Chapter 57: Severely Wounding Pakura

Amidst the rumbling roar, Uchiha Feiyu, like an agile bird, dodged one golden fireball after another, ignoring the airwaves kicked up by the explosions; the short sword in his hand, carrying a brilliant white light, slashed toward Pakura in an instant.

Pakura's physical speed was far inferior to Uchiha Feiyu's, but she did not need to rely on physical speed to clash head-on with him; as her thoughts shifted, the two golden fireballs behind her rotated and blocked in front, causing Uchiha Feiyu's figure to pause, his efforts returning empty-handed.

Not only was the lethality of Scorch Release powerful, but it was also very flexible to control; these two fireballs actually served a defensive purpose, and at the very least, Uchiha Feiyu dared not touch them with his physical body.

Of course, Pakura's attacks could not threaten Uchiha Feiyu either, because her reaction speed and ninjutsu attack speed were simply too slow compared to his; after a round of frantic bombardment, the most she could do was get a little dust on Uchiha Feiyu's head.

"It seems... it's time to use some trump cards!"

Uchiha Feiyu dodged another golden fireball, his eyes narrowing slightly; lightning suddenly flashed across his entire body, and like an aurora, he charged toward Pakura once again.

Pakura repeated the same trick, with the fireballs circling her body blocking the front, wanting to intercept Uchiha Feiyu again, but this time the short sword in Uchiha Feiyu's hand suddenly grew, instantly piercing through that massive fireball.

With a *pssh* sound, the long sword slashed Pakura's cheek, causing her face, which had originally held a hint of surprise, to reveal a pallor of having survived a disaster.

After all, who could have imagined that the short sword in Uchiha Feiyu's hand could extend and retract at will? Coupled with the large fireball blocking her line of sight, if not for her danger intuition as a top-tier ninja, this sword would likely have pierced her skull on the spot and taken her little life.

"Tsk... didn't succeed... well, that makes sense. Even if these top-tier ninjas have their vision blocked, their danger intuition is extremely sharp. If they were really that easy to deal with, wouldn't my stealth plus high-speed tactics be invincible?"

Perhaps only a ninjutsu like Limbo: Border Jail could truly be formless and traceless, undetectable even to the danger intuition of top-tier ninjas; no matter how Uchiha Feiyu restrained his aura, his body still interacted with the outside world, making perfect invisibility impossible.

This was also the reason why Uchiha Feiyu did not use the Camouflage Concealment Technique when fighting Pakura, instead pouring all his capabilities into speed.

"Truly insidious... a successor of the White Fang of the Leaf, actually using such tricks?"

"Speaking of which, what exactly is your impression of the White Fang of the Leaf! That guy was a ninja, not some samurai; isn't it perfectly normal to use all kinds of methods to take down an opponent?"

Uchiha Feiyu's words left Pakura slightly speechless; Hatake Sakumo's past conduct did indeed have a samurai-like demeanor, and he even committed suicide due to damaged honor, but he was indeed an orthodox ninja, not a samurai.

"And you think the Kusanagi Sword is my trump card? Now let me show you the latest version of the White Fang Sword Technique!"

Before Pakura could react, Uchiha Feiyu's figure approached her blind spot like a flash, the Kusanagi Sword in his hand returning to the appearance of a normal long sword, stabbing toward her eyes.

After Pakura hastily dodged this strike, the originally sharp sword light suddenly split into two, twisting and eerie like a venomous snake, pointing toward her throat.

Blood bloomed on Pakura's shoulder; although this female ninja dodged the throat-slitting strike by rolling on the ground, a wound deep enough to see bone was still left on her shoulder.

However, Pakura had no chance to treat the wound on her shoulder now; the White Fang Sword Technique, fused with the Evil-Warding Sword Technique, was not only bizarre and unpredictable in its moves but also pressed forward step by step, showing absolutely no mercy.

The long sword in Uchiha Feiyu's hand, like a bizarre, nine-headed venomous Dragon, constantly hovered and bit at Pakura's vital points: eyes, throat, chest, and groin.

Facing this set of techniques appearing for the first time in the Naruto World, Pakura appeared extremely unaccustomed; she didn't even have the chance to unleash her pride and joy, Scorch Release, and could only constantly dodge using ninjutsu like the Body Flicker Technique.

After only a dozen moves, this Scorch Style User was already drenched in blood; even though she had dodged the vital areas, she was already covered in wounds, and it was very likely that the next move would bring her to the brink of death.

Just then, a *whoosh-whoosh-whoosh* sound rang in Uchiha Feiyu's ears; he frowned slightly, and the long sword in his hand turned into an arc, knocking away the dozen or so poison needles flying toward him amidst a *ding-ding-dang-dang* sound.

"Old hag Chiyo... is this the rhythm of making me fight one against two?! Where the hell did the other Leaf Ninja go?"

Watching the old hag charging over while piloting ten puppets, Uchiha Feiyu cursed inwardly, but the battlefield was in chaos, and he could not see the shadow of the other Leaf powerhouse, Akimichi Torifu.

"Don't tell me he was taken out by Chiyo? If that's really the case, I might as well just slip away!"

After the battle with Pakura, Uchiha Feiyu now had a bit of confidence in his own strength; he basically had an absolute chance of winning when facing Pakura or Chiyo alone, but if he had to face two Shadow-level opponents, it would be truly dangerous.

"A successor of the White Fang, huh? No, your sword technique has already surpassed that man. Such a young powerhouse... the Leaf is truly worthy of being a cradle for geniuses!"

"So, for the sake of the Sand Ninja, just die here today... bastard, don't you dare run!"

Just as the old hag Chiyo was still spouting nonsense and engaging in trash talk, Uchiha Feiyu had already turned and ran without a word, his figure gradually disappearing into the air at the same time.

"Is this bastard really a successor of the White Fang? He is simply too shameless!"

A Puppet Master's movement speed had always been a problem; even for a legendary Shadow-level Puppet Master like Chiyo, her movement speed was at most comparable to an ordinary Jonin, and when Uchiha Feiyu truly turned and fled, Chiyo was left with no options.

As for Pakura, who had just caught her breath, let alone the fact that her speed was inferior to Uchiha Feiyu's to begin with, the injuries on her body were now a huge burden; if she dared to chase after him alone, Uchiha Feiyu wouldn't mind pulling off a counter-kill.

"Senior Chiyo... this Konoha Ghost can run away, but these Leaf Ninja have no way to escape. Don't forget that the ultimate goal of this war is to defeat the Leaf!"

The blood-covered Pakura spoke up to remind her, and Chiyo immediately came to her senses, nodding with a cold expression:

"That works too... doesn't the Leaf talk about the Will of Fire? I don't believe this guy is so patient that he can remain indifferent when seeing his own comrades being killed!"

(End of chapter)