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The Sand Ninja captain frowned. The unease in his heart had only grown stronger.

He was about to order them to stay alert again.

"Watch out!"

His piercing scream shattered the stillness of the night.

Before his warning had faded, a massive boulder plummeted from the sky like a meteor. It struck a Chunin in the middle of the group with crushing force.

Bang!

A dull impact sounded, and a spray of blood burst outward. The Chunin never even had time to scream. He and the ground around him were crushed into a gruesome red smear.

"Enemy attack!" Every Sand Ninja snapped out of their complacency. Kunai and Shuriken flashed into their hands as they formed a back-to-back defensive circle, staring in terror at the shifting shadows among the trees.

"Above us!" the captain shouted, jerking his head up.

Several more enormous boulders hung impossibly in the night sky. Then they dropped, shrieking toward them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Rocks and splintered wood flew everywhere. Screams rang out one after another. The Jonin narrowly escaped with quick reflexes and the Body Flicker Technique, but several Chunin were too slow. The boulders crushed them to pulp, leaving the area looking as if a giant beast had trampled through it.

Just then, a figure landed lightly on the branch of a tree ahead, as silent as a ghost.

She wore a blank white mask. Black clothes stirred in the night wind, and a long sword gleamed coldly in her hand.

"Just one person?" The tall, thin Jonin was startled and furious. "Enough with the tricks!"

"Kill her!" another Jonin roared.

Three Jonin attacked at once.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

A blazing dragon of fire roared toward the figure in the treetop.

But several meters short of the masked woman, it struck