My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 078

The group arrived at the mountain pass, ready to set up an ambush.

Watching the enemy’s slow advance, you suddenly felt something was wrong. You yelled, “Conceal!” activated your Sharingan, drew your bow, and shot an arrow backward.

Puchi!

The arrow pierced the rock wall, and a ninja wearing an Iwa-nin forehead protector shrieked, dispelling his camouflage. Then, his entire body burst into flames.

Clearly, you had walked into an Iwa-nin ambush!

The intelligence was wrong; the roles of hunter and prey instantly reversed!

However, you were the only sensory ninja in your team!

Fortunately, you weren’t without a countermeasure. You simply abandoned the plan to ambush the Suna-nin, directly ordering the Earth Release ninjas to build defenses. Meanwhile, you coordinated with two Wind Release ninjas, using Wind Release to enhance your Great Fire Dragon Technique.

Five fire dragons, amplified by Wind Release, became incredibly massive, soaring high into the sky and assaulting the rocky mountain where the Iwa-nin were hidden from all directions. This wide-ranging attack caused a massive explosion, leaving the Iwa-nin hidden within the rocks nowhere to hide, instantly exposing all of them!

But clearly, these individuals had good Earth Release mastery. They covered their bodies with Earth Release, so even when facing your Fire Release attack, they only suffered minor scrapes and concussions.

The Iwa-nin then split into two groups: one went underground, and the other charged directly at you.

Wind Release: Shuriken!

However, at this moment, you had already prepared your next ninjutsu. Three rapidly spinning shuriken, imbued with Wind Release, flew straight towards several Iwa-nin.

Wind Release is sharp; even Earth Release cannot withstand it head-on!

The Iwa-nin used Body Flicker to dodge, flashing a meter away. Unexpectedly, you then activated the Fire Release nature transformation hidden within the shuriken.

Wind aids fire!

The Wind Release on the outside of the shuriken immediately transformed into Fire Release with cutting properties, instantly doubling its killing radius. Several Iwa-nin who had just escaped danger were instantly bisected at the waist, flames igniting on their wounds. Even the most skilled medical ninjas couldn’t save them!

At this moment, the Iwa-nin who chose to go underground took the opportunity to get close to you. The Root ninja responsible for reconnaissance was the first to have his ankle grabbed, and then countless rock spikes burst from the ground. You quickly dodged.

However, you lost a teammate. Unwilling to accept defeat, you activated your Sharingan while dodging. With your exceptional dynamic vision, you drew your bow, aimed at an Iwa-nin underground, and shot another arrow imbued with Fire Release. Then—

Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!

Under the amplification of Wind Release, even the Iwa-nin hiding several meters underground were pierced through the body by your arrow, then incinerated.

On the other side, the remaining three Root ninjas you brought gathered together, standing on a platform temporarily constructed by the Earth Release ninja to prevent further surprise attacks from the ground. At the same time, they used Wind Release to contend with the two Iwa-nin who had pursued them.

At this moment, you felt a tremendous force from behind. Although your Sharingan didn’t detect it, your Root training gave you a strong intuition. Before you could even stand firm, you used Body Flicker again to evade.

A burly Iwa-nin appeared beside you, his fist, as large as a sandbag, still radiating heat from friction with the air. If you hadn’t dodged in time, your small frame wouldn’t have withstood a single blow.

You quickly grabbed a handful of shuriken and scattered them at him. However, the burly Iwa-nin waved his large hand, blocking all the shuriken. Even when you activated the Fire Release nature transformation hidden within them, it only caused a slight stinging sensation to this rock-skinned fellow.

Immediately after, this person charged at you like a wild bull. Fortunately, he failed to see your intention. You, far from dodging, turned your back, drew your bow, and aimed at two Iwa-nin who were being held up by the other three Root ninjas.

Puchi! Puchi!

Two Iwa-nin died on the spot. At this point, you quickly drew your chakra-infused alloy short sword, heated it until it glowed white, and fiercely stabbed it at the Iwa-nin who was about to collide with you.

The Iwa-nin couldn’t dodge in time, and it looked like his head was about to be punctured—

But at this moment, an almost imperceptible Wind Release, like a blade, lightly grazed your chest.

It’s the Suna-nin!

Fortunately, you saw through the transparent Wind Release with your Sharingan and quickly dodged.

However, you missed the perfect opportunity to kill this leading Iwa-nin. You could only risk grazing the edge of the wind blade with a slash, directly severing half of the Iwa-nin’s hand!

Bang!

The Iwa-nin cried out in pain and quickly punched you back. You couldn’t dodge in time and had to forcefully block it with your Iron Skin, but you were still knocked down the cliff by the immense force, forcibly adhering yourself to the steep cliff face with chakra.

“Baki! You’ve crossed the line!”

“Heh, I didn’t expect it to be just an unknown nobody. Danzo, that old man, is really cautious. However, your Iwa Village is getting worse and worse!”

Hearing this, you and your team immediately realized that your movements had been exposed in advance. In fact, these two groups were part of a plan to lure you here with the purpose of killing you. You never expected that Root’s intelligence would one day be used against them!

“You hold him off!”

You made a decisive decision, ordering the three Root ninjas who had dealt with their opponents to attack the injured Iwa-nin, while you drew an arrow and aimed it at Baki below.

Baki easily dodged your arrow.

Explode!

The arrow instantly melted into scalding hot water, exploding in mid-air and igniting a parked carriage nearby.

Using the bright light from the explosion as cover, you jumped off the rock wall.

For a Wind Release ninja like Baki, even though your Fire Release countered him, Fire Release excelled at area damage, not the inherent cutting and long-range attack properties of Wind Release. This was a weakness you couldn’t compensate for, even with mastery of Fire Release nature transformation.

Furthermore, your Sharingan wasn’t a Byakugan. While your bow and arrows might have an advantage against users of other ninjutsu, they were ineffective against Wind Release!

Therefore, to regain the advantage, you had to close the distance between yourself and your opponent!

Unexpectedly, your opponent had already prepared for this. The moment you landed, countless poisoned needles burst out from the loose sand, giving you no chance to dodge. You could only imbue your body with Fire Release and swing your ninja blade to block as many as possible.

It’s a puppet technique!

You widened your eyes. Deep underground, several chakra threads as fine as hair were constantly moving, manipulating the puppet used to release the poisoned needles.

Although your swordsmanship was not low and you blocked almost all the poisoned needles, a few still pierced through the gaps and entered your body!

This poison caused muscle paralysis. You could still endure low doses for a short time, but the poisoned needles hidden underground were endless. If this continued, you would surely die from exhaustion.

You made a decisive decision, quickly tapping your toes on the ground, leaping high before the next volley, buying yourself time. At the same time, you formed a hand sign with one hand, spitting out three consecutive flame bullets to counteract Baki’s Wind Release.

Seeing that you had bought time, you ripped off your ninja tool pouch.

Iron Skin!

Melt them for me!

In an instant, scorching heat was released from your hands, incinerating all non-metallic debris in the ninja tool pouch. But at the same time, it also melted all the shuriken, kunai, and other ninja tools into viscous molten iron…