Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
Great Breakthrough had no fixed scale. Its destructive range grew with the amount of chakra poured into it.
Although its range could be expanded, Great Breakthrough was not all that destructive. Still, it was enough to deal with wandering shinobi.
The intense wind pressure immediately sent dozens of people sprawling across the entire fan-shaped area.
Having dealt with another group, Xue Ge wasted no time whipping his Strangling Lines around, piercing one target after another. His fingers moved as if he were firing a gun, picking them off one by one.
In the blink of an eye, another dozen or so people fell into pools of blood.
Seeing that more than half of his roughly eighty men had fallen in just a few dozen seconds, the wandering shinobi leader turned and fled without so much as a shout.
These wandering shinobi had only banded together temporarily to plunder, with little attachment to one another. They could abandon each other without a thought. He had only been chosen as their leader because he had good judgment and was relatively strong.
While the stunned wandering shinobi had yet to react, their leader seized the chance to run first. They could still buy him some time.
Compared with Great Breakthrough, the Strangling Lines were far more lethal. Even a graze sent flesh and blood flying, leaving the victim dead or wounded.
With ten Strangling Lines dancing through the air, invisible to the wandering shinobi, enemies were torn apart wherever Xue Ge went. The survivors were utterly stunned by his killing.
Someone noticed their leader fleeing. Remembering what Xue Ge had said earlier, and seeing Xue Ge already charging toward him, he hurriedly threw down his weapon, dropped to his knees, and lay flat.
Whoosh!
The rush of wind beside