"Stop."
Just as Qingxue Uchiha was about to swing her blade.
Yemu's icy voice echoed through the space.
Hearing that voice.
Naruto Uzumaki instantly brightened, then complained with a disgruntled expression, "Yemu, you need to keep your woman in check. She's gone kill-crazy."
"We nearly died."
In the distance, Ino Yamanaka and the other girls all breathed sighs of relief at the sight of Yemu.
They truly hadn't expected Qingxue Uchiha to be so ferocious.
She had nearly taken down the entire Konoha 12 single-handedly.
Suddenly, everyone felt an extraordinary respect for Yemu, who could tame Qingxue Uchiha.
Yemu stood on a tree.
He appeared before Qingxue Uchiha with the Body Flicker Technique.
The surrounding air was almost crushed into stillness.
Qingxue's eyes gleamed red, the mark of her Mangekyō Sharingan, radiating a pressure that made it impossible to look directly at her.
Her breathing was slightly ragged. She had clearly become completely consumed by her obsessive love and rage.
"Yemu..."
Qingxue murmured, a crazed smile on her lips, without a trace of reason in her eyes.
"Are you trying to stop me? You've never understood what I need!"
Yemu's gaze was icy. He stood still with his fists clenched, chakra surging through his body like a torrent, his presence seeming to bear down on the space around him.
The entire forest grew unnaturally quiet. Only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the occasional distant birdcall sounded especially piercing.
Yemu took a deep breath, a flicker of resolve crossing his eyes, and said slowly, "Qingxue, stop this. If you keep going, neither of us will be able to turn back."
Qingxue paused, seeming not to understand his words. The madness in her eyes faded slightly, as though she had slipped into a moment of confusion.
But soon, she