Kitsuchi Captured

Looking at Kitsuchi before him, Uchiha Feiyu, trapped within the barrier, curled his lips into a smile.

"You're right. On the battlefield, it's best not to waste words with the enemy!"

The moment he finished speaking, Uchiha Feiyu vanished in a puff of white smoke.

"Damn it, it was a Shadow Clone! That bastard used the Earth Style: Subterranean Voyage Technique to escape from the start!"

Kitsuchi's expression changed. Seeing that the soil on the ground was slightly damp, he immediately understood. Back when he had used Earth Release: Quicksand River to kick up huge clouds of dirt and dust, his opponent had already fled underground, leaving only a Shadow Clone behind to talk nonsense with him.

The key was that the bastard's Earth Style: Subterranean Voyage Technique had been utterly flawless. A whole bunch of Iwagakure Ninja who spent their days burrowing through the earth had failed to spot any weakness!

Moreover, Kitsuchi had not expected this young Uchiha to be so shameless.

Young geniuses of this age were always unwilling to back down when facing powerful enemies. Even when they used Shadow Clones, it was generally to lure in the enemy while the real body seized the chance to launch a surprise attack. They would at least exchange a few moves, only considering retreat once they realized they were outmatched.

But Uchiha Feiyu had simply left behind a Shadow Clone and slipped away without a trace without even fighting.

"He's out again! He's out again! That ghost is killing people again!"

"Ahhh! I'll fight you to the death! If you've got the guts, show yourself!"

The panicked cries from outside made Kitsuchi's expression change once more. Now that they realized they had been tricked, the ninjas maintaining the barrier had canceled it, allowing Kitsuchi to see the low-ranking ninjas thrown into utter chaos.

In this short span of time, Uchiha Feiyu had concealed himself again. Relying on his speed, he slaughtered ordinary Chunin and Genin, taking more than a dozen lives in moments.

"Bastard, if you have the guts, fight me! What kind of hero are you, killing these Genin?"

Kitsuchi's eyes had turned red. Chunin and Genin might have been the rank-and-file, cannon fodder easily swept aside on the Shinobi World's battlefields, but cannon fodder was not grass. They would not just grow back after dying. He could not let them be cut down like this!

Without the cover of Chunin and Genin, the battles between Jonin would also fall out of balance. Once the Jonin were at a disadvantage and Konoha freed up more fighting strength, even Kage-level Ninja would meet their end in the northwest.

After all, the current Five Kage were not monsters like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. A weaker Kage who ran into seven or eight Jonin attacking together might have to flee in disgrace.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Feiyu paid no attention to Kitsuchi's words. He continued targeting the weaker ninjas. With invisibility and high speed, he had no fear of the powerful Iwagakure Ninja.

Visual invisibility alone had limited use against truly powerful ninjas, but when combined with high speed, it became difficult to deal with.

And if a ninja possessed both invisibility and high speed, yet refused to fight Jonin-level ninjas at all, then even those powerful ninjas could not keep up with Uchiha Feiyu's pace. They could only watch helplessly as he carried out a massacre.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"Then let's see who can slaughter faster! Earth Release: Golem Technique!"

In a helpless rage, Kitsuchi formed hand seals. The ground trembled faintly as a massive rock Giant rose from it and began slaughtering Konoha's ordinary ninjas.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Feiyu did not care about this in the slightest. The massive rock golem Kitsuchi had created was swiftly stopped by several Konoha Jonin working together. Unlike Uchiha Feiyu, he could not ignore the interception of other powerful opponents.

Watching Uchiha Feiyu's kill count continue to rise, while more and more Konoha Ninja were freed up by his slaughter and gradually built up a snowballing advantage, Kitsuchi finally could not help shouting.

"Retreat! All Iwagakure Ninja, retreat! I'll cover the rear!"

Upon hearing Kitsuchi's words, the Iwagakure Ninja who had long been unable to hold on felt as if they had been granted amnesty and began withdrawing slowly.

Kitsuchi had truly gone all out. He frantically unleashed all kinds of high-level, large-scale Earth Release techniques. For a time, the entire battlefield shook, and even the terrain underwent massive changes.

To prevent excessive casualties, Konoha's high-ranking ninjas could only move to stop Kitsuchi, letting the Iwagakure ninjas escape.

The result, however, was that Akido Torikaze led seven or eight Jonin, over twenty Special Jonin, and nearly a hundred Chunin to surround Kitsuchi tightly.

Meanwhile, as the Iwagakure Ninja suffered a crushing defeat, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, who had been ganged up on by Orochimaru and several Jonin, retracted his tailed beast form, returned to human form, and fled at once.

If he did not run now, it would be too late. Once Konoha's army of ninjas surrounded him, even as a Jinchuriki, he would certainly be captured.

When it came to escaping, ninjas were truly fast. In only a few minutes, the Iwagakure Ninja had vanished without a trace, those who could burrow underground burrowing underground, and those who could leap through the trees leaping through the trees.

Only Kitsuchi remained. Having just unleashed a great many ninjutsu and consumed more than half his Chakra, he had been completely surrounded and gave up resisting, panting heavily.

"Lord Orochimaru, should we chop this guy down?"

Uchiha Feiyu moved up beside Orochimaru and made a chopping gesture with his hand, his eyes full of eagerness.

Orochimaru, who had just fought a tailed beast and was already exhausted to the point of death, felt an even worse headache when he saw Uchiha Feiyu's gesture.

"Feiyu-kun, could you not be so extreme? The living son of the Third Tsuchikage and commander of the Iwagakure Ninja is far more valuable than a dead man."

"Fine, fine, this one can't be killed..."

Uchiha Feiyu muttered helplessly. As the Third Tsuchikage's son and someone with strength close to Kage-level, Kitsuchi's soul was extremely valuable.

Seeing Uchiha Feiyu's regretful expression, Orochimaru was genuinely afraid that the kid would chop Kitsuchi down with one stroke. He hurriedly changed the subject to distract Uchiha Feiyu.

"For now, you should prepare yourself. I estimate the Sand Shinobi will not let this opportunity pass. Before long, we'll be facing a new war. You'll need to contribute then!"

The Sand Shinobi could not possibly have been unaware of such a major clash between Konoha and Iwagakure.

While the two sides were fighting, the Sand Shinobi would not come too close to the battlefield, both to avoid turning it into a three-sided melee and to avoid alerting the two sides and causing unforeseen complications.

But once the war ended, the Sand Shinobi would definitely seize the opportunity to strike, intensifying their squad attacks and infiltration in an attempt to defeat the Konoha Ninja in one stroke.

Still, after glancing over the battlefield, Orochimaru was quite satisfied. Uchiha Feiyu's shameless tactic of targeting the weak had been extremely effective. Because of his activity, the war had ended quickly, and Konoha had not suffered any major losses.