The silent battlefield held only the sound of everyone's heavy breathing. The atmosphere had grown unbearably tense!
At this moment, everyone knew that the strange Spirit Body was hiding nearby, concealing its presence and waiting like a hunter for the right moment to attack them. Yet they were completely helpless.
Kakashi twitched his ears and listened to his surroundings. His expression grew even gloomier.
There were no longer any sounds of fighting in the nearby woods, which meant the battles in the other areas had all ended. Under these circumstances, the squad members who had not come over were most likely in grave danger.
"Guy, Muta." Kakashi's gaze shifted as he swept his eyes over the scene before him. "Tsume, Tokuma, Kurotsuchi—five people have already been hit!"
Including their leader, Jiraiya, the elite squad had only thirteen people in total.
Five of them had already lost their combat ability, including Tokuma Hyuga, who possessed the Byakugan. If they could not come up with a way to deal with this soon, the squad would probably be wiped out here.
At this thought, even the usually composed Kakashi could not help breaking out in a cold sweat.
A ninja who mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique was not unbeatable.
When facing a ninja who had mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique, one could generally choose to circle around and ambush the opponent's body, or set up a barrier to ambush the opponent's Spirit Body.
Because the body was a weak point, and because launching attacks consumed a massive amount of Chakra, ninjas who practiced the Spirit Transformation Technique were strange and powerful, but their destructive power was ultimately limited. They could influence the battle, but could not deliver the decisive blow that ended it.
But the current situation was completely different. The combination of