“Perception, huh…”
That was quite impressive.
Kurenai Yuhi thought to herself.
To be able to sense an enemy’s strength or weakness from such a distance—Qingyuan was truly exceptional.
“All right, this is a small outpost. Let’s use it to warm up first.”
Qingyuan said.
There were also outposts nearby with more than a dozen ninja guarding them, but Qingyuan planned to start with something a little easier.
“Genma, hide in ambush along the route the enemy might use to flee. Red and I will go in and draw their attention.”
Qingyuan said.
If they wanted to draw Iwagakure’s attention, destroying their outpost was the best choice—and it would also give Qingyuan a chance to loot a few things while he was at it.
“Got it.”
Kurenai Yuhi and Shiranui Genma nodded at the same time.
Qingyuan was the captain now, so naturally they had to follow his orders.
The next moment, Qingyuan and Kurenai Yuhi stealthily slipped inside.
“Enemy attack!”
An Iwagakure chunin suddenly detected Qingyuan and his companion, then hurriedly cast a genjutsu at Qingyuan.
“Don’t come over, Red. Leave this to me.”
Qingyuan stared straight at the genjutsu, yet his body was completely unaffected.
He began calling on Renegade Qingyuan.
The principle behind genjutsu was to interfere with the brain’s neural signals.
One had to disrupt the flow of chakra within one’s own body to make the enemy’s genjutsu ineffective.
But…
The Iwagakure chunin had used genjutsu to control Qingyuan’s body—what did that have to do with me, Renegade Qingyuan?
Renegade Qingyuan simply took partial possession, ignoring the paralysis caused by the genjutsu as he controlled Qingyuan’s body and walked over.
The Iwagakure chunin’s face was filled with shock.
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“You… you weren’t caught in my genjutsu?”
The Iwagakure chunin went over it again and again in his mind.
He had definitely injected Yin Release chakra into Qingyuan’s body, and the genjutsu had taken effect.
How could he possibly look as though nothing had happened?
Dispelled in an instant?
No, wait—he didn’t seem to have seen Qingyuan use any countermeasure at all.
Qingyuan’s chakra fluctuations were perfectly steady. New chapters come out on g.com first.
“There’s a lot you don’t understand.”
Renegade Qingyuan said with a smile, manipulating Qingyuan’s body.
The next moment, he pulled a kunai from his ninja tool pouch and rushed at the Iwagakure chunin.
He was too fast—so fast that before the Iwagakure chunin could even react, he crashed to the ground with a heavy thud.
A thin line of blood appeared across his neck, and his eyes remained fixed on Qingyuan.
Even in his final moments, he was still confused.
Why was Qingyuan wearing a genin’s uniform, yet able to kill him—a chunin—in a single strike?
Could this be a jonin fishing for kills?
Unfortunately, before he could think any further, the loss of too much blood darkened his vision, and he breathed his last.
Body Flicker Technique!
“What a fast Body Flicker Technique…”
Kurenai Yuhi watched Qingyuan, who seemed to vanish and reappear in an instant, and knew it was an optical illusion caused by his extreme speed.
“Red, use the genjutsu you have left to control the other chunin.”
Qingyuan, having regained control of his body, crouched low and dragged the Iwagakure chunin’s corpse into the bushes.
The smell of blood had not yet drifted over, so he had to eliminate the other Iwagakure chunin guarding another position in the outpost.
That way, even if the two genin spotted them, things would be much easier.
“Okay.”
Kurenai Yuhi nodded.
She followed Qingyuan, keeping low and moving cautiously.
Because the first Iwagakure chunin had been dealt with so quickly, the other chunin had not even realized what had happened.
By the time he noticed, he found himself facing a woman with curly black hair, who was casting a genjutsu at him.
“Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique!”
Kurenai Yuhi formed hand seals with both hands and unleashed her signature ninjutsu.
“Aaaaaah!”
The scar-faced Iwagakure chunin stared in terror at the illusion that had suddenly appeared before him.
He saw his comrade die before his eyes, powerless to stop it.
He could do nothing.
He could change nothing.
Losing his closest friend, losing the bond they shared—that day became the greatest pain of his life.
“All right, he’s caught in the genjutsu.”
The Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique could draw out the deepest fear in a person’s heart, causing its victim to lose all reason and freeze in place.
Seeing the terrified look on the Iwagakure chunin’s face, Qingyuan had already thrown a shuriken.
Shhk.
The shuriken pierced his neck, spraying blood.
People die when they’re killed.
If Qingyuan didn’t kill these enemies, those enemies would turn around and kill Qingyuan instead.
After all, these guys were planning to make their way straight from Grass Country into Fire Country.
To put it bluntly, they were a bunch of invaders.
Qingyuan did not hold back when he struck.
Having spent so long in the shinobi world, he had gradually grown accustomed to this atmosphere.
“Enemy attack, enemy attack! Captain Hikaru and Captain Tatsutomo are both dead!”
The remaining two genin finally discovered Qingyuan and Kurenai Yuhi.
“Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!”
One of the Iwagakure genin quickly formed hand seals and condensed a long spear resembling mud from the ground, shooting it at Qingyuan.
The one on the right did the same, using the same jutsu.
Two mud-like spears hurtled toward Qingyuan.
“Lightning Release: Earth Walk!”
Qingyuan formed hand seals with both hands, and a burst of deep-blue electrical arcs suddenly erupted just above the ground ahead.
Crackle!
The resulting arcs easily neutralized the two spears created by the Earth Release techniques.
“Damn it, he’s actually a Lightning Release ninja.”
Otanigawa Teruya’s expression turned ugly.
Chakra natures counter one another.
And Earth Release is countered by Lightning Release!
Against Qingyuan, they were at a natural disadvantage!
“Demonic Illusion…”
Kurenai Yuhi also seized the opportunity and began to cast a genjutsu.
“Retreat!”
Otanigawa Teruya shouted to his companion.
Then the two of them plunged into the bamboo forest without looking back and quickly fled into the distance.
“Red, don’t pursue them.”
Qingyuan stopped Kurenai Yuhi before she could cast it.