Sunagakure's Full Surrender, the Cruelty of the Battlefield! The Name of the White Fang!

Chiyo shouted angrily, her hands flying through seals like the wind as powerful chakra surged violently in her palms like raging waves. With a fierce push, countless poisoned needles shot toward Hatake Sakumo like a torrential downpour.

Sakumo's gaze sharpened. His figure flickered like a ghost, while the white blade in his hand danced like a butterfly, knocking the rain of poisoned needles from the sky. Yet Chiyo had no intention of letting up. She formed another jutsu and summoned a massive puppet. Like a moving hill, it charged Sakumo with heavy strides, each step making the earth tremble.

Sakumo responded calmly, using the Body Flicker Technique to evade the puppet's attack like lightning. He then circled behind it at blinding speed, driving his white blade at its joints like a venomous snake striking from its lair. But Chiyo controlled the puppet as nimbly as a spirit serpent. It spun around, its massive arm sweeping out and whipping up a gale like a roaring dragon.

Sakumo leaped into the air and hurled several shuriken from his hand. They streaked toward Chiyo like meteors. Chiyo twisted aside, and the shuriken grazed past her before sinking deep into the ground like nails driven into wood.

At the same time, the surrounding Konoha and Sunagakure ninja were locked in fierce combat. Blades flashed and clashed, while the cries of battle thundered like a heart-pounding symphony. The shouts grew ever louder, steel continued to cross, and blood and sweat splashed freely. The Konoha ninja fought in seamless coordination, bravely cutting down their enemies, while the Sunagakure ninja refused to yield and resisted stubbornly.

Sakumo and Chiyo's battle had reached its most intense stage, as fierce as sparks striking the earth. Sakumo unleashed his famed technique, one that had shaken the world—**Hatake Blade Technique: Crescent