Ninja battles are all about intelligence; the stronger the ninjas are, the more important it is to gather information about their opponents.
Hinata has always played by Royal Flush own rules, always going for the best. When facing ninjas who are used to testing their opponents first, she can naturally gain the upper hand.
Hinata's attack speed is extremely fast, and her ninjutsu is extremely powerful. If an opponent cannot block Hinata's ultimate move, their only fate is death.
However, if the enemy learns about Hinata in advance, then there are many ways to restrain Hinata.
Using 'Earth Release: Earth Core' to raise the ground is the best method for the Stone Ninja.
Hinata glanced at the battle between the two sides.
With the support of Asuma, the Wind God, and the Thunder God, Konoha has temporarily stabilized the situation.
The Iwagakure side had twenty-three ninjas. In the previous battle, one was ambushed by Nara Saltwater, and three more were killed by Hinata. Now, only nineteen ninjas remain.
Fugai sent two more Jonin to hold Hinata back, and the situation between Konoha and Iwagakure became twelve against seventeen.
Fugai led six Stone Ninja to besiege Kakashi. Aside from Kakashi being in dire straits, the Konoha side actually managed to suppress the Stone Ninja.
However, three Anbu from Konoha had already been seriously injured. Before Konoha and the others arrived to Hinata assistance, Hyuga Iroha and another Anbu were also severely injured by Stone Ninja.
To protect these five people, Asuma and the others were somewhat hesitant to act freely.
Fortunately, the Wind God and Thunder God are strong enough. Although they are not very bright and are often outmaneuvered by their opponents, their Chakra Enhanced Strength, if unleashed at full power, is enough to make the Stone Ninja unable to cope, even if they are not as strong as Tsunade.
I got a good deal!
Hinata instantly assessed the situation.
Konoha can win this team battle!
However, the prerequisite for this 'winning' is that Hinata can quickly eliminate the opponent and support Kakashi.
Although Kakashi used the Sharingan to an extraordinary degree, his rich combat experience allowed him to hold his own against seven Stone Ninja who were attacking him.
However, Kakashi was too short on chakra, and the Sharingan was an even bigger chakra consumer, so he couldn't last long at all.
Moreover, Kakashi had been fighting the Stone Ninja for several days, and his stamina was almost depleted.
The other Stone Ninja were alright, but the Stone Ninja in command was extremely powerful, almost on par with Kakashi.
Hinata had already deduced that Iwagakure's goal seemed to be to kill Kakashi in front of her. They had already obtained information about Kakashi, and their purpose in engaging Kakashi for so many days was to exhaust Kakashi stamina and chakra.
But this mission... Ōnoki shouldn't be this brain-dead, right?
Hinata stood on the protruding rock, looking down at the two Stone Ninja below, and simultaneously unleashed both punches.
"Eight Trigrams - Air Palm!"
At the same time, she unleashed ten Air Palm strikes to bombard the ground with a comprehensive ninjutsu attack. Even if the enemy had already obtained information about Hinata, it would be difficult to withstand Hinata's attack without a sufficiently powerful ninjutsu.
Suzuki sneered, "I told you, I've been on guard against you all along!"
'Earth Core' is a ninjutsu used by the Iwa Stone Ninja named Nanlin, and Suzuki has been Hand Seals from the beginning, seemingly having already seen through Hinata's next move.
"Earth Release - Earth Stone Dragon!"
A giant dragon made entirely of earth and stone instantly rose from beneath Suzuki Nanlin's feet. Although it was smashed to pieces by Hinata's Air Palm in the blink of an eye, Suzuki Nanlin used the force of the earth dragon rising into the air to retreat instantly and avoid Hinata's all-encompassing Air Palm.
Nanlin had already completed the hand seals and shouted, "Wind Style: Tornado Hurricane!"
Jonin usually master two or more chakra nature transformations. Suzuki Nanlin had been using Earth Release to fight Hinata, so their sudden use of Wind Style caught Hinata off guard.
