"Flying Thunder God Technique!" Facing the ninjutsu flying toward him in the sky, Yueguang Han brought his hands together once more.
Boom! As the dull, drum-like sound rang out in the sky again, Yueguang Han shifted ten meters sideways through the air, dodging the Sand Shinobi's attack range. At the same time, another ten-kilogram Explosive Package whistled toward the Sand Shinobi outpost.
"Whew!" Seeing Yueguang Han shift another ten meters through the air and evade the Sand Shinobi's ninjutsu, Yueguang Xingye and the other two finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"This kid's ability to adapt isn't bad," Yueguang Long said with a smile.
"He's just too stubborn. He wouldn't listen to advice and nearly got us burned to death by the fire he started." Yueguang Xingye shook his head in complaint. When they had rushed through the sea of flames he created earlier, they had been badly burned. Their feet were covered in blisters and scorch marks, and flames had burned many places on their bodies.
"Yeah! We'll need to recuperate properly when we get back." Yueguang Shiye also shook his head and complained. His whole body was itchy and painful from the burns, making him miserable. Still, killing so many Sand Shinobi made these minor injuries worthwhile.
"It's time to catch that brat! You two watch the ground." Seeing Yueguang Han nearing the ground, Yueguang Xingye stopped complaining and ran over to catch the family's precious little troublemaker.
"I have to say, that kid has rendered another great service this time." Yueguang Long smiled as though he himself had accomplished the feat. Together with Yueguang Shiye, he cautiously watched the surrounding ground. Neither of them knew whether any Sand Shinobi were still burrowing underground nearby.
(Yueguang Han's achievements were also the glory of the Hayate Clan, because Yueguang Han was a member of the Hayate Clan.
Boom! As Yueguang Han was about to land, he looked at Yueguang Xingye, who was preparing to catch him, and fired another shot toward the Sand Shinobi outpost. (Since the Explosive Packages were directly materialized, the Flying Thunder God Technique could only be fired about once every three seconds.) His falling body shifted another ten meters sideways out of thin air, evading Yueguang Xingye. Under Yueguang Xingye's stunned, bewildered gaze, he smashed directly into the ground, creating a crater half a meter deep.
Yueguang Han did not dare let Yueguang Xingye catch him. It was not because Yueguang Xingye was the Hayate Clan's patriarch, but because his body weighed over half a ton. Falling from more than thirty meters up, Yueguang Xingye would probably not only fail to catch him, but get crushed to death or severely injured by him.
"Young Han!" Seeing Yueguang Han smash a crater into the ground, with most of his body buried in the earth, Yueguang Xingye hurried to the edge of the pit, deeply worried.
"Uncle Xingye, I'm fine! Everyone has a few trump cards to save their life." Yueguang Han waved a hand and pushed himself out with both hands. Even the injuries from the fall had completely healed before he crawled out.
"Are we continuing the charge?" Seeing that Yueguang Han truly was fine, Yueguang Xingye asked.
"No, let's clear things up here first." Yueguang Han answered. He planted his feet one before the other, ready to absorb the force, and brought his hands together again, turning them into a gasoline barrel.
Boom...!
Amid the dull boom, the round Explosive Package flew toward the Sand Shinobi outpost in the valley with a whooshing sound.
Boom...! Only three seconds later, another dull boom rang out.
"The power really is tremendous!" Yueguang Shiye said with feeling as he watched violent explosions erupt within the Sand Shinobi outpost. This was already comparable to some B-rank area-of-effect ninjutsu. More importantly, Yueguang Han was attacking from a hundred and fifty meters away, once every three seconds on average, and his attacks were far faster than many ninjutsu.
--------One Minute Earlier----------
"Senior Mitarashi, Senior Kurama, it worked!"
Up on the mountain, seeing several successive violent explosions in the Sand Shinobi outpost, a ninja from the Hayate Clan hurriedly reported respectfully to the leading Jonin of the Mitarashi Clan and Kurama Clan.
"Since it succeeded, this is a rare opportunity. Move out." Hearing this, the Mitarashi Clan Jonin and the leading Jonin of the Kurama Clan exchanged nods, then led everyone charging down the mountain.
Boom...! Thick smoke from the several violent explosions in the Sand Shinobi outpost below the valley rose into the air, blotting out half the sky. Amid the flying sand, rocks, and billowing smoke, wooden houses were destroyed one after another by the fierce explosions. Mud, sand, and broken stones sprayed everywhere.
Sand Shinobi who failed to evade in time were torn apart and blown away by the explosions. Wails echoed throughout the outpost as injured Sand Shinobi cried out and called for Medical Ninja.
Whoosh! Once again, an Explosive Package came screaming toward the outpost, faster than flying Kunai.
"Wind Style: Wind Cutter!" Finally, just before the Explosive Package hit the ground, a powerful wind blade flew from the hand of the Sand Shinobi Elite Jonin Luo Fei, slicing the about-to-explode Explosive Package in half midair. Blackish-yellow high explosives scattered throughout the sky.
Hiss...! The blackish-yellow explosives ignited instantly under the sparks from the fuse, producing vast amounts of white smoke and reddening the surrounding sky.
"Use Wind Style to cut those things apart!" Seeing that Wind Style worked, Luo Fei immediately shouted the order. When the next Explosive Package flew over, fierce winds rose throughout the Sand Shinobi outpost and wind blades howled. None of the Explosive Packages that followed were able to explode again.
"Young Han, your new technique has been countered. Are you still going to continue?" Yueguang Xingye asked as he saw the Sand Shinobi break Yueguang Han's new move.
"Of course I'll continue. I was just clearing the terrain to prepare for the battle ahead. Now, it's much more open down there!" Yueguang Han said coldly, taking the lead in charging toward the Sand Shinobi outpost in the valley once more.
"Earth Style: Mind Destruction Art!"
However, Yueguang Han had barely run a few steps when a pair of hands suddenly reached out from underground, grabbed his feet, and pulled him beneath the earth.
At the same time, several pairs of hands reached out from beneath Yueguang Xingye and the others' feet, intending to grab their legs as well.
We were careless! Yueguang Xingye and the other two hurriedly dodged the hands reaching up from the ground, inwardly cursing their carelessness. How could an important outpost with nearly two hundred Sand Shinobi have only twenty-odd ninjas capable of using Earth Style?
When they looked back at Yueguang Han, he had already been dragged underground, with only his head left above the surface. Yueguang Xingye and the other two's expressions changed drastically as they prepared to rescue him.
"You can't save him!" Three Sand Shinobi emerged from underground and blocked Yueguang Xingye and the others. Drawing their Kunai, they prepared to rush forward and fight them.
"Get back! That's not the real one!" However, before they could act, a shout rang out behind the three Sand Shinobi.
Behind the three Sand Shinobi, beside Yueguang Han, a Sand Shinobi poked his head out of the ground, his face filled with terror. After dragging Yueguang Han underground and stabbing him with a ninja blade, he discovered that the blade could not pierce Yueguang Han's body at all. It was like stabbing a hard puppet. He immediately assumed this was another of the opponent's special abilities, and that the boy's real body had to be hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
After shouting, the Sand Shinobi prepared to burrow underground again, not daring to expose himself for too long. He had seen the deaths of several companions with his own eyes. Faced with the boy's strange abilities, there was simply no time to react or evade. That was why they had waited until now to attack.
Bang! A gunshot rang out, and the Sand Shinobi's head exploded. Beside him, Yueguang Han stood with his mouth open, the long barrel of a Barrett extending from it, wisps of white smoke still rising from its muzzle.
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