"Kid, your Body Flicker Technique is fast, even faster than my Body Flicker Technique using Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate my cells! How do you do it?" the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja asked with interest.
Uchiha En had no intention of answering; he was pondering how to deal with the enemy before him.
This was the first time Uchiha En had directly encountered a Jonin on the battlefield.
Uchiha En could now easily kill a Chunin with his teleportation speed advantage, but he had to be extremely vigilant when facing a Jonin.
Because Jonin are completely different from Chunin; if Chunin are the main fighting force of a Ninja village, Jonin are the backbone of the village, and no Jonin should be underestimated.
To be honest, based on Uchiha En's assessment of his own strength, he shouldn't be strong enough to defeat a Jonin yet.
So, the best strategy now was to stall this Jonin until Aburame Shibi was free.
Seeing Uchiha En remain silent, the Kirigakure Anbu didn't ask a second time. Clearly, he didn't want to waste time, as his comrade was almost defeated by Aburame Shibi, and he needed to quickly deal with Uchiha En and go help.
The Kirigakure Anbu Ninja quickly formed hand signs, and a ball of lightning condensed into a Lightning Clone.
The Lightning Clone was a Shadow Clone with added lightning nature transformation. When a Lightning Clone was destroyed by an enemy, it could turn into lightning to attack the enemy, causing a paralyzing effect.
Then, the Kirigakure Anbu created a Water Clone.
The two clones and the original body rushed towards Uchiha En together.
Uchiha En wasn't sure what the Kirigakure Anbu intended to do. He hesitated for a moment, choosing to temporarily avoid the direct confrontation, using teleportation to create distance, then formed hand signs: "Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique."
Several fireballs blasted towards the Kirigakure Anbu's Water Clone and Lightning Clone.
Seeing this, the Kirigakure Anbu's main body blocked Uchiha En's attack, while the two clones continued to charge towards Uchiha En.
Uchiha En formed hand signs again, this time for a combined Ninjutsu: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique + Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
With the wind fueling the fire, and Uchiha En injecting a large amount of Chakra into the Great Fireball Technique, a massive fireball directly blasted forward.
The Kirigakure Anbu's Lightning Clone barely managed to dodge the attack with the Body Flicker Technique, but the Water Clone had no time to evade and was directly engulfed by the Great Fireball Technique.
Uchiha En seized the opportunity, teleporting to where the Lightning Clone landed after its Body Flicker Technique, and threw a Kunai with an exploding tag attached at the Lightning Clone.
At the moment the exploding tag detonated, Uchiha En used teleportation again to escape.
The Kirigakure Anbu's Lightning Clone was also dealt with.
Seeing his two clones destroyed, the Kirigakure Anbu recalled Uchiha En's Body Flicker Technique from earlier and asked with a solemn tone, "Kid, you're using Space-Time Ninjutsu, aren't you?"
Uchiha En still didn't speak. Destroying the Kirigakure Anbu's Water Clone and Lightning Clone had already consumed a significant amount of his Chakra.
Uchiha En glanced at the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja and the trees in the forest, deciding to attempt one last offensive. If it didn't work, he would use teleportation to buy time until Aburame Shibi finished his opponent.
Uchiha En closed and opened his eyes, activating Insight.
Several weak points on the Kirigakure Anbu's body were exposed in Uchiha En's vision, and Uchiha En also saw the weak points in the trunks of the large trees.
Uchiha En no longer hesitated. He took out some shuriken and threw them at the Kirigakure Anbu from a special angle.
The Kirigakure Anbu was a Jonin after all, so even though Uchiha En's shuriken throwing technique was highly skilled, it was difficult to hit the Kirigakure Jonin. All the shuriken were easily avoided or knocked away by him.
The shuriken he avoided, however, all embedded themselves in the trunks of several nearby large trees.
Many of the large trees' weak points were repeatedly hit by Uchiha En's shuriken, something the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja did not notice.
"You don't think you can defeat me with shuriken, do you?" the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja asked with a hint of mockery.
"Who said shuriken can't? Are you looking down on shuriken?"
No sooner had Uchiha En finished speaking than the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja suddenly heard a strange movement behind him.
He looked back and found that the trunk of a large tree had actually snapped. The tree fell straight down, crashing towards him.
The Kirigakure Anbu frowned and quickly dodged.
But before he could steady himself, Uchiha En's shuriken came again.
The Kirigakure Anbu quickly blocked with his Kunai.
Then, an even stranger scene unfolded: nearby large trees fell one after another. To avoid being crushed, the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja could only continuously dodge, while Uchiha En took advantage of this opportunity to frantically throw shuriken.
Finally, one of Uchiha En's shuriken hit the Kirigakure Anbu's shoulder.
The Kirigakure Anbu immediately felt his arm go numb. The spot where Uchiha En's shuriken hit had been injured the previous year, and this shuriken directly incapacitated one of his arms.
"Damn it! This kid's luck is too good!" the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja grumbled inwardly.
Having lost an arm, the Kirigakure Anbu Ninja no longer wanted to continue fighting Uchiha En. He glanced back at his comrade, who was completely enveloped by Parasitic Insects, and at the Sensing Ninja on the other side, who was entangled by two kids and couldn't break free.
The Kirigakure Anbu Ninja decisively chose to flee. He needed to quickly relay the news of the Konoha Ninja's arrival.
Uchiha En, having finally gained the advantage, naturally wouldn't let him go.
Uchiha En immediately used teleportation to close the distance and threw shuriken again.
The Kirigakure Anbu Ninja used the Body Flicker Technique to avoid Uchiha En's shuriken, then began to stick close to the tree trunks to prevent being hit by Uchiha En's shuriken.
The Kirigakure Anbu Ninja was actually waiting, waiting for Uchiha En to lose patience and rush in front of him.
The Kirigakure Anbu Ninja was confident that even with one arm, his taijutsu was still superior to Uchiha En's.
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