Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Battle

"Let me see the power of the Ice Escape Ninja Art!"

Accompanied by the sound of that sentence reaching every ear present, Qimu Chao leapt into the high sky, like a silver‑winged ominous star, and crashed down onto the ice surface.

As the ice surface spanning nearly a kilometer fractured, countless shards were thrown up; in the center of the falling shards one could still see Qimu Chao's silver hair, flaring wildly in the wind of his descent.

"A Chao!"

The attackers trying to board the rear deck were few and not particularly strong, so Shui Men quickly knocked them down into the sea one by one; when Shui Men rushed from the rear deck to the front, he happened to see this scene.

He was just about to warn Qimu Chao about the enemy's superior numbers when he saw Qimu Chao make a hand sign to him.

It was the gesture that handed everything over to him, letting them leave first.

While gesturing, several ninjas poked their heads out of the sea, trying to jump onto the ship to attack Caiqian Xingzi; Qimu Chao didn't even turn his head, his five fingers twitched slightly, and the invisible blade of the Vacuum Sword Blade sliced through their limbs.

In the criss‑cross, it wasn't just limbs but bodies were severed.

Looking toward the distance, one could still see several small boats racing this way, clearly in league with the attackers.

Through Qimu Chao's Magnetic Field Sense, the total number of those guys exceeded two hundred; in an ordinary small ninja village, two hundred ninjas would be almost the entire population.

Does the Caiqian Family really have so many enemies? So many people holding their breath to kill his daughter? Why not go after him himself?

The five or six ninjas hidden in his office could never possibly match this group.

Is it because of the girl Caiqian Xingzi, what's the problem?

Though puzzled, Qimu Chao still flashed a ferocious grin: "Hey hey hey, you clueless clowns, this is One-Way Passage."

While speaking, someone ignored his warning and insisted on leaping over him onto the ship.

But halfway through the charge, his calf was sliced in two by Qimu Chao's Five-Colored Thread; the whole body was pulled back by the same thread, and his throat was pinched as if lifting a small chick.

However, the other ninjas would not give up because of this one's death; they had come here on commission.

The moment Qimu Chao casually tossed that guy's corpse aside, countless Kunai, Thousand-Leaf Shuriken, and Throwing Knife rained down like a flower storm, hurling toward him.

Not only were these ninja tools being thrown, but several water‑release‑specialized ninjas at the rear began rapid Seal Formations.

On the sea, those water‑release ninjas could exert their power to the fullest.

However, the Ice Escape Ninja Art that Qimu Chao kept in mind seemed absent; perhaps that guy was now throwing ninja tools to unleash Water Release Ninjutsu?

The ship had not gone far when Bofeng Shuimen, seeing this dangerous situation, tried to jump off the ship and release Wind Release Ninjutsu to help deflect some attacks.

But the next moment, something he had never imagined appeared before his eyes.

Those hundreds to thousands of ninja tools seemed frozen in midair, and the incoming series of Water Release Ninjutsu was cut off by a suddenly rising wave.

Qimu Chao did not look back, and again made a hand sign to Bofeng Shuimen.

Then his hand swept backward, and the power of Magnetic Field Rotation caused the ship's engine crew to spin at extreme speed, the sailing speed increasing by an unknown multiple.

Moreover, the towering wave that had risen to cut the Water Release Ninjutsu seemed to give them a boost, propelling the entire ship nearly a hundred meters forward.

Shui Men on the ship watched Qimu Chao's back and said little; Qimu Chao was extremely confident in himself, and he chose to trust his partner.

Trust has always needed no words.

Even if the enemy outnumbers them, they could never be a match for Qimu Chao.

Facing those assassin ninjas, they saw three blood‑red, fan‑shaped markings like shark teeth appear on the forehead of the silver‑haired youth.

With such a simple change, the youth's aura became like a tailed beast, the overwhelming pressure daring not let those ninjas step forward.

"Hey, damn it, you pretentious little brat, go die—Water Surge Wave!"

An intensely oppressive atmosphere enveloped the hundred‑meter radius; under that pressure, a ninja finally could not endure, roared, formed a seal, and at the instant his hands were clasped he conjured a massive water vortex dozens of meters high out of nowhere on the sea. The vortex then fell like an inverted waterfall, as if to swallow Qimu Chao whole.

That roar, like a starting gun, shattered the silence, prompting all the ninjas to launch attacks at Qimu Chao.

Although they didn't know how the brat managed to make everyone present feel such intense pressure, as long as they kill the brat and then rush onto the ship to eliminate everyone, they could complete the mission.

This time, however, it was a massive contract issued jointly by dozens of casinos and various forces; completing it would yield a reward comparable to an S‑rank bounty on the Black Market, enough to last them most of their lives.

No one knew that when the Sea Tiger Battle Mark appeared on Qimu Chao's forehead, it signaled his full‑power activation.

And how strong is Qimu Chao when he goes all out?

He himself doesn't know.

Although the number of Magnetic Field Rotation units hasn't broken through for various reasons, his strength continues to grow steadily, be it physical durability, chakra amount, or… Power Flow.

Ten Thousand Horsepower Power, Sea Tiger Explosion Roar!

A massive sound wave erupted from his throat, propelled forward at extreme speed by the aid of Magnetic Field Rotation power, and how could the Water Surge Wave released by something not even a Jonin resist it?

Undoubtedly, the Water Surge Wave was blasted apart by the roar, and the ninjas who still tried to attack covered their ears in pain, collapsing onto the water; some weaker ones couldn't control their chakra and fell directly into the sea.

The Complete Realm is not merely about mastering power concentration, but also about grasping combat timing and technique.

In Full Firepower Mode, Qimu Chao only needs the simplest method to neutralize the onslaught of numerous foot‑soldier ninjas.

At that moment, the distant small boats finally arrived, even attempting to bypass Qimu Chao to continue attacking the ship.

To the people on the small boats, the dozens of them present were already enough to take down Qimu Chao.

However, since Qimu Chao earlier declared One-Way Passage, how could things be that simple?