Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

However, just as he was about to make his move, he sensed a deadly crisis approaching.

It was Chizuru who made the move. She used her sword technique, Lightning Flash, to attack again. She almost turned into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards the green-haired ninja, creating more than a dozen afterimages that surrounded him.

However, the green-haired ninja was an elite Jonin and also a master swordsman. Chizuru's sword technique, Lightning Flash, was blocked by him in time with a wind-attribute sword technique. Then, to Chizuru's astonishment, he quickly completed the hand seals.

Ice mirrors appeared in mid-air.

Ice Release: Demonic Mirror Ice Crystal!

After a large number of ice mirrors appeared, the green-haired ninja immediately entered one of them, and his figure kept appearing in the ice mirrors.

"It's Ice Release, interesting. Kirito, leave this to me, you're not allowed to interfere."

Upon seeing this, Chizuru immediately recited it silently in her mind.

Upon hearing Chizuru's words, Kirito promptly shifted his attention away from the green-haired ninja and looked up at the sky.

The next moment, another huge bolt of lightning struck, but it was ultimately blocked by the chakra shield formed by the Puppet Technique: Mechanical Light Shield released by the Xuanwu Puppet.

The Mist Ninja who came to assassinate Nawaki this time was not just the green-haired ninja. There was also a Mist Ninja in the sky who was skilled in using Lightning Release. It was unclear how the other party managed to fly into the clouds and accurately unleash Lightning Release ninjutsu to attack.

In addition, the enemy has deployed a large number of troops to target Sakumo Hatake, a Kage-level powerhouse.

Meanwhile, Sakumo Hatake, who was fighting six Mist Ninja wielding five different ninja swords, suddenly received a message from Kirito: "Hakaki-sensei, it's too disadvantageous for us to fight these Mist Ninja here. If we can't end the battle quickly, our troubles will only increase."

Despite hearing Kirito's words, Hatake Sakumo remained calm and used the Body Flicker Technique to evade the combined attack of six enemies. He then forced back the elite Jonin wielding a peculiar ninja sword that resembled a scroll.

He then secretly contacted Kirito and said, "I understand, but the six guys I'm facing now are members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Although their average strength isn't high, they work together very well. I can't kill them in a short time. I need your support."

"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, then the ninja on the top of his head must be Raiga Kurosugi, who uses a lightning sword. They are all good prey."

Kirito turned to look at Sakumo Hatake, who was being attacked by six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes.

These six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist appeared suddenly from the sky.

It's likely that someone from the Mist Ninja side used a summoning jutsu or spent a huge sum of money to summon all six of them at once.

To be honest, Kirito hadn't expected Kirigakure to send the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to assassinate Nawaki, but since they were here, he wasn't going to let them go.

Just then, the octopus summon attacked again.

Its regenerative ability is indeed very strong. The head was just hit by the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, which created a large hole, but it has now been almost repaired. Moreover, its brain seems to be functioning normally. Its eight tentacles quickly swept towards Kirito.

"What an annoying big guy."

Kirito watched as the giant octopus attacked again like a cockroach, and said coldly.

The next moment, his eyes turned blood red.

Blood Dragon Eye activated!

In an instant, the wounds on the giant octopus burst open, gushing out a large amount of blood. Its entire body began to shrink rapidly, and its eight enormous tentacles also shrank quickly and lost their vitality.

In less than two seconds, the giant octopus, which was still lively and jumping around, turned into a small, dried-up octopus.

"Shoutaro!"

The green-haired ninja watched his summoning beast, his partner of many years, die, and roared angrily, then glared at Kirito.

"Your opponent is me, the ice skater."

But before he could even make a move to attack Kirito, Chizuru's cold voice, tinged with displeasure, rang out, followed by her ninjutsu attack. A huge ball of high-temperature flame instantly spewed from her mouth, forming a terrifying wave of fire.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

Even with the rain weakening its power, Chizuru's Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation was still incredibly powerful, far exceeding the power of ordinary Fire Release ninjutsu.

The reason for this is that Chizuru has activated the cursed seal on her body, allowing her to enter a cursed seal form, and then she can use the cursed seal chakra to amplify her ninjutsu.

A large number of ice mirrors were melted instantly.

The green-haired ninja had no choice but to quickly emerge from the ice mirror and use Water Release: Water Wall to create a thick wall of water to prevent Chizuru's high-temperature flames from destroying the ice mirror. He then continued to use ice-style ninjutsu and swordsmanship to fight Chizuru.

