Seeing that Hinata couldn't persuade Naruto, he could only check on Yu Liu's situation first.
She walked quickly to Yu Liu, squatted down, turned on Byakugan, and observed carefully.
No pulse.
No breathing.
Chakra... also completely disappeared.
Hinata's face turned pale. She raised her head, looked at Yu Liu, and shook her head with regret.
"Yu Liu... Mr. Shinnō, he... has..."
She didn't finish.
But Yu Liu already understands, after all, she is Shinnō's apprentice.
Yu Liu hugged Shinnō's increasingly cold body, tears falling silently.
She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She could only cry silently, which seemed particularly desolate in this dense forest.
Hinata stretched out his hand and gently put it on her shoulder.
"Yu Liu... I'm sorry..."
Just then.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh--"
The sound of breaking through the air came from overhead.
Hinata's pupils shrank, and he almost instinctively grabbed Yu Liu and threw him sideways.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Several bombs landed where they were just now, and the air waves caused by the explosion blew them away.
During Setsuna, smoke and dust filled the air, and gravel flew everywhere.
When Hinata climbed up from the ground while protecting Yu Liu, he looked back in that direction.
Shinnō's body has disappeared.
There was only a charred pit left, and scattered bits of flesh and blood scattered around.
"Teacher--!!!"
Yu Liu let out a heartbreaking cry and tried desperately to rush over, but was hugged tightly by Hinata.
"Let me go! Let me go--! Teacher! Teacher--!!"
Her voice was sharp and desperate, echoing in the forest.
In the sky, several purple-gray figures were hovering.
The leader, Sky Ninja, looked down at the chaos below, with a sneer on his lips.
"Sir Shinnō, my subordinates can only help you get here."
He waved his hand.
"Withdraw!"
Sky Ninja They quickly increased their altitude and disappeared into the clouds.
Naruto stopped attacking, turned his head to look in that direction, and froze in place.
"Uncle Shinnō..."
His voice was trembling, and his eyes were full of disbelief.
The person who was traveling with them just now, the old man who was always smiling, now... doesn't even have a body left?
His fists were clenched tightly.
And just then.
"Ah... ah..."
A low moan came from Yu Liu's mouth.
Hinata looked down at the girl in his arms, his expression suddenly changed.
"Yu Liu? Yu Liu What's wrong with you?!"
She looked at Yu Liu and her whole body was shaking violently, as if something was squirming and expanding inside her body.
Wisps of black twisted Chakra surged out of her body and wrapped around her like a living creature.
Those Chakra exude a suffocating evil aura, carrying endless negative emotions.
There is sadness, anger, hatred, despair.
Her pupils are losing focus.
Those originally clear eyes were now being eroded by a turbid red color.
Under her skin, something was squirming and swelling, as if something was breaking out of a cocoon.
"Ah... ah..."
Finally, her body arched suddenly and she let out a long roar.
Those black Chakra spurted out of her body like a volcanic eruption.
"Back off!"
Naruto finally couldn't care less about Ning Xue.
He rushed over in one stride, grabbed Hinata's arm and pulled her away.
The next second.
"Boom!!"
The black Chakra soared into the sky, blasting a big crater where Yu Liu was.
In the smoke and dust, a twisted figure slowly rose.
That's not Yu Liu.
In other words, that is no longer the Yu Liu they know.
A huge crimson monster appeared in a circle, shaped like a loach, with a "zero" carved on its forehead, symbolizing its identity.
"What the hell is this? Where is Yu Liu?" Naruto shouted, trying to find a response.
But what responded to him was a black tentacle.
"Bang!"
Naruto dodged sideways, and the tentacles brushed his shoulders and hit the tree trunk behind him, and the tree trunk that was as thick as two people hugging each other was instantly interrupted!
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata exclaimed.
"I'm fine!"
Naruto landed on the ground and stared at the monster in front of him.
"Yu Liu is under control! We must find a way to get her out!"
Zero-Tails, who stretched his body, tilted his head and looked at the three people with different expressions in front of him.
Suddenly, its little cherry mouth grinned to the back of its ears, smiled evilly, and began to sing and introduce itself.
"I am Zero-Tails--"
Its voice is low and hoarse, and every syllable carries an abyss-like bewitchment.
"When the world is filled with war and darkness breeds in people's hearts, I will be resurrected.
I will swallow the darkness and be reborn, and then grow infinitely.
In order for the world to be dominated by darkness again, I will devour everything in front of me."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zero-Tails's two arms extending continuously and began to attack the three people in front of him.