"Watch out!"
BOOM!
The three of them dodged in an instant as the explosion appeared without warning!
"Hey! Weren't we told there was only one person, Hatake Kakashi? What's with the other two brats?"
Shū, the Explosion Release ninja from Iwagakure, swaggered out of hiding without a hint of concealment and asked arrogantly.
"Who knows! Maybe they just happened to run into him. Don't worry about it. We can take them all out together!"
At the other man's arrogant remark, the rest of the Iwagakure shinobi emerged from hiding as well.
But as the other arrogant man kept talking, his voice suddenly cut off!
A moment later, his once-arrogant voice turned into a gritted growl.
"...It's you!"
"Oh? It's you! The guy I took out in one shot with the Body Flicker Technique!"
"Damn you! I was just careless last time!
This time, I'll make you see the art of Deidara! Earth Release! C—uh—"
The scene from back then played out once again!
The same Body Flicker Technique, the same spot!
And the same humiliating fall!
That one move was enough to make the whole scene freeze!
"You could try a few more times, and it still wouldn't change the fact that you're trash!
You're just so weak!"
His icy words swept through everyone like a mocking, chilling wind!
Cold and humiliating!
"Damn you! Get your foot off my senior brother's face!"
Kurotsuchi, who looked to be only a little older than Lin Cheng, flew into a rage when she saw Lin Cheng standing on Deidara's face.
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Spear!"
A sharp stone spear burst through the ground, shooting up from where Lin Cheng stood.
But before Kurotsuchi could look pleased, her body suddenly went rigid.
"Little girls shouldn't be so violent!"
The teasing voice brushed past her ear. Kurotsuchi had never felt death so close.
"Kurotsuchi!"
"Die! Landmine Fist!"
As Kitsuchi panicked, the Explosion Release ninja Shū launched a sneak attack with his Landmine Fist. Under everyone's astonished gaze, Lin Cheng—
used the Body Flicker Technique for the third time in such a short span.
"How is this possible? How can anyone use the Body Flicker Technique so many times in such a short span?"
Sensing Lin Cheng's presence appear behind him again in an instant, Shū was both shocked and terrified!
The others were just as stunned!
Body Flicker Shisui was renowned because Uchiha Shisui could use the Body Flicker Technique repeatedly!
But even Body Flicker Shisui couldn't do what Lin Cheng had just done!
Any jonin, or even a gifted Genin, could use the Body Flicker Technique once in quick succession!
But if someone could do it twice, people would vastly overestimate their strength!
Imagine two people whose strength was about equal.
One used the Body Flicker Technique to get behind the other first, and the other immediately used it too.
Just as the second person thought he had won, the first used the Body Flicker Technique again.
It was easy to imagine what would happen to the second person!
And now, someone had managed to use the Body Flicker Technique three times in quick succession?
How powerful was that?
Even Body Flicker Shisui needed more time to let his chakra pathways recover before he could do that.
The Body Flicker Technique wasn't a forbidden jutsu, but using it repeatedly in a short span turned it into one.
Lin Cheng casually kicked the shocked and terrified Shū away, then used the Body Flicker Technique for the fourth time, returning to where he had started.
With both hands in his pockets, Lin Cheng said dismissively, "I just ran into an old friend today, so I'm in a good mood!
While I'm still in a good mood, you can leave now."
"You!"
Faced with Lin Cheng's scorn, the Iwagakure group was furious, but none dared speak up.
A fourth Body Flicker Technique!
No one knew whether Lin Cheng could manage a fifth, a sixth, or even a seventh!
No one knew!
"If you don't leave now, I might change my mind."
Lin Cheng looked at the Iwagakure group with amusement. In an instant, a murderous aura surged from his eyes!
The moment he sensed it, Kitsuchi, their leader, made his decision without hesitation!
"Retreat!"
Watching the Iwagakure group withdraw without hesitation, Kakashi, who hadn't said a word the entire time, was dumbfounded!
"What's wrong, Kakashi?"
Lin Cheng asked with a laugh as he looked at the stunned Kakashi.
"Nothing!"
Kakashi took a deep breath and gave a rueful smile.
"If it's nothing, let's keep going."
"Okay!"
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