Whoosh~
The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.
Qian had just blown away the surrounding white mist when a kunai shot in from behind, aimed straight at the center of his back.
However, Qian seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Before the kunai could reach him, his body flashed to the side.
When the first strike failed, the Kirigakure Anbu immediately changed tactics. His hands blurred into afterimages as he drew shuriken from all over his body and hurled them at Qian like a scattering shower of blossoms.
A closer look would reveal a faint purple gleam on those shuriken. They had clearly been coated in deadly poison, very much in the style of an Anbu ninja.
But when Qian saw this, he was not afraid in the slightest.
In his blood-red pupils, the Sharingan spun rapidly, instantly seeing every incoming shuriken clearly and predicting their flight paths.
Then came a flurry of clinks, and every shuriken flying at him from the front was cut down by Qian's sword.
Not only that, he also seized the chance to charge toward the Kirigakure Anbu.
How could the Kirigakure Anbu dare let him get close? He immediately kicked off the ground with both feet, his body springing back in an instant and once again putting distance between himself and Qian.
During that time, his hands completed a series of seals at high speed. He opened his mouth and spat out a stream of water, which rapidly expanded like a trumpet as it surged to envelop Qian.
Seeing this, Qian's steps paused slightly. He put away his short sword, completed his hand seals in an instant, and unleashed the Uchiha clan's signature ninjutsu—Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
The next moment, flames spewed from his mouth and