The towering wave crashed down like a heavenly deluge, as if it would wash away everything in its path.
Yet at this very moment, facing the overwhelming wall of water, Yu Ye showed no intention of dodging.
He let the ninja sword hang loosely at his side, while his other hand slowly clenched into a fist.
Then—
He threw a punch straight forward!
"Vibration Release: Unrivaled Monstrous Strength!"
BOOOOM—!!!
In that instant, the entire earth trembled violently, as if heaven and earth had been flipped upside down by a single blow.
Terrifying vibration force erupted outward.
Thick cracks—each as wide as an arm—spread rapidly through the air in all directions, as though the space directly ahead had shattered into a massive spiderweb.
CRASH—!!
Before Yu Ye's berserk vibration force, the massive flood was utterly powerless.
The raging water was smashed apart in a single strike, collapsing completely!
Water exploded across the sky—
yet Yu Ye remained frozen in his punching stance, while the torrents scattered and fell before him.
Not a single drop touched his body.
What a sight.
Yamanaka Hai and Asama Sana felt as if thunder were exploding repeatedly inside their minds.
The next instant, Yu Ye withdrew his fist, his gaze icy as he locked onto the enemies ahead.
With a flash, he crossed the broken floodwaters and burst forward!
At full speed, his body nearly became an afterimage.
The chūnin could barely even track his movements.
Appearing instantly before several Iwagakure shinobi who still wore expressions of shock, Yu Ye said nothing.
The ninja sword in his right hand swept out abruptly.
"Vibration Release: Sky Shatter!"
BOOM—!!
Vibration force erupted, engulfing the Iwa shinobi instantly.
Only one managed to use the Substitution Jutsu in time.
The rest didn't even have a chance to scream—eyes still filled with disbelief as their bodies were shattered into piles of broken bones.
"Impossible!"
"Our combined Water Release was blocked by him?!"
"Is he a Konoha ANBU captain?!"
The remaining chūnin recoiled in horror, faces drained of color.
But in the next instant, Yu Ye flashed again, appearing before them.
Without pause, he brought his blade down once more, vibration force detonating outward.
"Block it!!"
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!!"
The remaining chūnin reacted instantly, unleashing defensive ninjutsu.
RUMBLE—!!
As the ground shook, multiple earthen walls rose at once, merging together into a defensive barrier nearly comparable to an A-rank Earth Release fortress.
Like an unbreakable mountain, it stood firm.
CRACK—!!
Yu Ye's Sky Shatter slammed into the wall, shattering it with violent tremors.
Countless dense cracks spread across its surface.
"D–Did it hold?!"
"Thank goodness…"
The Iwa shinobi behind the wall finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But at that moment—
Yu Ye was already standing directly in front of the cracked barrier.
He spoke no words.
He simply clenched his fist and punched.
"Vibration Release: Unrivaled Monstrous Strength!"
CRACK—!!
The already-fractured Earth-Style Wall exploded into pieces!
Vibration force swept outward in all directions, engulfing the Iwagakure chūnin hiding behind it.
PUFF—!
Their bodies shuddered violently, and all of them spat out blood at once.
Before they could recover, Yu Ye charged forward again—
like a force of nature, another punch slammed down.
BOOOOM—!!!
This time, no one could stop him.
Even though a few desperately managed to activate ninjutsu, they were still swept away by Yu Ye's fist.
Unstoppable.
The ground split apart, massive cracks spreading outward.
Water pooled on the battlefield instantly flowed into the fissures and vanished.
The rain in the sky paused for a brief instant—
Then resumed falling.
But now, far more crimson stained the earth.
Blood bloomed across the ground like flowers—
flowers of hell, soaked in death and terror, bearing no resemblance whatsoever to beauty.
At this point, every single Iwagakure chūnin had been annihilated by Yu Ye.
Completely swept aside.
And all of this—
Happened in mere moments.
From Yu Ye's first sword strike,
to his punch shattering the massive flood,
to blade and fist obliterating the Earth-Style Wall and slaughtering every chūnin—
It took no time at all.
The few Iwagakure jōnin in the distance were still analyzing Yu Ye's identity in stunned confusion—
Only to realize that the battle was already over.
They stood frozen.
Then—
Shock.
Disbelief.
Yu Ye was strong—this much had been clear from the first strike.
But just as they were wondering whether he might be a Konoha ANBU captain—
He had already wiped out their entire force.
What overwhelming power.
Those subordinates had only been chūnin, yes—
but every one of them was an elite.
They had even trained combined techniques specifically to ambush Konoha shinobi.
Yet before Yu Ye, all of it was meaningless.
Crushed like rotten wood.
In an instant.
Even the four jōnin present knew—
they themselves could not have slaughtered over a dozen elite chūnin so effortlessly.
Behind Yu Ye, Yamanaka Hai and Asama Sana were utterly dumbfounded.
They even rubbed their eyes, suspecting they were dreaming.
Looking at Yu Ye's back—
They almost thought they were seeing Hatake Sakumo, captain of Konoha's ANBU.
After annihilating the Iwagakure chūnin, Yu Ye stood untouched—
not a single drop of blood on him.
A faint yet unmistakable aura of invincibility radiated from his body.
"This guy… is strong."
"So we really did hook a big fish."
"But isn't this fish a little too big?"
"It's fine. He's alone."
There were four Iwagakure jōnin.
And clearly, one stood above the rest.
The leader was undoubtedly an elite jōnin, possibly even quasi–Kage level, someone with forbidden techniques, secret arts, or a kekkei genkai.
Having just slaughtered over a dozen chūnin, Yu Ye now faced four jōnin head-on.
Behind the ANBU mask, his expression remained unchanged.
Calm.
Only a cold killing intent flickered in his eyes.
On a battlefield like this, words were meaningless.
He was a Konoha shinobi.
They were Iwagakure shinobi.
No matter grudges or reasons—
Once they met, they were enemies to the death.
No compromise.
No retreat.
The battle—
Exploded anew.
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