Chapter 345: Instant Body Explosion
As Haruno Sakura's chakra circulated rapidly, countless ice clones were created by her, leaping down from the sky and diving towards the enemies on the ground!
In the field of vision of the First Elder and the others on the ground, they saw hundreds and thousands of clones rushing towards them, covering the entire sky!
Overwhelming.
At this moment, they finally understood the true meaning of this word!
"There are many..." The First Elder frowned and then relaxed, snorting disdainfully. "But no matter how many clones there are, it's meaningless!"
Looking at the girl's posture and the extent of chakra usage, he thought it was some amazing ninjutsu! It turned out to be just clones. It seemed that such a young ninja, no matter how much chakra she had and how well she used ninjutsu, was just a genius ninja created by training behind closed doors. In fact, she hadn't undergone much actual combat training and seriously lacked combat experience...
Most of the ninja on the field breathed a sigh of relief, forming hand seals quickly. Then, various ninjutsu in the form of water shark bullets, water dragons, stone pillar spears, wind blades, wind balls, etc., rushed into the sky to meet the diving clones.
Even Mei Terumī was a little confused, but she believed that Haruno Sakura had her own ideas. As a Kage-level ninja, Sakura shouldn't make such a low-level mistake!
Mei Terumī looked over with expectant eyes, and the ice clones did not disappoint her. The subsequent actions quickly surprised everyone else present!
The clones formed hand seals, and before the incoming ninjutsu could reach them, they disappeared from the air with a swish, and when they reappeared, they had already landed on the ice surface!
"Body Flicker Technique?" The First Elder was shocked and his eyes widened. He saw a spatial ripple spread in front of him, and several faceless legion clones appeared in front of him!
Ice clones infused with the nature transformation of Yin Release could use the Ice Style Body Flicker Technique. This was the second time Haruno Sakura had used this ninjutsu against an enemy.
Although the speed of the Body Flicker was far less agile than the main body, it was enough to dodge ninjutsu and approach the enemy.
The moment the ice clones landed.
"Protect the First Elder!" Two masked ninja shouted in surprise, reacting extremely quickly. Seeing the clones land, they rushed over, waving their long swords.
Swish! The silver sword light appeared suddenly. The clones had not yet stabilized their footing and had no way to dodge. They could only watch helplessly as the long swords pierced into their chests!
The long swords pierced through their bodies. Under this fatal blow, the clones crackled and started to change back into ice blocks from the chest. Before the two ninja could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the clones reveal a last strange smile—
"Ice Clone Explosion Technique!"
The explosion at close range completely enveloped the First Elder and his two subordinates!
The moment the clone self-destructed, the ice blocks composing its body would crack into about a thousand sharp and hard fragments, shooting out with the violent explosion. The sharp ice prisms splashed at super-high speeds several times the speed of sound, piercing countless blood holes in all targets encountered!
The power of this explosion was several times stronger than the normal Shadow Clone Explosion Technique; even Orochimaru had once been covered in dirt and almost lost his life by thousands of such chain explosions!
The two ninja protecting the First Elder were covered in ice prisms. They swayed a few times and fell down dejected. Only the old man behind them escaped this disaster relying on his Hydrification Secret Technique.
"They can flicker and explode, careful—!" A Mist ninja saw this and hurriedly shouted to the surroundings!
However, his warning was too late.
The ice clones began to flicker and land next to the enemies on the ice layer one after another, and then—
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!!
Explosions began to ring out continuously on the field!
This was a ninjutsu combining ice clones with the Cold Frost Ice Funeral, a sister technique to the Mutually Multiplying Ice Clone Technique!
Amidst the roar, sound waves and smoke quickly filled the entire battlefield, cutting off Haruno Sakura's line of sight. Only the flashes of explosions rising one after another in the thick smoke below could be seen.
Endless explosions, although not concentrated on one point like when dealing with Orochimaru, were still magnificent and earth-shaking. Even the ground shook continuously in the explosion, screaming non-stop, which was extremely amazing!
Not to mention the Mist ninja facing the explosions directly, even Mei Terumī standing beside the girl felt shocked in her heart!
Clones can actually play so many tricks... Mei Terumī had never heard of this! She was awestruck. Has the development of ninjutsu in the outside world reached such a level? The Mist is already behind the times. Indeed, closing the country and isolating from the outside world is a dead end!
Haruno Sakura urged the clones to explode with chakra while carefully observing the scene of the battlefield.
She could sense the chakra fluctuations of defensive ninjutsu from time to time. The ninja who were thrown into confusion by the explosion, and a few elite ninja who dodged the first wave of clone self-detonation relying on various life-saving secret techniques or extremely fast reactions and high strength, then used defensive ninjutsu like Water Formation Wall and Earth Style Wall to block the explosion, protecting the companions beside them, and slowly stabilized.
The scattered clones could no longer achieve more results, so Sakura manipulated them to gather into groups, killing wave after wave towards the enemies who had stabilized their formation and prepared defenses. After exhausting the clones and achieving the last few results, the explosions gradually subsided.
After the smoke cleared, the battlefield was a mess.
Broken limbs and bones, fragments and ice slag were scattered all over the ground. Dark red blood gathered into puddles, merged into streams, and began to flow everywhere.
The rebels suffered heavy casualties.
