Narrow Escape

This maneuver left the two Otsutsuki staring in bewilderment.

"Why are there two more?"

"Which one do we chase?"

Before the two could reach a decision, two streaks of light shot past them.

"Second Brother, tie one down at range. Let Dragon Seven deal with the other."

Li Yu's true body was somewhere nearby, carefully watching the battle through his Rinnegan as he silently analyzed the enemy's tactics and countermeasures.

"Send out three more. Keep them busy for a while."

Three more Li Yu clones appeared, each charging off in a different direction.

"What kind of secret technique is this? How can it create so many illusions?"

A cloud of white smoke erupted before him. Dragon Seven adjusted his direction and pursued one of Li Yu's clones.

Clad head to toe in crimson-orange armor, he smashed through rocks with unstoppable force and swiftly caught up to one of Li Yu's clones. A single sword strike finished it off, turning it into white smoke.

"Damn it, another fake."

Another clone was already close to reaching the perimeter when an energy slash fired from nowhere turned it into white smoke.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, two clones had already secretly slipped into the wreckage of the western hemisphere. Five clones had been sacrificed to draw everyone's attention to the wreckage in the eastern hemisphere.

Two of the clones revealed themselves and rapidly flew toward outer space.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"How are they so fast?"

"They caught up to us so quickly!"

The two clones split up and fled. One was quickly destroyed by Long Wu's slash imbued with law energy, while the other was soon caught as well.

"Again."

Seizing the opportunity, Li Yu once more deployed two clones and sent them flying toward the northern hemisphere.

"Why are