Uchiha Madara withdrew his gaze, slowly closed his eyes, and continued receiving intelligence from White Zetsu.
Now elderly, he needed to remain connected to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path at all times to stay alive.
Meanwhile, the battlefield had descended into a fierce stalemate.
Nohara Rin stood in a relatively safe corner, ready to provide support at any moment.
The two Hyuga ninja were fighting off the Kirigakure ninja rushing at them.
Genma Shiranui continuously took senbon from his ninja tool pouch, enhancing them with ninjutsu to launch wide-ranging attacks.
But his supply of ninja tools was visibly dwindling.
Kurenai Yuhi had barely managed to restrain one enemy and let Nohara Rin finish him off, but more than half of her chakra had already been depleted.
Quite a few Kirigakure ninja had come this time.
There were at least a dozen of them.
Without question, the most eye-catching battle was the one between Kiyohara and Ao of Kirigakure.
Mei Terumi stood some distance away, her emerald eyes fixed without pause on Kiyohara's figure, her red lips slightly parted.
"How is that possible... He's clearly just a Chunin. How can his swordsmanship contend with Ao's to this extent?"
Mei Terumi had originally thought Kiyohara was merely a handsome Konoha ninja with a few tricks up his sleeve. Only now did she truly realize that this guy was also a genius.
The fact that he had managed to set up that copper-wire cage while she was off guard had definitely not been a coincidence.
At the same time, Hyuga Ginka and Hyuga Nobuhiko could only fight the remaining Kirigakure ninja.
Unable to activate their Byakugan, they were like eagles with their eyes covered.
They could only rely on the muscle memory forged through years of training and use the basic