--- "Orochimaru!!!" Rasa, easily angered, was provoked by Orochimaru's words. A sword made of gold dust appeared in his hand, charging towar
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"Orochimaru!!!" Rasa, easily angered, was provoked by Orochimaru's words. A sword made of gold dust appeared in his hand, charging towards Orochimaru. However, Orochimaru, tightly gripping the Kusanagi sword, directly clashed with Rasa.
The battlefield of the two Kage-levels, the surrounding small soldiers dared not approach, only able to attack each other from the periphery. Although Otogakure, supported by Manda, had risen in strength, the numerical gap was still significant. And the most obvious was the battlefield involving En no Gyōja and Deidara. En no Gyōja himself hadn't reached Kage-level strength yet. And although Deidara was quite accomplished in explosions, he ultimately wasn't particularly powerful yet. Under this ebb and flow, although it was two against one, En no Gyōja and Deidara were soon beaten back repeatedly.
Seeing his own strength, resentment continuously grew in Deidara's heart. This really was... This feeling of powerlessness!
"Orochimaru, your Otogakure is about to collapse! Looks like I won this time!" Rasa fought Orochimaru while still watching the surrounding battle situation. When Manda first appeared, Rasa was worried for a moment. But seeing this scene now, his confidence became immensely strong again. Summoning beasts had limited time in this world. As long as Manda was stalled until it automatically returned, the remaining matters would be much simpler.
"Attack! Kill them all! Whoever crushes Otogakure first will get one chance to enter the Forbidden Jutsu Room!" Rasa shouted loudly.
With Rasa's words, the Suna ninjas present were filled with motivation. That was Sunagakure's Forbidden Jutsu Room! As long as they could enter, it would definitely be very beneficial for their ninjutsu reserves. If they were lucky enough to learn Rasa's Magnet Release... Thinking of this, the Sunagakure ninjas seemed injected with chicken blood, one by one howling and starting to desperately smash ninjutsu onto the Otogakure ninjas.
Instantly, Otogakure, faced with this desperate attack from Sunagakure, became somewhat routed. One by one, they couldn't help retreating.
"Indeed, still not enough," Orochimaru saw this scene with his peripheral vision. Indeed, the mindset of these ninjas wasn't enough. Or rather, their sense of belonging to Otogakure wasn't enough. If they had a stronger sense of belonging, they definitely wouldn't make such actions resembling fleeing before battle. Of course, for them, perhaps they inherently didn't want to provoke war again.
"Follow me!!! Attack!!!" Deidara saw this scene, the bloodlust in his heart began to erupt. Instantly, he actually used exploding clay to force the Kage-level powerhouse from Sunagakure back a step. Then, holding large amounts of exploding clay, Deidara took the lead and ran towards Sunagakure's direction.
Seemingly sensing Deidara's bloodlust, those retreating Oto ninjas began to swallow hard, then stomped their legs. "Damn it! Drive them out of our Otogakure!!!" An Oto ninja couldn't hold back anymore, grabbing the kunai in his hand and charging directly towards the Suna ninjas. One after another... The encouraged Oto ninjas began gritting their teeth and continuously rushing towards Sunagakure's direction. Although the battlefield was brutal, with Karin's healing, they seemed immune to pain, continuously surging forward.
For a time, the battlefield seemed to fall into a momentary calm. But the turning point came quickly. Deidara, leading the charge, first received special attention from that Kage-level powerhouse. Attacks rained down on him desperately. Although assisted by En no Gyōja, it was clear the Kage-level powerhouse's intention to eliminate Deidara first never wavered. Instantly, Deidara fell into a desperate situation!
"Deidara!!!" Ōnoki, far away on the tree, couldn't sit still anymore. He didn't care about others, but Deidara was his disciple!! Instantly, Ōnoki's body shot towards the battlefield like an arrow released from a bow!
However, Ōnoki's speed was fast, but the Kage-level powerhouse at close range was faster! A giant kunai carrying a violent sandstorm was already about to engulf Deidara's body! Deidara's life seemed about to be swallowed...
Orochimaru and Kakuzu couldn't return to defend in time. Karin and Jūgo's chakra were almost depleted at this moment.
"Rage..." En no Gyōja directly activated the natural energy in his body. Huge energy fluctuations began to generate on his body. But...
"Hehe, want to harm my people? Isn't that... thinking too much? Impregnable Defense." Following an angry whisper, a golden shield appeared beside Deidara. Faint, intricate patterns surfaced on the shield, and the skeletal frame of Geo chains formed around it, supporting the entire structure.
Boom!!! The shuriken formed by that sandstorm was directly blocked, not even leaving a single scratch on the shield.
"What?!" The triumphant smile on the Kage-level powerhouse's face hadn't faded yet, before being replaced by an incredulous look. How could this be? What exactly could block his sure-kill strike?
"Thankfully, thankfully..." Ōnoki, who was still rushing over just now, stopped his actions. The worried look on his face instantly disappeared. Thankfully that man returned in time?
"Lord Shinji..." Deidara, who felt the breath of death just now, instantly sighed in relief. Looking up, he happened to see Shinji looking fiercely at the Kage-level powerhouse opposite.
"Deidara, you did very well. Go down and rest first," Shinji patted Deidara's long yellow hair, then walked directly towards the Kage-level powerhouse.
"Okay, Lord Shinji," Deidara sighed in relief. Since Shinji arrived, he also completely relaxed.
"Lord Shinji~"
"Lord Shinji~" Karin and Jūgo both sighed in relief upon seeing Shinji appear. Seemingly the relaxation after their reliance returned.
"Karin, Jūgo, you are both tired, right? Do you know the gap between you and the powerhouses of this world now?" Shinji glanced at Karin and Jūgo.
