Seeing 'Upper Rank One' aggressively pouncing towards their side, Kakashi and others instantly realized that the opponent's target was still Muku, who had been taken behind the barrier by them.
Boom...
Tanjiro directly used his body's impact, like a cannonball, smashing the barrier formed by Yakumo's 'Wood Release' and Gaara's sand.
After breaking into the barrier, he stood in place and scanned around, quickly locking his gaze on Muku.
At the same time, in just this short while, the hole in his chest just pierced by Hiruko's 'Storm Release' had already been filled with new flesh and blood. Moreover, his shoulders, arms, etc., which were distorted and deformed by huge impact force when hitting the barrier, also recovered in just these few breaths.
Just when everyone thought Tanjiro would rush straight at Muku like before, he suddenly turned his body and slashed at the wounded nearby.
"Water Release: Great Water Arm!"
Suigetsu immediately activated the Water Release secret technique, transforming his whole person into a huge water monster, blocking in front of the wounded.
Chichichi...
In the next instant, Tanjiro's 'Crimson Red Nichirin Blade' slashed on Suigetsu's body, bursting out a huge cloud of steam.
Undoubtedly, with the high temperature of the 'Crimson Red Nichirin Blade' combined with 'Sun Breathing', the moisture in Suigetsu's body was rapidly evaporated.
At this time, taking advantage of the instant Suigetsu bought, Kakashi and Guy pounced over, attacking Tanjiro from left and right.
Yakumo's 'Wood Release' and Gaara's sand also surged over at this time.
Swish...
Just as the attention of everyone in the Ninja Village Alliance was completely attracted to the wounded side, Tanjiro suddenly flashed in front of Muku in the distance with extremely fast movement.
With a casual slash, injuring Mui who had been guarding in front of Muku, there were no more obstacles between Tanjiro and Muku. His gaze towards Muku also became heated.
Because of being a Demon, although experiencing the destruction of Deidara's clay bomb before, Muku's body still slowly recovered bit by bit.
It was just unknown what Tanjiro's initial sneak attack did to him, keeping him in a coma unable to defend himself.
Taking a step forward, Tanjiro's hand was only tens of centimeters away from Muku's body.
At this time, everyone in the Ninja Village Alliance was either unable to stop or too late to stop, all showing expressions of horror on their faces.
Yakumo even flashed through her mind that once Tanjiro successfully absorbed Muku and the situation completely collapsed, she would try to take more people to escape from 'Infinity Castle'.
Just at the moment Tanjiro's hand was about to touch Muku, Muku's body suddenly distorted.
"!?"
Tanjiro stopped the movement of his hand.
And just as Tanjiro was stunned for a moment, with a swish, Muku was completely swallowed by the distorted vortex and disappeared from the spot.
After losing the sense of Muku, Tanjiro was stunned at first, then realized something, showing a furious expression for the first time on his face.
Across several countries, he could locate other Demons through flesh and blood sensing. So the only explanation for losing the sense of Muku was that Muku was no longer in the space where he was.
The surrounding ninjas were also stunned simultaneously, then everyone noticed Kakashi's left eye.
Undoubtedly.
In the critical moment just now, Kakashi was forced to have no choice but to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan and cast Kamui on Muku.
Guy was surprised: "Kakashi, you..."
Kakashi panted while explaining: "Originally wanted to save this move to deal with Hiruko!"
Although his 'Kamui' was weird and hard to guard against, it still took some time from activation to taking effect. If the opponent was fast enough and prepared, the success rate of the sneak attack would be greatly reduced.
This was also why he aimed at the unconscious Muku just now instead of directly aiming at Tanjiro.
The situation reversed instantly, making Tanjiro, who was only one step away from success, feel somewhat at a loss.
He wanted to kill all the ninjas present immediately, but he knew that the chakra and flesh and blood power burned as fuel were running low. His power was continuously declining. Continuing to tangle here might likely result in his burial here.
Suppressing the impulse to kill in his heart, he instantly withdrew 'Infinity Castle', then flashed and disappeared from the spot.
As 'Infinity Castle' disappeared, the familiar grassland reappeared before everyone's eyes. The dizziness and discomfort caused by spatial disorder in 'Infinity Castle' also gradually faded away.
"He... he fled?"
"We survived!"
"I thought I was dead for sure!"
Seeing 'Infinity Castle' disappear and Tanjiro flee, the ninjas of the Ninja Village Alliance, while rejoicing, were still lingering in fear one by one.
Moreover, due to overly heavy losses, neither the Ninja Village Alliance side nor the Akatsuki organization side intended to continue pursuing Tanjiro.
Because anyone could see that Tanjiro still had the strength to fight. Pursuing rashly might likely cost their own lives.
As Tanjiro's figure gradually disappeared into the night sky on the horizon, the situation on the field became strange again. The two sides cooperating previously began to guard against each other.
But this time it was not at daggers drawn like last time, because the losses of both sides were really too great.
On the Akatsuki organization side, Hidan was broken into pieces all over the ground, Juzo Biwa was heavily injured and unconscious. Deidara, Ranmaru, Kakuzu, Hiruko were all injured, and many of them were not lightly injured. Only Sasori and Itachi's combat power was preserved relatively intact.
The Ninja Village Alliance side was even more tragic to look at. The only advantage was numbers. After all, just the ninjas guarding outside without entering 'Infinity Castle' numbered in the hundreds.
After a brief confrontation, seeing the situation was unfavorable, the Akatsuki organization side chose to retreat.
Because of Hiruko's flying fusion beast, their retreat was very rapid. In the blink of an eye, they flew into the air and gradually disappeared from everyone's vision.
Kakashi sighed, having no choice but to order: "Treat the wounded with all strength!"
"Yes!"
The Medical Corps ninjas responded in unison and immediately got busy.
At this time, Yakumo in the crowd, having left 'Infinity Castle', restored the 'Magatama' link with Shinji.
So she hurriedly reported what happened in 'Infinity Castle' to Shinji, and emphasized various weirdness on Tanjiro.
"Feasting on fear huh..." Shinji listened and ordered: "Let Ido follow him, he must die!"
Yakumo replied: "Rest assured, Ido has already followed him!"
Previously considering that activating 'Red Dragon' required coordinates, Ido hadn't been with Yakumo but hid nearby. So when Tanjiro fled, Ido as a spirit body immediately followed.
One day later.
Tanjiro, who fled into the territory of the Land of Earth, stopped.
Because the previous big battle burned almost all chakra and flesh and blood power in his body, he worried ninjas would catch up with him, so he dared not stop and fled for a whole day before stopping to rest.
He whispered: "Must find a town to replenish chakra and flesh and blood power!"
At this time, a teasing voice came from not far away: "What a coincidence, I'm afraid you won't have that chance!"