The Enemy Was Too Weak... That Was Troublesome Too

"Heh heh, all done!" The Snow Ninja with her ponytail looked at the snow mist kicked up by the intense collision at her feet and sneered, "There are still two Konoha ninjas who haven't shown up... Oh well! They're probably dead too."

"Oh right, I almost forgot to cut off the head. Hopefully, the head and body can still be distinguished! I also need to find that damn key. Let me see... Huh?"

The snow mist gradually subsided, and the air returned to clarity. Beneath Snow Ninja's feet, the intact film crew, hidden behind the ice wall, appeared before him.

"So, whose head are you going to cut off?" In the moment of Snow Ninja's astonishment, a voice as cold as frost suddenly came from behind her.

The girl's figure had appeared silently behind him at some point, the ice Kunai in her hand pressed tightly against the armor on the back of the Snow Ninja, her eyes coldly fixed on him with murderous intent.

Unexpectedly, the ponytail ninja was only slightly surprised and did not panic at all.

"Heh heh, you think you've already won, you devil?" The middle-aged ninja revealed a sinister smile and said in a mocking tone, then ignored the deadly threat behind him and began to Hand Seals without a care!

Sakura's eyes narrowed, Kunai hesitation, she stabbed the Snow Ninja in the back with her kunai.

Crack! The Kunai a sound.

"What!" The girl's expression changed. She tried her best but couldn't pierce the ninja's armor. Instead, the kunai, which was infused with Chakra and could cut through iron like mud, Kunai broken! While she was shocked, the Snow Ninja had already completed his Ninjutsu and turned to attack Sakura!

Ice Release: Swallow Snow Storm!

The two stood almost face to face. As the Snow Ninja completed the hand Hand Seals, the ice darts shot out. Sakura, who was so close, had no way to dodge and was caught off guard, taking the full damage!

Thud! Thud! Thud! Several dull, bloody sounds of flesh tearing echoed as the ice darts ripped countless gashes into Sakura's body, causing blood to gush out and stain her faltering form crimson.

"Hmph... You're asking for death!" The ponytail-wearing man sneered as he admired the girl's body, which was torn apart like a broken doll.

But then the seemingly dying girl suddenly grinned and said, "It seems... you are the real deal!"

Snow Ninja was taken aback.

Ice Release: Clone Great Explosion Technique!

Boom! With a deafening explosion, Sakura's figure shattered into countless sharp ice shards, exploding like a cannonball!

The Ninjutsu, so close at hand, certainly didn't miss—following closely Ice Clone, the Snow Ninja, not to be outdone, quickly proved this once again.

"Your armor looks a bit strange."

Sakura Haruno's true form appeared leisurely on another tree, peering at the miserable-looking Snow Ninja before her: the skin exposed outside his armor was mangled beyond recognition by the clone's explosion, with ice shards deeply embedded in his body, and blood streaming down his face.

Surprisingly, his armor withstood the power of the clone's explosion, and the ice shards scattered during the explosion failed to completely penetrate the armor.

"Most of the damage from the clone explosion was blocked by the armor... It seems that 90% (censored) of your skill comes from this armor?"

She could tell that although Snow Ninja had suffered a serious injury, his vital organs had not been damaged, and he would not die anytime soon.

This ponytail ninja's Ice Release technique was quite powerful, but his reaction time and experience were poor. He was saved by the strange armor he was wearing.

"I'm really curious, how high can your armor withstand?" The girl revealed a devilish smile, teasing the Snow Ninja who was completely battered.

As she did this, she raised her right hand, her slender fingers pointing at the highest, most complete armor on Snow Ninja's right arm.

Water Release: Wind Blade Torrent!

The long-absent Water Gun Technique reappeared in the ninja world: a thin line of water, propelled by Chakra, shot out at fifty times the speed of sound along the girl's slender index finger and struck the Snow Ninja's right arm.

A faint cracking sound rang out from the Snow Ninja's right arm. It was actually two sounds: the first sound of the high-pressure water jet shattering the armor and the second sound of water penetrating the body from the other end. Because they were produced almost simultaneously, they were combined into one sound.

Sakura keenly sensed that the Chakra contained within the water line weakened for a moment, as if the armor had absorbed the Chakra from the Ninjutsu. However, the beauty of the girl's Ninjutsu lay in the fact that even without Chakra, the high-pressure water line was a weapon capable of cutting through steel and even diamonds, so the armor was instantly shattered.

The excruciating pain from the gouged hole in her arm caused large beads of cold sweat to instantly appear on Snow Ninja's forehead, which, mixed with blood, immediately trickled into her eyes.

He almost gritted his teeth to suppress the pain with a muffled groan, dragging his battered body as he leaped away. The waterline, which had been resting in the middle of his arm, was instantly severed by the Wind Blade Torrent as he moved, slicing half of his arm, armor and all, revealing the smooth, bloody muscle slits!

The middle-aged ninja's screams could no longer be suppressed. "Aaaaaah--!"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! What are you all still looking at? Aren't you coming out?!" He clutched his arm tightly, his face contorted in extreme pain, letting out a ghostly roar.

"Oh~ so there were accomplices after all?" the pink-haired girl murmured to herself.

She wasn't a sensory ninja; her heightened sensitivity to Chakra was limited to close range, and she couldn't discern anything from a distance.

However, ninjas usually complete missions in teams. Sakura felt that the ponytailed Snow Ninja might have companions around, so she deliberately slowed down the pace of the battle, hoping to imprint the remaining enemies.

Otherwise, if she had simply unleashed Water Gun Technique of the level of Wind Blade Torrent while hiding in the shadows, the world would have been quiet long ago.

"Although we need to slow down, that clone self-destruction was clearly overdone!" The girl still had the mood to criticize herself, because the two enemies who jumped out next were obviously much weaker than the ponytail ninja in terms of Chakra quality and agility.

The only thing they had to show for themselves was their armor.

The newly emerged enemy also clearly recognized the disparity in strength between the two sides.

Even disregarding the incredibly powerful Water Release that could completely ignore armor, the pink-haired girl's impressively fast Ice Clone were something they couldn't contend with. While the clones weren't fast enough for Sasuke, they were more than capable of easily defeating the water-heavy ninjas from the backwaters. For one thing, the clones could simply rush in front of them and self-destruct, enough to give them a run for their money.

The situation seemed to remain deadlocked for a moment.

The two newly appeared Snow Ninja protected the ponytail ninja, not daring to make any rash moves because they were wary of Sakura.

Sakura made no further move, simply standing there quietly. She was preoccupied with how to handle the situation...

(Today's third update. From now on, normally every two updates.)

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