They charged at Di Yan in a desperate, all-out assault.
The light of various Ninjutsu shone brightly once more.
Even though they knew hope was slim, they would make Di Yan pay with their lives!
Tsunade watched this uncontrolled, tragic scene.
She painfully closed her eyes.
But the next second, she snapped them open again.
She couldn't just watch these last loyalists go to their deaths!
"Bastard!"
She cursed loudly.
She didn't know if she was cursing Di Yan or the desperate situation.
The power of the Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique erupted again.
She fiercely charged towards Uchiha Hikari's Susanoo.
She tried to tie down this greatest threat for her charging comrades!
"A mantis trying to stop a chariot; overestimating one's own strength."
Di Yan looked at his 'enemies' who were charging like madmen.
A sneer of extreme disdain curled on his lips.
He didn't even intend to act personally.
He merely subtly lifted his chin.
Might Guy, standing before him like his most loyal puppet, had a cold glow of command flash in his eyes.
"Eight Gates Released Formation: Gate of Wonder, Open!"
Boom!!!
Blue steam surged skyward like an explosion.
Might Guy's skin turned crimson, and his blood vessels bulged.
The terrifying energy fluctuation made Nara Shikaku and others at the forefront feel a suffocating sensation!
"Daytime Tiger!!"
Might Guy let out an inhuman roar and threw a punch.
The highly compressed air cannon, like a giant tiger's head,
carrying an aura of destruction,
violently slammed into the charging crowd!
At the same time,
Uchiha Tekka, Izumi, Mikoto, and the surrounding black-clad Ninja also moved simultaneously.
They were like cold killing machines.
They precisely met their respective opponents.
Meanwhile, Di Yan watched this destined one-sided slaughter with composure,
as if enjoying a play that had nothing to do with him.
The absolute disparity in power could not be compensated for by courage and will.
Konoha's final desperate counterattack,
in front of the absolute power Di Yan had already arranged,
was being swiftly and cruelly crushed.
Just as Di Yan thought,
when the level of combat reaches a certain point, numerical superiority is often overwhelmed by absolute quality.
Unless it can reach a terrifying scale where quantitative change leads to qualitative change.
A chaotic barrage of Ninjutsu in a high-level duel can easily injure allies and become a hindrance.
Might Guy was like a rampaging blue beast.
He charged left and right among the Ino–Shika–Chō and Sarutobi Clan elites.
Every punch and kick carried the power to split mountains and shatter rocks.
He indeed caused massive casualties and chaos.
But the coordination of Ino–Shika–Chō was incredibly precise.
The Sarutobi Clan also had many masters.
They relied on their tacit tactics and fearless entanglement.
They managed to temporarily halt the advance of this human Tailed Beast with sheer numbers and sacrifices.
On the other side, the battle between Tsunade and Uchiha Hikari was even more earth-shattering.
The clash of pure brute strength and Susanoo was like a natural disaster colliding.
Neither could gain the upper hand in the short term.
But the massive commotion also completely tied them down.
As for Uchiha Izumi, Tekka, and Mikoto, although they held their own for a short time with their three-tomoe Sharingan and superb skills,
the Konoha side was ultimately more numerous and included many Jonin-level powerhouses.
They were quickly divided, surrounded, and entangled by opponents several times their number, gradually falling into a defensive posture.
They could no longer spare any attention to reinforce Di Yan.
At this point, a brief 'emptiness' finally appeared around Di Yan!
And Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado, who had been lurking at the edge of the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity,
these two aged Advisory Elders,
now erupted with agility and ruthlessness far beyond their years!
They deeply understood Di Yan's strangeness and power.
Especially with Might Guy as a precedent, their guard against genjutsu was raised to the highest level.
Chakra constantly formed a defense in their minds.
"Now!"
Utatane Koharu whispered.
The two Elders cooperated with incredible tacit understanding, instantly forming hand signs!
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Several realistic Shadow Clones mixed in with the sky-filling rain of rapidly multiplying shuriken.
They feigned attacks on Di Yan from different directions, disrupting his judgment.
Meanwhile, their true bodies, using this chaotic cover,
approached like phantoms.
Their speed was astonishing, and their movements were incredibly elusive.
They didn't look like aging elders at all!
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Homura Mitokado was the first to strike.
A highly compressed high-pressure wind sphere shot directly at Di Yan's face!
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
Utatane Koharu attacked almost simultaneously.
A violent fire dragon swept in from the flank, sealing off Di Yan's escape routes!
Wind fueled the fire, and fire borrowed the wind's might!
The two Elders' cooperation was flawless.
The two B-rank Ninjutsu fused, instantly escalating their power to A-rank or even higher.
The scorching wind-and-fire mixed Ninjutsu was like a destructive storm.
It seemed poised to completely engulf Di Yan, who appeared to have no time to react!
Their eyes flashed with the flames of revenge and determination.
They didn't believe Di Yan could simultaneously withstand two such powerful Ninjutsu.
Nor did they believe that at such close range and with such a swift offensive,
he could still unleash those strange control methods!
As long as they took him down, killed this emperor,
everything would end... Had they succeeded?
A faint glimmer of hope rose in the hearts of all Konoha Ninja who witnessed this scene!
However, just as the destructive wind-and-fire Ninjutsu was about to touch Di Yan's clothing,
Di Yan's face showed not the slightest hint of panic.
Instead, he revealed a hint of... boredom.
As if this combined attack, which was enough to severely injure or even kill an elite Jonin,
was merely a child's trick in his eyes.
He neither formed hand signs nor dodged.
He simply, almost lazily, blinked his left eye.
Buzz... An invisible, intangible, yet seemingly world-altering strange ripple, centered on his left eye,
instantly spread out, enveloping an area of several tens of meters.
Time... seemed to be paused at this moment.
The roaring wind-and-fire mixed Ninjutsu, the flying shuriken, the charging true bodies of Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado... everything seemed to be trapped in the thickest amber.
Their movements became extremely slow, almost stagnant!
No, not completely stagnant.
Rather, the flow of time had been slowed to an infuriating degree!
This was the ability of Di Yan's Mangekyo Sharingan's left eye... 'Toki no Saka (Reversal of Time)'.
Localized manipulation of time flow!
In this almost frozen temporal domain,
he calmly turned his body.
Like strolling through a garden, he effortlessly passed through the gaps in the slowly advancing wind-and-fire Ninjutsu and shuriken.