Uchiha Ran's gaze sharpened. Even without activating his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he could precisely track the wind bullets' trajectories. He sidestepped and darted aside repeatedly, dodging each one with effortless flair.
It perfectly embodied what it meant for being handsome to be a feeling.
Uchiha Tetsuka was thoroughly shown up. Unable to match that, he could only activate his two-tomoe Sharingan and max out his own evasion.
The wind bullets grazed their clothes, only slicing a little fabric and leaving their hems slightly dirty.
"Those eyes... they're Uchiha!"
While the opponents were stunned after realizing they were members of the Uchiha Clan,
Uchiha Ran stopped pretending and directly cast a genjutsu.
The instant Scarface froze up, Uchiha Ran's eyes snapped open!
Against their scarlet backdrop, three black tomoe spun wildly!
Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
That eerie, powerful ocular force instantly locked onto the other burly Jonin, who was forming hand seals.
"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"
The burly Jonin had only formed half his seals when a frigid mental force viciously pierced his mind.
The scene before him instantly twisted. His chakra's flow seemed tangled by invisible threads, forcefully halting his hand seals and throwing the chakra within his body into chaos!
"Genjutsu?! The Sharingan! He's an Uchiha Jonin?!"
The burly Jonin's face paled in horror as he forcibly gathered his will to resist the genjutsu's assault.
"Tetsuka! Now!"
Uchiha Ran's sharp shout rang out like thunder.
Seizing the opportunity, Uchiha Tetsuka used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind the burly Jonin. Lightning Release chakra flooded the kunai in his hand with a shrill crackling hiss as he thrust it straight toward the man's back!
Seeing this, the scarred Hidden Sand ninja wanted to release his companion from the genjutsu, but Uchiha Ran had already drawn his tachi. Its cold gleam flashed as it slashed toward the scarred Jonin.
"This brat has incredible combat instincts!"
The scarred Jonin's pupils contracted. He could only abandon his attempt to assist and hurriedly draw a kunai to block.
Clang!
A piercing clash of metal rang out as sparks scattered!
An overwhelming force traveled through the blade, numbing his arm and forcing his body to slide several steps back.
His face was filled with disbelief—how could that strength, that speed, come from a kid who looked only fourteen or fifteen?!
Meanwhile, Uchiha Daosui and Daotian immediately moved to the rear line and engaged the Hidden Sand Chunins.
The two brothers worked seamlessly together, using the Uchiha Clan's taijutsu and their natural genjutsu to temporarily hold back most of the Hidden Sand Chunins.
The moment the kunai entered his body and pain struck, the burly Hidden Sand Jonin broke free of the genjutsu as well.
His body instinctively twisted aside, avoiding his heart, before he sent Uchiha Tetsuka flying with a backhanded Gale Palm.
Uchiha Tetsuka still wanted to control him with the Sharingan, but the burly Jonin broke free from Uchiha Tetsuka's elementary-school-level genjutsu with just one hand seal, then countered with a Wind Release ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Barrage!"
Ignoring the waves of pain and numbness from his ribs, he formed seals so quickly that afterimages trailed behind his hands. Massive amounts of chakra instantly gathered and compressed.
Then he took a fierce breath, his chest swelling like a bellows before he violently exhaled in Uchiha Tetsuka's direction!
Several highly compressed, solid-looking spherical bullets tore through the air with piercing shrieks. Following a fan-shaped trajectory, they instantly covered every possible route Uchiha Tetsuka could use to evade!
Burly Hidden Sand ninja: "Hmph, you arrogant Uchiha brat. With such petty genjutsu skill, you dare show off before an expert? Cough, cough, cough! Have a taste of my wind bullets!"
The fierce wind rushed toward him, and the scent of death instantly enveloped him!
Uchiha Tetsuka's pupils shrank as his Sharingan clearly captured the trajectories of the high-speed wind bullets.
Yet there was nowhere to dodge!
The intense sense of danger instead stirred the ferocity in his Uchiha bloodline.
"Don't underestimate the Uchiha Clan!"
Uchiha Tetsuka growled, battle intent blazing in his eyes.
The instant he landed, he stomped hard on the ground to stabilize himself, then formed hand seals at astonishing speed.
Faced with the barrage of wind bullets, he did not choose to evade. Instead, he chose the most direct, most Uchiha response—meeting them head-on!
He took a deep breath, his chest swelling high as he mobilized nearly half his chakra. The scorching aura seemed to distort even the surrounding air.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Boom—!
A massive, blazing fireball far larger than ordinary erupted from Uchiha Tetsuka's mouth like a miniature sun!
Orange-red flames roiled and roared, radiating terrifying heat that warped the surrounding scenery as they charged headlong into the tearing vacuum wind bullets!
Wind and fire—two violent chakra techniques—collided explosively in the heart of the forest!
Screeech—!
An ear-splitting sound of energy grinding and tearing erupted!
The instant several vacuum wind bullets shot into the Great Fireball, vast swathes of flame were torn apart and blasted away, scattering like enormous fireworks.
On the battlefield on the other side,
compared to Uchiha Tetsuka's life-or-death struggle amid soaring flames, Uchiha Ran's side was a straightforward swordsman's duel between real men.
Clang! Clang! Bang!
In this one-on-one taijutsu fight, Uchiha Ran had his opponent completely under control. A fierce blade style combined with close-quarters strikes made it impossible for Scarface to pull away and form hand seals.
Taking advantage of the sunlight's reflection, Uchiha Ran's tachi flashed coldly as he lightly flicked aside his opponent's kunai.
The instant his opponent avoided the Sharingan's gaze, he spun sharply and slashed toward the man's abdomen.
The scarred Hidden Sand ninja cried out in pain, and the kunai fell from his hand.
Then an elbow smashed into his face, followed by a flying kick that nearly ended his bloodline.
"Good chance!"
Uchiha Ran's Sharingan spun at high speed, having long since predicted where his opponent would land.
He gave the man no chance to catch his breath, his hands turning into afterimages!
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique!"
With a low shout, he continuously spat out dozens of blazing orange-red fireballs!
Rather than flying straight, the fireballs moved like living phoenix flower seeds, tracing tricky, bizarre arcs as they sealed every possible path the Hidden Sand Jonin could take to evade or land.
Accompanied by piercing howls, they wove into a deadly net of fire that descended upon him!
Hidden Sand: Fuck.
"Damn it! There's nowhere to run!"
The scarred Hidden Sand ninja's pupils constricted violently as the shadow of death instantly engulfed him.
He watched helplessly as those dense, viciously angled fireballs sealed every retreat route.
He had just wanted to use the Substitution Technique, but then remembered that his opponent had a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and would surely see through it in a second.
Unless he used the Body Flicker Technique, but that thing depended on talent... and he just so happened not to know it!
Scorching heat waves rushed toward him, and his skin burned with intense pain.
He could only hastily form seals to defend himself. "Wind Release: Sandstorm Technique!"
A powerful gust erupted from his mouth and struck the ground, whipping up a sandstorm that blocked vision. Yellow-brown dust instantly covered all the phoenix flowers.
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