Roar!
The mud python, braving the earth bullet attack, instantly lunged at Senju Butsuma.
As the two clan leaders took action, the ninjas of the two clans engaged in a fierce battle on the battlefield, with small-scale ninjutsu bursting out from time to time in various places.
Clang!
The two long swords clashed together, producing a deafening sound.
"Senju Butsuma! Die!"
Reiryū, wielding a long sword and bursting with chakra, launched an attack on Butsuma with overwhelming momentum.
"You?!"
Butsuma gripped his long sword, chakra flowing along its blade.
BOOM!
The power of the clan leaders clashed once again, and waves of energy spread outward. Everyone around them tacitly moved away from the two clan leaders.
After all, battles between clan leaders were beyond the reach of ordinary ninjas. A slight misstep could not only fail to help but also risk getting themselves involved.
Therefore, at this point, it was better to let the two clan leaders fight separately.
Whoosh!
Kazuki plunged his sword into his opponent's chest, then instantly pulled it out and charged toward another enemy.
With the memories of his predecessor and the experience of last night, he no longer felt any aversion to killing.
After all, in a world full of bloodshed, hesitation leads to defeat. He wouldn't be foolish enough to think about such things on the battlefield.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Blade!"
Kazuki took out a shuriken, gently spat it out, and the shuriken, imbued with wind-style chakra, instantly flew toward a Senju chunin.
Pfft!
The shuriken grazed his opponent's neck, splattering blood, and the Senju chunin's body went limp and collapsed to the ground.
"This ninjutsu is quite useful."
Kazuki gripped his short sword, searching for and killing enemies while muttering to himself.
Wind Release: Vacuum Blade was a ninjutsu his predecessor had mastered.
He remembered that Danzo had used this technique when he fought Uchiha Sasuke.
At that time, the shuriken carrying wind-style chakra had sliced through flying rocks as easily as cutting tofu, demonstrating considerable power.
He didn't know why the Hagoromo clan had such ninjutsu, but it was quite useful.
With his current strength, which was between special jonin and jonin level, after using Wind Release: Vacuum Blade, killing chunin and genin was as easy as killing chickens.
Clang!
As the swords clashed, Kazuki raised his foot and kicked his opponent directly in the stomach.
However, since he was only about 1.5 meters tall, his height wasn't quite enough, so his kick went slightly downward.
"Aaaah!!!"
The middle-aged Senju suddenly clutched his lower abdomen, his eyes bulging, and he knelt on the ground, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Uh..."
Kazuki was stunned for a moment. "I didn't kick that hard, and you couldn't withstand it?"
"Also, you're so old and still only a chunin. I suspect you're not very talented, so you should retire and let the younger generation take over."
The words fell.
Whoosh!
With a single slash, Kazuki unleashed his blade, and a line of blood instantly flew from the middle-aged Senju's neck.
Thump!
The body, having stopped struggling, collapsed limply to the ground.
"That guy..."
In the distance, a boy with tawny hair watched Kazuki's back with some excitement.
This guy had already killed several of his clansmen. Judging by his strength, he was a worthy opponent.
After cutting down his opponent, the tawny-haired boy gripped the hilt of his sword, his excited expression tinged with tension, and instantly charged toward Kazuki.
"Sorry, but fighting is exhausting. Time to take a rest."
Kazuki pulled out the short sword stuck in a Senju chunin's chest and bid him farewell.
Hm?
Suddenly, he sensed danger coming from behind. He instinctively turned around and swung his short sword.
Clang!
He slid back two or three steps, gripping his short sword.
"Who are you?"
Kazuki squinted at the other person.
This boy with tawny hair looked a bit younger than him, but his strength was not to be underestimated.
He could sense that, in terms of chakra alone, the boy was on par with him.
"Hmph!"
The boy with tawny hair didn't waste any words with Kazuki. He snorted coldly and once again drew his sword and charged.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
In just a few seconds, Kazuki had exchanged blows with his opponent several times.
"Damn! Where did this guy come from?!"
Kazuki gripped his sword, exchanging blows with his opponent while muttering to himself.
