Chapter 428: Yellow Flash?

【Name: Mizutsuki Kan】

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【Skills: Ice Release (Mastery Level: 3600/), Water Nature Transformation (Mastery Level: 3500/), Wind Nature Transformation (Mastery Level: 2700/), Ice Release: Ice Dragon Slayer (Mastery Level), Ice Release: Ice Meteor (Mastery Level)...】

Mizutsuki Kan was indeed qualified to be regarded with caution; looking at the stats alone, among the Konoha ninjas on the eastern battlefield, only Muyue and Orochimaru could firmly outclass him.

An Ice Release skill of over three thousand proficiency, combined with decently high Wind and Water nature transformations and a series of mastery-level ninjutsu, made Mizutsuki Kan one of the stronger ninjas Muyue had encountered.

Muyue unceremoniously used his Transformation to record Mizutsuki Kan's information; the mastery-level Ice Release with over three thousand proficiency was worth copying.

Muyue's own Ice Release was only at the proficient level with just over a thousand proficiency, still a fair way from mastery level.

He only used Ice Release when bullying the weak; it was hard to make it useful against strong opponents.

After finishing copying Mizutsuki Kan's information, the Transformation's information bank was saturated; to store information on other ninjas, he would have to delete existing data.

"Your Ice Release is quite interesting, but unfortunately you ran into me." Mizutsuki Kan didn't attack immediately, instead looking Muyue over first.

Almost all existing Ice Release users in the shinobi world were members of the Yuki Clan, and Mizutsuki Kan had never seen Ice Release in a ninja from another village before.

Mizutsuki Kan could only say Muyue was very unlucky to have run into him, the leader of the Yuki Clan, the strongest Ice Release ninja in the shinobi world.

In the current shinobi world, no one understood Ice Release better than him, and no one had stronger Ice Release.

Fighting him, Muyue's Ice Release would be completely useless.

"Is it time for the burst secret technique to end?" Kurotsuchi Raiga speculated as he looked at the weakened Might Guy.

Might Guy had been abnormally strong just now; it was clearly some kind of power-boosting burst secret technique, which usually had time limits and side effects.

Thinking this, Kurotsuchi Raiga felt it was a good decision to come back. With Mizutsuki Kan plus the four of them from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, their only opponent was an unknown Ice Release ninja.

Even though the battle hadn't started yet, Kurotsuchi Raiga felt they had already won.

It was impossible that Muyue could be even stronger than Mizutsuki Kan, strong enough to defeat Mizutsuki Kan and also take care of all four of them, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

"It's him of all people." Kakashi looked surprised once he clearly saw Mizutsuki Kan's face.

Kakashi had gathered intelligence on all known strong Mist ninjas currently on the battlefield, and immediately recognized this as the Mist's Ice Release powerhouse, Mizutsuki Kan.

Kakashi was glad Muyue had arrived in time. If Muyue hadn't come, even if Might Guy used six Gates plus the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, he might not have been able to defeat these enemies.

Their luck was truly terrible; just doing an A-rank mission and running into a situation like this.

"Kakashi, do you know him?" Obito asked curiously.

Kakashi nodded and quickly relayed everything he knew about Mizutsuki Kan.

"He sounds pretty strong, but he's definitely no match for Teacher Muyue," Obito said confidently.

Although a strong enemy stood before them and his chakra and stamina were nearly exhausted, Obito wasn't flustered at all. With Muyue around, there were no surprises.

"Is that so? Confidence is a good thing, but it needs to be backed by matching strength." Muyue adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and replied with a smile.

Mizutsuki Kan's strength was indeed considerable, but he had chosen the wrong opponent. Among all the Konoha ninjas on the eastern front, only two could defeat him one-on-one, and he had happened to run into one of them.

"That's true, but I happen to have enough strength." Mizutsuki Kan showed a confident smile.

"You don't need to act yet; let me take care of him alone." Mizutsuki Kan said, looking at Kurotsuchi Raiga and the others.

It was rare to encounter an Ice Release ninja from an enemy village; Mizutsuki Kan wanted to test the opponent's strength.

