Fighting a Powerful Enemy

The quality of this sword is about the same as the one he used before, which cost less than 50,000 taels, and it's several levels below his Sengoku ninja sword.

"Bang!"

With his ninja sword broken, the young Amegakure ninja, despite the combined power of his Sharingan's perception and Gen Uchiha's swordsmanship, was unable to defend himself. His body was repeatedly injured, and he was kicked away, crashing into a thick oak tree trunk.

"Clang!"

Uchiha Gen relentlessly pursued the attack, aiming his sword straight for the throat, but it was blocked by a young Rain Ninja with a broken sword.

With the Sengoku Ninja Sword tilted slightly, Gen Uchiha placed his left hand on the back of the blade and pressed down little by little until the blade approached the young Amegakure's neck and cut through the skin.

"Evil ninja from a powerful nation, you think you can kill me? Not so easy!"

The young Rain Ninja gritted his teeth and managed to utter a few words with difficulty, even managing to unleash a burst of strength that prevented Uchiha Gen from pressing down on the blade any further.

"laugh."

A villainous, disdainful smile crept onto Gen Uchiha's face, which, combined with his crimson Sharingan, made him appear even more like a villain.

"Your captain just said that a single-tomoe Sharingan doesn't have much genjutsu ability, but don't forget that while the Uchiha rely on the Sharingan to cast genjutsu, they don't necessarily need it."

Gen Uchiha extended his finger and made a hand seal in front of the young Amegakure ninja.

"Illusion Technique: The Technique of Seeing Naraku".

The young Rain Ninja tried to close her eyes, but found that her attention had already been drawn to that finger, and she was unable to move under the red light of her Sharingan.

There is no strongest ninjutsu. Even a simple, basic ninjutsu can have different effects in the hands of different people.

Although the Naraku Sight Technique is only a relatively common D-rank genjutsu, after learning it, Gen Uchiha invested in a skill proficiency card, and his mastery of this genjutsu has reached an extremely high level.

While the single-tomoe Sharingan doesn't significantly enhance genjutsu, its auxiliary effect still allows him to simplify the hand seal process with one hand during close-quarters contact with an enemy, plunging them into a state of mental terror—the effect of the Naraku Sight Technique is to trap the enemy in their most fearful vision.

"Sleep eternally in the deepest fears of your heart."

Sensing that the enemy's resistance was almost nonexistent, Uchiha Gen decisively severed the young Amegakure ninja's head with a single stroke and turned back to look at the battlefield.

Two months of consolidation training have allowed Uchiha Gen's two teammates to rise another half level in strength.

The Rain Ninja that Sarutobi Enjun fought was probably the second strongest among these people, definitely an elite Chunin. Only with the help of the two-headed giant python was he able to fight it to a draw.

In comparison, Ruri Uzuki's situation is much better.

Although she was fighting two opponents, the enemy was in poor condition, so she was the one who had the upper hand.

Moreover, this is the land of rain.

Most of the enemies are skilled in Water Release techniques, but Ruri Uzuki's main ninjutsu is also Water Release, which can flatten the enemy's combat environment.

Based on the current momentum, both teammates have a good chance of winning, not only if they hold on, but even if they continue playing.

And all of that is predicated on...

Gen Uchiha looked toward another battlefield.

The black-scaled giant serpent, Armored Wufa, let out a painful hiss. After being severely injured, it voluntarily dispelled its summoning spell and returned to Ryuchi Cave.

Although both are giant snakes that have cultivated for over a hundred years, his strength is a notch below that of Bloodstained. Even though the latter has been seriously injured by the Rain Ninja Captain, he is not yet at the point where he can immediately return to Ryuchi Cave and still maintains a certain level of combat power.

"Now I can finally focus on dealing with you."

Gen Uchiha kicked away the head at his feet, dispelled the two Rashomon gates, then swallowed a soldier's ration pill and formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Red Phoenix Claw!"

Sparks flew out, aided by the spinning shuriken, hurtling towards the Rain Ninja Captain with incredible speed and an unpredictable arc.

The latter leaped backward, dodging the bite of the blood-stained giant mouth, and opened its mouth to spew out a curtain of water to protect itself.

His special water-style ninjutsu, which has undergone a change in properties, has a higher liquid density and is more viscous, making it more unpredictable in attack and more effective in defense than ordinary water-style ninjutsu.

In a flash, Uchiha Gen appeared above Bloodspot's head, formed hand seals, and clapped his hands together, condensing a powerful wind pressure in his palms.

Although his Wind Release skill is inferior to his Fire Release, Wind Release is not countered by Water Release, and its inherent sharpness is more effective when facing this viscous liquid.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm".

The powerful wind pressure condensed into a blade, slicing through the water curtain.

"Damn it!"

The Rain Ninja Captain cursed.

How can this Uchiha have such strength at such a young age?

His Sharingan only had one tomoe, but his exquisite fire jutsu, skillful wind jutsu, strange defensive ninjutsu, and powerful summoning beast all seemed very abnormal. Even he, an elite ninja under Hanzo, found it very troublesome.

Even though he was clearly superior in ninjutsu and other aspects, he still couldn't defeat his opponent and even managed to kill one of them.

The remaining two young ninjas were no pushovers either, firmly blocking his teammate and bringing the entire situation to a stalemate.

But the trouble doesn't end there.

He hadn't forgotten that this area was occupied by Konoha ninjas.

They are unlikely to receive reinforcements.

They've already been held up for so long, and Konoha's reinforcements might arrive at any moment.

That will be the truly life-threatening time.

"We must break out of here as soon as possible. Even if I can't take my teammates with me, I have to get back and deliver the information to Lord Hanzo!"

We can no longer worry about chakra consumption!

"Water Release: Exploding Water Wave!"

The floodwaters surged, resembling a small lake, and rushed towards the direction where Uchiha Gen was located.

The latter immediately swung his hand to his side, summoning several long snakes that bound the distant tree like ropes, pulling his body apart and swinging him upwards.

As for the bloodstains on the spot, Gen Uchiha immediately dispelled the summoning jutsu and returned to Ryuchi Cave.

His size was too large, and his mobility was greatly reduced after being injured, so he couldn't avoid this powerful water-style ninjutsu at all.

He's not incapable of dodging; there's no need for him to use a summoning beast to absorb damage like Sasuke did.

At this point, it would be foolish to still confront the enemy head-on.

While suspended in mid-air, Uchiha Gen not only avoided the impact of the large-scale water jutsu, but also had excellent visibility, easily seeing the enemy trying to escape into the distance under the cover of water jutsu.

"Can you really leave?"

A pair of Sharingan eyes accurately captured the Rain Ninja Captain's escape trajectory, and several kunai with explosive tags attached to their ends were thrown out by Uchiha Gen.