Smack!
Uchiha Hikari landed, maintaining her Susanoo as she paused at the spot where Obito had stood moments ago and looked around.
More than ten meters behind her.
The two halves of a Hozuki clansman's body hit the ground heavily.
Though he possessed the Hydrification Technique, Uchiha Hikari's slash had clearly exceeded his limits. As his body fell, blood and internal organs spilled across the ground.
Ahead of Uchiha Hikari, the Crimson Flame Slash that Obito had dodged continued onward. Wherever its crescent-shaped sword energy passed, every tree it touched was cut in half at the waist. Only dozens of meters away did it gradually lose its force, vanishing after leaving a deep gouge in the trunks of the final row of trees.
One massive tree after another crashed down before Uchiha Hikari, kicking up clouds of dust.
Not far away, a Hidden Mist Ninja gripping a kunai and trying to sneak up on her saw this scene, then quietly turned around and slipped away.
After waiting a moment and confirming that Obito would not return.
Uchiha Hikari turned around, glanced again at the figures still fighting amid the thick mist, and formed hand seals.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
Several sharp, Kama Itachi-like blasts of air swept out and exploded in midair, dispersing more of the thick fog blanketing the area and revealing the figures around them.
"Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash... Sixfold!"
Amid thunderous roars that tore through the air.
Uchiha Hikari burst forth at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow. Her body seemed to turn into lightning in that instant, tracing a huge Z across the battlefield. Along her path, lightning-wreathed sword flashes appeared, cutting down Hidden Mist Ninja one after another.
When only the last few remained, Uchiha Hikari sheathed her