As the sixth artificial sage body was sent into the energy, the energy spreading through the surroundings finally began to contract.
It took only a few breaths.
The six artificial sage bodies turned into stone statues.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
"Boom!"
Then cracks spread across them, and they shattered, scattering across the ground.
Once the dust cleared, nothing remained except the traces of the brutal battle.
Every trace of Hamura Otsutsuki's presence had vanished.
It seemed he had used the energy from detonating the Box of Ultimate Bliss to escape!
"Brother, he escaped."
"There's no trace of Hamura Otsutsuki in the surrounding space."
After sensing the area, Senju Kaoru spoke slowly.
"He probably won't show himself before us again anytime soon."
"I messed up."
"I should have gone all out just now and kept that old bastard from escaping."
"I'll probably get scolded by Father when we get back."
Uchiha Yo spoke with some embarrassment.
Hearing his words, the other three sighed as well.
They had indeed found the source of the trouble this time.
But Hamura Otsutsuki had also escaped after fighting them.
Returning now would make it rather difficult to report back!
"Brother, are we going straight back to the village now?"
"If Father is there, we should tell him about all this, then improve our strength with his help."
"That way, the next time we run into this guy, we'll have a better chance of killing him!"
Uchiha Lingbo had a different view.
Although they had never witnessed their father's strength firsthand...
Still...
They had heard plenty of legends about him from their own mothers.
Their mothers and the other mothers were all especially powerful.
And their descriptions of Father shared one thing in common-he was strong!
So rather than dwelling on Hamura Otsutsuki's escape, Uchiha Lingbo wanted