Grind is My Ninja Way

"I wonder if I can withstand the giant dragon's attack after activating 'Susanoo'?"

While Seimei was dodging the ice dragon's attack, this thought suddenly popped into his mind, but he quickly suppressed it.

Not to mention that he couldn't casually reveal the abilities of his Mangekyo Sharingan now, even if he could, with the current evolution level of his Sharingan, it would probably be difficult.

Although his Mangekyo Sharingan had been activated for a while, its evolution progress was still less than one-fifth.

Therefore, his 'Susanoo' was still in its initial form.

And just relying on those few bones, it was obviously impossible to block the attack of the ice dragon in front of him. After all, this was also one of Yukikaze's trump cards, how could it be so easy to deal with?

It was also because he had the Sharingan, with amazing insight and quick reaction speed, otherwise he would have been torn to shreds by the ice dragon's claws controlled by the opponent.

However, maintaining and controlling such a large creation also required a huge amount of chakra, and with Yukikaze's chakra reserves, it was definitely impossible to last long.

Seimei was now waiting for the opponent to run out of steam, and then deliver a fatal blow.

...

Ten minutes passed in a flash.

A wave of extremely cold ice mist sprayed towards Seimei.

He formed hand seals with both hands and instantly used the 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique', spitting out a huge fireball to counter the ice dragon's cold breath.

Then, with an 'Instant Sword Technique', he dodged the ice dragon's claw strike.

However, before he could stabilize himself, Yukikaze controlled the ice dragon to crush him.

Seeing this, Seimei immediately used 'Body Flicker Technique' consecutively to avoid the attack.

Then, he seized the opportunity and used the 'Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique' to attack the ice dragon's body and Yukikaze on it.

The ice dragon was burned by the flames, and a part of its body melted.

Seeing this, Yukikaze quickly injected chakra to repair the melted part.

After the repair was completed, Yukikaze once again controlled the ice dragon to launch an attack. Seimei continued to dodge while looking for opportunities to counterattack.

In the past ten minutes, Seimei and Yukikaze spent their time attacking and defending each other, neither daring to be careless.

However, unlike Seimei's calmness, as time went on, Yukikaze's performance became more and more impatient.

Just as Seimei had expected, controlling such a massive ice dragon consumed an astonishing amount of chakra.

And after such a long time of consumption, Yukikaze was almost unable to hold on.

That's why he was anxious.

And when people are anxious, they make mistakes, and Yukikaze was no exception.

Just two minutes later, when Seimei once again dodged the ice dragon's claw strike, he suddenly noticed that Yukikaze's movements were a beat slower, as if he was hesitating about the direction of his next attack.

In just an instant, Seimei realized that this was an opportunity.

Almost without any hesitation, he forcibly suppressed the urge to swing his long sword to block the ice fragments, quickly completed hand seals with both hands, and instantly used the ninjutsu - Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken!

Suddenly, a piercing sound rang out.

The huge chakra shuriken rapidly rotated in his hand, tearing the surrounding air, bringing a whistling wind sound, causing the surrounding ice fragments to fly back.

Seeing this scene, Yukikaze's expression changed drastically, and he immediately wanted to control the ice dragon to move away from Seimei.

However, it was too late.

The ice dragon was too large, and when it moved, the head moved first, while the place Seimei attacked was where its tail connected to the ice surface.

That's right, Seimei didn't give Yukikaze a chance. Almost at the moment the 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' formed, he pressed it onto the ice dragon's body.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

A friction sound rang out.

Just like when facing the ice wall created by the 'Ice Release: Ice Prison Technique', the 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' had no obstruction against the ice dragon and disintegrated its body.

The chakra needles, smaller than cells, directly destroyed the ice dragon's structure from a microscopic level, causing it to break into two pieces.

With its ninjutsu structure destroyed, the ice dragon could no longer maintain itself and exploded into countless ice fragments with a "bang".

And amidst these countless ice fragments, Seimei accurately located Yukikaze's body. A cyan light flashed, and he used 'Instant Sword Technique'.

The next moment, he appeared in front of Yukikaze.

Whoosh~

A flash of sword light passed by.

Yukikaze raised the kunai in his hand to block. With a "ding" sound, the kunai and the long sword collided, making a crisp metal clashing sound.

However, the tremendous force transmitted through it made Yukikaze unsteady on his feet, and he staggered a step back.

The next moment, Seimei swung his sword again. The cold light on the blade flashed, reflecting directly into Yukikaze's eyes, making him momentarily dazed.

Yukikaze inwardly exclaimed, "Not good!", realizing that he might have fallen for it.

This greatly shocked him. Although he already knew from the intelligence provided by the village that Seimei's sword technique was very powerful.

But he didn't expect it to be so powerful!

Clearly, there was nothing unusual before the swing, and then he made a mistake and fell for it.

To this, Seimei could only say that the other party was unlucky.

If it were half a month ago, he indeed wouldn't have been able to seize this opportunity.

But now...

After half a month of practice, his 'Illusion Sword Technique' had just leveled up.

And after going from lv5 to lv6, he could now combine genjutsu and swordsmanship with just a thought.

That's why he was able to seize the opportunity and change his move midway, turning an ordinary slash into a 'Illusion Sword Technique' move.

And the final result...

A "slash" sound was heard as Seimei's long sword swept across Yukikaze's chest, tearing his clothes and leaving a deep wound.

Scarlet blood gushed out, instantly staining his clothes.

Even so, Seimei still had no intention of stopping.

He lightly tapped his right foot on the ice surface, and his entire body rotated 360 degrees with his right foot as the center.

The next moment, he swung his long sword down again.

However, this time Yukikaze learned his lesson and didn't look at Seimei's long sword at all.

He moved his ears slightly, confirmed the direction the long sword was coming from, and immediately swung the kunai in his hand, attempting to block Seimei's attack.

However, this movement seemed to affect the injury on his chest, causing his right hand holding the kunai to be slightly slower.

Seeing this, Seimei inwardly exclaimed, "Good opportunity!" He then flicked his wrist, instantly knocking away the opponent's kunai, and then slashed again.

Sensing the danger, Yukikaze no longer cared about anything else. His remaining chakra surged out crazily, forming a thick layer of ice armor on his body.

Screech~

A harsh friction sound rang out.

Seimei's sword struck the ice armor, leaving a deep dent, but it didn't injure Yukikaze inside at all.

On the contrary, Yukikaze used this force to create some distance.

Seeing this, Seimei was about to pursue his advantage.

But at this moment, a massive chakra fluctuation came from afar.

Seimei's movements paused slightly, and he turned his head to look. He saw a wave like a tsunami rushing towards them, as if it was going to engulf the entire battlefield.

On top of that wave, he saw a person cloaked in black and wearing a mask, clearly an Anbu ninja from Kirigakure.

(End of this chapter)