Lava Style

"Water Release: Water Turbulent Wave"

Qi Shuang immediately puffed out his cheeks and sprayed a bowl-thick stream of water at the opponent who had shot out of the smoke screen.

The Konoha shinobi saw the incoming Water Release ninjutsu, but he had just been blasted out by the aftershock of the explosion. His vision was blurred and his limbs were numb, leaving him no time to dodge.

The bowl-thick stream of water reached him in an instant, striking him in the chest and sending his body, which was about to land, flying again.

Mei Terumi, who had been rushing over to provide support, froze in confusion at the sudden reversal and stopped in her tracks.

Only then did she finally understand that Qi Shuang's "mistake" had been nothing but a ploy to lure in the enemy.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and do something!" After blasting his opponent away with one strike, Qi Shuang immediately cut off the ninjutsu and shouted at the little girl on the other side.

"You..."

Hearing his rebuke, Mei Terumi instantly snapped back to her senses and was just about to explode when she saw the Konoha shinobi he had sent flying coming straight toward her.

There was no doubt about it. This wasn't a coincidence—it had been deliberate on Qi Shuang's part!

He had intentionally sent the man flying her way, creating an opportunity for her to kill him in one strike!

She was annoyed, but she didn't hesitate. She quickly formed a series of hand seals and spat a mouthful of milky-white slime at the flying figure.

"Lava Style: Lava Globs Technique."

The situation took a sharp turn. The two Konoha shinobi who had been entangling Zabuza and Ao, preventing them from supporting the others, began to panic.

They had seen the Mist brat reveal a "flaw" and thought he was about to be taken down. They never expected it to be a trap, with the one about to die instead being their own comrade.

They had already been at a disadvantage while fighting four against three. If they lost another comrade, the balance would shift even further, and their defeat would become unavoidable.

Thus, they desperately tried to break through their opponents' blockade and save their comrade's life.

Unfortunately, Ao and Zabuza could see such a perfect opportunity clearly. They immediately used every ounce of strength they had to hold the two men back, giving them no chance to provide support.

All they could do was watch helplessly as the adorable yet terrifying little girl spat out a mass of slime. It transformed into another enormous milky-white sheet, drifting toward the figure of their comrade as he was sent flying backward.

At that moment, the Konoha shinobi Qi Shuang had blasted away didn't even have the chance to use the Substitution Technique. In a daze, he was like a cannonball shot straight into the enormous sheet.

Unfortunately, the cannonball he had become had limited power and was completely incapable of piercing through the seemingly soft sheet.

Like a moth that had crashed into a spiderweb, he no longer had any chance of escape.

As his skin came into contact with the slime, a pain that pierced to the marrow surged through him. He felt himself melting!

Only then did he finally understand why the comrade who had been splashed by the milky-white slime earlier had screamed so miserably, with such heart-rending agony.

This was pain no human could endure!

Then, like melting butter, the enormous sheet immediately flowed over his entire body. He didn't even have the chance to cry out before it wrapped him up completely.

He looked just like a butter doll that had fallen to the ground and was slowly melting.

"Is this what they call leaving nothing of the corpse behind?" Watching the human outline beneath the "butter" grow smaller and smaller, Qi Shuang hurried over and tossed a Kunai inside.

The black Kunai landed on the milky-white slime and slowly began to emit wisps of smoke. Like ice beneath the blazing sun, it gradually melted away inside.

This was the Lava Style used by Mei Terumi in the original story from his memories.

A Kekkei Genkai formed by combining the chakra natures of Water and Earth, it produced highly corrosive slime that could also rapidly condense into a hard solid.

Even a metal Kunai couldn't withstand its corrosion. Once a person was wrapped in slime like this, there was almost no chance of survival—and they would die without even leaving behind scraps.

"What, do you want to have a taste of it too?" Seeing Qi Shuang staring fixedly at the gradually solidifying mass of slime, Mei Terumi lightly wiped away a trace of milky-white residue from the corner of her mouth.

Then, as though she had remembered something, a sly smile flashed across her face. She flicked her finger, sending the tiny bit of milky-white slime on its tip flying over.

Qi Shuang had his back to the little girl. After hearing her words and sensing something rapidly approaching from behind, he instinctively dodged to the side.

With a hiss, a pill-sized blob of milky-white substance struck the ground beside his foot and immediately began to emit wisps of smoke.

The ground was corroded into a hole the size of a thumb.

Without a doubt, it was a small blob of Lava Style slime.

Fortunately, he had instinctively dodged. If that blob had struck him, it probably wouldn't have killed or seriously injured him, but it certainly would have left his flesh torn and bloody.

"What the hell are you doing?" he shouted, turning his head.

"Nothing!"

Mei Terumi turned her face away and muttered softly with puffed cheeks, "Who told you to yell at me earlier..."

Although her voice was very quiet, Qi Shuang heard every word clearly.

So she was taking her anger out on him!

"You two, hurry over and help Zabuza. Finish this quickly!" On the other side, Ao, who was locked in a fierce battle with his opponent, immediately issued an order when he saw the two of them acting so calmly.

The longer they delayed here, the greater the possibility that more Konoha shinobi would appear.

They still had more important tasks to handle and couldn't waste time here.

As for his side, aside from Mei Terumi, whose strength was close to that of a Chunin and who could provide some assistance, the other two would have difficulty joining the fight.

Rather than waste their energy here, it was better to concentrate their superior strength, eliminate Zabuza's Chunin opponent, and then have all four of them surround this Hyuga clan member, who was at the level of a Jonin.

Hearing his instruction, the Hyuga immediately shouted at his sole remaining comrade, "Get out of here! If you don't leave now, it'll be too late!"

"But if I leave, what will happen to you?" The man deflected one of Zabuza's slashes and replied with slight hesitation.

"If you don't want to leave, then don't!"

A cold voice drifted over. The man focused his eyes and saw the male and female Mist shinobi, both at the level of Genin, charging in from the left and right to surround him.

That moment of hesitation had cost him his chance to escape.

Life and death were decided in a single thought.

"I was starting to wonder whether you two planned to have afternoon tea before coming to help!" Seeing that they had finally arrived, even the usually taciturn Zabuza rarelly complained.

The three of them then surrounded the Konoha shinobi and engaged him in a fierce Taijutsu clash.

It was a pity that although the man was a Chunin whose strength surpassed all three of them, he had already fought with the others earlier and was in poor condition.

Now surrounded by Qi Shuang and the other two, he could barely block their combined attacks with both hands and immediately fell into a disadvantageous position.

Forming hand seals was even more impossible.

After only a dozen or so exchanges, five or six more wounds had appeared on his body, and the situation grew increasingly perilous.

Before long, he let out a cry of pain.

Zabuza had seized an opening and driven his blade straight into the man's chest.