Under Gaara's control, the Light Screen footage showed that after a full night of travel, more than two thousand people had finally evacuated from the Land of Wind to a city near the Land of Fire.
Sunagakure ninja were stationed here, and several thousand civilians also lived in the city. It was considered one of the larger cities within the Land of Wind.
At the same time, it had become the rear line. Led by the daimyo, the Land of Wind's nobles had completely abandoned their country and fled to the Land of Fire to seek political asylum.
It could be said that not only Sunagakure, but even the Land of Wind itself now existed in name only.
Now, as the One-Tailed Shukaku's mutation continued, countless monsters within the Land of Wind had been drawn to Shukaku, moving around it like subjects protecting their king.
As time passed and Shukaku's mutation intensified, even the chakra and natural energy throughout the Land of Wind became unstable, automatically being drawn toward Shukaku.
Such an immense change, invisible to ordinary people, naturally could not escape the notice of the powerful beings within the Land of Wind.
One great demon that roamed and dominated the northeastern region of the Land of Wind noticed it. Feeling both threatened and challenged, it led the monsters under its command toward that place.
The great demon's entrance was displayed through the Light Screen footage. It was a massive, elongated creature that moved through the sea of sand like a serpent, seemingly a gigantic and terrifying sandworm.
Its body alone exceeded fifty meters in length. It was a true behemoth, and wherever it passed, sand and stones flew through the air just as they had when Shukaku appeared. Dark clouds filled the sky, and demonic energy surged upward.
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