In the forest.
When the Earth General was summoned back by the Water Dragon God's Reverse Summoning Jutsu, his entire form was shattered, turning into a pile of charred mud clumps, slowly gathering together, starting to recover.
The explosion's force was strong enough, but since it was cautious not to get too close to the enemy's position for fear of detection, the bomb's power wasn't fully displayed.
However, based on the Earth General's extensive experience with explosions, even if the opponent didn't die on the spot from the explosion's impact, they would definitely be severely injured.
But the Earth General thought that even after an attack from his bomb, the enemy might still hold some strength, so to be safe, another explosion should be triggered.
At least render the opponent immobile, and then reap the rewards.
Anyway, when encountering a ninja with a Sharingan, it's enough to sneak underground and explode them, no need for a frontal battle.
Illusion Technique, being a mental attack, is undoubtedly a poor matchup for it, having weaker resistance to illusions.
Even though it carried the Water Dragon God, which could dispel illusions at any time, Hakushi also warned it that the opponent's Sharingan's Donjutsu is very strong and must be handled carefully, with no room for carelessness.
Therefore, the Earth General thought that another explosion to make the opponent lose most of their power, or directly kill them, was the correct tactical response.
While the Earth General was contemplating this, it suddenly sensed an abnormal atmosphere around it, with numerous sharp trees bursting from the ground, directly entangling its body.
In an instant, its body was bound.
The Earth General looked towards the newcomer, resembling those strange white creatures in form, but with a spiral face that had a cavity showing the pitch-black nature inside.
It was the special White Zetsu, Afei, sent by Madara to investigate the enemy's truth.
As soon as he arrived, Afei spoke to the bound Earth General, "Oh dear, I searched so many places and found you sneaking around here, not sure what you're up to. The one who disturbed my thinking on how to hang upside down to poop with a blast earlier must be you, right?"
His tone sounded unusually displeased, clearly bothered by the Earth General's explosion interrupting his contemplation on how to hang upside down to poop.
The Earth General stared at this bizarre spiral-faced white creature, not expecting the opponent to arrive so quickly, and sensed that this spiral-faced white creature was different from those white creatures it had been trailing.
There seemed to be a hierarchical gap between them.
The spiral face emitted an extremely dreadful sense of danger.
"By the way, do you know how to poop while hanging upside down? If you do, then tell me, maybe I'll let you die a little more pleasantly. After all, Afei is a good boy, hehe."
Afei chuckled while scratching his head, appearing as if he didn't take the enemy seriously at all.
Not out of arrogance, but due to his inherent personality, naturally exuding a quirky artistic flair.
"￥&&（）*&（）*%￥#￥"
"Hmm? What are you saying? Are you saying you also want to know how to poop while hanging upside down? But your body is weirder than mine; you probably don't even know what it feels like to poop, right? Without a choice, I'll just have to turn you into poop!"
Afei clasped his hands, and the trees entwining the Earth General tightened sharply.
Like twisting dough, they squeezed the Earth General between the trees until he was smashed into splinter-like mud clumps, scattering in all directions.
"What, turns out to be so useless after all."
Afei didn't expect to deal with the enemy so quickly, initially thinking the intruder capable of infiltrating their stronghold was a difficult adversary.
But it turned out to be just a minor intruder with some stealth ability.
Afei turned to leave, then abruptly stopped as he looked down at the ground.
The earth emitted a faint wail, and the pebbles on it trembled slightly, making noise.
Afei quickly turned his head and saw the scattered mud chunks merging, and in the core part of the mud chunks, there gathered a very powerful Chakra.
Crack!
The ground cracked open, and Afei immediately leaped back, starting to run through the forest.
The cracks extending across the ground chased towards Afei, the scope continuously expanding, and the rumbling sounds surged from within the earth.
"Oh no, seems like this has gotten troublesome, is that guy an undying poop?"
A careful edge had slipped into Afei's playful tone.
He turned his gaze towards the forest behind him, where birds scattered in flight, the sunset painted the sky a blood-like red.
Crash!
Crash!
The earth trembled more violently.
Something terrifying was about to emerge from beneath the ground.
Boom!
The ground emitted an explosive sound as Afei was hurled out by the shaking earth, only stopping after crashing into a big tree.
Afei dusted off his clothes, standing unharmed on a branch, overlooking the enormous rock creature that had suddenly appeared in the forest.
The colossal figure marked a stark contrast above the giant trees, an entirely grayish-yellow rock giant, clad in stone armor, holding a rock-forged, solid stone spear, its eyes wide open, emitting a bright red bloody light, staring straight in Afei's direction.
Boom!
Boom!
Rushing forward rapidly, each step incited wailing from the earth, carrying an unstoppable aura, trampling down all passing trees, laying them down brutally.