Katsuo looked at the campfire and spoke calmly.
The newcomer remained unmoved. His steps toward Katsuo never slowed. When he came within less than a meter of Katsuo, he suddenly stopped in a strange manner, then stood there blankly!
Katsuo's expression did not change as he threw a punch at the man's abdomen, moving so fast that the other party seemingly had no time to react!
But something astonishing and bizarre happened!
Katsuo's fist punched straight through his body, yet the man showed no pain whatsoever. There was not even flesh or blood in his pierced abdomen—only countless densely packed black insects!
After taking the hit, his body directly turned into a huge swarm of flying insects, instantly rushing to envelop Katsuo!
Katsuo remained perfectly calm. His clenched fist opened, releasing an Exploding Tag that had already been lit halfway!
Before it exploded, he used the Body Flicker Technique and instantly moved more than ten meters away!
"Boom!"
The enormous explosion echoed through more than half of the Death Forest. The black swarm was at the heart of the blast, and ninety-nine percent of the insects were blown to pieces!
"Damn it, my carefully cultivated Illusionary Parasitic Destruction Bugs..."
Hidden in the grass, Aburame Shisei cursed inwardly. The other party had actually seen through his illusion bugs. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing. Ordinarily, aside from the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, it was nearly impossible for anyone below jonin to see through his insect clone!
Yet this immature-looking Uchiha brat had not only seen through it, but broken it so flawlessly!
"Hmph, I had planned to save this as my trump card. Since that's how it is, I'll let you have a taste first, brat!"
Aburame Shisei tore open his shirt. A cluster of blue insects