The enormous flames swept up by Wind Release Ninjutsu continued to blaze brilliantly within the Four Violet Flames Formation.
This meant that the Second's Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags were still going off. The endless explosions were locked in a battle against endless regeneration!
After a long while.
The First, who had been standing by to support them, was the first to frown.
Then the Third and Fourth, who had been continuously maintaining the Wind Release Ninjutsu, also sensed something was wrong. Their expressions grew grave.
"What happened?" Tayuya asked.
No one present answered.
With the Four Violet Flames Formation and the chaotic, continuous explosions in the way, even Kabuto Yakushi, the most perceptive among them, couldn't determine what was happening inside the barrier.
Hiss, hiss, hiss.
Just then, a huge cloud of black smoke appeared within the wind. The smoke gradually suppressed the flames of the explosions, dimming the brilliant firelight in the gusts.
"How is that possible?!"
The Third looked astonished.
Unlike the other three Hokage, he had been alive during the great war in Grass Country against the Upper Moon demon. Later, as Hokage, he had also planned the final campaign to eliminate the remaining demons in the Shinobi World. As a result, he knew demons very well.
Yet the Upper Moon One before them was clearly abnormal. His power had surpassed what a demon should be capable of.
The black smoke continued to swell!
In moments, it had not only completely suppressed the explosions of the Second's Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags, but also overwhelmed the Wind Release Ninjutsu unleashed by the Third and Fourth together.
Whoosh.
With a flash, the Second leaped out of the fighting, landing in a sorry heap.
Though an Impure World Body was immortal, the Second looked utterly battered as he withdrew from