Impure World

Qi Shuang looked at Ōnoki and said, "I only have one person and two hands. Of course I can't hold back ten thousand people!"

"I'll attack as a means of defense. By launching frontal assaults, I can share the defensive pressure."

"That way, you can divert part of your forces to fill the gap left by the shortage of Mist Ninja!"

No matter what, it was impossible for one person to block the assault of ten thousand people.

Back then, the main reason the Third Raikage had been able to hold back that force of ten thousand Stone Ninja was that Iwagakure had been determined to kill the Third Raikage, without splitting off troops to pursue him.

Otherwise, no matter how fast the Third Raikage was, he couldn't have stopped the pursuit of over ten thousand people at the same time.

Now, if Qi Shuang wanted to achieve the goal of sharing the pressure along the front line, he could only attack as a means of defense.

Otherwise, with only one person and two hands, it was fundamentally impossible for him to hold the defensive line.

"That plan isn't bad!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, then continued, "However, if you go eliminate Akatsuki's White Zetsu forces, that also means one fewer person on the high-level battlefield, indirectly increasing everyone's pressure."

"How will you solve that?"

"What we lack least is high-level combat power!" Qi Shuang curled up the corner of his mouth.

"What do you mean?" Everyone present wore puzzled expressions.

Qi Shuang then looked at the other person behind the Hokage and said with a smile, "Orochimaru, at a time like this, stop hiding your cards."

"How about showing your teacher your research results?"

He hadn't forgotten that Orochimaru had mastered Impure World Reincarnation. The other man had surely prepared quite