"They finally came!"
When he saw the figure on the distant waves, unlike Qian's shock, Snow Wind let out a long breath of relief.
As early as when he had set out, the superior who had assigned him the mission had told him that if he was no match for Qian, he had to draw the battlefield as far away as possible.
Before, he had not understood what that meant. Now he finally did. So there had been a backup plan from above; they had simply been worried it would be blocked by Qian.
But now...
Even if Qian rushed over immediately, there was no way he could stop an attack like this.
With that, Konoha's two passenger ships definitely could not be saved.
In that case, the forces attacking Konoha's Northern Defense Line would not have to worry about being flanked for the time being.
As Snow Wind thought this, he saw Qian turn his head back again, his gaze icy as he looked at him.
Seeing this, Snow Wind's expression stiffened slightly. Then, enduring the pain in his chest and arm, he stamped his right foot hard on the ice.
Crack~
The next instant, the ice shattered, and a large hole appeared. Snow Wind fell straight through the opening into the sea, and then his presence rapidly faded away.
Whoosh~
Qian flashed to the edge of the hole in the ice and looked at Snow Wind, who had vanished without a trace. He immediately knew that killing the man today was impossible.
Perhaps if he stayed nearby, he could wait for him to come out.
But the key question was, could he afford to stay here?
Qian looked back at the waves that were about to engulf the entire battlefield.
The answer was obvious, wasn't it?
A streak