While Shikamo and the other four were chatting and watching the battle from a distance, Seimei and Reina had already clashed their blades hundreds of times.

The inhuman strength and speed with which these two crossed their blades caused several fiery explosions, leaving behind tens, if not hundreds, of charred craters on the flat surface of the training ground.

BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!!

Fiery blue and crackling purple lines darted across the training ground. Whenever their blurred figures met and crossed blades, devastating explosions and booming shockwaves followed.

However, neither Seimei nor Reina seemed to secure a decisive edge in the high-speed battle.

The three tomoe in Reina's Sharingan kept spinning as she tried to analyze Seimei's fighting style and movement patterns to predict his next move.

The way Seimei channeled his chakra, moved his shoulder, and used his footwork—Reina's Sharinhan captured every single movement to make Seimei dance in her rhythm.

But she wasn't able to do it.

Because Seimei didn't just train in Uchiha-style Kenjutsu, but he also received guidance from Tobirama to counter the way Uchiha ninjas fight and break their rhythms.

Plus, he possessed Tenseigan.

With the help of LV3 Tenseigan, he could read Reina's chakra flow, every single twitch in her muscle fibers, and even the most subtle movements to always predict the way Reina was planning to move.

Both of their predictive and insight capabilities nullified each other, making it hard for them to get an edge in the battle.

Reina had also tried using Genjutsu: Sharingan, a lethal version of Sharingan illusions that could be cast simply with a glance, without requiring hand seals.

However, every time Reina gathered chakra in her Sharingan to cast the Genjutsu, Seimei would always disrupt his internal chakra flow or counter with overwhelming Yin Release chakra and ocular power.

How did he do that?

Of course, he did it the way Senju and Hyuga clan ninjas did it. By sensing and seeing his opponent actively, yet subtly gathering chakra in her Sharingan.

It was just that, instead of Byakugan, he had Tenseigan to help him with it.

This left Reina utterly frustrated.

But this fight could not go on like this. Both of them knew this.

When it came to Kenjutsu (swordmanship), their skills almost matched each other. So, they decided to change tactics. It was time to cast powerful Ninjutsu to defeat each other or at least create an opening to deal a decisive blow.

Clang!!!

Seimei and Reina crossed blades again. But this time, Reina used the reaction force generated after the clash to leap backward. And while doing so, she puffed her chest and gathered a large amount of Fire Release chakra.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique

Reina exhaled a stream of scorching, blue fire that quickly condensed into a five-meter-wide blazing blue fireball and raced toward Seimei.

The blue flames were exceptionally hot. As the giant fireball moved while almost touching the ground, the grasses on the ground were burned to ashes, and the earth itself almost turned to lava because of the intense heat.

Seeing the incoming blue giant fireball, Seimei couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

In his previous life, many Naruto fans often joked that the Great Fireball Technique was a 'gentle' Ninjutsu that had never killed any ninja. Some memes joked that Fire Release techniques were just flashy and weren't lethal at all.

But now, Seimei really wanted to grab those people and throw them at the incoming blue fireball to let them experience reality.

Forget about the black flames of Amaterasu. If this blazing blue fireball hit…

No, forget about hitting.

If even the residual flames from the detonation of this blue fireball touched a ninja's body, even a full-fledged Jonin might be burned to ashes.

Seimei didn't even want to use Chakra Enhanced Strength to punch it. It wasn't worth it.

He might not die, but his skin would be charred and blistered for sure. And he wasn't a masochist burning with fighting spirit, who would recklessly test the power of his Taijutsu technique against such a deadly flame.

It was better to leave it to the shadow clones.

So, he did the thing that every sensible ninja would do. He activated the Thunder Body Flicker Jutsu to retreat as fast as possible, leaving behind his afterimage and a trail of purple lightning.

BOOOOOM!!

Meanwhile, the fireball passed through Seimei's afterimage and exploded with a loud boom, leaving behind a deep crater filled with molten rock.

