Boom!!
Like a mountain collapsing, like a vast sea pouring backward.
Countless Water Release Ninjutsu crashed down like a flood bursting through a dam.
The terrifying force was like giant waves slamming against the sea, exploding into a raging torrent amid thunderous roars and splashing water. Uncontainable winds tore up the ground beneath their feet, kicking up dust clouds dozens of meters high in the distance that blotted out the sky and moon!
"Did we kill him?"
"He should be... dead, right?"
All the Kirigakure Ninja pressed their hands together, staring fixedly at the heart of the dust cloud. Sweat dripped from their temples and shattered against the hands prepared to form seals.
Too fast. Far too fast.
Once someone like that got close, there would not even be time to use the Substitution Technique before their heads were cut off in a single slash!
"Lord Setsugetsu, what do we do?" a Kirigakure Ninja asked in a low voice.
"...Wait."
Watching the dust slowly settle over the forest, Setsugetsu formed hand seals with a grim expression. "Water Release: Severing Rain!"
The rain resembled gray, damp spider silk, weaving itself into a net that enveloped the entire forest.
The technique he used could weaken all Ninjutsu and Chakra other than Water Release Ninjutsu, while also possessing a certain degree of sensory ability.
Then, Setsugetsu's pupils suddenly contracted as he sensed a chilling presence.
"How can there be a Chakra reaction of that terrifying magnitude?!" he blurted out.
The dust cloud gradually dispersed, revealing several hunched figures.
Then, the few of them exchanged glances and took out small bottles containing "blood."
Glug! Glug!
Their withered, pallid hair turned red like dead trees meeting spring after they drank that drop of "blood."
The few elders on the verge of dying of old age