The Goal of Yueguang Han

Yueguang Han smiled as he watched the few Sand Shinobi who had tried to kill him first, only to be blocked by Yueguang Xingye and the others, leaving them unable to get close. His left hand, transformed into an M249, lifted and aimed at one of the Sand Shinobi entangled with Yueguang Xingye.

"No!" The Sand Shinobi targeted by the light machine gun was instantly terrified, cold sweat soaking his back in an instant. He immediately tried to break away from Yueguang Xingye to escape.

"Rat-tat-tat!" Unfortunately, Yueguang Han didn't give him the slightest chance. The sound of the light machine gun rang out, and five or six bullets pierced through the Sand Shinobi's chest in the blink of an eye, shattering his heart and sending out sprays of bright red blood.

"Damn it, we have to kill him first!" Seeing another companion killed in an instant, the faces of the other Sand Shinobi changed drastically. After one of them shouted, the few Sand Shinobi immediately braced themselves against the attacks of Yueguang Xingye and the others, choosing to take injuries to retreat a few steps and put some distance between them. Then, they all simultaneously threw seven or eight kunai tied with ignited Explosive Tags toward Yueguang Han from several directions.

"Quick, protect Young Han!" Seeing the Sand Shinobi throw the kunai with Explosive Tags at Yueguang Han, Yueguang Xingye's eyes turned bloodshot with rage. Without a second thought, he threw the long sword in his hand, knocking one of the kunai away. He then used his Taijutsu Body Flicker Technique to dash toward Yueguang Han at high speed, wanting to block the Explosive Tags for him, or at the very least, shield him from the blast.

Although Yueguang Long and Yueguang Shiye were not as reckless as Yueguang Xingye in their attempt to rescue Yueguang Han, and were too far to reach him in time, they also threw their long swords to knock away the kunai. At the same time, they kept their eyes fixed on the Sand Shinobi, prepared to use their lives to block them.

All of this happened too suddenly. In the blink of an eye, the situation had plummeted, and the Sand Shinobi even wore smiles of impending victory.

"Rat-tat-tat...!" The sound of the light machine gun rang out in succession.

The Sand Shinobi's kunai were fast, and Yueguang Xingye's speed was even faster, but neither was anywhere near as fast as Yueguang Han's machine gun bullets. Under the precise capture of his Electronic Eye and the accurate calculations of the T800 computer, he only needed to adjust the angle of the light machine gun. The bullets leaving the barrel were like bees with eyes, precisely colliding with the incoming kunai. The immense impact force of the bullets easily knocked all the incoming kunai off their trajectories.

"Boom...!" The sounds of explosions followed one after another, but unfortunately for them, Yueguang Han was completely unscathed; these explosions had only occurred more than ten meters away from him.

Yueguang Xingye and the others let out sighs of relief, while the victorious smiles on the faces of the Sand Shinobi stiffened.

"This trick... it's the first time I've encountered it. It really pisses me off." Yueguang Han spoke coldly, his left and right hands both transforming into Barretts, aiming at the chests of two of the Sand Shinobi.

"Bang! Bang...!" Before the Sand Shinobi could dodge, the bullets had already passed through their chests. But this time, Yueguang Han wasn't using standard ammunition; he was using hollow-point bullets, also known as tumbling bullets.

This was a type of bullet with immense lethality, so cruel that it was once mistaken for Dum-dum bullets. Once these bullets entered the body, their trajectory would change drastically due to friction. However, the shooting accuracy of these bullets was not high. The Chiang Kai-shek Rifle had used such ammunition; a 7.92mm caliber hollow-point bullet would leave only a thumb-sized hole when entering the human body, but it could blast out a fist-sized hole upon exit, tearing away a massive amount of flesh.

"Splat! Splat!" The .50 caliber hollow-point bullets directly shattered the chests of the two Sand Shinobi, sending blood and shredded flesh spraying everywhere.

"Damn it, retreat!" The remaining two Sand Shinobi saw two more of their companions die miserably. Trembling with fear and knowing the situation was lost, they didn't dare stay any longer. They threw two smoke bombs and fled rapidly under the cover of the thick gray smoke.

