As Konoha's frontline commander-in-chief, Uchiha Ying Yue naturally kept close watch on developments across every major battlefield.
When he learned that Konoha's forces on the Land of Rivers front had reached a stalemate with Sunagakure's ninja forces, he decided to personally inspect the situation.
Ying Yue felt that, as a commander, he had a responsibility to understand the true conditions at the front and respond swiftly.
Using a prearranged Flying Thunder God mark, Ying Yue teleported to the Land of Rivers front at incredible speed and immediately felt the battlefield's intense tension.
Konoha's ninja forces were at a severe disadvantage. Their enemy was Rasa, the prized disciple of the Third Kazekage, whose Magnet Release was being wielded to its fullest on the battlefield.
Rasa's Magnet Release: Gold Dust Grand Funeral created gigantic waves of sand that blotted out the sky, dominating the entire battlefield and completely suppressing Konoha's attacks.
At the same time, Rasa used Magnet Release to control the iron weapons scattered across the battlefield, including kunai and shuriken, gathering them into a massive iron sphere that floated overhead, ready to crush Konoha's ninja at any moment.
Against such overwhelming power, Konoha's elite ninja—such as Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Hizashi Hyuga, and the heirs of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans—fought with everything they had, yet still seemed unable to cope.
Rasa's Magnet Release restricted their weapons and fighting methods, making the battle exceptionally difficult. Konoha's ninja could not even use basic kunai and shuriken; instead, the weapons controlled by Rasa might be turned against them. The situation on the battlefield was perilous, and many Konoha ninja had already begun showing signs of exhaustion.
Just then, Ying Yue appeared at the very front of the battlefield using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
His arrival instantly drew the attention of every Konoha ninja. Seeing Ying