Didaze did not want to let a member of the Hyuga Clan hold him up for half an hour. After all, if he were held up that long, the fighting on the other two fronts might already be over.
After all, from the quick glance Didaze had taken, Han had already transformed into Five-Tails Kokuō, and Kitsuchi had already used his ultimate move, the Mountain Earth Technique.
"Out of strength, are you?"
Didaze sneered, using five clones to keep a close watch on these twenty people's Rotation.
Originally, Rotation had mostly been used to block the Explosion Release Corps' attacks. But now, with Didaze's self-destructing clones waiting menacingly outside, they had no choice but to keep using Rotation.
Didaze simply watched with his self-destructing clones until someone finally ran out of stamina.
"Explode!"
At Didaze's command, a self-destructing clone exploded instantly, leaving nothing of the Hyuga Clan member who had just stopped.
The remaining Hyuga Clan members were terrified too, not daring to stop their Rotation at all.
Meanwhile, the Explosion Release Corps watched the Hyuga Clan members at their leisure, preventing them from launching a sneak attack on Didaze.
"Didaze, just how does your Explosion Release work? Teach me sometime!"
Kari, who had not trusted Didaze much before, walked up and grinned at him.
"Sure, big brother Kari. I'll teach you once the war is over!"
Didaze nodded. He had no objection, though Kari most likely would not be able to learn it.
In fact, it could be said that not a single member of the Explosion Release Corps could learn it. They were already used to close combat and could not fight at range at all.
It was like suddenly asking someone accustomed to hand-to-hand combat to compete in throwing. He might do a little better than someone who had never trained at all, but not by much.
"This one's out of strength!"
The members of the Explosion Release Corps stood before the Hyuga Clan members, watching their dying struggles.
"Explode!"
Just as Didaze's clone walked up to this Hyuga Clan member, he exhausted his stamina and collapsed to the ground.
Didaze's clone threw an arrow, blasting him straight into ash.
"No, we can't keep doing this. We have to fight back!"
A voice rang out from within a Rotation, loud enough for everyone in the Explosion Release Corps to hear clearly.
"Are they going to fight like cornered beasts?"
Didaze immediately went on full alert. The moment they stopped their Rotation, the explosions would come!
"Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
Almost simultaneously, everyone stopped their Rotation and charged toward Didaze, determination on every face!
They wanted to trade their lives for Didaze's. As long as they took this fellow down, Konoha would still have hope in its war against Iwagakure!
"Explode!"
Didaze made his clones and arrows self-destruct. Five clones and the remaining three arrows exploded simultaneously, sending up thick smoke.
"Did that finish them?"
Didaze looked into the smoke while hiding behind Kari.
"Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
The smoke cleared, leaving only two Hyuga Clan members with severe burns all over their bodies.
Clearly, they were the strongest among this group of Hyuga Clan members. They had survived entirely thanks to their formidable vitality.
Their breathing was weak, but their fighting spirit was astonishing. Even gravely wounded and dying, they still charged toward Didaze!
"Explosion Release: Bombardment Fist!"
Kari took his stance, keeping Didaze firmly protected behind him, and collided head-on with the two Hyuga Clan members!
The nearby members of the Explosion Release Corps came over as well. Explosions rang out from their fists, and these two Hyuga Clan members also died on the battlefield.
"I have to retreat first. My chakra is depleted."
Didaze waved a hand, indicating that he had nothing left and could not continue fighting.
"Didaze, I'll escort you out!"
Hearing what Didaze said, Kari immediately volunteered.
"Good. Kari, escort Didaze away. We'll reinforce the other battlefield!"
Gari nodded. He had now seen what Didaze could do. If it really became necessary, Kari would rather die himself than fail to protect Didaze.
Didaze's presence was in no way inferior to a Tailed Beast's. He was even stronger than a Tailed Beast!
Tailed Beasts did not have this kind of mobility.
"Then I'll head off first. Gari, you all have to lead Iwagakure to victory!"
Kari smiled at Gari as he spoke, and Gari nodded in return.
Then, under Gari's lead, every member of the Explosion Release Corps headed toward Iwagakure's regular battlefield!
Once the Explosion Release Corps joined the regular battlefield, the situation instantly took a tremendous turn for the better. The Explosion Release Corps swept through almost all the Konoha ninja!
What had been an evenly matched battle instantly became a one-sided slaughter.
"That explosive brat is far too much of a threat..."
Even Shimura Danzō, who was fighting Kitsuchi, looked grim.
He had not expected Didaze to defeat his troops so quickly, leaving Konoha's forces on the verge of total collapse.
On the lowest-level battlefield, only half the original number of Konoha ninja remained.
"All Konoha forces! Full retreat!!!"
Shimura Danzō could no longer hold back. He immediately issued the order to retreat.
He knew that if this continued, everyone on his side would probably be wiped out!
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Upon receiving Shimura Danzō's order, the Konoha ninja immediately began to flee.
And when Han saw that the Konoha ninja had moved noticeably farther from Iwagakure, he chose to take an attack from Orochimaru just to spit a Tailed Beast Bomb at them.
Under Han's Tailed Beast Bomb, another quarter of the Konoha ninja, whose numbers had already been halved, instantly evaporated.
"Damn it..."
Orochimaru's expression darkened. He had not expected Han to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb under his attacks. This undoubtedly left a black mark on his record.
"Manda, cover the people in the rear as they retreat!"
Orochimaru gave the order to Manda beneath his feet.
"I haven't even eaten anyone yet, and you're telling me to retreat?"
Manda looked at Orochimaru with displeasure.
"Hurry up and cover the people in the rear as they retreat. I'll personally catch sacrifices for you later!"
Orochimaru looked helpless, but there was nothing he could do except make Manda a promise.
Right now, he envied Jiraiya's and Tsunade's summoned beasts immensely.
Jiraiya's and Tsunade's summoned beasts never made such absurd demands. They simply carried out their masters' orders. Only his own summoned beast caused this sort of trouble every day.
Manda reluctantly twisted his body and retreated along with Konoha's main force.
He used his enormous body to form a barrier for the Konoha ninja. Although Iwagakure's Ninjutsu did hurt Manda when it struck him, the damage was not great.
Ordinary Ninjutsu generally did little against giant summoned beasts like him.
Manda even tried to eat a few corpses on the way out, but Orochimaru stopped him.
And so, the full-scale war between Konoha and Iwagakure ended in Konoha's defeat.
The ninja of Iwagakure all cheered, celebrating their hard-won victory!