Kage-level Deaths in Battle

Shortly after the Cloud Ninja Commander died, Natsuki, who had been lying on the ground in the Iwa Ninja Command Center, quickly opened her eyes.

Upon seeing Natsuki wake up, before Katsuya, who had been staying by her side, could even speak, Minamoto Shizuka eagerly asked, "Sister Natsuki, how is she?"

Natsuki flashed a bright smile and said, "It's done!"

That's right, it was Natsuki who just used the Spirit Transformation Jutsu to kill the Cloud ninja responsible for perception and their commander.

The claim that the Iwa ninja were allowed in to be killed with a secret weapon was fabricated by Iwa ninja after Natsuki gained control of the opposing commander.

Thanks to Natsuki's mischievous actions, the Cloud ninja abandoned their defensive line, and due to their repeated retreats, Cloud ninja formation was completely disrupted.

The Iwa Ninja Army is now using its superior formation to wreak havoc on the Cloud ninja.

It will be very difficult for the Cloud ninja to organize an effective counterattack.

With the commander's sudden death and the ninja responsible for sensing and relaying orders also dying, the Cloud Ninja Army was thrown into chaos.

One side is engaged in an organized and planned battle.

The other side, however, was leaderless and suddenly encountered a change in circumstances; the outcome was predictable.

When the new commander and new Sensory Ninja of the Cloud ninja took over, the Cloud Ninja Army had been scattered and it was no longer possible to organize a large-scale resistance.

The situation was critical, and all the new commander could do was assign who would cover the rear and the order and direction of retreat for the others.

Even before the order was fully delivered, the Iwa ninja had already rushed to his Command Center.

The Iwa ninja acted swiftly, destroying the massive Sensory Barrier erected by the Cloud ninja Command Center in the first instance.

So much so that the Cloud Ninja Commander didn't even have time to assign tasks to Darui and the others before being interrupted by the Iwa ninja stormed in aggressively.

The other Cloud ninja still had a chance to escape, but those in the Command Center, who were under close surveillance by the Iwa ninja, didn't even have a chance to escape.

Uzumaki Riori was the fastest to charge in this attack.

With her was Purple Lightning, Uzumaki Riori Purple Lightning to quickly unleash a Great Fireball Technique on the Cloud ninja Command Center.

Unfortunately, most of the Cloud ninja Command Center were civilian employees, and they were almost all wiped out in Uzumaki Riori's attack.

Today, Uzumaki Riori is arguably the one who contributed the most among all the Iwa ninja, aside from a few Kage Level ninjas.

Previously, when dealing with the Mist Ninja Army, it took hundreds of people to form a battle formation and use combined Ninjutsu to fight against the Mist Ninja Army.

Uzumaki Riori, on the other hand, formed hundreds of Shadow Clones, each acting independently under the command of Purple Lightning.

One person's influence is equivalent to that of hundreds of people; perhaps Uzumaki Riori's influence even surpasses that of Kage Level.

At least for now, Deidara's battle achievements are definitely not comparable to those of Uzumaki Riori.

Uzumaki Riori's abnormality accelerated the Cloud ninja's defeat.

Without unified command Cloud ninja quickly became preoccupied with escaping.

A moment later, the five Kage Level Cloud ninja and Mist ninja who were entangled with Ōnoki and his group suddenly realized that the Cloud ninja and Iwa ninja beside them had disappeared.

The Cloud ninja fled, Iwa ninja gave chase, leaving only eleven of them in the once chaotic battlefield.

What everyone expected to be a fierce war of attrition turned into a bizarre defeat for the Cloud ninja before it even began.

The entire stalemate was short-lived, and the Cloud ninja did not inflict much damage on the Iwa ninja.

Perhaps the number of the Cloud Ninja Army Iwa Ninja Army less than the number of casualties killed by a few Kage Level ninjas.

Darui punched Kawakita, forcing him to retreat, and then took the opportunity to look around.

They discovered that the Iwa ninja had not pursued them completely, but had left behind several thousand ninja.

These thousands of ninjas formed a battle formation, watching them intently.

"It's over, the entire Cloud ninja is finished." Darui was in a state of utter confusion.

When the Cloud Ninja Commander issued that strange order, Darui also felt that something was amiss.

