Just as the examinees fleeing across the arena—and even Kakashi and the others, who had only just arrived—were drawn to the sound of that flute—
"Rumble—"
All of a sudden, a gigantic monster wrapped head to toe in bandages like a mummy appeared on the field from nowhere!
With nothing more than a casual swing of its fist, one of the massive support pillars holding up the tower was smashed to pieces!
Two other monsters, though their faces differed, were nearly just as vicious and ferocious. They slowly prowled around the red-haired woman.
Like Hell demons guarding her!
But at that moment, Sakumo, who had just arrived, suddenly frowned deeply. He seemed to listen for something, then hurriedly said in a grave voice.
"Something's not right!"
The moment he finished speaking, just as Kakashi and the others turned to look at him—
"Bang—"
With a tremendous crash, one side of the tower wall exploded outward, and hideous, grotesque monsters began filing out from within!
Those monsters were almost identical to the ones beside Tayuya, except their sizes had changed dramatically!
The densely packed monsters seemed to outnumber all the examinees in the arena. They surged forward, pressing toward the examinees!
At the sight of this, the already panicked examinees became even more frantic.
Even though some outstanding young examinees wanted to organize a counterattack, their efforts could scarcely have any effect amid such overwhelming despair.
Some examinees were so terrified by the enormous, ferocious monsters that they nearly forgot to fight back, only to have their bodies smashed into pulp by the huge clubs in the monsters' hands!
Others displayed a ninja's spirit and charged forward bravely and fearlessly, but the difference in strength was simply far too great.
The immature young examinees were seized and torn apart by several