The green energy continued to gather on Rockruff, attracting the attention of everyone on the battlefield.
"Is it going to evolve? But why does it look different from Charmeleon and Milotic?" Kakashi felt a bit excited but also puzzled in his heart.
He was excited because Rockruff was finally evolving, especially at this crucial moment lacking in combat power.
He was puzzled because the light emitted during Rockruff's evolution differed from other Pokemon. Compared to the pure white light of other Pokemon, Rockruff's body emitted more of a green light.
"I hope it's an evolution like Milotic's."
Besides the recently evolved and still unknown Rockruff, there are currently two evolved Pokemon: Milotic and Charmeleon.
After evolving, Charmeleon's strength improved significantly but compared to Milotic, it's like a child to a giant.
At this critical juncture, Kakashi certainly hoped his Rockruff's evolution would bring as much improvement as Milotic's.
The shape of Rockruff in the light gradually changed, growing larger, limbs becoming more agile, and even the tail underwent a significant transformation.
When the light faded, Kakashi saw the form of Dusk Lycanroc.
The rocks on Dusk Lycanroc's neck were similar to those during the Rockruff stage but larger and sharper, appearing more lethal.
Most of the fur on Dusk Lycanroc's body was sunset orange, the mane on its head was pure white, and like the Rockruff stage, its tail was also pure white.
"What's happening here, transforming into this all of a sudden." Sasori was confused about what had happened to Rockruff, making it look like it had matured several years in an instant.
"Awoo!"
The evolved Dusk Lycanroc howled and fixed its vibrant green eyes on Sasori's body.
'Rock Tomb!'
Dusk Lycanroc gathered dozens of head-sized stones before it and hurled them at Sasori.
As it attacked, Dusk Lycanroc's green eyes turned a more dangerous red.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bomb Jutsu!"
Nohara Rin executed hand seals to release Water Release Ninjutsu, attacking Sasori's body together with Dusk Lycanroc.
Sasori's fingers trembled, quickly maneuvering the Third Kazekage to defend, creating a massive iron sand wall before himself.
Obito finally managed to breathe a sigh of relief, taking deep breaths.
He was almost unable to withstand the pressure earlier, finding it too demanding to battle the puppet of the Third Kazekage alongside Charmeleon.
Fortunately, Obito didn't train himself much today, focusing more on training Charmeleon, leaving him with more stamina and chakra compared to Kakashi.
"This white-furred pup looks pretty cool after evolving." Obito looked at Dusk Lycanroc with some surprise.
He noticed that aside from Charmeleon, other ninja beasts changed significantly after evolving: Feebas became elegant and beautiful, and Rockruff evolved into something handsome, while Charmeleon, the first to evolve, changed the least overall.
"If that white fur turned red or black, it'd be even cooler." Obito wasn't pleased with the abundant white fur on Dusk Lycanroc's neck and tail, thinking it greatly affected the aesthetics.
Obito seized the rare pause to exit Breath of Flame Chakra Mode, hastily refining more chakra.
Charmeleon collapsed exhausted onto the ground, having already been thoroughly worn out by Obito's training, now nearing complete exhaustion.
Seeing the previously narrowly defeated opponent's atmosphere grow stronger from evolution, Charmeleon felt uneasy—it seemed it could only always defeat Translations within the group of Pokemon now.
Although Zorua was its best friend, Charmeleon surprisingly found itself hoping Zorua would evolve later, which made Charmeleon feel ashamed.
It should be thinking about becoming stronger itself, not hoping its friends remain weak.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Rain!"
The mutation on Rockruff made Sasori feel uneasy, so he consumed a large amount of chakra to have the Third Kazekage summon a widespread and powerful Magnet Release again.
Under Sasori's control, the Third Kazekage performed hand seals, rapidly gathering a massive amount of iron sand around him.
Seeing it was the large-scale Magnet Release from before, Kakashi quickly shouted, "Lycan, let's perform Earth Flow Wall together!"
He had been focusing on refining chakra with all his might during inactive moments. Now he had barely enough chakra for one Earth Flow Wall but couldn't use the more robust Multi-Layered Earth Flow Wall, needing Dusk Lycanroc's help.
"Awoo!"
Dusk Lycanroc responded with a howl to Kakashi, beginning to concentrate its Earth Attribute Chakra.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
Kakashi performed hand seals at high speed, forming a broad earth wall on the ground in an instant.
"Water Release: Water Array Wall!"
Nohara Rin quickly added a water wall in front of the earth wall, aiming to absorb part of the impact from the iron sand.
To prevent affecting the earth wall's defensive capability, Nohara Rin maximized her chakra control to maintain a distance where the water of the wall wouldn't interfere with the earth wall.
Then, with another loud howl, Dusk Lycanroc raised an earth wall a bit inferior compared to Kakashi's.
Whizzing sounds! Rumbles!
A massive amount of iron sand needles struck the Earth Flow Wall, swiftly breaking through the water wall to shred the Earth Flow Wall into tatters.
Knowing its Earth Flow Wall was not holding up well, Dusk Lycanroc quickly gathered chakra to raise another earth wall to bolster the defense.
Seeing Dusk Lycanroc and Milotic fighting side by side while it could only hide behind the earth wall made by Dusk Lycanroc, Charmeleon felt very unwilling.