As they looked at the uninjured young man standing at the entrance, the dozen or so remaining Root remnants felt their limbs turn cold, dense beads of sweat covering their foreheads.
They had spent years carrying out assassination missions underground, but the gap in strength before them was far too overwhelming. They could not summon even the slightest thought of resistance.
The squad leader gritted his teeth and abruptly pulled out a large handful of explosive tags from his ninja tool pouch, hurling them viciously toward Chenshu Senju.
"Retreat!"
He roared, and the others moved in perfect coordination, throwing kunai at the same time as cover before turning without hesitation and fleeing deeper into the forest.
More than a dozen explosive tags detonated one after another in midair.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The violent explosions echoed throughout the entire forest.
Scorching flames mixed with thick black smoke instantly swallowed the area around the entrance.
The blast waves snapped several nearby trees, burned the wooden planks on the ground to ash, and sent broken branches and dead leaves flying everywhere.
None of them had any intention of looking back. They only wanted to escape this place as quickly as possible.
Amid the spreading smoke, Chenshu Senju still stood where he was, not even the corner of his clothes scorched.
Wood Release chakra formed a thin protective layer over his body, perfectly blocking all impact and flames.
Watching those figures flee desperately, he only felt that they were too weak. He could not even muster the interest to make a move.
It was like a fully geared max-level player accidentally wandering into a beginner village. There was no sense of challenge at all.
Did they really think they could toss a few firecrackers and escape right under his nose?
Chenshu Senju could not