As the Iwagakure ninja rejoiced wildly, the Konoha ninja suddenly erupted. They launched a frenzied assault against Iwagakure's forces, but they were relying entirely on a surge of grief and resentment. It could not last. They understood that Mirai had already been defeated, and that they would not be able to hold out for long against the Tsuchikage.
A chill appeared on the Tsuchikage's face. "How laughable. With strength and resolve like this, you dare oppose me? Where is Iron Earth?"
In an instant, Iron Earth appeared at Ōnoki's side. "Lord Tsuchikage, this subordinate failed to kill the enemy..."
"No matter!" The moment the Tsuchikage spoke, the surrounding air suddenly grew heavy. Iron Earth and Ōnoki's expressions both turned extremely grim. A massive current burst straight up from beneath the ground. The Tsuchikage hurled Iron Earth out of the Ninjutsu's range, while his own body was suddenly enveloped in an earthy yellow glow and shot into the sky.
At that moment, Mirai burst out of the ground, his entire body wreathed in lightning. Elsewhere, Zuode had already torn one of the stone beast's arms off. The stone beast's combat ability was clearly far inferior to Zuode's, though its defenses were incredibly formidable. Zuode would probably still need some time to finish it off completely.
Just now, Mirai had used a Shadow Clone to break out of the Earth Style Barrier Wall's encirclement. Then, taking advantage of the chakra fluctuations caused by Dust Release, he had instantly burrowed nearly a hundred meters underground. Under such circumstances, even the Tsuchikage would have found it difficult to notice that Mirai had slipped beneath the earth.
That was precisely why Mirai had managed to ambush the Tsuchikage. Flying into the air was indeed an incredible technique, but against someone as mobile as Mirai, it