Xia Yan recognized the blue ball of light immediately. It definitely belonged to Minato Namikaze's soul.
The sight made Xia Yan breathe a sigh of relief. Judging by this, the method for undoing the Reaper Death Seal had not deceived him.
Still, he found it a little strange. Why had his Shadow Clone not dispelled yet, nor summoned him over to deal with certain necessary complications?
Xia Yan still had some doubts about whether to let Jingu Hiroshi go. It was not that he did not want to keep his word-truthfully, his word was nothing more than a standard he could raise, lower, or change at will.
Just like his moral bottom line, which had always been incredibly flexible.
If keeping the man offered more benefits than releasing him, he could disregard his promise and deal with him however he needed to.
There was no right or wrong in the face of profit. That fellow Underwood in House of Cards had risen step by step from party whip to leader of the Freedom Lighthouse, which was proof enough that his approach was correct.
Although Xia Yan was not quite that ruthless yet, he could still go that far in certain respects.
"Forget it. No point thinking about that. I should save Minato Namikaze first."
Xia Yan shook his head lightly, then rapidly formed hand seals. Within moments, as his chakra surged, countless trees spread out around him, finally enclosing them completely.
"Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!"
This time, he had not used any senjutsu. His senjutsu chakra had not fully recovered yet, and he did not dare act recklessly.
He had also done this to keep other people from Konoha from approaching, even though he had used Water Release and Wood Release to block Hiruzen Sarutobi outside.
Who knew whether