"What!"
Upon hearing the words of the sensory Jonin behind her, Chiyo's expression quickly darkened.
"They figured out I was coming here after all..."
Turning her head, Chiyo looked at the thousand Sand Ninja running behind her.
She knew that since Raikun had already guessed their actions and led his team to pursue them, the chances of this team successfully breaking through would be greatly reduced once they clashed with the Nara Shikahito troops ahead.
"It's alright, Raikun won't affect my leading the Sand Ninja forward for now." Chiyo turned her face to look ahead, silently pondering.
"However, the fact that that kid has already led his team here means that the two thousand men I left in the Land of Rain can successfully evacuate back to the Land of Wind, just as I planned."
"I hope so..."
With that thought in mind, Chiyo abandoned her random thoughts and looked seriously at the Konoha Ninja she was about to encounter.
"Ah!!!"
The two sides were less than 100 meters apart when shouts of battle began to rang out.
The next moment, the ninjas from Konoha and Sand Ninja suddenly clashed across a distance of a hundred meters, and thousands of ninjas face to face instantly unleashed the Ninjutsu they had secretly prepared.
Sharp blades, giant waves, wind blades, flames... a variety of attacks appeared on the battlefield at once, and hundreds of people were killed or wounded in an instant.
Chiyo, Chiyo had been charging at the forefront of the Sand Ninja team, reacted quickly, narrowly dodging the Konoha Ninja's Fire Style attack. She then swiftly reached into her ninja tool pouch at her waist and pulled out a large scroll.
"Disperse!"
Chiyo threw the scroll in her hand into the air in front of her, her Chakra surging as she formed hand Hand Seals.
" White Secret Technique: The Chikamatsu Ten Puppets!"
As Chakra was poured in, the scroll floating in front of Chiyo responded quickly, and as white smoke burst open, ten exquisitely crafted puppets of different appearances shot out from it.
After these ten puppets appeared, they approached the Konoha Ninja at a speed that was almost like leaving afterimages, controlled by Chiyo's Chakra Threads.
"Uh~"
"Ah!"
"..."
With Chiyo's strength, coupled with the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets left behind by the Second Kazekage, ordinary ninjas would be no match for these ten puppets.
In a short time, Chiyo had cleared the area in front of her, and all the Konoha Ninja in the area had been killed.
Her gaze swept quickly, Chiyo swiftly took in everything in front of her.
Using Chakra Threads to manipulate the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets advanced in a fan shape. At the same time, Chiyo gave an order to the surrounding Sand Ninja:
"Everyone, stop fighting."
"Seize the opportunity to create a breakthrough and quickly overcome the obstacles posed by the Konoha Ninja!"
As soon as Chiyo gave the order, the surrounding Sand Ninja immediately began to act on their own.
With Chiyo at the forefront as the tip of the blade, the numerous Sand Ninja Jonin, grouped together around the Jonin, did not linger in place and advanced in unison towards the Land of Wind.
"Boom!!!"
Just as Chiyo was leading the Sand Ninja forward, all the ninjas on the battlefield felt the solid ground beneath their feet suddenly tremble, followed by a deafening roar.
"That's Lord Kazekage's Iron Sand!"
A Sand Ninja in a corner of the battlefield was the first to react, pointing excitedly at several huge cubes floating in the air above the battlefield not far away.
Under the watchful eyes of numerous ninjas on the battlefield, one of the giant cubes slowly disintegrated into countless Iron Sand, floating in the air like a moving dark cloud.
A figure emerged from the giant cube that disintegrated in mid-air, with some Iron Sand floating down to his feet for him to stand on.
The Third Kazekage raised his right hand and slowly lowered it.
As the right hand fell, the huge cube that had been floating in mid-air beside it seemed to lose its support. Gravity, which had been absent for a long time, took effect, causing the heavy cube made of Iron Sand to crash heavily into an area densely populated with Konoha Ninja.
