A thick Rock Wall rose from the ground with a rumble, blocking the way between Cheng and the three of them.
Immediately afterward came Fire Release: Flame Bullet!
A scorching fireball whistled toward the spot where Cheng had just been standing.
"Not bad."
Cheng offered that brief appraisal, his four-tomoe Sharingan easily seeing through the fireball's trajectory and the weak points in the rock wall.
He darted aside, dodging the Flame Bullet by a hair, then pushed off hard and ran straight up the wall's surface before flipping onto its top.
Shun seized the chance to activate a Smoke Screen Bomb. Thick, grayish-white smoke rapidly spread, providing cover as he tried to circle behind Cheng.
But just as he reached Cheng's flank, Cheng seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Without even turning around, he delivered a precise kick to the edge of the cloud where Shun was hiding.
Chakra erupted, and the blast of air scattered most of the smoke, exposing Shun's somewhat disheveled figure.
"Three rounds used. Nine remaining." Standing atop the rock wall and looking down at them, Cheng calmly counted off their ammunition, putting enormous psychological pressure on all three.
The battle intensified. Forced back again and again, the three began to show the beginnings of coordination.
Entetsu's Byakugan stayed locked on Cheng's position as he loudly called it out.
Shun immediately triggered a Shadow Clone Disruption Bomb. Four or five indistinct clones, each giving off a chakra signature, appeared at once and charged in different directions, trying to confuse Cheng.
Spotting an opening when the clones briefly drew Cheng's attention, Nako gritted her teeth and fired a Binding Spiderweb Bomb!
A huge white net, sticky and capable of restricting chakra, swept straight down over Cheng!
This time, Cheng could not dodge it