Chapter 198: Progress
The Water Pressure Line technique, Ishiro's original ninjutsu, although only C-rank, was exceptionally suitable for use at this moment. It required few hand seals, the jutsu was fast, and its chakra fluctuation was small.
Taking advantage of the Chūnin's attention being drawn by the Porcelain Release slurry, Ishiro's Water Pressure Line struck true, directly piercing his body, including his heart.
Only then did Ishiro turn to face the Jōnin who, after shouting a warning, had attempted to entangle him.
Just now, Ishiro's actions had been too decisive, and his hand seal speed for the Water Pressure Line technique too fast. So, although this Jōnin had also thought of firing a signal flare while Ishiro was attacking that Chūnin, it was unfortunately too late.
Now, being targeted one-on-one by Ishiro, he had even less chance to send a signal.
The Porcelain Release slurry, which had seemingly lost control, quickly converged on this Jōnin again after Ishiro formed new hand seals.
Having witnessed Ishiro's terrifying hand seal speed, this Jōnin, while evading the slurry, was also distractedly guarding against Ishiro himself.
However, Ishiro, to prevent any further complications this time, didn't intend to drag it out any longer. He directly controlled the Porcelain Release slurry to form a barrage of kunai, covering a wide area in the direction of this Jōnin.
With this Jōnin's strength, dodging such an attack wouldn't be difficult. Even if most of his attention was still on Ishiro himself, evading would be simple.
But Ishiro didn't give him the chance. Ishiro released the hand seal controlling the Porcelain Release slurry and extended his hand in the Jōnin's direction.
"Banshō Ten'in."
As Ishiro muttered to himself, this Jōnin was horrified to find that his body, which was about to dodge, had lost control and was moving towards Ishiro's direction.
This movement was very slow, and because the distance between the two wasn't yet close, this Jōnin believed he could easily break free from the pulling force.
However, there wasn't enough time.
Ultimately, before this Jōnin could break free from the gravitational pull, a large sheet of kunai formed from solidified slurry directly riddled him like a sieve.
After finishing off this Jōnin, Ishiro looked towards his three disciples.
The battle over there had basically ended at the same time.
However, Ishiro frowned, because the one who had finished off that Chūnin was not his three disciples, but his own earth clone.
Ishiro first focused his attention on "Mind's Eye," confirming that the enemy reinforcements had not yet entered the 200-meter warning range. Only then did he cast an questioning gaze towards his three disciples.
Ogura Saki said, "Ishiro-sensei, this Chūnin was originally focused on fighting us, but after hearing that Jōnin's shout, he wanted to send a signal, so he was killed by your clone."
"Is that so?" Ishiro nodded and said, "Let's go find the remaining enemies. Some of them might know sensory ninjutsu and could try to escape. Later, you can choose another Chūnin as your opponent."
"Yes." Ogura Saki responded, then signaled her two teammates to follow Ishiro's pace, and together they rushed towards the enemy's direction.
As it turned out, Ishiro had overthought it. Perhaps there was a sensory ninja among that group, but the other party was currently rushing with all their might and simply had no time for reconnaissance.
Speaking of which, this was also thanks to those few who had been killed by Ishiro and his team earlier; they only had time to send out one rescue signal. Subsequent attempts to send warning signals were all intercepted by Ishiro and his earth clone.
So the enemy still didn't know who they were facing, much less that their opponent's strength already exceeded their ability to cope.
Thus, the two groups, one eager to reinforce, the other afraid the enemy would escape, both advanced towards each other's positions with all their might.
A distance of one kilometer didn't take long for ninjas. Previously, it was because Ishiro had dealt with the enemies too quickly that the other party hadn't arrived yet.
But now, with both sides moving towards each other, it could be said that the two groups clashed in an instant.
Ishiro's S-rank ninjutsu, "Mind's Eye," didn't help this time, because his naked eye spotted the enemy a step before "Mind's Eye" did.
At the same time, the enemy also saw Ishiro and his team.
Seeing Ishiro's group rushing towards them, while their own four comrades were nowhere to be seen, the leading Jōnin instantly became alert.
He immediately halted the team and said, "Retreat."
But it was too late. The moment Ishiro saw the other party, he had anticipated they would retreat. So Ishiro, already prepared, directly used Porcelain Release.
Ishiro's Porcelain Release slurry advanced rapidly, easily bypassing the opponent and forming a blockade line in front of them.
Of course, this fragile blockade line couldn't possibly stop two Jōnin. The two Jōnin attacked together and easily broke through the slurry barrier surrounding them.
But Ishiro wasn't anxious and continued to control the slurry for repeated encirclements.
Soon, Ishiro's method began to take effect. Under the interference of Ishiro's slurry, the opponent's speed of advance was greatly reduced.
Especially later, when Ishiro controlled the slurry to form kunai from all directions, launching wave after wave of attacks. The speed of the four fleeing individuals was already slower than that of the pursuing Ogura Saki and her two teammates.
Ishiro's attacks couldn't actually injure the four ninjas before him. Because even the weakest among the four was an elite Chūnin, it was easy for them to dodge Ishiro's attacks.
However, inevitably, their escape speed during the evasion process slowed down.
This chase ended after Ishiro seized an opportunity to get close to one Chūnin and successfully killed him.
The remaining three, knowing there was no hope of escape, had no choice but to fight.
They hadn't considered splitting up to escape, but they were all prevented by the Porcelain Release slurry.
