The mist was hazy, and the autumn wind bleak.
Along the long street, enemies lay in ambush on all sides.
Ordinary Anbu members, lacking sufficient strength, had all been assigned by Karatachi Yagura to the outer perimeter to seal off the battlefield.
In a battle of this level, only one or two people in the Anbu had originally been qualified to participate. Even ordinary jonin would only be throwing their lives away.
However, they had all now been sent to the front line, where Hozuki Sengetsu was.
This battle would be fought on two fronts simultaneously.
Karatachi Yagura chose to bear more of the pressure himself in order to create the greatest possible gap in fighting strength for Hozuki Sengetsu and his side, driving Konoha's shinobi forces completely out of the Land of Water in one stroke!
They might even push the front line all the way to the border of the Land of Fire.
After all, war was ultimately a fight over resources.
Fighting within the Land of Fire would at least allow them to sustain themselves through war and plunder resources. Continuing to clash within the Land of Water, regardless of victory or defeat, was overall a loss for them.
Because there would only be consumption, with no gain.
Therefore, compared to expending a large number of men to surround and kill Tsunade and Jiraiya, the priority was to let Hozuki Sengetsu's side inflict as many casualties as possible on Konoha's shinobi forces.
After all, at their level of strength, if they truly focused on escaping, they would still be very difficult to kill.
On the long street.
Seeing such a formation, Tsunade and Jiraiya no longer concealed their identities and flung off the cloaks covering their bodies.
The white-haired, spiky-headed man looked bold and imposing, while