I teach kendo in the ninja world

Above the arena, there are layers of ice mirrors surrounding it.

Zabuza, who was given high hopes, did not have the time to pay attention to the thousands of ice blades that were about to come. Instead, he completely immersed his consciousness into his inner world.

It was a broken and desolate land, with no sunlight above the head and no shadows under the feet. Looking up, there were tall city walls all around, and there were vague and noisy sounds coming from the other side of the high wall.

"Is this what's in my heart..."

Zabuza looked around and whispered softly.

Then, driven by a strong desire, he stepped towards the wall that surrounded him, as if he was resisting some danger.

When he stood on the city wall, he finally saw the outside world clearly.

It was an environment so intense that it was like an endless hell, like a bottomless abyss, with flames burning below, pools of blood steaming and corroding, and most importantly - there were many black shadows struggling and roaring in it.

When he looked intently.

"Those...were all...students who...were killed by me..."

Zabuza murmured softly.

He was not shocked or frightened by this. Perhaps he had expected it when he learned that he had a "ghost spirit", or maybe he had been aware of it because of the occasional whispers he heard in his sleep.

These unjust souls who died in his hands never left him.

"So, am I always afraid of contact with you?"

Zabuza looked at the high city wall under his feet and suddenly understood the meaning of its existence.

"Oh, do you think you can escape everything by surrounding yourself within a high wall? This is really the behavior of a coward!"

He slowly closed his eyes and reached out to touch the battlements.

"Although I think that what I have done is worthy of the village, I am indeed ashamed of you. Your sufferings were given by me personally, and it is natural for you to blame me and hate me. Come on, from today on, I will no longer run away. I will bear all your sufferings and carry all your resentments. Become one with me!"

Rumble!

The moment he spoke, thunder suddenly appeared in the dead sky, and the scarlet thunder struck the tall and strong city wall, turning it into powder in an instant!

Zabuza, who lost the city wall to rely on, slowly fell into the abyss.

Although he was getting closer to the sea of ​​fire and blood pool, the light in his eyes became brighter.

come down!

come down!

come down!

The innocent soul below was struggling and roaring, baring its teeth and claws, but a rare smile actually overflowed from Zabuza's eyes.

Because when he was close enough, he could clearly hear the shouts and appeals of those black figures.

"Zabuza, I'll kill you!"

"go to hell!"

"I'm going to tear you into pieces!"

"Give my life back!"

Zabuza took a deep breath and pretended to be relaxed and said: "I am here. From now on, I will bear the suffering with you until the end of the world. So... don't hesitate to give all your pain to me. Come and take the responsibility! And lend me all your strength!"

As soon as he said this, hundreds of dark shadows of innocent souls swarmed in and pounced on Zabuza in the abyss.

They bit and gnawed at his flesh and blood crazily, but they gradually integrated their souls with him.

a long time.

In the world of Zabuza's mind, there were only seas of boiling blood and blazing flames.

And, the only tall figure standing among them.

He slowly raised his chest, and the vengeance lingering around him turned into wisps of purple-black aura floating behind him under the burning flames. It made people feel as if they were falling into an abyss and full of malice at the first sight, as if they heard it at the same time. The roars and whines of thousands of ghosts.

boom!

Mochi Zabuza opened his eyes.

outside world.

Just when countless ice blades were about to come and poke holes in him, Zabuza suddenly opened his eyes. At the same time, a mixture of dark purple and scarlet aura spurted out from his body, forming a He formed a protective layer that looked like arrogance, blocking all ice attacks for him.

Along with this tangible ghostly energy, there is also an invisible, yet seemingly overwhelming, violent and murderous aura.

Many genin who were watching the battle around the venue turned their faces in disbelief and looked at the figure surrounded by countless ice realms in fear. Their faces were so pale that there was no trace of blood.

A few seconds later, when they came to their senses, they immediately sat down on the ground, gasping for air, breaking out in cold sweat, and looking at Zabuza as if they had really seen the evil ghost Shura.

"Oh, with such murderous intent, and those purple air currents...it seems successful?"

