In the blink of an eye, more than an hour had passed.
The moon, which had already been sinking westward, had now reached the edge of the sea.
By all rights, this should have been the darkest hour before dawn.
However, because of the great battle, flames were soaring into the sky atop Eagle Beak Cliff, and not a single trace of darkness could be seen.
Qian flew above the battlefield, his Sharingan spinning rapidly. After finding an opening, he beat his wings and abruptly dropped in altitude.
What followed was a barrage of ninjutsu, unleashed one after another as he struck down at those Mist Ninja from above.
The entire process lasted less than thirty seconds before he left, giving the enemy no chance at all to keep him there.
Eagle Beak Cliff faced the sea on three sides, making it extremely unfavorable for defense.
Thus, even though Kirigakure's sneak attack had succeeded tonight, they had not given up the advantage of being the attacking side.
The entire battlefield was broadly divided into three sections.
On Konoha's side, they had nearly been surrounded from three sides.
Originally, this was an extremely terrible situation.
But after Qian obtained Flight Ninjutsu, that disadvantage instantly turned into an advantage.
Relying on the advantage brought by Flight Ninjutsu, he rapidly shuttled through the various battlefields from above, striking at the Mist Ninja without pause.
During this time, although Terumi Mei and the others very much wanted to make a move against him, it was very difficult for them to directly cut across the battlefield the way he did.
As a result, they simply could not keep up with his speed.
And that gave him plenty of time.
In this way, a situation that had originally been extremely unfavorable for Konoha instead became excellent