"What about you? There are over twenty of them, and you probably aren't their match."
The Fox Mask hid behind a large tree and said with some anxiety.
He didn't expect that after dropping those words, Ling Feng intended to hold off the enemy all by himself.
Even though he knew Ling Feng possessed great strength, the enemy consisted of over twenty Jonin from Kirigakure, including a few Elite Jonin.
With their comprehensive strength being extremely formidable, just the few of them alone had no way to put up a fight.
"The captain is right. We must first ensure our own safety before finding a way to rescue the VIP."
"Yeah, no matter what, our core mission is merely to guarantee the safety of the high-ranking officials. As for everyone else, we can't worry about them."
The other two also chimed in to agree with the Fox Mask.
Ling Feng chuckled softly. "You guys are far too naive. The moment the enemy made their move, our identities were already exposed."
"They've probably already prepared to split into two groups to make their move. If we don't strike first, this mission will surely end in failure!"
The Fox Mask and the other two could only analyze based on the surface-level situation.
Yet Ling Feng relied on the Byakugan to see the battlefield with absolute clarity.
It was just a pity that the Byakugan's rank was relatively low, making the observable distance far too close.
It seemed that once he saved up enough points this time, he would definitely need to upgrade the Byakugan first.
Just as Ling Feng's voice trailed off, ten Kirigakure ninja had already surrounded them.
The Fox Mask and the other two, hiding behind trees and cover, had no choice but to reveal themselves, for they had nowhere left to hide.
"Doesn't Konoha look down on people a bit too much? They only sent the four of you? Truly laughable!"
A Kirigakure ninja stepped forward, looking at the four members of Ling Feng's group with a sneer.
The Fox Mask and the other two remained silent, but the hands holding their kunai trembled slightly.
"I really didn't expect that just a moment too late, we would fall into such a predicament. I'm afraid it'll be very difficult for us to escape today."
After a moment of a standoff, the Fox Mask sighed in a low voice.
Clearly, facing the current situation, they were entirely helpless.
Yet Ling Feng was relying on the Byakugan to analyze the strength of these ten people crystal-clearly.
"Hm? Over twenty people, and they sent the ten weakest ones to you? Are you not afraid of having too many people for a suicide run?"
Ling Feng expressed some dissatisfaction, raising an eyebrow as he demanded.
Upon hearing this, the Fox Mask and the other two were instantly dumbfounded.
You already couldn't beat them to begin with, yet you still insisted on actively provoking trouble-were you genuinely afraid the enemies wouldn't show any mercy?
The enemies were even more bewildered.
Who on earth was this guy?
He looked like nothing more than a five-year-old kid?
Konoha was truly being too arrogant!
"Damned brat, do Konoha ninja only have the skill of running their mouths? Hmph, to send a kid like you on such an important mission, it looks like we're going to easily secure this victory today."
The crowd of Kirigakure ninja looked at Ling Feng. While they had been displeased at first, they all subsequently displayed expressions of complete ease and disdain.
Three ANBU members, plus a kid?
This bizarre lineup was undoubtedly a one-way ticket to death!
"How noisy!"
With a soft cry from Ling Feng, his double-tomoe Sharingan rotated. Meeting the enemies' eyes, he instantly released a genjutsu.
Hum!
The enemies' disdainful laughter abruptly ceased. Their expressions stiffened, while cold sweat broke out wildly across their foreheads as if they had witnessed something inconceivable.
When the Fox Mask and the other two saw this scene, they also wore expressions of utter disbelief. What on earth was happening here?
No one knew, because they couldn't see the Sharingan within Ling Feng's eyes.
"The other dozen or so people are about to approach the protection target. Hurry over there, I'll follow shortly."
Ling Feng's cold, crisp voice arrived, causing the expressions of the Fox Mask and the other two to tighten.
"What? Then we need to get there as fast as possible!"
Hearing Ling Feng's reminder, the Fox Mask and the other two didn't dare to harbor the slightest bit of doubt this time, for Ling Feng's prediction just now had been truly too miraculous and hard to comprehend.
After the Fox Mask and the other two departed, the enemies also struggled free from the genjutsu.
"Hmph, they really are Jonin-level opponents after all. At least they've provided me with a bit of amusement."
Ling Feng wasn't surprised by this situation, because his Sharingan was only at the elementary stage; trying to control ten Jonin all at once was simply far too forced.
"Cursed brat, you actually know genjutsu!"
The Kirigakure ninja instinctively took a few steps back while adopting defensive postures to guard against the next genjutsu descending upon them.
To ninja with ordinary bloodlines, genjutsu was undoubtedly the most miraculous existence.
The vast majority of them couldn't learn genjutsu in this lifetime; understanding even a tiny fraction of the basics was difficult.
Therefore, ninja who could use genjutsu were highly valued in whichever village they belonged to.
Because a ninja proficient in genjutsu could restrict an enemy's mobility without expending any effort, thereby stripping them of all combat capability.
It could be said to be a bloodless victory, completing a crushing counterattack in an instant.
For a time, the gazes these Kirigakure ninja cast at Ling Feng carried a hint of apprehension while also brimming with greed.
Kirigakure was a village perpetually filled with war.
To describe it as plagued by internal trouble and external invasion would not be an overstatement.
With fierce fighting raging outside, civil wars also frequently broke out internally.
Thus, various factions had formed within Kirigakure as well.
With every action driven by self-interest, they were doing everything possible to recruit the most advantageous combat power for themselves to facilitate vying for positions among the higher-ups.
Without a doubt, the Kirigakure ninja who had come out to execute this mission belonged to one of those factions.
A child capable of using genjutsu at age five could only be described as a genius.
"Come back with us to Kirigakure, and you can live. Otherwise, you are bound to die here today!"
The leader looked at Ling Feng, issuing a vicious threat.
Yet Ling Feng merely offered a cold smile, reaching out with his left and right hands respectively to draw a kunai, faint electric arcs crackling and winding around them.
"Lightning Release: Arc Flash!"
Crack!
Ling Feng activated the Body Flicker Technique, arriving behind the man who had just spoken, and then made a light slash.
The kunai carrying the power of lightning effortlessly swept across the enemy's neck.
Following that, a head flew into the air and crashed heavily to the ground.
The expression of the deceased man was permanently frozen, his eyes wide open-it was clear he had died with grievances unredressed.
Until his dying breath, that man could never figure out how Ling Feng had killed him.
If one were to ask to what extent Ling Feng had cultivated the Body Flicker Technique, it was unquestionably the pinnacle of perfection.
Even Shisui, who later became famous for the Body Flicker Technique, and Minato, who possessed the Flying Thunder God, fell short of Ling Feng's peak speed by half.
Through relentless tempering, Ling Feng's potential had already broken through the ceiling limits of this world. As long as he kept practicing, the might of the ninjutsu under Ling Feng's control would only grow increasingly terrifying.
Yet correspondingly, the amount of Chakra consumed was also gradually increasing.
Fortunately, Ling Feng's Sage Body could likewise be enhanced step by step.
Moreover, Ling Feng intended to upgrade the Sage Body right after upgrading the Byakugan.
Once both were fully unlocked at the elementary level, Ling Feng's Chakra reserves could easily reach the Jonin level.
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