041. Eruption! Talent of the Immortal Clan!

Xun and Yashui had both been pushed to the end of their rope.

"Are you even capable of anything, you big guy?" Xun stopped extracting chakra and stood up. "With only half the chakra extracted, the power of this technique will be halved as well. I wouldn't have done this if I hadn't been backed into a corner!"

"Can we win?" That was the only question Yashui cared about now.

"We can't!" Xun shot Yashui an annoyed look. "Even if you gave me twice the time to prepare, we still wouldn't win. Whether we can put up a fight at all now depends on whether you cooperate."

The command of the battlefield was now entirely in Xun's hands, and Yashui had no choice but to cooperate.

"Let's begin!" Xun slung her long staff onto her back and sprinted forward using the specialized running style of a ninja. Yashui followed closely behind her, and they charged forward together.

"Yashui, obstruct his vision!" Xun commanded.

Although he felt annoyed, Yashui still pulled a smoke bomb from his ninja tool pouch and slammed it hard against the ground.

A cloud of smoke billowed up from the ground, completely obscuring Choza's view of the situation below from his vantage point in the air.

Within the smoke, several shuriken were launched at Choza's feet. To Choza, this was nothing more than a tickle. Immediately afterward, a Fire Style technique erupted from the smoke.

"You've already tried this many times; don't you realize your attacks are ineffective?" Choza lifted his foot and stomped, scattering the smoke.

As the smoke cleared, the figures of Xun and Yashui once again appeared before Choza.

Xun was circling toward Choza's left side, seemingly intending to launch some unknown attack.

"Too slow!" Choza glanced at Yashui, who was standing motionless in place, and then threw a punch behind him. "Don't think the same trick will work on me multiple times!"

The Yashui who had remained motionless in place gradually vanished; it was yet another clone. Ordinary clones were easily seen through, and even without any special ocular jutsu, Choza could distinguish the real from the fake with his naked eye.

Choza easily identified the clone and sensed someone attacking him from behind.

The one attacking from behind must be Yashui! Choza thought confidently. To teach Yashui a lesson, Choza threw a punch in that direction.

But when Choza's fist struck the target, he was stunned to discover that he had hit Xun!

What is going on? Choza looked at the "Xun" rushing toward his left; her strength and speed were undoubtedly those of the real Xun. So, what was the deal with the Xun currently in front of him?

The Xun hit by Choza had seemingly blocked the blow; she performed three consecutive backflips in the air and landed safely, narrowly avoiding disaster. After landing, she took her long staff from her back and sprinted toward Choza.

Choza stared at that Xun in astonishment; her speed was indeed identical to Xun's. In this class, the only one capable of withstanding a single attack from him was Xun, who had already been a genin for half a year. Fresh graduates like Yashui and Hachiko could never withstand Choza!

Which one is the real Xun?! Choza was confused by the two of them. One of these two was definitely not Xun, and it was possible that one of them was Yashui. It was even possible that Yashui wasn't among these two Xuns at all.

Just then, Choza finally discovered the peculiarity in the way the two Xuns were attacking. The Xun who had started circling to his left as soon as the smoke cleared had moved early, but had taken no offensive measures since; she only occasionally used shuriken for long-range attacks. This style of combat was very similar to Yashui's.

The Xun on the other side had been active from the start, and her staff technique carried the distinct characteristics of the Fire Temple. Furthermore, she had been continuously launching frontal taijutsu assaults against him.

Now Choza understood: the one circling to the left from the beginning was Yashui transformed into Xun. The real one—