A future traitor of Konoha once said that a person can only truly understand what kind of person they are when they face death.
Right now, Shisui felt he understood himself.
Arrogant, weak, helpless, pitiful…
All the despicable qualities found in the weak could find their prototype in him.
He froze.
At this moment, Shisui struggled to open his mouth, wanting to leave something more in this world, but in the end, he couldn't utter any words.
He was just tossed aside casually by Sora like garbage.
Thud!
His body hit the ground.
Shisui, having lost a lot of blood, lay helplessly on his back and soon fell completely unconscious.
One dead, one injured.
The Konoha's Ninja Team, which originally held all the advantages, had one member instantly killed and another severely wounded by Sora.
The entire team's morale suffered a heavy blow.
The few surviving Konoha Jonin were even intimidated by Sora's pressure, their limbs feeling somewhat numb, and they didn't dare to act anymore.
The gap was too large.
No one had expected that this seemingly handsome, even somewhat bewitching Kirigakure's youth, could be this strong.
Instantly killing Hizashi, fighting evenly with Jiraiya head-on… They even wondered if this guy was Kirigakure's secret weapon, the next Fourth Mizukage!
[Ding!]
[Special Challenge Mission 1: Defeat the Konoha's Ninja, Shisui Uchiha. Completed]
[Special Challenge Mission 2: Kill the Konoha's Ninja, Hizashi Hyuga. Completed]
[Special Challenge Mission 3: Repel the Konoha's Sannin, Jiraiya. Completed]
In Sora's ears, system notifications suddenly rang out.
This made Sora, whose nerves had been somewhat tense, suddenly breathe a sigh of relief.
He had no worries about the first two special missions, but Mission 3, Repel Jiraiya, still posed significant difficulty.
At least based on the situation just now, holding his own without losing was possible, but with his current strength, killing Jiraiya head-on was probably unrealistic.
After all-
His opponent was one of the legendary Sannin.
Setting aside Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Senjutsu, and the like, his physical prowess alone was already superhumanly strong. He was no pushover to be casually slain with a Zanpakuto.
Moreover, they were here on an infiltration and sabotage mission, surrounded by enemy forces. If they got dragged into a prolonged battle, they would eventually be surrounded and annihilated by Konoha's Ninjas.
'That's about enough…'
Sora looked back at his three severely injured subordinates behind him. He knew that if the fight continued, he might be fine, but these three would definitely not survive.
The next moment,
A glint flashed in Sora's eyes.
The Hyorinmaru in his hand swung directly towards the location of Jiraiya and the other Konoha's Ninjas.
"Hyorinmaru!"
"Ice Dragon Tail!"
As soon as Sora's words fell,
An extremely terrifying Reiatsu erupted violently. A piercing cold also exploded from the blade of Hyorinmaru.
In a flash, a visible white freezing air, like a sweeping hurricane, surged forward madly.
Even from dozens of meters away, the Konoha's Jonin felt a bone-chilling cold. The extreme low temperature made their muscles begin to stiffen.
A joke!
This was Ice Dragon Tail, a freezing slash unleashed by the Zanpakuto.
In the direction the blade tip passes, a large area is rapidly frozen by the ice.
Its terrifying power could be called the strongest killing move in Hyorinmaru's Shikai State!
At this moment,
As the cold air swept forward,
Jiraiya instantly sensed something was wrong.
"Beware of the Ice Release!"
"That's the enemy's ultimate move!"
The moment he shouted the warning, his hands were already frantically forming hand seals.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
In an instant, two thick earthen walls rose from the ground, blocking the path of the oncoming wave of cold air.
But that wasn't all!
Konoha's Jonin were no fools. In terms of individual combat ability, they were among the best in the major Ninja Villages!
Therefore, facing the 'Ice Release' used by Sora, besides using Earth Release to block, the several Jonin, including Jiraiya, also unanimously used Fire Release to counter it.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Technique!"
The Jonin joined forces, each injecting high amount of Chakra into their Fire Release, causing the flames spewed from their mouths to instantly spread out, transforming into a seemingly boundless sea of fire.
Boom!
Boom!
The earth roared, the air trembled.
The freezing attack unleashed by Sora instantly collided with the combined Earth Release and Fire Release Ninjutsu, producing an earth-shattering explosion.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
It was impossible to tell how long it lasted.
The aftershocks from the great explosion finally subsided.
Within the smoke and dust, Jiraiya looked up and found that the huge earthen wall in front of him had been frozen by frost, covered in ice emitting white vapor.
He stepped forward and lightly tapped it with a kunai, surprisingly discovering that the density of this ice was much higher than imagined, and it was very sturdy.
Even scraping the kunai forcefully across the ice only left a very faint mark.
Clearly,
The power of this 'Ice Release' was not on the same level as what Jiraiya had known in his mind.
'Who…'
'…is he?'
Jiraiya frowned in thought, his gaze even a bit dumbfounded. He felt that today he had encountered a truly remarkable Ninja.