Bang.
Bieshu Feifan caught a kick from a Stone Ninja Jōnin.
Though he was also kicked flying, the Stone Ninja Jōnin could feel that Bieshu Feifan was fine.
Bieshu Feifan's hands ached faintly; a Jōnin's strength was indeed extraordinary, and the Fine Steel Armor on his body was nearly shattered.
Yet it seemed inferior to Uchiha Ji.
Leveraging the force of the opponent's kick, Bieshu Feifan flew forward swiftly.
The Stone Ninja Jōnin had just experienced a life-and-death battle, and Bieshu Feifan's escaping speed was also very fast.
Thinking about it, he did not give chase, as taking down Orochimaru was more urgent.
Cold sweat streamed down Bieshu Feifan's face; that Stone Ninja Jōnin turned out to be a sensory ninja as well.
If the opponent had not just been consumed once by Weibei Tuisì and the others, he might have been done for.
Right now, however, no matter what else happened, nothing was going to stop his plan to flee for his life.
Along the way, Bieshu Feifan saw corpses everywhere on the ground.
Konoha's, Sunagakure's, Iwagakure's, and Rain Ninja's too.
Most of those lying on the ground were Genin, because without flak jackets, they were easy to recognize.
Bieshu Feifan resisted the urge to loot the corpses; escaping for his life was more urgent now.
As long as he survived the Uchiha clan's annihilation night, he would definitely soar.
However, things went against his wishes.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
A massive fireball headed straight for Bieshu Feifan's face.
Bieshu Feifan furrowed his brow; this fellow really was here to intercept him.
Although the Byakugan had seen him, the opponent was right on Bieshu Feifan's path of advance, lying on the ground playing dead as a corpse.
He only got up when Bieshu Feifan came close.
Bieshu Feifan drifted swiftly toward the side, easily dodging the Great Fireball.
Then, the two of them landed almost simultaneously.
The newcomer was a Sand Ninja.
A Sand Ninja who used Fire Release was truly a rare sight.
"Turns out to be a brat. Was that drifting movement technique just now some kind of Kekkei Genkai?"
The Sand Ninja was in no hurry to make a move, instead looking at Bieshu Feifan with keen interest.
Yet Bieshu Feifan, eager to flee for his life, had no desire to exchange idle words with him, his hands rapidly forming Hand Seals.
Genjutsu: Three-Tomoe Genjutsu.
The blocking Sand Ninja was completely unprepared for this, falling instantly into the Genjutsu as his previously somewhat bantering expression turned terrified in an instant.
Bieshu Feifan threw a Kunai from his hand, a cold flash vanishing in a split second.
Squelch.
The Kunai stabbed firmly into the Sand Ninja's neck.
Only then did the intense pain snap him back to his senses.
"U-chi-ha-"
Before he could finish, he widened his eyes and breathed his last.
Bieshu Feifan spat, truly asking for death.
Although his own reserve of Chakra was not very large, this was still a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Coupled with the Single-Tomoe pupil power from Kun Ge back then, taking down an ordinary unprepared Chunin was a breeze.
Bieshu Feifan wanted to continue on, but within the Byakugan's field of vision, two powerful Shinobi were currently engaging in combat ahead, and the commotion they kicked up could be heard from far away.
Bieshu Feifan looked to the left as well, where a vast expanse of Ibuse's poisonous mist was located.
To the right was Orochimaru's battlefield.
Behind him was most likely Iwagakure's territory.
Damn it, where can I go?
Bieshu Feifan stamped his feet in panic.
In his desperation, he might as well loot a corpse first.
And so Bieshu Feifan felt the eyeballs of the Sand Ninja whose corpse was still warm.
No special Chakra.
Trash.
He went elsewhere, wanting to see if he could pick up the corpse of a Kekkei Genkai user.
Alas, no.
Bieshu Feifan cast his gaze around again, his brow furrowing deeper.
Why are there people in all directions, hey?
Escape was impossible; Bieshu Feifan gritted his teeth and buried himself in the dirt once more.
More than ten minutes later,
"Manda, I'm counting on you."
Following a hoarse voice, a gigantic snake landed precisely on the spot where Bieshu Feifan had buried himself.
Orochimaru, I'll screw your mother!
Bieshu Feifan cursed loudly in his heart, dodging rapidly at the same time as he burst out from the ground and rolled at high speed to the other side.
Just as Bieshu Feifan ran away,
Boom.
A massive figure over fifty meters tall slammed into the ground.
It blotted out the sky, blocking out large swaths of the rain.
"Orochimaru, you know the price of summoning me out."
Manda spoke, carrying an intangible pressure.
At this moment, Orochimaru had already leaped onto Manda's head, panting heavily.
"Of course. The people here, as long as they aren't from Konoha, you can eat as many as you like."
Manda's eyes rolled slightly.
"The people standing don't taste very good. Do you want this lord to eat those corpses, Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru's complexion darkened slightly.
"If you aren't willing, I'll make it up to you afterward."
