At the same time.
Up in the sky.
Qian also spotted the Mist Ninja rushing over as reinforcements.
He focused his gaze and immediately confirmed that these people were the same Mist Ninja who had been fighting the Leaf ninja and him earlier.
Now, fewer than seventy of them remained, and they were hurrying over at high speed.
Looking farther away, Qian saw five Leaf Village Jonin in hot pursuit behind them, as well as roughly a hundred surviving low- and mid-ranked ninja from the Leaf.
Without even thinking, Qian could guess that these people must have noticed the commotion here and come over one after another because of it.
However, now was not the time for an all-out clash.
Just now, the battle between him and the Mist Ninja below had seemed intense, but in truth, it had mostly been the Mist Ninja attacking while he dodged. He had not had many chances to counterattack.
Because of that, the Mist Ninja had suffered very limited casualties.
With that, once the two Mist forces joined together, their combat strength would rise by a large margin.
By contrast, on the Leaf's side, the reinforcements Sano Nobuhisa had promised had yet to arrive. Relying on fewer than a hundred surviving Leaf ninja alone, they were absolutely no match for the enemy, unless...
He went all out!
But just now, in order to stop Qian and the others from approaching, and also to probe their Trump Cards and wear down their energy, he had already taken no small amount of risk.
He was even wounded right now.
Although those wounds could not threaten his life for the time being, in the end, he was unwilling to fight while injured again.
So, after careful consideration, Qian used the Telepathy Technique and ordered the Leaf