Several breaths later.
After dodging four consecutive volleys of ballista bolts, Qian finally broke free of the ballistas' attack range.
At this point, when he looked down again, he saw that the Mist Village warships had drawn a little closer once more.
Some Mist Ninja had broken away from their own units and gathered under the Mist Village jonin on the eastern side of the fleet, so the defenses there were no longer a gap.
With that, plus the dozen or so ballistas eyeing him from the southernmost side, Qian felt that the Mist Ninja's defenses had grown even stronger.
He swept his gaze across the battlefield ahead. The Mist Ninja there still showed no intention of retreating.
"No, the pressure still isn't enough."
With that thought, Qian did not hesitate at all. He immediately attacked the fleet below from the northern side, the farthest point from the ballistas.
Seeing this, Setsuyama, who was in charge of defending the southern side, immediately shouted an order to the Mist Ninja operating the ballistas: "Attack!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Five ballista bolts shot toward him.
The Chakra Wings on Qian's back flapped, and he nimbly dodged the ballista bolts' attacks. Then he skillfully used the shockwave from the explosions of the bolts behind him to accelerate, arriving in front of the Mist Village fleet.
The second wave of ballista bolts came.
Qian did not hesitate at all. He immediately raised his hands to form seals and cast a ninjutsu—Wind Style: Wind Blade!
Whoosh—
A Wind Blade more than ten meters long appeared, slicing toward the incoming ballista bolts at extreme speed.
The distance between the two sides closed rapidly. The instant they made contact, the Wind Blade passed through the ballista bolts as easily as a hot knife through butter.
In an instant,