Seeing the three finally choose to fight, Ishiro smiled faintly. He stopped the Porcelain Release, then extended his hand towards the only remaining Chūnin and cast Banshō Ten'in.
Just like before, because all three had their attention focused on the surrounding Porcelain Release slurry, Ishiro easily succeeded this time.
Moreover, the strength of this Chūnin pulled over by Ishiro was far inferior to the previous Jōnin; for a moment, he actually couldn't break free from the gravitational pull. In the end, he was forced to separate from the two Jōnin.
Then Ishiro quickly bypassed him and intercepted the two Jōnin who were attempting a rescue.
As for that Chūnin, Ishiro naturally left him to his three disciples who were catching up from behind.
"Water Release: Rapid Rain Technique!" Under Ishiro's control, a large number of water pressure lines directly covered all possible support routes for the two Jōnin.
Because they were unclear about the power of Ishiro's technique, the two had to temporarily retreat.
Events proved their retreat was correct. The power of the Water Pressure Lines was not something two Jōnin could withstand hastily.
But with this dodge, the battlefield transformed into what Ishiro had hoped for.
Now, the positioning of everyone was like this: from the direction Ishiro came from, it was Ogura Saki and her two teammates, then that Chūnin, then Ishiro, and finally the two Jōnin.
Ishiro's original earth clone had long since disappeared, so this time Ishiro created another earth clone. Only then did his main body charge towards those two Jōnin.
Without any worries behind him and no need to hold back, Ishiro was not someone two Jōnin could withstand. Soon, the two were defeated by Ishiro one by one. The first was killed directly, the second was injured by Ishiro, who then found an opportunity to cast a genjutsu.
At this time, the battle on his three disciples' side had not yet ended. The three disciples, having had the buffer of the brief battle just now, were performing quite well. Although they were on the defensive, Ishiro could see that it would also be difficult for that Chūnin to win quickly.
Ogura Saki and her two teammates coordinated very well: Takumi used his speed to harass, Matsutani Shinya, who knew many ninjutsu, handled both main offense and main defense, while Ogura Saki used her Wind Release for deterrence.
Although they were generally on the defensive, Ishiro could feel the three of them progressing rapidly.
Especially Matsutani Shinya; this child's talent was not bad. After overcoming his initial nervousness, his use of various ninjutsu was now very smooth.
However, Ishiro still saw many flaws in the three of them. Fortunately, their opponent was a ninjutsu-type ninja; otherwise, it would be difficult for Takumi to effectively interfere with his speed.
After a while, that Chūnin probably realized he was doomed today. So, he feigned a mistake, luring Takumi to attack.
Takumi, perhaps wanting to show off in front of Ishiro, didn't realize this was a trap. Instead, he took the opportunity to change from harassment to a strong offensive, wanting to defeat the enemy in one blow.
Unexpectedly, this Chūnin directly pulled out three exploding tags, intending to perish together with Takumi. Moreover, to prevent Ishiro and his clone from rescuing, he chose to ignore other attacks and lunged headfirst towards Takumi.
Takumi was startled, but it was too late to retreat. In the critical moment, Takumi forced himself to calm down. He didn't attack the Chūnin's body but slashed at the Chūnin's eyes with his long sword.
This move was effective. Perhaps subconsciously trying to protect his eyes, or perhaps fearing he wouldn't be able to track Takumi if his eyes were injured, the Chūnin's body slightly dodged. He leaned back slightly, avoiding Takumi's sword strike.
And Takumi took this opportunity to dodge to the side. Although evading at this point couldn't completely escape the explosion of the tags, he had at least created some distance, greatly increasing his chances of survival.
Ishiro, who had been watching the battle all along, naturally wouldn't watch Takumi get hit. He raised his hand and used Banshō Ten'in.
Ishiro aimed at the exploding tags in the Chūnin's hand.
The exploding tags were relatively light and, under the gravitational pull, quickly flew towards Ishiro. After flying about three or four meters, they exploded.
At this time, Takumi had also escaped some distance. Combining these factors, Takumi, after taking a stroll by the gates of the underworld, finally returned.
While Ishiro made his move, Ogura Saki and Matsutani Shinya weren't idle either. Matsutani Shinya's hand seal speed was slow, so he threw a kunai, accurately hitting that Chūnin. Ogura Saki's Wind Release swept past the position between the Chūnin and Takumi, directly deflecting the shockwave of the explosion.
Ishiro was somewhat surprised by his two disciples' performance. It seemed that even if he hadn't intervened just now, Takumi wouldn't have died, at most suffering severe injuries.
"Truly not bad. I didn't waste my efforts." This Chūnin fighting Ogura Saki and the others was intentionally left for them by Ishiro. Otherwise, he would have been finished when Ishiro first pulled him over with Banshō Ten'in.
Ishiro used Shunshin no Jutsu to appear beside Takumi, looked him over, and said, "Are you alright?"
Although Takumi was still slightly affected by the explosion in the end, he wasn't injured, just lost his balance and took a fall.
Seeing Ishiro appear beside him with Shunshin, Takumi felt somewhat ashamed. He stood up from the ground, lowered his head, and said, "Ishiro-sensei, I'm fine."
Ishiro knew Takumi was blaming himself for his recklessness just now. He didn't mind, reached out, ruffled his head, and said, "Good performance."
At this time, Ogura Saki and Matsutani Shinya also rushed over. Ishiro praised them as well, "You two also performed very well."
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