Chapter 72: Shakuton no Pakura

Ninjas are very fast.

Especially when they are all Elites.

In a matter of moments, the Sunagakure ninja had chased Yeruashi for several kilometers.

Aside from the leader, Pakura, and a few other Jounins who had slightly closed the distance between them and Yeruashi, the rest of the squad had fallen behind.

"This is no ordinary ninja..."

Pakura frowned.

This speed was not something an ordinary ninja could possess... although it was unclear which village he belonged to, but he most likely held the rank of Jounin!

The situation would be somewhat worrisome if his whereabouts were detected by a Jounin of unknown origin, even if the other party was from Amegakure, it was likely that they would pass the information to Konoha and ruin their plans to ambush the Konoha camp.

"The rear troops stop and rest here!"

"Yoshiki, Munai.... You will continue the pursuit with me!"

A light shone in Pakura's eyes and he gave an order in a solemn voice.

If Yeruashi was a Jounin, then it would be too foolish to continue chasing him with a large squad, on the other hand, the movement of such a large group of people could easily attract attention, and once they were discovered by other ninja, or if Yeruashi rushed into some village, then the possibility of his location being known by others would increase.

Therefore, the best strategy would be to pursue him with the Jounins of his squad, which will significantly reduce the probability of exposure.

"Yes!"

A Jounin nodded and immediately passed the order to the ninja squad, and the ninjas in the rear gradually stopped.

For their part, Pakura, as well as Yoshiki and the others, continued their pursuit toward Yeruashi

Whoosh! Whoosh!!!!

As the chase continued, the distance between Pakura's team and Yeruashi gradually closed until, after they had gotten close enough, a cold glint shone in the eyes of a ninja from Pakura's team and he cast a ninjutsu.

"That's enough distance!"

"Earth Jutsu: Earth Shaking!" (Doton: Tochi no Kakuhan)

He quickly performed the hand seals and placed his hand on the ground.

Usually, the wet weather of the Rain Country reduces the effectiveness of earth Jutsu, but there are exceptions such as ninjutsu that create huge currents of moving earth, Such an environment, on the contrary, will increase its power and range!

After releasing the Jutsu, a large area of ground in front of him shook like a carpet, and Yeruashi immediately tried to stabilize his position, which caused his speed to slow down drastically.

"Die!"

The other Sunagakure ninja without hesitation rushed forward and quickly swung his short sword, about to pierce Yeruashi's back.

Whoosh!

Yeruashi, who had lost his balance due to the ground wave, tried to dodge this attack at the last moment, but his body was still cut by the sword from his left shoulder to his right abdomen, splitting him in half.

But instead of blood coming out, Yeruashi's body that was cut in two dissipated in a small cloud of smoke.

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!

"To your right!"

A warning from his partner came from behind.

Without hesitation, the Sunagakure ninja swung the short sword sharply to the right and, in the next instant, collided with the Kusanagi sword Yeruashi held in his right hand.

Klang!

There was a loud metal collision sound as Yeruashi's figure recoiled.

"I'm used to using a short sword, so it's a bit awkward to use the Kusanagi sword, besides, this one looks like it can't be extended or shortened..."

Yeruashi looked at the Kusanagi Sword and formed a seal with his left hand, and the sound of a thousand bird songs appeared as lightning intertwined on the Kusanagi sword.

Whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!!!!

Almost at the same time, three figures rushed towards Yeruashi, pinning him from three directions, all of them without using ninjutsu, clearly intending to take advantage of having more people to directly attack Yeruashi with Taijutsu to avoid accidental injury.

"Die!"

The eyes of the three ninjas glowed with flashes of cold light.

When Yeruashi was pinned down from three directions and seemed destined to receive a heavy blow, an ephemeral gold watch appeared in the back of his eyes, and in the next instant, his figure moved with great speed and stepped out of the encirclement, deftly dodging the blows.

Immediately after.

A silvery glow enveloped his body, accompanied by slight electric arcs, and a strong and violent fluctuation of chakra surged from Yeruashi's body, causing the faces of Pakura and the other Jounins of Sunagakure to change.

"This chakra... Who are you!"

Pakura looked cautiously at Yeruashi.

Such powerful chakra fluctuations, not much weaker than hers, definitely not an ordinary, unknown Jounin, but Pakura didn't recognize Yeruashi, besides, he's too young!

"Jounin of Konoha."

Yeruashi casually replied, and when his words finished, his figure turned into a flash of silver light and disappeared in an instant, heading towards one of the Sunagakure Jounin who had attacked him earlier.

The Jounin's expression changed drastically, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, He couldn't have expected that Yeruashi, who they were able to catch up to and even surround, would show such terrifying speed!

"...It's too late!"

Given this speed and distance, it was too late to use substitution or blink, he could only pour chakra into the kunai and swing it sharply, hitting the silver flash.

Being the Jounin of Sunagakure, his hurried movements were made at full speed.

But.

From Yeruashi's point of view, that in a state of four times the acceleration of time, this movement seemed extremely slow, he could clearly see the trajectory of the Sunagakure Jounin's kunai movement.

The ability to accelerate the flow of time affects not only the physical speed, but affects absolutely all processes occurring in the body, whether it is consciousness or vision, all of this falls into the state of acceleration, which means that from Yeruashi's point of view, the surrounding world slows down four times!

What is this concept?

Even between Jounin and Chuunin, there is no such gap.

Why is it difficult for even a Jounin to block even one of Yeruashi's attacks, and can only rely on the most basic techniques for evasion to barely save his life? Because there is a gap not only in pure speed, but in the speed of the passage of time, it can be said that at this moment, they see the world from different points of view!

Whoosh!!!

A silver light shone.

The Sunagakure Jounin's face abruptly froze, terror and disbelief flashed in his eyes, unable to foresee such a situation.

He, a Jounin from one of the Great Ninja Towns, couldn't even withstand a single blow in the face of the other party's speed!

"Yoshiki!"

The ninjas nearby exclaimed in shock.

They saw Yeruashi's figure glow with a blurry, silvery light, and in the next instant, Yoshiki's figure froze motionless in place and split in two, splattering blood everywhere.!

"Damn!"

"He.... He did it on purpose!"

Pakura narrowed his eyes and exclaimed as he watched the scene.

Looking at this speed, they shouldn't have a chance to catch up to this guy, there's only one reason why he did it.... The other party deliberately allowed this to happen!

"Element Burn: Extremely Smoky Murder!" (Shakuton: Kajōsatsu)

He did not hesitate to use his signature technique, his Kekkei Genkai: Shakuton, born by the fusion of the chakra elements of Fire and Wind!

Seeing this scene, Yeruashi, who was bathed in silver light, tilted his head slightly and said, "Ah, that's why it seemed a bit familiar from the beginning. It turns out that this is a rather well-known person, the Elite Jounin of Sunagakure, Shakuton no Pakura?"