"Bang! Bang!" The sound of gunfire rang out. The cover of the smoke could not completely block the infrared vision of the Electronic Eye. The .50 caliber bullets passed directly through the thick smoke, shattering the chests of the two fleeing Sand Shinobi and opening basketball-sized holes in their chests.

"Young Han, let's go back! They launched signal smoke when the Sand Shinobi attacked; more and more of them will definitely be coming soon. Besides, one of the ambushing Sand Shinobi escaped (the one whose hand was blown off). Your intelligence has been leaked, which is extremely disadvantageous for us," he said to Yueguang Han. He felt a lingering fear; although Yueguang Han had easily counter-killed the ambushing Sand Shinobi this time, it had been a brush with death. He truly didn't want to let Yueguang Han take any more risks.

"No." Yueguang Han shook his head. As he walked toward the corpses of the Sand Shinobi to collect their headbands, he said coldly, "I am going to continue the operation. Since my intelligence has already been leaked, I will just kill all the Sand Shinobi here."

"No! This is too dangerous! We must retreat!" Yueguang Xingye said in a commanding tone. If Yueguang Han hadn't been so stubborn, he wouldn't have even agreed to his previous plan. Now that the danger had increased, he opposed it once again.

"I must continue the plan. I won't let these Sand Shinobi go," Yueguang Han said firmly. After speaking, he continued running toward the Sand Shinobi stronghold in the valley.

"Young Han, you!" Yueguang Xingye was furious. He finally understood why Yueguang Han was so insistent on his plan; Yueguang Han had only one goal: revenge. Revenge against the Sand Shinobi.

"Clan Leader, what should we do?" Seeing Yueguang Han continue toward the Sand Shinobi stronghold, Yueguang Long and Yueguang Shiye felt anxious and hurriedly asked Yueguang Xingye.

"What else can we do? Follow him." Hearing this, Yueguang Xingye gritted his teeth and said angrily, hurriedly chasing after Yueguang Han.

Fortunately, Yueguang Han's speed was not fast—not even faster than an average Genin. In the time it took to exchange a few words, he had only run a hundred meters or so. Yueguang Xingye and the others caught up to him in just a few breaths. They blocked his path and shouted angrily, "Come back with us! Your life isn't just your own."

"It's already too late." Hearing this, Yueguang Han said coldly, "Actually, you all should have trusted me."

"Protect this reckless kid." Upon hearing this, Yueguang Xingye frowned, immediately pulling out a kunai and turning around to prepare for battle. Yueguang Long and Yueguang Shiye did the same, the three of them forming a triangle to shield Yueguang Han in the center.

"Lord Luo Fei, seven of our ninjas who used Earth Style to travel underground have already approached the four enemies charging down."

Inside the Sand Shinobi stronghold in the valley, a Sensory Ninja hiding behind a wooden hut reported the situation he sensed in real-time to the Elite Jonin Luo Fei, who was hiding behind a building nearby.

Hearing the Sensory Ninja's report, Luo Fei did not speak; he simply nodded twice, instructing him to continue monitoring the situation at all times. The enemies attacking from the shadows clearly had no way to deal with them while they were behind cover, which was why they had sent four people to attack—the goal was to lure them out from their hiding spots.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang...!"

"Rat-tat-tat...!"

Less than ten seconds after the Sensory Ninja finished his report, the sounds of gunfire and the explosions of Explosive Tags rang out from the mountain one after another.

"They've engaged!" the Sand Shinobi's Sensory Ninja continued to report, closely monitoring the progress of the battle.

"Lord Luo Fei." However, not even thirty seconds later, the Sand Shinobi sensory ninja reported with grief, "Six are dead, only one escaped! That attacking enemy is among those four, and they are heading toward us right now. All of our ninjas who went underground are rushing over there."

Hearing the Sensory Ninja's report, Luo Fei remained silent, as he had no way to relay orders to those Sand Shinobi who had traveled underground.