Seeing that Pakura had fainted due to her severe injuries, Uchiha Yuan walked over and quickly tapped several points on her body with his fingers.
Almost immediately, several of Pakura's wounds began to stop bleeding.
At that moment, the leader of the Kirigakure shinobi gave a subtle signal with his eyes to one of his subordinates.
The next instant—
A Mist ninja flashed forward and appeared directly above Yuan.
Gripping his blade with both hands, he unleashed a thunder-fast downward slash.
The Mist leader showed a smug smile.
But in the next moment—
His smile froze.
Facing the sudden attack, Yuan simply raised his hand casually and caught the descending blade between two fingers.
Then—
His fingers flicked forward several times in rapid succession.
Each strike landed precisely on the blade.
CRACK!
The sword shattered instantly.
At the same time, the Mist ninja who launched the attack was thrown backward.
His body trembled repeatedly as if struck by invisible waves.
The powerful force traveled through the blade like layer upon layer of crashing tides.
"What exquisite taijutsu technique."
The Mist leader praised coldly as he stared at Yuan.
Then his expression turned ferocious.
"In that case, you'll be even more valuable as a prize."
"Hahaha—capturing an Uchiha will surely make the village very pleased."
"You people on the eastern border of the Land of Fire have caused us quite a lot of trouble."
Yuan waved his hand dismissively.
"You talk too much."
"Come on."
"Let me see what the shinobi of Kirigakure can do."
"Hmph. Brat."
"You're just as arrogant as the rest of those Uchiha."
The Mist leader narrowed his eyes.
A murderous glint flashed within them.
The next moment—
A violent killing intent exploded.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three figures suddenly appeared around Yuan.
Cold flashes of steel erupted as three blades slashed toward him from three different directions.
Yuan's steps shifted lightly.
His body swayed slightly as two blades barely brushed past him.
At the same time—
He raised two fingers and caught the third blade that descended from above.
Then he launched a lightning-fast triple kick.
BOOM!
The three Mist shinobi were blasted away like cannonballs.
"You're far too slow."
Yuan said proudly.
"In front of these eyes of mine."
"Don't underestimate Kirigakure!"
The Mist leader quickly formed hand seals.
"Water Release: Continuous Water Bullet!"
Violent chakra erupted.
One water sphere after another shot toward Yuan like artillery shells.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions echoed continuously.
Yet Yuan remained standing calmly in place.
Using his right hand like a blade, he swung forward.
Each water sphere was instantly shattered as it approached him.
Then—
Behind Yuan, another Mist ninja suddenly appeared.
His hands rapidly formed seals.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
A gigantic water dragon more than thirty meters long roared into existence and charged toward Yuan.
Yuan knocked aside another water sphere with a palm strike.
Then he leapt upward.
With a graceful backward flip in midair—
He narrowly avoided the roaring water dragon.
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