The Uchiha brat in front of him had used some kind of secret technique, which greatly increased his strength. If he wasn't careful, he might accidentally capsize in a ditch.

At that moment, a huge blue blood sphere appeared above Kirito's head.

A dark red chakra thread shot out from Kirito's fingertip and pierced into the blue blood sphere.

As Kirito infused the blue blood sphere with the chakra of the Blood Dragon Eye, its color rapidly changed from blue to red.

"Kirito, my body is no longer numb. Please let me go and help Hatake-sensei."

From the crater in the middle of the Xuanwu puppet's back, Rope Tree, who was acting as a human chakra charger, looked longingly at Kirito and said...

Ever since Kirito rescued him, he has been inserted into the groove on the back of the Xuanwu puppet by Kirito, and then the chakra in his body began to flow out rapidly and be absorbed by the unknown sealing array below the groove.

Now, he only has about half of his chakra left.

Because of the loss of a large amount of chakra, he is now starting to feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Alright, you can't even walk steadily on this water, what are you even fighting for? After this battle, you should work hard to improve your chakra control. Now, obediently provide chakra for my puppet. This chakra shield consumes a lot of chakra. Don't you even think about who I'm activating this chakra shield for?"

Kirito rejected Nawaki's request to fight without hesitation.

Upon hearing Kirito's words, Nawaki instantly lost his temper, inwardly blaming himself for holding back. He then closed his eyes and obediently gathered chakra to channel it into the Xuanwu puppet beneath him.

Seeing that Nawaki had calmed down, Kirito focused his attention on the six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist fighting against Sakumo Hatake, continuing to ignore the lightning attacks that kept falling from above.

"Damn, this kid actually has such a powerful defensive puppet. Those guys in the intelligence department should all be given a proper funeral."

In the clouds, standing on a large bird-like summoning beast, Raiga Kurosuki, relying on the miniature telescope on his left eye, saw that his powerful lightning ninjutsu released with the help of the lightning blade still couldn't break through the turtle shell of the Genbu puppet, and that Kirito had completely ignored his attacks, so he couldn't help but complain.

Although he can use his lightning blade to gather the lightning of heaven and earth to coordinate with his lightning ninjutsu, thus greatly reducing his chakra consumption, he has already used powerful lightning ninjutsu twenty times in a row since the start of the battle.

Therefore, he has very little chakra left in his body.

"No, we must change the target of our attack."

Raiga Kurosuki thought rationally, and began to look at Chizuru, who was fighting with the green-haired ninja.

Chizuru was spotted by Raiga Kurosugi and immediately sensed it. She swung her lightning sword, which was crackling with blue and white electricity, and split a bolt of lightning that suddenly fell from the sky in two. Then she sneered at the green-haired ninja in front of her, "Looks like I can't continue to fight you to my heart's content."

Upon hearing Chizuru's words, the green-haired ninja felt a chill run down his spine and instantly realized the meaning behind them. He quickly lowered his head, avoiding looking into Chizuru's eyes.

Since the start of his battle with Chizuru, this Uchiha ninja with the three-tomoe Sharingan has never used the genjutsu attacks commonly used by the Uchiha clan.

He had initially hoped that Chizuru was just young and had low illusion abilities, but judging from Chizuru's words, the other party clearly only wanted to use him as a whetstone to improve their own strength.

Now that Raiga Kurosuki has rashly intervened in his battle with Chizuru, Chizuru has immediately lost interest in using him as a whetstone.

Although this conclusion was extremely humiliating for him, who inherited the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai of the Minazuki clan, he had to admit that the Uchiha brat in front of him was truly as strong as a monster, possessing the strength of an elite Jonin at such a young age.

The green-haired ninja was too slow to lower her head, because Chizuru had already released her Sharingan genjutsu while she was speaking.

The green-haired ninja suddenly saw a huge three-tomoe Sharingan appear on the surface of the rushing river in front of him. It stared intently at him, making him feel a sense of fear.

"not good."

The green-haired ninja instantly realized he had been caught in a genjutsu and cried out in alarm, quickly forming hand seals to dispel it.

However, he tried several times without success.

Finally, when he regained consciousness, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared before his eyes, and then he could see nothing at all.

As Chizuru successfully dealt with the Ice Release ninja from Kirigakure, Kirito waved his hand forward, and the blood orb above his head, which had turned completely blood red, shot out a large number of dark red senbon needles, aiming directly at the six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Although the six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist did not know what the crimson senbones shooting out of the blood spheres were, their extensive combat experience allowed them to instantly sense an extremely deadly danger emanating from these crimson senbones. They quickly used Water Release: Water Wall to defend themselves.

