Unlike Rasa's relief, Kōki felt somewhat disappointed. He felt that he had seized the opportunity very precisely, but in the end, he still failed to defeat Rasa.
As for why he didn't target the larger Shukaku, it was because Kōki felt that Rasa posed a greater threat to him than Shukaku.
Don't be fooled by Rasa's inconspicuous performance during the earlier attack; the fact that he was hit by the Tailed Beast Bomb was entirely thanks to Rasa. If it weren't for Rasa's intervention, he would have run far away long ago instead of staying in place to use defensive Ninjutsu to defend himself.
Moreover, Kōki had always remembered a famous saying from his previous life, "Kill the support first in a team fight." This wise saying was deeply ingrained in Kōki's soul.
Since one's own combat strength is not yet sufficient to ignore support abilities, it is only natural to target Rasa.
However, his actions gave Shukaku was by Rasa's side, an opportunity.
Upon seeing Kōki suddenly appear beside him, he immediately raised his foot and kicked, intending to crush Kōki.
In an instant, a gigantic foot descended upon Kōki, blotting out the sky. But the moment Shukaku stomped down, it regretted it, realizing it couldn't get close to Kōki.
As expected, Kōki was not surprised by this attack but laughed instead, inwardly thinking, "Thanks to the top-ranked Shukaku, for delivering this package."
Faced with the generous gift from Shukaku, Kōki didn't hesitate and immediately used Wood Release. Countless trees densely attacked Shukaku.
Immediately, under the attack of Wood Release, Shukaku was once again in trouble.
Meanwhile, Rasa, who had dodged Kōki's attack, saw Shukaku captured again by Kōki's Wood Release and cursed inwardly, "As expected, a beast is a beast, it has no brains at all."
Rasa was also exasperated by Shukaku's stupidity. He truly didn't expect Shukaku to be so brainless, knowing full well that Wood Release was a counter to him, yet still thinking of using close-range attacks. What a complete idiot.
After trapping Shukaku, Kōki found himself handling the attack from Rasa alone with ease, and even put pressure on Rasa in return.
On the other side of the battlefield between Orochimaru and Ebizo, Orochimaru felt more and more uneasy as the fight progressed.
Ebizo felt really strange to him. Apart from his feigned and harmless attacks, he just kept dodging, dodging, and dodging. He didn't seem to have any intention of defeating him or supporting Rasa's side.
But what exactly is wrong?
Orochimaru thought to himself, while his eyes darted around, observing everything.
Unfortunately, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see anything wrong. The Konoha troops below had the advantage, and his own side wasn't far behind either.
Kōki, on the other hand, is even more outstanding and has already begun to dominate Rasa.
The situation was so favorable that he couldn't believe the Sunagakure would be so ineffective in this final battle.
Have the people of Sunagakure really given up and are preparing to retreat to the Land of Wind?
Just as Orochimaru was thinking this, Kōki also began to sense that something was wrong. He noticed that the people of Sunagakure were consciously moving away from the battlefield between him and Rasa.
He initially thought it was because of his and Rasa's large attack range that they had to avoid their battle area, but later he discovered that some of the Sunagakure were not even within Rasa's and his battle range, yet they still managed to keep their distance.
This strange situation made Kōki realize that the Sunagakure people seemed to be planning something, so he became more and more careful and kept a constant watchful eye on his surroundings.
Soon, most of the Sunagakure around Kōki and Rasa had fled, leaving only a few Sunagakure who seemed to have not yet had time to retreat.
Orochimaru also noticed what was happening on Kōki's side. At first, he thought it was just a normal evacuation, just like Kōki. However, he discovered that the last few Sunagakure survivors were all well-known and skilled fighters from the Sunagakure, which was clearly not right.
Just as Orochimaru was about to warn Kōki, his opponent Ebizo suddenly stopped fighting him and rushed towards Kōki at a speed that Orochimaru couldn't even react to.
His opponents now consisted of the Chikamatsu Three controlled the puppets.
Moreover, the puppets controlled by these three puppeteers were the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, which had already been damaged earlier. This caused a flash of surprise in Orochimaru's eyes, but after seeing the commotion on Kōki's side, his expression changed from surprise to shock.
" Sandstorm Dharma Realm "
A square sandstorm barrier appeared on Rasa battlefield Kōki Kōki Rasa, surrounding them inside.
To Orochimaru's surprise, Chiyo, whom he had always thought wouldn't appear on the battlefield, was actually there, with another group of Chikamatsu Ten Puppets behind her. No, not only Chiyo, but even Ebizo, who had previously been entangled with him, appeared inside the barrier.
Uehara Rasa and Shukaku were already inside, there are a total of four Kage Level enemy ninjas inside the barrier.
This situation made Orochimaru realize instantly that Sunagakure's true target was Yuki, who had awakened Wood Release Kōki!
Orochimaru suddenly realized why Ebizo had seemed so strange to him earlier; he was actually saving his strength to deal with Kōki.
But it's too late to understand now. Just thinking about how Kōki has to face four powerful Kage Level fighters alone, and one of them is even a Tailed Beast, is unbearable.
Orochimaru didn't have much hope for Kōki's safety.
What does it mean to have four Kage Level powerhouses? Such a combination could easily attack an entire ninja village and still escape unscathed.
Even someone with his exceptional survival skills wouldn't dare say he could escape alive against such a combination.
Therefore, he had already Kōki to death in his heart. The only suspense was how long Kōki could hold out and whether he could take one of them down from the siege of four Kage Level.
All he could do was try to get rid of the obstacles in front of him as quickly as possible and see if there was any chance to help Kōki, although Orochimaru thought the probability was very small.
For a moment, Orochimaru couldn't help but sigh, realizing how unpredictable and fragile life truly is.
Kōki, who was supposed to write his own legend in the Shinobi World, could only die young, making people sigh at the impermanence of life. It also further fueled Orochimaru's desire for immortality.
The Konoha Ninja below also felt sorry for Kōki's fate.
Four Kage Level powerhouses—just thinking about such a lineup is enough to induce despair. Unless Hashirama Senju were resurrected, no one could confidently survive in such a lineup.
However, even though most people felt despair about Kōki's situation, there were still people who had faith in Kōki.
These people were none other than Nara Yūsuke and others who had teamed up with Kōki.
They still believed in Kōki, thinking that Kōki was the child of miracles and would surely escape danger.
Kōki was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Sunagakure to be so unethical, having to send three Kage Level shinobi and a Tailed Beast to deal with someone as young as him.
Utterly shameless!!!