Whoooosh...
The howling gale, like the sound of a typhoon sweeping through, spread across nearly half of the Death Forest.
The examinees closest to Seventh Squad had barely turned toward the source of the wind when the fierce gale had already swept over them.
Examinees who had been dashing through the trees with the Body Flicker Technique were hurled away by the wind, crashing into towering trees.
Examinees walking on the ground felt as though someone had suddenly shoved them hard, sending them straight to the ground.
Crack...
Rumble...
Amid the roar of the wind came the faint sounds of things breaking and collapsing.
As the view drew closer, the airflow in one area had already twisted into a vortex like a whirlpool at sea.
The towering trees caught within the vortex bent one after another, until they could no longer endure it and snapped apart, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.
Fortunately, the gusts were not sharp, and the Death Forest was a primeval forest where every tree was a massive giant that would take more than a dozen people to encircle, exceptionally tough and resilient.
Otherwise, far more trees would have broken, and this entire area might have been reduced to barren ground.
Even so, this scene was no less impressive than, or perhaps even stronger than, the Wind Release: Air Current Dance Temari had used against the Ten-Tails while leading the Wind Release Squad in the original Fourth Ninja World War.
When the gale finally subsided, the forest where Seventh Squad stood had been reduced to a complete mess.
Naruto Uzumaki's three hundred shadow clones had all vanished, blown away by the Wind Release he had unleashed himself.
"Th-this is the strength of the dead last?"
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