Effortless Slaughter

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The next moment.

"Splurt!"

As Shōji swung his Tachi down.

The flashing blade.

Sent a massive head flying into the air.

"Thud!"

Blood sprayed everywhere.

Gushing in all directions.

After twitching twice, the headless body crumpled backward onto the ground.

Scarlet blood instantly soaked the earth.

So this was what it felt like to kill someone?

Shōji's pupils contracted slightly, and when the headless corpse fell, his body could not help but tremble twice. Though the memories deep within his mind contained vivid experiences and sensations of killing, this was still the first time the current Shōji had taken a life. Some emotional ripples were inevitable.

But in less than a second.

Shōji took a deep breath and regained his composure. This was the battlefield, and the battle was not over. He had no spare time or emotions to lament such meaningless things.

Honestly, he had to thank the complete fusion of the two souls.

Otherwise.

With Liu Heng's identity as an ordinary college student in his previous life.

There was no way he could have killed a living person so easily, especially someone who bore him no grudge.

It completely overturned the worldview Liu Heng had formed through more than twenty years of education in his previous life.

Taking another person's life.

Was not something one could do just by moving one's lips.

Even in this world, those who could kill for the first time without batting an eye or feeling the slightest pressure were few and far between.

Ninjas all needed an experience to adapt.

Let alone an ordinary person from an ordinary world?

All that could be said was that Liu Heng had been unfortunate, yet extremely fortunate.

The fusion of two lifetimes' souls had allowed the former Shōji to adapt to this cruel world by ninety-nine percent.

And now, after his first real battle and his first kill.

Shōji had filled in that final one percent.

From this day forward, Shōji was Uchiha Shōji in the truest sense!

Rather than be cruelly slaughtered, I would rather become a demon that hunts others. Even if I must descend into hell after death, so be it!

His body leaped through the air.

The black tomoe in his eyes spun at high speed.

"Clang!"

"Splurt!"

"Rip!"

Fire Release!

After easily dealing with the first enemy.

Shōji swiftly threw himself back into the slaughter of the other Kumo Ninja.

In a battlefield where nearly everyone around him was an ordinary Chūnin, with at most Elite Chūnin present, Shōji could still massacre them freely even while holding back.

He was practically crushing them.

Naturally, this drew the attention of nearly everyone.

"Damn it! That's a Jōnin from the Uchiha Clan!"

"Don't make eye contact with that guy!"

"Hold on! Form up and deal with him!"

The two sides had originally been fairly evenly matched, but Shōji's presence completely tipped the scales. The Kumo Ninja were shocked and enraged, while Konoha was ecstatic.

The contrast between the two sides was obvious.

"Naruto! Retreat! I'll cover the rear! Go stop that Uchiha Jōnin and cover the others as they retreat first!"

Less than five minutes after this encounter battle began.

Of the fifteen Kumo Ninja.

Four had already died. Every one of the survivors had suffered some degree of injury. Even their Jōnin captain could only barely maintain an undefeated position under Akimichi Motoyasu's attacks. Yet Konoha had four Jōnin!

His two companions had fallen into the pincer attack of three Jōnin.

This forced the Kumogakure Jōnin named Hato to occasionally lend his two companions a hand. Going back and forth like this would inevitably expose openings.

The wound on the left side of his abdomen.

Had been cut by a Kunai when the Gekko Clan Jōnin seized an opportunity during one such rescue.

In this bitter struggle, where victory was nowhere in sight, Hato had already been planning to find an opportunity to retreat. Shōji's vicious slaughter left retreat as Hato's only option. If they continued fighting, every one of these Kumo Ninja, himself included, would undoubtedly die here.

That was a situation Hato absolutely did not wish to see.

Therefore.

In less than a second.

Hato immediately made his decision.

"Lightning Release: Thunderstorm Technique!"

After using a wide-area B-rank Lightning Release technique to temporarily force back Motoyasu and the other Konoha Jōnin, he immediately ordered everyone to retreat.

Hato could sense the change in the situation.

Akimichi Motoyasu, who held the advantage, could even more easily discern the subtle shifts in the battle. Not to mention Shōji's fierce, unstoppable advance. The moment he saw that this Uchiha youth possessed strength no less than that of an ordinary Jōnin, Akimichi Motoyasu was overjoyed. They had already surpassed the Kumo Ninja in both the quality and number of their combat forces.

And now, they had gained an Uchiha Jōnin who stood among the finest in the entire ninja world. There was even less reason for them to lose this encounter battle.

The moment he realized that the Kumo Ninja were preparing to retreat.

"Quick, stop them! Don't let a single one escape! Shōji-kun, I'll leave the enemy at six o'clock to you!"

As he leaped forward.

And charged fiercely toward Hato alongside the Aburame Clan Jōnin.

He shouted toward Uchiha Shōji, who was not far to his left.

Shōji focused his gaze.

It turned out that as the remaining Kumo Ninja scattered to flee, each had originally been pursued by corresponding Konoha forces. However, one Kumogakure Jōnin had forcibly broken through the interception, severely injuring the Gekko Clan Jōnin with a Lightning Release technique before fleeing at high speed.

Akimichi Motoyasu had been unable to intercept him in time.

With another Jōnin also unable to catch up.

They could only place their hopes on Shōji.

They had come to eliminate the reconnaissance outposts along the eastern coast and, if possible, go even deeper to see whether they could wipe out Kumogakure's supply depot in the rear of their right flank. Naturally, they had to prevent the Kumo Ninja from obtaining this intelligence in advance as much as possible.

They had to wipe out these Kumo Ninja here.

Reacting immediately.

Lightning flashed brilliantly beneath Shōji's feet.

By using Lightning Affinity Chakra to stimulate his cells and further activate them, he unleashed an explosive burst of speed.

"Boom!"

As the ground cracked apart.

"Whoosh!"

Shōji shot after the fleeing Kumogakure Jōnin at six o'clock, moving more than twice as fast as before.

Over the past half year.

Shōji had already become familiar with every ability he possessed. What he lacked was merely the chance to put them through proper practice in actual combat.

Now that such a good opportunity had presented itself.

There was no reason for Shōji to let it go.

A mere Kumogakure Jōnin who had already spent more than half his Chakra.

Shōji truly had nothing to fear.