Naruto: The Shadow Lord of the Nara Clan

The water blade spun and crashed directly into a rock wall that had emerged from the ground.

The water and soil collided, creating a cloud of dust.

Two figures darted out of the mist; they were the two Root ninjas.

Lu Ying was just about to join the battle, but before she could even make a move, she discovered that Number One had been killed.

He turned to look at Suzaku Nara, who was standing on the treetop, and saw that the other was staring intently at him, his hands moving constantly.

It's clear they're preparing to continue targeting him.

The situation is now basically clear.

There was no longer any need for Lu Ying to hide, so she decisively ordered the shadow soldiers:

"Number Two, kill him."

At the same time, he did not forget to revive Number One, requiring him to cooperate with Number Two's actions and strive to kill Nara Suzaku with 100% certainty.

Once stored, shadow soldiers can be resurrected indefinitely, provided the monarch has enough MP.

Therefore, the only one who suffers is Lu Ying himself.

That last [Kaleidoscope - Kotoamatsukami] attack almost drained his MP.

After being revived, Number One was so weak that he could barely stand, let alone extract chakra and use ninjutsu.

Despite feeling the pinch from the few remaining G-coins, Lu Ying decisively went all in to buy the small blue bottle.

—None of these guys are leaving tonight!

On the other side, Suzaku Nara, who was just about to use the "Secret Technique: Shadow Stitching" to kill Shikakage, experienced the same feeling again.

He hadn't even finished forming the hand seals when he was interrupted again.

Looking at the newcomer, his pupils suddenly contracted when he noticed the scarlet eyes.

"Sharingan?!"

"You're from the Uchiha clan?!"

But before he could even finish being surprised, something even more unexpected happened.

The inhuman creature he had just killed was now standing next to the Uchiha man!

Although Number One's strength is not impressive, he can barely withstand about ten rounds from Nara Suzaku thanks to his [Shadow Body].

With the addition of an Uchiha clansman who posed a strong threat to him, Suzaku Nara, who was originally in a comfortable position, could no longer help but feel somewhat troubled.

More and more unexpected things happened, which gave him a sense of foreboding.

But now that we're in the vortex, there's no way to escape.

Then we have no choice but to go all out, kill them, kill the deer shadows!

However, despite his good intentions, reality slapped Nara Suzaku hard in the face.

Let alone killing these two guys in front of him, just that Uchiha clansman alone was enough to keep Nara Suzaku busy.

With his superb Instantaneous Movement Technique alone, he had almost no time to form hand seals, and could only barely resist by dodging and fleeing.

Moreover, there was another figure always lurking in the shadows, making it impossible for Nara Suzaku to defend himself.

After confirming that the two shadow soldiers were enough to suppress Nara Suzaku, Shikakage withdrew his gaze and turned his attention back to the Root ninjas who were fighting amongst themselves.

After replenishing his MP with the small blue bottle, Lu Ying quickly arrived in front of the Root ninja's corpses and used [Shadow Extraction] three times in succession, successfully turning the two Root ninjas into his shadow soldiers.

Currently engaged in battle, Lu Ying had no time to check their specific attributes and directly issued battle commands.

He stared at the Root Special Jonin who was beating the 'traitor' until he was coughing up blood repeatedly, and said coldly:

"Surround and kill him."

At a command, two newly recruited shadow soldiers immediately joined the battle.

With three Root Chunin attacking together, even though the Root Special Jonin was relatively strong, he was inevitably caught off guard and overwhelmed for a while.

After he finally managed to drive back the two shadow soldiers, a water whip followed.

The traitor crouched on the tree trunk, his hands surging with chakra:

"Water Release: Water Whip!"

The water whip, swift as iron, cut through the air, producing bursts of crackling sounds.

Sensing that he couldn't completely dodge the attack, the Root Special Jonin decisively pressed his hands to the ground and hissed:

"Earth Release: Great River of Earth!"

In the blink of an eye, the solid ground transformed into undulating waves.

With each ripple, the Root Special Jonin successfully avoided the range of the water whip's strikes.

However, he also lost his balance due to an unstable center of gravity.

It's now!

Lu Ying, who had been searching for an opportunity to strike, narrowed his eyes and leaped towards the enemy.

Seeing this, the Root Special Jonin prepared to step off the ground and move away from the mud that had turned into a swamp.

But before he could act, two shadow soldiers attacked him again.

"Get out of here!"

The troublesome nature of the shadow soldiers greatly annoyed the Root Special Jonin, who was about to form hand seals to blast these troublesome guys to death!

But the fingers that should have been touching were now moving uncontrollably.

Turning his head, he saw that the deer was already behind him.

He just crashed straight into me, without any warning or alertness.

The Root Special Jonin was about to mock Shikakage for being too young when he discovered that something was wrong with his body.

Only then did he realize that this "something was wrong" was the method by which Shikakage killed the Root Chunin, a method he had not been able to understand at the time!

Whenever he tries to form a hand seal, his fingers bend and deform.

Whenever he tried to block, his muscles and bones would become stiff and numb.

The closer they got to Lu Ying in close combat, the more frequent and precise these strange occurrences became.

Almost every time something "went wrong," it happened at a very crucial point.

As a result, he has been unable to use any ninjutsu since his encounter with Shikakage.

This abnormal situation prevented him from even exerting one-tenth of his strength!

Fighting Shikakage was more terrifying and disgusting to the Root Special Jonin than being entangled by the Shadow Soldiers.

Perhaps the pressure from the deer shadow was too great, so the Root Special Jonin was completely unaware that a black hand shadow had quietly climbed up his neck.

When the Root Special Jonin noticed that he was having difficulty breathing, he realized that he had been hit by a ninjutsu without even realizing it.

The intense feeling of suffocation made his body go limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

Lying on the ground, the Root Special Jonin looked up at the boy in the moonlight.

The shadow loomed over him, and it also shrouded his life.

"When...did you...?"

"Mind your own business when people are dead."

Lu Ying said casually, and then once again interrupted the enemy's hand seals for survival.

With a crisp snap, the Root Special Jonin lost all his life force.

Lu Ying lowered her eyes and softly recited:

"Stand up."

The shadows wriggled and deformed, and soldiers with jet-black and purplish-black bodies crawled out of the corpses. Together with two other shadow soldiers who had arrived, they knelt respectfully before the deer shadow.

Shikakage glanced sideways at the Root Chunin who was about to regain consciousness, and gently waved his hand.

Three shadow soldiers instantly appeared beside him and cruelly ended the life of the 'traitor'.

"Stand up."

The deer shadow was made in the same way.

Another shadow soldier has been born.

After glancing at the new combatants before him, Lu Ying drank several more small blue bottles and turned to walk in the direction where Suzaku Nara had fled.

"It's time to end the fight."