Yechen had not run far before a roar erupted behind him.
"Kumogakure, I'll fight you to the death!"
As far as they were concerned, only Kumogakure could have done something like this at such a time.
With Iwagakure's rear in chaos, Kumogakure's main force had a chance to escape.
How could they have imagined that Yechen was behind it all? He had never shown his true face throughout the entire operation. Even if they investigated afterward, they would never trace it back to him.
The moon shone bright amid scattered stars.
Yechen ran at full speed, finally reaching the place where his Shadow Clone had stopped as midnight arrived.
Indeed, his real body had not followed them, but his Shadow Clone could track them stealthily.
There were no Kumogakure ninja or Rock Ninja here, only traces left by their battle.
Yechen paused for a moment and recalled his Shadow Clone. A flood of information immediately surfaced in his mind.
From what he learned, Iwagakure had already formed an outer encirclement. However, the perimeter was so large that their troops could not concentrate, leaving Kumogakure a chance to break through.
To wipe out this elite Kumogakure force, they would have to tighten the encirclement and concentrate their troops.
To that end, Iwagakure had dispatched an elite unit to block the retreat of Kumogakure's main force.
They had thought the final showdown was about to begin, only for the Third Raikage to suddenly unleash overwhelming power and single-handedly tear through the defensive line formed by Iwagakure's elite troops.
After that, there was nothing more.
Because of the distance limit, the Shadow Clone could no longer continue tracking them.
Fortunately, the Shadow Clone still remembered the general direction in which Kumogakure had fled.
As long as Yechen continued tracking them in that direction,