Experiencing

Watching the Chimera gradually disappear into the distance, until it was nothing but an inconspicuous black speck, everyone finally let out a quiet sigh of relief.

"It's finally over!"

Sasuke slumped to the ground. The Susanoo he had forced himself to maintain vanished in an instant.

Yakumo staggered two steps before steadying herself.

Without the Red Dragon Eye, her chakra reserves had dropped considerably. After one fierce battle after another, the chakra inside her was already depleted. Like Sasuke, she had been forcing herself to keep going.

Naruto ended his Tailed Beast Transformation, breathing only a little heavily.

After unleashing so many Rasengan and losing so many Shadow Clones, a normal person would have been exhausted, if not dead. But Naruto was merely a little tired.

The other Konoha Ninja were also panting, looking around in a daze.

The battle had involved all kinds of large-scale ninjutsu, as well as powers tied to Kekkei Genkai like Wood Release and Susanoo. The battlefield was riddled with craters and lay in utter ruin.

"ANBU, take up the perimeter! Everyone else, treat the wounded!"

Though injured, Kakashi didn't stop to tend to himself. He immediately stepped forward and directed the Konoha Ninja nearby who were still able to move to treat the wounded on the battlefield.

Hiruko's special hatred for Konoha had made the village's casualties in this battle especially severe. As far as the eye could see, Konoha Ninja lay defeated along the path Hiruko had taken, and many had already lost their lives.

Soon, large numbers of Konoha Ninja arrived. They tended to the wounded while clearing the battlefield.

As they approached Shinji, who stood in the middle of the battlefield, they all instinctively regarded him with respect. Many even nodded to him in greeting.

It was Shinji's intervention that had