Ice Breaks Former Grudges

"Whoosh..."

Seeing Mei Terumi's assassination mission about to fail, Uchiha Yue, who had been ready to step in at any moment, did not hesitate in the slightest. He directly used Falling Moon Style: Flash Step and moved in front of the Sunagakure jonin.

The Sunagakure jonin preparing to report back clearly had not expected Mei Terumi to have an ally hiding nearby. After all, every jonin-level ninja was quite confident in their own abilities. While Mei Terumi had been fighting those Sunagakure ninja, the two Sunagakure jonin had not sensed anyone else hiding nearby, so they arrogantly assumed that Mei Terumi was the only assassin.

Unfortunately, those Sunagakure jonin could never have imagined that a ninja of Uchiha Yue's caliber had been hiding nearby, waiting to step in.

Therefore, when Uchiha Yue appeared in front of that Sunagakure jonin, the first reaction of the jonin who had been about to report back was utter shock!

As for Uchiha Yue, he had long been prepared to intervene. Now that he saw the Sunagakure jonin before him momentarily lose focus and expose an opening, he naturally did not miss the opportunity. In an instant, Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Shatter Step to close in on the Sunagakure jonin. Controlling Fubuki Tachi in his hand, he brought the blade down.

And the technique Uchiha Yue used as he swung Fubuki Tachi was, needless to say, Falling Moon Style Flash Blade!

"Slash..."

For a moment, even though Uchiha Yue had not used Chakra, when he swung down Fubuki Tachi and unleashed Falling Moon Style Flash Blade, a dazzling blade light appeared along Fubuki Tachi's edge. At that moment, let alone that Sunagakure jonin being unprepared—even if the Sunagakure jonin before Uchiha Yue had been ready, he likely would not have been able to