However, before they could react, dozens of puppets charged at them like ghosts.
Kitsuchi shouted, "Everyone, be careful! The enemy's puppets are coming!"
The humanoid puppets used kunai as weapons. Kunai were standard issue, cheap, and well suited for humanoid puppets. As for other weapons, Jingyi could not bear to equip these puppets with them.
They were just a pile of consumables. Why waste extra money on them?
"Die!!!"
One of the Iwagakure ninja gripped his kunai tightly and clashed with the puppet charging at the front.
The kunai collided, and the powerful impact traveled through his weapon. The Iwagakure ninja had not expected the puppet to be so strong. His body jerked, and he staggered back several steps. The puppet, however, was completely unaffected. It lunged forward and drove its kunai through his chest.
Having struck successfully, the puppet did not pause. It swiftly rushed toward its next enemy.
"Watch out!! Watch out!!"
The battlefield immediately descended into chaos. Dozens of puppets charged fearlessly into Iwagakure's formation, madly attacking everyone around them without caring whether they were injured.
What made them even more troublesome was that even if their heads were cut off, these puppets could still wave the weapons in their hands and deal a fatal blow.
The battle had become one-sided from the very beginning, something Kitsuchi had not anticipated. He had raised his hands to form seals, but seeing the puppets rushing toward the most crowded areas, he cursed several times and charged forward with a kunai in hand.
The Giant Eagle landed on a small hill. A rock on the hillside was pushed aside, and Orochimaru emerged carrying Jiraiya while supporting Hatake Sakumo.
"I came at just the right time, didn't I?"
"Just in time."
Orochimaru smiled as he tossed Jiraiya onto the Giant Eagle's