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Seeing the remaining Anbu leave, the third "Blood Ninja" laughed and said, "As expected of Konoha's squad leader.
That was a smart decision, but underestimating your enemy will cost you your life." With that, he slashed again.
From earlier until now, Naruto had blocked countless strikes but was still at a disadvantage.
Yet, he managed to block another slash, showing that he wasn't easy to deal with. However, the prolonged battle had drained a lot of his chakra.
The "Blood Ninja" paused and said, "I didn't expect Konoha to have someone like you, but soon, Konoha will no longer have you."
"Since you've entertained me so much, I'll use my ultimate move to finish you!"
As wind chakra surged around him, violent gusts appeared, lifting sand and debris into the air and bending the trees.
Naruto noticed an overwhelming amount of chakra gathering on the enemy's sword.
Accompanied by the raging wind, the "Blood Ninja" raised his sword high and shouted, "Storm Slash!"
The wind grew fiercer. While Hinata struggled to keep her Byakugan open to observe the battle, Yamato began using his Wood Release to shield them.
Naruto was enveloped in his Lightning Release chakra, the pressure pushing him beyond his previous limits and strengthening his lightning armor.
Four streaks of Wind Release chakra sliced through the air like four razor-sharp blades, moving too fast to dodge.
The fierce clash between Wind and Lightning Releases created a shockwave that left a massive crater where Naruto stood.
While the Anbu hiding around the island's edges felt the intense tremors, breaking out in cold sweats, Yamato, carrying Hinata, was forced back even further.
Wind Release generally has an advantage over Lightning Release, and it tore through Naruto's lightning armor, leaving four deep wounds on his body.
Yamato and Hinata shouted in shock, "Naruto! Are you okay?"
Meanwhile, the "Blood Ninja" is exhausted from using so much chakra and knelt, breathing heavily.
Naruto's wounds began to heal rapidly as he stood back up, clutching his Thunder God Sword, his body again glowing with Lightning Release chakra.
Yamato and Hinata watched in astonishment while the enemy stared in disbelief, thinking,
"How could such serious injuries heal so quickly? Who is this guy?"
The "Blood Ninja" rose to his feet again, his sword coated with Wind Release chakra, and sneered,
"This game is much tougher than I expected. Looks like I'll have to cut you down in one strike."
As the enemy prepared for another attack, Hinata shouted, "His weakness is on his back!
Every time he gathers chakra in his sword, his back is left defenseless. If we can attack his back, we can defeat him!"
With her Byakugan, Hinata had seen through his weakness.
The enemy turned his head toward Hinata and said, "So that's it—Konoha's Byakugan. You spotted my weakness."
He immediately rushed toward Hinata. Yamato tried to block him with Wood Release, but the enemy broke through it easily.
His sword was now just inches from Hinata's face. Naruto, too far to help in time, suddenly felt a wave of regret for bringing Hinata here.
Such a kind, gentle girl should have been safe, surrounded by her family and loved ones.
As a member of the Hyūga clan's main family, she already bore immense pressure.
Now, on her first mission with him, she was about to be killed for no reason. Naruto couldn't imagine what would happen if Hinata died.
Would he sink into deep guilt? How could he move forward without her in his life? Would he never hear her shy voice again?
At that moment, countless thoughts raced through Naruto's mind as he desperately rushed toward her.
Suddenly, Naruto heard, "Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation!" A massive spinning chakra shield formed around Hinata, deflecting the enemy's sword.
The crisis activated Hinata's latent potential, allowing her to perform a Rotation even stronger than Neji's.
The "Blood Ninja" was forced back by Hinata's chakra, and as he prepared to attack again, Naruto had already positioned himself between him and Hinata.
Naruto shouted furiously, "How dare you hurt Hinata! I'll kill you!"
Lightning chakra surged through his Thunder God Sword as he summoned several shadow clones to guard Hinata.
The third "Blood Ninja" sneered, "That girl must be important to you. Since you're so eager to die, I'll kill you first, then her."
Wind chakra gathered around him again, this time even stronger than before.