Hinata's fighting pace far surpasses that of ordinary ninjas, but Suzuki Nanlin's coordination is exquisite, alternating between ninjutsu, and the interval between two ninjutsu is even half a second faster than Hinata's.
A massive tornado formed instantly, with Hinata at its very center. Although she appeared unharmed by the Wind Style, the rapidly spinning tornado had almost created a vacuum at its center.
Hinata tried to move, but the centrifugal force created by the spinning tornado greatly restricted Hinata movements; there seemed to be enormous resistance in the air.
Suzuki Nanlin simultaneously Hand Seals.
"Wind Style - Wind Slash!"
A dozen or so wind blades formed within the tornado, slashing towards Hinata from all directions.
Hinata began to spin in the direction the tornado was rotating.
"Heavenly Spin!"
Driven by the tornado, Hinata spun at an extremely fast speed, and her Senjutsu Chakra erupted instantly, Heavenly Spin Chakra Sphere to reach a diameter of almost ten meters.
The wind blade was easily blocked by the Heavenly Spin.
Driven by the Heavenly Spin, the tornado's rotation speed increased rapidly.
The rotational forces of the Heavenly Spin and the cyclone seemed to have some effect, causing the tornado to expand rapidly and in the blink of an eye, form a dense array of wind blades that began to spread in all directions.
The sudden turn of events startled Suzuki Nanlin. They simultaneously Hand Seals and roared, "Earth Release: Earth Wall!"
The two instantly erected ten earthen walls, but they shattered almost instantly under the spreading tornado blades. Suzuki Nanlin didn't even have time to escape underground.
"Ah--"
"Ah--"
Two screams rang out amidst the howling wind.
Driven by the Heavenly Spin, the tornado not only rotated faster, but its attack power also became astonishingly great.
Suzuki Nanlin were almost instantly cut open by the wind blades, their blood being swept into the air and turned into a blood mist that was swallowed by the endless storm.
"Suzuki! Nanlin!"
Fugai roared fiercely, but he couldn't bring the two back to life.
The remaining Stone Ninja were also filled with rage, wishing they could kill all the Konoha Ninja to avenge the dead Stone Ninja.
That's terrible.
The most tragic thing for a ninja is to have their own ninjutsu used against them by the enemy.
Although the tornado, propelled by the Heavenly Spin, was far less powerful than the Rasenshuriken, it was still not something two Jonin could easily withstand.
Unless a ninja masters a special secret technique, even if they reach the level of 'Kage', they are still made of flesh and blood.
This change was extremely sudden. Suzuki Nanlin never expected that the collision between the 'Tornado Hurricane' and 'Heavenly Spin' would result in such an unexpected outcome.
After a while, the tornado stopped, and Suzuki Nanlin were cut to a bloody pulp by the dense wind blades, with not a single piece of good flesh left on their bodies.
Hinata stood on the rock that had risen from the 'Earth Core', her gaze fixed on Kakashi's direction, thinking to herself, "We won!"
Unless the Stone Ninja can divert their strength from the ninjas surrounding Kakashi to hold Hinata, defeat is the only outcome awaiting them.
But even if we send ninjas to hold Hinata, what good will it do?
How long can they hold Hinata off?
From the initial rush, the drive, to the battle, Hinata's chakra reserves haven't even reached 20%. However, Suzuki Nanlin's series of ninjutsu attacks have already depleted more than half of their chakra.
Even if the tornado hadn't changed, Hinata could have dragged them out to death.
After this battle, Hinata gained a clear understanding of her own fighting abilities.
Even if Hinata simply stands Heavenly Spin and lets them hit her while she's in Sage Mode against an ordinary Jonin, she'll eventually be the one who gets exhausted and Hinata.
After all, not everyone's chakra is called 'Chakuton'.
However, Hinata is completely outmatched when facing a ninja of Jiraiya's caliber.
In normal circumstances, even if Hinata could defeat those two Stone Ninja, it would probably take her quite a bit of effort.