Fire Sealing, Binding Seal, Lightning Kill Bind!

A complete "disintegrate into ashes" package.

Uchiha Ci wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Looking at the blazing Dragon Fire Prison, he let out a slight sigh.

He was nearing his limit, both mentally and physically, after fighting to this extent.

He hadn't had a moment's rest from yesterday until now.

After being woken up by an Explosive Tag when he finally slept, he hadn't even had much time to react.

1C1B, combined with the Uchiha Style: Silk Manipulation Shuriken Jutsu, had nearly emptied Uchiha Ci's stamina and chakra reserves.

However, looking at the Dragon Fire Prison burning fiercely and emitting black smoke, he couldn't help but grumble to himself.

After the battle, he hadn't felt any significant pressure.

And Moroi, as a ninja specializing in sealing jutsu at the Special Jonin level, hadn't displayed his expected abilities at all.

Besides, Fire Style was always a merciful jutsu...

He shouldn't have been so weak that he died just like that, right?

The sudden turn of events on Uchiha Ci's side caught the three people confronting him from behind somewhat off guard.

Especially Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna.

Honestly, when he saw Uchiha Ci push Uchiha Seiichiro aside to cover their retreat alone, his heart leaped into his throat.

Uchiha Ci, while his shuriken skills did possess some of the flair of his youth.

However, his opponent was a Jonin...

When they were trapped in Kumogakure's barrier, Uchiha Setsuna's heart skipped a beat, sensing trouble!

Uchiha Ci was definitely no match for a Kumogakure Jonin.

Yet, in just a moment, The situation reversed!

While amateurs watched the spectacle, experts observed the technique—

Uchiha Ci's response in a moment of crisis, and that beautiful Uchiha Style Silk Manipulation Shuriken Jutsu, had successfully reshaped the two weak C-rank ninjutsu, Dragon Fire Technique and Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire.

It could be said to be an elevation of ninjutsu!

Dragon Fire Technique and Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire, as C-rank Fire Style jutsu, had obvious flaws.

They both focused on wide range and strong suppression, but their power was dispersed.

Uchiha Ci's move, however, used ninja tool threads to guide the Dragon Fire, and then used shuriken to advance the Phoenix Sage Fire into Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Red, concentrating the scattered fireballs onto a single point, successfully merging the power of the two C-rank techniques.

Unleashing power comparable to an A-rank ninjutsu!

Coupled with the astonishing sharpness of the ninja tool threads when stretched taut, The net closed in!

It was almost indistinguishable from dozens of ninja swords striking down simultaneously!

Uchiha Setsuna exclaimed in admiration at this series of combination ninjutsu, feeling that even if he replicated such a maneuver himself, It would be nothing more than this!

This kid's combat talent was simply terrifying!

The techniques he had just taught Ci, Uchiha Ci could already use them proficiently.

It was like a mother cow getting a shock from a wire, making him incredibly impressed!

"Moroi!" Dodai exclaimed in shock among the three from Kumogakure, his eyes wide with horror.

Who would have thought that in just a moment, Uchiha Ci would have accomplished a series of actions to overcome the stronger and defeat the weaker!

"Damn it! This brat actually..."

Dodai's face was extremely grim, his expression as dark as the bottom of a pot, veins bulging on his forehead, almost unable to resist charging forward and striking the brat in the barrier with his Lava Release: Rock Fist.

He knew that if Moroi was lost like this, then with just him and Ramii, although they could firmly suppress Uchiha Setsuna, they absolutely wouldn't be able to force him into a corner!

In that case, this mission would likely end here.

"Calm down!" Ramii, who was older than Uchiha Setsuna, grabbed Dodai's shoulder and said calmly:

"Dodai, don't be rash, complete what we need to do!"

"Moroi isn't as weak as you think, look closely, the barrier hasn't broken yet."

"Moroi is still alive!"

Even so, Ramii's brow was tightly furrowed.

This was because Uchiha Ci's offensive was simply too swift, interlocking and catching people off guard.

In martial arts, speed is paramount.

Let alone Moroi, who was a ninja specializing in barriers, with most of his skills focused on his techniques.

Even for a veteran Jonin like him, it was difficult to form hand seals and react in time under such a fast-paced offensive.

He could only react to each move as it came.

His heart grew heavier with each passing moment.

