Ninja Pot Shadow

They all stopped cultivating and gathered together to discuss the next tactics.

Ino first shared her detection results.

She pointed to the map and said, "There's a high chance that the small island at our seven o'clock position is where you encountered Zabuza and Haku... They're about nineteen kilometers away from us."

Once the location is found, the next step is a surprise attack.

Asuma and Kakashi, both Jonin, will definitely be going. Shikamaru, Choji, and Sakura will stay behind to guard Raiga and Ranmaru, while Ino, Naruto, and Sasuke will go with them.

After the five people arrived at the target island by boat, they found Bai grinding herbs without much effort.

Naruto was furious at the "big sister" who had deceived him, and he roared and charged forward.

Bai immediately used a water teleportation technique to create a distance of more than ten meters.

A thick layer of mist also drifted over from not far from the island, and Zabuza appeared.

Kakashi quickly made battle arrangements: "The three of you deal with this boy. Remember, the village said to capture him alive, but your lives are undoubtedly more important. Survival is the top priority. Asuma, we'll deal with Zabuza."

"Alright!" The two Jonin charged towards the center of the fog, one on the left and one on the right.

During the war between Konoha and Kirigakure, Asuma, due to his rebellious nature, went to become a guardian ninja for the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and basically never fought against Kirigakure ninjas. After leading Team 10, Ino made up for the lessons he missed. During their regular training sessions, he gained some experience in how to deal with Kirigakure techniques and water-style ninjutsu.

Asuma had a flint placed in his molar. He immediately used the flint to ignite the gunpowder that had undergone chakra nature transformation, and then, before the two could react, he spat out the gunpowder.

"Fire Escape·Ashes Burning!"

Gunpowder flew rapidly, and a second later, a massive explosion occurred in the area shrouded in thick fog.

The violent explosion briefly dispersed the mist, and the sound made Haku turn around. The beautiful young man exclaimed, "Zabuza-san!?"

His response was the "Chidori" that emitted a sharp buzzing sound from Sasuke's hand!

Sasuke was still quite clumsy with this technique; both his ninjutsu activation speed and his body speed were somewhat slow.

He had only covered less than a third of the distance when Haku reacted. As a ninja with the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, he spread his arms, and several ice mirrors appeared behind him. He took a step back, entered the ice mirrors, and then ignored spatial obstacles to begin rapid movement.

Chapter 83 Ino vs. Shiro

Chidori shattered a piece of ice mirror into dust, and then continued on its way, turning one ice mirror after another into powder amidst Chidori's buzzing.

Sasuke shouted as he chased after him.

Amidst the swirling ice mirror fragments, one could see white figures shifting left or right.

Seeing that he couldn't shake off Sasuke, Haku had no choice but to change his strategy.

With a flick of his right hand, dozens of ice mirrors, arranged in three layers, surrounded the three of them from all directions.

"Naruto-kun, I really don't want to fight you guys."

Seeing Naruto's jaw twitch as if he was about to unleash an S-rank talk-no-jutsu, Ino quickly released her own ninjutsu.

"Leave this female ninja to me, all of you stay put! Water Release: Great Exploding Water Wave!"

Naruto wanted to say that the person in front of him wasn't a woman, but looking at Haku dressed as a woman, he was speechless and didn't know how to explain. His talk-no-jutsu was abruptly interrupted...

The sheer power of the Exploding Water Wave startled Kakashi, Asuma, and Zabuza, who were fighting in the distance.

Zabuza was completely bewildered. "Holy crap, who's using the Great Water Burst Wave?" He could actually use a Great Water Burst Wave of that level himself, but he didn't because he felt it was unnecessary. He couldn't defeat anyone stronger than him, whether he used it or not, and for those weaker than him, wouldn't it be better to just kill them with one strike? Why bother with the Great Water Burst Wave?

Kakashi used his Sharingan to sense the intensity of chakra in the distance, and sighed inwardly, "Having a lot of chakra is really good, really good..."