But just as he was about to be distracted by thinking about what the commander meant by the secret weapon, his opponent, Kawakita, suddenly intensified his attack, making him unable to concentrate for a moment.

Then, after the fierce offensive from Kawakita ended, the Cloud Ninja Army had already abandoned its defenses and let the Iwa ninja in.

At this point, even if Darui had realized what was happening, it would have been too late to stop him.

The situation is exactly as Darui predicted: the last remaining army of Cloud ninja is being chased and attacked by Iwa ninja.

This time, the Iwa ninja won't let the Mist ninja off the Cloud ninja.

Darui dared not even imagine how many of the Cloud ninja, who were running around in all directions, could survive being pursued by a massive Iwa Ninja Army.

Even half of that would be good.

Moreover, the Iwa ninja suffered relatively few casualties, and even if half of the Cloud ninja escaped back to Kumogakure, Kumogakure would not be able to hold out.

More importantly, how are they going to escape?

Ōnoki and the others certainly won't let me leave easily.

Even if they were outnumbered, the five of them could still escape unscathed. But the situation was different when the Iwa ninja joined forces with an army of several thousand men.

As long as the thousands of soldiers kept interfering with them using Area of Effect Ninjutsu, the five of them would not be able to shake off Ōnoki and his six companions.

Sure enough, what we feared most came to pass: the attack by the thousands of the Iwa Ninja Army began.

The thousands of the Iwa Ninja Army had two targets: one was Mist ninja Hozuki Mangetsu, and the other was Darui.

Yuki Koru is Jinchuriki, making her too difficult to kill. Mei Terumi is Bloodline Ninja, and her Ninjutsu is too powerful, making it unwise to deal with her.

It would be better to find two people to entangle with them.

As for Darui and Killer B, at least one of them must die in order to conquer Kumogakure.

Killer B is too strong. Perfect Jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails. Even Han and Roshi working together couldn't suppress him.

It would take at least Three Kage-level to defeat Killer B in a short time, and killing him would be even more difficult.

Darui, on the other hand, is much easier to deal with; a single Kawakita can easily keep him occupied.

Although the Lightning Armor grants him great speed, the Iwa ninja have many ways to slow him down with their group Ninjutsu.

For example, right now, with the cooperation of the Iwa Ninja Army, Darui and Kawakita are surrounded by swamp-like terrain formed by Earth Release and Water Release.

Furthermore, the air was filled with Wind Release, constantly squeezing Darui's living space.

Darui was caught in a dilemma, having to deal with both the attacks from Kawakita and the harassment from the Iwa Ninja Army.

Fortunately, Darui maintained his Lightning Armor, so the group Ninjutsu attacks from the Iwa Ninja Army could only restrict his movements but could not cause him any real damage.

Darui's movements were merely restricted, while Hozuki Mangetsu, on the other hand, was already in grave danger.

Actually, Hozuki Mangetsu is not easy to kill either. His Water Release Technique is too difficult to deal with. Although there are also Kage -Kage Level in Iwa ninja who know Lightning Release, such as Ikura.

However, Ikura's Lightning Release was not enough to change the outcome of Kage Level battle.

However, Yichen's disciple Rion, came up with an idea.

Sitting atop a Clay Bird, Ikura attacked Hozuki Mangetsu with his signature Earth Release while simultaneously using a handheld Lightning Release Tool he had just seized from Mist ninja.

This type of Lightning Release Tool isn't particularly powerful, but its strength lies in its extremely fast Lightning Release.

The fact that a group of Mist ninja wielding this thing could easily defeat Deidara is enough to demonstrate how practical this invention of the Cloud ninja was.

Hozuki Mangetsu never expected that this thing would be used on him in the opposite way.

In order to evade Ikura's Earth Release attack, he had just transformed into water, but was then struck by this thing held in Ikura's other hand.

The attack wasn't very powerful; Hozuki Mangetsu only felt a tingling sensation, but this tingling completely interrupted his Water Release Technique.

Fortunately, the Lightning Release was weak, and Hozuki Mangetsu recovered quickly.

But after that fright, he never dared to easily transform into water again.

It was clear that Ikura wasn't very familiar with this ninja tool. If Ikura had used it a few more times in a row, Hozuki Mangetsu might have been done for today.

