Every tree the lightning struck was split apart.
In those brief ten seconds, Black Zetsu had already taken several lightning strikes.
Even with his formidable defenses, he had not escaped unscathed.
Seeing that Uchiha Yin had no intention of stopping, Black Zetsu glared at him and took another strike head-on.
Then he slowly sank into the earth and vanished.
When the final bolt struck the ground without stirring any further movement, Uchiha Yin lowered his hand.
Uzuki Yugao had watched him the whole time, her face full of admiration.
A Ninjutsu technique on that scale required an enormous amount of Chakra.
Yet Uchiha Yin showed no sign of fatigue after using it. Clearly, that much Chakra was nothing to him.
Uchiha Yin turned and saw Yugao's stunned expression. He thought she was questioning why he had let Black Zetsu escape.
He was about to explain when he saw her gazing at him with open admiration.
"Lord Yin, you really are incredible! I admire you so, so much!"
For a moment, Uchiha Yin thought he had misheard her.
Those words hardly sounded like something the poised, graceful Uzuki Yugao from the original story would say.
The woman before him looked like a starstruck fangirl, no matter how he looked at her.
Uchiha Yin began to wonder whether Konoha's ANBU selection involved some backroom dealing. How had someone with her personality gotten in?
He thought his surprise must have been obvious.
But Yugao seemed oblivious, still gazing at him with stars in her eyes.
For a moment, Uchiha Yin had no idea what expression to make in front of her.
In the end, he smiled and said, "All right, that's enough of that. We should head back!"
He set off without waiting for Yugao's reply, moving at a brisk pace.
Yugao did