They're All Dead, None Shall Escape

Unlike the Great Fireball, the Great Phoenix Fire Technique was suited for attacking multiple targets.

Each fireball could not only fly along a fixed trajectory, but could also be directly controlled through Chakra according to the user's will, allowing its flight path to be altered in order to track a target.

At this moment, Uchiha Daiki was making use of exactly that, controlling more than a dozen fireballs to attack the four Kirigakure ninjas separately.

These were all application techniques he had comprehended through his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

He definitely would not have been able to use them before, but now he handled them with ease.

The four Kirigakure ninjas' expressions changed drastically in fright when faced with the incoming attacks.

The one on the far left, perhaps because the prolonged battle had drained him to the point of exhaustion, or perhaps because Uchiha Daiki's move had stunned him—

He actually failed to dodge in time or make any other response, and one of Uchiha Daiki's controlled fireballs struck him squarely in the back.

His clothes immediately caught fire, and the scorching heat seared his skin, making him cry out in pain.

"Put out the fire, quickly!!"

His companion's loud warning finally snapped the Kirigakure ninja back to his senses.

He instinctively began using Water Release ninjutsu.

After fumbling around in a panic and going to great lengths to finally extinguish the blazing flames on his body with Water Release, the enemy had not even had time to celebrate escaping disaster.

Suddenly, his entire body stiffened.

Blood sprayed from the wound on his neck, scattering through the air in irregular arcs and splattering the surrounding grass and trees.

The weapon that had dealt this fatal blow was the sharp Kunai that had flown in from behind his back.

The remaining three Kirigakure ninjas could only watch helplessly as their companion was killed.

They each had troubles of their own as well.

Not only did they have to constantly evade the fireballs Uchiha Daiki released, they also had to avoid the surprise Shuriken and Kunai attacks he threw.

At that moment, intense despair welled up in their hearts.

They simply could not understand why the Konoha Chunin pursuing them from behind could be so powerful.

"Damn it, let's fight him!"

The Kirigakure Chunin in the middle shouted unwillingly.

Being chased around like fleeing rabbits made him feel utterly stifled.

"Don't act rashly! There are other Konoha Ninjas behind us!"

"Besides, our opponent is an Uchiha!!"

His other two companions hurriedly warned him in alarm.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

The Kirigakure ninja in the middle suddenly turned around. His earlier words had been meant to deliberately distract Uchiha Daiki.

In fact, he had already completed his hand seals during that time.

The instant he turned, he opened his mouth and fired a stream of water at Uchiha Daiki.

The Chakra-compressed water formed a high-pressure Water Cannon powerful enough to pierce metal and rock directly.

For an ordinary person, at this distance and with the attack's speed, there would have been no time to react at all.

However, the enemy's opponent was Uchiha Daiki.

From the moment the other side began forming hand seals, Uchiha Daiki had seen everything clearly.

His ears could even hear the faint sound of the enemy's fingers rubbing through the air while forming seals. From all these gathered details, he could construct a clear, three-dimensional image of the enemy's every movement in his mind.

In other words, Uchiha Daiki had anticipated his opponent's attack in advance.

Thus, when faced with the enemy's sudden Water Cannon, he calmly shifted about half a meter to the side.

The Water Cannon brushed past his right shoulder, failing to harm him in the slightest.

On a battlefield where lives were fought over, opportunities vanished in an instant, and victory or death could be decided at any moment.

The enemy never imagined that Uchiha Daiki could predict his attack and dodge beforehand.

He had been confident that his move would be enough to kill Uchiha Daiki.

So after launching it, he had secretly rejoiced, thinking that not only would he shake off the pursuit of a powerful enemy, but after killing an Uchiha ninja, he would be able to boast about it to the people in his village upon returning.

Little did he know that in that brief moment of distraction, death had already descended.

The sharp Kunai in Uchiha Daiki's hand slit open the enemy's neck, then passed by him and flew toward another enemy.

The Kirigakure ninja fell just like that, disbelief still in his eyes, dying on the spot.

Everything had happened far too quickly.

From Uchiha Daiki's counterattack and the killing of the first enemy to the death of the third enemy, less than half a minute had passed.

By the time Uchiha Daiki appeared before the fourth enemy, that panicked, highly tense enemy, busy trying to escape, had not even come to his senses. He thought the one approaching was his companion.

"This guy is really strong. As expected of an Uchiha!"

The foolish Kirigakure Ninja spoke to Uchiha Daiki, who had come up beside him.

The moment he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly turned to glance at the "companion" on his left.

That single look made the Kirigakure Ninja's face change drastically, his soul nearly leaving his body.

"You..."

"Thanks for the compliment."

Uchiha Daiki gave a cold smile, but the kunai in his hand was far less friendly and polite than he appeared.

Gripping the sharp kunai in reverse with both hands, Uchiha Daiki drove it straight into his opponent's heart. Only after the intense shock and terror in the man's eyes faded and his life force rapidly drained away did he pull the kunai free.

Uchiha Daiki raised his head and looked toward the last remaining Kirigakure Chunin ahead.

The man had witnessed the scene of him killing his enemy. How could that last Kirigakure Chunin possibly dare fight Uchiha Daiki now?

After exchanging only one glance with Uchiha Daiki, he immediately turned and fled without looking back, abandoning even his companions' corpses.

He had already killed four of them.

How could Uchiha Daiki possibly let him leave just like that?

He raised his hand and hurled the blood-soaked kunai toward the last Kirigakure Ninja's heart from behind.

By then, the distance between them had already exceeded thirty meters.

Under normal circumstances, hitting an opponent with a thrown kunai from that distance would be difficult without seven or eight years of kunai-throwing experience.

So, as Uchiha Daiki made his move, he rapidly reviewed all the knowledge and techniques he had learned before, again and again, at lightning speed.

And at the exact instant the kunai left his hand, a familiar system notification sounded in his mind.

Ding! You diligently recalled kunai-throwing methods and force application techniques, comprehending Hundred-Hit Kunai!

Hundred-Hit Kunai allowed one to throw a kunai with the least effort and greatest power, accurately striking any target within one's line of sight.