"Damn you, Kurota!"
Seeing his comrade killed by Seii, Oda Naikou, whether out of guilt or sothing else, cursed and recklessly charged at Seii.
However, even when they worked together, the two of them couldn't defeat Seii, let alone now, when Oda is alone.
After only a few dozen moves, Seii gained the upper hand and left several wounds on Oda's body with his short sword.
Yet, despite this, Oda did not retreat.
Naturally, Seii wasn't going to show any rcy.
A dozen more moves passed, and just as Seii was about to seriously injure his opponent, the ground beneath his feet suddenly began to shift and soften.
Seii reacted quickly. The mont he sensed sothing was wrong, he gave up his attack, tapped the ground lightly with his toes, and swiftly left the spot.
The next mont, the ground he had just been standing on turned into a swamp.
It was clear that if he had stayed there just a mont longer, the swamp would have swallowed him whole.
"Who is it?"
Seii was confused and scanned his surroundings.
Before he could locate the hidden attacker, as soon as his feet touched the ground, a sharp rock spike shot up from below, aiming directly at his heart.
This ambush ca fast and fierce, perfectly following the swamp technique just used.
For an ordinary ninja, facing this kind of consecutive attack would have ant serious injury, if not death.
But Seii was different. He had the Sharingan, giving him reflexes several tis faster than normal.
So, when the rock spike first erged, he quickly perford a double jump and created more distance.
In the end, the spike only pierced the afterimage he left behind.
However, this was just the beginning. Before he could steady himself, another spike appeared.
Then a third, and a fourth...
Seii dodged the rock spikes like a gymnast, twisting and turning within a radius of several ters, avoiding one spike after another.
In just a few seconds, he had dodged dozens of rock spikes.
The hidden attacker seed to realize these strikes weren't enough to hurt Seii, so they stopped wasting chakra and ceased the jutsu.
Seeing no more spikes appearing, Seii let out a quiet breath.
Though the attacks hadn't truly threatened him, losing the initiative felt unsettling.
Moreover, there was another Iwa ninja lurking in the shadows, which kept him on edge.
Yes, it wasn't just one person attacking him—there were two.
The ninja responsible for creating the rock spikes was different from the one who had transford the ground into a swamp. Otherwise, the sequence of attacks wouldn't have been so seamless.
After all, performing hand signs takes ti.
As Seii pondered this, a sudden water arrow shot toward him from a distance, moving at an incredible speed.
But Seii's reaction was quicker. Sensing the danger, he sidestepped just in ti.
The water arrow grazed his arm and pierced through a large tree behind him, showing just how powerful it was.
This was undoubtedly a high-level Water Release technique.
Seii looked toward the direction from which the water arrow had co and saw an Iwa ninja standing with both hands raised to his chest, mouth slightly open.
There was no doubt this ninja had launched the water arrow.
But Seii's attention wasn't entirely focused on him, because nearby, another Iwa ninja was crouching on the ground, moving his hands away from the earth, as if he had just used so technique.
With everything pieced together, Seii would have been a fool not to realize who his attackers were.
Clearly, the ninja who had just perford the "Earth Release: Earth Pillar Spears" jutsu, creating the rock spikes, was the one who had been trying to ambush him earlier.
"Two Jonin, huh?"
Seii glanced over both of them and instantly judged from their massive chakra reserves that these two were indeed Jonin.
Looking over at Oda Naikou, who had nearly been forced into a corner by him earlier, Seii thought to himself, "Two Jonin, and a Special Jonin? They must really think highly of !"
Without waiting for the three enemies to surround him, Seii imdiately dashed toward Oda Naikou.
As the saying goes, "It's better to break one finger than to hurt all ten."
Of the three, Oda had the weakest strength, and he had already suffered considerable damage, making him the perfect target.
As for the two others in the distance...
Now that Seii was prepared, he wasn't too worried about any sneak attacks from them.
After all, with both sides' ninjas fighting nearby, they couldn't risk using any large-scale jutsu. If it was just small techniques, Seii was confident he could dodge them.
Thus, he chose to ignore the two Jonin.
At the sa ti, seeing Seii charge toward him, Oda Naikou didn't retreat. Instead, he rushed forward to et him.
Seeing this, a flicker of surprise flashed in Seii's eyes. He had thought that after stalling for his teammates to arrive, Oda would no longer fight so desperately.
To his surprise, Oda was so determined, completely different from the Iwa ninja who had been so frightened earlier that he couldn't even et Seii's gaze.
"It seems the death of that Iwa ninja really affected him!"
Seii silently mused and heightened his focus. He swung his sword at Oda while thinking, "But no matter how hard you fight, without strength, it's useless!"
Clang!
Clang, clang, clang!
The crisp sound of tal clashing echoed continuously, like a torrential downpour, urgent and relentless.
This ti, Seii held nothing back, unleashing his near-level-6 swordsmanship with full force. Combined with his fully evolved three-tomoe Sharingan, he easily overpowered Oda.
In the blink of an eye, Seii left yet another wound on Oda's body.
"Ugh..."
Oda grunted, swinging his kunai with all his strength to block Seii's short sword, then kicked off the ground to create a bit of distance.
He glanced at the new wound on his left arm, his expression grim.
It wasn't that Seii had injured him.
He had already gotten used to being wounded and knew he wasn't Seii's match, so being hurt was expected.
What frustrated him was the difference in Seii's power compared to before.
From the strength Seii displayed now, Oda could tell that he hadn't been fighting at full power earlier.
Given this realization, the fact that Kurota had died because of his mistake made Oda feel even more guilty.
That's why his face was so dark.
However, Seii didn't care what Oda was thinking. Seeing his opponent pull away, Seii imdiately followed up, keeping up the pressure.
The familiar sound of tal clashing rang out again as the kunai and short sword collided.
But this ti, Seii didn't have long to press his advantage.
The two Iwa Jonin from afar, after testing the waters and realizing their small-scale tricks weren't effective, had now fully closed in.
Clearly, they intended to encircle and kill him with all three of them working together.
At this point, Seii could have easily used a jutsu to disrupt their rhythm and avoid being surrounded.
But he chose not to.
The reason was simple—his swordsmanship was on the verge of leveling up, and Seii intended to use this opportunity to push it to level 6.
As for the risk involved...
Seii weighed the situation and believed it was manageable, so he quickly made up his mind.
Of course, he dared to take this risk because he had enough confidence in his abilities, knowing that even if sothing went wrong, he could rely on his sheer strength to turn the tide.
This was why, in this precarious situation, he chose to use his enemies to refine his swordsmanship.
(End of Chapter)
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