Before the explosion, Senju Tobirama once again used the Flying Thunder God technique to teleport to Gu Jie. Although he had escaped the mine explosion's blast radius in time, he was still injured.
The Second ignored his injuries. He crouched down and gently touched the ground with the index and middle fingers of his right hand, sensing the surroundings.
Gu Jie thought, With such a powerful explosion just now, the enemy shouldn't have survived. Unless the enemy is also the Second, Lord Flying Thunder God!
But Senju Tobirama suddenly frowned, his expression turning grim. "Eight killed. Two should still be alive, and their chakra reserves are enormous! Kinkaku and Ginkaku?... Kid, the enemy has already set their sights on you. You can't stay here any longer. Run for your life!"
Gu Jie had never seen the Second look so grim. From what he had just said, it was clear that the battle ahead might be something even the Second could not handle. Otherwise, he would not be telling Gu Jie to escape now!
Before the Second ordered Gu Jie to leave, his tone had merely been suggestive. But now, the Second was clearly giving Gu Jie an order—not to leave, but to flee for his life!
Gu Jie was terrified and swallowed hard. Before he could say anything, the Second vanished with a whoosh! Gu Jie understood that this was now the stage of a true life-or-death battle. The two survivors the Second had mentioned should be the brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who had transformed into Nine-Tails forms.
Judging from the power of the explosion earlier, only they could have withstood the attack without dying. However, that also meant it would probably be even harder for the Second to kill them... What will you do, Second?
As he thought, Gu