"Then let's begin."
The next second, everything changed!
The shuriken Nawaki had thrown at Tianyi earlier, which had either been dodged or missed and scattered across the training ground.
All of them began to tremble, giving off a faint, buzzing hum.
Then, under Nawaki's horrified gaze, those metal ninja tools seemed to be pulled by invisible threads.
They accelerated abruptly, hurtling at him from every direction at speeds far beyond an ordinary throw!
Magnet Release! So fast! The thought flashed through Nawaki's mind, but his body had already reacted instinctively.
He hastily retreated, whirling his Kunai into a shimmering curtain as he desperately blocked.
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!!!
Metallic clashes rang out in an unbroken barrage as Nawaki pushed his Taijutsu to its limit.
He twisted and dodged within the tiny space available, sparks flying as his Kunai struck the incoming ninja tools.
He blocked most of them, but a few slipped through, grazing his armor and leaving faint white marks, even slicing off several strands of hair.
Yet, just as he focused all his attention on weathering this storm of ranged attacks.
Tianyi's distant figure rippled like water before abruptly vanishing from his sight.
Behind me? To the left? No...
Nawaki's eyes darted frantically, trying to track him, but a chill had already shot from his tailbone to the crown of his head.
He felt the light around him distort for an instant, and his sense of time grew hazy.
Whoosh!
The first barely audible rush of air seemed to sound right beside his ear, and a faint coolness touched the center of his chest.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Then came his neck, the space between his brows, his heart, the back of his head, his kidneys, his spine, and several other vital points...
It was as