"That's the Sharingan!"
Chūdō recognized the crimson pupils in Uchiha Jin's eye sockets, where a single tomoe was slowly spinning.
The Uchiha Clan's illustrious Sharingan.
Few in the ninja world didn't recognize it.
But Jin, who had awakened the Sharingan unexpectedly, wasn't so happy. He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice.
"I really have to thank you."
If he had to open the Sharingan in this kind of life-and-death crisis, he would rather not open it.
One had to know that Jin was terrified of death.
And the result was extremely tragic and evil.
Large areas of skin all over his body were damaged. His body was either scorched black or crimson. One could even see the heaving of his internal organs, looking like a flayed man.
What kind of top ten torture method was this?
At the same time, intense pain flooded his mind but was suppressed by the adrenaline in his body.
If this kind of injury wasn't treated in time, it would be equivalent to reporting to the King of Hell.
Jin took a deep breath.
"Six Storehouses Immortal Thief."
A large amount of chakra in his body began to disappear, and the skin on his body surface grew back rapidly. In just two breaths, the surface layer of his skin had completely recovered.
He really had foresight.
Without the Six Storehouses Immortal Thief, he would have been dead for sure.
"That kind of jutsu."
Chūdō narrowed his eyes, watching the rapidly recovering Jin. He heard that only someone named Tsunade in Konoha possessed this kind of super-intensity recovery jutsu.
This was the second one.
"Round Two."
From Jin's tattered sleeve, Little White stuck its head out, opened its mouth, and slowly spat out the Kusanagi Sword.
Little White had retrieved the Kusanagi Sword lost in the battle just now.
At this moment, Chūdō's attack had already arrived.
"Earth Release: Earth Stone Dragon Technique."
A large amount of earth and stone from the ground gathered into a huge earth dragon, flying over from one side of the jungle.
Jin turned his head quickly to look into the forest.
The tomoe in the Sharingan spun.
"I see you."
The ability of the One-Tomoe Sharingan was insight. It could even see the flow of chakra.
The Chūdō standing in front of Jin had already turned into mud.
Earth Clone Technique.
Facing the earth dragon whistling with strong wind, Jin lowered his body, gripping the sword hilt tightly with both hands.
As he breathed violently, sparks emerged from the corner of his mouth.
Forming seals through breathing, converting chakra into flames.
This was... Breath of Flames.
"Fourth Form: Blooming Flame Undulation!" (Shi no kata: Sei En no Uneri)
Flames ignited on the blade. Jin spun the sword in his hand forcefully, and the flames turned into a spiral shape, slashing towards the earth dragon.
The next moment.
Flames collided with the earth dragon, kicking up a gust of wind. Fire met earth, producing a substance like magma, which splashed outwards accompanied by the wind.
Jin retreated quickly to escape the range of the splashing magma.
Just as he was retreating rapidly, his head suddenly snapped down to look at the ground.
"Didn't I say it? I see you!"
Jin gritted his teeth and leaped up from the ground. The flames on the sword became more vigorous, and sparks flew from the corner of his mouth.
"Breath of Flames! Third Form: Blazing Universe!" (San no kata: Ki En Banshō)
The flaming sword slashed downwards from above.
The ground split open under the scorching flames, revealing Chūdō with a gloomy face inside.
Chūdō's body turned into mud under the intense flaming sword.
The residual mud was also burned to ashes by the flames.
Revealing a burning explosive tag inside.
Truly one trap after another.
Did these ninjas never fight fair and square?
Jin swung his sword in an instant.
As the sword light flashed past, the explosive tag was cut in half, unable to complete the explosion.
On the ground in the distance, Chūdō half-knelt. There were scorch marks on his hair and back. Even though he transferred in time, he still took some damage.
And Jin's performance surprised him more and more.
"Nintaijutsu!"
Chūdō felt more and more how tricky this Uchiha in front of him was. Sharingan plus powerful recovery ability, and this Nintaijutsu.
Any one of these could create a decent ninja.
But now they were all in the hands of this one person.
If he had so many jutsu, he would have become an Elite Jonin of Iwagakure long ago.
Damn Uchiha.
"It's not over yet!"
Jin's feet stomped the ground powerfully. Flames wrapped around the blade and gradually engulfed Jin's body.
Where his feet stepped, a pit appeared, with burning flames lingering in the pit for a long time.
Chūdō merely blinked, and Jin had already arrived in front of him.
"Breath of Flames! First Form: Unknowing Fire!" (Ichi no kata: Shiranui)
The burning sword slashed at Chūdō. He could even see Chūdō's terrified expression.
But just as he reached Chūdō, Jin suddenly stepped on empty air. The ground was just a trap covered with a cloth. Underneath was a hollow.
"Fuck!! Tricked again."
Before he could fall, Chūdō had already finished his seals.
"It's over!"
"Earth Release: Great Cover Technique." (Doton: Otoshibuta)
Chakra transformed into a massive rock appearing in the sky.
The next moment, carrying a whistling wind, it pressed down heavily.
This was the only A-Rank ninjutsu Chūdō mastered. Even an existence called a Kage would die with hatred under this massive rock.
"This is a Jonin!!"
A pure, old schemer!
Jin grabbed the fixed earth spikes inside the trap with both hands. Below were full of sharp earth spikes. A moment of carelessness would leave his body riddled with holes.
