Battle Royale

"Huh? Where did this fool come from?" Kushimaru Kuriarare's initial surprise turned into mockery. Shunren had fallen right into his "Long Sword Technique: Earth Spider Seal" right from the start; wasn't he just blatantly coming in to die?

Pakura stared at Shunren in disbelief, speechless.

Shunren glanced at the shrinking steel wire mesh beneath his feet, his expression unchanged.

"Hmph!" Shimo Yuki pressed her hands to the ground, and the cold air froze Shunren's feet along the ground.

The steel wire shrinks.

"Rip!" Pakura's face stiffened. She could even feel the sharp steel wire tearing through her trouser leg and touching her skin, about to sever her legs in the next second.

However, at that moment, the steel wire that could cut through everything suddenly stopped.

Raiga Kurosuki immediately cursed, "Kushimaru, what are you doing?"

Kushimaru Kuriarare tugged at the wire, then turned his anger towards Shimo Yuki, "You idiot, your Ice Release froze my weapon!"

Shimo Yuki looked completely bewildered. "What nonsense are you talking about... huh!?"

However, he suddenly realized that the wire mesh on the field had been frozen solid.

-18 degrees Celsius.

Shunren held the Sode no Shirayuki in one hand, with blood dripping from between his fingers on his left. He used the power of the Sode no Shirayuki to lower the temperature inside and outside his body to below freezing point, freezing everything he touched or was touched.

The steel wire from the Kushimaru Kuriarare tore through Shunren's trouser leg and stuck to his skin, instantly freezing him in place.

"This Chakra... it's not my Ice Release!" This was when Shimo Yuki finally realized something was wrong.

"Crack!" The steel wire shattered as the ice broke apart.

Guagua Kushimaru Kuriarare, "You bastard, how dare you ruin my Nuibari!"

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on? This is a mess!" Raiga Kurosuki brandished his electrifying twin swords, seemingly preparing some kind of technique.

"We've resumed our actions; it's time to retaliate..." Pakura used her scorching Chakra to evaporate the frost binding her feet, looking eager to fight back. With Shunren's help, she clearly wanted to take revenge on the three people in front of her.

Shunren stopped her, shaking his head and saying, "No! We must leave here quickly. There are still three people behind us, and my barrier can't hold them for long."

However, Shunren's words greatly surprised Pakura. "Uchiha Shunren? The trouble you're talking about, is it fighting the other Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist? And you even trapped them? Shouldn't there be four of them? Did you fight four against one and even kill one of them?"

Shunren did not refute her words and remained silent.

Pakura's eyes were filled with disbelief as he said in a deep voice, "It's only been a few months, but it seems your strength has improved quite a bit!"

"It's coming, don't get distracted!" Shunren reminded him.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Strike!" Chakra Raiga Kurosuki, channeling a large amount of Ninja Blade into them to amplify their inherent lightning power, which then transformed into a thunderbolt that descended from the sky!

"Let me do it!" Pakura gestured with both hands, "Scorch Release: Fireball!"

An explosion of thunder and fire!

"Ice Release: Frost Lion Claws!" Shimo Yuki unleashed a high-level Ice Release with shape-shifting capabilities. A gigantic ice lion charged rapidly toward Shunren, its movement trajectory elusive, seemingly capable of evading attacks.

Shunren used the tip of his knife to stick four dots into the ground, from which a large amount of frozen frost emerged. He then gathered it together, and his Sode no Shirayuki pointed straight ahead.

"What? This is impossible!" Shimo Yuki felt a chill run down her spine and was immediately shocked.

"Second Dance - White Ripples!"

A massive blizzard surged forth; facing this attack, which was almost a map-wide attack,

Now, no matter how much the Ice Lion tried to drift, it was useless; it was instantly swept away and submerged by the blizzard. "Dual Blade Technique: Ki Hammer!" Shimo Yuki swung her Chakra sword, transforming it into a massive Hiramekarei chakra. Although the sword had a peculiar design—two hilts and a noticeable gap in the middle of the blade, making it seem as if two swords had been forcibly joined together—its destructive power was truly extraordinary. The Chakra sphere she unleashed actually created an unbreakable wall of energy amidst the raging blizzard!

Shunren narrowed his eyes slightly, already having anticipated this. In the original story, Chōjūrō used this sword to send Sasuke Uchiha's Susanoo flying, demonstrating its immense power.

Body Flicker Technique!

Kushimaru Kuriarare, wielding his sharp, long sword, attacked Shunren from the side.

Shunren's right hand was still holding the Sode no Shirayuki, which was releasing blizzards, so he couldn't break free for the time being. He used his left hand to pull out the Elucidator from his back to fight back.

"Ding ding ding ding~"

A flurry of swords clashed, and Kushimaru Kuriarare, just like his slender figure, was extremely agile. Coupled with the long, sharp sword in his hand, his swordsmanship was also at the master level!

Shunren combined the Konoha-Style Kenjutsu and Uchiha Style Swordsmanship, and although his skills were quite good, he was still slightly inferior to his opponent. Only with the insight of his Sharingan could he barely parry the opponent's wild sword dance.

Kushimaru Kuriarare was also quite surprised. Among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he was one of the best in swordsmanship. He never expected that this kid who looked to be only ten years old could actually fight him to a standstill!

"Damn it, if my wire hadn't broken..." Kushimaru Kuriarare cursed angrily. Because the wire was destroyed, he was unable to use the secret technique of the longsword technique, "Nuibari Needle," which was a major reason why.

Shunren stopped his second dance with the Sode no Shirayuki and turned to slash at the Kushimaru Kuriarare in front of him.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!" Kushimaru Kuriarare summoned a water vortex shield beneath his feet to protect himself.

Shunren frowned, wondering if this guy had secretly Hand Seals while they were clashing swords.

"Pfft!" Shunren's Sode no Shirayuki cleaved through the water shield with a single strike.

However, in that brief moment of obstruction, Kushimaru Kuriarare seized the opportunity to retreat.

"Whoosh~" However, on the other side, Shimo Yuki arrived in front of him again, wielding Hiramekarei with both hands, and the incredibly powerful Chakra ball came crashing down again.

Shunren knew the power of his opponent's move and dared not fight it head-on. He immediately used his Body Flicker Technique to retreat.

"Boom!" The Chakra ball smashed through the earth, creating a huge crater.

"Don't even think about escaping!" Shimo Yuki continued her pursuit after her initial attack missed. Judging from the deep-seated hatred on his face towards Shunren, it was probably the latter's Sode no Shirayuki Shimo Yuki sword that had aroused Mizuki Shimo's jealousy. "As Ice Release ninja, I don't even have a suitable ice-style Ninja Blade. How dare you, an Uchiha Clan who claims to be a family of Fire Style, wield a sword powered by Ice Release?"

As Shunren retreated, he touched the ground with his toes while simultaneously waving his Sode no Shirayuki forward.

A huge white light array appeared on the ground.

"First Dance - Moonlight!"