"Ah~~~!"
With a harsh scream, a hapless sunagakure-nin was directly beaten into the ground by Chao Yanqian. Accompanied by the huge 'bang' sound, the surrounding land seemed to have been bombarded by artillery shells, exploding into a huge deep pit, and several nearby sunagakure-nin were directly lifted by the aftermath of the explosion and flew out.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several sunagakure-nin surrounded Chao Yanqian, but he grabbed the dead sunagakure-nin's ankle from the ground and, using it as a weapon, directly knocked all the other sunagakure-nin into the air. At the same time, he flew towards the scattered enemies. Chao Yanqian also imprinted the seal formula of the Flying Thunder God Technique onto the ankle of this sunagakure-nin.
Several years of hard work had brought a huge change in Chao Yanqian's strength. Facing several enemy ninjas alone like today and still being able to defeat them Chao Yanqian had fantasized about this moment for too long.
To this day, Chao Yanqian finally had such strength.
But seeing Bo Feng Shuimen, who was slaughtering enemies like a whirlwind not far away, Chao Yanqian was still deeply aware that his current strength was far from enough. The enemies in the future would only become stronger, and he must work harder.
On the battlefield of the Third Great Ninja War, even the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki and Bo Feng Shuimen could only support the greater fight. With Chao Yanqian's current strength, he would be no more than cannon fodder on the battlefield of the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Watching the surrounding sunagakure-nin gathering in greater numbers, he directly threw the sunagakure-nin in his hand towards them, and at the same time formed hand seals.
When the famous sunagakure-nin fell to the ground, Chao Yanqian's figure appeared near the body. Using the strongest [Chakra Enhanced Strength] with his right hand, he slammed down fiercely against another Iwa-nin.
Boom~!
The sunagakure-nin who was hit flew out and smashed into a huge pit. The surrounding land trembled slightly, and many nearby sunagakure-nin staggered, struggling to keep their footing.
Chao Yanqian seized the opportunity, took out a kunai, and rushed directly into the crowd. One sunagakure-nin took the brunt of the assault and was cut through the throat by Chao Yanqian. His body flew backwards at great speed, blood spraying far and wide, staining the ground, showing the terrifying power of [Chakra Enhanced Strength] to its fullest.
Holding the momentum of having killed one enemy in an instant, Chao Yanqian shouted at the encircling Iwa-nin:
"Come here and die!"
Abruptly circling in the air, he delivered a flying kick that slammed into an sunagakure-nin's body, sending him flying backward with the force of thunder, carving a long trench across the ground.
To tell the truth, using [Chakra Enhanced Strength] continuously consumed an extreme amount of chakra for Chao Yanqian. In a normal battle, this method would not be advisable.
However, Chao Yanqian had to put on a show, create a huge commotion to attract the attention of the sunagakure-nin, and relieve the pressure on Bo Feng Shuimen.
The main force of this battle was Bo Feng Shuimen. Even if Chao Yanqian had to overdraft his chakra, he had to hold back part of sunagakure's forces.
Making such a grand spectacle was also helpful to intimidate the sunagakure-nin, so that they would not dare to rush and masse but instead send a few elite ninjas forward at a time to fight Chao Yanqian.
An sunagakure-nin Jōnin saw Chao Yanqian's arrogant aura and sneered. His hands began to weave seals at astonishing speed; Chao Yanqian could barely see afterimages as the ninjutsu was completed.
[Earth Style — Earth Flow Spears]!
The sunagakure-nin Jōnin concentrated chakra into his palms and slammed the ground fiercely. The earth shattered from where his palm struck, quickly spreading towards Chao Yanqian.
This Earth Release ninjutsu was slightly lacking in pure attack power, but excelled in defense and control.
[Earth Flow Spears] was a technique that combined offense and immobilization. If caught by this move, not only would the body be injured by sharpened rock spears, but the feet could also be trapped by chakra-infused rocks, making it impossible to move.
"Tch!"
Chao Yanqian licked his lips. Although he could counter this ninjutsu with [Chakra Enhanced Strength], it wasn't worth wasting so much chakra here.
Instead, he directly used [Flying Thunder God Technique], instantly teleporting to the seal he had placed earlier. When the aftermath of [Earth Flow Spears] gradually dissipated, Chao Yanqian teleported again, reappearing back onto the battlefield.
Glancing at the Jōnin who had just used ninjutsu, Chao Yanqian chuckled:
"Don't waste your chakra you can't touch me with that trick!"
"Hmph! Brat! Other than running away, what else can you do?" the sunagakure-nin Jōnin said contemptuously.
"I can kill people! Look..." Chao Yanqian pointed to the ground littered with corpses, and said, "I've killed so many already!"
"Damn it!" The sunagakure Jōnin gritted his teeth. Facing someone who had mastered [Flying Thunder God Technique], even with the strongest ninjutsu, he could not cause harm.
"I think instead of wasting time on me," Chao Yanqian said, pointing toward Bo Feng Shuimen, "you might want to go help over there!"
This wasn't Chao Yanqian trying to cause trouble for Bo Feng Shuimen. On the contrary, because if this Jōnin stayed here, it would severely limit Chao Yanqian's actions.
If it were a one-on-one battle, Chao Yanqian wouldn't be afraid. But surrounded by so many sunagakure-nin, fighting one Jōnin directly would be foolish.
If the sunagakure Jōnin went to fight Bo Feng Shuimen, however, he would be instantly killed.
Chao Yanqian's mission this time was to stall these five thousand sunagakure-nin. Seeing them not rushing up was exactly what he wanted.
"Tch!" The sunagakure Jōnin clicked his tongue, but didn't dare approach Bo Feng Shuimen.
Everyone could see that even a Jōnin couldn't survive a round against Bo Feng Shuimen's speed suppression.
"Hey! So many of you, and you're scared to rush me?!" Chao Yanqian continued bluffing while recovering a little chakra.
"Stinking brat, don't be so arrogant!"
"Damn it!"
"Kill him!"
All the sunagakure-nin roared after hearing the taunt, but after hesitating, none of them dared rush forward.
It wasn't because they feared Chao Yanqian's strength, but because they could do nothing against him.
Just like before —whenever there was danger, Chao Yanqian could use [Flying Thunder God Technique] to escape. Facing space-time ninjutsu, anyone would feel powerless.
Even the future Uchiha Obito would play the entire ninja world for fools with his space-time ninjutsu [Kamui]. Even Kage-level masters, without knowledge of such abilities, were helpless against a user of Flying Thunder God Technique like Chao Yanqian.
At the same time, Bo Feng Shuimen also noticed Chao Yanqian's current predicament. Facing so many sunagakure Jōnin, Chao Yanqian could only stall time by bluffing.
"Chao Yanqian!" After clearing all the Jōnin on his side, Bo Feng Shuimen called out.
Finally!
Chao Yanqian was overjoyed when he heard Bo Feng Shuimen's call and silently counted three seconds in his heart.
[Flying Thunder God Mutual Teleportation Technique]!
Whoosh!
In a flash, Chao Yanqian and Bo Feng Shuimen switched places.