[Killed an Iwa Chunin, First Generation Nitrogen Release: Water Dragon Nitrogen lv1 proficiency +9]
[Killed an Iwa Jonin, First Generation Nitrogen Release: Water Dragon Nitrogen lv1 proficiency +18]
[Killed an Iwa Chunin, Second Generation Nitrogen Release: Water Dragon Nitrogen lv1 proficiency +11]
[Killed an Iwa Chunin, First Generation Nitrogen Release: Water Dragon Nitrogen lv2 proficiency +6]
...
Not long after the four reunited.
The battle belonging to Yuto Souta had also reached its final stage.
Calling it a battle might not be entirely accurate.
For Yuto Souta, it felt more like a process of identifying and fixing flaws.
His Sharingan had copied a large number of Iwa's Earth Release ninjutsu.
But he didn't rush to familiarize himself with them. Instead, he stubbornly used every version of his Water Dragon Nitrogen...
Yes, Water Dragon Nitrogen.
The First Hokage's Water Dragon Nitrogen was a simple combination of liquid nitrogen and Water Release, using the extreme cold of liquid nitrogen to directly transform the water dragon into an ice dragon!
Double the chakra consumption, combined seals from two sets of ninjutsu, and amplified by the power-doubling effect of a ninjutsu master—it resulted in astonishing destructive force!
Then there was the Second Hokage's Water Dragon Nitrogen, designed for long-range attacks.
Here, Yuto Souta utilized the chakra compression method of the Flame Dragon Ray and borrowed the form of the Earth Dragon Bullet's earth-spitting technique. It retained the ice dragon's hardness while changing the attack mode to spewing ice spikes from its mouth!
At this moment.
Yuto Souta still stood in place, an ice dragon hovering above his head, its gaping maw open as if ready to unleash ice spikes at any moment!
It had almost become a habit...
No matter how the wind or banners moved around him, the scientist-mage's position never shifted!
However, his face couldn't help but look somewhat pale...
The dizziness from excessive chakra consumption had begun to disrupt his absolute calm. Now, he couldn't even bear to spare the chakra for a single-tomoe Sharingan.
The 400+ research points in his attribute panel remained untouched.
Those were his savings for completing the main mission—his "wife fund"—and unless it was absolutely necessary, he wouldn't use them.
And clearly, it hadn't reached that point yet.
"Kid... I have to say, you've really surprised me."
The Iwa Jonin, Kuraken, still stood atop the Earth Core he had created at the start. His condition wasn't great either... His left arm hung limply, broken from underestimating Yuto Souta early on and getting smashed by the ice dragon.
The battle that followed had far exceeded his expectations...
This Konoha kid, facing over a hundred enemies, had somehow maintained an offensive stance the entire time!
He even held absolute dominance!
The ice dragon's impact was so overwhelming that the Earth Flow Wall, conjured by four or five people together, crumbled like paper. And when the wall was breached, the ice dragon hovering above the boy would follow up with more ice spikes...
The entire unit had suffered heavy losses. The casualties were temporarily uncountable, but those still standing numbered fewer than twenty!
Far more were either critically injured and unable to fight or had already stopped breathing!
If it weren't for the kid's attack frequency slowing down, to the point where he couldn't even sustain his Sharingan, Kuraken might have started suspecting this kid was the Fourth Mizukage of the Mist Village in disguise...
Or perhaps it was one of Konoha's powerhouses using a transformation technique to deceive him!
That was indeed a possibility!
After all, so far, their attacks hadn't even left a scratch on the kid, let alone breached that ice dragon...
And this kid's combat awareness was astonishingly sharp.
Every ninja's attack patterns and trajectories couldn't escape those Sharingan eyes. Often, before a ninjutsu could even be cast, they'd be forced to abandon it due to the incoming ice dragon or ice spikes!
Shuriken, kunai, and even explosive tags couldn't deal irreparable damage to the ice dragon guarding the boy.
Maintaining such a powerful ninjutsu typically required massive chakra consumption, yet the boy's chakra seemed bottomless.
But fortunately, the boy was finally showing signs of exhaustion...
"Maintaining that technique above your head has nearly drained all your chakra, hasn't it?"
Kuraken continued speaking, subtly making a hand gesture.
A signal to prepare an attack!
At this point, he had abandoned any thought of capturing the kid alive.
No more could die...
The main battlefield was already in full swing, and Iwa couldn't afford to send more reinforcements while guarding against the ever-looming threat of Konoha's White Fang!
And compared to that, this kid posed an even greater danger to Iwa's future!
He knew exactly what those higher-ups were like.
If they captured this kid alive, they'd negotiate with Konoha for some petty benefits and then safely release him...
That would create a second Konoha White Fang!
"There's no point in fighting any longer. You've achieved your goal. Your two companions are probably back home with their parents by now..."
Kuraken kept talking, attempting to break the boy's mental defenses with words.
But what answered him was Yuto Souta's hand speed—diminished from its peak but still lightning-fast.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
It was a simple technique.
A puff of white smoke appeared, and an identical Yuto Souta materialized beside him.
But this simple action made Kuraken instantly feel as if he were facing a formidable enemy!
"Attack!"
In his heightened tension, Kuraken finally revealed his hand!
Several Iwa ninjas understood immediately. The pent-up rage from being forced into constant defense erupted all at once. In an instant, some Iwa ninjas formed seals, while others hurled shuriken, kunai, and explosive tags. A barrage of attacks surged toward Yuto Souta!
At that moment.
Yuto Souta's real body raised an eyebrow, cutting off the chakra supply to the Second Generation Water Dragon Nitrogen above him. With a light tap of his finger forward...
The Second Generation Water Dragon Nitrogen, now without chakra control, was little different from the First Generation version.
With a roar, it charged straight ahead!
Boom!!!
The sounds of explosive tags, the ice dragon's collision, and various Earth Release ninjutsu echoed.
Ice shards scattered, dust flew, and the remaining Iwa ninjas' first counterattack was ultimately blocked by the ice dragon.
Kuraken wasn't disappointed—on the contrary, he grew even more excited!
"Keep attacking! His chakra's run out!"
"No need to take him alive! Kill him directly!"
Kuraken's command carried the confidence of victory...
If Yuto Souta weren't just a kid who barely reached his chest, onlookers might have thought he'd just won some grueling battle!
The Iwa ninjas immediately began preparing their second wave of attacks.
However, from within the mist of ice shards and dust, the boy's voice rang out once more.
It was the combined voices of both his real body and shadow clone.
"Water Release! Water Dragon Bullet!"
"Lightning Release! Earth Walk!"
"Hydrogen Release! Ambassador of Nuclear Peace!"
--- Translator Note ---
Read 30+ Advanced Chapters on my Patre on!
This novel has 2 daily chapters being translated and released every day on Patre on!
Patre on.com/MyKitty