"What was going on?"
Seeing Qian suddenly stop, the two Anbu following behind him had no idea what was happening and stopped as well.
Just as they were about to ask Qian what he was trying to do, they saw him raise both hands and begin forming hand seals.
Immediately afterward, a powerful chakra fluctuation spread from his body.
That pressure alone forced the two of them to retreat.
The ninja from the Inuzuka Clan was still all right; only the ninja dog beside him let out a low whine.
But the ninja from the Aburame Clan had it much worse.
At that moment, the insects inside his body seemed to have encountered some kind of natural predator. They trembled in fear, and even he himself was greatly affected.
If he made a move now, he would probably be unable to bring out even twenty or thirty percent of his strength.
Sensing this, beneath his mask, the Special Jonin from the Aburame Clan looked at Qian with eyes full of disbelief.
Although on the way here, he had already known through the subtle reactions of his insects that Qian was extremely strong.
But back then, he had still been able to control his insects.
What about now?
He tried to mobilize them, but those insects were as if they had been scared stupid. They only dared to tremble inside his body and did not dare come out at all.
He had only encountered a situation like this once, and that was on the night the Nine-Tails appeared several years ago.
At the time, he had wanted to control his insects to deal with the Nine-Tails, only for the insects to refuse him outright. The situation then was practically identical to now.
"Could it be that there's also a Tailed Beast