At that moment, Itachi had not noticed that Li had already stepped out.
The man holding the long blade looked somewhat strange when he saw Li emerge. In the end, he sighed. He had assumed that whoever had brought this child here must have been a powerful ninja, but he had not expected it to be nothing more than a teenager. Was he one of those people who thought they had gained a bit of strength and started running around everywhere?
Having realized this, he directly drew his long blade. He took a deep breath, and a layer of chakra gathered over the blade. With a fierce swing, the chakra flew from the sword and shot toward the monster. This guy's attack was far more effective than those of the others just now.
The chakra-infused slash tore several wounds into the monster's body, but that was all. It had no further effect.
Li lightly shook his head. This man had decent talent; at the very least, he could condense chakra onto a blade. But he had fired that chakra away directly, and it would be difficult for such an attack to break through the monster's defenses.
When the man realized that his attack could achieve only this much, his expression turned ugly. But then he charged forward, thrusting his chakra-burning blade straight at the monster's head.
That strike looked quite good, and Li had almost wanted to praise him. Of course, that was assuming his opponent was human. Sure enough, the blade accurately struck the monster's head—but in the next instant, it shattered into several pieces and scattered across the ground.
His expression changed slightly. The monster let out a sound that seemed like a mocking laugh, then raised its massive hand to smash him into the ground.
Itachi's expression