Only when fighters of Special Jōnin rank or higher banded together could they hold off the Wood Clones' attacks for a moment.
But holding them off was all they could do. They had no power to fight back!
It was terrifying.
If even his clones were this strong, how powerful was Uchiha Yin himself?
If Uchiha Yin's Wood Clones kept slaughtering them, these thousand-odd Mist Ninja might not last an hour...
For the first time, Yagura felt that Kirigakure had provoked a monster it should never have touched.
While Yagura was at his wits' end, Uchiha Yin, Karura, and Pakura were quite at ease.
Karura and Pakura were Kage Level fighters, after all. Uchiha Yin had easily purged the poison from their bodies.
Now they were merely a little weak. Otherwise, they were fine.
Watching Uchiha Yin's Wood Clones slaughter the Mist Ninja one after another, Pakura could not help but marvel at him again.
"Yin, are you really this strong? Just two Wood Clones have torn through the thousand Mist Ninja who surrounded us."
"Of course. Don't you know how strong I am by now?" Uchiha Yin teased.
"That's different. We knew you were strong, but until we saw it with our own eyes and experienced it ourselves, we couldn't truly grasp how strong you are," Karura said.
"Exactly. I can't imagine how hopeless your enemies must feel," Pakura said, nodding in agreement.
Pakura and Karura were right.
Ordinarily, ninja—especially those who had seen battle—should charge forward like soldiers, unafraid.
Even before the most terrifying enemy, they would not retreat an inch.
Kirigakure's ninja, in particular, were notorious for their brutality.
Yet now, the Mist Ninja seemed to have lost their nerve. One after another, they stopped putting up any resistance at all.
"Damn it. Retreat..."
Watching the Mist