Urizue Jinpachi was a bit speechless. He thought Mizutsuki Kan had a screw loose—what ninja plays at one-on-one duels? This was a war; you just kill the enemy by any means necessary.

But since Mizutsuki Kan had just saved him once, Urizue Jinpachi didn't feel like saying much.

The rest of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen felt much the same and said nothing. As for the Mist ninjas Mizutsuki Kan had brought, they knew their superior well enough and were used to it.

Although they didn't plan to interfere in the fight between Muyue and Mizutsuki Kan, the Mist ninjas didn't stay idle either. They silently sealed off Muyue's escape routes and gathered chakra, preparing to attack Kakashi and the others.

The genius of Kakashi and his teammates had already been fully displayed in the battle. If they weren't killed here, they would surely become a major threat to the Mist.

"You really are someone who excels at making the wrong choices." Muyue shook his head.

If Mizutsuki Kan had brought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to gang up on him, he might have survived a little longer. Acting like this would only make them die faster.

"Ice Release: Ice Meteor!"

Mizutsuki Kan quickly formed hand seals and gathered a large amount of Ice Release chakra, condensing six massive ice spikes above Mu Yue that were much thicker than a person, and sent them crashing toward Mu Yue.

Mu Yue calmly pulled two Flying Thunder God kunai from his tool pouch and threw them toward Kurosuki Raiga and the others, then used the Body Flicker Technique to charge at Mizutsuki Kan just before the ice spikes touched him.

Boom!!

The massive ice spikes hit the ground, gouging out craters and producing a loud crash.

"Such speed." Mizutsuki Kan was a little surprised but immediately released the chakra he had already gathered.

"Ice Release: Ice Sword!"

Mizutsuki Kan formed two huge ice swords in front of him and slashed them at the charging Mu Yue.

Mu Yue gathered chakra in his hands and converted it into Armament Haki Chakra to protect them.

Bang!!

Mu Yue's fist slammed violently into the ice swords, shattering Mizutsuki Kan's ice swords directly.

The Kirigakure shinobi who had been on the mission with Mizutsuki Kan stared in shock at this sight.

After all, the ice Mizutsuki Kan created was harder than rock, yet Mu Yue had crushed it with his bare hands.

"His strength is this strong too—could he actually be a taijutsu-focused shinobi?" Seeing this, Mizutsuki Kan immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to leap back and create distance.

Just as Mizutsuki Kan was about to launch another Ice Release ninjutsu attack at Mu Yue, he found that Mu Yue had vanished from in front of him without any warning.

Facing the weakened Kakashi and the others, Kurosuki Raiga felt no guilt as he drew the Thunder Swords from his back.

When Kurosuki Raiga noticed the kunai flying through the air, he paid it no mind—such a straight-flying kunai was far too easy to dodge, and only one had been thrown at him while the other was aimed at Mujin.

Kurosuki Raiga sidestepped to dodge and tried to raise the Thunder Swords to unleash lightning at Kakashi and the others.

Swish!

Mu Yue used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Kurosuki Raiga.

With someone suddenly appearing right next to him, there was no way Kurosuki Raiga wouldn't notice; he immediately tried to change his move and dodge, but his speed was nowhere near as fast as Mu Yue's.

"Explosive Fist!"

Mu Yue punched the fist packed with a huge amount of chakra fiercely toward Kurosuki Raiga's back.

Boom!!

The enormous force erupted on Kurosuki Raiga's back, and an indescribable pain spread from his back to his brain, directly knocking Kurosuki Raiga unconscious from the agony.

Bang!!

The instant Mu Yue's fist struck Kurosuki Raiga, Kurosuki Raiga was sent flying, breaking eight large trees before finally stopping and lying motionless on the ground.

Having accomplished all this, Mu Yue did not stop, because the other kunai had already neared Mujin's position.

Swish!

This sudden upheaval was far too unexpected; before Mujin could even figure out how Mu Yue had done it, Mu Yue appeared in front of him using the Flying Thunder God.

This time Mu Yue did not use the Explosive Fist; instead, he channeled chakra into the kunai and stabbed it through Mujin's heart, killing him completely.

