"Lightning Release: Chidori!"
A sharp feminine cry rang out, followed by the shrill chirping of a thousand birds that echoed throughout the forest. Blue-green arcs of lightning wreathed a slender figure's hand as she thrust it at the rank-four Magic Beast before her, the Greenwood Wolf. But the beast nimbly dodged, leaving her strike to hit empty air. Her devastating knife-hand slammed into a blue-green boulder beside it, shattering the rock, which stood two or three meters tall, into countless flying fragments.
Nalan Yanran let out a soft breath, her eyes fixed on the Greenwood Wolf before her, a Magic Beast equivalent to a Dou Ling. "As I thought, it's still too fast. My eyes can't keep up!" she murmured.
Lightning Release: Chidori gathered Lightning Release chakra in the palm to generate a powerful electric current, turning the hand into a blade with tremendous piercing power. However, the speed of the chakra concentrated in the palm practically dragged the user along, while their physical reactions failed to keep pace. This often allowed enemies to see through the attack and dodge it with ease.
The Greenwood Wolf growled, staring at Nalan Yanran for a long moment with cold, sinister eyes. Wary of the lightning in her hand, and aware that its own attacks could not threaten this human woman, it slowly backed away. Once it had put enough distance between them, it turned and fled.
Seeing the Greenwood Wolf leave, Nalan Yanran dispelled her Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the arcs of Chidori in her hand. Although both possessed tremendous destructive power, the strain they placed on her was still too great to maintain them indefinitely.
Without the stimulation of Lightning Release chakra on her body's cells, Nalan Yanran suddenly felt drained. Her weakened body swayed slightly as she kept her