"Was this genjutsu?"
Agonizing pain tore through Lin Mu's mind, and cold sweat immediately beaded on his forehead.
It felt so real!
This was the first time he had suffered a genjutsu attack since coming to the Naruto World.
Before this, every opponent he had faced had been a close-combat fighter.
"Did you really think genjutsu would let you get the better of me?"
Lin Mu snorted and focused his mind. The surrounding natural energy responded to his will, surging fiercely.
The body he had seen melting away, its muscles dissolving to expose stark white bones, returned to normal.
This was the result of Lin Mu practicing senjutsu day and night for over a month.
Senjutsu required its user to reach out with their spiritual power, sense the energy of nature, and draw it into their body to strengthen themselves.
Those who practiced senjutsu naturally possessed immense spiritual power. Genjutsu of this level was nowhere near enough to defeat Lin Mu!
Heh... opening with such a dirty trick? Then let's see who can outplay whom!
Lin Mu sneered inwardly. Although he had already broken the genjutsu,
his expression remained agonized, and the cold sweat on his forehead flowed even more heavily than before.
"Hahahahaha!"
Tayuya stopped playing her flute and burst into wild laughter.
"Did you cowards see that? All I need is one genjutsu to kill this brat."
She pointed at Lin Mu's pained face and sneered.
"But I've always been softhearted. I can't bear to watch him suffer, so I'll just kill him outright!"
With that, she leaped up and glided toward Lin Mu.
At the same time, she curled the fingers of her right hand into a claw. Chakra surged over them as she prepared to snap Lin Mu's neck.
Just as her fingers came within five