The Jōnin of Sunagakure weren't pushovers. They quickly formed hand seals, and over a dozen blades of wind directly enveloped Kairen.
"Ding!"
"You were killed by Sunagakure Jōnin collectively, EXP +500!"
After resurrecting, Kairen formed a one-handed seal, raised his other hand to his mouth: "Fire Release: Fire Gun!"
"Pupupupupu…"
Kairen's cheeks puffed up nonstop, and his mouth fired—one fireball after another burst out like falling petals.
The Sunagakure ninja moved lightly, dodging every single one.
Meimuda rushed to the scene, with several ninja carrying large sealing scrolls beside him. Kairen's pupils shrank the instant he saw them—these were the sealing ninja he feared the most.
Kairen immediately opened the Fourth Gate of the Eight Gates, then stacked on Nine-Tails Chakra, directly entering his full-power chakra mode.
"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
In an instant, thousands of shadow clones surrounded Kairen. The Sunagakure ninja couldn't tell which was the real body.
Meimuda gritted his teeth and cursed viciously: "Damn brat, so slippery!"
The army of clones formed formation, each one unleashing Fire Release: Fire Gun.
"Shadow Clone Formation: Multiple Fire Guns!"
In a blink, hundreds upon hundreds of Fire Guns roared down like missiles, turning the forest into chaos.
"Ahhh—"
The Fire Guns were too fast. Two Jōnin couldn't dodge in time and were blown to bloody pieces.
"Black Scorpion, release poison!"
Meimuda leapt onto a tree. At his feet appeared a massive black scorpion, which released a poisonous miasma that spread outward.
"Shit, it's poisonous!"
The shadow clones all shrieked, and in moments were wiped out by the poison smoke.
"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!"
A Sunagakure Jōnin formed hand seals and spat a compressed air bullet straight into the already pale-faced, weakened Kairen.
The bullet hit, and Kairen exploded into a puff of white smoke.
"Ding!"
"You were killed by Jōnin Ishikura using Wind Release, EXP +100!"
Resurrecting again, Kairen immediately activated Eight Gates and Nine-Tails Chakra, recklessly charging at the Sand ninja.
But there were dozens of Jōnin. They relentlessly released Wind Release attacks, gradually killing Kairen over a dozen times.
"Ding!"
"You were killed by Sunagakure ninja collectively, EXP +450!"
"Ding!"
"You were killed by the high-level summoning beast Black Scorpion's poison, EXP +80!"
"Ding!"
"You were killed by Jōnin Meimuda using Wind Release, EXP +100!"
Unknowingly, the EXP Kairen gained from Sunagakure kept piling up, and his total EXP had already reached over 9,000.
This time, after Kairen was killed, Meimuda quickly signaled two sealing scroll carriers forward—clearly intending to package Kairen up and deliver him straight to the Kazekage's office.
But slippery as ever, Kairen broke free of Sunagakure's encirclement. The sealing ninja had no chance of catching him.
Opening the Fourth Gate, Kairen stepped onto the air itself, running upward into the sky.
The Fourth Gate, "Gate of Pain," granted enhanced physical capability, even allowing the user to shatter air and hover briefly.
Kairen formed hand seals, finishing with the Tiger Seal.
"Fire Release: Multiple Demon Lanterns!"
In an instant, all of Kairen's chakra surged into the air.
Fire chakra rapidly formed tens of thousands of blazing red demonic fire heads. Even the flames still burning in the forest below were absorbed, condensing into Demon Lanterns.
"This Fire Release range?!"
Meimuda looked up in disbelief. The sky was filled with scarlet Demon Lanterns, surrounding them from all sides like a field of flaming oni.
Such a large-scale aerial jutsu attack—Meimuda had only seen something comparable from the Fourth Kazekage's Magnet Release, whose golden sand could blanket a small town in the desert with ease.
"Multiple Demon Lanterns—Fire!"
"Whoooosh—"
At Kairen's command, tens of thousands of Demon Lanterns howled down toward Meimuda's group.
Meimuda's face twisted in urgency. He instantly used Body Flicker and shouted: "Scatter, run with everything you've got!"
"Rumble rumble rumble rumble—"
Tens of thousands of fiery oni heads exploded, turning the entire world into one of fire.
Heat, explosions, searing waves—everything in this world was slowly reduced to ash.
All creation… to cinders.
"Ahhh—"
The agonized screams of Sunagakure ninja echoed through the sea of fire. There were many voices, which meant their losses were heavy.
When the raging flames finally dissipated, Kairen descended from the sky, slowly shutting down the Eight Gates. His black eyes stared coldly at the blackened remains amid the smoke.
"Cough, cough…"
A weak cough instantly drew Kairen over with Body Flicker. Fortunately, he had shielded Tsunade with multiple overlapping clones during his large-scale fire release.
Otherwise, the scorching heat would have dried out all the moisture in her body, leaving her ruined.
Kairen released a wave of Water Release: Wild Water Wave, drenching Tsunade completely.
"Shuuu, shuuu…"
Dozens of shuriken shot toward them. Kairen hugged Tsunade close and Body Flickered twenty meters away, facing a group of dark-faced figures.
They were Sunagakure ninja—around twenty of them.
Kairen frowned, then turned his gaze toward the charred remains at the fire's center. That was Meimuda's summoning beast, the Black Scorpion.
So during the firestorm, Meimuda's group had hidden beneath the giant scorpion, using it to shield themselves.
Meimuda's face was grim: "Damn brat, if not for my Black Scorpion sacrificing its life, we'd all have been burned alive by his flames."
A Jōnin nearby coughed twice through the smoke. Seeing Tsunade in Kairen's arms, his eyes lit up:
"That brat's protecting Princess Tsunade! Attack her!"
Meimuda caught on instantly. He pulled two Soldier Pills from his pouch and swallowed them. Their nutrients quickly restored his chakra.
Meimuda formed hand seals: "Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
"Whooosh—"
A massive gale cannon swept forth, scattering flames and reducing charred, brittle trees to smoke and ash.
Kairen Body Flickered fast, dragging a red line through the air as he rushed back.
Tsunade was a delicate beauty, not like Kairen—who could die endlessly without staying dead. If she were scarred, even a little, it would tear Kairen's heart apart.
"Heh heh…"
Meimuda sneered: "That brat's scared. After him! And send word to the reinforcements—I refuse to believe so many of us can't deal with one kid!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The forest fire continued to spread outward. If unchecked, it could burn down this entire woodland in the Land of Rivers.
"Keeeh—"
Three or five white hawks appeared in the sky—Sunagakure's aerial troops. No matter how fast Kairen flickered across the ground, he couldn't outrun them.
Over a dozen massive wind blades descended, aiming straight for Tsunade and Kairen.
Kairen abruptly hurled Tsunade aside, taking the storm of blades himself.
"Ding!"
"You were killed by three of Sunagakure's summoning beasts jointly, EXP +300!"
Kairen burst into smoke, reformed, then flickered up again to catch Tsunade as she fell from the sky.
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