The enemies on the ice layer were almost completely wiped out. Only the First Elder and another ninja who had mastered the Hydrification Secret Technique could still stand up.
However, outside the range of the Cold Frost Ice Funeral, because the ice clones could not flicker over, the enemy had sufficient reaction time to establish defenses, so the number of enemies killed was much less.
Defensive ninjutsu used jointly by a dozen people were difficult to pry open even with chain clone explosions. When the ice clones couldn't get close, the efficiency of killing enemies was much worse; of course, as long as one clone could get close, the chain of mutually multiplying flickers could pull a pile of clones over in a short time, drowning the enemy in an ocean of clones!
The rebels, who were originally numerous and powerful, had now completely thinned out.
The First Elder recovered from his liquefied state, glanced at the scattered companions standing around, and the pieces of corpses bleeding into rivers on the ground. His eyes were splitting with rage, and the muscles on his face twitched constantly. Overwhelmed by anger and fear, he couldn't speak for a moment!
"It seems you have failed, First Elder!" The girl's voice came from overhead. The First Elder looked towards the sound. Haruno Sakura stood high on the shoulder of the Ice Golem, her expression indifferent, her pale pink lips moving gently, speaking faintly.
His mind went blank for a while, just staring blankly at those two distinct thin lips opening and closing, but not realizing what she was saying. His heart was cold, as if falling into an ice cave.
It was unimaginable that the enemy had such ninjutsu.
To be beaten so miserably by a single blow!
"...So, are you going to resist to the end?" When the First Elder reacted, the girl had already said the last sentence; however, no one on the field responded, and her persuasion to surrender returned without success.
The ninja who could still stand on the field at this moment were all highly skilled people, mostly Jonin. They were either clansmen of the Suikazan line or had been won over by the First Elder with benefits and beliefs, closely united. Many people had even grown up relying on the ninjutsu scrolls and guidance provided by the Suikazan clan, so even at this time, no one was willing to surrender to the Mizukage faction.
What's more—
The First Elder hadn't given up yet.
Although the rebels suffered heavy casualties, since the twenty or thirty survivors were mostly Jonin, mainly elites, the loss of combat power was not as serious as it looked, and they still had the strength to fight.
The First Elder came back to his senses. After all, he had experienced a lot and would not easily despair. Thinking of this, he immediately lifted his spirits, waved his arm and shouted, "We still have a chance, everyone don't give up!"
"Still stubbornly resisting?" Mei Terumī shook her head and exchanged a glance with Haruno Sakura. The pink-haired girl just sneered and made no comment.
This was their last struggle!
But it had to be said that after the cannon fodder died, the efficiency of the rebels became much higher. Their movements were more agile and harder to catch.
Mei Terumī sprayed a Melting Apparition Technique down, but it didn't splash many people; then, after Haruno Sakura's Wind Blade Raging Stream killed one person, the rest scattered like birds and beasts, achieving no more results.
The combined attack of the two, if it had been just now, would have killed at least several enemies.
"Really slippery!" Sakura frowned slightly, waving the water line with her index finger, chasing a fleeing ninja; the latter dashed left and right with legendary serpentine movements, extremely agile. The silver water blade chased for several seconds before cutting him down.
It felt a bit like playing Whac-A-Mole; it's just that ninja were much more agile than moles!
The girl twirled her slender finger, circling it on the ground, and slashed through the body of a slightly slower ninja on the field. The latter disappeared with a bang into a puff of smoke. It was actually a clone!
When Sakura wanted to find a third target, thick fog had already emerged, covering the battlefield and cutting off the line of sight; the Hidden Mist Jutsu achieved a miraculous effect. Sakura and Mei Terumī's ninjutsu attacks couldn't find a target and could only stop.
However, this move was also easy to crack.
Haruno Sakura reacted extremely quickly, immediately stopping the Wind Blade Raging Stream, and almost reflexively switched to casting Wind Style ninjutsu:
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
The fierce wind gushed out instantly, roaring and howling like a ferocious beast, emitting a low woo-woo whistle, sweeping away the thick fog, revealing the content hidden under the fog layer as if lifting a heavy carpet.
Hidden in the mist were continuous ninjutsu and ninja tools, densely packed, bypassing the Ice Golem's arm interception, attacking like raindrops!
"As expected..."
Using mist to block the line of sight and then waiting for an opportunity to attack was the forte of Mist ninja. As the Mizukage, Mei Terumī naturally knew their plan well.
"Water Style: Water Formation Wall!"
She had expected this, using the long-brewed Water Style, spraying a huge amount of clear water from her mouth, turning into a thick water wall to barely block their counterattack.
The remaining few darts and Fūma Shuriken that slipped through the net drew a large arc in the air. Although they bypassed the water wall, their movements were too slow and were easily dodged by the two.
However, these attacks by the Mist ninja were just feints to attract attention...
The moment Haruno Sakura bent down to dodge the Fūma Shuriken.
The fastest ninja among the rebels jumped up from the giant's back and appeared behind the girl!
"Die!"
He shouted angrily and rushed up!
This person's figure was as swift as an arrow leaving the string, so fast that only an afterimage could be seen!
Greeting him, however, were Haruno Sakura's light green eyes, calm as an ancient well without ripples.
"Too slow."
The girl opened her lips slightly and said faintly.
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