"Rasengan!"
"Bold!"
Yeyue, who stood closest to the Third Raikage, suddenly launched an attack. The Third Raikage spun around and, with thunderous speed and force, shattered Yeyue's shoulder.
"Just as I thought, something was wrong! Whose subordinate are you?!"
The Rasengan, laced with a trace of Sage Method chakra, struck the Third Raikage's back without leaving so much as a scratch, merely shredding his clothes. The Third Raikage looked coldly at Yeyue and demanded an answer.
"A dying candle in the wind may still shine, but when it cannot even save itself, it cannot bring warmth to others. That flickering scene was never what I wished for. I never thought I would miscalculate again. I believed this was a perfect opportunity, but I still underestimated your strength, my lord!"
The recoil heavily wounded Yeyue, twisting and breaking his entire left arm. Half-kneeling on the ground, he stared chillingly at the Third Raikage and spoke those incomprehensible words. The Third Raikage frowned deeply, already suspecting that this ambush plan might have been exposed.
"You could have waited a little longer! If this old man is not mistaken, there must be an Iwagakure ambush ahead! So you were an Iwagakure spy. You hid yourself well!"
The Third Raikage slowly approached Yeyue. A butterfly appeared on Yeyue's shoulder in a thoroughly unnatural sight. As the butterfly beat its wings, Yeyue's body suddenly jolted.
"I have failed you, my lord! I know what I must do. Please forgive my rash actions. It is a pity that I cannot accompany you into the true world!"
"Fall back!"
Once Yeyue finished speaking, his expression turned crazed. The Third Raikage was shocked and hurriedly warned the Cloud Ninja around him, but he was still a step too late. Yeyue's abdomen tore open, and his blood turned black,