"I refuse." Xue Ge clutched the wound between his ribs and spoke in a low voice.
".
Afui narrowed his eyes. "Aren't you afraid of dying?"
It was no wonder Afui asked. Xue Ge's expression had barely changed throughout the fight, and his fighting style was precise to the smallest fraction. For a time, Afui had thought he was fighting a puppet controlled by a Puppet Master from Sunagakure.
Only after drawing blood had he confirmed that the person before him was real, but that only made his scalp prickle even more.
After all, Xue Ge currently looked even younger than his actual age.
Had Konoha's ninja already become this young and this talented?
Xue Ge wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his Prosthetic Limbs, then gently licked his lips clean.
"Everyone is afraid of dying."
"Then you think you can beat me?"
"Maybe-"
Xue Ge bent his Prosthetic Limbs and wiped his Cane Sword. "I have to try."
Boom! Afui charged, driving his lightning-wreathed knife-hand straight toward Xue Ge's chest.
Having already suffered once, Xue Ge immediately held his Cane Sword across his chest. But this thrust was far more powerful than the last. Despite being prepared, he was sent flying several meters.
When Xue Ge regained his footing, his hand was still shaking, and fine cracks had appeared in the center of his Cane Sword.
So it really was just a mediocre mass-produced product-
Seeing Afui about to charge through him again, Xue Ge hurled an Imitation Water Release: Righteous Piercing at him.
But the blade of the Imitation Water Release: Righteous Piercing fell apart the instant it struck the Lightning Release covering Afui.
Xue Ge's pupils contracted. He used the Body Flicker Technique to dodge, then immediately followed up with the Shadow Clone