Chapter 240: Replication

Clang, clang, clang, clang.

Amidst a series of metallic clashing sounds, the shuriken and kunai fell to the ground one after another; Catherine noticed that their edges had already curled. The Uchiha Clan placed great importance on shuriken throwing techniques, and both their force and precision were quite terrifying.

But even more terrifying was Tao Baibai; the opponent had merely held his left hand horizontally in front of him as if casually, yet he blocked all the projectiles, and the hardness of his body was astonishing, as if cast from steel.

"Demonic Shackling Stakes Technique?"

"How truly unfortunate. You chose the illusion technique that has the least effect on me."

Bai Cangshu watched the Uchiha Clan ninja, who was being eroded by 【Active Spirit】 for attempting to use the spirit world constructed by the Sharingan's illusion to control and attack him, and stepped forward with a smile.

"Dou!"

Uchiha Cifang, holding thin steel wires in his hands, had his expression change drastically. He did not know what had happened, but the eldest brother among the three of them, Uchiha Dou, seemed to have suffered the backlash of an illusion. He immediately flicked his hands, and those scattered shuriken flew up once again, colliding with each other to change their trajectories, while he himself leaped high into the air to readjust the position of the steel wires.

The Two-Tomoe Sharingan in Uchiha Cifang's eyes captured the movement of every single shuriken clearly; this was a delicate operation that only their clan could achieve.

The shuriken danced and bounced toward every corner of Bai Cangshu's body. Bai Cangshu still stepped forward with a smile, his head swaying gently from side to side, accurately dodging all the attacks.

Uchiha Cifang knew the opponent was an expert. On the way here, the three of them had already wiped out a squad of Rock Ninja and learned that in last night's battle, a tall ninja had annihilated a Cloud Ninja squad, and even a Jonin, Ayayi, had been captured in an instant.

His spirit was highly concentrated. Seeing the opponent easily dodge the attacks and continue walking toward him, he clenched his ten fingers instantly, and the steel wires, thin to the point of being almost transparent, tightened in an instant, the whistling shuriken rebounding simultaneously.

Dozens of shuriken, at completely opposite arcs, covered almost every direction.

This strike was almost impossible to dodge for anyone except ninjas with the Bloodline Limit of the Sharingan or Byakugan.

Bai Cangshu was quite interested in the fighting style of these Uchiha ninjas. Unlike the efficient and despicable assassinations of the Cloud Hidden Village ninjas from last night, the Uchiha guys, thanks to those eyes, had studied their combat techniques to the extreme, making their fighting quite aesthetically pleasing.

Bai Cangshu's body suddenly bent to the side in an almost distorted manner, and a shuriken with a steel wire brushed past that position; the next moment, Bai Cangshu twisted in the opposite direction instantly.

Because the speed was too fast, in Catherine's eyes, Tao Baibai's body seemed to blur for an instant, but in Uchiha Cifang's eyes, he saw the man before him use an incredibly precise and fast movement technique to instantly dodge all the rebounding shuriken and steel wires. Not only was he not hit, but the steel wires also failed to entangle him.

In this way, his subsequent Fire Release could not be coordinated either.

The corners of Bai Cangshu's mouth curled up, and his figure suddenly paused, his hands also reaching forward. His dynamic vision was equally excellent; although he could not achieve the power of the Sharingan, combined with his sensory abilities, performing a similar operation was not a difficult task.

Uchiha Cifang's eyes widened. Seeing the opponent's movements, a guess appeared in his heart: could it be...

The next moment, he saw Bai Cangshu clench his ten fingers and suddenly pull back with force.

Ring!

The rotation of the shuriken was instantly changed in direction. The powerful force, transmitted through the elastic steel wires, made the shuriken seem to disappear for an instant, and their trajectories changed once again.

"This is... Shuriken Manipulation Technique?!"

Uchiha Cifang was certain: the person before him was actually imitating his own technique to attack him?!

A ninja not of the Uchiha Clan was copying the technique of an Uchiha Clan ninja to deal with an Uchiha ninja!

Uchiha Cifang felt shock and anger in his heart. Amidst the violent trembling of his pupils, a stronger ocular power was faintly generated. The spacing between his Two Tomoe began to change, but he had no heart to pay attention to the changes in his own body.

He still had steel wires wrapped around his hands. As his eyes darted, he quickly captured the shuriken that were almost too fast for his vision to track.

"Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique!"

Intense high heat appeared from behind, accompanied by a large amount of smoke and dust, instantly shrouding the entire forest. Then, a blade light flashed, and the steel wire in Uchiha Cifang's hand snapped instantly.

Pfft, pfft, pfft...

Dozens of shuriken, manipulated and reflected back by Bai Cangshu, scattered within the smoke, piercing into the trees and the ground.

A hand grabbed Uchiha Cifang's neck and retreated instantly.

Bang!

The next moment, a figure appeared at the position where Cifang had just been standing, as if shattering the air.

Uchiha Cifang was not old, and he felt very indignant that someone would "provoke" the Uchiha in such a way, but Uchiha Dou was experienced; just from one failed illusion, he knew the difficulty of the person before him.

He immediately unleashed a Fire Release that possessed both burning and vision-obscuring effects, and pulled Cifang away.

"You and Qiancong apply pressure from the rear. Once I pull the combat distance away from the opponent, immediately go kill those two women and retreat!"

After Uchiha Dou spoke, he instantly appeared behind Bai Cangshu using the Body Flicker Technique and slashed at Bai Cangshu's neck with his blade.

Bai Cangshu seemed to be strolling in a courtyard, side-stepping to dodge this sword.

Uchiha Dou took a deep breath, the sword light in his hand vanished in an instant, and the next moment, a fire dragon erupted from his mouth.

Bai Cangshu blocked in front of him with his left hand. When the fire dragon touched that left arm, it could not produce any effect at all; the flames seemed to be absorbed, beginning to vanish right in front of his arm.

At the same time, black shadows began to flow on Bai Cangshu's body surface; he had activated 【Yin Spirit Possession】 to guard against the high-level Sharingan illusions of the Uchiha Clan that might appear.

However, it was a pity that that guy Gojo Satoru was not the kind of "good fellow" who would come when called and leave when waved away. This time, he completely ignored Bai Cangshu, letting a Yin Spirit be sucked onto the 【Heart Throne】.

"Is the power of the Uchiha Clan only to this extent?"

Bai Cangshu's ears twitched, hearing the movements of the other two ninjas clearly; at the same time, the interest on his face began to wane.

The reason he entangled with these people was because he enjoyed the delicate combat of the Uchiha Clan. He hoped to see a combat master like Uchiha Madara, not the current kind, who were so-called "unscrupulous for the sake of the mission."

Uchiha Dou's heart suddenly turned cold. The next moment, he retreated instantly. His spirit was still stinging, and the backlash he had suffered from casting the illusion just now left him with lingering fears.

He was not sure what peculiar means the person before him had, and for a moment, he dared not use illusions.

With his taijutsu also not holding the advantage, he quickly formed seals with his hands.

【Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation】!

Intense high heat emerged from his mouth. His chest swelled, and using his hands as a guide, he exhaled to spray out that terrifying flame.

"Slow, too slow."

A human voice sounded from beside his ear. Uchiha Dou's heart sank, and then, a sky full of fist shadows appeared before his eyes.

【Raging Demon】

(End of chapter)