Land of Whirlpools, Rabbit Nation Base.
The final day.
Tianyi sat cross-legged on a boulder outside the base, his white robes billowing. Every so often, he activated Sage Mode and extended his senses to their limit.
He sensed every inch of soil, every tree, and every current of air in the dense forest.
Over the past few days, he had dragged dozens of lurking White Zetsu out from underground. They had hidden deep beneath the earth, among tree roots, and in cracks in the rocks.
They used the Spore Technique to disguise themselves as ordinary plant cells, trying to escape everyone's notice, but they had nowhere to hide from his senses in Sage Mode.
Yet their numbers seemed endless. Kill one wave, and another came. Even if they were only marching to their deaths, they had to ensure an uninterrupted flow of intelligence from this place.
Tianyi sensed no more White Zetsu nearby. He stood and deactivated Sage Mode, its markings slowly fading from his face. He flexed his stiff fingers and stretched his body, his gaze sweeping over the people and supplies still being teleported in the distance.
Minutes later, the ground trembled slightly. Countless White Zetsu burst out of the earth, their pallid figures surging like a tide from every direction in the forest, a dense mass that filled his vision.
Not dozens, not hundreds-a vast, tightly packed horde! Tianyi frowned slightly, pressed his palms together, and activated Sage Mode again!
Within his senjutsu-enhanced perception, the number of White Zetsu kept rising. More than ten thousand attacked from every direction, surrounding the forest so tightly that nothing could get through.
Tianyi swept his right hand sharply. Countless metal fragments peeled away from the buildings and gathered behind him into densely packed Metal Spears, each razor-sharp, their tips aimed