801. Outnumbered

Uchiha Yue's return greatly boosted the morale of most of the Uchiha Clan elites, who believed they would surely win the battle in the end.

However, Uchiha Yue, who had rushed back in haste, was not so optimistic. At the very least, he did not believe they were guaranteed to claim final victory. If this elite Uchiha Clan force was wiped out by the Lanqin Clan ninja forces and Kirigakure's ninja forces, then Konoha's side, to which Uchiha Yue belonged, had already lost.

Every member of this elite Uchiha Clan force was an elite from within the clan. The death of even one on the battlefield was a loss to the Uchiha Clan. Yet when Uchiha Yue returned to Konoha's side, he discovered that half the members of this elite Uchiha Clan force had already died at the hands of the Lanqin Clan ninja forces and Kirigakure's ninja forces.

In other words, even if Uchiha Yue ultimately exterminated every enemy ninja before him, including the Lanqin Clan ninja forces and the ninja forces dispatched by Kirigakure, he still could not make up for the losses suffered by this elite Uchiha Clan force through his own efforts to turn the tide. Therefore, from the moment Uchiha Yue entered the battle, he had effectively already lost. How could there still be any talk of winning the final victory?

Still, Uchiha Yue, having just dealt with Lanqin, the Lanqin Clan's Kage-level expert, remained optimistic. Even if he had suffered a setback at the hands of Kirigakure's ninja and the Lanqin Clan ninja this time, as long as he could wipe out the Lanqin Clan ninja and Kirigakure ninja before him, he could at least make up for some of the losses.

Thus, after returning to Konoha's side, Uchiha Yue first slaughtered his way