Araki's eyes flickered slightly, looking forward to the actual combat capabilities of this ninja version of ghost energy.

His eyes turned back to the arena.

Even those watching the battle from a distance were affected, so how could Hua Bing, who was so close and hiding in the magic mirror ice crystals, be safe and sound?

You know, as the eldest lady of the Snow Clan, she has not experienced the baptism of blood mist education. Although her spiritual will cannot be said to be weak, it is obviously very different from Zabuza at this time.

"Ugh~"

Just as the brutal killing intent spread out from Zabuza, Hua Bing let out a slightly painful groan on the spot, and his body was ejected directly from the ice mirror. He staggered and half-knelt down, holding his forehead. On the ground.

At the same time, the dozens of ice mirrors surrounding Zabuza, lacking the support of their masters, collapsed one after another, turning into scattered ice crystal particles and exploding, and the ground of the arena was suddenly covered in silver.

Momochi Zabuza, whose whole body was filled with purple-red air, as if an evil ghost was alive, slowly moved forward step by step.

His arms were hanging low by his sides, and the long knife in his palm was dragged on the ground, rubbing against the ground and making a "stab, stab, stab," sound.

A heavy sense of oppression suddenly hit his face.

Hua Bing, who was stimulated by the strong killing intent just now and had a splitting headache, was sweating profusely, as if he had just experienced an exhausting battle. His limbs were sore and weak, and he could barely stand.

This is a kind of self-protection of the body.

In the face of fear that exceeds the limit, the body will spontaneously give up resistance, as if it can escape.

But Hua Bing was not willing to admit defeat.

It was obvious that she had been suppressing the opponent with ease before, so why did her form suddenly change?

What was that murderous aura that was so strong that her body was still trembling even now?

And the purple-red air current surrounding Zabuza's body...

That doesn't look like something simple.

She clenched her silver teeth and reluctantly raised her head, looking at Zabuza who was slowly walking towards her like a demon king, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes.

"Ice Escape, Thousand Kills Shui Xiang!"

Although her body was still unable to move, with Hua Bing's efforts, her fingers finally managed to form a handprint.

Immediately, countless tiny ice crystals that filled the entire venue were attracted by her ninjutsu and turned into sharp ice senbons, which exploded with Momochi Zabuza as the center!

Seeing that Hua Bing still did not give up in the face of such a situation and was still trying his best to continue fighting, Araki, who was sitting cross-legged on the rocks, couldn't help but nodded in approval.

Zabuza, who was slowly moving forward, saw this. He paused for a moment, lowered his body slightly, and placed both hands at his sides to hold the handle of the knife. The dark purple mixed with scarlet ghost energy spread all over his body quickly gathered. When it reached his blade, it turned the ordinary standard sword into a dark purple magic blade.

"Ghost Slash!"

He exerted force on his arm, raised the long knife, and sent out a slash from the lower right to the upper left!

Swish!

The long knife wrapped in thick ghost energy drew a dark fan shape in mid-air, and easily knocked away all the incoming ice crystals.

When Hua Bing saw this, a trace of despair finally flashed through his crystal clear eyes.

But at this moment, the long sword in Zabuza's hand made an unexpected "cough" sound and completely shattered.

This mediocre standard long knife, after being repeatedly beaten by Ice Escape and forcefully invaded by ghost energy, finally couldn't bear it anymore and ended its short life.

Zabuza was also stunned. He looked at the only hilt of the sword in his hand, then threw it away and came to Hua Bing with his bare hands.

Just when Hua Bing held his head with his hands and closed his eyes tightly, Zabuza, who had been so domineering just now, suddenly froze and fainted.

In the process of falling, his palm gently brushed Hua Bing's head, and his body fell heavily next to the girl.

"Eh?"

……

Zabuza's reversal operation simply stunned the whole audience and caused an uproar among all the genin.

"What, I expected him to fight back!"

Kaguya's black bones grumbled and complained.

Araki was also speechless. At this time, he couldn't tell whether Zabuza had really reached his limit or had something else on his mind.

