Fierce Battle

Shiro was in a dire situation. Not only had he fallen into the enemy's encirclement, but he did not have much Chakra left either.

At the same time, another small snake beside Shikaki and the others dispelled its summoning, bringing news Shiro least wanted to hear.

It was truly a case of troubles piling upon troubles. No matter how unwilling Shiro was, he could only accept it. After all, he had insisted on this plan. Now, he could only go all out. If he wanted to retreat unscathed, Nakamura would have to intervene; otherwise, it was impossible.

However, Shiro still had a chance to turn things around!

"Summoning Technique: Blue Snake!"

Blue Snake was Shiro's regular partner at Ryūchi Cave. He had heard that she had been arranged by the White Snake Sage. Though Shiro was curious why the White Snake Sage paid him such attention, he also knew his own worth.

At present, he had practically nothing worth coveting from the White Snake Sage. Most likely, she possessed some special ability and had made plans accordingly. He would understand such matters once he grew stronger.

In the Shinobi World, strength was what mattered most in the end!

As a summoned beast arranged by the White Snake Sage, Blue Snake's strength was naturally nothing to scoff at. Her combat power was equivalent to that of a Special Jonin with high offense and tremendous durability!

"Blue Snake, hold them back and buy me time!"

"Yes, Lord Shiro!"

The reason Blue Snake was so obedient was, first, the White Snake Sage's instructions, and second, that Shiro had beaten her into submission.

Although Blue Snake possessed strength comparable to a Special Jonin, she had almost no resistance to illusion-based attacks. Meanwhile, Shiro, who could project numerous Noble Phantasms, was especially skilled at dealing with such brutes!

That was why this scene had come about, and why summoning Blue Snake consumed far less of Shiro's Chakra.

Of course, expecting Blue Snake alone to deal with them was unrealistic.

At the same time, to lessen Blue Snake's burden, Shiro used the last of his Chakra to cast the Magecraft he had learned during this period!

Summon Dragon Tooth Soldiers!

More precisely, these were no longer Dragon Tooth Soldiers.

Where was Shiro supposed to find dragon teeth in the Naruto world?

Thus, this was Magecraft Shiro had modified based on the experience of Medea, an Age of Gods Magecraft practitioner. He had changed the casting material from dragon teeth to snake fangs from Ryūchi Cave. After all, snakes were also called lesser dragons or earth dragons.

Therefore, snake fangs could serve as a viable material. However, Shiro's success was still largely thanks to Medea herself being highly skilled at summoning Dragon Tooth Soldiers. Of course, these were like the Dragon Tooth Soldiers summoned using Wyvern teeth.

They were much weaker than the original version, and Shiro's snake-fang version was even worse. It would have difficulty even dealing with an ordinary person.

But it had one advantage: low consumption.

Because Shiro's Dragon Tooth Warriors had to be made in advance, he only needed a very small amount of Chakra to summon them.

He had not used them before because his opponents had either been shinobi or ordinary bandits, all of whom Shiro could handle alone. Thus, he had barely used them.

In truth, Shiro had not made many of them either. After discovering how weak they were in battle, he had basically abandoned this Magecraft, since he could not find genuine dragon teeth.

Therefore, he only made one or two each day to deepen his understanding of Magecraft.

Unexpectedly, the Magecraft Shiro had abandoned would ultimately be of tremendous help to him.

The ordinary bandits could be handled by the Dragon Tooth Soldiers. Blue Snake only needed to restrain those few shinobi!

To Shiro's surprise, those bandits seemed to have been frightened. Several dozen extremely weakened Dragon Tooth Soldiers had actually held back several dozen bandits. Regardless of their strength, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers looked intimidating enough.

Thus, no matter how their leader shouted, they could not muster any fighting spirit.

Meanwhile, although the shinobi on the other side knew Shiro intended to use this chance to recover his Chakra and wanted to stop him, Shiro stood firmly atop Blue Snake's head and was not affected in the slightest.

While the Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Blue Snake kept the enemy occupied, Shiro desperately squeezed his cellular energy to refine Chakra. Of course, he knew this was harmful to his body, but at a time like this, his life mattered more.

Besides, as long as he did not do it too often, he could recover afterward.

Shiro and the enemy had entered a stalemate, while on the other side, Shikaki and the others had not been idle either. In fact, they were under even greater pressure than Shiro.

After all, Shiro still had Blue Snake helping him, while Shikaki and Taichi could only rely on themselves. Fortunately, most of the bandits had gathered on Shiro's side, easing their pressure somewhat.

Even so, things were still troublesome. Their opponents were not fools who existed to give the protagonist experience. They knew how to exploit their advantage, pairing up to fight Taichi and Shikaki separately.

Two Chunin faced Taichi, while two Genin faced Shikaki. Clearly, the enemy planned to deal with Taichi first, then Shikaki!

At present, Taichi could only barely hold off two Chunin. Defeating them was beyond him, let alone killing them.

On the other side, Shikaki was not a shinobi suited for direct combat. Thus, even though his opponents were only two Genin, they still kept him entangled and gave him no opportunity to support Taichi.

Seeing the situation, Taichi knew they would certainly lose if this continued. Thus, he decided to gamble. Taking advantage of a momentary lapse from the enemy, he activated his Sharingan and used Binding Illusion to immobilize one of them, then prepared to rush in and finish him!

Unfortunately, his teammate's reaction was not slow. He instantly blocked Taichi's attack!

However, Sharingan illusions could not be broken by the victim alone. Therefore, before the ocular power Taichi had expended on that illusion ran out, he would only have one opponent left!

Seeing his opponent trying to rescue his teammate, how could Taichi allow the result he had worked so hard to achieve to be so easily ruined? He immediately charged forward and blocked him.

"The Sharingan? Looks like we've struck it rich this time." The enemy sneered. It was clearly unrealistic to get past Taichi and dispel his teammate's illusion now. Therefore, he chose to stall for time and wait for the illusion to end.

Clearly, the enemy had heard of the Sharingan's reputation and was deeply wary of it.

But Taichi was no longer the novice he had once been. Likewise, he could think of that as well. Thus, Taichi merely said, "Talk if you can get it!" before charging in.

However, the enemy clearly knew what he was doing. During the fight, he did his best to avoid making eye contact with Taichi. After all, there were not many people in this world who dared look directly at an Uchiha with an activated Sharingan.

But he had already been weaker than Taichi to begin with, and now he did not dare look directly at him. He immediately fell into a disadvantage.

Even so, it was not easy for Taichi to defeat him. In order to achieve his earlier goal, he had used nearly half of his ocular power. Now, he could not use many more illusions.

Moreover, this man practically refused to make eye contact with Taichi, making it difficult to cast illusions on him. Of course, Taichi was not without other illusions, but he was not nearly as proficient in them as he was in Sharingan illusions.

Other than Sharingan illusions, Taichi's other illusion techniques had not improved for a long time. Ever since awakening the Sharingan, he had basically relaxed his training in them.

After all, as long as his Sharingan's ocular power increased, its enhancement of other illusions would become stronger as well.

Therefore, Taichi had no confidence that his other illusions could affect his opponent.

And just as Taichi was anxious to defeat his enemy, he gradually overlooked something.

The second chapter will not be updated until tonight. I swapped shifts with a colleague for two days. Please forgive me.