Although Hatake Ziyan had just absorbed the mist beside the pool, more had risen from the water the instant he absorbed it. It simply had not spread as far as before!
Everyone else stood quietly where they were, watching Hatake Ziyan without saying a word.
Hatake Ziyan's closed eyes suddenly snapped open. Then he parted his lips slightly and exhaled a breath of stale air!
Yet that breath did not immediately disperse. Instead, it shot forward like a sharp sword, traveling four or five meters before striking the stone wall opposite him!
It left a hole three or four centimeters wide and more than ten centimeters deep in the wall!
Everyone behind Hatake Ziyan was utterly stunned. Even if they blew out a breath with all their strength and supplemented it with chakra, they probably could not achieve that without using Wind Release ninjutsu!
Yet Hatake Ziyan had merely breathed out, without exerting any strength, much less mixing chakra into his breath!
"What happened? Why were you even sending a puppet toward me?" Hatake Ziyan asked the group, remaining seated without turning around.
But the White Snake Sage beside Hatake Ziyan said nothing. She simply stood there in a daze!
The others either followed the White Snake Sage's lead or had been called in by her to help, so none felt it appropriate to answer Hatake Ziyan.
"Hmm? White Snake Sage? Was there something you wanted when you called me?" Hatake Ziyan turned to look at the old woman, somewhat puzzled.
Only after Hatake Ziyan asked again did the White Snake Sage regain her focus and look at him.
The reason the White Snake Sage had been stunned was that the pool in front of Hatake Ziyan had actually shrunk! The difference was visible to the naked eye!
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