The speed of the tomoe spinning within the scarlet eyes slowed slightly. Yin Jie watched the waves ahead, all surging toward his position under Yagura's precise control, and instantly saw through his intentions.
But he had no objection to that. Instead, he rode the current and swiftly retreated, gradually moving away from the town while widening the distance between himself and Yagura.
After all, he had never intended to harm civilians, even if those civilians were from the Land of Water.
Thus, a few minutes later, through the joint "efforts" of Yin Jie and Yagura, the battlefield had shifted to a location only a few kilometers from the coastline.
At that point, Yin Jie stopped retreating. Chakra gathered beneath his feet and erupted instantly as he spun around and charged at Yagura.
"Good!"
Yagura shouted low, bursting forward with chakra in an instant as well. Gripping his coral club, he swung it down at the approaching Yin Jie with tremendous force.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a whistling rush through the air and the dull crash of something massive striking the ground, the coral club slammed heavily into the earth. A large crater split open around the impact point, sending dust flying everywhere.
Yin Jie had perfectly predicted the point where Yagura's attack would land with his Sharingan. While moving at high speed, he accelerated again with Lightning Release and flashed to Yagura's side just before the coral club came down.
Then Yin Jie swept his right hand across his ninja tool pouch and pulled out a kunai. He spun it once around his finger before gripping the handle tightly and slashing without hesitation at Yagura's throat.
Killing intent burst forth!
However, Yagura was, after all, a battle-hardened and formidable Hidden Mist Village ANBU.
Thus, the instant his coral club missed, he