The Last Flying Dagger

As expected, Tugang's voice had barely faded.

A hemispherical earthen dome suddenly erupted around Ye Yuexin, trapping him directly inside.

While Tugang had been speaking to Ye Yuexin, his hands, hidden behind his back, had already been weaving hand seals.

Because Ye Yuexin had suffered such severe injuries, his sensory perception was extremely dulled, and he had completely failed to detect the gathering of chakra within the earth around him.

Just like that, he had fallen straight into Tugang's trap.

Since Tugang could not gauge Ye Yuexin's current state, he had used this wide-range, containment-style ninjutsu to ensure there would be no slip-ups.

Do not be fooled by his status as an elite jonin; his own chakra was already bottoming out.

Because this ninjutsu was not as simple as it appeared.

Inside the earthen dome, Ye Yuexin felt it too.

The surrounding walls were actually absorbing his chakra at every moment.

This caused his already depleted chakra reserves to dry up even faster.

If this continued, the chakra he was using to seal his minor blood vessels would likely be drained away entirely.

The wounded areas would not be able to clot so quickly.

When that happened, death would be inevitable.

Enduring the excruciating pain, Ye Yuexin walked toward the earthen wall with agonizing slowness.

He forcibly squeezed the last remnants of chakra from his body and infused them into his short blade.

Transparent wind began to flow around the blade once more.

With all the strength he could muster, Ye Yuexin slashed at the earthen wall.

"Clang!" A crisp sound rang out.

To his surprise, the earthen wall did not show the slightest change.

One had to realize that Ye Yuexin was currently using a short blade reinforced with wind-attribute chakra.

Moreover, because he had exerted too much force, the wound on Ye Yuexin's lower abdomen began to bleed again, and his condition worsened instantly.

What Ye Yuexin had never expected was that this earthen dome was also coated with a layer of earth-attribute chakra nature transformation on the inside.

Looking at the scale of the dome, Ye Yuexin finally gained a rough understanding of an elite jonin's chakra capacity.

It was absolutely not something he could compare to.

As time passed, Ye Yuexin grew increasingly weak.

With no way out, Ye Yuexin felt that he was surely doomed this time.

Yet, to die just like this—he was truly unwilling.

The space inside the sphere was deathly quiet.

Ye Yuexin could even hear the sound of blood seeping from his abdominal wound, dripping onto the ground, drop by drop.

Perhaps there was nothing more terrifying in this world than Ye Yuexin's current situation.

Listening to the sound of his own blood dripping felt like listening to the approach of death.

Due to excessive blood loss, Ye Yuexin's body had begun to grow cold.

Furthermore, his chakra was about to be completely drained.

Countless memories from his past life flashed through his mind like fleeting clouds.

Following that, the figure of his deadbeat father from this life began to slowly sharpen in his mind.

Ye Yuexin had always felt that he still owed him a sound beating; otherwise, he had nowhere to vent the suffering he had endured over these years.

He hadn't done a single thing a father should have done.

Next, the image of Anko surfaced in his mind, and he remembered his promise to take her on a trip to the Land of Hot Water.

But he had delayed it simply because he wanted to save more money. He felt that he had been truly stingy back then.

Then came the figure of Kurenai Yuhi, and toward her, Ye Yuexin felt a sense of shame.

She had remembered a childhood joke until now, and she seemed to have set her heart on him.

Everything, absolutely everything, flashed through his mind. He began to feel tired.

Ye Yuexin slowly closed his eyes, feeling a wave of drowsiness.

Suddenly, the pitch-black surroundings were filled with countless white specks of light.

Ye Yuexin was very familiar with these specks of light.

It was because of them that he had been able to achieve mastery in his footwork last time.

But now, relying on footwork alone seemed...

Ye Yuexin's eyes snapped open.

He seemed to remember that these specks of light could be absorbed into the body, just like chakra.

Furthermore, it was only after absorbing them that Ye Yuexin's footwork seemed to have evolved, allowing him to perform Wind Transformation.

Ye Yuexin instinctively felt that these specks of light must also be a form of energy.

Moreover, it was likely an energy even more formidable than chakra, much like the spiritual energy molecules found in novels.

Thus, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Without a moment's hesitation, Ye Yuexin began to put his thought into practice as soon as it occurred to him.

He had no time left to waste.

