"Someone's coming."
Xia Yan walked slowly forward, then suddenly raised his eyebrows and spoke quietly.
With yellow sand swirling through the air and the wind blowing against them, visibility was extremely poor.
But however poor it was, Xia Yan's sensory perception still allowed him to detect every movement around them.
At first, he paid little attention. After all, they had entered someone else's territory; it was impossible for no one to notice.
Besides, word of their mission had presumably been sent ahead, so someone coming to meet them would have been perfectly normal.
Soon, however, Xia Yan frowned, because he detected chakra beginning to stir in the approaching person.
And that chakra reaction kept growing stronger. No matter how he looked at it, this hardly seemed like someone coming to receive them. It seemed more like someone coming to cause trouble!
"Prepare to fight."
Although Xia Yan did not know what had happened, that did not mean he would submit without a fight.
His years in the Anbu had taught him that showing weakness on a mission like this would lead to an outcome that went without saying.
Hearing Xia Yan, Kakashi immediately went on guard, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his left eye beginning to turn slowly.
Kakashi would follow Xia Yan's orders without question. Although he had also considered that the approaching person might be coming to receive them, he trusted Xia Yan's sensory perception more!
Whoosh!
Sure enough, a scorching fireball hurtled toward them the very next moment!
The fireball came at a clever angle, covering both Xia Yan and Kakashi while avoiding Yashamaru behind them.
Seeing this, Xia Yan and Kakashi immediately leaped away from the fireball, though they dodged in rather different directions.
Kakashi jumped straight to the side to evade it, while Xia Yan unceremoniously