"Damn it!"
Ameyuri Ringo was filled with fear and shock, even the ninja sword 'Kiba' held in her hand was trembling slightly.
Darui was the same, his eyes even looking somewhat blank.
As the granddaughter of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, they were clear about Kurotsuchi's strength.
Tokuma Hyuga, who possessed a dojutsu Bloodline Limit and was selected by the Hidden Leaf for the elite squad, was obviously a capable shinobi as well.
Such elites were defeated so confusedly; this bizarre scene was truly somewhat unbelievable to the two of them.
Retreating to the side, Yakumo had already activated the 'Koryugan'. While observing the surroundings, she said to everyone: "Everyone be careful, what attacked them is a spirit!"
Spirits come and go without a trace, and right now no one knew where it was hiding, so Ameyuri Ringo was both shocked and anxious: "How do we deal with this thing?"
Yakumo answered: "Except for barriers, other means are difficult to completely defend against spirits!"
Hearing this, everyone's faces instantly sank.
For this operation, all members of the elite squad had undergone targeted sealing training, which was no problem for dealing with ordinary 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies'. But they never expected that among the 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' summoned by Yakushi Kabuto, there would be such an anomaly, so there was absolutely no contingency plan against spirits.
A bit further away.
Ryuzetsu and Chino were also vigilantly observing the surroundings, looking for that white shadow that had just attacked Kurotsuchi and Tokuma Hyuga.
Chino's 'Ketsuryugan' was a genjutsu eye and could not easily perceive spirits like Tokuma Hyuga's Byakugan, and her ability to sense blood was also ineffective against bodiless spirits, so she had no way to deal with spirits at all.
Ryuzetsu was slightly better off.
After cultivating the 'Twelve Palaces', the Yang Release chakra in her body was further developed. Combined with her special Bloodline Limit, she had an inexplicable sensitivity to spirits composed primarily of Yin Release chakra.
Therefore, Ryuzetsu took the initiative to protect Chino.
In fact.
Ryuzetsu didn't know that a shinobi like her, possessing extreme Yang Release chakra, was the enemy spirits were least willing to deal with.
At this time, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Tsume Inuzuka rushed over.
Upon discovering that Dan Katō's spirit went to attack others, Kakashi immediately sealed Dan Katō's 'Impure World Reincarnation body', but because the spirit had already left the body, the seal had no effect.
Afterwards, Kakashi met up with Sasuke and Tsume Inuzuka, who had resolved their respective opponents, and followed the noise to arrive at this battlefield together.
Seeing Kurotsuchi and Tokuma Hyuga lying on the ground, Tsume Inuzuka asked: "What happened to them?"
Yakumo said: "Just now, the opponent directly invaded Kurotsuchi and Tokuma's inner worlds as a spirit, acting as the host to suppress their spirits, causing them to lose consciousness instantly."
Hearing this, Ameyuri Ringo and Darui hurriedly glanced at Kurotsuchi and Tokuma Hyuga lying on the ground, and finding that although their breathing was weak, they were indeed still alive, their hearts relaxed slightly.
Yakumo continued: "Don't worry everyone, launching such an attack isn't without cost for the opponent!"
Among those present, no one understood spirits better than Yakumo, because a spirit resided permanently in Yakumo's own inner world! So she knew that even for an extremely tyrannical spirit, rashly invading an enemy's inner world was an act with a huge risk factor.
Ido attacking Naruto's Heart Demon without authorization and failing before was the best example!
Therefore, even Dan Katō, who cultivated the 'Spirit Transformation Technique', took a considerable risk in launching the attack just now and consumed a large amount of chakra.
Under normal circumstances, such continuous offense could not be sustained; otherwise, the spirit would dissipate due to the massive loss of chakra.
Woof woof
Yakumo's voice hadn't faded when the ninja dog following Tsume Inuzuka suddenly roared fiercely!
"Not good!"
"Be careful!"
Kakashi and Yakumo sensed something wrong at the same time and issued warnings reflexively.
However, their warnings were a step too late. Tsume Inuzuka, who hadn't witnessed the horror of spirits with her own eyes, was instantly invaded by a white shadow. Immediately, her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed softly to the ground.
Then, that drifting white shadow flew out of Tsume Inuzuka's body, attacking Sasuke who was not far from Tsume Inuzuka.
Watching the white shadow attack, Sasuke's scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan was full of ferocity.
Unlike others, holding back a bellyful of anger and being very confident in his Mangekyo Sharingan, he didn't fear a mere spirit at all!
Just at the moment the white shadow was about to pounce into Sasuke's body, for some reason, the white shadow suddenly changed direction, and with a whoosh, flew into the air and disappeared.
"Phew..."
Sasuke exhaled lightly.
Although he appeared fearless just now, watching the spirit pounce towards him, he was still somewhat nervous deep down.
But soon, this nervousness was replaced by smugness, and he snorted lightly: "Hmph, as expected, didn't dare to provoke me!"
Sasuke's judgment this time was correct.
At the instant before invading Sasuke's inner world, Dan Katō's spirit sensed a huge threat, so he immediately gave up the attack.
In the blink of an eye, another companion fell right under everyone's noses; one could imagine the mood of everyone at this moment.
Especially Ameyuri Ringo and Darui, who had listened to Yakumo's explanation, looked straight at Yakumo.
"How is that possible?!"
Yakumo's face also showed a look of confusion.
According to common sense, an ordinary spirit simply couldn't support such high-intensity continuous attacks; only Ido, enhanced by the 'Koryugan', could do it.
Kakashi understood Yakumo's doubt and shouted: "The opponent was summoned by 'Impure World Reincarnation', his chakra can recover rapidly!"
"This!?"
The few looked at each other in dismay.
The hearts that had just relaxed slightly upon hearing Yakumo say the opponent's offensive couldn't be sustained were now suspended again.
Kakashi was also criticizing inwardly: "'Impure World Reincarnation' combined with Dan-senpai's 'Spirit Transformation Technique', it's just..."
Probably even Yakushi Kabuto, who activated 'Impure World Reincarnation' to summon Dan Katō, didn't expect that 'Impure World Reincarnation' combined with the 'Spirit Transformation Technique' could unleash such great power.
Yakumo looked conflicted at this moment.
Compared to the helplessness of others, she actually had a way to deal with the current predicament, but once she let Ido act, her identity as Akatsuki's 'D' would probably be exposed.
Inside the inner world.
Ido was smiling, arms crossed, waiting calmly for Yakumo to beg her to act.
She had already seen that the opponent was a top expert in controlling spirits. Whether it was the timing of the attack, the means of concealing one's own chakra fluctuations, or the skills to avoid the insight of dojutsu shinobi, he was almost above her.
However, she was not afraid at all, because she had the 'Koryugan'!