Right then, as Orochimaru summoned Manda, the Jōnin surrounding him instantly halted their attacks.
Everyone was watching and waiting, none daring to make the first move.
Three Stone Ninja Jōnin stood together, their eyes locked firmly on Orochimaru.
Two Rain Ninja Jōnin were also watching Manda.
There was also a Sand Ninja Jōnin who likewise made no move.
These people had originally been engaged in a free-for-all.
Yet Orochimaru's strength was obviously a cut above, and as they fought, they had actually all begun to besiege Orochimaru.
At this time, two Konoha Jōnin had also arrived here, standing not far beside Manda.
Further on the outer perimeter were some adult Chunin.
Bieshu Feifan was completely numb; why did these big shots choose the spot where he was hiding as their battlefield, mere cannon fodder Genin that he was?
In the vision of the Byakugan, even those Chunin on the periphery possessed terrifyingly huge amounts of Chakra.
Crap.
Bieshu Feifan cursed fiercely in his heart, yet his body stood frozen in place without daring to move an inch.
Standing amidst a bunch of big shots, he was akin to an ant.
With a dark face, he did not even dare to draw a heavy breath.
Yet none of these big shots cared about him; in their eyes, there was only each other,
and Orochimaru.
All things considered, Bieshu Feifan felt it was all the fault of that Weibei Tuisì.
Scanning the circle, Weibei Tuisì was nowhere to be seen, having most likely done himself in.
The various factions stalemated for a long time; Manda could not wait any longer, opening its wide mouth with a roar as it lunged straight at the Stone Ninjas.
The three Stone Ninja Jōnin wore solemn expressions, simultaneously executing Earth Release to block Manda's charge.
As Manda moved, everyone struck out once more.
Konoha's three Jōnin and the snake were besieged.
For a moment, various Five Basic Nature Transformations, Explosive Tags, the sounds of clashing weapons, and the shouts among Shinobi instantly enveloped Bieshu Feifan.
Even the Chunin on the outer perimeter erupted into fierce combat.
Cold sweat was already streaming down Bieshu Feifan as he stood in place, waiting for a chance to escape with his life.
Fortunately, none of these Jōnin paid any mind to him, a seven-year-old brat.
Bieshu Feifan seized the opportunity, turned around, and ran.
Damn it, this was too terrifying.
He felt he ought to be in the dirt, not on the surface of the ground.
Just as Bieshu Feifan thought about running out, a Stone Ninja Chunin charged straight toward him.
Swish, swish, swish.
Several Shuriken hurtled straight toward Bieshu Feifan's face.
Bieshu Feifan dodged them easily, then drew his long blade.
The Stone Ninja Chunin smiled coldly.
"Konoha brat, you are the fiftieth one to die by my hands."
The Stone Ninja Chunin's smile had not yet fully bloomed before it froze completely on his face.
Because he stared directly into Bieshu Feifan's eyes.
The blade in Bieshu Feifan's hand slashed across, instantly sweeping past his neck.
Using a powerful Sharingan Genjutsu to catch someone unawares was indeed invincible.
Having disposed of the blocking Chunin, Bieshu Feifan maintained his original aspiration and ran for his life.
Not long after Bieshu Feifan ran out, within the Byakugan's field of vision, a tall, burly Big Man with long hair, wearing a gas mask and holding a scythe, rushed out from that patch of poisonous mist from earlier.
He flashed instantly to the side of a Chunin, his scythe sweeping down.
That Chunin was split cleanly into two in an instant.
So fast.
Bieshu Feifan was greatly startled.
Given that fellow's attire, could that be Hanzo of the Salamander?
Bieshu Feifan's face turned dark, deploying both his legs and Magnet Release as he wished fervently to vanish from the Land of Rain at once.
His luck was simply too poor; if he were targeted by Hanzo of the Salamander, Bieshu Feifan reckoned he would meet certain death with zero chance of survival.
At the current stage, even the combined forces of Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade could not defeat Hanzo of the Salamander.
Let alone a mere cannon fodder Genin like him.
Fortunately, Hanzo of the Salamander went off to trouble the Chunin and Jōnin, paying no heed to him as a piece of cannon fodder.
The demigod was truly a demigod; everywhere Hanzo of the Salamander passed, everyone was instantly sliced into several pieces.
So rapid was the speed that neither Bieshu Feifan's Sharingan nor his Byakugan could clearly catch it.
None of this mattered to him now, however; as long as he stayed alive, that was victory.
Bieshu Feifan ran in a single breath, having no idea how far he had gone.
He only stopped upon encountering the main Konoha force.
The troop Bieshu Feifan encountered was battered all over, wails resounding across the sky.
They were like a flock of cicadas, chattering incessantly without stop.
Bieshu Feifan was physically and mentally exhausted at this point; after revealing his identity, he blended into the wounded as well.
Weary.
Having kept the Byakugan and Sharingan activated for a long time, on top of fleeing for his life and hypnotizing enemies... and teammates.
By now, Bieshu Feifan's Chakra was already left with very little.
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