The first battle in which the allied forces of the Five Great Nations besieged the Hidden Rain Village ended anticlimactically. Both sides had their victories and losses, but overall, the Five Great Nations undoubtedly suffered more than Akatsuki, because they lost quite a few elite fighters, while Akatsuki merely took the opportunity to purge those Hidden Rain ninjas who were not particularly loyal.
The deaths of Sasori of the Red Sand and Uchiha Itachi were indeed huge losses in combat strength, but neither of them had much loyalty to Akatsuki to begin with. Their deaths might not have been a bad thing; at the very least, Pain was not—Emperor Jun looked out and saw nothing but mountains. Mount Buzhou towered high enough to reach the Ninth Heavens, and its breadth was immeasurable. It was an unimaginable mountain; even if every mountain range in the Primordial World were combined, they likely could not compare to it.
That was why he shot the captured people and ordered everyone in the unit that, no matter who was taken prisoner, including himself, they were to be dealt with in the same way.
However, after Lin Yu asked the question, his brows furrowed slightly. He noticed that something seemed wrong with Han Qingyue.
Li Jiayu and Octopus walked out of the rift and, at first glance, saw the distant planet that resembled Earth.
Compared to having his dantian destroyed, Emperor Jun would rather it remain as it was. With a thought, he temporarily suppressed the Creation Green Lotus, preventing it from continuously absorbing the power of chaos and accelerating the destruction of his dantian.
Under the dim candlelight, Han Qingyu's beautiful eyes beneath her moonlike phoenix brows were filled with anger. Her delicate jade nose lightly inhaled the cool air, and a faint flush colored