"Boom~"
The trembling ground beneath my feet and the familiar rumbling sound that echoed again revealed the source of the tremendous commotion.
"With the Third Hokage's Magnet Release, which is powerful enough to suppress Tailed Beast, the chances of breaking through this time are much greater."
On the other side of the battlefield, Chiyo was multitasking, controlling the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets to break through and advance, while watching the Third Kazekage floating in the sky with his hands behind his back.
However, just as Chiyo was thinking this, a sudden change occurred to the Third Kazekage in the distance.
A burst of white smoke was followed by an unsettling hiss of snakes echoing across the battlefield.
The giant summoning beast Manda, renowned Shinobi World, suddenly appeared near the Third Kazekage, while Orochimaru's aloof figure appeared above Manda's head at that moment.
" Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Orochimaru stretched out his hands, and countless snake heads surged out from his sleeves, roaring as they rushed straight toward the Third Kazekage who was suspended in mid-air.
"Snort!"
The Third Kazekage let out a cold snort, casually separating some of the Iron Sand beneath his feet and forming a wall of Iron Sand in front of him, preparing to block Orochimaru's attack.
Just then, a white-haired ninja wearing Konoha Anbu suddenly appeared, wielding a short sword and launching an attack simultaneously with Orochimaru. Several huge slashes emitting silver-white light appeared in the sky above the battlefield.
" White Fang?"
Upon seeing Konoha White Fang launch an attack before he could react, the Third Kazekage quickly realized that this was a coordinated attack by Orochimaru, an attempt to outmaneuver him.
With both hands outstretched, facing the combined attacks of White Fang and Orochimaru, the Third Kazekage began to take the situation seriously.
He mobilized all the surrounding Iron Sand, forming a thick iron wall in front of him.
"Boom!!"
The massive slash met the iron wall, leaving several alarmingly deep gashes, but ultimately failed to penetrate it.
"Hmph! This..."
Before he could finish speaking, the Third Kazekage, who was hovering in mid-air on Iron Sand, suddenly narrowed his eyes and discovered that another Konoha White Fang had appeared beneath him.
"Whoosh!"
In mid-air, Konoha White Fang brandished his short sword, unleashing a massive slash.
Fortunately, the Third Kazekage reacted in time, and the massive slash only dissipated the Iron Sand beneath his feet.
" Shadow Clone? It's attached to the body of Manda and jumped below me?"
In mid-air, the Third Kazekage, having lost his footing, thought for a moment. Before his body could fall due to gravity, he realized why the Konoha White Fang had suddenly appeared beneath him.
He glanced down.
Sure enough, the White Fang that were originally in mid-air had disappeared, leaving only wisps of white smoke dissipating in the wind.
Seeing this, the Third Kazekage, who was just beginning to fall in mid-air, narrowed his eyes and prepared to counterattack by summoning Iron Sand.
Suddenly, darkness fell overhead.
The Third Kazekage glanced over and saw another Orochimaru appear above his head.
" Magnet Release: Iron Sand Hand!"
" Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
The two attacks hit each other simultaneously, but the results were different.
Although Orochimaru was pierced by the Third Kazekage's sharp spear made of highly compressed Iron Sand, his figure exploded into white smoke and disappeared in the next moment.
Orochimaru then transformed several giant snakes that emerged from his sleeves into whips, unleashing a tremendous force upon the Third Kazekage, who was suspended in mid-air, causing him to plummet rapidly towards the ground.
By the time the Third Kazekage recovered from the force of the giant snake's whip, he had already fallen close to the ground.
Orochimaru and Konoha White Fang also jumped off Manda, heading straight for the falling Third Kazekage.
At that moment, dozens of Konoha Anbu appeared Body Flicker Technique from all corners of the battlefield, forming a large circle around the falling Third Kazekage, Orochimaru, and Konoha White Fang, and quickly Hand Seals.
"Barrier - Crimson Sun Array!"