Chapter 290: Earth Release: Flying Gravel Mastery
Stone Ninja Jonin Shigeto, standing behind the woods, looked resolutely at his subordinate charging toward the Land of Rain nobles’ large ship.
His mission was to sabotage the water diversion canal at the foot of the Ji Gang Mountain Range, to weaken the Land of Wind.
Looking at the samurai on the ship, Shigeto just found them ridiculous.
Drawing their swords for what? Could they block a Stone Ninja squad’s ninjas?
On the large ship, Koizumi Chisa felt a bit panicked in her heart. She saw ninjas rapidly approaching over the water surface and first thought they were ninjas hired by the Land of Wind nobles.
The Land of Wind nobles were equally flustered: “Princess Chisa! I can represent the Daimyo of the Land of Wind to correct the mistake. There’s no need to have ninjas take action!”
Koizumi Chisa said: “These are not ninjas we hired. I am just here to conduct preliminary investigation, not to take action.”
She thought of the Fox right beside her, and her heart immediately settled.
No matter who the approaching ninjas were, they couldn’t make waves in front of Konoha Anbu’s top expert.
On the other side of the riverbank, Yoru and the Yak Squad crouched in the bushes.
The Yak felt urgent in his heart; he was about to cleanse an A-rank target from the Assassination Manual.
An A-rank mission was in hand.
Yoru waved his hand, leading the Yak Squad to body flicker out.
Shigeto saw Anbu ninjas suddenly appear on the opposite side, and a trace of unease appeared in his heart.
Why were there Anbu here? Which ninja village’s Anbu?
Anbu wearing a white hooded robe rapidly charged over the water surface.
After seeing that special mask, Shigeto’s pupils suddenly contracted sharply.
Copper Fox!
Shigeto hurriedly formed hand seals, using his most proficient ninjutsu.
Earth Release: Flying Gravel!
After one seal, Shigeto spat out Earth Release chakra from his mouth, the chakra turning into blocks of stones that flew at high speed toward Copper Fox.
Yoru nodded repeatedly; the goods were verified successfully. It was the impact-type Earth Release he needed.
The stones flew over, emitting dense whistling sounds.
Yoru drew his ninja sword, testing the strength of the stones.
With one slash after another, with Yoru’s agility, after shattering 5 stones, he was forced to dodge sideways by the dense stones.
The attack had strong continuity, estimated to have over a hundred stones.
Some stones had special shape changes, with sharp tips like stone spears.
Yoru kept shifting sideways, the dense stones from Earth Release: Flying Gravel sweeping horizontally, relentlessly chasing Yoru.
Not bad, with good flexibility.
Yoru used Half Absolute Defense: Ring Snake to hard-block the stones, then rushed close to Stone Ninja Shigeto.
Shigeto leaned back, dodging Copper Fox’s fist.
At the same time, he lifted one foot, a blade popping out from under his foot, kicking toward Yoru’s throat at an extremely concealed angle.
Shigeto saw his mechanism blade pierce Copper Fox’s throat!
Why hadn’t he seen Copper Fox’s signature Absolute Defense Secret Jutsu?
Never mind, the trump card killed Copper Fox. Good luck.
【Host death detected, Moon Arc System activating···】
Yoru’s vision changed before his eyes, returning to the previous full moon night; he was still inside Konoha Village.
【Moon Arc activated!
Host has only one resurrection opportunity per month, resurrecting on the previous full moon night after death.
Reward: one lucky draw opportunity···】
Yoru chose mastery-level Earth Release: Flying Gravel.
Thus, he finally mastered five types of impact-style Five Release Ninjutsu, making Five Elemental Great Exploding Air Bullet the sub-account Shiroki’s first trump card.
The plot developed the same as in the previous life.
Yoru, on the shore of Jishui River, encountered Shigeto executing the sabotage water diversion canal mission.
This time, Yoru didn’t probe much, continuously shifting sideways to bypass Shigeto’s Earth Release: Flying Gravel.
He rushed close to Shigeto and saw Shigeto still leaning back to dodge his fist.
As Shigeto leaned back, he kicked up a foot, the hidden blade on his foot popping out, stabbing toward Yoru’s throat.
