. Another sword strike came from the left, and before he could block it, another attack came from the right. Before he could even react, the attack from above glinted with cold light. It was as though countless enemies surrounded him, all attacking from all directions. Blood Ninja's kunai was spinning in the air, blocking strikes left and right, but it was futile.
After his shoulder was slashed open again, he let out a loud scream, "Blood Secret Technique: Blood Wall Formation!"
This was one of the few secret techniques he mastered that didn't require hand seals, but it came with a great cost—it required a large amount of blood.
Immediately, all his wounds burst open, and blood sprayed outward, filling the air. It quickly formed a mist and turned into a blood-colored barrier that enveloped him like a shield.
With the protective shield in place, Blood Ninja finally had a moment to breathe. He had never imagined that one day, a special jonin would push him to such a degree.
Shaking his dizzy head—due to excessive blood loss—he thought to himself, "The Blood Wall Formation only lasts for a short while. I must think of a strategy during this time. Such a nonsensical ninjutsu, how could something like that exist? If it did, the user would be invincible! There must be something I missed. Stay calm, stay calm."
Blood Ninja replayed every moment of his fight with Gen in his mind, not overlooking a single detail, scanning his body for any clues. There had to be something he hadn't noticed—no ninjutsu could make sense of this!
Suddenly, he saw a strange red glow reflected from his right arm.
"What's this? A chakra thread?"
His heart skipped a beat. He focused and saw that a kunai was wrapped in chakra threads on his right arm. The blood had stained the threads red, which made him notice it.
It was at that moment that a flash of insight hit him—he remembered the kunai he had dodged at the beginning of their fight.
"The attacks were so relentless, I never had a chance to breathe. Such an obvious mistake happened under my nose!"
With a forceful tug, he snapped the chakra threads, pulling the kunai free. It was longer than the typical ninja kunai, clearly a special-made one. Many intricate seals were etched onto it, which he couldn't understand.
"So that's how it is!" Blood Ninja gritted his teeth and crushed the kunai in his hand with a snap.
At a distance, Gen let out a light laugh, stepping on the kunai he had initially placed, and said, "Finally figured it out? Not too bad."
The Sharingan in Gen's eyes spun, and with a swift hand seal, as soon as the Blood Wall Formation ended, a fire dragon shot out from his mouth. "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bomb!"
Seeing Gen start using ninjutsu, Blood Ninja's suspicions were confirmed. He quickly formed his own hand seals, "Blood Secret Technique: Blood Light Wave!"
A massive wave of blood-colored light shot toward Gen's fire dragon, and the two attacks collided with a massive explosion. The shockwave of chakra sent debris flying, and nearby buildings were reduced to rubble. Townsfolk with backdoors had already escaped, and those who didn't had fled out the side windows. Thankfully, there were minimal casualties this time.
Just as the explosion settled, six kunai, reflecting cold light, shot toward Blood Ninja.
"Where are you?" Blood Ninja frantically scanned his surroundings, trying to locate Gen.
Suddenly, a flash of cold light appeared, and Gen's figure reappeared in front of him. With the sword in hand, he lunged at Blood Ninja's heart.
Blood Ninja barely managed to avoid the fatal blow, but the sword still pierced his shoulder. He grinned. "Gotcha!" His kunai was already in the air, aimed at Gen's heart. With a deep breath, he felt that his plan had succeeded. The only chance to defeat Gen was when he was being attacked. It seemed that luck was on his side this time.
However, before Blood Ninja could relax, Gen's figure suddenly dissipated into a puff of smoke, and a kunai stabbed into Blood Ninja's back.
"How could this happen…? Was that a clone technique? But why was it able to move on its own and even show expressions like the real one?" Blood Ninja thought, but before he could even turn around, his vision blurred.
"This technique is called Spiral Flash Ultra Ramen Dance Form Three. Just kidding, it was just a simple Shadow Clone combined with Flying Thunder God." Gen pulled his hand out, muttering to himself with a cold smile.
"Ding! You have killed a special jonin of the Chiga clan. Reward: 5000 points!"
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