Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The shuriken sliced through the air, making a subtle sound. Just as they were about to hit Shiraishi Kurama, he suddenly regained consciousness.
It had to be said that as a Tokubetsu Jonin specializing in close combat, Shiraishi Kurama's combat instincts were truly exceptional.
The mont he woke up, he made the most correct choice, dodging and blocking, intercepting most of the shuriken.
Only his left arm suffered so scratches.
However, Shiraishi Kurama didn't pay much attention to this minor injury.
He was now staring intently at Seii, his eyes filled with unconcealed shock.
Looking at those blood-red pupils, Shiraishi Kurama felt both excitent and fear.
The excitent stemd from the high bounties placed on the Sharingan, both in the black market and within the village.
As long as he killed Seii and handed over his body, he would imdiately receive a large sum of money.
Ninja weren't desireless saints, and few could resist such a large sum of money.
Moreover, killing such a genius also filled Shiraishi Kurama with an inexplicable sense of accomplishnt.
As for the fear...
That naturally ca from the reputation the Uchiha clan had built.
"One-on-one, flee; two-on-one, attack from behind." This saying wasn't just for show.
Unfortunately, he was currently facing a one-on-one situation.
Therefore, Shiraishi Kurama instinctively felt fear.
However, when he saw Seii's young and tender face, the fear in his heart subsided a bit.
Moreover...
Shiraishi Kurama's gaze shifted downwards, and the狰狞 scar on Seii's chest was clearly visible.
Although the wound had been cauterized by the lightning and high temperature, and was no longer bleeding, the damage Seii had suffered was real.
This boosted Shiraishi Kurama's confidence even more.
While Shiraishi Kurama was observing Seii, Seii was also observing him.
He had to admit, he had made a mistake this ti. He hadn't expected the opponent to have developed a second chakra nature.
During his previous battles with the Iwa-nin Genin, he had also taken the ti to observe the fights between the Jonin. Although he hadn't paid much attention to Shiraishi Kurama, he rembered seeing him use Earth Style.
Therefore, he instinctively assud that the opponent's chakra nature was Earth, completely neglecting the possibility that he could use other types of ninjutsu.
Although he knew that ninja at the Jonin level would start developing a second nature.
However, subconsciously, he didn't consider Tokubetsu Jonin as true Jonin, only seeing them as enhanced Chunin.
As a result, he overlooked this possibility and ended up suffering a significant loss.
But it was also his bad luck. Shiraishi Kurama likely concealed his Lightning nature chakra to ambush their Jonin.
Unexpectedly, he accidentally killed all the Chunin and Genin, attracting the opponent's attention, and ended up taking the hit for the Jonin.
This also taught Seii a lesson: never get cocky before reaching a certain level of strength.
Otherwise, any small mistake could cost him his life.
Feeling the numbness in his body mostly fade away, Seii didn't waste any more ti and imdiately raised his hands, about to form hand seals.
Seeing this, Shiraishi Kurama imdiately looked away.
He was well aware of the Sharingan's danger, so he didn't dare to et Seii's eyes while he was forming hand seals, fearing he would fall under genjutsu.
Unfortunately, Seii's genjutsu level was too low at the mont, and his Sharingan's evolution wasn't advanced enough to allow him to cast genjutsu with just a gesture like Uchiha Itachi could later on.
Otherwise, Shiraishi Kurama's blatant scrutiny of him just now would have been a suicidal act.
...
'Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!'
Just as Shiraishi Kurama looked away, a massive fireball flew towards him.
Shiraishi Kurama didn't dare to take it head-on and hurriedly dodged to the side.
However, before he could regain his footing, a kunai shot towards him from the front.
Shiraishi Kurama initially wanted to deflect it with his sword, but when he saw the explosive tag burning on the kunai, his expression changed drastically, and he leaped backward.
Boom!
The explosive tag detonated but failed to injure Shiraishi Kurama.
Seii pressed his advantage, instantly using the Body Flicker Technique to reach another tree. Then, he quickly ford hand seals and used the 'Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique'.
The tomoe in Seii's blood-red pupils spun rapidly, pushing the Sharingan's insight ability to its limit.
Fireballs resembling phoenix flower seeds flew out from his mouth, each one accurately hitting the spot where Shiraishi Kurama was about to land, forcing him into a狼狈 state.
However, Shiraishi Kurama lived up to his title of Tokubetsu Jonin. Even under Seii's targeted attacks, he managed to avoid any severe injuries.
If it were the Iwa-nin Chunin from before, even if they didn't die, they would have been badly burned.
But Shiraishi Kurama only had so burn marks on his body.
"Cough, cough~"
Shiraishi Kurama coughed lightly, enduring the burning sensation on his body, and glanced at Seii's location, muttering, "Is it over...?"
"Over? Heh~"
Seii sneered, appearing on another tree, and once again ford hand seals to use ninjutsu.
'Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!'
Dozens, even hundreds, of flas were spat out by Seii, bombarding Shiraishi Kurama like homing missiles.
At this mont, Seii was like a reckless youth, completely disregarding chakra consumption, determined to overwhelm the opponent with ninjutsu.
After several consecutive attacks, Shiraishi Kurama couldn't endure it anymore and launched a counterattack.
It wasn't that Shiraishi Kurama lacked the patience to continue with Seii, but as ti went on, his dodging movents were gradually being seen through by Seii.
This caused the pressure on him to increase.
Shiraishi Kurama was afraid that if this continued, he would lose the opportunity to counterattack.
So, after dodging Seii's attack once again, before Seii could make another move, he erged from behind the tree and used the Body Flicker Technique to rapidly approach Seii.
Perhaps before activating the Sharingan, this move could have caught him off guard.
But now...
Before the opponent could get close, Seii had already used the Body Flicker Technique to create distance.
Shiraishi Kurama wanted to continue pursuing, but three kunais suddenly shot towards him, precisely blocking his path, making him extrely uncomfortable.
'Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!'
After using the kunais to stop the opponent from approaching, Seii once again used this technique.
Seeing the familiar fireballs reappear, Shiraishi Kurama hurriedly stopped and focused, preparing to dodge.
But at that mont, several red-hot shuriken suddenly flew out from the flas, striking at his vital points first.
Caught off guard, Shiraishi Kurama's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly swung his sword to block.
However, although he blocked all the shuriken, he didn't have ti to dodge the flas created by the 'Phoenix Sage Fire Technique'.
Boom!
A fireball slamd into him, sending him flying backward.
"Cough, cough, cough~"
Shiraishi Kurama clutched his charred chest and coughed violently.
He struggled to stand up but failed after several attempts.
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