From Danmachi to God of Ninja

Chapter 64: Chapter 64

The Konoha shinobi charged forward fast, but Kirigakure’s reaction was not slow either.

Some pulled out shuriken and kunai and hurled them into the air, while others formed hand seals at high speed and launched ninjutsu.

Just as a wave of weapons and techniques was about to crash straight into the Konoha side, the situation suddenly changed.

"Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash—Tenfold."

A streak of golden light flashed across the battlefield, bending through the air like reflected lightning.

Pchh, pchh!

Wherever it passed, the sound of blades slicing through flesh rang out in rapid succession, and more than ten Kirigakure shinobi spilled blood on the spot.

"Enemy attack!"

"Scatter! Move!"

The Kirigakure force was thrown into panic.

They immediately spread out, trying to avoid the worst of the attack.

But at that exact moment, countless spear-like wooden spikes burst up from the ground, impaling several more shinobi where they stood and killing them instantly.

"Damn it!"

Ao and Mei Terumi’s eyes nearly split with rage.

In only a few seconds, more than twenty of their skilled shinobi had died, and the person responsible for all of it was just one man.

Senju Kiriya.

’Wait. If this one is Kiriya, then who’s fighting Kusui?’

Taking on a jinchūriki obviously required full effort.

Trying to handle one with a clone was basically asking to die.

After thinking it through, there was only one answer.

He was using a clone against them!

He had sent only a clone to charge into a force of over a hundred Kirigakure shinobi.

How much did this brat have to look down on them?

"Senju Kiriya! There’s a limit to how arrogant you can be!"

Mei clenched her teeth.

Her anger turned into fuel, and her hand seals blurred so fast they almost left afterimages.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall."

With her sharp shout, a huge whirlpool of water formed around her.

The vortex surged up from the ground and turned into a massive waterspout, enclosing Mei, Ao, and Kiriya inside.

It was originally a defensive ninjutsu, but in Mei’s hands, it had been turned into a cage.

"Now I’ve got you."

Inside the Water Formation Wall, Mei looked at Kiriya, whose high-speed movement had been stopped, and gave him a cold smile before forming another set of hand seals.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique."

A water dragon nearly a meter thick roared into existence, opened its fanged jaws, and charged straight at Kiriya.

"..."

Kiriya said nothing.

He simply leapt high into the air, trying to avoid Mei’s Water Dragon Bullet.

But he seemed to have forgotten that Mei was not the only enemy here.

"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave."

Ao appeared in front of Kiriya at exactly the right time, spitting out an enormous volume of water that turned into a rolling flood and crushed toward him.

’Using this much water in an enclosed space... Aren’t they afraid of drowning themselves?’

That thought flashed through Kiriya’s mind.

Rumble!

Almost the instant the flood slammed into the Water Formation Wall, it shattered the barrier completely.

The surging current swallowed Kiriya and roared off into the distance, snapping giant trees in its path and showing the terrifying power of Kirigakure’s Water Release.

"To summon Water Release on that scale in a place without a natural water source... That girl is a seriously impressive."

The Konoha shinobi watching from afar were stunned by the sight.

"That boy... Is he going to be all right?"

They could not help worrying about him.

"Leaf Whirlwind!"

Might Duy was the first to rush forward.

He spun into a whirlwind kick and sent two Kirigakure shinobi flying, then shouted to encourage the others.

"Don’t worry! A ninjutsu of that level could never defeat Kiriya-kun!"

But against the harsh reality in front of them, his words sounded thin.

The morale the Konoha side had only just managed to raise was weakened again.

The Kirigakure side, on the other hand, needed no encouragement.

A powerful genius from their side had just shown her strength, and their morale surged.

They wanted nothing more than to cut down these irritating Konoha shinobi right away.

"Go! Tear them apart!"

One Kirigakure jōnin raised his arm and shouted.

The others immediately answered with fierce cries, each preparing their own methods to launch long-range attacks at the approaching Konoha shinobi.

It was easy to imagine what would happen next.

Countless kunai and shuriken would rain down, followed by ninjutsu from every direction.

Kirigakure’s numerical advantage would be brought fully to bear.

With the Konoha side in their current state, even if they could defend against it, their high-speed charge would be forced to stop.

And plenty of Kirigakure shinobi were waiting precisely for that chance.

At that critical moment, from the shadow of a genin at the rear of the Kirigakure formation, a figure suddenly emerged and spat blazing fire toward the nearby enemy.

