Deep in the dense forest.
"Pant... pant..."
Ivanka, her body riddled with bloody holes and dead branches, gritted her teeth and desperately wrung out the last of her strength as she fled through the forest.
But her speed was hardly impressive. She could only use the Body Flicker Technique once every few dozen seconds, and even that was thanks to the chakra Sou had deliberately left in the pathways of her chakra network.
"Who exactly was that man? Why could he use Hashirama Senju's Wood Release?" A trace of fear flashed through her eyes.
"Has Konoha already discovered a way to master the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai?
No, I can't die yet.
I have to return to the village and tell Lord Raikage that Konoha's strength is far more than it appears on the surface."
She had considerable talent. She had gone to war while still young and had seen the hundred-meter-tall Thousand-Armed Kannon.
If used properly, the power of Wood Release was even more terrifying than that of a Tailed Beast.
"Mmgh..." Ivanka groaned, blood streaming from the corner of her mouth.
Her reckless sprint despite her injuries had pushed her already battered body to its limit.
"Almost there, almost there...
As long as I can make it to that stronghold and have them hold him off for a while, I'll be able to escape alive."
As for the outcome of the battle, she held no hope.
That Konoha man was simply too strong. That unprecedented Lightning Clone alone was enough to toy with ninety percent of Jonin who lacked sufficient intelligence.
Not to mention that terrifying Wood Release...
"Who's there?!"
As she thought, a Ninja wearing a Cloud Village forehead protector suddenly leaped out from a nearby bush directly in front of Ivanka. He held a Kunai in