Water Release: Water Wall Jutsu
Lightning Release: Gratitude Wave
Team battles and individual duels were different. Although Xing Ran had been incredibly flashy since opening the Eight Gates, teams had their own ways of fighting. The position where the Cloud Ninja Xing Ran had killed had used the Substitution Technique to escape earlier had clearly been carefully chosen. By the time Xing Ran realized he had chased a kill into an enemy ambush, it was already too late. The enemy's death and the trap's activation happened at the same time.
Xing Ran's body was instantly swallowed by a flood. While the raging current dealt him a heavy blow, terrifying numbing electricity followed him through the water like a shadow.
Xing Ran was blasted high into the air, covered from head to toe in electric currents.
"He fell for it!"
Several excited voices rang out from the crowd. At the same time, Xing Ran in midair seemed like a magnet as a mass of kunai and shuriken flew from the Cloud Ninjas' hands straight toward him.
This was a trap combination very much in line with ninja combat styles. The impact from the Water Wall Jutsu and the paralysis caused by the electricity were both nonlethal damage. With this combination, allies might get hurt, but not severely. The enemy, however, would be in trouble. These were all control techniques—knockback coupled with paralysis—and what followed would be a chain that could kill someone outright. The ninja world had developed countless coordinated tactics based on this principle, allowing weaker fighters to counterkill many powerful ones. This was also part of the ninja world's charm: defeating the strong from below was not difficult.
Normally, if an ordinary person was hit by this combination ninjutsu, the force of the high-pressure water alone would rob them