Zhou Cheng quickly gathered his things and jumped down from the large rock.
He continued toward Orochimaru's base.
The snow was falling harder, and a thick layer had already accumulated on the ground.
With every step Zhou Cheng took, the snow swallowed his legs up to his calves.
Zhou Cheng frowned.
Traveling like this took far too much time.
It just wasn't worth the effort!
He turned to look at the group.
The sight of their sleds made his eyes light up.
Right, I could get myself a sled!
He turned and headed toward the group.
He was roughly two hundred meters away from them.
Normally, he could cover that distance in the blink of an eye.
But now, every step through the snow took twice the usual effort.
He didn't want to reveal his strength too soon, so he refrained from using chakra to clear the snow in front of him.
He casually glanced around the group.
He spotted five or six figures rapidly closing in on them.
They moved incredibly fast over the snow, even faster than the sleds.
Zhou Cheng's eyes lit up. With his keen eyesight, he could clearly make out the equipment they were using.
It looked almost identical to a sled, with just one difference.
The sleds relied on animals to pull them.
These people relied on some sort of mechanical power.
Damn, has the Naruto World's technology advanced this far?
I have to get one of those. It'd be perfect for traveling.
Just as that thought crossed his mind,
a deafening explosion erupted within the group.
Zhou Cheng frowned. What's going on?
Are those newcomers their enemies?
Then Zhou Cheng saw all sorts of ninjutsu flying through the air.
They were all low-level techniques, though.
Then he remembered that the group consisted of