I'm Just Clearing the Terrain

Flying Thunder God Technique! Facing the ninjutsu flying toward him, Yueguang Han brought his hands together again.

"Boom!" As another muffled, drum-like sound rang out in the sky, Yueguang Han once again shifted ten meters sideways through the air, dodging the Sand Shinobi's attack range. At the same time, another ten-kilogram Explosive Package howled toward the Sand Shinobi's stronghold.

"Whew!" Seeing Yueguang Han shift ten meters sideways through the air once again and dodge the Sand Shinobi's ninjutsu, Yueguang Xingye and the other two immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"This kid's ability to adapt isn't bad." Yueguang Long said with a laugh.

"He's just too stubborn and won't listen to advice. He nearly got us burned to death by the fire we started ourselves." Yueguang Xingye shook his head and complained. They had been badly burned when they charged through the sea of flames they had created earlier. Their feet were covered in blisters and charred black, and many places on their bodies had been burned by the flames.

"Exactly! We'll have to recover properly when we get back." Yueguang Shiye also shook his head and joined in the complaints. His whole body itched and hurt from the burns, making him unbearably uncomfortable. Still, after killing so many Sand Shinobi, these injuries were worth it.

"We need to catch this reckless brat! You two, watch the ground." Seeing that Yueguang Han was about to land, Yueguang Xingye stopped complaining and ran over to catch the family's precious troublemaker.

"I have to say, this kid has made another great contribution this time." Yueguang Long said with a laugh, as if he had made the great contribution himself. He and Yueguang Shiye cautiously watched the surrounding ground. They weren't sure whether there were any Sand Shinobi still hiding underground.

(Yueguang Han's achievements were also the glory of the Hayate Clan, because Yueguang Han was a member of the Hayate Clan.

"Boom!" As he was about to land, Yueguang Han saw Yueguang Xingye preparing to catch him and fired another shot at the Sand Shinobi's stronghold. (Because the Explosive Package was directly materialized, the Flying Thunder God Technique's firing frequency was only about once every three seconds.) His falling body once again shifted ten meters sideways out of nowhere. Dodging Yueguang Xingye, who was preparing to catch him, he crashed directly into the ground, creating a large pit half a meter deep.

Yueguang Han didn't dare let Yueguang Xingye catch him. It wasn't because Yueguang Xingye was the Hayate Clan's leader, but because his body weighed more than half a ton. If he fell from a height of over thirty meters, Yueguang Xingye might not only fail to catch him but also be crushed to death or seriously injured.

"Young Han!" Seeing Yueguang Han crash into a large pit and become mostly buried in the earth, Yueguang Xingye hurried to the edge of the pit, extremely worried.

"Uncle Xingye, I'm fine! Who doesn't have a trump card to save their life?" Yueguang Han waved his hand, braced both hands against the ground, and climbed out on his own. His injuries from the fall had completely healed before he climbed out.

"Do we keep charging?" Seeing that Yueguang Han was indeed fine, Yueguang Xingye asked.

"No. Let's clear this area first." Yueguang Han replied. He positioned his feet one in front of the other to prepare to absorb the force, then brought his hands together again, turning them into an oil drum.

"Boom...!"

Amid the muffled sound, the spherical Explosive Package once again flew toward the Sand Shinobi stronghold in the valley, trailing a sound like heavy breathing.

"Boom...!" Only three seconds later, another muffled sound rang out.

"The power is truly enormous!" Yueguang Shiye said with a sigh as he watched the violent explosion erupt inside the Sand Shinobi stronghold. This kind of power was already comparable to the area-of-effect ninjutsu of some B-rank techniques.

More importantly, Yueguang Han had launched the attack from a hundred and fifty meters away, and he could attack once every three seconds on average. Its attack speed was also much faster than that of many ninjutsu.

"Senior Mitarashi, Senior Kurama, we did it!"

