If the Raikage had not been shielding him, that kick alone would have killed him.
Zhou Cheng was like a tiger among sheep as he darted through the dozens of shinobi.
Yet none of them even managed to touch the hem of his clothes.
Instead, he killed quite a few of them.
Almost every kill took a single blow.
These shinobi were all chunin or jonin.
Only Darui and his two companions had reached the level of elite jonin.
Zhou Cheng cleaved apart a short blade descending toward him.
He started hurling insults, intent on rattling them.
"Your Raikage only sent this bunch of rejects?"
"Did he get his head caught in a door?"
"You thought a bunch of jonin could invade Konoha? You underestimate Konoha far too much!"
"You shouldn't have bet everything on Danzo."
"He can't even save himself anymore, let alone cooperate with you!"
"Get lost while I still have some patience!"
"Otherwise, Kumogakure is going to suffer some serious losses!"
"I wonder how the Raikage will feel when he loses all of you?"
The uglier Zhou Cheng's insults grew, the more anger showed on the Kumogakure shinobi's faces.
They wanted nothing more than to cut him into a thousand pieces.
But they lacked the strength and could only rage helplessly.
Darui, Samui, and Mabui waved for the Kumogakure shinobi to stop.
They could not keep fighting.
If they did, their entire force would be wiped out.
They had not come to occupy Konoha in the first place.
They were only after the benefits Danzo had promised them.
That was why they had sent only a small force of just over a hundred.
They had not brought any top-tier fighters, either.
They never expected a single man to stop them.
He had brought their force to a