Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Several kunai shot in from the side.
Qian's ears twitched slightly. Without turning his head, he judged the shuriken's angle of attack by sound alone, then flashed aside and avoided it.
Immediately after, he kicked hard off the ground, his whole body shooting out like a cannonball. In the blink of an eye, he caught up to the wounded, retreating Kirigakure Special Jonin.
However, just then, the Kirigakure Special Jonin suddenly turned his head and threw several long, thin steel needles.
"Senbon!"
Qian instantly recognized the other man's hidden weapons.
Immediately, his Sharingan spun rapidly, locking onto the flight paths of those steel needles, and with a clang, he drew the long blade at his waist.
Ding, ding, ding~
A string of crisp metallic clashes rang out.
Holding his long blade, Qian precisely blocked every steel needle that came at him.
Immediately after, blue light flashed over his body, and he once again used the Flash Sword Technique.
His speed surged at once, and in an instant, he arrived in front of the Kirigakure Special Jonin ahead.
Whoosh~
The long blade swung out!
Blade light flickered.
Facing the Kirigakure Special Jonin before him, Qian did the same as before, using the Illusion Sword Technique and the Shadow Sword Technique.
Three illusory and three real, six blade shadows appeared, slashing at the opponent one after another from six different angles.
A powerful sense of crisis surfaced in Nagashima Johei's heart. Looking at the six blade shadows right before him, although he could distinguish the three illusory ones among them, he had no time to dodge the other three.
Gritting his teeth, he continued retreating.
At the same time, he raised his hands to form seals and began using the Substitution Technique.
Rip~
The sound of a sharp blade