Asuna saw her opponent's figure begin to blur. Her expression shifted slightly, and without hesitation, she drew a kunai, infused it with wind release chakra, and hurled it with all her strength.
The wind release nature transformation Asuna used not only made the kunai exceptionally sharp, but also accelerated it through the air. Combined with the incredible strength Sage Mode granted her, the kunai pierced the figure in the tree in less than the blink of an eye.
After the kunai passed through him, his figure seemed to split apart, turning into a multitude of Black Silhouettes that lunged toward Asuna.
Asuna remained expressionless and raised her hands to form hand seals. The kunai that had already flown past suddenly turned back, sweeping through an arc like a boomerang and slicing through every black silhouette.
A skilled Wind Release ninja could retrieve even a weapon they had already thrown, or suddenly snatch a weapon straight out of an enemy's hands.
The figures cut by the kunai vanished like smoke. Asuna frowned slightly and suddenly leaped forward. A mass of spikes erupted from the ground where she had been standing. She kept moving after her first leap, flipping and jumping in succession to evade every sneak attack from below.
Although her opponent's methods were extremely covert, they posed little trouble for the perception granted by Sage Mode. Just as Asuna steadied herself, a black-robed man appeared behind her and thrust a Black Spear at her.
Asuna spun around and drew a kunai to block him. His Black Spear snapped on impact. Against a weapon wielded by a wind release ninja, the opposing weapon either had to be reinforced with chakra nature transformation itself or be an exceptionally rare and powerful weapon. Otherwise, breaking was its only possible fate.
Asuna raised a