Although Hozuki Mangetsu wasn't seriously injured, his greatest reliance was broken by this handheld ninja tool.

Without using the Water Release Technique, Hozuki Mangetsu's habitual tactics were completely rendered useless, and he was quickly forced into a retreat by Ikura.

To make matters worse, streaks of blue lightning occasionally streaked towards Hozuki Mangetsu from among the thousands of the Iwa Ninja Army.

Not far away, Deidara was Yuki Koru.

Deidara actively sought out Yuki Koru, while the Iwa ninja, being able to fly, primarily chose their opponents.

Deidara had been holding back all day, so when formulating the strategy at the beginning, Deidara took the initiative to suggest dealing with Yuki Koru, the Jinchuriki.

Ōnoki and the others had no interest in competing with Deidara, so after the Iwa Ninja Army chased away the Cloud ninja, Deidara went straight to Yuki Koru.

Deidara, who had been feeling stifled all day, unleashed a barrage of bombshells right from the start.

Yuki Koru is not a ninja known for her agility, nor is she a Lightning Release ninja.

Faced with Deidara's bombs, he could only rely on his Tailed Beast Cloak to withstand them.

However, Deidara's explosions were too numerous and too frequent; the chakra of the Tailed Beast Cloak Chakra couldn't even last for one round before being blasted to pieces.

Yuki Koru was not Perfect Jinchuriki; he had been using the power of the Six-Tails to fight against the Iwa ninja while serving in the Mist Ninja Army.

Now, under Deidara's pressure, he is relentlessly extracting the Tailed Beast Chakra.

Even though Yuki Koru was a top-tier Elite Jonin with Ice Release Bloodline Limit, she was starting to feel the strain.

In addition, although the Tailed Beast Cloak could block the impact of the explosion, his internal organs would still be shaken to some extent through the Tailed Beast Cloak.

Under Deidara's frenzied bombardment, Yuki Koru's body was nearing its limit.

If Yuki Koru chooses to retreat at this point, Deidara will most likely be unable to stop her.

However, to everyone's surprise, Yuki Koru did not do that.

Wearing the Tailed Beast Cloak, he withstood Deidara's attack with Explosive Clay and charged towards Hozuki Mangetsu, who was entangled and unable to break free.

After arriving at Hozuki Mangetsu's side, Yuki Koru wrapped Hozuki Mangetsu in a Chakra tail and then flung him far away.

This scene not only caught Deidara and Ikura off guard, but also left the Iwa Ninja Army momentarily stunned.

However, the Iwa Ninja Command Center reacted quickly. Since Hozuki Mangetsu had escaped the army's attack range, they changed their target to Yuki Koru.

Earth Release - Earth Prison.

Hundreds of Iwa ninja unleashed this Ninjutsu simultaneously.

Then, a square Earth Release wall, tens of meters high and nearly a meter thick, directly surrounded Yuki Koru in the middle.

Upon seeing the actions of the Iwa Ninja Army, Deidara immediately understood their intentions.

He quickly threw large quantities of various animals made of Explosive Clay into the enclosure.

Yi Cang was not slow in his movements. He also used Earth Release to reinforce the wall.

Yuki Koru was panting heavily; she had originally planned to take advantage of Deidara and the other two's dazed state to escape quickly.

But suddenly he found himself trapped in this cell.

Yuki Koru's thinking was no slower than Deidara's; he too realized things were going badly.

He immediately planned to use the Tailed Beast Chakra to attack the wall.

However, he was a beat too slow in mobilizing the Tailed Beast Chakra this time.

Because of the prolonged use of the Six-Tails Chakra, the Six-Tails began to rebel at this point.

The sealing technique used by the Mist ninja is quite effective, and Yuki Koru's mind is clear and she is very calm, so the Six-Tails is not currently in danger of going berserk.

However, at this moment, Yuki Koru was actually hoping that the Six-Tails would go berserk.

Once the Six-Tails goes completely berserk, a single Earth Wall can no longer contain it.

Unfortunately, at this moment, the Six-Tails, Hidan, did not use Chakra to break the seal, but instead fought with Yuki Koru for Chakra Control.

As a result, Yuki Koru was a step slower than Deidara. By the time he regained Chakra Control from the Six-Tails using the effect of the seal, Deidara's Explosive Clay had already rushed into the wall.

