What he had failed to do after dozens of attempts, Xuan Zhe had done in one?
The Cloud Ninja and Iwa Shinobi around them were badly shaken, too.
The Strongest Shield and the Strongest Spear had both been broken.
Were they... dreaming?
"No, the Raikage is the one who should really surprise us."
Just then, the older girl Rin Nohara arrived with Konoha's main force. Seeing the scene, she drew a deep breath and spoke in astonishment.
Mei Terumi nodded in agreement beside her:
"Yes, what's surprising is that the Third Raikage took that slash from Lord Xuan Zhe without even losing his fingers. He really does deserve to be called the strongest Raikage."
Minato Namikaze and the others stared at the two girls in disbelief.
Were they being sarcastic?
But if Minato Namikaze and the others had seen the battle where Xuan Zhe killed the "Third Mizukage," they probably would have thought the same thing.
The atmosphere on the battlefield abruptly grew tense.
Xuan Zhe glanced at Ryūjin Jakka in his hand. Flames churned along its blade, waves of heat washing over his face. He knew perfectly well that this sword in his hands was nothing like it was in Old Man Yamamoto's. Just as both used Wood Release, could Yamato possibly compare to Hashirama? One had trained for thousands of years, the other only decades. The gap was plain to see.
"The Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage-I want them alive."
Xuan Zhe's voice was quiet, yet it reached everyone's ears with perfect clarity.
Konoha's forces were few, numbering fewer than three thousand even with everyone counted. Iwagakure alone had ten thousand on the other side, plus Kumogakure's troops. Any way you looked at it, this should have been a crushing defeat. But when it came down to