Chapter 288 Repel

In that extremely solid earth corridor, Xiao Li was like a towering mountain, his muscles tensed, using his iron powers to tenaciously resist the double combination attack of wind and fire escape.

The raging flames were like the devil's claws, and the fierce wind was like the roar of a demon, constantly attacking him.

Xiao Li's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing determination.

Then, he slowly raised his right foot, his muscles bulged and strength gathered in his legs.

Then, his right foot kicked out rapidly in a spiral upward, the speed increasing faster and faster, creating an astonishing suction force.

In an instant, spiritual power seemed to be summoned and gathered continuously, quickly forming a huge fire tornado around his legs.

Then, Xiao Li opened his eyes wide, burst out with all his strength, and kicked upwards with all his might.

The tornado of fire wrapped around his legs was like an angry dragon, carrying unparalleled momentum.

There was a loud "bang", as if thunder exploded in my ears, and the whole space shook.

Under this powerful impact, the upper wall of the earthen corridor was kicked through like a fragile eggshell, with gravel flying and smoke and dust billowing.

Xiao Li stood firmly on the broken rocks, his posture as straight as a pine tree.

His eyes were as sharp as torches, staring at Yoshita, Setsuna, and Shizuku as if they were real.

Yitai frowned. He didn't expect Xiao Li to be so tenacious and be able to escape from their carefully prepared joint ninjutsu.

He roared, "Don't underestimate us!" He quickly formed seals with his hands, "Earth Escape: Earth Spear!" Sharp earth thorns instantly grew out of the surface of his body, and he looked like a ferocious porcupine.

Then he rushed towards Xiao Li quickly, his speed causing a gust of wind and leaving deep footprints on the ground beneath his feet.

There was a fighting spirit in his eyes, and he vowed to kill Xiao Li.

Setsuna and Shizuku looked at each other, nodded in understanding, and prepared to continue using ninjutsu to attack Rock Lee, not giving the other party any chance to breathe.

At this moment, a pink figure fell from the sky like a meteor. It was Sakura!

Her eyes were fierce, she raised her right hand, and smashed towards the two men with great force, the momentum seemed to be able to split mountains and rocks.

Faced with this sudden attack, Setsuna and Shizuku were shocked. They knew they couldn't resist it, so they immediately gave up forming hand seals and quickly fled to both sides.

Just as they dodged Sakura's attack and before they could steady themselves, another voice rang out in midair: "Ninja Technique? Super Beast Fake Painting!"

Two lions painted in ink appeared majestically. They opened their bloody mouths and bit the two men fiercely with fierce momentum.

Setsuna and Shizuku reacted extremely quickly, and when the two ink lions pounced on them, they jumped back at the same time.

In an instant, he formed seals with both hands quickly: "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" A strong airflow gushed out from his mouth and rushed towards the two lions, trying to blow away the ink beast.

Shizuku quickly took out several kunai from her ninja tool bag, attached chakra to the kunai, and threw them towards the lion with force. The kunai ignited flames during the flight, "Fire Style: Flame Bullet!" Shizuku shouted, and the flames attacked the lion along with the kunai.

Soon, several people each chose an opponent and fought in a group.

On the other side, Zuhui carried Shion on his back and walked out of the tunnel with a slightly staggering step.

He was breathing heavily, with a look of relief on his face for surviving the disaster. Just when he was breathing a sigh of relief.

In the majestic waterfall in front of him, a white figure rushed out as fast as lightning and attacked him with a fierce momentum.

The speed was astonishingly fast, and it was in front of him in the blink of an eye. The powerful force brought up a gust of wind that made Zuhui unable to open his eyes.

Seeing that the attack was about to hit him, he was carrying Shion on his back at this time, and his movements were inconvenient, so there was no way to avoid it.

Feeling the breath of death coming towards him, Zuhui's heart tightened. Feeling helpless, he could only choose to give up resistance and use his body to protect Shion, hoping to reduce the damage she suffered.

But when the white figure attacked him, something unexpected happened. The white figure changed the direction of attack at the last moment and turned to resist another sneak attack from Zuhui's back.

Kusuna looked at Neji angrily, and seeing his prey that was about to be caught being destroyed, the rage in his heart burned fiercely.

However, at this time, on the other side, Yoshita, Setsuna and Shizuku had their demonic energy injected by the strange creatures consumed completely.

He was no match for Sakura and the others in the first place, and now he was even more powerless, becoming increasingly embarrassed in the fight.

After Yitai was kicked away by Xiao Li, he hurriedly shouted to Setsuna: "Brother, the injected chakra has been used up, let's retreat first."

Setsuna gritted his teeth. Although he was unwilling, he also understood that the situation was unfavorable at the moment. He could only glare at Neji, Sakura and others, then waved his hand and led Yitai and others to quickly evacuate the battlefield.

Kusuna was knocked away by Neji's palm, his heart filled with resentment and unwillingness.

However, seeing that things were impossible, he also understood that continuing to pester would only put himself and the other three people in a more dangerous situation.

So he suppressed his anger and made a decisive decision not to stay.

Kusuna glanced at Neji and the others with a vicious look, then turned and left quickly, his figure quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.

Neji saw Kusuna leaving but did not chase after him. He knew very well that the focus of this mission was to escort the miko Shion.

Soon, Lee, Sakura and Zuo came to Neji.

Neji looked at the slightly nervous Ashie in front of him and said gently: "Don't be nervous, we are Konoha's ninjas." There was a reassuring power in his words.

After hearing what Neji said, Ashie's nervous expression eased a little.

Half an hour later, Ziyuan had returned to her bedroom and finished washing up.

Everyone sat in a circle and started introducing themselves.

Ashie was the first to speak: "Shion, the shrine maiden of the Demon Country."

Then, Neji said calmly, "Konoha Ninja, Captain Hyuga Neji."

"Rock Lee." Little Lee gave his name briefly and forcefully.

"Haruno Sakura." Sakura's voice was clear and pleasant.

"Sai." Sai said his name expressionlessly.

At this time, the atmosphere was a little serious. Everyone got to know each other through self-introductions and laid the foundation for the next task cooperation.

Then, Neji continued, "We will protect Miss Shion as we head to the Sealing Shrine."

Everyone's expression became serious; they were fully aware of the importance of this mission.

Ashie sighed slightly, "Many people died in the attack just now. Just as Miss Shion predicted, Suzuki was one of them."

There was deep sorrow and helplessness in his words.

At this moment, Ziyuan's cold voice came: "Humph, it's only natural. I'm safe and sound, which is also the fate of those people."

Her tone was cold, as if she didn't care about the lives that were sacrificed.

However, there was a subtle flash of complex emotions in her eyes.