Chapter 216: Flaw

Indeed so!

Having just been attacked by an exploding tag, the Jonin of the earth mound had merely been observing the surroundings, but he hadn't expected it.

This let him discover a flaw in the enemy's genjutsu.

At this moment he stood in place, carefully examining the ground before him.

Under the cold moonlight, the ground was very dim, but with his Jonin eyesight he could still clearly see it.

As his arm moved, the illusion on the ground also responded correspondingly, swaying along with his arm.

Although this change was very subtle, with his Jonin strength, if he observed carefully he could still detect it.

Just this slight delay already let this Jonin discern the essence of the enemy's genjutsu.

"Captain! Have you made any discovery?"

Seeing his action, the subordinate asked.

"Hmm! I basically understand the secret of the enemy's genjutsu!"

"Great! With this we can……"

But before he could express his joy, he was already interrupted by the enemy.

"I still need to test it out; it's too early to be happy now!"

While saying that, the Jonin of the earth mound also raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky.

"Is this the medium through which the enemy casts the illusion?"

Following his action, his two subordinates also raised their heads to look at the moon in the sky, looking thoughtful.

Anyone capable of becoming a Jonin is no fool!

With such an obvious hint, how could they possibly not understand the principle of the enemy's genjutsu?

"Is it a projection genjutsu realized through that moon?"

"Hmm! That must be it!"

"As for whether it's exactly like that, we'll know if we try!"

While answering the subordinate's question with his mouth, the Jonin of the earth mound's hands were not idle.

"Earth Release: Rock Iron Cannon"

A clump of refined earth-attributed chakra was spat out by him, forming in midair a stone slab the size of a tabletop, which flew toward the moon in the high sky.

"Sure enough, it's not that easy!"

Along with that stone projectile, it flew tens of meters and struck the moon; the moon merely trembled then returned to its original state.

It seemed as if nothing had happened at all!

However, on this ground, the illusory streetscape of the Leaf Village night market, which was hard to distinguish as real or fake, underwent some changes at this moment.

It was like disturbing a water surface, with ripples spreading throughout the stronghold, occasionally revealing the original appearance, making the camp look like a painting reflected in water, wrinkled by a breeze.

But as the ripples subsided and calm returned, the Leaf Village night market once again shrouded this land.

"He's actually hiding nearby, how bold!"

Although they didn't break the enemy's illusion, which was somewhat disappointing, they also weren't without gain.

This illusion merely having a slight change allowed this well-prepared Jonin to discover Dong Shilang's hiding place.

But as the illusion returned to normal, they lost track of the enemy again. However, that doesn't matter; being able to disturb the illusion once means they can do it a second and third time.

The enemy can no longer hide before them!

"Liangxiong! If you still can't find the enemy's trail, you might as well cut your own throat!"

Regarding this sensor ninja, he is quite dissatisfied; after so much time, he still hasn't captured the enemy's true form, which really disappoints him.

"Yes!"

"I will certainly not disappoint the captain!"

The sensor ninja named Liangxiong is truly under immense pressure just now; just a moment ago, their surroundings were filled with the enemy's chakra, severely interfering with his perception.

This caused him to completely lose track of the enemy!

However, now that he caught a brief glimpse just now, he has regained some confidence in finding the enemy's hiding place.

His teammates at this moment were also not idle, continuously firing Rock Iron Cannons to disturb the enemy's genjutsu.

One purpose is to help his comrades sense the enemy's position; the other is to remind his comrades, hoping they can hold out longer over there.

But they don't know that their teammates at this moment, due to this illusion and the pressure from the Uchiha ninjas, had no choice but to shrink back like turtles.

At this moment he had already wrapped himself in a large earth-release barrier, hoping they could achieve a breakthrough here so as to go rescue them.

"The enemy's genjutsu is really troublesome! Even if we discovered a flaw, we can't dispel it! Damn……"

The subordinate who was attacking upward couldn't help but complain.

Although their captain discovered the genjutsu's flaw via those exploding tags, the enemy was indeed cunning, having tampered with the medium for casting the genjutsu.

This prevented them from dispelling the genjutsu in one fell swoop!

"Finally found you!"

Taking advantage of the illusion's abnormal fluctuation, they finally located the repositioned Dong Shilang, and one after another stepped forward to surround him.

A posture ready to strike!

"It seems the problem with this genjutsu is indeed not small! You actually discovered its flaw so easily!"

Looking at the three opponents arrayed across from him, Dong Shilang also felt somewhat helpless. At this moment he still had to maintain the barrier, which really wasn't suitable for a head-on clash.

If he merely stood still casting the genjutsu, that would be fine, but if he engaged in fierce combat with them, the barrier couldn't be maintained.

At the same time he never imagined that the genjutsu he developed would have such an obvious loophole. Moreover, this loophole was discovered by the enemy only because he used exploding tags—who could he reason with?

Actually, the genjutsu he developed is already quite good, having considerable practical value.

Using his own chakra, he creates a moon-like light source, projecting his prepared illusion onto the barrier.

To make this Genjutsu even more realistic, I also applied a portion of tactile Genjutsu, and combined with my own chakra disguise, this illusion can almost be said to be indistinguishable from reality.

In order to prevent the opponent from discovering the secret of my Genjutsu, I also employed some misleading Genjutsu, solely to hide this Genjutsu's secret.

I never expected that it would be because of one of my explosive tags, which disturbed the chakra in the vicinity, causing the opponent to break through this Genjutsu.

Also, by his side, without his teammates providing cover, otherwise this kind of fleeting flaw would basically be impossible for the opponent to spot at a glance.

Just like the Rock Ninja on another battlefield!

Under the pressure of Zhe and them, I could only defend passively; where would there be time to observe the surroundings?