The Counterattack (78th Update)

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"Cough cough..."

As soon as Sugiki Ichiro finished speaking, he immediately prepared to continue Hand Seals to complete the Sugiki Clan's secret technique.

However, just as Sugiki Ichiro was about to form Hand Seals to use his Ninjutsu, he suddenly coughed violently. Clearly, Sugiki Ichiro had overestimated himself. Controlling the civilians of the Multi -Yakunin Village in one go had already depleted a large amount of Sugiki Ichiro Chakra. Now, by overdrawing his life force to complete the Sugiki Ichiro Sugiki Clan's secret technique, his Chakra was nearly exhausted. Coupled with the burden of his frail, aged body, Sugiki Ichiro found himself unable to complete the Sugiki Ichiro Sugiki Clan's secret technique in a short time.

Meanwhile, Tsunade and the others noticed that Sugiki Ichiro was on the verge of exhaustion, and their eyes flashed with an unusual light.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, Kushina Uzumaki turned her gaze directly to Tsunade and asked, "Lady Tsunade, what exactly is the secret technique of the Sugiki Clan? Does the Sugiki Clan truly possess the ability to control vengeful spirits?"

"Hmph, Kushina, don't be fooled by Sugiki Ichiro's words!"

Hearing Kushina Uzumaki's words, Tsunade scoffed disdainfully, saying, "The Sugiki Clan has absolutely no ability to control vengeful spirits. Do vengeful spirits really exist in this world? Actually, the foundation of the Sugiki Clan's secret techniques is Genjutsu. The Sugiki Clan possesses Genjutsu that can control others. However, once those controlled by the Sugiki Clan's Genjutsu die, the Sugiki Clan members can gather the remaining spiritual energy of the deceased to cast even stronger Genjutsu on their enemies!"

Then, Tsunade looked at the civilians of Yakunin Village who had been killed by Uchiha Yue, and continued with a solemn expression, "If I'm not mistaken, that Sand Ninja named Sugiki Ichiro must have used Genjutsu to control all the civilians of Yakunin Village, which is why they attacked us. Then, after Tsukishiro killed all the civilians of Yakunin Village, Sugiki Ichiro was able to control and gather the remaining spiritual energy of those Yakunin Village to launch an attack on us!"

"Oh? So, the chains binding us now are formed from the convergence of spiritual energy?"

As soon as Tsunade finished speaking, Minato Namikaze frowned slightly and asked, "Lady Tsunade, Sugiki Ichiro can control the spiritual energy of the dead and condense it into a physical form. How can he use the spiritual energy of the dead to attack? Could it be that Sugiki Ichiro is planning to condense the spiritual energy of the dead, transform it into a physical form, and attack us?"

"No, Sugiki Ichiro has reached his limit; he can no longer use his mental energy to create a physical attack!"

At this moment, Tsunade looked at Sugiki Ichiro with a grave expression and said, "Based on my deduction, I think Sugiki Ichiro is preparing to continue using Genjutsu to let us read the memories of those Yakunin Village civilians! Although Sugiki Ichiro can only use the condensed spiritual energy to let us read the memories of the Yakunin Village civilians in the last few seconds before their deaths, the speed at which Yue slaughtered those Yakunin Village civilians was too fast. We are going to be killed by Yue again and again in the memories of those Yakunin Village civilians!"

"Over a thousand civilians from the Yakunin Village —each of us would be killed more than three hundred times on average during the Genjutsu!"

"By then, Sugiki Ichiro won't even need to attack us; our spirits will completely collapse!"

"Hiss..."

Just as Tsunade spoke, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki both gasped in shock, their eyes filled with terror as they looked at Sugiki Ichiro ahead. Undoubtedly, neither Minato Namikaze Kushina Uzumaki had expected that Sugiki Ichiro's use of the Sugiki Clan's secret technique would be so powerful, leaving them almost powerless to retaliate.

Immediately afterwards...

Just as Tsunade and the others were pondering how to deal with Sugiki Ichiro finally regained control of his body and began forming hand Hand Seals!

"Damn it, he's about to use Genjutsu on us!"

Seeing Sugiki Ichiro's hand Hand Seals, Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki's eyes narrowed, and they immediately prepared to use their spiritual energy to resist Sugiki Ichiro's Genjutsu. However, sensing that Tsunade and the others still intended to resist, Sugiki Ichiro's lips curled into a mocking smile, and he slowly said, "Tsunade, it seems you truly understand our Sugiki Clan! However, even if you understand our Sugiki Clan 'Sugiki Clan!"

"Now, I'll show you the horrific deaths of those civilians from the Yakunin Village!"

"Prepare yourself to be slaughtered time and again by your comrades in the memories of those civilians from the Yakunin Village!"

At this point, Sugiki Ichiro had completed the Hand Seals. Then, one could see Sugiki Ichiro controlling his Chakra, drawing upon the spiritual energy from the corpses of the Yakunin Village civilians, and gathering it once more in mid-air. Moreover, once all the spiritual energy from those Yakunin Village civilians' corpses had been gathered together by Sugiki Ichiro, it was divided into four equal parts, which slowly floated towards Uchiha Yue, Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki.

At this moment, seeing Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Uchiha Yue about to die tragically before his eyes, Sugiki Ichiro's eyes welled up with tears of joy. Clearly, his mission was to kill the four before him. However, just as the spiritual energy Sugiki Ichiro had gathered was about to merge into the bodies of Tsunade, Uchiha Yue, Minato Namikaze Kushina Uzumaki, and Uchiha Yue, a figure suddenly appeared before Sugiki Ichiro!

Upon seeing the figure appear before him, the previously confident Sugiki Ichiro couldn't help but show a look of fear.

Clearly, Sugiki Ichiro never expected that reinforcements would arrive just when he was about to kill Tsunade and the others!

Immediately afterwards...

When Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki looked at the figure in front of Sugiki Ichiro with surprised eyes, disbelief immediately appeared in their gazes. Sugiki Ichiro stared at the figure in horror, but what he remembered most vividly was not the figure's appearance, but the crimson pupils in the person's eyes!

Moreover, within those crimson pupils, three black Tomoe spun rapidly.

The next second...

Sugiki Ichiro felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then he saw a sharp katana pierce into his chest!

"Who... who are you?"

Staring intently at the figure before him, Sugiki Ichiro used the last of his strength to ask that question.

Just as Sugiki Ichiro finished speaking, the man who had killed Sugiki Ichiro smiled slightly and then said in a detached tone:

"I am Uchiha Yue, the Asura from Hell!"