In Konoha, I collected corpses on the battlefield for ten years

The ground beneath Kaguya Chijin's feet instantly turned muddy, the stench of bubbling marsh gas unbearable. Simultaneously, a burly dragon's head formed from the mire, opening its mouth to spew magma bombs, each the size of a head.

These landed on the struggling Kaguya Chijin, delivering a massive impact. The viscous mud clung to him, making it even harder to break free from the swamp's constraints.

“Dance of the Willow!”

Two pointed daggers appeared in Kaguya Chijin's hands at some point. His body began to rotate and contort, displaying an eerie degree of flexibility, allowing him to break free from the mud's hold and escape the swamp.

The Dance of the Willow is one of the six taijutsu styles shared by the Kaguya clan, combined with their Shikotsumyaku.

However, Kaguya clansmen who haven't awakened their Shikotsumyaku cannot perform the last four taijutsu techniques, which require the use of bones. But the Dance of the Willow and the Dance of the Camellia can use weapons as substitutes, so the impact isn't too great.

With just these two taijutsu styles and the Kaguya clan's physique, they still firmly held a very high position in Kirigakure.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Kaguya Chijin's body swayed like a willow tree, his dual blades slicing through the mud as he broke free and charged straight towards Qifeng.

However, Qifeng never intended to defeat his opponent with just one move. As he retreated, the chakra within his body circulated to its peak, and his hands formed a complex series of seals.

“Earth Release! Turning the Road into a Mountain!”

This is one of the advanced ninjutsu techniques mastered by Akagi Tsukasa, an A-rank ninjutsu within Earth Release that combines both offense and containment. However, its drawback is that the hand seals are very complex, and the chakra circulation is extremely obscure.

The previous combination ninjutsu was to buy time for this technique.

Such is the nature of A-rank ninjutsu: powerful, but with many restrictions during execution, making them less practical.

That's why when the Rasengan, a seal-less ninjutsu, appeared, it was classified as an A-rank ninjutsu, even though its destructive power was somewhat inferior to other A-rank techniques.

Rumble!!

In the next instant after the seals were completed.

The earth suddenly erupted with a roar. Kaguya Chijin's footsteps abruptly halted, his legs restrained by the ground. The earth on both sides flipped over, forming two giant triangular cone-shaped covers, closing upwards from his feet to trap him in the center.

“Dance of the Camellia!”

Kaguya Chijin suddenly accelerated, his movements rapid. The sharp spikes constantly scraped against the closing giant rocks, trying to shatter them.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sharp collision sounds of the blades rubbing against the solid rock rang out. A large amount of gravel was constantly knocked off and shattered, but as Qifeng's chakra continued to be supplied, the broken rocks quickly recovered.

For the first time, Kaguya Chijin's expression changed.

It was ferocious and terrifying.

Clang! Clang!

The sturdy dual blades were, after all, not Shikotsumyaku bones, and couldn't withstand the crushing of the rocks, breaking apart.

Helpless, Kaguya Chijin could only spread his arms to brace against the giant rocks.

It must be said, the Kaguya clan's physical qualities were truly terrifying. Even if the muscles in his arms ruptured, the bones stained with blood still remained resilient.

Qifeng narrowed his eyes.

He turned his hands into palms and slammed them fiercely against his chest.

“Close!”

Boom!!

The two giant rocks instantly closed together, and a small hillock was formed.

Worried that he still couldn't kill the tenacious opponent, he formed seals again.

“Earth Release! Earth Impaling Spears!”

Swish swish swish—

Several sharp rock spears pierced into the hillock, turning a perfectly good hillock into a hedgehog.

After doing all this, Qifeng clapped his hands in satisfaction.

The Kaguya clan is strong, but unfortunately, their brains aren't very good.

This is the so-called: well-developed limbs, simple mind, right?

“Wait! Wait! The corpse won't be gone, will it?” Qifeng suddenly shuddered and reacted.

He used a quasi-Kage level experience card this time, so it would be difficult to get his money back, but this was still a Jonin's corpse, and there would be some good things, so it would be a pity to destroy it.

He quickly waved his hand, dispelling the rocks, revealing the ugly corpse inside that had been twisted and deformed, losing its vitality.

Seeing the yellow light flashing on it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Good, good, even if the corpse is rotten, it's still a corpse.”

What Qifeng didn't notice was that a very inconspicuous brown snake was lying prostrate in the distance, silently flicking its tongue.

Chapter 14: A Man's Mouth (Seeking Collection and Recommendations)

Just as Qifeng breathed a sigh of relief, his expression suddenly changed, and he glanced towards the distance.

“Coming so late.”

He sensed several ninjas rapidly approaching. With that number, they should be Konoha ninjas.

Letting one Kaguya Chijin in meant that those ninjas that Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would take care of had seriously failed in their duties. If they could let another group of Kiri ninjas in, then either those people were really useless, or Kirigakure had launched a full-scale attack.

But obviously, neither was possible.

He quickly collected Kaguya Chijin's tattered corpse and used chakra to quickly tidy up the ground.

Running to Imai Kuriyama's side, he shielded him with his body. A strand of blood slowly dripped from the corner of his mouth. He clutched the ninja tools bag tightly, rolled his eyes, and fainted.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Three Konoha Anbu ninjas appeared here.

One of them landed beside Qifeng and the other, sensing slightly, and said in a deep voice: “Still alive.”

“Where is Kaguya Chijin?”

The leading Anbu looked around, unable to find any trace of Kaguya Chijin.

Finally, that person squatted down, picked up a small pinch of soil, looked at it in front of him, and sniffed it through his mask.