"Fire Release: Flame Bullet."

The high-temperature fireball shot through the air like a cannon shell, smashing into the Kirigakure ranks in the blink of an eye.

The Kirigakure shinobi had been fully focused on dealing with the Konoha shinobi charging from the front.

How could they have expected someone to attack them from behind?

They were caught completely off guard, and the losses were heavy.

"Kiriya-kun!" Might Duy shouted, then turned to the Konoha shinobi around him.

"See? I told you! There’s no way Kiriya-kun would lose to a ninjutsu of that level!"

"When... when did he sneak in?"

Mei and Ao were startled as well, and neither of them had the time to worry about Might Duy’s loud mouth.

At this moment, both of them had only one thought.

A clone.

Another clone!

He had used this many clones, and yet he was still holding up against Kusui?

That was a jinchūriki!

One of them was a brilliant young talent of Kirigakure, while the other was an experienced jōnin.

Yet both had been treated with such contempt by some teenage brat.

It was an unbearable humiliation.

"Damn it."

Mei formed hand seals, her cheeks swelling slightly before she spat out a large mass of acid toward Kiriya.

"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique."

Although Kiriya had just unleashed a wide-range Fire Release technique, part of his attention had always remained on Mei and Ao.

The moment he saw the red-haired beauty spit something at him, his heart gave a sharp warning.

He immediately dodged, exposing the Kirigakure shinobi standing opposite him.

Ssssss!

The acid landed on that Kirigakure shinobi.

The man only had time to let out a short scream before the terrifyingly potent acid melted him down.

Splatter.

A vein bulged on Mei’s forehead.

The killing move she had prepared to defeat the enemy had ended up dissolving one of her own comrades.

An indescribable frustration surged through her chest, so intense she almost spat blood.

"All of you, get out of my way!"

Mei shouted, then leapt forward and charged toward Kiriya.

The people around her had already been scared stiff by her Melting Apparition Technique.

They had been hesitating over whether to intercept Kiriya or not, but once they heard Mei’s order, it was like receiving a pardon.

They immediately scattered.

But how could Kiriya bear to give up so many sandbags and shields?

Naturally, he chased after them without mercy, frightening the Kirigakure shinobi into fleeing in every direction.

Because he practiced Thunder Breathing, Kiriya’s speed was already excellent.

Mei’s talent in Water Release was outstanding, but in taijutsu—especially in movement speed—she fell far short of her ninjutsu ability.

So she kept getting kited by Kiriya.

From time to time, he would kill one or two Kirigakure shinobi just to provoke her, angering Mei so badly that she felt as if her soul was about to leave her body.

"Bastard! Is running all you know how to do? Are you even a man? If you’ve got the guts, come at me from the front!"

Driven by rage, Mei’s words grew bolder and rougher.

Hearing that, Kiriya almost laughed.

"Miss, maybe watch your mouth a little. With that temper, if you ever lose and get captured, you’re going to get the full basement package. By the time your teammates find you, you’ll probably be covered head to toe in ’righteousness.’"

Mei had not spent her life watching shady videos online, but her clever little brain quickly understood what he meant.

She was so angry her chest hurt!

The way her chest rose and fell violently only made Kiriya even happier.

But as the saying went, too much joy could easily turn into disaster.

Just as Kiriya was messing with Mei’s head through every dirty trick he could think of, a long whip formed from flowing water silently coiled around his ankle and forcefully stopped his high-speed movement.

"Water Release: Water Whip."

Ao stepped out from behind a large tree and gave Kiriya a pleased smile.

"Nice one!"

Mei was overjoyed.

In her heart, she gave Ao thirty-two likes on the spot, then turned back to Kiriya with a look so fierce it practically wanted to bite him.

"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique."

She opened her mouth again and spat another large mass of acid toward him.

This time, Kiriya could not freely dodge at high speed, and there was no obstacle nearby he could use as cover.

Even so, he did not panic.

"Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall."

Several layers of spherical wooden walls rose in front of Kiriya, sealing off the direction of the incoming acid.

Mei’s Melting Apparition Technique was extremely powerful, but after being weakened layer by layer by the wooden walls, it quickly lost the momentum to dissolve everything in its path.

"Tch!"

Ao was deeply annoyed.

An opportunity that had been so hard to create had slipped away again.

He wanted to continue attacking, but Kiriya was not going to give him that chance.

Kiriya pulled hard.

