Boom!
As Gen'yō stomped down, the ground within a hundred meters instantly cracked. The One-Tail Shukaku, already fragmented from dismemberment, had no time to reassemble itself using the properties of sand before being pressed firmly into the depths of the earth by an even more violent gravity.
"Cough cough... Pfft!"
Rasa lay prone in the sand pile a few meters away. As the Kazekage, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?
His expensive Kazekage outfit was now tattered and worn, and he had at least four broken ribs. What devastated him most was that he discovered his prized Magnet Release Chakra was rapidly draining away.
It wasn't depletion, but rather that it was forcibly sucked away by something terrifying.
"You... you're absorbing my Chakra?"
Rasa raised his head, his eyes filled with terror.
Gen'yō glanced down at him, his expression indifferent. He made a gesture with his right hand, and strands of golden Chakra mixed with Gold Dust seeped out from Rasa's body, gathering at Gen'yō's fingertips.
"This is interest."
Gen'yō stepped on Shukaku's head, his tone calm, "You used such a large amount of gold dust, dirtying my streets, frightening my people, and even disrupting the children's lessons. Rasa, how much do you think your life is worth?"
"I am the Kazekage! I am the pillar of the Land of Wind!" Rasa roared, struggling to stand up.
" Kazekage?" Gen'yō, as if he had heard a funny joke.
He raised his hand and slapped her across the face.
Snap!
A crisp sound echoed across the silent battlefield.
Rasa was sent flying more than ten meters away, rolling several times on the sand before coming to a stop. His face, which had been cold but still somewhat dignified, was instantly swollen like a steamed bun.
"You hit me?! How dare you humiliate a mere Shadow?!" Rasa went mad. He was Rasa! The man who carried the entire Land of Wind on his shoulders!
"That's exactly what I'm going to do."
Gen'yō teleported in front of him again, raised his foot, and stepped on Rasa's hand, which was covered in gold rings.
"In my eyes, you're no different from that small fry named Raiga. No, you're far worse than him. At least that guy admitted he was a dog, while you want to act like the master."
Meanwhile, the battle nearby was also nearing its end.
Pakura was covered in wounds, kneeling on one knee, panting heavily. Her proud figure was covered with fine cuts, left by Shisui's short sword. Shisui stood in front of her, his eyes cold, and even his breathing was steady.
Chiyo fared even worse. Her precious ten puppets had turned into a pile of rotten wood on the ground. Obito, that unreasonable guy, relying on his ability to Intangibility, charged directly into the center of the puppet array and used " Wood Release Splinter Technique" to string all of the old lady's puppets together like candied hawthorns.
" Lord Kazekage..." Chiyo looked at the man being trampled under Gen'yō's feet, her eyes filled with death.
Sunagakure has lost completely.
They suffered a crushing defeat.
Fifty elite soldiers couldn't even get a single Uchiha clansman's corpse in exchange.
" Lord Gen'yō, are we also going to sell these Sunagakure Village people to Ōnoki?" Obito Earth Flow, looking at Pakura and Chiyo with a smirk.
"No." Gen'yō shook his head, his gaze fixed intently on the Rasa beneath his feet.
" The Land of Wind may be poor, but its land is vast. Rasa, do you want to die, or do you want to live?"
Rasa gritted his teeth, staring intently at Gen'yō: "You want me to betray the village? Dream on!"
"Betrayal? You overestimate yourself."
Gen'yō snorted coldly, and a mental pressure crashed into Rasa's sea of consciousness like Mount Tai.
"What I want you to do is very simple. Hand over your two children, and all the Scroll of Seals in your village."
"No! This is impossible!" Although Rasa was greedy, he knew what it meant.
"Impossible?"
Gen'yō a cold laugh, glancing at the still struggling One-Tail Shukaku.
"Then I'll completely refine this raccoon in front of you."
After saying that, Gen'yō suddenly grabbed with his right hand, and the spatial power of the Eye of God instantly transformed into a huge purple furnace. Shukaku let out a shrill howl, and its huge body began to shrink rapidly as its energy was forcibly stripped away.
"Stop! Stop it!" Shukaku cried out frantically, " Rasa! Save me! This man is going to drain my life force!"
Tailed Beast are products of heaven and earth; even if they die, they will be reborn. But at this moment, Shukaku could sense that if it entered that purple furnace, it might never return.
That man is really trying to erase it from the cosmic level!
"Please... please... stop."
As Rasa watched Shukaku's increasingly frail figure, he seemed to have aged thirty years in an instant.
He knew that if Shukaku was lost, Sunagakure would be completely finished. Without the threat of the Tailed Beast, the surrounding great powers would tear Sunagakure apart like sharks smelling blood.
"Trying to beg for mercy?" Gen'yō stopped what he was doing, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
"Have you thought about the price?"
Rasa trembled, lowering his proud Kazekage head, his voice barely a whisper, "As long as... as long as you don't kill me, don't destroy Shukaku... I'll agree to any condition."
The Uchiha clan members in the distance, witnessing this scene, erupted in a thunderous cheer.
The mighty Fourth Kazekage was reduced to an ant beneath Lord Gen'yō's feet!
Akahoshi stood atop the castle tower, gazing at the towering man with a complex expression. She suddenly realized that her husband was no longer just the leader of the Uchiha.
He is rewriting the rules of survival in the Shinobi World.
" Obito, prepare a list. Since Rasa likes to 'borrow,' let's make him 'repay' properly."
With Gen'yō transformed the spatial furnace into a shackle, sealing Shukaku tightly within a tiny sphere, which he then tossed to Shisui.
"Lock it up for now. We'll consider returning it to the rat once the ransom from the Land of Wind arrives."
Rasa watched as Shukaku was taken away, his heart breaking.
But before he could even grieve, he heard Gen'yō's next words, which plunged him into an icy abyss.
"Don't think this is over. Rasa, tell me, what conditions did Danzo give you that made you dare to touch my holy land?"
Gen'yō crouched down and patted Rasa's swollen face, his tone tinged with a bloodthirsty excitement.
"If you can't explain it clearly, then I'll have to go to Konoha myself and ask that old man. And while I'm at it, bring your head as a gift."