"Understood, Lord Shinji," Because Karin needed to maintain the group healing magic circle, she hadn't moved from her spot. Jūgo, however, walked slowly behind Shinji with baby steps.
"Thankfully you returned, Lord Shinji," En no Gyōja sighed in relief. Just now, he almost used Rage. Although effective, it could easily harm others. Looking left and right, En no Gyōja directly infused the nearly erupting natural energy from his body into Jūgo's. Soon, Jūgo returned directly to his original form.
"Leave the rest to me," Shinji glanced around. Fortunately, with Karin's group healing, although Otogakure's ninjas more or less carried some wounds, at least no one died yet. This was very good news for Shinji.
"Who are you?" Ōnoki knew who Shinji was, but Rasa didn't. However, he could feel that after Shinji appeared, not only Karin, Jūgo, Deidara, etc., but even Otogakure's two Kage-levels, Orochimaru and Kakuzu, clearly relaxed somewhat. Could it be the newcomer was that legendary hidden partner of Otogakure? Looking at the face, very unfamiliar.
"Who am I? Why don't you guess?" Shinji walked step by step towards that side. Seemingly sensing Shinji's difference, the Kage-level powerhouse cautiously leaped backward, wanting to come beside Rasa. But the next second, he was surprised to find Rasa's side seemed covered by lava; he had no place to land at all. Rasa also sensed this, controlling the gold dust to create a ground made of gold dust under their feet, letting the two float in mid-air. Looking again at Shinji, unknown when, the 'Six' in Shinji's right eye seemed to start shining.
"Genjutsu!" Rasa's eyes focused. He knew this couldn't possibly be a normal situation. So his heart immediately characterized this strange scene. This must be genjutsu!
"Fufufu, Boss Shinji actually mastered such brilliant genjutsu?" Orochimaru laughed fufufu. His eyes narrowed; he could sense the style of the genjutsu. But he couldn't sense how this genjutsu appeared in this place so silently.
"A ninja skilled in genjutsu? But even so, your Otogakure still cannot possibly escape under the iron hooves of our Sunagakure!" Rasa stated resolutely. Regarding the strength gap between Sunagakure and Otogakure, his heart held great confidence. So what if one more Kage-level powerhouse came? As long as his 500 Sunagakure ninjas were still here, then no matter what, Otogakure couldn't possibly leave unscathed. In fact, Rasa didn't want to let Otogakure's people leave so simply. His goal never changed! That was to directly exterminate Otogakure!
"Oh? Lord Kazekage is so confident?" Shinji said with a smile. He didn't know what confidence the current Rasa had to say such words.
"Just relying on my 500 ninjas from Sunagakure!" Rasa said confidently.
"Numbers can indeed solve many things. Including back then when Iwagakure dealt with Kumogakure's Third Raikage, it was the same. Dispatching ten thousand ninjas, only then was he finally killed," Shinji stated calmly. This matter wasn't some secret. After all, killing the Kage of a village, no matter when, would be publicized as the greatest political achievement. Let alone killing the Third Raikage, who was at his peak back then!
"Then, since you know this matter, then..." Just as Rasa was about to say something, he was suddenly interrupted by Shinji.
"This matter isn't the same as before. I am not the Third Raikage, and you are not Iwagakure commanding tens of thousands of Iwa ninjas."
"Yes. Back then, killing the Third Raikage indeed required tens of thousands of ninjas. But can you compare to him? Or do you think... I really only brought these mere 500 ninjas over?" A smile appeared at the corners of Rasa's mouth. Then his hands suddenly rose sharply. Following his action, streams of gold dust rose violently behind him. And amidst this gold dust, figures began to appear one after another.
"This is?!" Kakuzu's face turned somewhat ugly. Those dense figures looked like at least nearly a thousand people. Meaning, nominally Rasa only prepared 500 Sunagakure ninjas. But actually, what he prepared was a team of 1500 people! Such a large number of ninjas could already be compared to a medium-scale conflict between two large ninja villages.
And following the appearance of these nearly thousand Suna ninjas, dense formations began to emerge at once. Otogakure's situation here became very unfavorable. A feeling of despair arose in the hearts of the Oto ninjas. After all, this wasn't the previous one-on-five anymore. This situation looked like the number ratio reached an astonishing one to fifteen! Meaning, even if spread out evenly, they each had to fight fifteen people! This was truly terrifying, making Otogakure's ninjas unable to see any hope of victory at all.
Clang clang clang. The sound of weapons falling. The huge strength gap made the Oto ninjas unable to even muster the will to resist.
"Hahahaha, Orochimaru, is this the bloodlust of your Otogakure?" Rasa laughed loudly upon seeing this scene. This was truly too amusing.
"..." Orochimaru didn't speak, just calmly turned his head to look at Otogakure's ninjas. Seemingly seeing disappointment in Orochimaru's eyes, the Oto ninjas began gritting their teeth one by one, picking up the weapons they had discarded on the ground. Their families were behind them. Besides, when joining Otogakure, most were wandering ninjas scattered everywhere. Being able to gain a foothold in Otogakure was already very difficult. And now, when Otogakure needed them most, they actually discarded their weapons just now? This...
Waves of oppressive aura began emanating from the Oto ninjas.
Dong dong dong!!! Seemingly, waves of war drum sounds began echoing among the crowd.
"Metsuryū Mahō! Kobu no Tamashii (Soul of Encouragement)!!!" Karin grit her teeth, focusing all the chakra in her body outwards. A blue magic circle appeared under the feet of all Oto ninjas. This was the Soul of Encouragement used to bolster allied warriors, capable of removing the cowardice within allied warriors' hearts. But one magic circle consumed a lot of chakra or magic power!
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