He had just swapped positions with Bo Feng Shuimen, and when Chao Yanqian turned, he saw several sunagakure-nin rushing toward him.
Without any hesitation, he blasted a punch directly at the frontmost sunagakure-nin, hitting him square in the chest. The sunagakure-nin flew backward, slamming into another sunagakure-nin behind him, and both were sent crashing more than 20 meters away. They fell to the ground, motionless.
"Come on!" Chao Yanqian roared.
Facing a group of mid-to-lower-level ninjas, Chao Yanqian's fighting spirit soared, and he rushed into the crowd, killing in all directions. At the same time, whenever an opportunity arose, he would secretly leave a Flying Thunder God seal on an sunagakure-nin. If he encountered danger, he would immediately teleport away; once the danger passed, he would teleport back to continue fighting.
Ninjas are prepared for death, but when faced with overwhelming opponents beings they can't defeat or kill they inevitably feel powerless, and that feeling leads to hesitation.
sunagakure-nin's hesitation, on the contrary, made Chao Yanqian seem even braver. Only when Chao Yanqian rushed directly at them would the nearby sunagakure-nin fight back passively, while those at a distance dared not approach.
Whenever Chao Yanqian was besieged by many sunagakure-nin, he would either teleport away instantly using the Flying Thunder God Technique or break through forcibly using [Kai Li Quan] (Strong Fist).
In this situation, the sunagakure-nin fought very frustratingly.
When facing Bo Feng Shuimen, sunagakure-nin felt fear, but against Chao Yanqian, they felt humiliation.
Because based on pure strength, the sunagakure-nin could have easily overwhelmed Chao Yanqian. But by using the Flying Thunder God Technique shamelessly similar to Uchiha Obito's early use of [Kamui] to escape Chao Yanqian avoided being overwhelmed.
Five minutes later, Chao Yanqian's chakra consumption had become very serious. Continuous high-intensity fighting had pushed him to his limit. If he continued, he would run out of chakra within a minute and would be forced to flee.
Fortunately, Chao Yanqian had successfully helped Bo Feng Shuimen pin down a large number of sunagakure-nin, allowing Bo Feng Shuimen to target and eliminate Yanyin's Jonin commanders. Without Jonin to lead them, the remaining sunagakure-nin could only retreat or call for reinforcements.
Thus, Chao Yanqian and Bo Feng Shuimen's goal of restraining the enemy would be achieved.
Finally, when his chakra was about to run out, Chao Yanqian teleported to a previously marked safe location using the Flying Thunder God Technique. He quickly hid, popped a soldier pill into his mouth, and sat down quietly to recover his chakra.
The battle against sunagakure's forces had already broken out in full, and Chao Yanqian's tasks ahead would definitely not be easy.
For now, blocking sunagakure's support troops would be left to Bo Feng Shuimen. He would not retreat until Bo Feng Shuimen had regained enough strength.
Ten minutes later, the sounds of battle in the distance gradually died down. After a while, Chao Yanqian saw Bo Feng Shuimen appear before him, panting heavily, obviously having expended a great deal of strength.
"How did it go, Senior Minato?" Chao Yanqian asked.
"They retreated," Bo Feng Shuimen said, throwing a soldier pill into his mouth and beginning to recover chakra.
"Retreated..." Chao Yanqian rolled his eyes. Two ninjas repelling five thousand sunagakure-nin this kind of record was almost unheard of in the history of the ninja world!
"They just couldn't deal with us for now," Bo Feng Shuimen said. "They'll come back once they figure out a way to restrain us. Our next battle won't be easy."
"Mm!" Chao Yanqian nodded slightly, then asked, "Senior Bo Feng Shuimen, did you take care of all the enemy Jonin?"
"Almost!" Bo Feng Shuimen replied with a smile. "Ha! This time you'll have it a lot easier."
"Hehe." Chao Yanqian lowered his head and smiled shyly, perfectly displaying a rare bashfulness.
[Strong Fist] may have difficulty when facing ninjas of the same level or speed specialists, but against weaker ninjas, it could unleash devastating power.
Just like in the previous battle when Chao Yanqian sent an sunagakure-nin flying, the impact cleared a path through the enemy ranks, significantly reducing their numbers.
"If these sunagakure-nin have no more Jonin left, they probably won't launch another attack anytime soon. Shouldn't we go support Kakashi and the others?" Chao Yanqian asked.
He had long coveted Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan. If he could seize one during Uchiha Obito's dying moment, he would have a powerful trump card.
Especially after seeing the strength of the Flying Thunder God Technique, Chao Yanqian was even more eager to obtain Kamui.
However, with Bo Feng Shuimen right beside him, Chao Yanqian couldn't act. If Obito transplanted his Sharingan into Kakashi, it would be much harder to obtain after all, Kakashi's strength wasn't much weaker than Chao Yanqian's, and defeating him quietly would be difficult.
"Not yet," Bo Feng Shuimen said. "Our mission is to hold these sunagakure-nin reinforcements. As for Kannabi Bridge, we'll leave it to Kakashi and Obito. We have to believe they can complete the mission just like they trusted us to stop these five thousand sunagakure-nin."
"Alright! I understand! I believe they can do it too!" Chao Yanqian nodded, temporarily putting aside his scheming thoughts.
"Based on the time, we just need to hold out here for three hours. By then, Kakashi and the others should have destroyed Kannabi Bridge," Bo Feng Shuimen said, glancing up at the sun. "Even if these sunagakure-nin call for reinforcements, Yanyin's main forces won't arrive in time. Chao Yanqian, I'll stand guard. You focus on recovering your chakra. Once Kakashi and the others complete their mission, we'll immediately rush back to support Bo Feng Shuimen-sensei."
"Okay! Thank you, Senior Bo Feng Shuimen!" Chao Yanqian said.
"You're calling me senior naturally, I have to take care of you!" Bo Feng Shuimen smiled warmly. "Don't worry, if anything happens, I'll alert you immediately."
"Got it!"
As expected, things unfolded exactly as Bo Feng Shuimen predicted.
After Bo Feng Shuimen killed all the Jonin among the sunagakure reinforcements, the remaining sunagakure-nin had no choice but to retreat and request reinforcements from the village, hoping Yanyin would send someone strong enough to counter Bo Feng Shuimen.
But requesting aid and deploying new forces would take several hours. If sunagakure leaders convened an emergency meeting, it would delay them even further. Within three hours, no new enemy would arrive.
"Our mission is complete!" Three hours later, Bo Feng Shuimen stood up and said to Chao Yanqian.