Heavenly Flying Immortal

Aside from the Buddha Palm version seen in Kung Fu Hustle, there is another powerful technique that only unleashes its maximum destructive potential when executed from a high altitude. That technique is called Heavenly Flying Immortal.

Striking from above, Heavenly Flying Immortal!

This is the ultimate technique of Jiang Feng's first template, Ye Gucheng, and it is also the technique he has developed and mastered to the highest degree thus far.

To push the power and elegance of this move to the absolute limit, Jiang Feng has poured his heart and soul into it over the years, exhausting every resource to optimize and refine this formidable skill until, given his current strength and martial arts mastery, it has reached a point where it can no longer be improved.

The ferocity and peerless nature of this "sword" strike have far surpassed the original Heavenly Flying Immortal of Ye Gucheng.

This is because Ye Gucheng's martial arts attainment is not as high as Jiang Feng's, and his strength is even less than Jiang Feng's.

The brilliance and splendor of this "sword" strike are such that even if Cao Zhi were reborn or Li Bai were to return to life, they would have no way to describe it.

Because any language, any vocabulary, any prose or verse would become pale, powerless, barren, and thin in the face of that swift, world-shocking, and intensely glorious sword light.

The direction pointed to by the sword light was precisely the chest of Young Bro.

Many people mistakenly believe that Jiang Feng has a heavy bloodlust simply because he is skilled at killing, but that is not the case. Jiang Feng has never considered himself a person with a heavy bloodlust.

On the contrary, he is someone who deeply loves life.

He loves and respects his own life, just as he loves and respects the lives of others.

He kills only because he should kill, because he is capable of killing, and because the opponent deserves to be killed and can be killed.

Lao Da, at this moment, belongs to the category of people who should not be killed and cannot be killed easily, because Lao Da's strength is immense—so strong that Jiang Feng dares not risk attacking his glabella or throat.

He painstakingly laid out his plans, brewed the strategy for a long time, and went through countless psychological gambits to win this fleeting opportunity. If he were to let this chance slip away by underestimating Lao Da, all his efforts would be for nothing.

The chest and torso are clearly the more cost-effective and safer choices.

The glorious sword light, condensed from Extreme Cold True Qi and Chakra, descended, aimed directly at a spot slightly to the left of Lao Da's chest. At the critical moment, Lao Da struggled to slightly shift his body in mid-air, causing the sword light to land on a spot slightly to the right of his chest.

Jiang Feng remained expressionless; everything was within his expectations.

If this "sword" had been aimed at Lao Da's throat, he would indeed have had a high probability of dodging it. Unfortunately, this "sword" was aimed at a spot slightly to the left of Lao Da's chest.

If Lao Da did not dodge, his right heart would be pierced by the sword light. If Lao Da dodged to the right, he might indeed have been able to avoid this "sword" entirely, but he would have been equally likely to have his left heart pierced.

Therefore, he could only dodge to the left, allowing the sword light to land on his right chest.

Even at the moment when the outcome was decided, with one side about to achieve a total victory and the other about to fall, the two were still engaged in a psychological battle, making the safest choices possible.

The brilliant and magnificent sword light pierced through Lao Da's chest. The exotic energy, condensed from Extreme Cold True Qi and Chakra, rampaged wildly within Lao Da's body, sealing his limbs and bones in ice and freezing his internal organs.

[Heavenly flowers fall and golden lotuses spring from the ground. Congratulations to the host for defeating a top-tier expert of the current era. Specially rewarding the host with the top-tier expert template: Nangong Wentian, Divine Weapon...]

Jiang Feng had no intention of listening to the low-tier system's reminders.

Man, is Lao Da watching a play?

Lao Da.

Like a frost-laden meteor descending from the heavens, Lao Da slammed heavily back into the ground. He had crashed.

"Captain!"

"Commander!"

"Lord A!"

The encirclement, which had only shown a single opening from start to finish, finally tore open again due to Lao Da's crash. All the Cloud Shinobi panicked.