The next moment, a series of muffled explosions rang out from inside the walls.

The explosion lasted a long time, and the shockwave rippled back and forth inside the walls before finally bursting out from the top.

The thick walls surrounding the area, which blocked the shockwave, first shook intermittently, then began to crack, and finally shattered into pieces with a loud bang.

The wall crumbled into stones that flew everywhere.

A humanoid object flew out along with the stones.

Yuki Koru didn't die, but he was thrown around by the explosion inside the enclosure, crashing against the four walls. His Six-Tails Chakra was completely depleted.

With only a breath left, Yuki Koru collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, Deidara in the air showed no intention of checking; instead, he threw out another large number of explosive Clay Bird.

The birds landed on Yuki Koru and immediately exploded.

The next moment, Yuki Koru's body was blasted into countless fragments.

Mei Terumi go and provide support, but Mei Terumi opponent was Ōnoki, who used Dust Release, so she dared not be careless.

Hozuki Mangetsu no longer dared to face Ikura wielded that special ninja tool.

Upon seeing Yuki Koru's death, Darui knew he was in trouble too.

Deidara, now free to attack, will definitely come and surround him.

Deidara's Explosive Clay was also a problem for him.

He wasn't afraid of one or two Explosive Clay bombs, but he couldn't afford to consume too many.

He didn't want to end up like the Third Raikage, beaten to death by a mob, only to die after killing some ordinary ninjas.

Thinking this, Darui gave up on running away. He first shouted to Killer B, "Killer B, run!"

Then he lunged directly at Kawakita, who had been entangled with him.

Seeing that Darui was going to stay behind to cover their retreat, Mei Terumi and Hozuki Mangetsu, who were already retreating, abandoned their opponents and ran away without hesitation.

Ōnoki and Ikura didn't give chase; instead, they quickly turned around and joined Kawakita and Darui's battle alongside Deidara.

Darui went mad; he launched a suicide attack on Kawakita.

In Lightning Release Mode, he was faster than Kawakita; if it weren't for the Iwa Ninja Army's Ninjutsu blocking his way, he would have escaped long ago.

Now, Darui, with a death wish, used his speed advantage to directly crash into Kawakita.

Kawakita pierced Darui's Lightning Armor with a full-force sword strike, embedding it into Darui's left shoulder.

However, Darui completely disregarded his injuries and threw a punch directly at Kawakita.

Kawakita was struck hard, released his grip on the sword, and was sent flying a great distance.

After sending Kawakita flying with a single punch, Darui paused slightly, took a breath, and charged at Kawakita again.

Kawakita's physical strength was average, and he was already seriously injured by Darui's attack. He was unable to dodge while in the air and was about to die on the spot.

Suddenly, Darui, who was charging forward, stopped abruptly, as if his body had just gone out of control.

At the same time, a suction force came from the direction of the Iwa Ninja Army, directly pulling Kawakita's body a considerable distance away.

Darui's impact was linear, so when he broke free from the restraints controlling his body, although he saw Kawakita dodge, he couldn't turn to pursue him.

At that moment, a Ninjutsu suddenly popped into Darui's mind: the Mind Disturbance Jutsu of the Konoha Yamanaka Clan.

So that's how it is. It seems the reason why our army's commander gave such incompetent orders was because of this person who used Mind Disturbance Jutsu on him.

Having understood why his family had lost, Darui didn't turn around to look for the caster; his eyes were still only on Kawakita.

After the initial assault subsided and he regained his footing, Darui prepared to launch another attack on Kawakita.

Just then, a white light slammed into his face.

Faced with Dust Release, Darui had no choice but to evade. Only after Dust Release ended did he once again charge towards Kawakita.

This time it went smoothly. After rushing to Kawakita, Darui threw a punch. However, although he clearly saw that he had hit the target, he did not feel any physical impact on his hand.

Darui quickly disrupted his Chakra, and sure enough, the scene before him changed; he had been caught in Genjutsu.

Turning his head, Darui saw Kawakita standing a dozen meters to his left.

Thanks to the delays from Uchiyama Takuhiro, Natsuki, and Ōnoki, Kawakita had managed to sit up.