Under the barely maintained Flying Dagger Mode, the tiny specks of light in the surrounding air rapidly drifted into the flying dagger in Ye Yuexin's hand.

This level of control was far too mentally taxing; Ye Yuexin's Flying Dagger Mode nearly collapsed.

Beads of sweat were already densely covering his forehead, and his head felt as if it were about to explode.

At this moment, both his body and his spirit had suffered damage.

Time ticked away, second by second, for about a minute.

Just as his body was on the verge of collapse, a flying dagger radiating white specks of light finally took shape, showing no further signs of dissipating.

Exerting his final ounce of willpower, Ye Yuexin instantly expanded his Flying Dagger Mode to its maximum.

A blurred figure appeared in Ye Yuexin's mind. That was Tugang's chakra.

"Ah!!"

With a roar, Ye Yuexin used every bit of his remaining strength to launch the flying dagger with a specialized technique.

This was no longer a simple flying dagger.

It was a blade carrying Ye Yuexin's hopes and his very life.

It could be said that Ye Yuexin had staked everything he had on this single strike.

At this moment, the flying dagger was no longer invisible.

A flash of white light erupted within the dark space of the earth sphere, piercing through the earthen wall like a meteor of concentrated light.

The earthen wall was directly connected to Tugang.

The moment the flying dagger broke through the earth sphere, he felt it.

But before he could even register an expression of surprise, a streak of white light passed directly through his neck.

Time seemed to freeze at that very moment.

A few seconds later, Tugang's body fell heavily to the ground.

His face remained devoid of any other expression; this was the result of having his life extinguished in an instant.

The earth sphere began to crumble slowly, and Ye Yuexin lay on the ground.

The only reason he hadn't passed out immediately was his determination to hold on and see the outcome for Tugang.

Seeing that Tugang had fallen, Ye Yuexin smiled.

It seemed he had once again cheated death.

Now, all he had to do was wait for Might Guy and the rescue team to arrive.

Once he returned, Ye Yuexin felt he should honestly stick to D-rank missions.

He wondered if D-rank missions had been restarted yet.

From his current perspective, D-rank missions were actually quite good. Why had he been so picky before?

After all, everything he had encountered lately involved going head-to-head with elite jonin just to complete a mission.

Thinking about it now, D-rank missions were definitely more appealing.

At least there was no life-threatening danger.

Unlike his situation, where he only encountered elite jonin—and elite jonin who were getting stronger one after another.

Next time, it might actually be a quasi-kage level opponent.

How could he not be afraid of that?

This time, he had truly realized the gap between himself and an elite jonin, let alone a quasi-kage.

"Hmph!" Ye Yuexin let out a sudden groan of pain.

He no longer even had the strength to shout.

A kunai was embedded deep into his thigh.

Only then did Ye Yuexin realize that there was apparently still one chunin left whom he hadn't dealt with.

His mood instantly plummeted back into the depths of hell.

He could no longer maintain his Flying Dagger Mode, so he hadn't noticed that someone else was still hiding nearby.

In truth, the moment Tugang fell, the chunin had been frozen in terror.

He had witnessed with his own eyes a mere brat take down an elite jonin who held a great reputation among all the Rock Ninja.

The sight, which seemed to deceive the very eyes, left him completely stunned.

However, once he came to his senses and saw that Tugang had indeed fallen, the chunin was so terrified that he wet his pants.

But immediately after, he saw that Ye Yuexin had also collapsed.

The chunin had intended to turn and run at once, but he stopped when he saw the pool of blood beneath Ye Yuexin.

Seeing the blood flowing from beneath him, one could tell just how severe Ye Yuexin's injuries were.

Yet, he still dared not approach, for Ye Yuexin had been gravely wounded just moments ago, only to counter-kill Tugang in the end.

Thus, the chunin decided to test him with a kunai first.

Because he was too nervous, the kunai missed Ye Yuexin's heart and struck his thigh instead.

Seeing that Ye Yuexin could not even dodge, the chunin finally felt at ease.

"Do you know how precious your life is right now? Hahaha, once I finish you off, I'll never have to suffer in this borderland again. Ahahahaha!"

As if to bolster his own courage, the chunin laughed wildly as he walked toward Ye Yuexin.

At this moment, Ye Yuexin's vision had already begun to blur. Then, everything turned pitch black, and he lost all consciousness, slipping into a coma. Life and death are in the hands of fate...

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