A deep azure torrent erupted into existence in an instant.
Its speed was so terrifying that it seemed to tear through the night sky like a bolt of blue lightning, shooting directly toward Jonin Tanuki as it rapidly expanded within his vision.
Before the attack even reached him, the terrifying penetrating force already made the skin on his face sting with freezing pain.
"Nani?! Too fast!" The Tanuki's pupils violently contracted. That single moment of distraction had cost him the best chance to evade.
"Captain! Watch out!"
"Dodge it!"
The two Chunin behind him shouted in alarm, but they were far too late to interfere.
They could only watch helplessly as the destructive blue spear shot straight toward their leader.
There was no time to dodge.
"Gahhhhhh!!"
At the brink of death, Tanuki roared like a cornered beast.
A fierce look flashed through his eyes. If he couldn't avoid it, then he would smash through it head-on!
The sword in his hand instantly ignited with blazing flames as he poured fire-nature chakra into it without restraint.
"Konoha-Style Kenjutsu: Dragon Flame Slash!"
The flames wrapped around the blade like a raging dragon as he swung upward with everything he had.
A roaring dragon of fire collided directly with the incoming blue spear!
BOOM—!!!
Water and fire clashed violently.
A piercing, tearing noise and a deafening explosion erupted at the same time.
But the terrifying penetrating power of the Hard Whirlpool Water Blade was clearly superior.
After resisting for only an instant, the compressed spear of water tore straight through the flaming dragon and shattered it apart.
Tanuki watched in horror as the azure spear broke through his strongest attack and continued toward him without slowing down.
The deadly blue light rapidly filled his shrinking pupils.
"Nani?! Impossible—!!" His shocked roar echoed through the battlefield.
The next instant—
Puchi—!
The remaining force of the Hard Whirlpool Water Blade pierced straight through the right side of his chest, blasting open a horrifying, bloody hole.
His body shook violently as blood sprayed into the air.
With disbelief and unwillingness frozen in his eyes, he was thrown backward and slammed heavily onto the ground.
One moment of carelessness… and he had suffered a devastating defeat.
"Captain!!"
The remaining two Chunin stared in horror as their leader collapsed with his chest pierced open.
Fear instantly consumed them.
Even their Jonin captain had been critically wounded. Then what chance did they have left?
At that moment, Shin also came to a stop.
He looked at the fallen Jonin lying motionless on the ground, then at the remaining two enemies whose composure had clearly shattered.
Even Shin himself had not expected his desperate full-power counterattack to severely wound a Jonin.
In that instant, the urge to reverse the battle completely surged within him. The balance of the battle had shifted.
Without hesitation, Shin raised his right hand. The enormous chakra within his body surged violently once again.
Hummm—! An azure sphere of chakra instantly formed in his palm, emitting a sharp buzzing sound.
The compressed chakra distorted the surrounding air. For the first time since the battle began, a grin appeared on Shin's face.
"Hahahaha…Now the tide has turned!"
His figure exploded forward like an arrow released from a bow, the Rasengan in his hand aimed directly at the panicked Chunin on the left.
The Chunin's eyes widened bloodshot with fear.
Faced with death closing in, his survival instinct overwhelmed his panic as he frantically formed hand seals at the fastest speed of his life.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!" A compressed sphere of wind blasted forward and collided directly with the incoming Rasengan.
BOOM!
The two forces exploded violently upon impact.
Chaotic shockwaves and fragments of chakra tore outward in every direction like countless invisible blades.
But Shin did not retreat.
He charged straight through the aftermath of the explosion itself.
The sleeve on his right arm shredded apart, and countless shallow cuts appeared across his skin from the flying debris.
Yet his eyes remained terrifyingly intense.
What was even more horrifying was the fact that another Rasengan had already formed instantly in his left hand.
"No… impossible!"
The Chunin stared in utter despair as Shin burst through the smoke like a demon of death, the spinning chakra sphere already inches away from his face.
The entire world in his vision seemed consumed by that rapidly expanding azure light… and Shin's ice-cold expression behind it.
"It's over."
Shin thrust his left hand forward without hesitation. The Rasengan slammed directly into the Chunin's mask.
BANG!!!
A horrifying dull impact echoed through the battlefield.
The mask shattered instantly.
Then the face beneath twisted violently under the destructive force before exploding apart like a smashed watermelon.
Blood, skull fragments, and torn flesh burst outward in every direction under the Rasengan's violent rotation.
The headless corpse convulsed violently before collapsing onto the ground.
Another Root Chunin had died.
Shin slowly straightened his body, shaking the blood and gore from his left hand before turning his gaze toward the final remaining enemy.
The last Chunin was already retreating in terror, his spirit completely broken.
Without the slightest trace of mercy, Shin raised his right hand once again.
Accompanied by the familiar hum of chakra, another deadly Rasengan formed instantly in his palm.
His figure blurred forward, carrying overwhelming intent to kill as he charged straight toward the final target.
Within the rapidly shrinking pupils of that Chunin, Shin's charging figure and feral grin now looked no different from a demon crawling out of Hell itself.
And the spinning azure sphere in Shin's hand grew larger and larger within his vision.
"Die!"
Shin roared as the Rasengan surged toward the enemy's chest with destructive force—
"Mind Transfer Jutsu(Mind Body Switch Technique)!"