Just as Darui was about to charge again, he saw Kawakita, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly reach out and wave his hand forcefully in his direction.

Although Darui didn't understand why, his Hon told him that he should hide.

But at that moment, the longsword that had been lodged in his left shoulder and which he hadn't had time to pull out suddenly trembled, shattering the Chakra that had gathered within Darui's body.

Darui's attempt to dodge was thus halted.

The next moment, an invisible blade of light, though barely perceptible to the naked eye, slashed diagonally across Darui's body.

Darui shuddered and lowered his head in disbelief.

A few seconds later, a red line appeared on his naked body, running diagonally down from his right shoulder to his left abdomen.

Darui's mind went blank. He wasn't thinking about dying; instead, he was thinking about how easily his Lightning Armor had been broken.

Even after using all his strength, Kawakita could only manage to break a small hole in Chuanbei's full-body Lightning Armor with the help of this special longsword.

This was within Darui's expectations; his Lightning Armor was inferior to that of his teacher, the Fourth Raikage, and even less so to that freakish Third Raikage.

But what happened with that last strike? Kawakita, who was already severely injured and should have been struggling to even mobilize his Chakra to perform Ninjutsu, casually cleaved himself in two with a single swing?

Darui's upper body began to slide down, and as he did so, Darui looked up at Kawakita.

Kawakita had already passed out after unleashing that incredible slash with his bare hands.

Darui's last thought was, "Is he dead?"

The scene fell silent for a moment, then Deidara, who was closest, rushed down to check on the situation in Kawakita.

Ōnoki shouted at the Iwa Ninja Army, "Medical Ninja, hurry and save them!"

Upon hearing Ōnoki's words, several Medical Ninja from the Iwa Ninja Army immediately rushed out and ran towards Kawakita.

After a flurry of activity, the Medical Ninja concluded that Kawakita was not in mortal danger, but his injuries were severe and he needed a stable environment for treatment.

After discussing it, Ōnoki and Ikura decided to let Deidara, Roshi, and Natsuki stay behind, and the thousands of the Iwa Ninja Army would also stay to protect Kawakita for the time being.

The two of them, along with Han, chased after the direction in which the Cloud ninja defeated.

When Darui launched his final, desperate attack on Kawakita, Killer B escaped.

Because he feared Killer B suddenly return, Ōnoki left behind Three Kage-level fighters and thousands of soldiers.

Similarly, fearing that Killer B cause trouble for the Iwa Ninja Army that was pursuing the Cloud ninja, Ōnoki and Ikura didn't delay and went after the army.

However, Killer B's escape came at a price; he left behind a severed Eight-Tails' Tentacle.

This tentacle, disguised as the Eight-Tails, fought with Han and Roshi for a while before pretending to be defeated.

If it weren't for the feeling that Killer B shouldn't have died so easily, the many people on the Iwa ninja side would probably have been kept in the dark by this tentacle.

Before leaving, Ōnoki sealed this part of the Eight-Tails' body away.

After Ōnoki left, Deidara was left to his own devices. He had consumed too much of his Explosive Clay, and just in case, he needed to replenish Explosive Clay quickly.

Roshi Jinchuriki, but he is neither Perfect Jinchuriki nor a high-ranking member.

Thus, Natsuki became the commander of the group.

Natsuki first collected the scattered fragments of Yuki Koru's body.

With the Impure World Reincarnation now appearing multiple times, the Ninja World has developed a unified method for dealing with powerful individuals who have died in battle.

As Yichen's younger sister and a semi-research ninja, Natsuki is very skilled at this kind of thing.

She arranged for people to collect and pack the bodies of Darui and Yuki Koru, and then had someone use Fire Release to clean up all their blood.

Meanwhile, the Medical Ninja had stabilized Kawakita's injuries somewhat.

So, Natsuki had Uchiyama Takuhiro build an Earth Release platform.

Then, using the Light-Weight Rock Technique Uchiyama Takuhiro led Kawakita and thousands of the Iwa Ninja Army back to the warship on the coast.

The warship was well-supplied with supplies and had complete medical equipment, so Kawakita's injuries were quickly treated to the best possible care.

Once back on the warship, Natsuki no longer needed to worry about the specifics; the thousands of soldiers simply needed to take their positions and focus on defense.