Boom!
Two massive fists came crashing down. At the critical moment, the Deva Path leaped backward, while two figures jumped down from afar.
Akimichi Choza and his son, Akimichi Choji.
Under the tremendous pressure, the Asura Path had already been buried deep underground, looking completely lifeless.
"We've taken care of one!" Akimichi Choza said in a deep voice, glancing behind him. "Kakashi, how are you holding up?"
"I'm fine!" Kakashi sprang out from behind a concealed broken wall, the Lightning Blade in his hand fading away. "If you two hadn't arrived, I was about to launch a sneak attack myself. But this is good too—at least I saved some chakra."
"Mm." Akimichi Choza nodded, never taking his eyes off the Deva Path. "By the way, how much chakra do you have left?"
"After using the Lightning Style Shadow Clone, I've used up more than half. Honestly, the battle ahead may be difficult."
During their brief exchange, several more Konoha ninjas arrived. They had come with Akimichi Choza and were the elite under his command.
"Enough talk. Prepare for battle." With Akimichi Choza's command, the newly arrived ninjas attacked without delay.
Shuriken, kunai, Explosive Tags, Wind Style, and Fire Style attacks came flying at the Deva Path from every direction.
The Rinnegan revealed no emotion, but he suddenly charged forward, spreading his hands as immense chakra erupted.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Everything around him was thrown up at once. The repulsive force burst forth completely, deflecting all ninja tools and ninjutsu alike before expanding outward and blasting away every nearby ninja.
Seeing this, Kakashi's Sharingan spun slightly as he hurriedly dodged. At the same time, he threw a kunai carrying a smoke bomb toward his opponent.
Bang!
Smoke exploded. Using its cover, he quickly fled with Akimichi Choza and his son behind another