"Y-you're from Konoha?"
Konan spoke hurriedly. At this point, she still felt a little goodwill and gratitude toward people from Konoha.
After all, ever since they had ended up on the streets during the Second Shinobi World War, their teacher Jiraiya had been teaching them ninjutsu and educating them. "Is Jiraiya-sensei doing well?"
Naturally, Ning Feng knew that once he revealed his Sharingan, others would know he was from Konoha.
Still, to earn more Copy Points, he had no choice but to stop hiding his identity.
Hearing Konan's question, Ning Feng smiled and reassured her, "Jiraiya-sensei is living a carefree life in Konoha. He spends every day soaking in hot springs and looking at beautiful women!"
Konan couldn't help bursting into laughter at his words. Her favorability toward Ning Feng rose again, jumping straight from 90 to 95 points!
"Jiraiya-sensei hasn't changed. He's still such a lecher that he can't take another step whenever he sees a pretty female ninja!"
Konan smiled happily. With her already delicate features, she looked even cuter now.
Had anyone been there at that moment, they would surely have looked thoroughly exasperated. This was a battlefield, not a place for flirting.
As though only then remembering that a brutal battle was still taking place here, Konan quickly turned serious, spun around, and charged toward the Amegakure ninja.
In truth, they had long since come to loathe these Amegakure ninja. Who knew how many Akatsuki members had died at their hands!
If not for the bigger picture, they would have killed these Amegakure ninja long ago.
No sooner had Konan left than the Amegakure players noticed Ning Feng and rushed over, all wanting to kill him!
They had just watched with their own eyes as he killed Hanzo of the Salamander.
None of them were fools. As long as they killed Ning Feng, the Copy Points they received as a reward would surely be staggering!
"Don't give Uchiha Minato any chances! Everyone, attack together!"
The Amegakure player leading them delivered those cold words and was the first to rush up to Ning Feng, actually using the Body Flicker Technique, one of the Advanced Three Body Techniques.
Ning Feng took note that the leading Amegakure player was already level 25 and used the Body Flicker Technique quite proficiently. It seemed he was an elite player too.
Unfortunately, to Ning Feng, elite players were merely slightly stronger ants.
Whoosh!
Before the leading player could reach him, Ning Feng hurled the sharp kunai in his hand, using its rapid flight to appear directly behind the elite player.
Before the elite player could even use the Substitution Technique, Ning Feng's kunai had effortlessly pierced through him.
The entire fight took place in the blink of an eye. Many Amegakure players hadn't even reacted before the elite player leading them was brutally killed.
It all happened at a jaw-dropping speed.
The next moment, Ning Feng rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, then slammed his right hand against the ground. The markings instantly spread rapidly in every direction.
"Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation!"
As Ning Feng spoke calmly, explosive tags rapidly appeared beneath the feet of the Amegakure players charging at him, surrounding them tightly at tremendous speed.
The next moment, a series of deafening booms rang out, and countless Amegakure players were instantly blasted to pieces by the exploding tags.
Even the Amegakure Village Ninja farther away who couldn't dodge in time were taken out along with them!
Had anyone been there at that moment, they would surely have been astonished to discover that this Explosive Flame Formation covered an area many times greater than the Great Fireball Technique, with power many times stronger as well.
This Explosive Flame Formation was not to be underestimated. It had been one of Hanzo of the Salamander's signature techniques during his lifetime.
During the Second Shinobi World War, Hanzo of the Salamander had used this very technique to nearly kill Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others. Had Jiraiya not used defensive ninjutsu in desperation, they probably would all have died long ago.
Later, during Hanzo of the Salamander's battle with the Akatsuki members, he had also used this very technique to injure Nagato's thigh in an explosion.
One could well imagine just how formidable the Explosive Flame Formation was!
A succession of pleasant notifications rapidly sounded in his ears. Ning Feng discovered that his Explosive Flame Formation alone had just killed more than three hundred players, directly earning him Three Hundred-Man Slayer!
Notably, this Explosive Flame Formation had come from one of the Ninjutsu Scrolls Ning Feng obtained after killing Hanzō just now.
While recovering, he had clicked to use every Ninjutsu Scroll he had obtained.
Among them was this Explosive Flame Formation!
"Explosive Flame Formation?! Isn't that Lord Hanzō's ninjutsu?! This brat learned it already?!"
Far away, several Amegakure Anbu members from the Amegakure Special Assassination Squad were shocked.
The Explosive Flame Formation's range had been so vast that it had nearly swallowed them up too!
Only then did those Anbu members notice the enormous problem that was Ning Feng.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Immediately, several Amegakure Anbu members turned into swift streaks of light and raced straight toward Ning Feng, seeking to eliminate this major problem first.
Unfortunately, Ning Feng, who already possessed the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, had long since noticed these Amegakure Anbu. With a flicker, he easily evaded a coordinated killing strike from two of them.
The next moment, two flashes passed, and those two Amegakure Anbu ninja fell directly in front of Ning Feng.
It turned out that in the instant Ning Feng clashed with the Amegakure Anbu ninja, he had left Space-Time Ninjutsu markings on them!
"Uchi-ah, no, that kid Number 9 has gotten quite a bit stronger again!"
Outside the battlefield, Uchiha Itachi, who had yet to act but remained ready to provide support at any moment, suddenly stopped the hand he had been about to use to intervene and couldn't help speaking.
"Yes, he's improved quite a bit even compared to when we fought Ibuse Tenrai!"
Kakashi nodded in full agreement, inwardly shocked at the same time... How much time has even passed? This kid has gotten so much stronger again?!
Given enough time, just what kind of genius would he become?!
Before they knew it, because Ning Feng had killed the enemy commander, Hanzo of the Salamander, as well as many Amegakure players, the Amegakure Village Ninja's ferocious offensive was soon forcibly broken.
As for the Amegakure players, they hadn't caused much of a stir either and quickly withdrew along with the retreating Amegakure Village Ninja.
Seeing that they had actually won the battle in the end, Akatsuki's three leaders could not have been happier.
Soon, however, they all turned grateful gazes toward Ning Feng!
Akatsuki's leader Yahiko, in particular, had admiration written all over his face!
"Young fellow, what's your name?! If Akatsuki hadn't had you here this time, I'm afraid we wouldn't have survived this long!"
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