He shouted, "This is my most powerful attack: Storm Tempest Break!"
It was the same as his previous attack, but now there were five wind blades, crossing in a specific pattern, concentrating their power on a single point.
The intense Wind Release technique shook the entire area, even affecting the clouds in the sky.
Before the "Blood Ninja" could launch his attack, Naruto's shadow clones had already moved into position, throwing a barrage of kunai from all directions.
But even in the middle of preparing his ultimate jutsu, the enemy easily dodged the kunai. The wind blades were about to strike Naruto.
In that critical moment, Naruto used his Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport behind the enemy, shouting, "Flying Thunder God Slash!"
He stabbed the Thunder God Sword straight through the "Blood Ninja's" body, sending a powerful electric current and paralyzing him instantly.
The enemy's attack missed its target, and he was sent flying forward.
As he flew through them, the trees on the island were cut in half, carving a path through the landscape, and the sea itself was split apart, extending far into the distance.
Seeing the devastating power of the attack, Naruto calmly remarked, "You thought you were fast, but you neglected your defense. It was easy to pierce through your body."
The "Blood Ninja" turned his head with difficulty, paralyzed by the lightning chakra coursing through his body.
He mumbled in disbelief, "How did you appear behind me so suddenly? Could it be… Could you be the Black Lightning who assassinated the Daimyo of the Land of Earth? I didn't expect you to be from Konoha!"
Naruto increased the flow of lightning chakra, shattering the enemy who had dared to harm Hinata.
He pulled his Thunder God Sword from the corpse and collapsed to the ground, exhausted. Hinata quickly ran over, kneeling beside him.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she held him tightly, sobbing, "Naruto, I'm so glad you're okay. I thought for a moment that you…"
Naruto hugged her tightly, unable to say a word. Just moments ago, he had almost lost Hinata.
Fortunately, everything had passed. They had made it through together.
As Naruto and Hinata embraced, Yamato stood quietly to the side for a while before finally coughing and saying,
"Captain, the enemy's reinforcements from the rear should be arriving soon. Should we check it out?"
Hearing Yamato's words, Naruto suddenly returned to reality, and Hinata felt extremely embarrassed.
Naruto shrugged and said, "All right, let's head over there first." He then led the way toward the edge of the island, where the ANBU were ambushed.
Hinata followed with her head down while Yamato shook his head and trailed after them.
Meanwhile, the "Blood Ninja" leader stood on the water with the rest of the Mist-nin, waiting.
In his mind, his subordinate, the Third Brother, should have already taken care of the enemy, and it was only a matter of time before he returned.
But the wait was longer than expected, and standing on the water for an extended period wasn't ideal.
The leader, "Bloody Tempest," spoke to the Mist-nin beside him, "Sanno, just in case, take a portion of our men and head out for reinforcements."
"The rest, proceed to Island One immediately."
Upon his command, the Mist-nin named Sanno led over forty Mist-nin in the direction where Naruto had previously fled while the others followed the leader toward Island One.
This arrangement seemed foolproof to them. Even if the "Blood Ninja" couldn't defeat the enemy, retreating wouldn't be an issue.
Now that reinforcements were on their way, it appeared they had nothing to worry about.
The reinforcement group of Mist-nin advanced without any awareness of traps, moving as fast as they could.
They hadn't encountered any traps along the way, making them more careless as they hurried forward.
Naruto and all the ANBU from the Leaf Village were waiting, ready for the ambush.
The earlier battle left a deep impression on the ANBU present—Naruto had defeated such a powerful enemy on his own, earning him admiration from the entire squad.
One of the ANBU near Naruto whispered, "Captain, that last battle was the most incredible we've ever witnessed."
"Even though we couldn't see the final moments, the aftershocks of the fight were like nothing we'd experienced before."
"Leave the next enemies to us, Captain, and please rest."
Naruto smiled and replied, "No, though that fight took some effort, I'm just getting warmed up. You all just watch."
Yamato, standing nearby, expressed concern, "Captain, you used a lot of chakra in the last fight. Please let us handle the rest while you observe."