Sakumo Hatake also felt a chill run down his spine from these blood-red senbon needles. Fearing that he might be accidentally injured by Kirito, he quickly used the Body Flicker Technique to distance himself from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

In this place with water, the water wall formed by Water Release: Water Formation Wall is undoubtedly very powerful. Kirito's Blood-Red Senbon failed to hit the Seven Ninja Swordsmen this time.

Seeing this, he immediately used the telepathic communication technique to communicate with Hatake Sakumo again: "Master Hatake, you can fight with peace of mind. My blood-red senbon needles are not fatal to you, but they are very deadly to those guys. Please help me create an opportunity to kill them."

Upon hearing Kirito's words, Hatake Sakumo used the Body Flicker Technique again without hesitation, instantly appearing in front of Jinpachi Munashi, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, who was wielding a blasting sword. His White Fang short sword was already drawn again.

Ninjas who are proficient in swordsmanship or knife skills have extremely fast reaction speeds and amazing dynamic vision.

As the wielder of the Explosion Blade, Munari Jinpachi is not only an elite Jonin with outstanding strength, but also a ninja proficient in swordsmanship.

Therefore, while he couldn't completely disregard Hatake Sakumo's actions, he did notice a bit of them.

That little bit was enough for him to react and block.

If he successfully blocks, and if Sakumo Hatake dares to continue attacking, his other teammates can take the opportunity to severely injure or even kill him.

If I could exchange my life for the name of Konoha's White Fang, then it would be worth it.

"I was on guard against you."

With a loud shout, Muli Jinba successfully blocked Hatake Sakumo's white dagger with his scroll-like explosive blade.

Sakumo Hatake gave a nonchalant sneer, then used the Body Flicker Technique again without a seal to escape, narrowly avoiding the combined attack from Suigetsu Hozuki and Kusanagi.

The next moment, a large number of blood-red thousand-pieces attacked, which immediately changed the expressions of Muli Jinpachi, Suigetsu Hobutsuki, and Tsukusa no Eijin. They wanted to defend themselves, but it was too late.

Fortunately, they had teammates with them. Pipa Juzo quickly formed hand seals and used Water Release: Water Wall to create a thick water wall in front of the three of them, successfully blocking Kirito's Blood-Red Thousand Needles sneak attack.

However, when Juzo Biwa used his ninjutsu to block the attack for his teammates, he himself was left vulnerable.

Kirito twitched his left index finger, and a huge lightning spear suddenly shot out from the mouth of the black snake on the tail of the Xuanwu puppet beneath him.

Lightning Release: False Darkness!

Pipa Juzo only had time to take out his Executioner's Blade as a shield for defense before he was struck head-on by the massive lightning spear and died instantly.

"Damn brat!"

The other five members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist glared angrily at Kirito after he ambushed and killed Juzo Biwa. However, they saw a strange smile on Kirito's face, and his strange eyes lit up with a piercing blood-red light, and he shed tears of blood.

In an instant, the five members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen found themselves in a huge pool of blood, with a pair of enormous blood dragon eyes shedding blood tears in front of them.

The five immediately realized they were under an illusion and frantically formed hand seals to break the spell.

Of the five, only Suigetsu Hozuki, who possessed Samehada, managed to break the genjutsu in time by relying on his massive chakra reserves and the chakra supplied by Samehada, the living ninja sword, and then dodged Kirito and Hatake Sakumo's attacks.

The remaining four people stood there blankly, then Chizuru easily finished them off with her sword technique, Lightning Flash, and their heads fell to the ground.

"Damn it, retreat!"

Seeing the four people killed, Suigetsu Hozuki was filled with fear. Without hesitation, he threw down two smoke bombs to block Kirito and the others' view. Then, he quickly completed hand seals, released the summoning jutsu on his body, and disappeared from the spot.

In the clouds, Raiga Kurosuki, whose chakra was almost exhausted, saw that his side was doomed and decisively ordered his summoned beast to leave quickly.

Kirito felt sorry for the departure of Suigetsu Hozuki and Kurosuki Raiga, but he was still in a very good mood because he had gained a lot from this battle.

Listening to the heavenly voice from the system, Kirito suddenly felt that being Nawaki's caretaker on the battlefield was not a bad thing.