Something dangerous penetrated through layers of atmosphere, directly flying towards Tobi's white body.
Tobi was taken aback, unable to retrieve Obito's other Sharingan in time, and leaped backward.
It was a light sphere with a diameter of about twenty centimeters.
The core was white, and the outer part emitted a red firelight.
After Tobi retreated, this red light sphere flew straight into the depths of the forest on the other side.
There was a loud boom.
The pitch-black evening was immediately illuminated, and the hurricane carried a scorching heat wave that rushed forward.
The trees were set ablaze by the explosion of the light sphere, and all the surrounding rainwater evaporated completely, unable to extinguish the fire, which seemed to grow even fiercer.
Cold sweat dripped down Tobi's face.
Luckily, he dodged it. If that red sphere hit him, it wouldn't be a joke.
While he felt relieved, the red light sphere once again came hurtling from afar.
But this time, it wasn't just one, but a continuous series of red light spheres.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Explosions echoed one after another, and all those Hidden Waterfall Ninja were blown away by the scorching storm, letting out extremely panicked cries.
Obito, holding Lin's body, ignored the bleeding socket where his eye had been lost and didn't have time to understand what was happening, quickly fleeing the battlefield.
His only remaining eye turned back to its normal black color. The Chakra within him had been almost completely drained by Tobi, and he couldn't even maintain the regular Tomoe form, let alone the Mangekyo Sharingan.
As he fled, the searing storm came again. Without Chakra, Obito couldn't use Chakra to increase the adhesion of his feet to the ground. Like those Hidden Waterfall Ninja, he was blown into the sky, clutching Lin's body.
Exhausted, he lost consciousness before he could even hit the ground.
The sound of ropes pulling, ropes flown from a far distance, accurately wrapped around Obito and Lin's bodies.
The ropes retracted towards the dense original route of the canopy. Obito and Lin's bodies skimmed quickly through the air, disappearing into the darkness of the trees.
Subsequently, more than a dozen red light spheres flew in from the sky, falling down from the sky.
Turning the ground into scorched earth, the forest's flames spread, transforming into a terrifying sea of fire.
"Damn! I'm angry!"
Tobi yelled furiously.
He pressed his hands together, and powerful Chakra erupted from his body.
"Wood Style: Wood Man Jutsu!"
A massive wooden man appeared, towering over the trees in the forest, with its sturdy body absorbing all the attacks from the red light projectiles, taking a step back.
Tobi stood proudly on the head of the wooden man, with burn marks on his body from the flames.
The dark sky was lit up as the red light projectiles once again streaked across the sky, flying towards the wooden man with an incredibly precise trajectory.
Tobi shuddered when he saw the starting point of the red light projectiles' flight.
Because the starting point of the red light projectiles' flight was at least three kilometers away from where he was.
Attacking with precision from three kilometers away?
And with such terrifying large-scale explosive moves.
Even more frightening was that he couldn't determine what the enemy truly was.
The White Zetsu sent to infiltrate had also disappeared without a trace.
Completely swallowed by the bombardment's blanket attack.
There must be a limit, even to jokes.
"Alright, taking back a Mangekyo Sharingan should be enough."
The enemy's strength might not exceed his, but being able to conduct precise remote strikes from five kilometers away certainly required all-encompassing perception abilities, and not just average perception abilities.
He couldn't attack the opponent from such a far distance himself.
Even if the wooden man ran with all its might, it would still take some time.
But the enemy wouldn't foolishly stand still and wait for him to catch up without taking any defensive measures.
Besides, he had no idea how many people were actually lying in ambush over there.
This kind of ultra-long-range precise attack ability left Tobi somewhat helpless.
Thus, he controlled the wooden man to block the red light projectiles falling from the sky, jumped to the ground, and vanished into the earth.
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The Land of Rain, night had already fallen.
Standing in the cold rain.
Staring at the desolate land, turned into channels by excessive rainfall, Hakushi's gaze remained unwavering.
The moonlight was bright, and the scent of smoke and blood lingered in the sky of this country, lingering.
Suddenly, Hakushi frowned, as if he had sensed something.
"Is there a result over there?"
Ruri and Ayane, standing next to Hakushi, turned to look at him.
A bright and sharp light flashed through Hakushi's eyes.
"Madara gave up on Obito and only took his Mangekyo Sharingan."
Hearing what Hakushi said, Ruri and Ayane both understood immediately.
"So, the choice was made on the Rinnegan side?"
Ruri reached back for the handle of the Flame Circle Fan, gripping it tightly, the red Three-Tomoe Sharingan appearing in her eyes.
Hakushi nodded, confirming Ruri's statement.
"The more plans set up, the bigger the loopholes become. And I deliberately created the false information that I hadn't noticed the Rinnegan, just in case, placing bets on both Nagato and Obito simultaneously. Now that the target is confirmed, it's time to act."
The three of them disappeared simultaneously, leaving behind only the cold wind and rain, as if they had never stood there.