Practice and Testing

In the forest.

A group of more than twenty Rock Ninja were rushing forward.

Suddenly, the person at the very front raised his right arm and stopped.

Seeing this, the others immediately came to a halt as well.

Everyone looked around warily.

However, a light breeze passed through the forest, and the sounds of insects and birds continued without any sign of anything unusual.

Just as one of them was starting to lose patience and wanted to ask the Rock Ninja at the front, the one leading them who had signaled everyone to stop, a drop of rain fell on his face.

At first, he paid it no mind.

But when that drop of rain slid down his cheek, he finally realized something was wrong.

This raindrop... seemed unusually sticky!

The man glanced downward from the corner of his eye and saw a black streak below the bridge of his nose. His heart jolted in alarm, and he thought, Not good!

Just as he was about to shout a warning, more black rain fell from the sky, and the others also noticed the problem.

Immediately, the leading Rock Ninja shouted, "Everyone, be careful! This is Earth Release Ninjutsu!"

As he spoke, the man completed his hand seals at high speed and spat out a large sheet of flames toward the black rain above everyone's heads.

At once, a large amount of black rain was scorched. The nature of the Earth Release Chakra contained within it changed, turning into ordinary little pebbles that fell from the sky.

Underground, Qian saw this scene and could not help muttering, "As expected of Iwagakure's elites. Their reactions really are fast!"

As he spoke, he decisively stopped casting "Earth Release: Black Earth Rain."

That was right. The black rain just now had been created by