The skin on Yoru’s neck turned red copper color, snapping the blade.
Not only that, Yoru already had a kunai hidden in his hand, ruthlessly stabbing into Shigeto’s abdomen.
The same move couldn’t be used on Yoru twice.
Just as Yoru thought he had everything under control, Shigeto’s hand slapped the ground.
“Perish together! Earth Release: Ant Hell!”
The ground under Shigeto suddenly turned into quicksand, as if countless insects and ants had loosened the soil.
A quicksand vortex appeared on the ground. Shigeto grabbed Yoru’s shoulder, sinking underground together.
Ant Hell was Shigeto’s other trump card. The moment he saw Copper Fox, he had already prepared to perish together with Copper Fox.
Breaking Copper Fox’s defense was impossible; he didn’t have that strength. But trapping Copper Fox and burying him underground to kill him was his last hope.
His Ant Hell could create a quicksand vortex over a hundred meters deep. Anyone entering Ant Hell would sink in the quicksand vortex and ultimately suffocate to death in the quicksand.
The surrounding quicksand pressure grew greater and greater.
Yoru wanted to form seals, but his arm was grabbed by Shigeto and pressed by the quicksand.
Several minutes later, White Crane was the first to arrive beside Ant Hell.
“Squad Leader!”
Another minute passed, and seeing no movement from under the quicksand, White Crane took out a scroll, preparing to send this intelligence to Root immediately.
Konoha Anbu’s top expert miscalculated in front of a Stone Ninja Jonin and unexpectedly died to the Stone Ninja Jonin’s trump card.
Shigeto mastering such a powerful Ant Hell was never recorded in intelligence.
The Yak finished off Shigeto’s subordinates and also arrived beside Ant Hell.
He was proficient in Earth Release and hurriedly formed seals.
“Earth Release: Earth Moving Core!”
Ant Hell and the surrounding ground rapidly rose.
Rising over thirty meters, a square earth pillar appeared on the shore.
Unexpectedly, there was so much chakra in Ant Hell, making the quicksand extremely heavy.
Lifting the ground over thirty meters high had already reached the Yak’s limit.
The earth pillar collapsed, and the quicksand inside rushed out like a mudslide.
No sign of Fox Captain. After taking a deep breath, the Yak squeezed out more chakra, continuing with Earth Release: Earth Moving Core.
This time, he lifted the nearby ground over twenty meters, the Yak panting heavily.
The earth pillar collapsed, but there was still no one in the quicksand inside.
The Yak felt anxious in his heart. How deep was this Ant Hell exactly?
Ninja battles were always perilous, and some ninjas consciously hid trump cards.
A clever chunin might not dodge a jonin’s ninjutsu, but if closing in, could trade one for one with a jonin.
As everyone knew, Fox Captain was not afraid of physical attacks, but even steel muscles and iron bones feared being trapped.
“What are you doing! White Crane!”
The other team members were searching for Fox Captain in the quicksand, but White Crane had summoned a ninja hawk.
That was one of Root’s intelligence transmission methods. White Crane was waiting to confirm Fox’s death and inform Root immediately.
If Lord Danzo mastered the intelligence first, he could very likely use it to seize an Anbu squad ahead, taking Fox Squad.
She was originally a spy Root sent to Anbu, to scout Anbu intelligence, especially to scout intelligence on Anbu’s top expert Fox.
The irritable Yak suddenly quieted down.
He saw in the woods behind White Crane, Fox Captain standing unscathed, staring at White Crane’s back.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely die to Shigeto’s desperate final strike.
Unfortunately, Yoru mastered the Mayfly Technique; at a depth of over a hundred meters underground, it was like going home.
White Crane strangely looked at Yak Captain, not knowing why the Yak had suddenly calmed down.
Then, she heard a terrifying voice.
“Write! Fox Squad Captain safely dodged Stone Ninja Jonin’s Earth Release: Ant Hell deathbed counterattack. Fox’s Earth Release attainment far surpasses most Stone Ninja Jonin.”
White Crane turned her head slowly in terror, seeing Fox Captain’s mask and the squad leader’s icy gaze.
“Write it just like that, then report this intelligence to Root.”
