Hinata frowned as she looked at the streaks of blood staining Li's body. She had just seen him charge out the instant the enemy fell into disorder, and by the time he returned, three of their squads had already been wiped out.
Such skill was terrifyingly ghostlike. Aburame Fangxiu's expression had turned even uglier. If the wounds on those corpses had truly been inflicted by different attacks, it could be understood as the work of three to five powerful fighters. But the reality was that every one of them had died to the same kind of attack.
All had been struck diagonally downward from the upper left with powerful Lightning Chakra, first paralyzing the meridians in the upper-right half of their bodies, then cutting a small opening before pouring a massive amount of Lightning Chakra inside, instantly charring their vital organs. Who could pull off such an attack?
Other than Li, the creator of Chidori and Tsunade's student, who else could perform an attack like that?
But how had he attacked and killed ten people in an instant? Shadow Clones? Don't be ridiculous. Against opponents of equal strength, Shadow Clones could only serve to confuse the enemy or waste Chakra.
"Li, didn't you say we needed to conserve our strength?" Hinata asked with a frown. "But if you do this..."
"It's fine. Do you think they'll really believe I did all of that?" Li said slowly. "This Aburame Fangxiu isn't an idiot. And precisely because he isn't an idiot, he'll fall for my trick."
After pondering for a moment, Aburame Fangxiu said, "Everyone gather together. Don't get separated. I suspect there's an Uchiha ambush here."
Bafeng Riyue's expression changed. "But these wounds..."
Aburame Fangxiu snorted. "The ones who died may have been the most useless people here, but their strength