"Tap!"
"Tap tap!"
"Tap tap tap!"
Noisy landing sounds rose five or six, even ten meters away from the billowing pink smoke that curled inward and the swelling masses of white mist gradually forming around it.
Dodai and the Kumogakure ninja landed one after another. Some crouched with hands braced on the ground, some bent slightly, and some touched down lightly, but every one of them stared fixedly at the expanding cloud of white mist without blinking.
This is... the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu! Using the smoke from exploding shadow clones to create a smokescreen... to block their vision... Lord Third Raikage has fallen into that brat's scheme again!
At that moment, Dodai, who had slightly raised his head, felt his heart tighten. In an instant, he understood how those countless little puffs of white smoke had suddenly exploded and gathered into a fog thick enough to conceal both the Third Raikage and Taki Chiba.
This Taki Chiba was full of tricks. Now that he possessed an undying body with astonishing regenerative abilities, both his speed and strength had greatly increased. There was no telling what new trump card he might have developed from those enhancements. Though it seemed impossible for Lord Third Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Cloak to be broken, they could not rule out the possibility.
That brat has too many tricks, and his tactical mind may even surpass mine. Something could easily go wrong...
At the same time, concern rose in Dodai's heart. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the enormous Stone Pillar Lotus.
He knew perfectly well that the Stone Pillar Lotus had to be Taki Chiba's handiwork. Even before receiving the enhancement, he had been able to use an Earth Style Jutsu like that. After being enhanced, there was no telling what