"Phew~"
Above the battlefield, the sound of wind and waves could be heard; it was the sound of Chiyo leaving the battlefield.
On the ground battlefield, thousands of Konoha Ninja and hundreds of Sand Ninja exchanged wary glances and slowly retreated.
For a moment, the battlefield fell silent, save for the sound of numerous ninjas retreating and the shockwaves of the Valkyrie Puppet flying overhead.
Once the two sides of ninjas had completely separated from the battlefield, at the command of their respective commanders, all the ninjas put down their Kunai and turned to leave.
Led by Konoha Ninja at the forefront, the Orochimaru moved back in the direction they came from, while the Sunagakure abandoned their own base not far away and headed in another direction.
For a time, the two sides, who had been on opposite sides in this war, seemed to have a tacit understanding.
until...
Shin'un, who was at the very front of the group, estimated that there were about two hundred meters between the two groups and immediately turned to look at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru then looked at Shin'un and nodded expressionlessly.
Seeing Orochimaru nod, Shin'un smiled and quickly stretched out his hands to Hand Seals, while the large amount of Chakra he had prepared inside his body circulated rapidly.
"Smack!"
In the blink of an eye, Shin'un finished his almost phantom-like Hand Seals and clasped his hands together.
Then, Shin'un narrowed his eyes, and his aura suddenly changed. The terrifying Chakra fluctuations directly attracted the astonished gazes of countless Konoha Ninja around him.
Before they could react, countless blue-purple currents surged forth from Shin'un's clasped hands, forming an extremely solid ball of lightning in front of him.
Extending his right hand, Shin'un quickly turned around.
"Buzzing~"
The lightning orb, brimming with a massive amount of electric current, was dragged along by Shin'un's right hand, accompanied by a chilling buzzing sound as it moved.
Looking up, Shin'un saw the target of his attack: the Valkyrie Puppet floating in mid-air.
Shin'un was stunned. He saw the Valkyrie Puppet turn around as if by telepathy, raising its huge wind blade in its right hand, ready to throw it in his direction.
Upon seeing this, Shin'un immediately realized what Chiyo was thinking.
"What a heartless person!"
Cursing under his breath, Shin'un immediately activated the solidified ball of lightning floating in his right palm.
Lightning Release: Lightning Pillar!
With his palm aimed at the Valkyrie Puppet in the distance, the lightning sphere floating above it suddenly expanded, and a beam of lightning shot out from it.
A two-meter-thick pillar of lightning, radiating dazzling light and carrying the power to destroy everything, streaked across the sky, rapidly approaching the Valkyrie Puppet.
At the same time, the Valkyrie Puppet in the distance moved in perfect unison, hurling incredibly sharp wind blades toward the Konoha team.
With his eyes slightly narrowed, Shin'un focused his attention, his vision slowing down as he kept his eyes fixed on the long sword of wind rushing towards him from afar.
At a certain moment, Shin'un suddenly opened his eyes wide, accurately capturing the instant when the wind blade and the lightning beam intersected midway.
In that instant, Shin'un slightly altered the direction of the lightning beam, causing it to brush past the wind blade and successfully deflect its trajectory.
"Boom!!!"
"Waaaaah~~~"
The next moment, the pillar of lightning and the long blade of wind struck solidly, accompanied by a deafening roar of thunder and howling winds.
The only difference between the two was that the lightning beam struck the Valkyrie Puppet precisely on its upper abdomen, while the wind blade deviated from its original trajectory and hit the edge of the Konoha team.
As the sound subsided and the wind and waves disappeared, Orochimaru and Shin'un, who had been watching closely, immediately looked towards the spot where the wind-borne sword had landed.
As can be seen, on the side of the Konoha team, centered on the spot where the Wind Blade fell, the rocky ground within a radius of several tens of meters was about the height of an adult compared to other areas, fully demonstrating the terrifying power of the Wind Blade.
Fortunately, though.
Because Shin'un's lightning beam just barely missed the wind blade, causing it to deviate from its course, Konoha's casualties were not significant.
