This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Sakumo exerted force on his wrist and knocked the poisoned kunai away.

With the sound of a sharp object cutting through the air, the kunai went through a perfect parabola and then stuck into the ground.

"boom!!"

Then, Sakumo took advantage of the betrayer's unpreparedness and hit him with a back kick at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye. He then turned around and captured him with a set of superb grappling techniques.

“Kacha!!!!

Sakumo exerted more force, and the bones of the Root Team member's limbs were dislocated and twisted, completely losing the ability to move.

"Hmm!"

The members of Team Root groaned in pain, and their faces beneath the broken masks became extremely hideous.

Shuomao rolled over again and pinned him down, still vigilantly scanning the surrounding enemies.

The whole process took less than a second. Before the surrounding Mist Ninjas could react, Sakumo had already captured the traitor.

"How can it be!!!"

The voice of the Mist Ninja leader in the distance was still cold, but there was a hint of shock in his words.

He never expected that his backstabbing plan would be discovered by Hatake Sakumo.

Hatake Sakumo ignored the Mist Ninja not far away, but stared at the Root team members below him with sharp eyes.

Under the current circumstances, anyone who is not stupid can see that there is definitely a problem with the current task.

Whether it was the other party's attitude of being fully prepared and waiting for the opportunity, or the understanding of Sakumo's swordsmanship shown by the other party during the battle with Sakumo, it showed that a large amount of mission information on the Konoha side was leaked.

There is only one reason for this situation - there is a traitor in Konoha's team! !

When this person came to him just now, Shuomao had already noticed something was wrong.

With the combat quality of this group of Mist Ninjas, it would be impossible for them to easily encircle Hatake Sakumo and provide him with assistance.

Not only that, assuming everything is really as he said.

It was he who realized that the situation was not right and rushed into the encirclement to provide support.

But this presents a problem.

It would be impossible for him to break into the encirclement alone.

This means that he was not the only one coming to help, so why was he the only one who rushed into the encirclement?

Admittedly, it is possible that everyone else died in the process of breaking through. This possibility does exist.

But it's a bit too coincidental.

As a ninja with rich mission experience, Hatake Sakumo certainly would not believe in the so-called "coincidence".

So there is only one answer.

This guy who is providing "support" is most likely the traitor who has been leaking information.

In order to test this guy, Hatake Sakumo took the risk and exposed his back.

Sakumo looked directly into his eyes, as if trying to force him to tell him the reason for his betrayal.

But unfortunately, Sakumo only saw numbness in the eyes of this Root team member.

The numbness in the eyes of this Root Team member only lasted for a moment, and soon a hint of relief appeared in his eyes.

Chapter 574: Jackals Surrounding and Killing Their Prey

The powerful intuition of a Kage-level ninja made Hatake Sakumo realize that something was wrong, and a bad premonition once again emerged in his heart.

"not good!"

Hatake Sakumo exclaimed in his heart.

But it seems it's too late.

The pale cheeks of the Root team members lying on the ground unable to move with their limbs dislocated were rapidly turning black under their masks.

A color that symbolized corruption spread rapidly across his skin.

Secret technique. The technique of destroying phosphorus insects!

Hatake Jushige, who was familiar with the secret techniques of various Konoha families, recognized at a glance the secret technique used by this member of the Root team.

It turns out that this person is actually a ninja from the Aburame clan!!

In the original work, Aburame Tone, who is also a member of the Root, once used this move to fight against Uchiha Obito.

The lethality of this move is impressive.

The Aburame clan is a ninja clan that is good at using insects to fight. Most of the Aburame clan members raise special insects called "parasitic insects" in their bodies.

But what this root member of the Aburame clan is using right now is more than just the "parasitic bug".

Only the strong ones among the Aburame clan can raise a kind of nano-scale poisonous insects in their bodies, which are the so-called "phosphorus bad insects".

Not only are the phosphide pests extremely toxic, but once contaminated, they will invade the blood vessels through the skin and then spread rapidly, causing necrosis of the body.

It can be said that even in the vast ninja world, the lethality of the Phosphorus Insect Technique should not be underestimated.

The Phosphorus Worm Technique released by this Aburame clan ninja was too sudden, and Sakumo had no time to let go of his body.

The dark color of corruption spread from the place where Sakumo came into contact with the Aburame clan ninja to his body.

Instantly, intense pain filled Sakumo's nerve endings, and the color of corruption continued to spread along Sakumo's limbs to other parts of his body without any pause.

The instinct of a strong man made Shumao take action subconsciously.

"Pfft!!"