"Flying Thunder God Technique." After Mu Yue's kunai pierced his body, Mujin muttered the technique Mu Yue had used, his eyes vacant.

He realized it far too late—by the time he thought of this as the Yellow Flash's signature technique, his death was already sealed.

Of course, even if he had known the Flying Thunder God Technique's information in advance, he wouldn't have been able to react; Flying Thunder God is not a technique that can be easily countered just by knowing its details.

"As expected of Mu Yue-sensei, Flying Thunder God is so cool!" Seeing Mu Yue instantly kill two of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, Obito showed an excited expression.

They had had such a hard time dealing with the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist; Obito and Kakashi had risked their lives and only managed to kill a single Fuguki Suikazan, and that was with an extraordinary performance.

Yet Mu Yue, in the middle of his battle with Mizutsuki Kan, had instantly eliminated two of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist.

"I wonder when Mu Yue-sensei will teach me Flying Thunder God." Obito couldn't help fantasizing about scenes of himself using Flying Thunder God to slaughter enemies.

Rin Nohara would be in danger, and then at the critical moment he would descend from the sky using Flying Thunder God, say "I'm not late, am I?" and take out all the enemies—just imagining it, Obito thought it was incredibly cool.

"Intelligence is too important." Kakashi thought inwardly, as if he understood the reason Mu Yue kept a low profile.

Although even if Kurosuki Raiga and the others had known Mu Yue's information, they could not have defeated him, they would not have been so easily one-shotted like this.

"The Yellow Flash's Flying Thunder God Technique!" Tongcaoye Erren and Qingti Fengping's expressions changed drastically, and they both immediately realized what was happening.

They had been stunned and hadn't reacted when Muyue first appeared near Heichu Leiya, but if they still couldn't react the second time when Muyue used a kunai to move beside Muryō Shinpa, then they would have wasted all those years on missions.

The Yellow Flash was one of the top-tier strongmen of the current younger generation in the ninja world; intelligence about the Flying Thunder God had long been gathered by all the major ninja villages.

Tongcaoye Erren and Qingti Fengping tacitly retreated a certain distance, creating space between themselves and Kakashi's group.

Since Muyue was Kakashi and the others' teacher, perhaps Kakashi and his team also had Muyue's Flying Thunder God kunai on them. With the painful lessons of Heichu Leiya and Muryō Shinpa right before them, they couldn't afford to be careless.

"Two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were killed just like that?" The Mist ninja brought by Mizutsuki Kan all showed shocked expressions.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were a major hallmark of the Hidden Mist, yet two of its members had been killed before their eyes by Muyue as easily as slaughtering chickens.

These weren't some chunin or genin; they were the famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, renowned throughout the ninja world.

"The Flying Thunder God Technique… Could it be that the Yellow Flash appearing on the Land of Grass battlefield was false information spread by Konoha, and the real Yellow Flash disguised himself to deal with us of the Mist?" Mizutsuki Kan looked at Muyue's face and formed a guess.

If his guess was correct, then Mizutsuki Kan could only say that Muyue must have had poor grades in disguise class; taking off his glasses didn't seem like much of a disguise.

"Konoha really values us of the Mist; besides Orochimaru, they've even transferred the Yellow Flash here." Mizutsuki Kan's expression turned serious.

If the enemy was the Yellow Flash, then his previous order had been too careless and was an insult to the Yellow Flash.

To deal with an opponent like the Yellow Flash, who could fight evenly with the AB Combo, one naturally had to gather all available forces.

Moreover, killing the Yellow Flash was not the same as killing an unknown Konoha jonin; the merits and fame brought by the two were completely different levels.

"If I can kill the Yellow Flash, I might not be without hope for the position of Fourth Hokage." As he thought this, Mizutsuki Kan gathered a large amount of chakra.

He wouldn't underestimate the Yellow Flash, but he wouldn't overestimate him either. Mizutsuki Kan believed he could go fifty-fifty with the Yellow Flash without issue, and with some Mist jonin added, it would be sixty-forty in their favor.

At this moment, there was no need for Mizutsuki Kan himself to give orders; the Mist ninja all moved to prepare to deal with Muyue as a group.