The three people fighting paused their attacks in unison, their peripheral vision fixed on the battlefield within the death match barrier.

Even though it was just a Genin's battle.

It had, without anyone realizing, influenced the entire battlefield's situation, and even Kumogakure's entire strategic deployment in the Land of Hot Water!

Inside the barrier.

Black smoke billowed, and flames raged.

Dozens, even hundreds, of sharp, blade-like threads, under Uchiha Ci's control, rapidly sliced towards the center!

The scene looked like a complete rout.

Uchiha Ci, a Genin who hadn't awakened his Sharingan, was actually suppressing Moroi, a Special Jonin from Kumogakure, with his own strength!

But soon, Uchiha Ci's expression changed.

He immediately sensed something was wrong with the feel of his threads!

The ninja tool threads cutting into the sea of fire should have minced Moroi into pieces like slicing pork.

However, they now met resistance, like a tightly stretched rubber band snapping against a tangled ball of yarn.

It became tighter and thicker, but couldn't penetrate any further.

Just then, the center of the sea of fire suddenly churned.

Immediately after, a bone-chilling voice rang out—

"Kid, you don't actually think you've won, do you?"

As the voice faded, A pattern resembling a summoning jutsu suddenly expanded from the center of the sea of fire.

Uchiha Ci's pupils constricted as he looked at the pattern.

He retracted his threads, flicked his hand, and pulled eight more Shuriken from his ninja tool pouch, throwing them towards the center of the sea of fire!

"It's useless!" Moroi's indifferent voice sounded.

As his words fell, his figure gradually emerged from the sea of fire.

Using the word "emerged" might be misleading.

In Uchiha Ci's vision, the sea of fire had actually thinned.

Like pressing the plunger of a toilet, the flames of the entire sea of fire converged clockwise towards the center, towards Moroi's position.

Moroi, however, was only kneeling on one knee, his hand gripping a scroll on the ground, and he shouted with a sinister gaze:

"Fire Sealing Print!"

As his voice fell, the entire sea of fire was sealed into that small scroll by Moroi.

At this moment, the eight Shuriken thrown by Uchiha Ci had arrived.

However, Moroi was unhurried. He formed the 'Ren' hand seal and pressed his hands into the air.

He opened a spherical formation.

"Binding Seal Formation!"

This was the technique that had blocked Uchiha Ci's ninja threads.

Then, Moroi stood up and approached Uchiha Ci step by step.

His hands were also continuously forming complex hand seals.

Uchiha Ci immediately felt a sense of foreboding and instinctively wanted to move from his spot.

However, Moroi spread his hand wide and roared, "Kid, where do you think you're running?!"

A hand seal formed on Moroi's hand, and he slammed it fiercely onto the ground.

"Lightning Kill Bind!"

Winding currents of electricity rapidly surged towards Uchiha Ci, forming a circular formation at his feet.

A character for 'lightning' clearly appeared!

Immediately after, four whips formed from electricity suddenly wrapped around Uchiha Ci's limbs, binding him tightly!

As the current coursed through him, Uchiha Ci wanted to move but to no avail.

Half of his body had gone numb, and even opening his mouth became extremely difficult.

"Heh heh, kid, what else do you want to say?" Moroi sneered and questioned, Uchiha Ci looked up at the sky, a million curses stuck in his throat, unsure how to voice them.

The ancients truly didn't lie to me.

Fire Style, truly a merciful ninjutsu!

Smoke, but no damage! Smoke, but no damage!

Moroi slowly approached, drew his long sword, and with a playful smirk, lifted Uchiha Ci's chin. He sneered, "You Uchiha lot really love these flashy, impractical techniques."

"But unfortunately for you, you ran into me!"

Moroi let out a cold laugh, held his blade at Uchiha Ci's throat, and declared, "Your fancy tricks end here!"

Faced with such an imposing Moroi, Uchiha Ci's expression began to contort.

He wanted to laugh wildly, but he didn't dare to laugh first, so he could only hold it in.

The more he held it in, the more twisted his expression became.

Uchiha Ci widened his eyes slightly, his gaze carrying seven parts mockery, three parts disdain, and a full ninety parts the calm of an old god.

He curled his lips, his gaze falling on Moroi's face, and he couldn't help but let out a cackling laugh.

He said softly, "Is that so?"

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