Ino's "Great Exploding Water Wave" didn't reach the level of Kisame creating a lake out of thin air, but it was still far beyond what ordinary people could do.

The overwhelming torrent of water surged outwards from her, spreading wildly in all directions.

The tightly encircled magic mirror ice crystals were tossed about by the water flow, and Sasuke and Naruto jumped out through the gaps to watch the battle from a nearby tree.

"Crack, crack, crack—" The crisp sounds were incessant as the white ice mirror was shattered one after another by the water.

With a thousand sages in his hand, Haku had to navigate through numerous ice mirrors. Each time he passed through, he would use chakra to create a different number of ice mirrors, while Ino was also controlling the water flow to force her way through.

Haku's Ice Release slowed down the water flow, and the impact of the Great Explosion Water Wave was unknowingly reduced by 30%.

He had been holding a senbon in his hand the whole time. As the impact weakened, he immediately emerged from the ice mirror, raised his arm, and threw the senbon.

The process was clearly one of entering an ice mirror, throwing a thousand sticks, then entering the next ice mirror and throwing another thousand sticks. However, due to the extraordinary speed, it created the illusion that dozens of white figures were throwing thousand sticks simultaneously in an instant.

"Watch out!" Naruto warned from a distance.

Ino clapped his hands on the ground: "Earth Release: Earthflow Wall!"

An earthen wall rose from the ground, with chibi-style portraits of the four members of Team 10 right in the center. Ino had deliberately placed her own portrait in the center position. From a distance, this earthen wall even looked a bit like the Hokage Rock...

While her Earth Release technique lacked precision, her chakra far surpassed Kakashi's. The earthen wall that rose from the spot formed a circle, blocking all the senbon needles.

Senbon is a tool used by medical ninjas to puncture acupoints and bleed. Its lethality is far less than that of kunai and shuriken. Although Haku is a man, his strength is not much higher than Ino's. When senbon hits the earthen wall, it can only puncture a small dent at most.

Moving at high speed is a huge drain on chakra and stamina. Taking advantage of the pause when Haku throws the senbon needles, Ino gathers water-style chakra between her chest and abdomen, and quickly forms hand seals to increase the pressure.

She stood on the earthen wall and unleashed a ninjutsu at the ice mirror: "Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

Under pressure, the silvery water formed a line that shattered an ice mirror in a tenth of a second, and then continued to cut the ice mirror clockwise without stopping.

Bai, who was adjusting her breathing, was shocked and quickly moved away.

Ino had already created a shadow clone, which used its sensory abilities to search for Shiro's location among the many ice mirrors.

"Three o'clock direction."

"When you get to the nine o'clock position, there's the mirror in the middle."

"They're behind us!"

In the chase, Shiro was extremely fast, but Ino's "Water Wave Break" was even faster!

Shiro needs to constantly move between the ice mirrors, while Ino only needs to tilt her head slightly, and the silver water line can catch up and cut across the ice mirrors.

It's like one person is running ahead while another person stands still and fires at them with a submachine gun; it's a matter of whether the person runs faster or the bullets fly faster.

This was the first time Haku had encountered such a strong enemy as Ino. If it were anyone else, seeing their ice mirror shattering piece by piece and the water line about to catch up with them, they would probably have panicked long ago.

Bai possesses high combat intelligence.

While moving at high speed, he formed a hand seal and used the clear water created by the "Great Explosive Water Wave" to launch a ninjutsu.

"Water Release: Thousand Kill Water Flight!" The surrounding water transformed into countless fine needles, densely packed, piercing Ino, who was still controlling "Water Severing Wave," like raindrops.

The moment Shiro launched her attack, Ino also pinpointed her exact location.

Using his sensory abilities, the shadow clone erected a mud wall taller than a person in front of him, and then countless fine needles struck the mud wall.

This is a legitimate ninjutsu technique, and its destructive power is much greater than the previous senbon.

After the effect of "Thousand Kill Water Surge" ended, Bai Ningshen looked closely and found that the earthen wall was gone, and the well behind the earthen wall had also turned into white smoke and disappeared.