Looking up at the rock that was exactly the same size as the trap.
He felt despair in his heart.
But he hadn't given up yet.
"Tekkai!"
"Six Storehouses Immortal Thief!"
"Gate of Opening! Open!"
He fully enhanced his defense to hard-tank this ninjutsu. This was the confidence he had in his strength.
"I don't believe you can kill me!"
His body rolled backwards, standing on top of the sharp earth spikes. His hands gripped the sword hilt deathly tight, knuckles turning white, veins bulging.
"Breath of Flames!"
Jin rested the sword on his shoulder.
"Ninth Form!"
Flames guarded Jin's perimeter in a spiral. The earth spikes shattered instantly under Jin's feet. Jin's figure turned into a roaring dragon of flames, rushing towards the rock above.
"Rengoku!" (Ku no kata: Rengoku)
The divine dragon formed by flames collided with the rock.
BOOM!
The power of this slash actually forcibly stopped the rock, and a clear sword mark appeared on it.
"Shatter for me!!"
The flames burned fiercely, turning the entire rock red hot. The surrounding temperature began to rise rapidly.
Unfortunately!
The sword mark didn't expand. Although it looked like rock, it was more like iron stone. Its hardness didn't budge an inch under Jin's sword.
"It's useless."
Chūdō maintained the seal-holding posture. This ninjutsu required the ninja to continuously provide chakra.
The power would also increase with time.
Chūdō only needed to provide chakra.
Just as he said.
The massive rock soon gradually pressed downwards.
The force Jin carried was almost exhausted. The flames gradually dissipated, and his body fell straight down.
He flipped over and landed on the earth spikes.
Jin took a deep look at Chūdō.
"Next time I see you, it will be your death date."
"There is no next time!!"
Chūdō also went all out. Facing such a genius ninja...
This was the greatest respect he could give.
Iwagakure would also lose a future great enemy.
Watching the rock gradually descend.
Jin tore off the remaining sleeve on his arm, revealing a strange tattoo.
He still had one last move.
Specially used for escaping.
"Reverse Summoning..."
"Wind Release: Gale Palm!!"
A violent gust of wind suddenly blew, accompanied by a red figure.
"Die a hundred times for me!!"
Kushina, with chains wrapped around her arm plus the strong wind current, shot towards Chūdō with even greater speed.
This was her full-power strike.
A strike even Tsunade wouldn't dare to take head-on!
Chūdō's hands changed seals rapidly.
BOOM!
His body turned into mud filling the sky and scattered.
Chūdō's figure appeared in the distance, but his face was extremely ugly.
Seeing the figures of the two, he already knew the outcome of his students. Those two were ninjas the village had high hopes for.
They had actually perished here.
Without the supply of chakra, cracks gradually appeared on the falling rock. The cracks grew larger and larger. As broken stones fell, the failure of this ninjutsu was declared.
"You guys really are..."
Looking at the appearing Minato and Kushina.
Jin didn't know why a smile appeared on his face. The chakra prepared for the Reverse Summoning Jutsu was retracted into his body.
"Stupid enough!"
"We won't abandon our companions!!"
Kushina roared at Jin.
Minato scratched his face awkwardly behind her.
Did Kushina shout at the wrong person? Shouldn't she shout at the enemy?
"As long as you're happy."
Jin didn't care. He looked up at the gradually falling rock. Even though it had shattered now, it still carried massive kinetic energy and wouldn't stop so easily.
Rumble.
As the rock fell, Jin was completely buried.
Minato and Kushina didn't show a trace of worry, just staring deathly at Chūdō standing in the distance.
Things happened as they expected.
A flame burst out from the shattered rocks.
The flames carried Jin out. He flipped in the air and landed in front of the two.
Also staring at Chūdō in the distance.
Team 7.
Assembled.
"Round Three."
Jin and Minato rushed up simultaneously. One step of Soru crossed the distance between the two sides.
Sword and kunai attacked Chūdō in a cross pattern, preventing him from using ninjutsu smoothly.
Chūdō's taijutsu was also sharp. Even when besieged by two people, he could repel one, wanting to make time to form seals.
But when one was repelled, Kushina would rush up to fill the position.
Compared to the taijutsu attacks of those two, Kushina was actually the biggest threat.
Chūdō didn't dare to take her hits head-on at all. He could only choose to dodge.
Now what he needed to do was obscure the vision of these three. But Jin's Sharingan stared at him deathly. Once he made a move to disengage...
They would rush up.
Chūdō gritted his teeth. He had wasted too much stamina and chakra in the battle with Jin just now. For a moment, he couldn't find an opportunity amidst the siege of the three.
But him not finding an opportunity didn't mean Team 7 didn't have one.
Kushina dropped a heel from high above.
"Heavenly Foot of Pain!!" (Tsūtenkyaku)
A large crater appeared instantly in the ground.
"Good chance!"
The flying stones and dirt obscured everyone's vision. He was about to conceal himself at this moment.
But someone was faster than him.
"Breath of Flames! Fifth Form! Flame Tiger!" (Go no kata: Enko)
"Steel Tempest!"
Burning flames turned into a fierce tiger. Under the sweeping of the gale, its body swelled several times in size.
This strike was extremely fast, and extremely strong.
Chūdō couldn't react in time. Looking at the tiger that had already arrived in front of his face.
He smiled faintly.
And was swallowed by the Flame Tiger.