Reina was about to unleash another Fire Release Ninjutsu when she suddenly felt a slight tremor, and her senses caught a large amount of Earth Release chakra merging into the ground.

However, she immediately recognized the pattern of chakra flow and understood that Seimei was about to cast an offensive Earth Release Ninjutsu.

And that was exactly what happened.

Earth Release: Shackles of Gaia

As Seimei unleashed his Ninjutsu, at least twenty deep-brown linked chains with spear tips emerged from the ground and shot toward Reina like bullets from various unpredictable angles.

The speed of these spear-tipped chains and their unpredictable trajectories might trap, injure, and even kill ordinary Elite Jonin, but Reina wasn't one of them.

While her Sharingan tracked the trajectory of the incoming deadly chains with pinpoint precision, he quickly crouched down, slammed her right hand on the ground, and channeled plenty of Earth Release chakra in front of her.

Earth Release: Improvised Earth-Style Wall

A three-sided, thick wall made of earth quickly rose around her, protecting her from attacks from her front, left, and right sides simultaneously. The walls were seven meters tall, enough to protect Reina from the incoming attacks.

Thuck! Thuck! Thuck! Thuck! Thuck! Thuck! Thuck! Thuck! Thuck!

And sure enough,

The spear-tipped chains hit the three walls with tremendous force. However, since the walls were quite solid and Reina poured a lot of chakra to erect them, the chains couldn't pierce through the wall or destroy it.

Seeing this, Seimei narrowed his eyes and thought…

She can also cast B-rank Ninjutsu without hand seals now, huh?

And Earth Release isn't even her main focus.

Interesting.

She certainly doesn't have the Otsutsuki bloodline.

But the combination of Uchiha and Senju bloodlines, coupled with her extraordinary talent, made her a genius with a bloodline that gives her frightening control over chakra and nature transformation.

But his thoughts were interrupted as Reina suddenly climbed the earth wall she created and exhaled a sphere of blue fire before throwing a dozen shuriken at it.

Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Indigo

A dozen scorching hit shurikens covered in blue flames raced toward Seimei. But that wasn't the end of it.

She released the same Ninjutsu two more times.

Now, more than thirty blazing shurikens were charging toward Seimei.

Seeing the volley of blazing blue shurikens coming toward him from above and feeling their intense heat, Seimei's mind raced.

Substitution Jutsu? No. Too slow.

Should I dodge using the Thunder Body Flicker technique? But if I do that, she will get enough time to launch deadlier attacks at me.

Should I use an Earth-Style Wall? Nah, these shurikens will turn me into a blazing pincushion before the earth wall can even rise.

In that case, it's time to unleash Water Release.

Countless thoughts passed through Seimei's mind before he finally made up his mind. The whole process of thinking and coming up with a perfect counter might look like a long process, but in reality, barely a couple of milliseconds had passed.

Without even forming any hand seal, Seimei controlled his chakra and released it into the atmosphere. The chakra converted into Water Release chakra, gathering countless droplets of water around Seimei.

Water Release: Water Formation Wall

The water droplets converged around Seimei and began to rotate at a high speed, creating a transparent yet turbulent vortex of water around him.

The moment the blazing shurikens hit the protective vortex of water, it began to nullify the scorching fire covering the shurikens while stopping the shurikens from breaching the protective layer of water.

Sizzle~ Sizzle~

The high-temperature flames were extinguished by the rotating vortex of water, leaving behind a thin layer of mist around Seimei, which made it hard for Reina to observe his movements.

Right at that moment, three two-meter-long spears of purple lightning were suddenly launched from the mist.

Crackle!! BOOM!!!

Two of them hit the earth walls, blasting them into charred fragments of rock and debris with a loud explosion.

The last one targeted Reina, who was standing on the earth wall. But Reina dodged it with ease and landed on the ground without any trouble.

However, just as her feet touched the ground, two pale hands emerged from the ground and grabbed her ankles with an iron grip.

Seeing this, Reina's eyes widened and she immediately cursed, "Oh shit!"

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