Ōnoki left, taking Iwagakure's remaining forces with him in a shameful retreat.
All they left behind were piles of corpses and the lingering fear on the Iwagakure ninjas' faces.
"Lord Tsuchikage, Uchiha Sora is really just letting us go?" an Iwagakure ninja asked in bewilderment.
By then, Ōnoki's mind had been completely rewritten by Uchiha Sora's Kotoamatsukami, turning him into a puppet who served Uchiha Sora loyally.
He looked at the village's remaining forces and said evenly, "Let's return to the village first. We'll discuss everything once we're back."
"All right." The man had no idea that Ōnoki was already under Uchiha Sora's control. He merely thought their Tsuchikage had suffered a devastating blow, so he asked no further questions.
Returning alive was already an incredible stroke of luck.
Meanwhile, after Uchiha Sora dealt with Ōnoki, only Hidan, Zetsu, and the other remnants of Akatsuki remained on his side of the battlefield.
Zetsu had already slipped underground and fled the moment Deva Path Pain was slain with a single sword strike.
Uchiha Sora had not bothered with him. After all, Zetsu alone could hardly stir up any trouble.
Only Hidan had kept shouting and fighting the Impure World Elites head-on. By now, he had been thoroughly subdued, bound hand and foot, and brought before Uchiha Sora.
"Let me go! Let me go right now! You bastard! If you've got the guts, let Lord Jashin punish you!" Hidan yelled wildly.
Uchiha Sora gave him an indifferent glance and said slowly, "You brainless fool. Do you want to die or live?"
His overwhelming presence gradually quieted Hidan, who raised his head to glare at Uchiha Sora.
Though impulsive, he was not stupid.
Even if his body could not die, now that he had fallen into Uchiha Sora's hands, the man surely had