Ye Feng thought this because a possibility had occurred to him: Shimura Danzō had used a method that burned life force and squeezed out latent potential to rapidly strengthen the ninjas' bodies.
Once this method was used, their lives were almost at an end. They were practically trading their lives for a brief burst of strength.
The Third Hokage had also noticed something was wrong. These people were growing stronger astonishingly fast. Their chakra was already approaching Kage Level, and it was still rising.
The Third Hokage dared not delay any longer. He immediately ordered an attack and even began summoning his Summoning Beast, Enma.
The moment Enma appeared, he hurriedly asked the Third Hokage:
"What troublesome opponent have you run into this time, to actually summon me?"
The Third Hokage had no time to explain the situation and merely said in a slightly anxious tone:
"There's something abnormal about these people. We need to eliminate them quickly, or the consequences will be unpredictable. Transform, quickly."
Hearing this, Enma said nothing more. He immediately transformed into the Adamantine Staff and charged into battle with the Third Hokage.
By now, veins bulged all over the twelve members of the Blood Moon Squad. Two of them even had red skin, with red steam rising from their bodies.
Seeing the state these twelve were in, Ye Feng knew they had all reached extremely high stages of the Eight Gates Released Formation. Two had even opened the Eighth Gate.
This shocked Ye Feng greatly. He had never expected Shimura Danzō to be good for something, actually managing to produce such powerful bodies.
The two sides soon clashed, but the result shocked the Third Hokage. In just their first exchange, two people on his side had their heads smashed apart, while another had a leg