The Iwagakure ninja had originally expected Ye Feng either to sink into the swamp or to jump up again to dodge it.
But reality did not follow their expectations at all. Ye Feng simply stood on the swamp with both feet, neither sinking nor leaving, as though what lay beneath his feet was not a swamp at all.
The Iwagakure ninja were utterly dumbfounded.
Still, they quickly adjusted. The Yomi Swamp vanished, and all the Iwagakure ninja formed hand seals in unison:
"Earth Release: Rock Iron Cannon Technique!"
The Iwagakure ninja spat small pebbles from their mouths. The pebbles kept growing in midair, hurtling toward Ye Feng like solid cannonballs.
With dozens of people using it together, dozens of cannonballs appeared in the air. It was quite a spectacular sight, but to Ye Feng, attacks like these were still far too slow.
Ye Feng had come to teach people a lesson, not to get beaten.
With a few quick movements, Ye Feng left the cannonballs' range and struck at the Iwagakure ninja nearest to him.
Rather than sending the man flying as before, Ye Feng pinned him to the ground and rained punches down on him, beating him into the earth. His face swelled so badly that his original appearance was completely unrecognizable.
Just then, an Iwagakure ninja suddenly poked his head out of the ground and grabbed Ye Feng's ankle, delight appearing on his face:
"Got you! Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu!"
Yet when the Iwagakure ninja activated his ninjutsu, nothing changed for either of them. Ye Feng remained standing on the ground, while only the ninja's head remained above it.
Their eyes met. The Iwagakure ninja felt as though even the air was steeped in awkwardness. Unwilling to give up, he activated his ninjutsu again, but there was still