Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Qian had only just steadied himself when three kunai shot toward him from afar.
The one who launched this attack was none other than the Hidden Stone Jonin who had used "Earth Release: Earth Shore Return" to withstand his "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."
After several breaths to recover, the other man no longer looked as disheveled as before.
At the same time, he had once again joined the ranks surrounding Qian.
But Qian had finally seized a bit of the initiative. How could he possibly let himself fall back into their net?
With a thought, he pushed the insight of his Sharingan to its limit.
In just an instant, the flight paths of those three kunai were perfectly clear to him.
"Wait!"
Qian was just about to dodge when he suddenly noticed something wrong. Around the grips of those three kunai, there seemed to be a paper charm wrapped around each one.
Qian focused his gaze and discovered that those paper charms were indeed Exploding Tags. They were faintly glowing with firelight, as though they had already been activated.
Without the slightest hesitation, Qian reached into his Ninja Tool Pouch. Three kunai appeared in his palm, and he hurled them out with force.
The kunai flew extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the kunai thrown by the Rock Ninja and collided with them with pinpoint accuracy.
Clang, clang, clang~
Three crisp metallic clashes rang out, sparks flashing. The six kunai spun through the air, scattering in all directions.
Immediately after, deafening explosions erupted. The Exploding Tags on the three kunai suddenly detonated, turning into three huge fireballs.
The fireballs compressed the surrounding air, forming a powerful shock wave that blew Qian several steps back.
Qian had just barely regained