Twenty minutes later.
Qian led his team to the Forward Base.
At once, the metallic clash of ninja tools, the screams and groans of wounded ninja, the deafening blasts of Exploding Tags detonating—every kind of chaotic sound poured into their ears.
It made Qian and the dozen-plus people under him heighten their focus to the limit.
Qian activated his Sharingan, swept his gaze rapidly over the battlefield, then gave a direct order. "Follow me. Be careful not to get too far from me."
"Yes, Captain!"
Everyone immediately nodded in acknowledgment.
Seeing this, Qian raised three fingers.
Then he folded them down one by one. The instant all his fingers were withdrawn, he suddenly shot out from their hiding place and charged into the battlefield from the flank.
The dozen-plus people behind him immediately followed.
The nearby Mist Ninja were caught completely off guard. In the blink of an eye, several were killed, and their formation instantly fell into chaos.
In contrast, the Leaf shinobi who had been tangled up with them were freed.
When they saw Qian's forward momentum did not slow, they hurriedly did the same as the surviving ninja from the No. 3 Sentry Tower, following behind Qian and on his left and right flanks.
And so, an arrow with Qian as its tip took shape, charging straight into the battlefield.
With lv7 (0/0) "Swordsmanship," combined with lv5 "Illusion Sword Technique," and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan evolved to the limit, Qian was like a war god, rampaging across the field, unstoppable.
Every Mist Ninja along the way, whether Chunin or Genin, was no match for him in a single exchange.
As for Jonin...
Even though Kirigakure had deployed elites this time, Jonin were still not something one saw everywhere.
The place where Qian launched his surprise attack had been