Whoosh—
Just as Terumi Mei was warily watching her surroundings, a Mist Ninja of about thirty suddenly appeared beside her.
He said, startled and uncertain, "Just now, that was..."
The speaker had long gray-blue hair, his right eye was wrapped in a piece of black cloth, and a sealing tag hung from each of his earlobes.
It was none other than Ao, the elite jonin of the Mist Village who had taken one Byakugan from a member of the Hyuga Main Family on the battlefield several months ago.
At this moment, beneath the black cloth over his right eye was the Hyuga clan's Byakugan, possessing the powers of x-ray vision, long-distance sight, and insight.
The watchtower where Qingming's shadow clone had been staying had been discovered by him with the Byakugan.
It could be said that he was the fuse that had set off this battle.
Hearing his words, Terumi Mei said gravely, "That's right. It's exactly what you're thinking. The one who fought me just now was only a shadow clone of that Ghost Sword Qian."
At this point, she paused and swept her gaze over the surroundings before continuing, "Ao, you came at just the right time. Hurry and use the Byakugan to see where his real body is hiding."
Hearing this, Ao knew the situation was urgent. Without wasting words, he immediately focused, mobilized his Chakra, and activated the Byakugan beneath the black cloth.
In an instant, everything around him appeared in his mind.
That feeling of seeing through everything left him deeply intoxicated.
However, he still remembered the important matter at hand and hurriedly searched for traces of Qingming.
Yet after a full two minutes, fine beads of sweat had appeared on his forehead, and he still had not found any trace of Qingming.
When he