Oh no! Both of them are shadow clones! Just as he was about to teleport, he suddenly realized that Ino had emerged from the ground beneath his feet.

Ino smiled broadly: "Jio, you're a very pretty young lady, you lost! Earth Release: Heart Decapitation Technique!"

She grabbed Bai's ankle and then pulled her down sharply.

"You're the one who lost, but for Lord Zabuza, I will not lose!"

Bai was actually making arrangements as well. The ice mirror fragments that had been shattered by the Great Explosion Water Wave and the Water Severing Wave were scattered around. These mirror fragments were inconspicuous in an environment full of broken glass, but in fact, they still contained a portion of his chakra.

When Ino activated the Decapitation Technique in his mind, he immediately gathered the scattered ice mirror fragments back together, turning them into a complete ice mirror. Then, using his Ice Release ability, he jumped into the sky, bringing Ino out of the ground with him.

While suspended in mid-air, he held a thousand sticks and thrust them toward Ino's heart.

With a "poof," Ino turned into a wisp of white smoke and vanished without a trace.

Bai Meng turned around and saw Ino spreading her arms, with a dense stream of water rushing towards her.

"Water Release: Water Prison Technique!"

Haku is very strong, probably the strongest among his peers who has fought Ino so far, but he still cannot break through the Water Prison Technique from the inside.

Ino created a shadow clone to maintain the Water Prison Technique, then formed hand seals and aimed at Shiro.

"Ninja Art: Mind Transfer Technique!"

Her will, enveloped in chakra, surged into Haku's mental world and quickly gained control of the body.

She wanted to see what Ice Release was all about and what conditions she still needed to master this technique.

Chapter 84 Journey to the Land of Water

After Ino took over Shiro's body, she made a hand gesture, and the shadow clone immediately released the Water Prison Technique.

That's the downside of the Mind Transfer Technique: the damage is shared. If Haku suffocates to death now, Ino's body will die along with him.

By relying on their own spiritual energy, they are stuck between life and death, neither living nor dead. That belongs to the power of the Six Paths. Typical examples are the Sage of Six Paths who gave Naruto and Sasuke power-ups, and Obito who sent Kakashi his eyes from afar.

Ino is far from reaching that level; once her body dies, her spiritual energy simply cannot survive for long.

After taking control of Bai's body, she took a deep breath.

The young man's physical fitness was not as good as Ino's. There was almost no trace of him practicing taijutsu. As for strength? Ino clenched her fist and tried it. Haku's strength was not high either. It was basically the minimum strength level of a 15-year-old male ninja.

"Hey, hurry up, Kakashi-sensei's battle is almost over," the shadow clone urged her.

"Okay! I'll give it a try right away..."

Ino attempted to extract chakra from Shiro's body.

Bloodline limit abilities rely on the body for their existence. Orochimaru coveted Sasuke's Sharingan because he wanted the body. Bloodline limit is the body's energy, a manifestation of ancestors frequently using a certain ability and solidifying that ability into their bloodline. It does not require the individual's mental energy; whoever occupies the body can control it.

With a single thought, Ino's wind and water chakra began to merge within her body. She raised her left hand and waited for four or five seconds, during which wisps of freezing energy appeared in her palm.

"A fusion of Wind 4 and Water 6?"

"No, it needs to be more precise. Hmm... wind 3.5, water... doesn't seem to be 6.5 either?"

Haku doesn't need to master advanced Water Release or Wind Release techniques; he can naturally fuse Ice Release chakra based on his genetic memory.

If Ino wants to develop her own ice attribute, she has to start from scratch. She must raise both water and wind jutsu to a very high level and then fuse ice attribute chakra in the correct proportions.

The white figure in the spiritual world showed no signs of anger, fear, or other emotions that had taken over the body. He knelt in a corner of the spiritual world in a particularly feminine manner, speaking in a very calm tone.

"What a powerful secret technique! Are you going to replace me?" he asked bluntly.

Ino is now extremely skilled in the Mind Transfer Technique, and while sensing the chakra fusion ratio, she chats with him.