Fierce Battle

The azure sky was clear and cloudless, and the grass on the ground stood tall and straight.

All was silent, as if even breathing had lost its sound.

The dripping sound of blood was exceptionally jarring in this environment!

Suddenly, three kunai flashed through the air from the side. After kicking Asuma away, Bing San quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"

With three clinks, the three kunai embedded themselves in an earth wall about a meter high and twenty centimeters thick. Bing San's eyes narrowed, and he immediately tackled Asuma to the ground!

With two thuds, the meter-and-a-half-high earth wall was blown to smithereens.

Asuma clutched his bleeding side, gritting his teeth against the pain.

In just an instant of combat, he had faced death twice. This terrified Asuma, who had only ever fought in brawls, causing him to tremble all over, his eyes vacant.

Bing San was also quite scared. Fortunately, when Yong Ren trained Bing San, Yong Ren never held back.

Because of this, although Bing San was afraid, he still had the courage to fight back. Asuma, however, was already scared out of his wits.

Jiraiya kicked a kunai out of a ninja's hand, dodged a long sword from another ninja with a sidestep, and then leaped back, forming a pincer with Bing San to trap Asuma in the middle.

Jiraiya smacked his lips, inwardly lamenting: One of these kids was the son of the Hokage's subordinate and best friend, and the other was the son of the Deputy Commander. If he ran now, he wouldn't be able to get by in Konoha anymore.

Did they really think ninjas wouldn't hold grudges?

The opponents clearly understood this too. A child who could hang out with Jiraiya was definitely not simple. So, as long as one of these two children wasn't completely dead, Jiraiya wouldn't be able to escape.

Therefore, only two Chunin were attacking Bing San and the other. The rest of their attention was focused on Jiraiya.

Jiraiya tilted his head slightly, panting a little, and asked, "Do you know any other ninjutsu? Preferably something with a large area of effect."

Bing San nodded without speaking. Asuma tremblingly stood up as well.

However, his trembling hands and somewhat unfocused gaze clearly indicated his fear.

At this moment, the other side began their next wave of attacks. The man with the sword let out a soft cry and charged towards Jiraiya.

Jiraiya rapidly formed hand seals. With a poof, a cloud of white smoke appeared, followed by a clang. The swordsman's ninja sword struck a shield.

"Gamakichi, I'm counting on you to protect them." With that, Jiraiya once again pulled out a kunai and engaged the swordsman in a fierce battle.

"Don't worry, Jiraiya. Although I'm clumsy, I'll definitely protect them."

This large purple toad, holding a shield in one hand and a fork in the other, stood in front of Bing San and Asuma.

Cold sweat streamed down Bing San's forehead. His eyelids were half-closed as he focused intently on forming hand seals.

The Second Hokage's ninjutsu had already been greatly simplified, but it still required over twenty hand seals. At Bing San's speed of four seals per second, it would take five to six seconds.

If Tobirama Senju were here, it would probably just take a clap of his hands.

Bing San's hands forming the seals slowed down, and the aura and sense of danger emanating from him grew stronger.

The man on the other side grew impatient. Jiraiya, at the cost of taking two sword wounds, forcibly blocked the three attackers who were trying to push through with an exchange of blows.

The man leading them, standing on a tree, merely frowned as he looked at Bing San.

Suddenly, heaven and earth seemed to freeze. The slight heat in the air vanished without a trace.

Bing San took a few deep breaths, drenched in sweat, and shouted, "Water Release: Water Clear Wave!"

Instantly, all eyes focused on the young child.

The charging man's lips parted slightly, his pupils contracting as he stared at the terrifying scene.

A stream of water began to spin rapidly around Bing San, and then a water curtain twenty meters wide instantly unfurled.

Another man shouted, "Impossible, this scale~"

The rumbling sound of water, which also destroyed a patch of houses, quickly swept away Jiraiya's opponents.

Surrounding low-rise houses were washed away. Amidst the cries of terror, hundreds of civilians who had been cowering in their homes were swept away.

The originally low-lying slum area instantly turned into a lake, reaching halfway up people's calves.

Bing San knelt on one knee, gasping for breath. Draining his chakra all at once felt incredibly uncomfortable!

Fortunately, as soon as Bing San shouted the name of the ninjutsu, Jiraiya decisively used a substitution jutsu to swap places with the Toad Wallet he had just thrown at Bing San's feet.

Otherwise, Jiraiya would have been severely injured, if not killed, by this attack.

The scene fell silent. If not for the swordsman instantly using a substitution jutsu to escape, this attack would have likely wiped out their entire group.

The situation on the ground instantly shifted due to Bing San, the little guy. The original six-on-three battle had instantly become two-on-three!

The man who had narrowly escaped behind them swallowed hard and, after a long hesitation, looked at the leader standing on the tree behind him.

The swordsman also felt a prickling sensation on his scalp as he looked at the child kneeling on one knee, gasping for air.

The man jumped down from the tree and beckoned to the swordsman.

The swordsman unbuckled the leather bag on his back, drew his long sword, and threw it to the leader.

The leader sighed softly, "It's truly hard to believe that a child of five or six years old could use ninjutsu on such a scale!

Given time, he might become another Tobirama Senju.

What a pity!"

With that, the man joined the hilts of his long and short swords and twisted them gently. Then, with a slight pull, they transformed into a spear with blades on both ends.

"It's you, the 'Unmatched in the West,' Tachibana Muneshige!" Jiraiya's expression was unusually serious, his voice even trembling slightly.

The man opposite him pulled off his headscarf, revealing white hair, a square face, and thick eyebrows with large eyes. He looked like a man of integrity through and through.

The man lightly shook his special spear, emitting a sharp buzzing sound.

The remaining two men slowly retreated behind Tachibana Muneshige.

The man's lazy demeanor vanished instantly, replaced by an extreme sharpness, like a blade pressed against one's throat, chilling to the bone.

Bing San's pupils trembled as he knelt on the ground, as if seeing Death slowly awakening with his scythe.

Looking at Jiraiya, who was covered in cold sweat, and the two children who were so terrified they forgot to breathe, Tachibana Muneshige declared with conviction, "What a shame, you will die by my hand today. I am called Tachibana Muneshige, and today I shall grant you an honorable death!"

With that, the old man raised his spear with one hand, and faint blue Chakra flowed through the strange spearhead, pointing at Jiraiya and the other two!

Jiraiya swallowed hard, his gaze slowly shifting from initial panic to determination.

Jiraiya patted Bing San, whose face was flushed red from holding his breath, and shouted, "I am the great Jiraiya! If you wish to kill him, then you must step over my corpse first."

With that, Jiraiya trembled slightly and, with difficulty, stepped in front of Bing San.

Upon being patted by Jiraiya, Bing San instantly snapped out of his murderous intent. After taking several deep breaths, he looked up at Jiraiya's slightly trembling back.

Bing San gritted his teeth and stood up. He pulled a wooden training kunai from his ninja pouch and forcefully drove it into the back of his own hand, attempting to resist the opponent's killing intent with pain.

Bing San said word by word, "I am not some remarkable child. However, if anyone wants me dead, then I will first ask them to die!

At this moment, a faint voice filled with anger drifted slowly from afar.

"Old geezer, you're asking for death."