Seeing Sasuke and the masked man completely disappear, Kakashi's expression immediately became ugly.
He had indeed guessed correctly. That mysterious masked man possessed an extremely rare space-time ability.
But at the same time, without knowing the enemy's base location, tracking was impossible for a ninja with space-time abilities.
Kakashi's mind quickly recalled the information revealed by the masked man earlier.
A long robe with black background and red clouds, as well as the revealed Sharingan!
Although very little information was revealed, just a single Sharingan made Kakashi quickly think of the person who had been shaking the entire ninja world recently - Uchiha Madara.
As Sasuke's guidance teacher, Kakashi believed he understood Sasuke's personality quite well.
Right now, what Sasuke most urgently wanted was to become stronger. Using this to tempt Sasuke had a very high success rate!
However, there were many people in the ninja world who could make Sasuke stronger. But those who didn't care about the current Konoha, or rather didn't fear Hashirama Senju-sama...
There were probably only those two!
A thoughtful look flashed through Kakashi's eyes. He was taken away by Uchiha Madara's people!
"Hey!! You haven't taken me with you yet!"
At this moment, a scream came from the side.
The White Zetsu who had appeared with Obito earlier was now staring blankly in the direction Obito had disappeared, his face filled with resentment.
Seeing White Zetsu, Kakashi's eyes lit up. Although he didn't know why the masked man hadn't taken this White Zetsu with him...
But if he could capture this guy, he could probably obtain quite a bit of intelligence.
Kakashi's figure flashed as he rushed toward White Zetsu.
White Zetsu showed a frightened expression and turned around, planning to quickly drill into the ground to escape.
Paper Spear!
A spear made entirely of paper instantly flew from the side, directly piercing through White Zetsu's head.
"A mere clone still wants to leave."
Konan glanced at the already dead White Zetsu clone and spoke coldly.
Seeing Konan's attack, the Hyuga ninjas who had originally prepared to block Konan and Nagato paused for a moment, their eyes flashing with a grave expression.
"Why didn't you stop him?"
Konan paid no attention to Kakashi and the other two. She turned to look at Nagato beside her with some confusion.
"Since he didn't evolve into Mangekyou Sharingan, then Sasuke isn't worth making a move on right now."
"Besides, if we act rashly, Uchiha Madara might very well make a move himself. For a Sasuke who hasn't evolved Mangekyou Sharingan, it's not worth bringing trouble to Lord Yuto."
Nagato looked indifferently in the direction Sasuke and Obito had left.
Konan nodded slightly, then her eyebrows furrowed as she looked in the direction where the explosion had occurred earlier:
"That huge explosion earlier seems to be from the Seven Swordsmen. It looks like they've encountered trouble."
"Let's go. We'll head over and take a look."
Nagato turned and walked toward where the explosion sound had come from.
Seeing Nagato and Konan completely ignoring them, the two Hyuga ninjas' expressions became ugly.
"Who said you could leave!"
One of the Hyuga ninjas shouted sternly.
A cold look flashed across Konan's face. With a thought, a pair of wings made entirely of paper suddenly spread from her back.
Shikigami no Mai!
Swish swish!
A large amount of white paper continuously gushed from Konan's body, like a white ocean rushing toward Kakashi and the other three.
The two Hyuga jonin's expressions changed. This kind of large-scale attack was extremely difficult to dodge, they could only block it.
The two Hyuga jonin looked at each other, simultaneously took a step back, then spread their arms, each drawing a semicircle in the air.
Instantly, both extended their hands, continuously striking forward.
Streams of chakra-formed energy were released from their palms, forming a nearly transparent shield in front of them.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
On the other side, Kakashi also stepped forward, his hands forming seals at high speed. A massive fireball spewed from his mouth, rushing toward the paper release ahead.
The collision of the two created a huge explosion sound. However, what surprised Kakashi was that despite being made of paper, there were no signs of burning from the flames.
An interesting look flashed through Konan's eyes as she made an upward motion with her hands.
The large amount of white paper that had been rushing toward Kakashi and the others suddenly rose rapidly, changing shape in mid-air.
Paper Rain!
In the next instant, sky-darkening attacks enveloped Kakashi and the other three below.
After finishing this, Konan withdrew her gaze, turned around, and followed Nagato toward where the explosion sound had come from.
Meanwhile, the place where Kakashi and the other three had been standing was already completely white.
Large amounts of white paper shimmering with metallic luster covered the surroundings.
Crack! Crack!
A slight sound suddenly came from underground.
A crack suddenly appeared on the ground where Kakashi and the others had been standing, and a large oval stone pillar slowly rose from below.
Dense cracks covered the entire stone pillar.
The next moment.
The stone pillar turned into a pile of dust and scattered on the ground, while Kakashi and the other three stood unharmed in the center of the pillar.
"Might Guy seems to be in big trouble over there. We need to hurry!"
Kakashi exhaled roughly, a look of anxiety flashing through his eyes.
As soon as the words left his mouth, Kakashi and the other three instantly disappeared from the spot.
A huge explosion!
Directly flattened a large area of forest into flat ground.
At this moment, if someone looked down from above, they could clearly see that in a large dense forest, a small gray basin had abruptly appeared.
Rolling heat waves spread through the air, radiating in all directions.
This was essentially the "Explosion Blade: Splatter's" near-suicidal jutsu - naturally, its power was terrifying.
At the very center where Ranmaru and Might Guy had been fighting, an even larger crater had appeared.
A dazzling lightning streaked across the sky, quickly landing beside this hollow.
Ringo Ameyuri wore a grim expression as she looked at the massive crater ahead.
She had been careless!
If she hadn't wanted to see exactly what level Might Guy's strength had reached, the current situation wouldn't have occurred.
If she and Ranmaru had fought together, even if Might Guy erupted with power surpassing Ranmaru's...
Ringo Ameyuri still believed that under their joint effort, they could have killed him!
A large hand suddenly reached out from the crater, grabbing onto the edge of the pit.
"Ranmaru!"
When Ringo Ameyuri saw this hand, a joyful expression appeared on her face.
Ranmaru was completely charred black, with shocking cracks covering his entire body.
Although wounds covered his body, not a drop of blood flowed out. The heat generated by the explosion had already cauterized all of Ranmaru's wounds.
"Ranmaru, how are you?"
Ringo Ameyuri looked at Ranmaru with apology and concern, asking anxiously.
"Did Ranmaru... win?"
Ranmaru looked at Ringo Ameyuri, his voice unusually weak.
Ringo Ameyuri quickly surveyed the surroundings and, finding no trace of Might Guy, felt relieved and nodded.
Given the power generated by the explosion just now, Might Guy didn't have such an exaggerated physique. Under these circumstances, he would definitely have died.
"Ranmaru didn't let down Lord Yuto."
Ranmaru forced a smile onto his face, and in the next instant, he had already lost consciousness.
At the same time, Ranmaru directly exited the cursed seal transformation state and returned to his original appearance.
Ringo Ameyuri picked up Ranmaru with one arm and grabbed the scorching hot explosion blade with the other. Just as she was about to turn and leave...
The ground at the edge of the explosion suddenly burst open, and Might Guy, covered in rich green chakra, rushed out from underground.
"Good thing I opened the 'Tomon' at the moment of the explosion!"
A trace of lingering fear flashed through Might Guy's eyes. Even though he had escaped to the edge of the explosion, it had still caused him significant injuries.
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