"This... this is..."
Black looked at his empty hands, then up into the sky. He saw Xiao Li's spectral image floating there, and shock appeared on his face.
"What kind of ninja is this... How have I never heard of the Mountain clan having a ninja like this?!"
Black reached out to grab Rock Lee's spectral image, but his hand passed straight through it.
"Is it a soul?"
Black wondered in confusion. No matter how he thought about it, that seemed to be the most likely possibility.
While Black was still puzzled, Xiao Li's spectral image did not linger because of his doubts. Instead, it rose directly upward, passed through the mountains, and flew higher into the sky.
Rock Lee's soul drifted through the sky like a ghost, unable to find the way. In the end, it suddenly flew toward a distant forest.
However, during its flight, Rock Lee's soul image grew weaker and weaker.
At first, when Rock Lee's soul image danced through the air, both sparrows and eagles could see it. But as time passed, Rock Lee's image became increasingly faint.
As the route became clearer, the soul's direction turned toward Mirai, who had passed through the forest to Inuyasha!
When the soul image entered the forest, its target became clear as well—it was the place Mirai had passed through!
The soul image suddenly accelerated. The moment it entered the forest, by the time it flashed into view again, it was already standing at the exact spot Mirai had passed through!
When Rock Lee's soul image stood there, its eyes first went blank. Then, soul light suddenly spread out. Within that glow, a hole of light suddenly appeared beside Rock Lee's soul image.
The moment Rock Lee's soul image saw the hole of light, it entered without hesitation.