On the mountain, watching the repeated violent explosions inside the Sand Shinobi stronghold, a ninja from the Hayate Clan hurriedly reported respectfully to the Jonin leading the Mitarashi Clan and the Jonin leading the Kurama Clan.

"Since we succeeded, this opportunity is hard to come by. Move out." Hearing this, the Jonin of the Mitarashi Clan and the Jonin leading the Kurama Clan nodded to each other before leading everyone down the mountain.

"Boom...!" In the Sand Shinobi stronghold at the bottom of the valley, the multiple violent explosions sent billowing smoke surging upward, obscuring half the sky.

Amid the flying sand and rocks and the rolling smoke, wooden houses were destroyed by the fierce explosions one after another. Mud and shattered stones flew everywhere.

Sand Shinobi who failed to dodge in time were torn apart and blown away by the explosions. Wails rang throughout the stronghold as the wounded Sand Shinobi cried out for Medical Ninja.

"Whoosh!" Once again, an Explosive Package flew toward the stronghold with a howling sound. Its speed was far greater than that of a flying Kunai.

Wind Style, Wind Cutter! Finally, just before the Explosive Package was about to land, a powerful blade of wind flew from the hands of Luo Fei, an Elite Jonin of the Sand Shinobi, slicing the Explosive Package in half in midair. Black-and-yellow high explosive powder scattered throughout the sky.

"Hiss...!" The black-and-yellow high explosive powder instantly ignited when sparks from the fuse touched it, sending up a large amount of white smoke and turning the surrounding sky red.

"Use Wind Style to cut those things apart!" Seeing that Wind Style had worked, Luo Fei immediately shouted the order. When another Explosive Package flew over, fierce winds rose within the Sand Shinobi stronghold and blades of wind howled through the air. None of the Explosive Packages that came afterward managed to explode.

"Young Han, your new technique has been countered. Do you still want to continue?" Seeing that the Sand Shinobi had cracked Yueguang Han's new technique, Yueguang Xingye asked.

"Of course I'm continuing. I was only clearing the terrain just now to prepare for the battle ahead. Now, there's already a lot more open space down there!" Yueguang Han said coldly, charging toward the Sand Shinobi stronghold in the valley once again.

Earth Style, Mind Destruction Art!

However, Yueguang Han had barely taken a few steps when a pair of hands suddenly reached out from underground, seized his feet, and dragged him into the earth.

At the same time, several pairs of hands emerged beneath Yueguang Xingye and the other two, intending to grab their feet as well.

I was careless! Seeing this, Yueguang Xingye and the other two hurriedly dodged the hands reaching out from underground. How could this important stronghold, which housed nearly two hundred Sand Shinobi, have only twenty-odd Sand Shinobi capable of using Earth Style?

When they looked at Yueguang Han, he had already been pulled underground, with only his head remaining above the surface. Yueguang Xingye and the other two immediately paled and tried to rescue him.

"You can't save him!" Three Sand Shinobi drilled out of the ground, blocking Yueguang Xingye and the other two. They drew their Kunai and prepared to charge forward and fight them to the death.

"Dodge! This isn't his real body!" However, before they could act, a shout rang out from behind the three Sand Shinobi.

Behind the three Sand Shinobi, beside Yueguang Han, another Sand Shinobi poked his head out of the ground, his face filled with terror. It turned out that after pulling Yueguang Han underground and stabbing him with a ninja blade, he had discovered that the blade couldn't pierce Yueguang Han's body at all. It was as if he had stabbed a hard puppet. He immediately concluded that this was also one of the other party's special abilities, and that the boy's real body must be hiding nearby, waiting for a chance to strike.

After shouting, this Sand Shinobi planned to burrow underground again, not daring to expose himself for long. He had witnessed the deaths of some of his companions earlier. Facing the boy's strange ability, they had no chance to react and dodge. That was also why they had waited until now to act.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and the Sand Shinobi's head exploded on the spot. Beside him, Yueguang Han had his mouth open, with the long barrel of a Barrett extending from it. Wisps of white smoke still drifted from the muzzle.