Pfft—
A great mouthful of blood sprayed from the Mist Village jonin's mouth.
His entire body flew backward and slammed hard into a tree.
Taking a heavy blow to his back, the Mist Village jonin spat out another huge mouthful of blood.
By the time he hit the ground again, he could no longer get up.
Clearly, without being prepared in advance, even a true jonin could not withstand a strike from the "Rasengan."
"Kitano!"
"Captain Kitano!"
Seeing Kitano Ichiro heavily injured, two cries rang out in succession from another Mist Village jonin and the Mist Village Special Jonin Qian had chased over.
It was obvious that panic had crept into their voices.
If even they were like this, there was no need to mention the other Mist Ninja.
When those people saw the scene over here, the alarm on their faces was almost impossible to hide.
However, unlike their panic, the Konoha shinobi fighting them—whether the two jonin or the other low- and mid-ranked ninja—all showed varying degrees of delight.
Along with it, their morale rose considerably.
Originally, they had been the side besieged by the Mist Ninja. Even after Qian had brought people to reinforce them, they were still at a disadvantage in both numbers and strength.
But now, with Qian killing two jonin one after another, that slight disadvantage no longer amounted to much.
Qian quickly swept his gaze over the battlefield, taking in everyone's expressions.
After that, he ignored the heavily injured Kitano Ichiro on the ground and charged straight at the Mist Village Special Jonin he had chased here.
He wanted to press the attack in one breath and completely shatter the Mist Ninja's psychological defenses.
Only then could he end the battle as quickly as possible.
Though they had now turned their disadvantage into