Don't Fight That Human!

Might Duy stopped in his tracks when he heard that.

He had already heard that Shukaku had been defeated.

But he hadn't expected Fang Xu to have dealt with the Three-Tails too.

Ebisu put his sunglasses back on, though his fingers were still trembling slightly.

"You've defeated two Tailed Beasts?"

He had thought the stories of someone facing a Tailed Beast head-on were only rumors.

Now it seemed the rumors hadn't told the whole story.

Aoba Yamashiro looked back at the forest transformed by Wood Release.

Fang Xu had killed six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist in an instant and could wield Sage Arts Wood Release. He clearly didn't need them to stay and help.

If they lingered, they would only hold him back.

"Senior Duy, let's go."

Aoba Yamashiro hoisted the scroll containing his teacher's remains onto his back.

"If the Six-Tails Jinchuriki undergoes Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, we won't even survive the shockwaves."

Might Duy didn't argue any further.

"Be careful, Fang Xu."

He studied Fang Xu for a few moments, then hurried away with the three children.

The four of them soon vanished into the depths of the forest.

Before long, a Kirigakure ninja landed at the edge of the battlefield.

He was thin, with a special device strapped to his back that could produce bubbles.

At the sight of the vast stretch of newly grown trees, he stopped dead.

"Wood Release..."

Then the Six-Tails Jinchuriki spotted Fang Xu.

His face went deathly pale.

The chakra of all seven swordsmen had vanished, and their seven Ninja Blades were nowhere to be seen.

What had happened was clear.

"Fang Xu!"

He asked no questions and made no attempt to test him.

The moment he recognized Fang Xu, he turned and fled.

Bubbles poured from the