Lava Style swept across the area, and two screams immediately rang out from within the mist. At the same time, Konan changed her hand seals, turning the paper shield into several paper swords that shot into the fog.
But there was no sensation of striking anything solid. The mist spread thickly, and silence returned to the surroundings.
"We have to blow this mist away, or we'll always be on the defensive," Mei Terumi said quietly. Although her Lava Style attack seemed to have injured the enemy just now, it did not appear that anyone had died. They were still at a disadvantage.
"Leave it to me!" Konan said swiftly. Though she and Mei Terumi were both geniuses—and in terms of talent alone, Mei Terumi might even have been slightly superior—Konan had grown up in the chaotic Land of Rain and had been personally taught by Shin. Her rate of improvement far surpassed those of her peers, and her combat experience was incomparably rich.
It could be said that Mei Terumi currently possessed only Jonin-level strength, even taking into account the Lava Style Kekkei Genkai she had awakened. Even so, she was an exceptionally rare talent among the younger generation of the entire Land of Water.
Konan, meanwhile, had already reached the level of an Elite Jonin. She could even kill opponents head-on in battle. Whether in strength or practical combat experience, she surpassed Mei Terumi by far.
Of course, that was also because Konan was actually several years older than Mei Terumi.
"Wind Style, Great Hurricane Technique!"
Konan cautiously shifted her gaze as her hands rapidly formed seals. Violent wind-attributed chakra gathered madly, and then a hurricane swept in from afar, bending all the trees in the forest before it.
Mei Terumi held down her hair, which had been thrown