End

A few minutes later.

Qian returned to the place from before.

Hidden in the shadows, Qian looked at the battlefield before him and let out a slight breath of relief.

The worst-case scenario had not happened. Kumogakure's Third Division had indeed arrived before the First Division was completely wiped out.

However, before that, the First Division's sole surviving Jonin had already been killed by the Leaf Village Jonin on the field.

With that, there was no longer an absolute gap between the two sides' combat strength at the Jonin level.

Because of that, even if Kumogakure had slightly more Chunin on their side, and they were in somewhat better condition, it would not affect the overall situation.

Precisely for that reason, when Qian arrived, the battle between the two sides' ninja was in an extremely deadlocked state.

Spotting an opportunity, Qian pulled a shuriken from his Ninja Tool Pouch and threw it out.

Then, he formed hand seals at flying speed and used the Rank A ninjutsu—Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!

In the blink of an eye, the shuriken in midair became over a hundred.

Then, under his control, they shot toward the nearest Kumogakure Special Jonin and several Kumogakure Chunin like a raging storm.

These people were clearly startled by his sudden attack. One by one, they scrambled in panic, dodging or evading as they dealt with his assault.

Because the other Leaf ninja had just seen him use this move not long ago, they reacted very quickly.

Then, seizing this chance, they launched counterattacks against their respective opponents.

Seeing this, Qian thought to himself, As expected of elites. Just their grasp of timing alone isn't something ordinary ninja can compare to.

And in battles between ninja, often all that was needed was the tiniest opportunity.

Qian created an opportunity