Minato and Kosuke
After severing the head, Kakashi felt a mix of triumph and excitement, not for the five hundred Explosive Tag. To him, five hundred Explosive Tag were nothing; what he lacked was not Explosive Tag at all.
His excitement stemmed from the fact that he had finally defeated Yemo. The two had secretly competed against each other many times, and this was the first time he had won against Yemo. This was what excited Kakashi.
Kakashi turned around and his smug laughter stopped abruptly. The words he was about to say were swallowed back down, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
There, Yemo was already sitting on White Zetsu's corpse, a deep blue spear piercing White Zetsu's head. Yemo was looking at Kakashi with a smug smile, clearly having won the gamble; he had taken down his opponent before Kakashi.
After a moment of shock, Kakashi shook his head and smiled, then looked up with a hint of disappointment on his face. He had thought he had won, but it turned out he had lost after all.
Kakashi wasn't one to swallow defeat. He sheathed White Fang and said, "I lost, but I'm out of Explosive Tag. I'll give you the five hundred Explosive Tag when we get back."
"Then Kakashi, Kakashi the Rich," Yemo said with a greedy grin. Five hundred Explosive Tag were a considerable fortune, equivalent to five hundred thousand taels of silver. He had practically gotten them for free, so how could Yemo not be happy?
Seeing Yemo's greedy attitude, Kakashi rolled his eyes and scolded, "Look at you, so greedy! If others saw you, they'd think you came from some beggar's den. It's just five hundred Explosive Tag, why are you so excited?"
Yemo didn't retort. He had already won five hundred Explosive Tag, so it wouldn't be a big deal to let Kakashi have a good verbal battle. After all, being insulted wouldn't hurt him.
With a swift leap, Yemo landed steadily in front of Kakashi, shrugging his shoulders and saying, "I can't compare. I'm a pauper, you're a tycoon. My entire fortune can't even buy five hundred Explosive Tag. How about this, let me discuss it. How about I just give you cash? You can just give me five hundred thousand taels of silver at market price."
At this moment, Yemo looked nothing like a ninja; he resembled a greedy, unscrupulous businessman. Kakashi thought to himself, "Luckily, there aren't many people around, otherwise this guy would have completely disgraced Konoha."
Too lazy to pay attention to Yemo, Kakashi turned his attention to the battle between the clan elder and Black Zetsu. Seeing that Kakashi was ignoring him, Yemo, finding it boring to talk to himself, also looked at the battle to the side.
The elder clan was at a disadvantage against Black Zetsu's attacks, and was in grave danger as Black Zetsu unleashed a storm of attacks. After watching the battle for a while, Yemo finally understood what was going on.
In terms of speed and strength, the clan elder was no match for Kakashi. As for Ninjutsu, it was even more incomparable. No matter what Ninjutsu the clan elder used Black Zetsu could quickly come up with a corresponding Ninjutsu to counter it. Moreover, Black Zetsu seemed to know the clan elder's Ninjutsu very well, and every time he countered, he could find the clan elder's weakness to attack.
This is normal. Although Black Zetsu is not strong, he is an old monster who has lived for thousands of years. Moreover, during these thousands of years, he has been working hard to revive Otsutsuki Kaguya and gather intelligence. It can be said that the Ninjutsu he knows is beyond even his own knowledge.
If a ninja can survive for thousands of years, the experience accumulated over those thousands of years is already terrifying.
It's clear that if Black Zetsu hadn't been toying with the elder and hadn't tried to kill him, the elder would likely have been defeated long ago.
"This black monster and White Zetsu fused together, and it's this strong!" Kakashi exclaimed in surprise. He could defeat either Black Zetsu or White Zetsu one-on-one, but with the two fused together and possessing such great power, he would only be completely crushed in their hands.
Yemo frowned slightly and said, "The clan elder won't last much longer. We can't stay here. We need to find a way to leave."
As he spoke, Yemo looked around, searching for an escape route. However, due to the explosion at the Sacred Mountain, the surrounding terrain had changed, now becoming a vast plain. No matter which way Yemo and the others ran, they would always be on the plain.
"I think we can find Minato-sensei and Kosuke- san. With the two of them around, even this monster in front of us won't be a problem," Kakashi said, expressing his thoughts. He didn't really want to leave; they weren't without the strength to fight again.
Yemo took out the Minato with the spatial mark that Minato had given him, glanced at Kunai, and put it in his pocket after seeing that there was still no movement. He said, "That's what they say, but Minato and Kosuke haven't shown up yet, which means something must have happened to them."
"Then what should we do, leave?" Kakashi's tone was somewhat reluctant. No matter what, it was a dishonorable thing for a ninja to run away.
After careful consideration, Yemo gritted his teeth and said, "Let's leave. If we don't leave now, we'll have even less of a chance after Black Zetsu finishes dealing with the clan elders."
After a pause, Yemo suddenly looked at the flower bud protected by White Zetsu not far away and said, "However, before we leave, we must destroy this flower bud. What's inside shouldn't be obtained by them."
During their battle, the flower bud underwent a tremendous change. Like countless flowers blooming in spring, the bud had opened more than halfway, with pink petals opening at a visible speed, leaving only a few petals still closed.
Through the almost transparent petals, Yemo could even see slanted liquids slowly flowing inside, which should be the bloodline power condensed from the lives of tens of thousands of the Uzumaki Clan.
In other words, when the last petal blooms, the power of the bloodline will be complete. At this moment, the last few petals are slowly moving and will soon be fully bloomed.
"We absolutely cannot let these guys get their hands on what's inside. It's better to destroy it," Kakashi agreed with Yemo's decision. Since they couldn't get it, they had to destroy it to prevent it from falling into the hands of others.
The two reached a consensus and immediately charged towards the flower bud. Seeing someone attacking, the White Zetsu guards stepped forward to block Yemo and Kakashi.
Meanwhile, Minato and Kosuke, who had been missing for half a day, joined forces with the remaining Uzumaki Clan to resist the ninjas of several major Kekkei Genkai clans.
From the air, a vast crowd surrounded a small group of the Uzumaki Clan. After all these events, the Uzumaki Clan was reduced to just over a hundred members, practically wiped out. The remaining Uzumaki Clan wore expressions of despair. Was the Uzumaki Clan truly destined to be destroyed from this world today?
As for why Minato and Kosuke got involved, it's hard to explain in a few words. The two survivors of the Sacred Mountain explosion were forced to join the Uzumaki Clan through a series of coincidences.
The Kekkei Genkai Uzumaki Clan members all revealed angry eyes. The most severe losses from the explosion of Sacred Mountain were those of these Kekkei Genkai clans, as a third of their ninjas died in the blast. They believed that the explosion of Sacred Mountain was a suicide attack by the Uzumaki Clan when they faced extinction, and naturally blamed the deaths of their comrades on these Uzumaki Clan members.
"Minato, the two of us alone can't stop these people," Kosuke said, panting heavily. He was exhausted after the battle, and a long wound on his right arm was bleeding profusely.
Minato was also exhausted. He looked around and panted, "We can't save these people, but if I can take a few members of the Uzumaki Clan with me when I leave, it'll be like leaving them with their last bit of bloodline."
There were too many enemies. Even if Minato and Kosuke wanted to save all the remaining members of the Uzumaki Clan, they didn't have the power to do so. Taking away a few members of the Uzumaki Clan was already the greatest power Minato could muster.