Ao, who was still holding the Water Whip, was yanked straight toward him.

’Bad!’

While flying through the air, Ao did everything he could to adjust his posture.

He drew a kunai, preparing to fight Kiriya at close range.

But that level of combat skill was nowhere near enough in front of Kiriya.

Kiriya caught Ao’s wrist with precision, then drove a fist hard into his abdomen and punched straight through his body.

"No—!"

Mei’s cry of grief had barely begun when it abruptly stopped.

Ao’s pierced body turned into a puddle of water and fell to the ground, sinking into the earth before disappearing.

"Water clone?"

Kiriya was not surprised.

After all, using clones to fight was practically standard procedure in the shinobi world.

’This guy... Even his taijutsu is that strong?’

Ao felt the terrifying force transmitted back from his water clone, and that soul-shaking pressure made him feel like a rabbit facing a lion.

"Attack together! Don’t give him any opening!"

Ao shouted, then quickly formed hand seals, preparing to launch ninjutsu at Kiriya.

At the same time, the Kirigakure shinobi swarming in from every direction were also forming seals at high speed.

Clearly, they intended to bury Kiriya under sheer numbers and drown him in ninjutsu.

While Kiriya had been kiting Mei earlier, Ao had not been idle.

He had gathered their forces together for exactly this moment, planning to hit Kiriya with one overwhelming strike.

Kiriya’s response was simple.

He punched.

"Destructive Death: Final Form—Blue Silver Chaotic Afterglow."

In an instant, Kiriya threw more than a hundred punches in every direction.

A storm of air cannon shells blasted outward all around him. Wherever they passed, the air roared and the ground shattered.

Countless massive trees had their centers blown clean into nothingness.

If even solid trees and rock could be torn apart like that, the bodies of Kirigakure shinobi stood no chance.

Just being grazed was enough for arms and shoulders to burst apart.

Some Kirigakure shinobi were struck through half their bodies, and the area hit by the air cannon simply vanished.

Might Duy and the others stared in shock.

To fire off over a hundred attacks with a casual swing of his fists, each blow carrying the penetrating power of a high-level Wind Release technique—such physical toughness and precise control over his own strength were things they had never seen before.

Compared to Konoha’s shock, Kirigakure’s side was drowning in outright fear.

That one move from Kiriya had caused massive casualties to more than thirty people.

Kirigakure had only brought close to a hundred shinobi in the first place.

After several rounds of killing and counter-killing from Kiriya, less than a third of them were still alive.

Even Mei and Ao had fallen to the ground, their breathing so weak it was almost impossible to detect. Whether they lived or died was unclear.

The terrifying sight silenced the entire battlefield.

The Konoha shinobi looked at the heavy casualties their side had paid just to take a dozen enemy lives.

Then they looked at Kiriya, who had simply stood there and swung his fists, wiping out a third of the enemy force.

All their combined effort could not compare to one teenage boy.

The difference was so huge that even Might Duy and the others felt a little ashamed.

A large portion of the surviving Kirigakure shinobi had been cowed by Kiriya’s overwhelming combat power.

But there were also many whose eyes went bloodshot with fury after watching him slaughter their comrades.

They drew their blades and charged, ready to fight him to the death.

Kiriya was more than happy to oblige.

Close-quarters combat?

That was one thing he was very good at!

"Bell Cutter."

Kiriya slipped past the incoming blade and struck the back of the sword with the back of his hand, breaking it cleanly in one quick motion.

Under the enemy’s stunned gaze, Kiriya drove his fist deep into the man’s abdomen.

"Destructive Death: Disorder."

The violent impact devastated the ANBU member’s internal organs, killing him on the spot.

After that, Kiriya watched as the shinobi raised their blades and rushed him.

He did not even bother drawing his sword. Instead, he used barehanded martial arts to kill each attacker one by one.

In his view, he had simply gotten interested after seeing Kirigakure shinobi choose blade combat.

But in the eyes of the Kirigakure shinobi, it meant something very different.

"Quick! His chakra is running low!"

Someone shouted.

"This is our chance! Kill him now!"

At that command, several shinobi rushed in from above, left, right, and front all at once.

Kiriya said nothing.

He simply stood on his left leg, then lashed his right leg toward the attackers in the air several times in rapid succession.

"Flowing Flash Crowd-Light."

The violent kinetic force smashed into the Kirigakure shinobi like wooden bats hitting watermelons.

Their bodies burst apart, leaving the scene bloody and brutally cruel!