A crushing defeat—another crushing defeat!
Before Uchiha Yue, the Third Hokage had no idea how many times he had already failed. Defeats, once so rare for the Third Hokage, had become an everyday occurrence before Uchiha Yue. This time, Uchiha Yue's tactics had succeeded once again. Exploiting the Third Hokage's desire to save Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Yue used the power of one of the Six Paths of Samsara to instantly defeat the Third Hokage in just two moves—something no one had expected.
After being struck by the force of Shinra Tensei and sent crashing away, Uchiha Yue did not even need Purple Eye to know that the Third Hokage would have to withdraw from this war of the Five Kage against the Asura. Just as Uchiha Yue had expected, the Third Hokage left this battlefield belonging to Uchiha Yue under the protection of countless Medical Ninjutsu. At that point, the only enemies Uchiha Yue still had to face were Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi.
But how could Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and the Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi possibly contend with Uchiha Yue?
Rasa, the Fourth Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, and the Third Hokage—four Kage-level experts had all suffered crushing defeats at Uchiha Yue's hands, and the pressure that placed on everyone present was immense. At this moment, Dark Asura Uchiha Yue was an invincible existence, the very symbol of invincibility. It seemed as though no one could last three exchanges against Uchiha Yue. Not even the Fourth Raikage, with his exceptional taijutsu, nor the Third Tsuchikage and Third Hokage, with their superb ninjutsu, could endure before Uchiha Yue for long.
So who else could stop Uchiha Yue's slaughter?
The only thing Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and the Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi could consider fortunate was