At that moment, the Kirigakure bosses leading the Kirigakure players into the charge all turned somewhat wary gazes on Ning Feng.
As mid-tier Genin experts, they had generally experienced life-and-death combat, and could clearly sense the terrifying hint of murderous aura coming from Ning Feng.
They had never sensed such an aura from any of the other Konoha ninjas.
"Everyone, hold on. Explosive tags have been planted all around this place. Be careful!"
Suddenly, the lead Kirigakure boss, [Kakigaki Shichimi], spoke slowly, reaching out as he spoke to stop the Kirigakure players behind him.
Only then did the Kirigakure players discover in astonishment that explosive tags could actually be used this way. Their gazes toward Uchiha Minato instantly filled with intense surprise.
So little time had passed, yet a player could already use explosive tags with such finesse...
Probably no one understood what this meant better than those Kirigakure players themselves!
Not far away, Ning Feng frowned slightly when he saw the Kirigakure bosses slow down and carefully examine the chakra tripwires attached to the explosive tags.
In online games, bosses like these Kirigakure bosses were generally enemies one could steamroll and kill with ease.
But in this Naruto online game, Ning Feng experienced a boss's intelligence for the first time—the intelligence of a mid-tier Genin Ninja.
Now Ning Feng finally understood why the Chunin Ninja Exams were so difficult.
If mid-tier Genin Ninjas were already this intelligent and this difficult to deal with, how much harder would Chunin or Jonin be to handle!?
While Ning Feng was thinking, the lead Kirigakure boss, [Kakigaki Shichimi], rapidly formed hand seals. "Water Release: Water Dragon Tornado..."
It had to be said that [Kakigaki Shichimi] formed hand seals extremely quickly. As he did so, two enormous dragons of surging water churned wildly into being behind him and charged toward Ning Feng, roaring ferociously!
Even an idiot could see that this Water Release Ninjutsu would instantly render all the explosive tags set up to fend off the Kirigakure ninjas useless.
Without his explosive tags, Ning Feng would be like a toothless tiger.
At the sight, cold smiles curled the lips of quite a few Kirigakure players. No matter how powerful you are, Uchiha Minato, what can you do now!?
Even the Kirigakure bosses relaxed their guard.
Yet just then, Ning Feng, who had been standing before the Kirigakure bosses and players all along, turned into a cloud of bubbles and vanished without a trace, as if he had never existed.
The next moment, a Kirigakure player beside [Kakigaki Shichimi] suddenly drew a sharp kunai and stabbed him straight in the back.
At the same time, the remaining explosive tags were flung in every direction and began exploding in rapid succession!
"Huh? The Transformation Technique!?"
"He actually used a Shadow Clone and the Transformation Technique one after the other!?"
Only when the kunai pierced his body did the lead Kirigakure boss, [Kakigaki Shichimi], fully realize what had happened.
The Ning Feng standing a short distance away had merely been a decoy to draw their attention, and the explosive tags had only been one part of the setup.
The real objective had been to disguise himself with the Transformation Technique and find an opening to strike...
A three-digit damage number popped up. With the attack also coming from behind, [Kakigaki Shichimi]'s health bar emptied outright. Before he could react, the explosive tags thrown his way had already detonated.
As for the other Kirigakure players and bosses, nearly all their attention had been fixed on Ning Feng in the distance. Who could have imagined that Ning Feng was lurking right beside them!?
Boom!
The explosive tags detonated again. Amid the deafening blasts, countless Kirigakure players were instantly blown back to the respawn fountain.
The three Kirigakure bosses fared no better. They were all blasted violently away, smashing human-shaped holes into what they struck, dead beyond any doubt.
Whoosh!
Ning Feng landed on the roof of a nearby house, his scarlet Sharingan gleaming with an eerie light.
An especially broad smile now spread across his otherwise composed lips.
In fact, Ning Feng had already worked out his response when these Kirigakure players first arrived.
Having read the original Naruto and trounced enemies in countless different ways, Ning Feng naturally soon became highly proficient at using ninjutsu to feint in one direction and strike in another.
It had to be said that, despite lurking beside the Kirigakure bosses for so long, not a single person had noticed him the entire time.
As Ning Feng was thinking, several crisp, pleasant notifications sounded in succession:
"Congratulations! You have successfully slain the Kirigakure boss [Kakigaki Shichimi]! You will receive 30,000 bonus Copy Points!" "Congratulations! You have successfully slain the Kirigakure boss [Sanshō Tamamo]! You will receive 30,000 bonus Copy Points!" "Congratulations! You have successfully slain the Kirigakure boss [Onikuzu Ichirōta]! You will receive 30,000 bonus Copy Points!" "Congratulations! You have successfully achieved [Three Hundred-Man Slayer]! You will receive another 20,000 bonus Copy Points!"
As the pleasant notifications sounded one after another, Ning Feng grinned slightly. These bonus Copy Points alone add up to a full 110,000. I wonder what I can exchange them for.
Now that he had slain these three silver-tier bosses, the Large-Scale Instance Mission should also be over.
Sure enough, just as he expected, three consecutive world announcements flooded the world channel again.
[World announcement]: Player [Uchiha Minato] has single-handedly slain hundreds of Kirigakure players and repelled the Kirigakure bosses' assault. The Large-Scale Instance Mission [Protect Kushina Uzumaki] will soon conclude... Players, please find Kushina Uzumaki afterward to redeem your Copy Points! [World announcement]: Player [Uchiha Minato] has single-handedly slain hundreds of Kirigakure players... [World announcement]: Player [Uchiha Minato] has single-handedly slain hundreds of Kirigakure players...
The previously quiet world channel erupted once more.
The Kirigakure players in particular started swearing the moment they spoke.
"Fuck, this is unfair! That bastard Uchiha Minato planted who knows how many explosive tags around the quest target. My buddies and I had only just gotten there when our asses got blown apart... That brat used so many explosive tags. I'm reporting him!"
"The guy above is a fucking idiot. Explosive tags are ninja tools, so why shouldn't he use them!? Besides, who's to blame if you carelessly walked into them yourselves!?"
"Seriously, you guys didn't see it. The person beside me was my buddy, and then somehow he turned straight into Uchiha Minato... Is the Transformation Technique really this overpowered now!?"
"Yeah, that guy Uchiha Minato used the Transformation Technique together with a Shadow Clone. My buddies and I were stunned... We were thinking, you can use ninjutsu like that!?"
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