After all, Mizutsuki Kan was somewhat of a clan leader and had to save face; he couldn't just say he'd handle it alone and then, a minute later, say everyone should attack together.

"Ice Release: Thousand Ice Flying Needles!"

Mizutsuki Kan converted a large amount of chakra into Ice Release chakra, condensing a dense array of ice senbon. Then, the ice senbon shot toward Muyue like ten thousand arrows fired at once.

While releasing the jutsu, Mizutsuki Kan memorized the positions of Muyue's Flying Thunder God kunai, gathering chakra to be ready at any moment to hit Muyue with an Ice Release if he used Flying Thunder God to teleport.

Although Thousand Ice Flying Needles had a wide attack range, it was certainly insufficient against a ninja who had mastered space-time ninjutsu. Mizutsuki Kan was only using Thousand Ice Flying Needles as an opening jutsu.

The previous attacks were just probing; now the real battle began.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A Mist jonin gathered chakra and spat out a water dragon, sending it crashing toward Muyue.

"Hiramekarei: Release!"

Qingti Fengping raised the dual-blade Hiramekarei, infused it with chakra, and released a chakra sphere toward Muyue.

Tongcaoye Erren was more skilled in close combat, so he didn't attack; instead, he held his large sword and quietly waited for an opportunity.

All kinds of ninjutsu attacks came crashing down toward Muyue from all directions.

In response, Muyue silently created a shadow clone.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

"Wind Release: Pressure Harm!"

Muyue's main body gathered a large amount of chakra in his throat, rapidly performed nature transformation, and spat out a mass of flames, forming a sea of fire in front. Then the shadow clone spat out a high-pressure wind sphere.

The moment the high-pressure wind sphere touched the high-temperature flames, it transformed into a terrifying hurricane. The wind fanned the fire, instantly making the sea of fire's intensity ferocious, burning all nearby trees to black ash.

The incoming rain of senbon arrows and various Water Release techniques, upon encountering this terrifying fire with its overwhelming momentum, were all melted and vaporized.

Boom! Rumble!!

A series of explosions rang out. In the end, the flames and the various incoming ninjutsu all turned to nothingness, with only the charred trees and scorched earth on the ground attesting to the terror of the fire just now.

"The Yellow Flash actually has such powerful Fire Release and Wind Release?" Mizutsuki Kan looked at Muyue with a puzzled expression.

After all, Water Release's chakra nature transformation countered Fire Release's. Yet so many Mist ninja on their side had used Water Release, and Muyue hadn't moved even a centimeter from his spot, blocking everything with his wind and fire jutsu.

The Yellow Flash had used other ninjutsu before, but they were a completely different matter from the jutsu Muyue had just used.

"Could it be that the Yellow Flash's strength has made a leap forward again?" Mizutsuki Kan had a terrifying thought in his mind.

As a twenty-year-old young man, Namikaze Minato was currently in a period of rapid growth, with infinite potential.

"You can't count it that way. It's just that he can handle more situations now." Mizutsuki Kan shook his head.

Although that combination ninjutsu just now was strong, its compatibility with the Flying Thunder God was poor. After all, you can't just teleport over and perform hand seals on the spot—even the slowest reactor couldn't be hit by that kind of attack.

However, Mizutsuki Kan silently recorded this information, preparing to update the intelligence on the Yellow Flash when he returned.

Even Mizutsuki Kan was surprised by Muyue's ninjutsu power, let alone the other Kirigakure ninja—they all looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"This is the ninjutsu level of a strong ninja in the ninja world. Sōsuke definitely has something off about him." Zetsu thought as he watched from the shadows.

Muyue's combination ninjutsu was strong but still within reasonable bounds. As for Sōsuke's Fire Release, Zetsu simply couldn't understand how he trained it. Having lived so long, Zetsu had truly never seen anyone train Fire Release to such intensity through their own hard work.

After a simple defense, Muyue took out three more kunai from his ninja tool pouch.

I'm in a bit of a bad state today, only wrote 4.6k. Tomorrow the protagonist's fight here should be able to end.