The enormous sandstorm, wrapped in Amaterasu's Black Flame, was like a Calamity. It had left not only ordinary people but even Tsunade genuinely shaken!
A moment later, the demon that had stirred up the sand was killed within the storm, and the deafening sandstorm finally settled.
Tsunade hurriedly led her squad over, only to find that the battlefield held nothing but Black Flame, yellow sand, and black ash mixed among the grains.
"These black flames can only be sealed."
After briefly explaining this to her squad, Tsunade crouched down and carefully examined the ash on the ground.
She gently pinched some between her fingers, and the black ash scattered, as if it had never existed.
"What in the world were those things just now?!"
As she stared at the ash fading from her fingertips, a string of questions flashed through her mind.
With her expertise in Medical Ninjutsu, she could easily tell that the enemies who had attacked them in the sandstorm were no ordinary ninja.
Every one of them seemed to possess an immortal body.
Neither fists and kicks, ninja tools, nor ninjutsu could inflict a fatal wound on them. Even tearing their bodies apart hadn't been enough to kill them.
Just then, the Jonin from the Hyuga Clan shouted, "It's Sasuke Uchiha! He—he brought Naruto back!"
Everyone hurriedly looked in the direction the Hyuga Jonin was staring. Sure enough, a bulky figure was approaching through the blowing sand.
When the figure drew closer, they saw that it was Sasuke. Naruto, the target of their rescue mission, was slung over his back.
Tsunade furrowed her brow and went to meet him. "Are you all right?"
Sasuke shook his head, then lowered the unconscious Naruto to the ground. "Please check Naruto!"
Tsunade immediately examined Naruto, then breathed a sigh of