The streak of light hurtling toward them from the distant horizon instantly drew everyone's gaze, even that of the Deva Path, who looked up.
Boom!
A moment later, the streak hit the ground. The impact sent a thunderous roar across the field and kicked up a vast cloud of dust.
"Who is that?"
"Such powerful Chakra!"
"Everyone, be careful!"
The Sunagakure shinobi looked on in alarm, unease spreading through their ranks.
The Deva Path's earlier appearance, with his Sage's Eyes, had already left them deeply unsettled. Now another strange development had erupted on the battlefield, and it was no wonder they were on edge.
The fierce battle between the Fourth Kazekage and Upper Moon One had devastated the grassland's vegetation with vast quantities of golden sand. The dust cloud swirled and spread rapidly in the wind, threatening to blot out the sky.
The Deva Path frowned slightly and turned toward the spot where the streak had landed. The dust completely obscured it, leaving his view a blur.
But he was not as shaken as the Sunagakure shinobi.
He didn't care whether the newcomer was one of Upper Moon One's reinforcements. In fact, drawing out the powerful figure behind Upper Moon One would spare him the trouble of interrogating Upper Moon One himself.
He slowly raised a hand and aimed toward the place where the streak had landed.
Whoosh!
But just as the Deva Path was about to unleash Shinra Tensei to scatter the dust and get a look at the enemy who had arrived as a streak of light, a deep sonic boom rang out. A flash of silver shot from the cloud and pierced the Deva Path's body in an instant, pinning him to the ground.
"What?!"
The Sunagakure shinobi weren't the only ones stunned. Itachi and Juzo Biwa,