Fierce Battle

Without any unnecessary words, after the battle, Yichen used his Sensory Ninjutsu, while the other three simply cleaned up the battlefield.

After sensing the surrounding area, Yichen said, "The surrounding squads are all converging on this side. Let's continue towards the border. There are two more squads along the way. Take them out and then retreat."

At this point, Yichen and his group were not far from the border, and the outpost was located to their right rear. Therefore, heading to the border would not only allow them to complete their mission but also facilitate their withdrawal.

The four men charged silently toward the two small teams heading towards the border.

When Yichen and his group encountered the enemy, the two opposing teams had already joined up. Moreover, both teams were quite strong, with two Chunin each team.

The enemy team, consisting of Chunin and four Genin, is currently Genin for Yichen and his group in a defensive formation.

Yichen uttered a soft shout, "Pure."

"Understood." Chun Yichen began Hand Seals as he spoke, Wind Release: Wind Release: Breakthrough.

Upon seeing this, the eight people in front of them did not disperse, but instead one of the Chunin Hand Seals and cast Water Formation Wall.

The Water Formation Wall rose up and narrowly blocked the Wind Release, but it could not be maintained. Normally, it is difficult for offensive Ninjutsu of the same level to break through Defensive Ninjutsu. Pure was able to shatter the Water Formation Wall with one strike, which was quite powerful.

Then Yichen also began to Hand Seals. Seeing this, two more ninjas on the opposite side stepped forward and Hand Seals at the same time, Earth Style - Earth Flow Wall.

The enemy realized that Yichen was likely the spearhead of the Team 7, so they didn't underestimate Yichen's Ninjutsu and immediately assigned two people to defend against it.

However, they still underestimated Yichen's Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu.

Although Yichen was able to slow down the Hand Seals, allowing the two Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall to rise successfully before the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu arrived, the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu directly penetrated both Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall and struck one of the Chunin the front. And that wasn't all; after striking the Chunin, it also injured a group of Genin behind him.

This angle was chosen by Yichen beforehand. The Genin behind him were only injured, but the middle- Chunin in front of him were hit in vital areas and died on the spot.

The deceased Chunin was a captain. The remaining captain immediately shouted, "Be careful! The opponent is Jonin Ninjutsu skills. The Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall can't protect us. Move away from the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall and use Tactic 3 to harass the opponent!"

Then the remaining seven people all left the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall's cover and used their respective ranged attack methods to attack Yichen.

Although the attacks mainly consisted of Shuriken, they were also mixed in with two C-rank Ninjutsu attacks.

Yichen failed to dodge completely and was hit by two Shuriken, then by a water bullet, his body turning into clumps of earth and scattering in all directions. It turned out that while his opponent had taken cover behind the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, Yichen had used the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu to create Earth Style Clone, while his main body had used Yichen Earth Style: Earth Submergence to disappear into the earth.

It worked well; it successfully lured out one of the opponent's attacks.

The opposing Chunin Captain shouted, "Watch out!" when he saw Yichen being hit by the Shuriken. He had clearly realized that this couldn't be Yichen's real body.

Sure enough, the next moment, Yichen emerged from the side. By then, Yichen was very close to them and used a Genjutsu to freeze the Chunin Captain. Yichen's three subordinates then launched a coordinated attack and took the Chunin away.

Upon seeing the Chunin die, Yichen released his hands from maintaining the Genjutsu and quickly dodged another volley of projectiles aimed at him.

The remaining six Konoha ninja dared not let Yichen get any closer and kept harassing Yichen with hidden weapons.

But Yichen formed two hand seals, and his figure vanished from their sight. Then, Yichen teleported again, appearing in front of Chunin Ninjutsu user and kicking him out of their formation.

At the same time, Yichen drew his sword to block the slash Chunin the remaining Taijutsu, exchanging several sword techniques with him. Then, using the force of one of the opponent's slashes, he retreated, widening the distance between them. Seeing that he couldn't defeat Yichen in a short time, the opponent decided to go back to support his comrades.

However, Yichen's three subordinates had already set their sights on the Chunin who had broken away from the group. The first thing to greet the Chunin was Qingtian's hidden weapon; Qingtian's Kunai was also equipped with Exploding Tag.

Although the Chunin dodged the explosion, he was already somewhat disheveled. He then dodged Chun's Wind Release, but when faced with Fu Lingli's sharp blade, he could no longer avoid it.

Having landed a successful attack, Fu quickly retreated while another Chunin and four Genin were some distance away, rejoining Qingtian who had just arrived.

Then Yichen used the Body Flicker Technique to get close to his opponent again, and once again used the Chunin Mind Disturbance Jutsu at close range to disrupt the rhythm of the last Taijutsu chunin, allowing the talisman to kill him in one blow.

Then Yichen, Fu He, and Qingtian quickly killed the remaining four Genin.

This time, Yichen and his three subordinates quickly cleaned up the battlefield and then left without stopping.

We're not far from the border. We need to hurry and leave the Land of Fire's territory.

Less than a minute after Yichen and his group left, the other patrol teams arrived one after another. Seeing the horrific scene, they were all filled with grief and indignation.

A while later, the Jonin duty at the outpost arrived at the scene. Instead of giving chase, he ordered the gathering of intelligence on Yichen and his group.

Before long, various clues were gathered, and after analyzing them, the Jonin made a general assessment of Yichen and his group.

Just then, a small Anbu Squad patrolling not far from the outpost arrived.

The outpost commander said, "There were four infiltrators. They entered our patrol area from the heart of the Land of Fire, then broke out in the opposite direction. They left here 35 minutes ago and have now entered the Land of Iron."