Although it is true that he was beaten a bit badly by Hua Bing before, and his physical strength was extremely exhausted. Even awakening the ghost energy could not make up for this, and it seemed natural that he would fall down.

but!

That's fine with you, why did you go to the girl's side and just slap her head to kill her?

We really have a destined relationship with the Snow Clan!

But he was speechless, and Araki did not forget his own job.

He jumped down from the high rocks, came to Zabuza and Hua Bing's side, and loudly announced: "This match, Hua Bing wins!"

Hua Bing put down the hands covering his head, opened his watery eyes, and looked at Araki and Zabuza with a confused look on his face. He still didn't realize what was going on.

Haven't you given up resistance?

Why did the big devil fall to the ground instead?

Until he walked back to Terumi Mei, Hua Bing's expression was still a little dull.

"What's wrong with you? Aren't you happy after winning?"

Terumi Mei is still very concerned about her appointed future deputy.

"I didn't win."

Hua Bing shook his head.

"Hey, we are ninjas, not samurai. Besides, the reason why he fainted due to loss of strength was because of you. What are you trying to do?" Terumi Mei reached out and touched Hua Bing's forehead.

"You don't understand," Hua Bing bit his lower lip, looking a little aggrieved, "Almost all my ninjutsu was broken by him, but in the end I won. This..."

"Okay, okay, let's do this. When he wakes up, we can find time to have a good fight with him. What do you think?"

"Ok!"

Hua Bing nodded lightly and responded seriously.

"Okay, then it's time for our battle, little Huahua, are you ready?"

Terumi Mei's face changed instantly. One second she was a caring sister who cared about her friends, and the next second she turned into an arrogant older sister.

"Hmph, who is afraid of whom!"

Faced with Mei Mei's provocation, Hua Bing was not to be outdone, and the plastic sisters' friendship boat capsized at every turn.

At this time, as Terumi Mei's opponent in the next round, a genin who was frightened to the ground by Zabuza's murderous aura was staying not far from them, but he didn't have the courage to step forward and argue. Like a chicken.

Araki checked Zabuza with the medical ninjutsu he had just learned a little bit, and found that he was just overexhausted, plus a little frostbite, nothing serious, so he created a clone and took him to the hospital first. , the ontology continues to host the competition.

However, with such a wonderful competition in front of Zhuyu, the rest of the game seemed a bit boring, and there was no genin that made Araki's eyes shine.

Until the last game, Terumi Mei faced Hua Bing.

The duel between two powerful beautiful girls attracted everyone's attention, including Araki.

After forming the seal of opposition, Terumi Mei jumped back, opened her lips lightly, and a thick mist spurted out of her mouth.

[Boiling Escape·Skillful Mist Art]!

chi chi~

This is not the ordinary fog that can only obscure the sight of Kirigakure no Jutsu.

Terumi Mei's Boiling Release is a blood inheritance boundary formed by combining the chakras of water and fire. However, instead of using the high temperature of steam, she found another way and chose the corrosive acid mist.

The acid mist filled the air, and its extremely corrosive nature made the air seem to scream like it was melting.

When Hua Bing saw this, his pupils shrank and he subconsciously jumped back.

However, the two of them have been best friends for many years and understand each other very well.

No matter how powerful the acid mist is, it is still a type of mist. If it is mist, it can be restrained by the wind.

Then, Hua Bing's hands flew up and he shouted: "Wind Escape: Great Breakthrough!"

She took a deep breath, her flat chest swelled high, and a strong wind shot out.

hula-

The acid mist that was eroding forward encountered fierce resistance from the strong wind, and suddenly hesitated to move forward, surging up and down violently on the spot.

However, Hua Bing did not smile because of this, because she understood that Feng Dun alone could not solve the opponent's acid mist.

Sure enough, at the junction of the acid mist and the strong wind, the "sizzling" corrosion sound was extremely intense, and the battle line was advancing step by step in the direction of Hua Bing.

Not even the wind can escape the erosion of acid mist!

No, it would be more accurate to say that the acid mist was actually eroding the chakra that was transformed into Wind Escape.