Splash~
A sea breeze blew past, lifting waves more than half a meter high.
The white mist in the field, no longer sustained by Ao's Chakra, quickly dispersed under the wind.
Qian simply stared fixedly at Terumi Mei without saying a word.
Likewise, she warily sized him up, trying to find an opening.
Time slipped by second by second, and the atmosphere between the two of them grew increasingly oppressive.
The air around them seemed to have solidified, pressing down so hard that the badly wounded Ao and Uchiha Tekka could barely breathe.
Whoosh~
Another sea breeze blew past.
The hair over Terumi Mei's forehead was stirred by the wind, blocking her vision.
Now!
With a thought, Qian made the Chakra gathered beneath his feet erupt violently, causing his speed to rise to an outrageously exaggerated level.
Beneath his feet, a large stretch of seawater suddenly caved in.
Immediately afterward, his body turned into an afterimage, arriving in front of Terumi Mei in an instant.
Whoosh~
A flash of blade light swept past.
Qian swung the longsword in his hand, Wind Style Chakra pouring into it, and a layer of azure light abruptly coated the edge of the blade.
At once, an extremely sharp aura spread from it, striking straight at Terumi Mei's snow-white neck.
So fast!
Seeing Qian suddenly appear in front of her, Terumi Mei was startled.
And when she sensed the razor-sharp aura on Qian's blade, her expression changed even more drastically.
By instinct, she wanted to dodge.
However, when the corner of her eye caught sight of the badly wounded Ao behind her, she gave up on that thought.
Right now, she could dodge, but Ao behind her would inevitably suffer the blow.
That was something she absolutely did not want to see.
So she gritted