"Ah!" Young Uchiha Shin had never encountered anything like this before. He was completely terrified.
"What are you standing around for? Lead the way!" Kitahara Kaede's voice came again.
Then, Kaede grabbed that terrifying energy with one hand and continuously compressed it, shrinking it until it finally calmed and vanished completely.
"Y-you!" Young Uchiha Shin could barely speak. That terrifying power was like a toy in the man's hand. Who exactly was he? Could he be the Kage-level fighter he had mentioned before?
"If you won't lead the way, then you have no value. In that case—" Before Kaede could finish, the other party immediately spoke.
"I'll lead!" Then he quickly darted through the passage beside them.
He cautiously tapped his hand a few times. Kaede naturally knew he was sending a message to his companions, but she did not care.
Shin believed that as long as they were sufficiently prepared, they could keep this person here. He had no idea what he would encounter after entering!
Both harbored their own schemes, but the journey became much smoother. Even the high-tech weapons appeared far less often, or were simply shut down.
It seemed the people in the shadows were reluctant to waste those weapons. After all, the expenditure was meaningless; they could not even delay Kaede. They might as well let her reach the deepest part before killing her with a thunderous strike!
Young Uchiha Shin secretly sized up Kaede, while she paid him no attention at all.
A few more minutes passed. Young Uchiha Shin suddenly accelerated, and almost at the same time—
"Fire Release! Great Fireball Technique!"
"Fire Release! Great Fire Destruction!" Dozens of voices suddenly rang out from all around.
Dozens of attacks descended directly before Kaede. But that was not all. Just as those attacks were