These people were indeed using Sage Mode. Their taijutsu just now had looked a lot like Mount Myoboku's Frog Kata, allowing them to attack him through the natural energy in their surroundings without even touching him.
"All right, I have a rough understanding of you now. I only need to keep one of you alive for interrogation. The rest can die." Ye Wuyue slowly rose to his feet as Senbonzakura re-formed into the shape of a Zanpakuto.
"Hmph, what arrogance. With the perception granted by Senjutsu Chakra, your techniques can't possibly work." The ninja using Wind Release Senjutsu snorted at Ye Wuyue.
"Senjutsu Art: Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon."
The ninja who had yet to make a move secretly formed hand seals and released a gigantic lightning dragon, its scale rivaling even Sasuke's Kirin from the original story.
"Roar!"
The lightning dragon charged at Ye Wuyue with a roar. Ye Wuyue merely watched it indifferently. Only when the dragon was about to engulf him did he move, simply raising his sword in an upward slash as he murmured:
"Caress Slash..."
Just as the lightning dragon was about to touch his body, it suddenly split in two, then reverted to disordered arcs of electricity and dissipated into the world.
Lightning... had been cut apart...
Ye Wuyue held his Zanpakuto angled toward the ground. He had not even released his Zanpakuto for that move.
"How... could this be...?"
Seeing his strongest technique dispelled so effortlessly, the ninja using Lightning Release Senjutsu wore an expression of disbelief.
"Strong perception? Can you predict my moves? But can your body keep up?" Before Ye Wuyue had finished speaking, he had already appeared behind the ninja using Wind Release Senjutsu.
The hairs on the back of the ninja's neck stood on end. The natural energy around him