Only a dozen or so Konoha Ninja at the very edge of the group were unlucky enough to be caught in the sharp gust of wind that erupted the moment the wind blade landed, and were seriously injured.
Besides this, miraculously, no one died.
However, without timely treatment, these dozen or so seriously injured Konoha Ninja will soon die...
"Phew~"
Orochimaru exhaled and gestured to several Jonin nearby who could perform Medical Ninjutsu to rush to the Jonin to treat the patient.
Then, he looked at Shin'un, feeling a pang of emotion.
"Your reaction speed is as excellent as ever."
Sometimes I really want to see what the world looks like through your eyes.
Upon hearing this, Shin'un's lips twitched, and he immediately changed the subject.
"Let's check on the Valkyrie Puppet."
Orochimaru smiled and looked with Shin'un at the Valkyrie Puppet floating in mid-air in the distance.
A large hole appeared in the Valkyrie Puppet's abdomen, and countless grains of yellow sand poured out, gradually enveloping the Valkyrie Puppet and vaguely revealing the outline of a giant beast.
"It seems the seal on the One-Tail has been completely destroyed."
"Yes."
After standing there for a while, Orochimaru raised an eyebrow, turned around, and said:
"In that case, let's get out of here quickly. It would be bad if we got caught in the Tailed Beast's attack."
"Good."
Orochimaru turned and led his team away, leaving Shin'un standing there, quietly watching the Valkyrie Puppet still floating in the air in the distance.
He was curious about the Tailed Beast and wanted to see what the One-Tail Beast looked like before leaving.
Gazing into the distance at the Valkyrie Puppet, I watched as the yellow sand gushing from its abdomen gradually covered the entire puppet.
As you can see, Chiyo, inside the Valkyrie Puppet, is still struggling, re-condensing a long sword of wind in the Valkyrie Puppet's hand and constantly waving it at the surrounding yellow sand in an attempt to break free.
Unfortunately, as more and more of the One-Tail broke free from the seal, Chiyo's struggles to control the Valkyrie Puppet became increasingly futile.
After all, the Chakra that powers this puppet belongs to the One-Tail.
Time slowly passed, Valkyrie Puppet's struggles became increasingly powerless. Countless grains of sand seemed to transform into dozens of tentacles, binding her tightly.
"Ugh~~~"
The head of the One-Tail condensed first, and a strange roar immediately followed, signifying that the One-Tail's consciousness had completely escaped the seal and entered the outside world.
"Boom!!!"
As soon as it escaped the seal, even before its body had fully appeared, One-Tail eagerly condensed a huge condensed wind bullet in its mouth and blasted it towards the many Sunagakure who were in a state of panic below.
In the center of the One-Tail's forming body, the Valkyrie Puppet was trapped inside. Before the final puppet's head was covered by yellow sand, Chiyo saw the One-Tail continuously bombarding the Sand Ninja below with wind bullets.
Chiyo knew very well that among the hundreds of Sand Ninja present, she was the only one proficient in Sealing Jutsu, and she was currently trapped inside the One-Tail's body.
In this scenario, facing the One-Tail, the remaining hundreds of Sand Ninja would likely be nearly wiped out...
"That damned Lightning Release brat!"
Thinking of this, Chiyo gritted her teeth and, taking advantage of the fact that the Valkyrie Puppet had not yet lost its external vision, controlled it to turn its head to look at the Konoha team in the distance.
Soon, Chiyo spotted Hirakawa Shin'un looking in her direction in the mirror in front of her.
Seeing Shin'un smack his lips, seemingly engrossed in watching, Chiyo's eye twitched. She was about to control the Valkyrie Puppet to unleash a ranged attack on the Konoha team, but the One-Tail, now completely free, had already cut off the Valkyrie Puppet's Chakra supply...
At this moment, Chiyo trembled all over, finally unable to suppress her emotions, and a furious roar full of killing intent came from the Valkyrie Puppet, filling the entire battlefield.
" Hirakawa Shin'un!!!"