He swung the short knife in his hand at an extremely fast speed and cut off the head of the Aburame root, and blood splattered everywhere.

After the death of this ninja from the Aburame clan, countless phosphorus bugs went berserk and began to indiscriminately attack everything around them.

The soil, vegetation, and even the air began to spread with a corrupted color.

After Hatake Sakumo killed another traitor, he quickly retreated to the side.

He lowered his head to look at the part of his body that had been infected with the parasite due to contact with the Oil Female Ninja just now.

The normal skin color on the arms had disappeared, replaced by a corrupted and rigid gray.

At this moment, the corruption had spread from his fingers to his elbows.

There was no feeling left in Hatake Sakumo's corrupted arm, only stiff numbness.

Not only that, this frightening color of corruption continues to spread.

This numbness caused a hint of fear in Shumao's heart.

Sakumo knew that he could no longer allow the poison to continue to spread in his body.

He gritted his teeth and swung the blade in his hand towards his elbow.

"Konoha White Fang" fought in the ninja world, and the famous short sword probably never thought that one day it would actually cut its own master.

"Pfft!!!"

Bright red blood fell to the ground along with a rotten forearm.

"pat"

The moment Sakumo's severed limb touched the ground, it instantly decayed and turned into gray debris.

Apparently, the poison of the phosphorus worms was enough to corrode flesh and blood into such a state in a matter of seconds!

The venom of the poisonous insect caused Hatake Sakumo's pupils to shrink violently.

But Sakumo had no time to be afraid, because the crisis was not only not resolved, but was further exacerbated by the sudden change.

He quickly stopped the bleeding from his elbow and then looked around coldly.

In just a few seconds, the enemy used a "traitor" hidden inside Konoha to cripple one of Hatake Sakumo's arms.

If a person is killed, he will die.

This is something every ninja understands.

Even someone as powerful as the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, was defeated by the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers because of his carelessness.

Not to mention Hatake Sakumo, whose fighting power is far inferior to that of Tobirama.

Under the enemy's repeated calculations, Sakumo finally paid the price with blood.

In the distance, the Mist Ninjas who were besieging Hatake Sakumo still had cold expressions after seeing the changes before them.

It seems that everything is as it should be.

It turned out that his previous surprise and panic were all pretended.

All of this was done so that the Aburame clan ninja could obtain the secret technique of the phosphorus-damaged insect.

"Hatake-kun, surrender."

"Hand over the guy in your hand, and maybe I can spare your life."

The Mist Ninja spoke slowly, his voice cold and indifferent.

Listening to the cold words of persuasion to surrender, Shuomao's expression did not change at all.

Both sides knew very well in their hearts that only one side was destined to leave here alive today.

Such nonsense is impossible to achieve.

But even so, the necessary form must be taken.

Even if Hatake Sakumo refuses, it would definitely be a good thing to be able to disturb Sakumo's mood.

Sakumo was not shaken at all by the words of the Mist Ninja, but became even calmer.

He stared at the Mist Ninja on the opposite side with his sharp eyes, and their eyes met without any deviation.

For some reason, facing the sharp gaze of Hatake Sakumo, the Mist Ninja's eyes suddenly flickered.

Hatake Sakumo narrowed his eyes slightly.

 …

At this moment, he finally knew where the strange feeling in his heart came from.

The demeanor of these "Mist Ninja" in front of him seemed very similar to the Root members who carried out missions with him.

It's the same coldness, the same numbness

At this moment, Shuomao seemed to suddenly understand something.

Everything seemed to be a trap set for him.

"call"

Hatake Sakumo suppressed the waves in his heart, took a deep breath and then exhaled.

"No need to talk nonsense."

"If you want my life, just come and take it."

Sakumo spoke sternly to the "Mist Ninjas" in front of him, and the terrifying murderous aura belonging to Konoha White Fang burst out from his body.

Even though he lost an arm, he is still the famous "Konoha White Fang" in the ninja world!

Under the impact of this momentum, the Mist Ninjas on the opposite side all jumped in their hearts.

The already flickering eyes of the "Mist Ninja" leader seemed even more evasive, and at this moment he didn't even dare to look at Hatake Sakumo on the opposite side.

The matter has come to this, and it is useless to say more.

They also knew that the only thing left was to fight.

"on!"

"kill him!"

The "Leader of the Mist Ninja" did not hesitate at all and gave the order to encircle and kill.

The ninjas who had been waiting for a long time were like vicious jackals, strangling the "prey" they had trapped in the center.

Chapter 575: Killing Spree

A fierce battle is going on in this remote jungle.