A force dragged the middle-aged man down into the earth. He felt a tremendous suction from the ground beneath his feet, and just as he tried to struggle, the surrounding soil became incredibly hard.
He was bound to the ground, with only his head showing, and the solid earth around him kept him firmly trapped and unable to move.
A little girl slowly rose up in front of her. Moegi clapped her hands, smiled smugly at Udon, and glanced in the direction of the teacher, seemingly waiting for Shinjō's praise.
Shinsei simply smiled and didn't offer any words of praise. Meanwhile, Konohamaru hurriedly called out to the two, "Come help!"
Moegi and Udon then focused their attention on the middle-aged woman.
The wildly spinning broadsword, as if bound by an invisible thread, remained wrapped around the middle-aged woman, slicing the surrounding trees into neat segments.
Shinsei thought this woman's Ninjutsu was more suited to being a lumberjack, but his disciple didn't think so; he just felt immense pressure.
The middle-aged woman, her face contorted with rage, slowly approached Konohamaru. Her two henchmen were already dead, but she wasn't in a hurry to attack; she was feeling an inexplicable pressure emanating from the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Shinsei's relaxed posture, which didn't seem like that of a ninja. But the way these kids treated the boy was clearly different; it was as if his presence provided them with the most important protection.
She didn't understand why an ordinary boy could become the support of these kids, but it was never wrong to be cautious.
Moegi and Udon also arrived, joining Konohamaru and Hanabi in surrounding the middle-aged woman. Konohamaru made a gesture, and the other three kids pulled out Shuriken from their ninja tool pouches and shot them at the middle-aged woman.
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!" Amidst a burst of sparks, several Shuriken were sliced in two by the wildly spinning broadsword and fell to the ground.
The middle-aged woman snorted coldly and changed her hand seals. The spinning broadsword changed direction and shot towards Konohamaru. Konohamaru cursed under his breath and hurriedly rolled on the ground.
With a loud "boom," the broadsword pierced straight into the ground, and several cracks spread out from the soil around the blade.
"Now! "Hanabi Hyuga suddenly lunged forward, swinging her hand to slap the middle-aged woman's chest.
The middle-aged woman smiled slightly as she saw Hanabi Hyuga.
With remarkable agility, she turned sideways, grabbed Hanabi Hyuga's wrist with her right hand, and with a forceful pull, flung Hanabi Hyuga's small body away.
At that moment, Udon and Moegi each brandished their Kunai, aiming for the middle-aged woman's chest and abdomen.
What they thought was a flawless collaboration appeared to the middle-aged woman to be full of flaws.
The middle-aged woman quickly grabbed Moegi and Udon's arms and forced their Kunai at each other. Moegi and Udon were startled and hurriedly dropped their Kunai to avoid hurting their companion.
Udon's Taijutsu skills are slightly better than Moegi's; at this point, he even knows to kick the middle-aged woman's chin.
Although the middle-aged woman knew that she would most likely not suffer any serious injury if she was kicked by this little devil, she was unwilling to lose face in front of several little devils, so she could only release the two little devils and dodge Udon's attack by turning to the side.
"Get out of the way!" Konohamaru shouted. Moegi and Udon quickly moved aside upon hearing this.
Konohamaru had completed the final hand seal. As his Chakra surged, he opened his mouth, and balls of fire shot out towards the middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman stood still, waved her hand at the large sword stuck in the ground, and the sword instantly rose up, shattering the fireballs that came towards her.
"Bang bang bang!" The fireball, now shattered, unleashed its final burst of power, casting a thick cloud of smoke over an area of about ten meters, enveloping the middle-aged woman's body.
Panting Moegi asked, "Did it work?"
Hanabi Hyuga, her Byakugan wide open, shouted, "Watch out! She's still alive!"
As the smoke dissipated, the middle-aged woman gripped her large knife, raised her chin, and looked at the four little devils around her. Those tiny fireballs posed no threat to her whatsoever.
As a wandering ninja, she encountered Fire Release Ninjutsu Fire Release Ninjutsu often in her Ninjutsu with other ninjas, and she had already developed a set of methods to deal with it.
She could easily handle even if the number of Fire Style from these Genin increased several times over.
A burnt smell reached the middle-aged woman's nose. She reached up and pulled a strand of hair from her forehead, revealing a bit of black ash in her palm.
The middle-aged woman's face gradually became distorted; even though she had an ordinary appearance, she cared a great deal about her hair.
His eyes practically spitting fire. "You! How exactly do you want to die?!"
More Chakra surged from the middle-aged woman's body, almost forming a Chakra Armor around her.
Shinsei noticed that the middle-aged woman seemed to have shrunk in size, and her Chakra had doubled compared to before. It seems these wandering ninjas shouldn't be underestimated; they all have their own secret techniques.
These students seemed no match for the middle-aged woman, and he was ready to intervene at any moment. His broadsword spun wildly around her, creating a gust of wind.
The scarf around Konohamaru's neck was being blown about by the strong wind.
He quickly Hand Seals. This woman's strength was too formidable. Even if he used his Ninjutsu, he couldn't be sure how effective it would be.
The other three students, needing to buy time for Konohamaru's Ninjutsu, hurriedly Hand Seals and each created a clone. They unleashed all the ranged weapons from their ninja tool pouches at the middle-aged woman.
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!" Countless sparks flew from the collision of the Shuriken and the broadsword. Without exception, all the Shuriken were easily cut in two by the broadsword.
The middle-aged woman snorted and leaped towards Hanabi Hyuga.
Before she arrived, the blade struck first, and in the blink of an eye, the large tree where Hanabi Hyuga stood was sliced into several pieces by the spinning blade.
A little girl's figure brushed past the broadsword and was cleaved in two.