Yunju felt that he had to do something now. At the very least, he had to seize the initiative.
So Yunju moved first.
He was half a beat faster than Tobi, and that half-beat let him instantly chain together three different ninjutsu before Tobi had fully adjusted from his previous position:
Wind Release: Wind Blade shot from his left hand. Dozens of solidified chakra blades spread through the air, covering all the space around Tobi and sealing off every route of lateral movement.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet surged in from the right, while Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet pounced in from the left. Water and fire converged where Tobi stood, erupting into steaming white mist and blazing firelight. In that instant, the temperature soared high enough to crack the surface of stone.
All three ninjutsu struck the target point at once... and then... passed through him?
The wind blades passed through Tobi's body and shredded a row of treetops behind him.
The Water Dragon Bullet passed through his torso, crashed into the ground behind him, and gouged a deep trench through the scorched earth.
The Fire Dragon Bullet passed through his chest and ignited a patch of brush farther away.
Tobi stood where he was. His posture had not changed. The Sharingan beneath his mask remained calmly open, as though the three ninjutsu had been nothing more than wind blowing past him. Yunju did not stop.
Tobi emerged from the bombardment unscathed once again.
While releasing the ninjutsu, Yunju had already completed a close-range charge. His afterimage remained where he had been, while his true body appeared at Tobi's side. At that same instant, Hidden Shadow Snake Hands erupted from his right arm—dozens of pitch-black snake shadows burst from his sleeve. Their bodies were thicker, tougher, and wrapped tighter