Naruto responded, "You'll follow my lead during the upcoming battle, so there's no need to worry about me. But be cautious yourselves."
As he said this, he glanced over at Hinata, who now, thanks to her "Rotation" technique, could defend herself against most attacks.
Hinata had her Byakugan activated and was scanning the distance.
Suddenly, she said to Naruto, "A large number of Mist-nin are approaching, over forty of them."
"However, none have particularly strong chakra signatures, except for two slightly stronger than Yamato."
Upon hearing this, Naruto evaluated the strength on their side. Given the ambush, even if he didn't intervene, they held a significant advantage.
Hinata continued to observe, adding, "It seems they haven't noticed the traps and are still advancing quickly. They'll be in front of us soon."
Gradually, Naruto also noticed some Mist-nin swiftly moving over the water, rushing toward their hidden position.
Judging by their actions, they were completely unaware of the ambush. Soon, the enemies entered their attack range.
Suddenly, Naruto leaped out, startling the Mist-nin, who immediately stopped in their tracks.
At the same time, the Leaf ANBU were also surprised—after all, they had witnessed Naruto's intense battle earlier.
Jumping out like this might catch the enemy off guard, but didn't it also endanger Naruto?
In mid-air, Naruto used his Shadow Clone Jutsu, creating ten clones of himself. Then, they all began weaving signs.
"Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!" A massive wave rose, catching even the water-style-adept Mist-nin off guard.
Though many of the Mist-nin were high-level shinobi, they quickly responded by using their water-style jutsu to defend themselves.
Thanks to their numbers, they barely managed to block Naruto's powerful water-style attack. But this was only a diversion.
Immediately after, Naruto and his clones began forming signs again, summoning lightning bolts.
The clones performed various lightning-style techniques. "Lightning Style: Raging Beast Stampede!"
Lightning surged across the water, taking the shape of multiple beasts, and the water helped ensure the technique's fluidity and flexibility.
In an instant, the entire group of Mist-nin was engulfed by a sea of lightning.
Within the flashes of lightning, the expressions of the Mist-nin ranged from terror to shock, with some barely having time to react.
For many of them, time had frozen in that fateful moment. Holding his Thunder God Sword, Naruto swiftly cut down any enemies clinging to life.
However, the two managed to evade Naruto's large-scale attack.
After all, these two were stronger than the Yamato, and large-scale techniques like this were difficult to land on.
At that moment, all the ANBU from the Leaf Village jumped out, surrounding the two Mist-nin.
Seeing so many enemies appear, the two Mist-nin stood back-to-back, attempting to defend themselves.
But it was clear that Naruto's earlier attack had already crushed their fighting spirit.
Holding his Thunder God Sword, Naruto slowly walked toward them. The Leaf ANBU parted to make way, their eyes filled with respect for Naruto.
After witnessing his prowess in battle—especially his ability to defeat so many powerful shinobi with a single attack—they regarded Naruto as being on the same level as the Hokage.
Naruto pointed his sword at the two remaining Mist-nin and said, "You should understand your situation by now. I feel merciful today, so I'll give you a chance to surrender."
The two seemed hesitant for a moment but quickly shook their heads.
One replied, "Ninjas of the Land of Water never surrender, even in death. Even if we fall here, our leader will avenge us!"
It seemed they had great confidence in their leader.
Naruto shook his head and said, "Even if your leader comes, they won't escape the same fate. Unfortunately, you wasted your chance."
With that, Naruto's Thunder God Sword, crackling with lightning, flashed at lightning speed—far too fast for an ordinary ninja to block.
One of the two, who specialized in offence, was instantly killed. The other, more defensive, managed to block the attack but sustained injuries.
Naruto stepped back a few paces, sheathing his Thunder God Sword, and said, "Looks like you're better at defence. I'll leave the rest to you guys."
Surrounded by the ANBU, even a highly defensive shinobi couldn't hold out for long. The outcome was clear.
Naruto then turned his gaze forward, knowing there were more battles ahead.
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