Just as Qian was about to break away from the battlefield, there was a whoosh, and another streak of white light descended from the sky, striking straight at Qian's back.
This white light was no other ninjutsu. It was precisely Ōnoki's newly cast Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Jutsu!
However, Qian, who had already activated his Byakugan, had always kept a sliver of attention on Ōnoki in the sky.
The moment the other man made his move, he reacted.
The white light passed through the afterimage he left behind and sank into the ground, leaving a deep, dark round hole where he had been.
Qian glanced at the round hole, then looked back at Ōnoki in the sky before continuing to race toward the outskirts of Iwagakure.
Along the way, Rock Ninja squads kept arriving to block him, but he saw their positions in advance. Those he could avoid, he simply avoided; those he could not avoid, he broke through with ease.
During that time, Ōnoki launched several more attacks as well, but Qian dodged them all one by one.
That made Ōnoki stop wasting Chakra on useless efforts.
Just like that, he charged all the way forward and reached the outskirts of Iwagakure.
But this was exactly what Ōnoki wanted.
From his "God's-eye view," he had seen through Qian's plan long ago. The reason he had not stopped him was that the battle was taking place inside the village, and not only he, but the other ninja as well, could not fight freely.
Once they were out of the village, they would no longer have so many misgivings.
In that case, they could go all out.
That was why he had been waiting all along for Qian to leave the village.
As for Qian escaping...
He had