Grind is My Ninja Way

Meanwhile, on another battlefield, Seimei's subordinates and the ninjas brought by Yukikaze were also fighting.

Currently, the number of Mist ninjas on the field had reached seventy or eighty. Although it was still not comparable to the hundred people on Konoha's side, it was not far off either.

Therefore, the battle between the two sides was quite fierce, with screams heard from time to time.

During the pursuit, Seimei glanced over there and confirmed that there was no problem with the battlefield for the time being, so he ignored it.

A few minutes later, Yukikaze finally stopped avoiding the fight. The two stood on a sea area, looking at each other, without moving for a long time.

Splash~

At a certain moment, a gust of sea breeze blew past, stirring up waves more than a meter high.

At this moment, Seimei moved.

A flash of cyan light passed by, still the familiar 'Instant Sword Technique' starting move. Seimei's entire person turned into an afterimage, rapidly approaching the opponent.

Seeing this, Yukikaze quickly completed hand seals with both hands, then stomped his right foot on the sea surface, injecting a large amount of chakra into it.

The next moment, a "crackling" sound came from under his feet, and the azure sea surface instantly turned into snow-white ice crystals, spreading straight towards Seimei.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Ice thorns shot out, blocking Seimei's path.

Seeing this, Seimei sneered, and the long knife in his hand swung out. Those ice thorns instantly broke into two pieces, and Seimei continued to run forward without stopping.

Seeing this, Yukikaze's face changed slightly. He immediately formed hand seals again and slammed both hands on the ice surface.

The next moment, a circular ice wall appeared, protecting him.

Just by looking with the naked eye, Seimei knew that the ice wall was extremely thick and definitely couldn't be broken with just the long knife in his hand.

Without any hesitation, he raised his left hand, and a chakra ball condensed, which was the 'Rasengan', no, to be more precise, it should be the 'Great Ball Rasengan'.

The so-called 'Great Ball Rasengan' was actually an enhanced version of the 'Rasengan', consuming more chakra to condense a chakra ball with higher density and greater power.

As long as one's chakra control was sufficient, this ninjutsu could be easily performed based on the 'Rasengan'.

In essence, there was no difference between the two.

Therefore, even the panel didn't record this skill.

Boom~

The oversized 'Rasengan' bombarded the ice wall, and the condensed chakra instantly exploded, shattering the ice wall in an instant.

However, after the ice wall shattered, Seimei didn't see Yukikaze's figure. There was only a circular ice hole in its original place.

Almost without thinking, Seimei knew that the other party must have hidden under the ice.

However, unless the other party could hold their breath forever, they would have to come out sooner or later.

As for escaping beyond the ice layer...

This possibility was also unlikely.

Not to mention that this would cause quite a commotion, just the lack of the ice layer's obstruction underfoot would make it easy for him to discover the other party.

Thinking this through, Seimei simply stood in place, quietly waiting for the other party to appear.

Of course, during this time, he didn't let his guard down either. The three-tomoe Sharingan was constantly paying attention to the surroundings, and any slight movement couldn't escape his perception.

Time passed by.

Soon, two minutes passed.

The surroundings were still quiet. Apart from the sound of the waves occasionally stirred up by the sea breeze, there was no other movement. The other party seemed to have disappeared, and there was no sign of them for a long time.

Seimei didn't care about this at all. It was only two minutes. Not to mention ninjas, even ordinary people could hold on. He just needed to continue waiting.

Another three minutes later.

Finally, Yukikaze couldn't hold on any longer.

Along with the sound of the ice surface shattering, a giant ice dragon drilled out from underwater, breaking through the ice and soaring into the air.

Then, it turned its head and looked down at him from above.

With the Sharingan's powerful insight, Seimei saw Yukikaze standing on the dragon's head at a glance.

Moreover, based on the amount of chakra in his body, Seimei could conclude that the other party hadn't used any techniques like shadow clones.

In other words, this Yukikaze was indeed the real one.

With this thought, Seimei no longer hesitated. His hands instantly completed the hand seals, and he opened his mouth, using the ninjutsu - Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!

As a C-rank ninjutsu, although the 'Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique' had the drawback of being difficult to control, its attack strength and attack speed were commendable.

A fire line spewed out from his mouth, transforming into a dragon, and then charged straight towards the ice dragon's head.

If this hit, not only would the ice dragon suffer, but Yukikaze on it would also be in trouble.

However, the next moment, a familiar scene happened. The ice dragon suddenly opened its mouth and spewed a cold breath downwards.

The cold breath and the fire dragon met in the air, making a "sizzling" sound. A large amount of water vapor spread out, forming a white mist that enveloped the surroundings.

On top of the dragon's head, Yukikaze wanted to repeat the same trick, forming hand seals to use the 'Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique' to obscure Seimei's vision.

However, at this moment, a subtle sound of something breaking through the air came.

Followed by an intense sense of crisis.

Almost without any hesitation, Yukikaze instinctively ducked, avoiding the attack of the wind blade.

That's right, it was a wind blade.

Just now, Seimei seized the opportunity when Yukikaze wanted to use a technique and took the chance to use the ninjutsu - Wind Release: Wind Blade!

Unfortunately, his 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' was only at lv6 (3405/10000) and hadn't reached the perfect state of lv7.

Therefore, neither the casting speed nor the movement after the ninjutsu was used reached the best effect.

Otherwise, even if Yukikaze reacted quickly and had a strong sense of crisis, he would probably be in trouble now.

"What a pity."

Muttering again, Seimei withdrew his hands.

However, while he was feeling regretful, Yukikaze was scared out of his wits. If he hadn't instinctively ducked just now, he would probably be headless now.

Thinking of this, Yukikaze couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

Immediately, he controlled the ice dragon, swung its sharp claws, and fiercely grabbed towards Seimei.

The ice dragon was huge, and its movements seemed slow, but in reality, they were very swift.

Below, Seimei only felt a gust of wind hit his face, and the giant dragon claws arrived in front of him.

At the critical moment, a cyan light appeared on Seimei's body, and he used 'Instant Sword Technique', disappearing from his original spot.

Bang~

The dragon claw slapped on the ice surface, instantly shattering it. A large number of ice crystal fragments splashed out like bullets, shooting in all directions.

Clang clang clang~

Seimei's long knife waved continuously, blocking all the attacks from the ice crystal fragments.

However, the next moment, a whistling wind sound came. Seimei turned his head and saw the giant dragon tail swinging towards him like an ice wall.

Seimei didn't dare to confront it head-on and could only dodge.

However, Yukikaze was relentless and continued to control the ice dragon to attack.

For a time, Seimei was like an ant at the foot of an elephant, being chased around everywhere.

This was the advantage of a huge body. No matter how fancy your moves were, others could break them with brute force.

(End of this chapter)