Mangekyō Sharingan, Activate!

Ye had been standing atop the crater the entire time.

With both hands in his pockets, he coldly watched the chaotic battle below without moving a single step.

Now, he finally pulled his hands from his pockets.

His right hand rested casually on the Hatake White Fang Short Sword at his waist.

Then, the ocean-like Chakra of his Sage Body instantly erupted!

The violent blast of air shredded the dead bamboo leaves on the ground to pieces.

The perfected Hand-Seal-less Body Flicker Technique activated.

Ye's figure vanished into thin air, moving faster than the limit of what the naked eye could capture.

The next second.

He flashed directly into the heart of Iwagakure's airtight formation.

Without a word.

He drew his blade.

Whoosh!

A blade gleam, pale as snow, suddenly flashed among the crowd.

The two closest Iwagakure elites did not even have time to blink before their throats were severed together, blood erupting into pillars that shot into the sky.

Then came the second strike.

The third strike...

The people around him could not see his movements at all. All they saw were bodies constantly falling.

At that moment, Ye pressed his left hand forward.

Extreme Cold Ice Release erupted.

Before the blood rain spraying through the air could hit the ground, it was swallowed whole by that overwhelmingly domineering chill.

In midair, the warm pillars of blood came to an abrupt halt.

In the blink of an eye, the scarlet liquid transformed under the effects of Ice Release Chakra into countless crystalline beads of frozen blood.

The sight became an eerie rain of ruby blood.

Seductive and beautiful, yet carrying a suffocating aura of death.

Clatter.

The ice beads struck the parched ground with crisp chimes.

Ye casually lowered his Short Sword. The residual blood on its edge