Yakumo's gaze turned stern: "No, Kakashi-senpai not only fell under Genjutsu but also suffered a very severe mental attack!"
Skilled in Genjutsu and Medical Ninjutsu, and possessing powerful pupil techniques, she judged Kakashi's current state in an instant.
Mental trauma was unlike ordinary physical trauma; it required time to slowly adjust and recover. Let alone her, even if Tsunade were here, encountering Kakashi's current situation, she wouldn't be able to wake Kakashi up immediately.
"This is bad!"
Yakumo's face darkened.
Kakashi, the backbone of the squad, losing combat capability and passing out was not good news for them.
Turning her gaze, Yakumo looked at the fierce fight not far away.
With Guy activating 'Eight Inner Gates' and enhanced by 'Light-Weight Rock Technique', plus Ryuzetsu and Chino fully operating 'Twelve Palaces', under the joint siege of these three, even though Itachi's Taijutsu was extraordinarily exquisite, he still fell into a disadvantage.
Additionally, Gaara controlling sand continuously restricted Itachi's range of activity, making Itachi's space for movement smaller and smaller.
"Still okay..."
Seeing this, Yakumo breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
With her eyesight, she could naturally see easily that as long as no major accidents occurred, Itachi's defeat was only a matter of time.
The situation was still under control!
At this time, Chino slashed down with a blood blade, forcing Itachi to dodge sideways.
Taking this opportunity, Ryuzetsu punched out tacitly, forcing Itachi back to a distance again. Simultaneously, Guy and Chiriku, who just joined the battle, blocked all spaces for Itachi to dodge to the other two sides from left and right.
Unavoidable, Itachi had to leap up, dodging towards the air.
Although this would leave him briefly suspended in the air with nowhere to leverage, it was at least better than being hit directly by the four.
Swish...
However, just at the moment Itachi leaped high, a stream of sand descended from the sky, unfolding like an umbrella canopy above his head, blocking the airspace above him.
"Won!"
Kurotsuchi in the distance clenched her fist, a look of joy appearing on her face.
Bang...
In the next instant, Guy, Ryuzetsu, Chino, and Chiriku indeed hit Itachi simultaneously, who had all retreat routes blocked and couldn't avoid it.
All four were Taijutsu experts. Under the angry strike, the power naturally needed no further explanation.
But just as Itachi's body was beaten almost deformed by the four's combined effort, with a bang, Itachi's whole person exploded like a Shadow Clone.
Unlike the white smoke rising when a general Shadow Clone was destroyed, when Itachi's body exploded, it was accompanied by a large amount of scattering black flames!
Yakumo's expression changed, shouting: "Bad, everyone dodge quickly!"
The four close at hand naturally sensed something was wrong at the first moment and retreated one after another. However, because the four were too close, they couldn't dodge all the black flames at all.
Gaara in the distance seeing this hurriedly controlled the sand above his head to fall sharply, trying to form a barrier to shield the four below from the scattering black flames.
Swish swish swish...
Almost in an instant, the four retreated more than ten meters away respectively.
Although their movements were swift and Gaara's sand shielded most of the scattering black flames for them, quite a few black flames still landed on their bodies.
"Damn it!"
"This is...?"
"Amaterasu?!"
"How is this possible?"
Only now did the four have time to check their own conditions. However, before they could look closely, unbearable severe pain brought by the burning black flames came from their bodies!
"Is it the Mangekyo pupil technique 'Amaterasu'? How is this possible, how did he do it?"
Yakumo was bewildered.
Undoubtedly, the black flames scattering with Itachi's Shadow Clone just now were exactly the Mangekyo Sharingan pupil technique 'Amaterasu'.
The Itachi just now was obviously also a Shadow Clone.
The only difference was not knowing what means Itachi used to actually hide 'Amaterasu' in the Shadow Clone. Resulting in Guy, Ryuzetsu, Chino, and Chiriku being unavoidably attached by 'Amaterasu' black flames when they destroyed the Shadow Clone.
Considering this point, Yakumo even began to suspect that even the desperate situation just now was deliberately designed by Itachi. The purpose was to lure more people close to him so that 'Amaterasu' black flames could cover more targets as much as possible.
Subconsciously, the four hit began trying to extinguish the 'Amaterasu' black flames attached to their bodies. However, whether physical swatting, casting Water Release ninjutsu, or other means, none could extinguish the attached 'Amaterasu' black flames.
Guy and Chiriku were the first unable to hold on, falling to the ground.
Ryuzetsu and Chino, injected with 'Blue Spider Lily No. 1' by Shinji and having enhanced cell vitality, were slightly better off, but also had faces full of pain, sweating like rain.
"Can only use sealing jutsu!"
Yakumo's heart shivered.
She knew Uchiha Mangekyo Sharingan's 'Amaterasu' was an inextinguishable flame, which could only be handled with sealing jutsu, and it must be a sealing jutsu specifically targeting fire.
Swish...
But just as Yakumo was preparing to cast sealing jutsu to seal the 'Amaterasu' black flames that had spread to the whole bodies for the four, a figure descended from the sky, blocking in front of her.
Yakumo looked incredibly solemn: "Itachi Uchiha!"
Different from when they first met, her fear of 'Itachi Uchiha' at this time had reached an unprecedented height.
This was not only because the opponent was powerful but also because the opponent's application of tactics and grasp of combat opportunities were precise to a jaw-dropping degree. Every move of their squad seemed to fall into the opponent's calculations from beginning to end. Just a moment of engagement plunged their entire squad into an unexpected desperate situation.
At this time, hearing the cries of pain from her ears, Yakumo felt incredibly anxious deep in her heart.
In the squad, Sasuke died first, then Darui and Kakashi were knocked down by Genjutsu successively. Now Guy, Ryuzetsu, Chino, and Chiriku were heavily injured by 'Amaterasu'.
Besides her, only Gaara and Kurotsuchi remained in the entire squad.
And at this time she had discovered that in front of Gaara and Kurotsuchi, there was also an 'Itachi Uchiha' intercepting each.
For a moment, even possessing 'Ketsuryugan', she couldn't distinguish which 'Itachi Uchiha' was the original body!
Of the four hit by 'Amaterasu', Chiriku had no sound, seemingly passed out.
Guy barely maintained consciousness, while Ryuzetsu and Chino were persisting bitterly.
But such persistence was meaningless. No one could resist 'Amaterasu' black flames with a body of flesh and blood. Death was only a matter of time.
Just at this extremely urgent moment, the 'Amaterasu' black flames on the four suddenly flickered violently. Immediately after, these black flames seemed to lose energy, extinguishing bit by bit.
Everyone was shocked, hurriedly turning their heads to look, finding that not far away where Sasuke just died in battle, Sasuke was actually half-kneeling on the ground, covering his eyes with his hand while gasping for breath heavily...