He was going to use this last, most concealed trump card.
Launch a thunderous strike!
Even if it meant mutual destruction,
He had to eliminate this demon who brought devastating disaster to Konoha!
Buzz!
The space around Di Yan's body visibly began to violently twist and spin,
As if an invisible Uzumaki was forming,
Threatening to tear his body apart and swallow it into another dimension!
Kakashi's heart instantly surged with a trace of wild joy:
"Did it succeed?"
However, this joy lasted for less than one-hundredth of a second!
Just as the spatial distortion was about to touch Di Yan's body,
"Ugh ah!!!"
Kakashi suddenly let out an extremely shrill scream!
An indescribable, bone-chilling pain originating from the depths of his eye instantly overwhelmed all his consciousness.
It was as if his eye was forcibly torn from its nerves and blood vessels by an irresistible force!
The scene before him was instantly covered in a bloody red and darkness!
When he barely recovered from this sudden, extreme pain,
And looked forward with his remaining eye,
He saw a scene that froze his soul.
Di Yan still stood there perfectly unharmed,
A mocking sneer on his face.
And between his right index finger and middle finger,
He was holding a crimson eyeball that was still slightly trembling, even retaining a trace of warmth and blood!
The pattern on that eyeball,
Was precisely the Sharingan he relied on to launch his final strike!
"How… is this possible…?"
Kakashi's mind went blank.
He completely couldn't understand what had happened.
The ability of this Sharingan of his… it had clearly already been activated?
In Di Yan's left eye, that eerie crimson light slowly receded.
He used the Time Reversal of his left eye to rapidly slow down the target's time flow locally.
While Kakashi felt it was only an instant,
In reality, Di Yan had ample time to react.
He admired the precious trophy on his fingertip.
Then, like discarding trash, he casually tossed it to Uchiha Izumi, who was waiting for an opportunity.
Di Yan looked down at Kakashi, who was curled up and trembling from the pain of losing his eye and complete defeat,
His tone filled with extreme contempt and disdain:
"I gave you a chance, but it's a pity… you're useless."
After speaking, he no longer spared Kakashi another glance.
As if the other party was already a dead man.
He coldly took the sharp long sword from Uchiha Izumi's hand, who had just caught the eye.
Hand raised.
Sword fell.
Pfft… a cold flash of light passed.
Kakashi Hatake's head, filled with shock, pain, and unwillingness,
Separated from his body.
It immediately rolled to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Those eyes, once wise, sometimes lazy, sometimes sharp,
Completely lost all their luster.
Konoha's elite Jonin, Copy Ninja Kakashi,
Had fallen.
The entire square fell into a deathly silence.
Only the sound of Di Yan sheathing his sword gently echoed.
Like the Shinigami's tolling bell… scoop.
72 Konoha's Stubbornness; An Old Man Who Refuses To Die Is A Thief
After Di Yan killed Kakashi,
His casual demeanor and cold gaze,
Like the sharpest kunai, fiercely pierced through Tsunade's last line of defense.
He looked at Tsunade, who was trembling violently from anger and powerlessness, his tone calm yet like a final ultimatum:
"Do you still want to continue? Fifth Hokage."
Before Tsunade could organize her thoughts from the immense grief and struggle,
Di Yan's voice rang out again.
This time, he raised his voice,
Ensuring every Konoha Ninja could hear clearly.
But the content of his words made everyone feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave:
"Or, do you prefer to see a scene like this…"
"At my command, those innocent children in the Ninja Academy, those unarmed civilians in the shelters, one by one, falling in pools of blood?"
"Using their deaths to fulfill your so-called 'honorable sacrifice'?"
He deliberately paused.
Allowing this terrifying imagination to ferment in everyone's minds?
Then he changed his tone, with a devilish allure:
"Now, lay down your weapons, surrender."
"I, the Emperor of the Land of Fire, guarantee that as long as you abandon futile resistance,"
"Your families, your children, will all be safe and sound."
These words were like cold water poured into boiling oil.
Instantly stirring up huge waves among the desperate Konoha Ninja.
After the deathly silence, there was an uncontrollable commotion and whispering.
"Is what he said true?"
"My child is still in school…"
"My wife is in the shelter…"
"But… just surrender like this? Do we deserve our fallen comrades?"
Loyalty versus family, ideals versus reality, hatred versus survival… immense contradictions tore at everyone's hearts.
It was clearly visible.
Some Ninja's eyes began to waver.
Their hands gripping their weapons trembled slightly.
Some even subconsciously loosened their grip a little.
Tsunade watched this scene, her heart aching.
She opened her mouth, but found she couldn't make any sound.
As Hokage, she could never yield.
The Konoha founded by her grandfather could not be destroyed in one fell swoop!
But as a Medical Ninja,
As someone who had lost loved ones before,
She could not bear the consequence of thousands of innocent women and children dying tragically because of her decision.
The immense responsibility and moral dilemma plunged her into unprecedented hesitation and paralysis.
However, not everyone was swayed by Di Yan's rhetoric.
For Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and the Sarutobi Clan elders, who had just experienced the pain of losing a child,
And for Advisory Elders Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado, who regarded Konoha as their life's work,
Di Yan's words were undoubtedly an even greater humiliation and provocation!
The blood feud was unavenged, their homeland destroyed.
How could they kneel to their enemy?
"Demon! Don't think you can corrupt hearts!" Utatane Koharu was the first to let out a sharp roar of anger, "Konoha will never surrender!"
"For Shikamaru! For Asuma! Let's fight them to the death!"
Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza's eyes were bloodshot, completely losing their usual composure.
"Sarutobi Clan warriors! Follow me and kill!!!"
The Sarutobi Clan Ninja brandished their Ninja swords, issuing a desperate charge command.
Homura Mitokado also formed hand signs, his aged eyes flashing with resolve:
"For Shodai(1st)-sama's will! The Fire of Konoha shall never be extinguished!"
Grief and anger overwhelmed reason.
Their obsession with Konoha transcended life and death!
Led by the Ino–Shika–Chō clans, the Sarutobi Clan, and the two Advisory Elders,
A large group of loyal Konoha Ninja let out their final roars,
Like moths to a flame?