Kakashi coughed up blood, his Chakra defense completely shattered.
The sound of his ribs breaking was clearly audible.
He was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, eventually falling helplessly at Di Yan's feet.
He struggled but couldn't get up.
He could only cough up blood, staring fixedly at Might Guy with his Sharingan, filled with pain and confusion.
"Might Guy... answer... answer me..."
Kakashi's voice was weak and desperate.
The Konoha Ninja were completely panicked.
They wanted to rush to his rescue, but were held back by the fierce aura of the black-clad Ninja and the controlled Might Guy, unable to get close!
Meanwhile, Might Guy was oblivious to Kakashi's questions and everything around him.
He landed steadily in front of Di Yan like the most loyal guard, assuming a standard defensive stance.
His cold gaze swept over all the Konoha Ninja attempting to approach.
He declared in an emotionless tone that sent shivers down everyone's spines:
"No one shall approach my master."
Ma... master?!
This address exploded in everyone's minds like a clap of thunder.
Might Guy... actually called Di Yan his master?
What exactly was going on?
Di Yan looked at the heavily injured Kakashi at his feet and the puppet-like Might Guy in front of him, the curve of his lips filled with the pleasure of controlling everything.
He slowly raised his hand and snapped his fingers softly.
Snap.
With the crisp sound,
a highly complex, mysterious symbol radiating an eerie soul fluctuation flashed in Might Guy's eyes before disappearing.
"Spiritual Contract... complete."
Di Yan murmured softly, as if admiring a perfect work of art.
He raised his head, meeting countless gazes of shock, fear, and confusion.
Di Yan smiled, his voice clearly echoing across the entire field: "What other tricks do you have?"
He had no intention of explaining his abilities to the Konoha Ninja.
This was the right eye ability of Di Yan's Mangekyo Sharingan... 'Spiritual Contract'.
It was an ultimate Genjutsu far more formidable than Kotoamatsukami.
It wasn't a simple modification of will.
Instead, it forcefully signed an absolute contract with the target's soul, making them completely submit to him from the depths of their soul.
Of course, such immense power also came with significant limitations.
The cooldown time for 'Spiritual Contract' was more than three times that of Kotoamatsukami.
Moreover, the number of 'Spiritual Contract' targets that could be controlled simultaneously was limited by his own ocular power.
Currently... with Di Yan's ocular power, the limit of control was three.
And Konoha's Blue Beast, Might Guy, was one of them.
This was the trump card Di Yan had left behind before he left Konoha.
Back then, Di Yan and Might Guy were peers, and they didn't guard against each other at all.
Di Yan secretly planted this chess piece, just waiting for today.
As for the problem of this ocular Ninjutsu's long cooldown time... Di Yan had also found a solution.
His left eye ability, 'Time Reversal', could precisely manipulate the flow of time locally.
When idle, Di Yan would use the power of his left eye to slowly nurture and accelerate the cooldown of his right eye ability.
Accumulated until now, he had managed to gain three uses.
In other words... Di Yan had actually already controlled three people... The scene unfolding before them was like a final judgment.
It heavily struck the heart of every Konoha Ninja!
Whatever the reason, Might Guy's betrayal deeply pained the Konoha Ninja.
Not just the powerful Susanoo, not just the hostages, not just the pressure of external invasion... now, even their most trusted comrade.
Could have already been controlled by the enemy from the depths of their soul!
Despair, like the deepest darkness.
Completely swallowed the last shred of hope remaining in Konoha.
Di Yan looked at Tsunade and the Konoha Ninja, whose faces were ashen, and slowly spread his arms, as if embracing his territory:
"Now, does anyone still want to resist?"
...71 Gaara and Uchiha Itachi; Beheading Kakashi
Just as Konoha fell into chaos,
the vast desert at the border of the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire.
Was now completely torn apart by the clamor of war.
Yellow sand filled the sky, and the light of Ninjutsu intertwined with exploding fireballs.
Shouts of killing, screams, and the clashing of Ninja tools were incessant.
However, the main protagonists of the battlefield were not the Ninja of both sides.
But a terrifying entity as vast as a mountain, roaring and rampaging... Ichibi Shukaku!
"Hahaha! Idiots! Bastards! All of you, die!"
Shukaku's unique, childishly petulant yet incredibly cruel voice echoed across the battlefield.
It wielded its massive sand arms.
Each strike shook the ground.
It stirred up huge sand waves and shockwaves, destroying swathes of Konoha Ninja positions.
Massive Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet were spewed from its mouth as if they cost nothing.
Easily tearing through Konoha's defensive fortifications and Ninjutsu formations.
Konoha's defenses were retreating in the face of absolute power.
The Ninja struggled to maintain their formation in the dust.
People were constantly getting injured or falling.
"Hold the line! You must hold the line!"
"Medical team! Quick, save them!"
"Hold on! Hokage-sama will definitely send reinforcements!"
Konoha's commanders and Ninja shouted hoarsely, encouraging each other.
Their eyes were bloodshot and filled with tenacity.
But more than that, there was a sense of powerlessness in the face of a Tailed Beast, a force of nature.
They couldn't understand.
Why their former ally, Sunagakure, would suddenly break the alliance and launch a war of such scale.
Compared to Konoha's difficult resistance,
Sunagakure's morale was much higher.
Seeing their Kazekage transform into a Tailed Beast and display such divine power.
Shattering the powerful Konoha Ninja Army.
The Sunagakure Ninja let out excited shouts, their attacks becoming fiercer.
However, in the rear of the Sunagakure Ninja Army,
Temari, one of the frontline senior commanders, did not look well.
She wore a fitted black combat suit.
Outlining her slender and agile figure.
Her golden hair was tied back, but her face lacked the usual dashing and confidence of the "Desert Flower."
Instead, it was shrouded in an unshakeable worry and confusion.
She looked at the Ichibi Shukaku, wildly destroying in the distance.
Watching the Ninja of both sides continuously fall on the battlefield, her brows furrowed tightly.
This war... came too suddenly, too strangely.
It was almost entirely the Fifth Generation Kazekage Gaara's unilateral decision.
He used force to suppress internal opposition within Sunagakure and pushed through the decision.
There were no sufficient reasons.
There wasn't even a thorough Jonin council discussion.
He unilaterally tore up the hard-won alliance treaty with Konoha and brazenly launched a full-scale attack.
This simply didn't make sense.
Nor did it align with Gaara's consistent efforts to maintain peace and repair relations since becoming Kazekage!
Temari's heart was enveloped by a huge unease.
She worried that this senseless war.
Would ultimately drag Sunagakure into an abyss of eternal damnation.
Konoha's powerful foundation was known to all.
Even if they could temporarily gain the upper hand with the power of the Ichibi.
But once Konoha recovered.
Could Sunagakure truly withstand their wrath?
"Gaara, why have you become like this?"
In a trance, Temari's thoughts drifted back to not long ago.
That time, when Uchiha Sasuke defected.
Sunagakure received Konoha's request for assistance.