Ahead.
In the sky.
With the aid of his Byakugan, Qian's shadow clone saw the movements of the four Leaf Anbu, and the corners of his mouth curved up slightly.
Just as he had expected, even after discovering some of his oddities, the four of them still did not choose to turn hostile. Instead, they prepared to continue this mission.
In that case, he had no need to pay too much attention to them.
Withdrawing his gaze, Qian turned his attention to the fleeing Rock Ninja.
He could see that after leaving the battlefield, they did not split up immediately. Instead, they sent off one squad after every stretch of distance.
In the end, they broke the whole into parts and fled toward the border of the Land of Fire from different directions.
This method of fleeing in batches meant that even if Qian wanted to use the Shadow Clone Technique to pursue them, he could not.
After all, shadow clones were not like his main body. Without the chakra stored in his Glabella Pocket Dimension to replenish them, it would only take a few times before the shadow clones he created became "too weak to stand a breeze."
At that point, forget about continuously driving Wind Release: Wind Wings and the Chakra Feather Cloak to pursue them—even if they barely caught up, they would probably be destroyed by the enemy with ease.
And that was the Rock Ninja's goal.
Realizing this, Qian could not help sighing inwardly. As expected of elites. Even their experience in running away is this rich!
However, Qian had never intended to wipe them all out in one sweep to begin with, so he did not dwell on it too much.
Locking onto the ninja in the previous Rock Ninja team who had kept issuing