Even the battle-hardened Kurenai Yūhi felt his heart sink to the bottom at this moment.
He had seen plenty of enemies on the Battlefield.
But back then, he always had many companions by his side and the support of Konoha behind him.
Now, they were facing bloodthirsty enemies ten times their number.
Facing such an absolute numerical disadvantage, he couldn't help but swallow nervously.
"Run! Why aren't you running anymore?" The enemy leader stood at the front of the crowd, arms crossed, his gaze sweeping over the four of them with contempt.
"Surrender obediently and hand over the information in your heads; maybe you'll have a chance to live."
As soon as he finished speaking, unrestrained laughter erupted around them. The waves of sound from nearly fifty people crashed and echoed in the narrow canyon, making their eardrums tingle.
Kurenai Yūhi gripped his Kunai tightly, his knuckles turning white as cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
He subconsciously looked at Aokawa beside him, only to see the other's face as calm as still water, his eyes unsettlingly tranquil.
"Aokawa..." he couldn't help but call out in a low voice.
Aokawa gave him a reassuring look.
Then he stepped forward, placing a hand gently on the shoulder of the trembling Kurenai Yuhi.
In her terrified eyes, he stepped past her with firm composure.
He stood alone in front of everyone.
Leaving behind a back that wasn't particularly broad, but was deeply reassuring.
Aokawa's gaze passed over the swarming enemies in front of him and looked toward the long depth behind them.
"Today..." His face bore the expression of an old farmer looking at a bumper harvest, and his cold voice reached every enemy's ears: "None of you will escape!"
"Not escape? With just the four of you remnants?" The enemy leader laughed exaggeratedly as if he had heard the world's biggest joke. "Are you that eager to find death?"
He suddenly pulled back his smile, his gaze becoming fierce. "Don't worry, it won't take much of your time!"
With that, he waved his hand, and the Ninjas behind him surged forward like a tide.
Kurenai Yūhi and the other two felt their scalps tingle, cold sweat instantly soaking their backs.
Yet, enduring their fear, they all stepped forward together, Kunai held across their chests, prepared for a final life-and-death struggle.
Aokawa, however, remained unhurried. Feeling that the Chakra in his body had mostly recovered, he slowly raised his right hand.
Deep blue Chakra surged out, instantly condensing into a massive Spirit Bow that emitted a dazzling blue light.
"Wh-What the Hell is that?!" The momentum of the charge slowed significantly as a commotion of uncertainty and suspicion rose from the crowd.
After all, most were only Genin or Chunin. Seeing such an unknown thing, they instinctively felt uneasy.
"What are you afraid of!" Seeing this, the leader immediately shouted sharply. "It's just some trickery! No matter how powerful it is, can he kill us all?"
"If anyone's going to die, I'll be the first." He controlled his Puppet and charged ahead. "Kill them!"
With the commander's heroic charge, the rest also roared and rushed forward together.
Some controlled Puppets, while others held Kunai.
They only needed to reach the right distance to capture the four opponents in one go.
Aokawa's hand steadily held the giant bow, continuing to condense Chakra while mentally calculating the optimal distance to act.
The moment the enemies entered range, his hand pulling the bowstring released.
"Holy Arrow: Scatter."
Buzz—!
The Spirit Bow suddenly erupted with intense blue light.
Countless Chakra Arrows poured out from the blue light like a swarm of bees, covering the narrow canyon corridor indiscriminately like a destructive rainstorm!
Swish, swish, swish, swish!
The first to be hit were the Puppets leading the charge.
These Puppets, which usually acted with impunity because Kunai couldn't destroy them...
...now burst apart one by one like they were made of paper.
Next was the leader. The ferocity on his face was instantly replaced by extreme terror as his field of vision was filled with endless blue.
Under the dense rain of arrows, he fulfilled his promise to 'die first.'
His body was pierced by countless Chakra Arrows; the sunlight shining on his back could even be seen through the front.
The curtain of arrows didn't stop for a moment, continuing to spread and devour everything behind.
For a time, screams, explosions, and the dull thuds of Chakra Arrows piercing flesh replaced the battle cries.
"Ah... what is this? Run!"
Those in front tried to retreat, while those in the back, unaware, surged forward.
The two groups collided, and the scene became chaotic.
They could only let the blue curtain of arrows harvest them.
Kurenai Yūhi and the other two had long since forgotten to breathe, staring wide-eyed at this scene that looked like both a miracle and Hell.
If the swarming pursuers just now were daunting...
...then the continuous blue curtain of arrows now was even more terrifying.
The curtain of arrows across the sky was relentless. If a pursuer was hit by one Chakra Arrow and didn't die, subsequent Chakra Arrows would always finish the job.
Those in front quickly fell.
By now, those in the back had also realized the situation.
Seeing the sky-covering curtain of arrows, they all turned to flee.
However, this canyon was the graveyard Aokawa had meticulously prepared for them.
The rock walls on both sides restricted their escape routes.
Under the lightning-fast speed of the Chakra Arrows, they could only be forced to be buried here one by one.
Very quickly!
The black mass formed by Ninjas and Puppets was completely swallowed by the blue of Aokawa's curtain of arrows.
A few clever Sand Ninjas tried to climb the rock walls to escape, but they were also shot down one by one by Aokawa's Precise Sniping.
The ground was covered with severed limbs and Puppet fragments; the constant screaming from just now had also ceased.
The scene was terrifyingly quiet, with only the sound of Aokawa's somewhat ragged breathing.
Kurenai Yūhi was dumbfounded, his gaze somewhat dazed.
He looked at the corpses on the ground, his heart shaking violently.
Dozens of well-trained Ninjas had been slaughtered by Aokawa alone... This way of fighting had already exceeded his understanding of conventional Ninja warfare.
Uchiha Tetsubi was also beyond shocked.
His worldview had been overturned.
He had grown up listening to the heroic deeds of the Uchiha ancestors.
Aside from the ancestor Uchiha Madara, he hadn't heard of any Senior being this ridiculous.
It wasn't that there were no records of one against many, but there were none where someone just stood there and one-sidedly crushed and slaughtered the opposition.
Kurenai Yuhi was even more overwhelmed with emotion.
Along with her shock, there was even more joy.
Her gaze toward Aokawa was full of admiration and affection.
The Aokawa she had imagined had truly appeared.
That firm back just now and that powerful strength.
He really was like a Heavenly God descending to earth, brilliantly and mightily wiping out all the evil in front of him.
Aokawa didn't have the energy to worry about what the three of them were thinking.
A strong sense of weakness washed over him, making his legs feel a bit soft.
Scatter was useful, but firing so many at once was even hard for him to handle.
He quickly took out ration pills and swallowed them with water.
To replenish his overextended physical strength and Chakra.
He looked up at the sky.
The sky was cloudless.
That Ninja Hawk had also disappeared with the death of its master.
He turned to look at the three who were still dumbfounded and said:
"Let's go, time to head back."
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