Natsuhiko was fast. Even without using the Flying Thunder God Technique, his speed was absurd.
In mere moments, he reached the outskirts of the stronghold and activated his Jōgan.
Azure light flickered rapidly in his Jōgan. In an instant, he determined how many Cloud Ninja were present.
"One hundred and ten. Quite a few of them slipped through."
Natsuhiko pondered briefly, and at that moment, the chakra within him began surging rapidly.
In an instant, countless tree seeds began growing wildly throughout a circle centered on him, with a radius of at least five hundred meters.
These tree seeds were buried deep underground, and each bore Natsuhiko's Flying Thunder God Mark.
One could say that, in that instant, the entire kilometer-wide circular area became Natsuhiko's Flying Thunder God space!
Natsuhiko steadied his breathing slightly. The next moment, his figure flickered, and when he reappeared, he was already beside a Cloud Ninja.
These Cloud Ninja were furiously bombarding the stronghold with ninjutsu. They did not even react to Natsuhiko's sudden appearance, until...
"Squelch!"
The sound of metal slicing through flesh rang out across the area. Before he could even scream, a Cloud Ninja had been beheaded by Natsuhiko!
Without pausing at all, Natsuhiko quietly activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again.
The blood spraying from his first victim was still hanging in the air when he appeared behind the second.
His ninja blade swung, sending scarlet blood spraying again. Without the slightest hesitation, Natsuhiko moved toward his third and fourth targets.
As his strength grew, his chakra reserves became increasingly vast, and his proficiency with Flying Thunder God rose ever higher.
Even though his Sealing Jutsu was only of an average standard, he could still wield Flying Thunder God to an unimaginable degree!
"Enemy attack!"
Finally, after Natsuhiko killed nearly ten