Battle in Progress

"Will of Fire! Will of Fire!" the ninjas below shouted loudly.

Sarutobi's words were quite inspiring. Listening to everyone shout "Will of Fire," Tianqi felt his blood boil.

"The first battle is the decisive battle. Let's go." Sarutobi waved his hand and charged out first. The ninjas followed closely behind Sarutobi, and Tianqi blended into the crowd.

The ninjas shuttled through the snow. After advancing about five kilometers, the Cloud Ninja army appeared. The two sides met and immediately engaged in a chaotic free-for-all. There were no formations or lines like in ancient armies, nor any so-called duels.

It was a direct fight: if you disliked someone, you beat them. If one person couldn't win, two would. If you called for backup, so would I. The scene was utter chaos.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst the explosions, both Konoha and the Cloud Ninjas fought relentlessly, with new corpses and severed limbs constantly appearing on the battlefield.

As for Tianqi, he was facing three Genin and five Chunin.

"Eight against one? Interesting. They think I'm a pushover, huh? Come on!" As Tianqi held his Kunai and prepared to attack, the system issued a mission.

Ding. Mission: Hundred Man Killer. Eliminate one hundred enemies to receive 300,000 points. Enemies can be Genin, Chunin, or Jonin. Mission failure results in immediate annihilation.

Tianqi was slightly surprised. One hundred people, averaging 3,000 points each. This was the same amount of points he received for killing a Chunin in a previous mission. This meant killing a Chunin would break even, killing a Genin would be a huge profit, and killing a Jonin would result in a loss.

"Heh, Genin of Kumogakure, I'm sorry," Tianqi thought. "Blame the system. You've all made it onto the system's kill list."

"Since there's a mission, a Kunai isn't really suitable," Tianqi said. He tossed the Kunai aside and switched to his Tang Dao (Straight Saber), activating his three-tomoe Sharingan and charging forward.

In an instant, Tianqi, whose strength had reached Kage-level, had already slain five weaklings.

Just as he finished off the five, a few more Chunin jumped out.

Perhaps they thought he looked young and easy to bully, so many chose to target him.

Unfortunately, Tianqi, who had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan yesterday, had undergone a drastic change in strength. Dealing with these rookies was like cutting watermelons, one slash at a time.

Subsequently, Tianqi activated the passive ability of Kamui, phasing through attacks. Like a humanoid behemoth, he charged into the midst of the Cloud Ninjas and wreaked havoc.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. After killing over twenty people, the Cloud Ninjas finally noticed Tianqi.

His prowess on the individual battlefield had finally attracted the attention of the enemy's strong fighters. Two elite Jonin appeared before Tianqi. Without hesitation, they formed hand seals and unleashed ninjutsu on Tianqi.

"Fire Style - Great Fireball!"

"Wind Style - Great Breakthrough!"

The fire borrowed the wind's momentum, and the wind aided the fire's power. The two surprisingly unleashed a combined ninjutsu, a fusion that was greater than the sum of its parts.

Seeing a giant fireball rushing towards him, Tianqi remained unfazed. He directly used the transfer ability of Kamui to pull the fireball into the Kamui dimension.

This scene greatly frightened the two Cloud Ninjas.

"What happened? Why did our ninjutsu suddenly disappear?"

"Be careful, this person is strange." One of them said, gripping his Kunai and warily watching Tianqi.

"You dare play with fire against an Uchiha? You're still too green," Tianqi said, quickly forming hand seals with both hands.

"Fire Style - Majestic Fire Destruction!"

That's right! This was the jutsu Uchiha Madara, resurrected by Impure World Reincarnation through Yakushi Kabuto, used for the first time against the Allied Shinobi Forces. This ninjutsu had an enormous range; twenty Allied Shinobi using Water Style simultaneously barely managed to block it.

"Is Tianqi so full of fighting spirit?" Sarutobi, who was nearby, also noticed Tianqi's ninjutsu. Its wide range made it impossible to ignore. He then quickened his movements.

"Holy crap! That jutsu's attack range is huge too! Is this young man really that strong?"

"Stop the nonsense and quickly form hand seals to defend, or we'll all be roasted meat later!"

With that, the two Cloud Ninjas rapidly formed hand seals. Just as the fire was about to reach them, they finally completed their seals.

"Water Style - Water Wall!"

Two water walls rose before them, blocking the oncoming fire. Instantly, a thick mist arose, obscuring everyone's vision.

While they were safe, the surrounding Cloud Ninjas suffered. A sudden mass of water appeared out of nowhere. Genin who didn't react in time were burned to death.

The Chunin and Jonin were fine. After all, it was an area-of-effect ninjutsu; with a large range, the speed was naturally slower, making it easy to dodge.

Meanwhile, Tianqi wasn't idle. Using the effect of the water mist to his advantage while the Cloud Ninjas' vision was obscured, he activated his Sharingan and, as if nothing had happened, reaped lives.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Help! Help!"

Hearing screams from within the mist, the two Cloud Ninjas finally reacted.

"Bad! It's that brat! Quickly disperse the mist!" The two then formed hand seals and used Wind Style to blow away the mist.

As the mist cleared, another dozen or so people lay dead at Tianqi's feet.

"Damn brat! Bring some people! This brat is very strange. Let's deal with him first!" Then, they called for several helpers and charged towards Tianqi.

Damn it, more Jonin! This is unbelievable. Killing Jonin is exhausting and unrewarding, and they don't give that many points. Whoever does this is an idiot!

Seeing more Jonin approaching, Tianqi turned and began to weave through the battlefield. He dodged the Jonin's attacks while moving, casually picking off a few weaker enemies along the way.

Seeing that they couldn't catch Tianqi, and that he could dodge their ninjutsu attacks while also killing a few Genin, the Cloud Ninjas became enraged.

"You damn brat, don't run! I'll show you what happens when I catch you!"

"If I catch you, I'll cut you into a thousand pieces!"

"You big dumbasses of the Cloud Village, I'm not stupid! You're ganging up on me, why wouldn't I run instead of waiting to be cut down?" Tianqi was overjoyed. Jonin from each village were already scarce, and he was currently tying up about five Jonin while also earning points by picking off enemies. This was a profitable deal.

Just as Tianqi was in the thick of battle, both sides simultaneously issued retreat orders.

Watching the five Jonin chasing him, Tianqi gritted his teeth and retreated, having no choice but to give up and follow the Konoha forces.

In the main camp's meeting room, Tobirama Senju was angrily pointing at the map and cursing.

"I didn't expect the Cloud ninja's strength to be this great. In this engagement, our losses and the Cloud ninja's are almost the same. This won't do, damn Cloud ninja!"

Seeing Tobirama Senju's angry face, everyone else dared not speak. Mitokado Homura and Torifu Akimichi also chose to remain silent. (This struggling author checked the information and discovered that Torifu Akimichi is also Tobirama Senju's disciple, so I've included him here.)

Shimura Danzo spoke up at this moment. As Tobirama's disciple, he wasn't afraid.