In the quiet battlefield, only the heavy breathing of the crowd remained. The atmosphere became extremely solemn!
At this moment, everyone knew that the bizarre spirit was hiding nearby, concealing its presence like a hunter, waiting for an opportunity to attack them, while they were helpless.
Kakashi twitched his ears, listening to the surroundings, his face becoming increasingly gloomy.
There were no more sounds of fighting in the nearby woods, which meant the battles in other areas had all ended. Under these circumstances, the team members who hadn't found their way over were likely doomed.
"Guy, Muta..." Kakashi's gaze shifted and swept across the people in front of him: "Tsume, Tokuma, Kurotsuchi, five people have already fallen victim!"
Including the leader Jiraiya, the elite squad had only thirteen people in total.
Currently, five had lost their combat capability, including Tokuma Hyuga who possessed the Byakugan. If they couldn't come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, the squad would probably be wiped out here.
Thinking of this, even the usually calm Kakashi broke out in a layer of cold sweat on his forehead.
Ninjas who mastered the 'Spirit Transformation Technique' were not unsolvable.
Facing a ninja who mastered the 'Spirit Transformation Technique', one could generally choose to detour and sneak attack the opponent's body, or set up a barrier to ambush the opponent's spirit.
Because of the weakness of the physical body, and the large amount of chakra consumed to launch attacks, although ninjas cultivating the 'Spirit Transformation Technique' were bizarrely powerful, their destructive power was ultimately limited. They could influence the battle situation, but couldn't decisively end it.
However, the current situation was completely different. 'Impure World Reincarnation' stacked with 'Spirit Transformation Technique'—no one had a contingency plan for this situation.
Darui suggested: "How about we split up and retreat?"
Ameyuri Ringo said: "He can fly, can you outrun him?"
Sasuke wanted to show off, but after thinking carefully, he found that he seemed to have no good way to deal with the spirit either.
Seeing everyone's morale getting lower and lower, Yakumo had to say to Ido in her inner world: "Ido, I'm counting on you!"
"Then beg me!"
Ido threw a tantrum.
Because of Naruto's Heart Demon incident, she had been lectured by Yakumo recently. Now finding an opportunity, with her terrible personality, she naturally wanted to win back a round.
Knowing Ido's temper, Yakumo pondered for a moment and came up with a new plan.
Releasing Ido to fight Dan Katō's spirit would not only expose her identity as 'D', but also carry certain risks.
After all, Ido lost to Naruto's Heart Demon last time.
So Yakumo, who was seriously skeptical of Ido's strength, felt that instead of risking releasing Ido to actively engage in battle, it was better to lure the opponent to attack her, and then use the home field advantage of her inner world to defeat the opponent.
Thus, Yakumo shouted loudly to everyone: "Everyone gather towards me, my dojutsu can observe the opponent's spirit position!"
Kakashi said anxiously: "Don't!"
Sure enough, as soon as Yakumo's voice fell, a white shadow descended from the sky, attacking her with lightning speed!
When Dan Katō was alive, he had never seen the 'Koryugan', so he didn't know that Yakumo's dojutsu Bloodline Limit could also perceive his spirit like the Byakugan. Hearing Yakumo announce it loudly at this moment, he immediately regarded Yakumo as the primary attack target, attacking her before others could converge with her.
Seeing the white shadow attacking Yakumo, Kakashi turned pale with fright.
He knew that Tsunade had always been cultivating Yakumo as the next Hokage, and Yakumo, possessing both a dojutsu Bloodline Limit and 'Wood Release', was indeed the best candidate for the next Hokage. So he didn't want any accident to happen to Yakumo.
Originally, although the situation was grim, as long as Yakumo, this trump card, was there, there was a turning point.
Unexpectedly, Yakumo suddenly spoke up, exposing her own dojutsu, not only making his final calculation fall through but also putting herself in danger.
"Be careful!"
"Dodge quickly!"
Seeing the white shadow attacking Yakumo, others exclaimed one after another.
If Yakumo, who could perceive the spirit, was also defeated, their squad would very likely be defeated one by one by the opponent.
However, whether it was exclamations or warnings, they were ultimately a step too late.
In just an instant, the experienced white shadow dived down at a nearly vertical angle in the air, instantly invading Yakumo's body.
Everyone immediately stared straight at Yakumo, faces full of apprehension.
Yakumo was just slightly stunned, then recovered and looked at everyone.
"Yakumo, are you okay?"
Sasuke said as he walked towards Yakumo.
Ameyuri Ringo, who had witnessed the scene of the spirit controlling Kurotsuchi just now, immediately shouted: "Be careful, she might have already been controlled!"
Sasuke stopped in his tracks, becoming vigilant.
Yakumo spread her hands: "I'm fine!"
Darui stared at Yakumo: "How is this possible? I clearly saw that spirit invade your body just now?"
Yakumo perfunctorily said: "Maybe it's because of my dojutsu Bloodline Limit!"
Before others could question, Sasuke nodded: "Mhm, when he attacked me just now, he was also deterred by my Mangekyo Sharingan! A mere spirit is no match for us ninjas possessing dojutsu Bloodline Limits!"
Hearing Sasuke say this, everyone immediately recalled the scene where the spirit suddenly retreated when attacking Sasuke just now, feeling that Sasuke's words made sense.
Kakashi was obviously somewhat uneasy and asked: "Yakumo, what is today's password?"
Yakumo fluently answered the password.
Only then did Kakashi breathe a sigh of relief.
In such a short time, even if Dan Katō's spirit could suppress Yakumo and seize control of her body, it was impossible to steal Yakumo's memory. So Yakumo being able to answer the password meant there was indeed no problem.
Seeing everyone put down their suspicions, Yakumo breathed a sigh of relief, then secretly sighed: "Ido is actually this powerful? Solved that spirit in an instant! If so, doesn't it mean Ido can also pose a fatal threat to our squad?"
In the distance.
Yakushi Kabuto, sitting cross-legged on a large tree, suddenly opened his eyes and said gloomily: "Kurama Yakumo..."
After discovering the super strong complementarity between 'Impure World Reincarnation' and 'Spirit Transformation Technique', Yakushi Kabuto abandoned all other 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' and focused all his attention on Dan Katō alone. So although Dan Katō didn't want to be enemies with the Hidden Leaf people, he couldn't help himself.
With repeated successes, Yakushi Kabuto felt more and more that Dan Katō was easy to use, so he thought of using Dan Katō to eliminate this elite squad.
As a result, when he controlled Dan Katō's spirit to attack Yakumo, just as it invaded Yakumo's body, he instantly lost the connection with Dan Katō's spirit, even the summoning contract of 'Impure World Reincarnation' disappeared.
This situation generally has three possibilities.
Either the connection was shielded by a barrier, or by a seal, or the spirit was directly annihilated.
Anyway, no matter which one it was, it showed that Kurama Yakumo mastered the ability to instantly subdue a powerful spirit, which made Yakushi Kabuto feel unbelievable...