Grind is My Ninja Way

"What? How is that possible?"

Looking at Seimei who leisurely walked out of the ice prison, Yukikaze's face was full of disbelief.

It wasn't that he didn't believe Seimei could break his 'Ice Release: Ice Prison Technique'. As early as when he felt the power of Seimei's 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken', he guessed that his ice prison might not be able to trap the opponent.

He just didn't expect Seimei to leave so easily.

Da da da ~

Seimei stepped on the ice powder all over the floor, walked out of the ice prison area, and then turned his gaze to Yukikaze.

I have to say, the other party is really smart. Knowing that close combat is impossible to be his opponent, so from the beginning did not want to fight him in close quarters, but chose a wide range of attacks and long-range strikes.

Whether it's the previous blizzard and ice dragon, or the later ice thorns and ice prison, or the 'Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique' used to confuse him in the middle.

These all reflect the other party's attempt to defeat him through non-contact combat.

Unfortunately, his idea was good, but he underestimated his strength.

Even though he was trapped by the 'Ice Release: Ice Prison Technique' later, there were actually several ways to escape.

Let's not talk about the Mangekyo Sharingan's pupil technique 'Amenotejikara', using it would definitely allow him to easily leave the ice crystal cage.

In addition to this trump card, things like 'Rasengan' and 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique', as well as 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' all had a certain possibility of doing it.

Don't look at how these methods seemed useless when he tried them just now, but that was just because he didn't want to be trapped for too long.

If it dragged on, the other party might not be able to outlast him.

After all, the biggest role of the 'Ice Release: Ice Prison Technique' is to trap the enemy, not kill the enemy. Killing the enemy mainly relies on the continuously decreasing temperature and the cage gradually being filled with hard ice.

And with his current 16 points of physique, it was enough to support him for a long time.

During this period, he could use a huge amount of chakra to continuously perform fire release ninjutsu and a series of other ninjutsu to attack the ice wall.

These ice walls seemed to be able to repair infinitely, but in reality, they all needed chakra to support them.

In this way, in the end, it would become a chakra consumption battle.

Seimei was 100% sure that the other party's chakra was definitely not as much as his, so he definitely couldn't outlast him.

Even, if the other party's chakra control was not enough, and the chakra that could be output per unit time was average, maybe the repair speed of the ice wall would not be able to keep up with his destruction speed.

In this way, he could come out earlier.

In short, he had many methods he could use, far from the point where the other party thought he had exhausted all his options.

On the contrary, the other party, after this series of chain attacks, probably had no effective means to restrict him anymore.

With this thought, a faint cyan light appeared on Seimei's body surface, and wind chakra escaped, merging him and Kusanagi in his hand into one.

Seeing this familiar scene, Yukikaze immediately thought of the scene where Seimei dodged the ice dragon attack not long ago, and his expression changed slightly.

Immediately, he dodged and left his original spot.

The next moment, Seimei's figure appeared, missing the target.

But this was not important. Seimei did not pause at all, and 'Instant Sword Technique' was used again, chasing after the fleeing Yukikaze.

After half a month of practice, his 'Instant Sword Technique' had already been promoted to lv4, and his movement speed was more than a bit faster than before.

At that time, he could even catch some Jonin off guard with this technique, let alone now.

Even if Yukikaze dodged with all his might, he only dodged three times. On the fourth time, Seimei seized the opportunity.

Whoosh ~

A flash of blade passed by.

Yukikaze raised the kunai in his hand and blocked Seimei's katana that was slashing at his waist.

Ding ~

A crisp metal collision sound rang out.

Kusanagi in Seimei's hand and the opponent's kunai separated as soon as they touched, and then quickly changed angles, slashing diagonally towards the opponent's neck.

Yukikaze reacted quickly and waved the kunai in his hand again, blocking the second attack.

Seimei's expression remained unchanged as he continued to attack, while Yukikaze continued to block.

During this time, Yukikaze didn't dare to look at Kusanagi in his hand, only responding based on feeling and past combat experience.

Obviously, the information about his 'Illusion Sword Technique' had been leaked, otherwise the opponent wouldn't be like this.

Seimei wasn't too surprised by this.

After all, after suffering such a big loss last time, Kirigakure couldn't not have studied him.

And there were many Kirigakure Jonin who had fought him and survived. As long as they submitted the relevant information, other Jonin in Kirigakure could have some mental preparation.

Then, they could respond based on their own situation.

Just like Yukikaze in front of him, he chose not to look.

However, in this way, he could only defend.

However, such defense might be able to cope for a while, but it was absolutely difficult to block Seimei's continuous attacks.

Seimei knew this, so he swung his long sword airtightly, not pursuing to kill the enemy, only to prevent him from having a chance to breathe.

Yukikaze also knew this, so after persisting for two or three minutes, he forcibly broke away from the battle at the cost of injuring his arm.

Looking at Yukikaze who suddenly distanced himself, Seimei didn't hesitate at all and immediately used 'Instant Sword Technique' to catch up.

However, this time Yukikaze didn't run away, but quickly formed hand seals, and finally used 'Ice Substitution' before Seimei's long sword reached him.

Crack ~

A humanoid ice sculpture was shattered by Seimei's sword.

He didn't stay, his eyes shifted, and he locked onto Yukikaze's figure, then his body flashed, and he chased after the opponent again.

Seemingly sensing Seimei's killing intent behind him, Yukikaze gritted his teeth and formed hand seals again. His figure instantly split into two, running towards the left and right sides respectively.

Seeing this, Seimei also didn't hesitate and similarly used the 'Shadow Clone Technique', creating a shadow clone that chased after the person on the left.

And he himself chased after Yukikaze on the right.

As for why he assigned them this way...

It was simple, based on feeling.

Anyway, even the Sharingan couldn't see any difference between these two people, so he could only choose based on feeling.

Unfortunately, his feeling didn't seem to be very accurate.

One minute later.

Looking at the shattered ice on the ground, Seimei shook his head.

When he just caught up with the opponent, he was still a little excited because the opponent didn't disintegrate after taking a few of his attacks.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be an ice clone.

However, speaking of which, the shadow clone created using Ice Release was indeed much stronger than ordinary shadow clones. At the very least, in terms of resistance to blows, it was much stronger than ordinary shadow clones.

"Too bad..."

Shaking his head slightly, Seimei didn't think much about it anymore. He kicked off the sea surface and immediately ran towards the front left.

At this time, Yukikaze's main body was entangled with his shadow clone there.

However, as soon as he moved, Yukikaze, who received the memory of the ice clone, glanced this way, then turned and ran away without looking back.

Seeing this, the shadow clone immediately chased forward, and Seimei also followed.

For a time, the two sides started chasing and escaping on the sea again.

(End of this chapter)