Attack from the Sky

Five hundred meters above the forest where the Sand Shinobi and Konoha Ninja were locked in battle, fifty DJI Drones flew through the sky, suspending Yueguang Han beneath them with Steel Wire.

"Hmph! My analysis was right after all. The moment Rasa heard the gunshots, he immediately turned back."

Watching the Konoha Ninja and Sand Shinobi slaughter each other below, as well as Rasa who had just returned, Yueguang Han sneered. His right hand transformed into a Barrett and aimed at the battle below.

Rasa truly restrained him, and he truly had no way to deal with Rasa. That was still the case now. But the other Sand Shinobi were different. From five hundred meters up in the sky, he could toy with the other Sand Shinobi as he pleased. At such an altitude, even Rasa might not be able to threaten him.

Yueguang Han had not followed the plan he had discussed with Yueguang Xingye and the others. He knew full well that the instant Rasa heard the gunshots, he would turn back immediately. There was no chance for him to ambush the Sand Shinobi from behind. The plan he had stated was merely to make Yueguang Xingye and the others agree to his actions. It had flaws from the start; they simply did not understand his abilities well enough to notice them.

The reason Yueguang Han had not told Yueguang Xingye and the others his real plan was because they would never have agreed to it. People were selfish. His true plan was to have them draw all the Sand Shinobi away and create an opportunity for his assassination, not merely distract Rasa alone. That was no different from using everyone as pawns.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Successive crisp gunshots exploded through the sky, spreading across the earth like real thunder. One mud-formed bullet after another shot from the barrel and fell toward the ground below.

Clang! Clang!

On the battlefield where the Sand Shinobi and Konoha Ninja clashed, Yueguang Xingye clutched a long blade and struggled to withstand the joint assault of two Sand Shinobi Jonin armed with Kunai. The Kunai and blade continuously rang with metallic collisions.

Earth Style: Hand of Earth!

Nearby, a Sand Shinobi Chunin continuously sought an opening, supporting the two Jonin with ninjutsu. Earthen hands emerged from the ground from time to time, each one reaching for Yueguang Xingye's feet at critical moments.

You brat, whatever you do, don't come back! Yueguang Xingye barely held on under the combined attacks of the three Sand Shinobi, with no room to retaliate. The battlefield had already become incredibly chaotic. Under the attack of twice as many Sand Shinobi, the Konoha Ninja found even retreating extremely difficult, and multiple casualties had already appeared.

Clang! Yueguang Xingye had just blocked one Sand Shinobi Jonin's Kunai with his blade when the Kunai of another Sand Shinobi Jonin stabbed toward him from the side. Yueguang Xingye immediately stepped back and swung his blade to block it.

Splat! Blood and brains burst forth. Before Yueguang Xingye's blade could touch the Sand Shinobi's Kunai, the Sand Shinobi Jonin's head exploded like a watermelon.

"Th-This...!" Yueguang Xingye's eyes widened at the sudden scene.

"What was that...?" The Sand Shinobi Jonin attacking Yueguang Xingye and the Sand Shinobi Chunin supporting him also widened their eyes as they watched their companion's head suddenly explode.

Splat! Less than a second later, while the three were still stunned, another bullet descended from the sky and blew apart the other Sand Shinobi Jonin's shoulder.

"Argh!" A miserable scream erupted from the Sand Shinobi's mouth. The agonizing pain of his entire shoulder being shattered by the bullet nearly made him pass out.

Splat! The next second, a head rolled to the ground, and the scream came to an abrupt stop. A bullet had severed the screaming Sand Shinobi Jonin's neck.

"It's that..." Seeing two Jonin die within two seconds, the Sand Shinobi Chunin supporting them finally came to his senses. He immediately turned and ran, trying to escape the area, while letting out a shriek as though he had seen a ghost, hoping to warn the nearby Sand Shinobi that their most dangerous enemy had arrived.

Splat. A bullet fell from the sky and instantly blew his head apart.

"It's that strange sound!"

"The sound is coming from the sky. It's up there."

Across the battlefield, the Sand Shinobi and Konoha Ninja also heard the gunshots from above, and cries of alarm rang out one after another. The Konoha Ninja were instantly overjoyed, while the Sand Shinobi all felt their hearts tighten, as though Death's scythe were hanging over their heads. They feared that they would be the next to die. Even the Jonin felt chills run down their spines, as though venomous snakes were watching them.

He finally came! The Konoha Ninja finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was like seeing hope in the depths of despair.

Damn it, why did he have to appear at a time like this?! The Sand Shinobi cursed inwardly. In the midst of such a chaotic melee, they found it difficult to dodge or defend. They could practically only allow that Konoha Youngster in the sky to slaughter them. For a time, the Sand Shinobi grew distracted in battle.

Damn it! How can he be in the sky?! Hearing the gunshots and watching ninja after ninja suddenly die with their heads blown apart, Rasa quickly looked up and spotted the tiny black dot five hundred meters overhead. He cursed inwardly. Both sides had already become entangled in close combat, and the battle covered a vast area. The situation was extremely complicated. Heavy casualties were now inevitable.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The gunshots continued to ring out in the sky. On the ground, Sand Shinobi fighting the Konoha Ninja were shot in the head or had their shoulders blown apart one after another. Faced with attacks traveling at three times the speed of sound that could strike at any moment, they noticed nothing at all and had no chance to dodge in advance.

"Everyone, gather over here!" Rasa controlled Gold Dust to lift himself into the sky while commanding a vast amount of Gold Dust to rise into the air, gradually forming a Golden Sand Cloud that covered the entire battlefield in an attempt to shield those caught in the melee from the sky. Because of the chaotic battle, Rasa could not launch indiscriminate area attacks with Gold Dust.

Upon receiving Rasa's order, the Sand Shinobi did not dare remain entangled with the Konoha Ninja any longer. They immediately broke away from their opponents and fled beneath the Golden Sand Cloud.

"Hold these Sand Shinobi back! Don't let them get beneath the sand cloud, or Young Han won't be able to support us!" Yueguang Xingye shouted at once, taking the lead in charging toward the fleeing Sand Shinobi. The other Konoha Ninja quickly pursued their own opponents as well.

Bang, bang, bang...! The gunshots continued without pause in the sky. Many Sand Shinobi collapsed before they could flee beneath the Golden Sand Cloud, never to rise again. The Sand Shinobi being held back were even more frantic.

"You can fly five hundred meters up, but what about a thousand? Even if you can fly a thousand meters high, can you still control the Gold Dust below?"

In the sky, Yueguang Han sneered as he watched part of the sand cloud fly toward him, directing the Drones higher into the sky. At the same time, his hands never stopped moving. The Barrett continued to roar, and bullets fell like beams of light, precisely killing the Sand Shinobi who had not yet escaped beneath the Golden Sand Cloud.