"Damn it!"
Kiba cursed under his breath, wanting to act—but at this moment, he was completely restrained by Hayashi Ren. He couldn't move a muscle.
By the time he hit the ground, his HP had already dropped to a critically low level.
"Fang Over Fang!"
Without hesitation, Kiba launched his first skill straight at Hayashi Ren, crashing directly into him.
Boom!A loud impact echoed out as a third of Hayashi Ren's health bar disappeared in an instant. But before Kiba could feel any satisfaction, Hayashi Ren reacted—two sharp kicks landed directly on him, reducing Kiba's HP to a sliver.
Boom—!A flash of blue light burst out. Kiba's HP hit zero.
[Hayashi Ren has slain Kiba Inuzuka.][Rampage!]
"You kept charging into my kicks," Hayashi Ren said coldly as he turned toward the red buff area, ready to claim it for himself.
"Damn it! Hayashi Ren's definitely stealing my red buff right now. Just wait till I respawn—I'll kill him for sure," Kiba growled angrily into the team chat.
"You might not get the chance," Neji responded with icy calm, heading straight into Kiba's red buff jungle area.
"Hayashi Ren should be mine to kill," Gaara said coldly.
"Hmph, I'm the one who should kill Hayashi Ren. He's already killed me twice!" Kiba protested with frustration.
Those who knew him well were surprised to notice—he hadn't referred to himself with his usual arrogant third-person title this time.
"Shut up.""Keep whining and I'll kill you myself."
Neji and Gaara both spoke again, their voices eerily in sync, and that made both of them feel a bit uneasy inside.
Still, they didn't say anything more. At this point, their only focus was taking down Hayashi Ren.
"Your heart rate just spiked."
A calm voice cut through the air as Hayashi Ren suddenly appeared, kicking Neji just as he was about to enter the red buff zone. He followed up with several clean basic attacks, then hit Neji with a Leaf Whirlwind, chaining more attacks together until Neji's HP was down to half. Then—whoosh—he released a Shadow Clone.
Right then, Gaara arrived on the scene. Just as he saw Hayashi Ren preparing to unleash a Rasengan, and it looked like it would hit Neji directly, Gaara extended a hand, ready to cast Sand Coffin.
But in a flash of golden light, Hayashi Ren teleported—right in front of Gaara! The Rasengan slammed into Gaara's face, instantly interrupting his Sand Coffin cast.
Caught completely off-guard—never expecting Hayashi Ren to flash straight into him—Gaara didn't get the chance to use his second skill. The Rasengan blasted away nearly a third of his HP.
Meanwhile, the Shadow Clone's Rasengan connected with Neji as well, leaving him in critical condition.
Buzz—A Eight Trigrams formation appeared beneath Neji's feet. He activated his third skill: Gentle Fist Art—Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
Boom!Hayashi Ren kicked Gaara mid-air, suspending him and preventing the activation of Gaara's second skill. Then, he turned to face Neji.
At this point, Neji grinned smugly—he had closed the distance and was now right in front of Hayashi Ren. There was no way Ren could escape now.
"Die!"Neji laughed viciously.
Boom—!A bolt of blue lightning crashed from above, striking Neji directly. His HP dropped to a sliver, and his movements visibly slowed.
"Are you done playing around yet?" Hayashi Ren said calmly, before delivering a clean slap across Neji's face—instantly killing him.
[Hayashi Ren has slain Neji Hyuga.][Unstoppable!]
As the announcement echoed, a golden light shimmered—Hayashi Ren leveled up.
Without hesitation, he upgraded his Leaf Whirlwind, then executed a clean spinning kick. Boom! The kick connected with Gaara, just as he was about to finish his airborne suspension, knocking him back two steps…