He wasn't much younger than me, yet his strength is so great—enough to be considered a special jonin.
Judging from his appearance, he's neither Hashirama Senju, that mushroom-headed guy, nor Tobirama Senju, that cold-faced man.
Does this character exist in the original work? Why is he so powerful?
Or am I just too weak?
"Earth Release: Rock Fist!"
In the brief moment the two separated, the tawny-haired boy instantly formed a hand seal, and his right hand swelled up and turned a yellowish-brown color.
Clang!
A figure flew backward.
Just now, Kazuki raised his short sword to defend, but he didn't expect his opponent's strength to be so great. Not only was the short sword knocked away, but he was also sent flying.
Thump!
After rolling twice on the ground, before he could even stand up, two Senju clansmen swung their swords at his body.
"You ambushed me? That's not fair!"
Kazuki cursed under his breath, then quickly pulled out two shuriken, imbued them with wind attributes, and threw them out.
Thud!
Thud!
Two jets of blood gushed out, and two heads flew off their necks. Kazuki seized the opportunity and flipped himself up.
"Damn it! I was caught off guard and ambushed by two scoundrels. Where are my people? Why aren't they coming to my aid?"
Kazuki looked around and realized that his clansmen were busy fighting the enemy and had no time to help him.
He'd have to rely on himself for now.
"Water Release: Water Senbon!"
Puff!
Puff!
Puff!
The tawny-haired boy rushed toward Kazuki while forming hand seals, continuously spitting out blue senbon needles that shot toward him.
Swish, swish, swish!
Kazuki dodged the attack and immediately threw a Wind Release: Vacuum Blade.
Ding, ding, ding!
The boy brandished his sword, deflecting the three shuriken.
Seeing the boy wielding a sword and charging toward him, Kazuki's expression turned serious. He hadn't expected that the Wind Release: Vacuum Blade he used to kill weaker enemies would be useless against this opponent.
As for the other ninjutsu, he wasn't yet proficient in using them because he'd just transmigrated here.
"It seems I'll need to train properly after this war ends."
As the eldest son of Reiryū, his predecessor naturally knew many ninjutsu.
However, because he had just transmigrated, he wasn't familiar with chakra circulation, and many of his ninjutsu were surprisingly weak. This was truly frustrating.
"This is the only way." Kazuki muttered.
He originally intended to use this move as a trump card, but he didn't expect to have to use it so soon.
"Ice Release: Frost Domain!"
Kazuki stretched out his hands and formed three hand seals.
The next second, a chill emanated from beneath his feet, and a layer of white frost quickly formed on the surrounding ground.
Just like the scene in the fields on an autumn morning, although the layer of frost wasn't so conspicuous, it was still an existence that couldn't be ignored.
"Phew, that was a bit of a drain." Feeling the chakra within his body, Kazuki frowned slightly.
The Frost Domain consumed one-third of his chakra, and combined with the previous consumption, he now only had half of his chakra left.
Upon seeing Kazuki form hand seals, the tawny-haired boy instinctively became cautious.
However, after discovering that Kazuki had only caused a layer of frost to form on the ground, he relaxed somewhat. "Tch, parlor tricks. Go to hell!"
The boy gripped his sword and lunged at Kazuki.
He could almost see victory beckoning to him.
After all, his opponent had clearly exhausted their options by resorting to a method that could only cause the ground to frost over.
Therefore, final victory would surely belong to him!
Seeing the blade about to strike him, Kazuki sneered. "You're the one who should die."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kazuki disappeared from the spot without even forming a hand seal.
Whoosh!
The boy's sword struck thin air, and he was slightly stunned.
The next second—
Pfft!
"Guh!"
The boy felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest, his face filled with disbelief.
He turned his head with difficulty to look back, only to see that Kazuki had appeared behind him at some point.
Although he couldn't see it, the boy could imagine that Kazuki was holding a kunai in his hand, with blood dripping onto the ground.
"Don't you feel honored to be the first ninja killed by Ice Leap?" Kazuki said these words to the boy.
"Kawarama!!!" A scream rang out.
Kazuki froze.
Wait... Why does this name sound so familiar?