"We're preparing to retreat. This offensive has failed."
Chiyo's words reached Rasa's ears. Though unwilling to accept it, he understood that continuing like this would cause even greater harm to the village.
Besides, those useless Cloud Ninja still hadn't managed to take down the enemy. If they remained entangled, both sides would be in danger.
As the Sand Ninja retreated, the battle was already drawing to a close. Meanwhile, the nearby Cloud Ninja still could not break through the defensive line because of Minato Namikaze. Even the Third Raikage was unable to get close to him.
Though he was hailed as the Strongest Spear and the Strongest Shield, he was far inferior to Minato Namikaze in speed. Without any large-scale attack methods, he could only be led around by the nose.
War would not give him time. With the combined coordination of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, the Cloud Ninja could not confront them head-on without high-level combatants.
Now that his allies had retreated, he led a group of men away from the battlefield at once.
This battle had been exceedingly dangerous. Fortunately, Orochimaru reacted in time, and no major casualties were caused.
Of course, the deaths in war did not shake Orochimaru's resolve. When he saw that Muzan was unharmed, a faint smile appeared on his face. Yet to Muzan, that smile seemed particularly strange.
Was he simply happy that Muzan had survived, or were Muzan's cells valuable to him?
"Fortunately, Teacher Orochimaru arrived in time this time. Otherwise, this battle would have been dangerous."
Muzan emerged from the shadows, his black robe concealing his face. Everyone who saw him was astonished. Surviving under such immense pressure was simply unbelievable.
"It's good that you survived. Now, prepare yourselves."
Those words were not directed at Muzan. Every ninja standing on the battlefield