Orochimaru's Impatience

Shiyu saw everything and shot his shuriken directly at Ebizo.

Ebizo, of course, nimbly dodged it immediately.

Shiyu was merely trying to attract Ebizo's attention.

"Your vanguard from Sunagakure attempted to occupy the entire Land of Rivers. If it weren't for me, Orochimaru might have actually suppressed you by holding your ground, just as you guessed. But you never expected this!"

"I, Uchiha Shigure, am in charge of this war! I have already devised a plan to cut off the retreat of your vanguard. Judging by the timeline, they should have been wiped out by now, right?! Please remember my name! This is the one who defeated your Sunagakure!" Shiyu used words to once again undermine the confidence of the Sunagakure.

"Don't listen to him! This guy is trying to demoralize us!" Ebizo tried his best to boost morale, then said, "Think of a way! Rescue Chiyo!"

"Even if it costs me my life!" Ebizo said firmly, seemingly prepared to fight to the death.

"It seems that as long as we take you and Chiyo down, this battle will be considered a victory." Shiyu then said, "Kakuzu, switch! You take care of the Sand Ninja! I'll take care of Ebizo!"

"You think you can take me down? Not so easy!" Ebizo charged straight at Shiyu, his hands rapidly Hand Seals at the same time.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm!" Ebizo struck out with a palm strike.

"I don't even need to defend against this level of Ninjutsu." Shiyu chose to take it head-on. Don't forget, Shiyu also had white Dragon Scale Armor underneath his clothes.

"Bang!" The Gale Palm struck Shiyu, but had no effect whatsoever.

"How is this possible!?" Ebizo also looked incredulous.

"There's something even more impossible!" Shiyu jumped up and then slammed her foot heavily to the ground.

"Painful Sky Leg!" Shiyu shouted.

"Kaba!"

The entire ground shook violently, splitting the earth in two to form an extremely deep rift valley.

"The power of this Shiyu is ridiculous!" Hizashi defeated a Sunagakure with a single palm strike, and then his attention was drawn to it.

"Rotation!" Kurenai deflected the Kunai's attack and also saw the great rift in the ground.

"This guy... his power has probably surpassed that of a normal human, right? Could this be Sage Mode?" Nao wondered.

"Gray Sudden Strike!" Nao exclaimed in surprise, but continued the battle as the slug replenished his Katsuyu.

Ebizo, on the other hand, faced Shiyu's Painful Sky Leg and nearly fell into the rift valley.

"Sunagakure! Ebizo! You've already lost! Aren't you going to surrender yet!?" Shiyu asked again.

"We haven't lost yet!" Ebizo remained stubbornly determined to hold on to the bitter end.

"Since that's the case! We don't need to hold back anymore, Shiyu?" A hoarse and chilling voice rang out.

"You are!? Sannin Orochimaru!?" When Ebizo saw the dark mass of Konoha Ninja, he knew that the advance force had already been wiped out.

"Orochimaru, it seems it's over over there?" Shiyu asked.

"Yes! Now that the threat has been eliminated, there's no need to hold out. I've brought Konoha's main force to the western front, Sunagakure won't have any chance to turn the tide," Orochimaru said.

"Follow me! Take out the rest of the Sunagakure!" Orochimaru was indeed an excellent ninja, leading from the front, fighting bravely, and possessing strategic acumen, arriving at the crucial moment with the main force of Konoha.

Hizashi, the pressure on Nao Kurenai the others has further decreased. Although both sides are the main forces, the difference in troop strength and morale is now extremely large.

Moreover, Konoha's side has at least three Kage Level shinobi: Shiyu, Orochimaru, Kakuzu.

Sunagakure, Ebizo, and Chiyo— one was exhausted from resisting, and the other had his five senses completely restricted, leaving him utterly powerless to resist.

"Retreat! Retreat!" Ebizo extremely helpless. At the cost of several ninja squads' lives, he rescued Chiyo and withdrew his forces to the southwest.

Shiyu had no intention of pursuing, but unexpectedly, Orochimaru's thoughts were once again contrary to his own.

"All Konoha Ninja! Press the attack!" Orochimaru then tried to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Yixiantian in One Line Sky swoop, but was immediately stopped by Shiyu.

"Don't pursue a cornered enemy! We must build another camp on top of Sunagakure's main base, otherwise it will be detrimental to the upcoming battles," Shiyu said.

"Where is the time to build a base? If we don't seize this opportunity, Sunagakure might make a comeback!" Orochimaru also rejected Shiyu's suggestion.

"Orochimaru! I am the person in charge of this war! That is, your superior! Are you going to disobey orders!?" Shiyu had no choice but to take out the token in his hand. Orochimaru snorted coldly and then gave up.

"Don't be careless! I know the strength of Sunagakure better than any of you! Don't be fooled by the fact that we've breached Sunagakure's front-line command post. Sunagakure's true strength is far greater than that. If we launch a rash attack and our retreat is cut off, we'll be surrounded and killed." Shiyu earnestly advised.

They then found a suitable location nearby to serve as a command post, and ordered their ninjas to establish a base and construct defensive fortifications, thus managing to maintain Konoha's supply lines intact.

"In this way, our ninjas will not lack food, water, or weapons." As the saying goes, an army marches on its stomach. It is easy to repel the Sunagakure's attack and drive them back to their lair, but destroying a ninja village is not easy. Most importantly, there is no benefit to be gained, and it is easy to be besieged by other ninja villages.

Just Shiyu thought the entire army was ready to launch the next phase of the war against Sarawak, Shiyu discovered something unexpected that left him speechless.

"What did you say?! Orochimaru? He's already led his troops to attack One Line Sky?!" Shiyu hadn't expected Orochimaru to be so impatient. Normally, Orochimaru would have sought a cautious approach; why was he so eager for quick success now?

"Were he blinded by victory? How many ninjas did he take with him?" Shiyu asked Jonin of his Jonin subordinates.

"About three-tenths of them are ninja units that are extremely loyal to Orochimaru," the Jonin said.

"What a pity. In this case, we have no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. Otherwise, Orochimaru will be cut off from supplies and we will definitely fail. Alas, it is fate. There is nothing we can do. Our force will lose the best opportunity to fight against Sunagakure! But at least we can rescue Orochimaru and some of the ninjas." Shiyu had also prepared for the worst.

Despite Shiyu's numerous victories, the situation has changed. Due to Orochimaru's impatience and eagerness for quick Orochimaru, Shiyu has suddenly become quite passive.