They could not fathom it no matter how they thought about it. Why was it that even though Uchiha Jiang Feng had clearly shown signs of defeat and Young Bro had victory within his grasp, the battle situation had suddenly undergone such an unexpected reversal in a single moment?

Twenty-Four Solar Terms Shocking Spirit Finger: Heavy Snow!

In an instant, Jiang Feng pointed his finger repeatedly. Extreme Cold True Qi and Chakra transformed into countless flying frost icicles, shooting toward the rattled Cloud Shinobi like a hail of bullets, tearing the sudden gap even wider.

Heaven never closes all doors.

In a desperate situation where death seemed certain, Jiang Feng had finally carved out a path to survival.

Using the final change of direction from his thirteen consecutive shifts in Moon-Treading Fragrance, Jiang Feng held Tsunade tight. Taking advantage of the chaos among the Cloud Shinobi, he dashed out of the encirclement, covering hundreds of meters in a heartbeat.

Time to bolt!

"Don't worry about me! I'm fine! Go after Tsunade and Jiang Feng!"

Lao Da flipped himself up. Suppressing the injuries to his internal organs and the Extreme Cold True Qi wreaking havoc inside his body, he acted as if he had been fully restored. Without changing his expression, he activated the Lightning God Armor mode once more and took the lead, charging in pursuit of the fleeing Jiang Feng.

Great, Lord A is fine. At least he wasn't severely wounded.

The Cloud Shinobi were stunned for a moment, then followed behind Lao Da with joy. They spread out while maintaining contact with one another to increase their search area, chasing after the retreating Jiang Feng.

However, was Lao Da truly fine?

Having been severely wounded by the Heavenly Flying Immortal that Jiang Feng had painstakingly laid out and prepared for so long, with his internal organs frozen by the Extreme Cold True Qi, how could Lao Da possibly be fine?

He was merely suppressing his injuries and pretending to be unhurt to stabilize the morale of his troops and pursue Jiang Feng and Tsunade.

Hundreds of meters...

Several kilometers...

Dozens of kilometers...

Lao Da pursued relentlessly, watching helplessly as the distance between them continued to widen until he could no longer sense Jiang Feng's fluctuations at all. Only then did he stop, his face as dark as water.

It was only at this moment that Lao Da finally understood what Jiang Feng was truly best at: running away.

Whether in short-distance bursts or long-distance endurance, Jiang Feng could rank in the top five, or perhaps even the top three, of the Ninja World. He was on par with Mu and the Third Raikage; he might be slightly inferior, but the gap was negligible.

After reviewing the events, Lao Da finally understood where he had lost, as well as Jiang Feng's entire plan.

Based on the movement techniques and speed Jiang Feng had just displayed, he had the opportunity to force his way out of the encirclement from the very beginning, but there would still have been a risk of being caught by Lao Da.

Furthermore, if he had fled too early, it might have caused Kumogakure to abandon the pursuit of him entirely and instead divert more troops to hunt down Kurenai Yuhi and the others.

Therefore, he stayed behind, using himself and Tsunade as bait to buy time for Kurenai Yuhi and her team to escape.

At the same time, he laid out his strategy during the battle, waiting for the chance to heavily wound Lao Da. Only when there was no longer any possibility of being caught did he dash away and charge out of the encirclement.

Having figured everything out, Lao Da closed his eyes and sighed toward the sky: "After today, everyone will understand why Jiang Feng, who is only a Chunin, has earned my respect."

Is running away a failure?

No, the Jiang Feng who ran away was the victor, and a resounding one at that!

Passive as it was to fall into a trap that Kumogakure had spent so long planning, and burdened with a liability like Tsunade, he was still able to retreat unscathed from an encirclement consisting of a Kage-Level powerhouse, twenty or thirty Jonin, and nearly a hundred experts, rendering Kumogakure's schemes completely futile.

If this isn't a resounding victory, then what is?