"Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!"
A ninja clad in the white robes of the Ninjutsu Sect, looking utterly exhausted, gritted his teeth and consumed what little Chakra remained in his body. He rapidly formed hand seals and cast a ninjutsu at the approaching demons.
At once, sharp stone spikes continuously burst from the ground before him.
He knew they could not hurt his opponents. He only hoped to delay them for a while.
To buy more time for the fleeing civilians behind him.
"Again with this move?"
"Let me do it, let me do it! I'll take this one!"
"Demonic Earth Magic: Earth Strike Technique!"
A fat, bloated demon with a round face grinned as it jumped to the front of the group and slammed its thick right fist into the ground.
In an instant, accompanied by a series of booming impacts, countless sharp stone spikes rose from the earth and crashed fiercely into the incoming spikes.
However, the demon's Earth Strike Technique effortlessly destroyed the ninja's Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears and continued surging toward the ninja, whose expression drastically changed.
He wanted to dodge, but just as his body leaped into the air, the demon suddenly opened its huge mouth and spat out slender stone needles that became blurred afterimages slicing through the air.
The ninja hurriedly raised his kunai to block them, and the clanging of metal rang out in rapid succession.
"Ah!"
Yet his exhausted body, coupled with the sheer number of stone spikes,
still left him pierced by several of them. He screamed as blood sprayed into the air and he collapsed to the ground.
In the end, filled with unwillingness and worry, he died at the hands of the other demons that pounced on him.
The situation around him was much the same.
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