Time gradually passed through adjustments and confrontations. Looking at the calmness on the faces of several Kirigakure ninja (Wuren), Chao Yanqian sneered in his heart. Did the other party want to wait until his patience was exhausted? If so, they were too naive!
Whether or not he could kill the few people in front of him was not important to Chao Yanqian. It was best to kill them, but it would not affect the mission if they were not killed.
As for Terumi Mei's identity, she was the next Fifth Mizukage, and a high-ranking commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces, currently fighting on the front lines against Uchiha Madara. However, these things did not matter at all to Chao Yanqian.
Could it be that if Terumi Mei died, there would not be another Fifth Mizukage candidate in Kirigakure?
When Akatsuki's conspiracy threatened the safety of the entire Ninja World, would Kirigakure refuse the alliance of the Five Great Shinobi Villages?
That would really be a joke.
In the end, it turned out that the Kirigakure ninja could not bear it first and launched an attack on Chao Yanqian. First, the Kirigakure ninja supporting Terumi Mei began to quickly form hand seals.
[Water Release — Great Waterfall Technique]
The flood containing chakra came rushing forward, and Chao Yanqian quickly teleported to a tree, but the power of the [Great Waterfall Technique] was very strong, and a wave knocked the big tree down. Chao Yanqian could only continuously jump between trees to avoid being hit by the [Great Waterfall Technique].
[Water Release — Water Dragon Bullet Technique]
Another Kirigakure ninja did not conserve chakra either, launching another large-scale Water Release ninjutsu at Chao Yanqian.
Chao Yanqian once again threw a marked kunai, simultaneously teleporting to avoid the attack of the [Water Dragon Bullet Technique].
As soon as Chao Yanqian's feet touched the ground, a misty shadow shot out from a blind spot in his field of vision, stabbing at his back fiercely with a Shinobi sword.
"Boy, your patience is very good!" Accompanied by a long sigh, the Shinobi sword from the hidden Kirigakure ninja pierced straight through Chao Yanqian's back.
However, the stabbed Chao Yanqian slowly turned into loess, while the real Chao Yanqian instantly shot out from another location, rushing toward the hidden Kirigakure ninja.
His toes tapped lightly on the ground, flashing like lightning toward the hidden enemy. With a backhand swing of his kunai, he slashed at the misty shadow's neck.
Without any suspense, the kunai slit the hidden Kirigakure ninja's throat. Clear water splashed from the wound, spraying all over Chao Yanqian, and the body of the hidden ninja instantly shattered into water droplets on the ground.
But at that moment, the hands of the three Kirigakure ninjas began forming seals simultaneously.
[Lightning Release — Electromagnetic Murder]
Lightning suddenly burst forth, and Chao Yanqian was shocked in an instant.
At that moment, Chao Yanqian finally understood why the mist ninja had spent so much chakra using ninjutsu that seemed unlikely to hit him.
It turned out that the Kirigakure ninja actually planned to use the water to conduct lightning.
Including the water clone, their real goal was not to injure Chao Yanqian with the water jutsu, but to splash water onto his body.
Careless!
Chao Yanqian had never expected that the Kirigakure ninja would use such tactics. There were still several Kirigakure ninjas present. In order to defeat him, they had resorted to tactics willing to sacrifice themselves to damage the enemy heavily.
In fact, if Chao Yanqian had considered the situation from the opponent's perspective, he would have realized that such a tactic was more fitting for the situation.
None of the Kirigakure ninja present could restrain [Flying Thunder God Technique]. This indiscriminate attack covered all the teleportation coordinates Chao Yanqian had set nearby. If he wanted to dodge the attack, he would have to teleport to a more distant location.
And once he left the immediate area, the Kirigakure ninjas would have time and opportunity to retreat.
"You're lucky!" With those parting words, Chao Yanqian teleported away using [Flying Thunder God Technique].
"He's gone! There's no trace of his chakra nearby!" Just after Chao Yanqian teleported away, the three Kirigakure ninjas withdrew their ninjutsu simultaneously. One of them sensed the surroundings and spoke.
"Withdraw!"
The few Kirigakure ninjas exchanged glances, then helped the severely injured Terumi Mei and left.
At this time, there was only one hidden Kirigakure ninja left nearby. After everyone else left, the hidden ninja once again used [Hidden Mist Technique], creating a thick fog to prevent Chao Yanqian from attacking again.
From a cave not far away, Chao Yanqian walked out, his face gloomy.
Chao Yanqian had already suffered from combined ninjutsu more than once. In the past, relying on the convenience of the [Flying Thunder God Technique], he hadn't cared about it, but the cooperative use of ninjutsu among shinobi could truly produce results far beyond the sum of individual powers.
Reflecting for a moment, Chao Yanqian realized that after learning the [Flying Thunder God Technique], his behavior had indeed become much more high-profile than before.
Releasing the Three-Tails in Kirigakure such an act was something that, in the past, Chao Yanqian would never have considered, let alone provoking the mastermind Uchiha Madara behind the scenes.
"Is this the change brought by power?" Chao Yanqian thought to himself, looking down at his hands.
As strength increases, a person's mindset gradually changes. Is it that power affects one's mind, or is this the true self emerging?
It was a question he did not want to think too deeply about. Whether his mindset was changed by power or whether power had simply released his true nature, it did not matter.
Because people are always changing, and the only constant in this world is change.
Regardless of what he became, Chao Yanqian believed he was still himself, because every change a person undergoes ultimately follows their truest inner thoughts.
Chao Yanqian did not care much about the change in his mindset, but he had to seriously consider his current lack of strength.
Sensing abilities, long-range ninjutsu, diversified tactical application and analysis these were all areas he urgently needed to improve.
The plan Chao Yanqian set for himself was to first fuse the cells of the First Hokage (Hashirama Senju), and then, during Orochimaru's defection incident, obtain the Ryūchi Cave summoning scroll and learn [Sage Mode].
After learning [Sage Mode], the weakness in perception would become a strength. The natural sensing abilities of Sage Mode far surpassed even the dynamic vision of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. In Sage Mode, the power of ninjutsu would also be greatly enhanced, compensating for the current lack of long-range attacks.
[Sage Mode] was a plan for Chao Yanqian to strengthen himself within five years. However, when facing threats like the Rinnegan, the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, and even Kaguya Ōtsutsuki the ancestor of chakra even [Sage Mode] would only make Chao Yanqian a slightly stronger background character.
To obtain strength comparable to that of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, Chao Yanqian had an immature plan in his heart. The first step of this plan was to fuse perfectly with the First Hokage's cells.
Only by allowing the First Hokage's cells to fully integrate with his own body could Chao Yanqian continue with his next plans.
Thinking of this, Chao Yanqian no longer had any intention of continuing with the current mission.
Returning to the village to continue research on the First Hokage's cells and cytotoxic vaccines was the most urgent task before him. (To be continued.)
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