"Two of the four are Ninjutsu Ninja, one knows Water Release and Earth Release, and the other knows Wind Release. The remaining one knows swordsmanship. The information on the last one is unknown, but he should be Taijutsu Ninja. The enemy has set up a good trap, which may be this last Taijutsu Ninja."

After briefly analyzing the combat strength of both sides, the captain of the Anbu Squad said directly, "Let's give chase."

After saying that, he led the three of them towards the Land of Iron.

If Yichen heard the outpost captain's analysis, he would definitely admire him, because the captain's predictions were mostly correct, except for one point.

While this Konoha Anbu was pursuing the Land of Land of Iron towards the border, still within the Land of Fire and before crossing the border, they were ambushed by the Team 7.

Qingtian perfectly explained why he dared to boast that the trap he set could hold off an Official Jonin for a short time.

His trap, with its first round of unstoppable projectiles, injured a Chunin the Konoha Anbu. Then, in the second and third rounds, the previously injured Chunin rendered incapacitated. The remaining two Chunin and the Jonin Captain's positions were completely disrupted.

Then Yichen and his three companions focused their attacks on one of the Chunin, leaving only two combatants remaining.

Without delay, Yichen rushed forward to entangle the enemy's Jonin, leaving the last Chunin to his subordinate.

It's three against one, and that Konoha Chunin also has to take care of his incapacitated comrade. Yichen doesn't think anything unexpected will happen. Chunin, not Genin. There aren't that many plot holes in his character.

In this duel, Yichen was under the most pressure. His opponent was clearly stronger than Yichen.

Yichen disregarded martial ethics and immediately used a Mind Disturbance Jutsu to momentarily distract his opponent, thus seizing the initiative.

No, Jonin is still Jonin. Although the opponent was momentarily distracted, his experience allowed him to react very correctly. The moment he regained his senses, he retreated, putting distance between himself and Yichen.

Despite the unfavorable situation, the opponent did not lose their composure and instantly determined that Yichen was the water and earth elemental ninja mentioned in the intelligence report. Seeing that Yichen also possessed such skillful Yin Release, they immediately began to test Yichen's speed.

Yichen became even more serious. His opponent was very experienced and had immediately found Yichen's weakness.

Sure enough, after several attempts, the opponent discovered that Yichen's mobility was not strong, so he decisively abandoned Yichen to support his last subordinate. However, he had not gone far when Yichen used the Body Flicker Technique to appear beside him.

However, he showed no panic whatsoever, and as if he had been prepared, he slashed at Yichen, who had just appeared.

However, Yichen hadn't expected to succeed in a sneak attack using the Body Flicker Technique. A piece of Substitution Wood flew out from Yichen's body, and then Yichen completed the Hand Seals just before the slash hit him, successfully casting the Substitution Technique.

The Jonin's gaze narrowed slightly, showing his caution. Clearly, he had also realized that Yichen had no intention of fighting him at all, but was merely trying to distract him. He had obviously started using the Substitution Technique before him.

If that Jonin ignored Yichen and gone straight to support the remaining Chunin, they would have already reunited by now.

Having used the Substitution Technique Jutsu to escape from the Konoha Jonin's side, Yichen began to use the Water Style: Water Line Jutsu, Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu, and Earth Style: Earth Rising Spear Technique to disrupt them. He had the advantage of time; his opponent was definitely more anxious than he was.

Sure enough, not long after, the Jonin charged towards Yichen. This time, Yichen did not retreat, but instead drew his sword to meet him.

This was clearly a Taijutsu Ninja; although his swordsmanship wasn't outstanding, it was still far superior to Yichen's. Yichen appeared disheveled under the opponent's attacks, narrowly escaping death several times. In the end, he threw out both of his long swords, but to no avail.

However, Yichen achieved his goal; Fu and his two companions successfully killed the enemy's subordinates, and reinforcements have already arrived.

The Konoha, who had already gained the upper hand, had no Jonin but to retreat. However, this retreat gave Yichen an opportunity. Previously, Yichen had struggled to find a chance to use his Ninjutsu. Now, he could finally do so.

Under the wary gaze of his opponent, Yichen formed five hand seals and cast a Genjutsu Body Bind Technique. Although he was prepared, he did not expect Yichen to be able to cast a powerful Genjutsu so quickly, and the Jonin directly hit.

However, the opponent remained calm, immediately disrupting the Chakra throughout their body. If Yichen had just learned Genjutsu, the opponent would have definitely been able to break the Genjutsu with this move. But now, Yichen was already accustomed to how ninjas dealing with Genjutsu. So he had increased the intensity of his control from the start, but this made the rate at which his Chakra was drained terrifying, making it extremely difficult to completely suppress a Jonin.

Moreover, although Yichen had used a huge amount of Chakra to temporarily restrain this Jonin, Yichen still felt that the opponent would break through the Genjutsu in just a few seconds.

However, Yichen was prepared for this situation. He slammed his left foot to the ground, and a thickened Senbon flew out of his shoe at an extremely fast speed, immediately striking the Yichen Jonin the throat.

Although the opponent dispelled the Genjutsu the moment they were hit, the fatal wound had already been inflicted. The opponent clutched their throat and groaned a few times before being beheaded by Fu, who arrived shortly after.

Only after Fu finished off the enemy did the Team 7 manage to catch their breath, back to back.

Not daring to linger, Yichen told the three to quickly clean up the battlefield, then carried Chun away. Chun wasn't injured, but her Chakra was too depleted. She had overused her Ninjutsu today.