A figure clad in a White Haori suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
Seeing him appear, Sakumo cried out hoarsely, his face pale.
"Sosuke!? You... How did you end up here...?"
Hearing Sakumo's astonished cry, Sosuke gently turned his head and glanced at him, his expression grave as he said in a low voice,
"Let's not talk about that now, Sakumo. Hold on a little longer. Tsunade and the others will be here soon, and she'll treat your injuries!"
As he spoke, he turned slightly to look toward the Sand Ninja.
His deep eyes fixed on the Third Kazekage. With a grave expression, he slowly said,
"Third Kazekage..."
Hearing Sosuke's words, the Third Kazekage furrowed his brow and glanced at him with indifferent eyes, his voice low.
"Were you the one who stopped my Iron Sand: Shower?"
"Another man sent by Konoha..."
"How arrogant... Konoha actually dares to treat the Sand Ninja with such contempt. Since you've come here... you'll all stay here!"
As he spoke, the Third Kazekage swept his hand outward. The countless clusters of black Iron Sand scattered through the air gathered together again, slowly forming an enormous spindle-shaped object that floated in the sky!
Looking at the huge transparent barrier blocking Sosuke and Sakumo, his gaze turned icy as he said coldly,
"Iron Sand: Binding Assault!"
"Boom—"
The enormous mass of Iron Sand surged forward with terrifying force and slammed into the seemingly frail transparent barrier!
Seeing this, Sosuke's expression darkened slightly, turning grave.
But, to everyone's surprise—
The transparent barrier was incredibly sturdy. Even after taking a blow from the Third Kazekage, it still stood firm, as though that terrifying attack had done nothing to it!
The Sand Ninja were stunned at the sight.
W-who is that guy...?!
He actually stopped the Third Kazekage's attack..! What