As Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice faded, Xia Yan and Weasel moved almost simultaneously.
Both became streaks of light that tore through the air in an instant. By the time sparks flew from clashing metal, they were already pressing their kunai against each other!
Fast-so fast that the eye could barely keep up.
Xia Yan excelled at speed, and Weasel was also a ninja who specialized in speed. A clash like this was bound to be dazzling!
"Hm?"
As they held their kunai against each other and secretly contested their strength, warning bells suddenly rang in Xia Yan's mind.
He had already noticed something wrong with the Weasel before him. He immediately leaped sideways, and at that same moment, a cold flash of steel swept past the front of his clothes.
With his sensory perception activated long ago, Xia Yan could naturally detect these subtle changes. Weasel certainly had a way with a blade!
"Dance of the Crescent Moon?"
Xia Yan landed on the ground, his gaze sweeping over the figure that had attacked him. It was clearly a shadow clone.
The Dance of the Crescent Moon was said to be a sword technique created by Tobirama Senju. Xia Yan was not sure whether that was true, but he was familiar with the technique itself.
This sword technique summoned shadow clones at the moment of attack. The clones and the original would then coordinate, quickly using the Body Flicker Technique to attack the enemy's vital points from the left, above, and right.
But Weasel seemed to have modified it into a sword technique better suited to Anbu assassinations.
His shadow clone did not appear during the attack. Instead, it launched its attack after the original had begun his.
Still, whether to conserve chakra or because he was only probing for now, he