The Light Screen image shifted to the Land of Wind, to Sunagakure's final fortress.
At this moment, demonic energy soared into the sky. Countless monsters were attacking from every direction, and Sunagakure's defenses were already on the verge of collapse. Worse still, demonized Heroic Spirits had appeared among the enemy ranks. Their strength was nothing special, roughly at the level of elite jonin, but on a battlefield like this, they were like fierce generals carving through an army to take the enemy commander's head. Their impact on Sunagakure was enormous.
Although Sunagakure defended with everything it had, deploying every method available, wave after wave of powerful Wind Release techniques still failed to hold the enemy back.
Hm?
Why Wind Release ninjutsu?
Naturally, the Land of Wind specialized in Wind Release ninjutsu. In this nation of seas of sand, bolstered by the wind and sand, Wind Release was at its strongest.
What? Why not Sand Release?
Sorry, ordinary ninja couldn't use that. The Ninja World's five basic elemental releases were Fire, Lightning, Earth, Wind, and Water. Ninety-nine percent of ninja could only use ninjutsu of those attributes.
Only exceptionally rare ninja could combine the five basic attributes to create special releases. These releases were generally given more impressive titles, known as Kekkei Genkai or Kekkei Tota.
For example, among Sunagakure's remaining ninja, only the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, possessed a Kekkei Genkai called Magnet Release. It was a rare release formed by fusing the Wind, Earth, and Water chakra attributes he had mastered, which he had inherited and learned from the Third Kazekage.
Honestly, Kekkei Genkai sounded like an ability that required bloodline inheritance. For example, the Sharingan, a Kekkei Genkai known throughout the Ninja World, belonged only to the Uchiha Clan.
Yet the Third Kazekage and the Fourth Kazekage had no