"Your Majesty!"
Takumi was strangled by Heiji Hyuga like a chicken, staring at him as if he were a castrated chicken, unable to say a word.
The guards around Takumi were silently eliminated, and four figures appeared like ghosts.
"Cut!"
Hela, who was airborne, looked at Lord Gen holding the sword, fear in her eyes, and a small gap appeared on the sharp sword of her wing.
"Damn!"
Glancing angrily at the four of them, Hela had no choice but to fly towards Troy's camp.
"Oh? Am I allowing you to leave?"
Lord Gen looked indifferently at the sky where Hela was, the sword in his hand radiating a fierce wind attribute chakra, instantly forming a large cyan sword.
"Be careful!"
Troy shouted urgently, and a colossal slash that seemed to connect heaven and earth was launched.
"What?!"
Hela only had time to turn around and scream, blood flowers exploded in the sky, falling like a bird with broken wings.
"Hela!"
Jace and Bart caught Hela, who was covered in blood. A grievous wound stretched from her chest to her waist and abdomen, even half of her wings were torn off, and they quickly reverted her to her original human form.
"Cough, cough!"
Hela coughed up a mouthful of blood. She was not done in by this kind of attack and injury.
"Unbelievable, that female warrior is still alive, what formidable vitality!"
Heiji Hyuga was surprised. In his field of vision, Jace hurriedly retrieved a Gelel Stone, and a thread of energy like gas permeated Hela's body, causing the wound to start wriggling wildly.
Jace injected her with a red potion without hesitation, and Hela gradually stabilized.
"This is quite interesting. The mineral vein's power intrigues me, and Lord Tobirama must be quite interested as well!" Lord Gen chuckled lightly, not caring about the ongoing events.
"Hmph, how can there be such a powerful ninja? Isn't this different from what we agreed on?"
Malza watched the four Anbu cautiously, unsure whether to retreat or not. They were also ninjas, and they could sense Lord Gen's power even more.
"Release His Majesty Takumi!"
All the soldiers gazed at the kidnapped king and lunged toward him. They were momentarily confused, but the irritable Ryusen Ichiro could no longer hold back and rushed forward with a sword.
"Come back!" Rudolph shouted desperately from a distance, but the Aburame Anbu codenamed, Beetle, had already taken action.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Countless tiny, repulsive beetles swarmed out, creating clouds like a plague covering the sky behind the four Anbu, as if an ominous plague had begun to engulf the land.
"Go, ninjas release a swarm of vile insects!"
Countless bugs clung to Ryusen Ichiro like a massive hand, and he swung his sword forcefully.
The sword slashed, and insect corpses were strewn about. Yet his skills were far from being impervious to harm. More and more insects converged on him. After a sharp cry, Ryusen fell to the ground, consumed to a withered corpse.
"Damn, you cursed ninjas, embrace your doom!"
Rudolph's eyes nearly bulged out, an unyielding aura radiating from him. He used wind-like footwork to close the gap, approaching Lord Gen instantly, and a chilling glint of light aimed at his head.
"As a samurai, you've reached quite an extent in your strength. Impressive, but unfortunately, this is where your journey ends."
Lord Gen looked calmly at the sword's edge that was dangerously close, tightening his grip on the sword's hilt. "Let my sword send you on your way."
"Now's the time!"
In the distance, Takeshi roared, a sinister smile on his face. Not far away, Takahiro, previously dazed, suddenly felt the mind and body restraints within him triggered, as if an electric shock had awoken him. With an expression devoid of emotion, he dashed toward the group, countless explosive tags adorning his body.
"What?!"
Heiji Hyuga, who had been standing beside Lord Gen as if unaffected, suddenly turned with surprise. Lord Gen seemed to have noticed it too, and the sword in his hand suddenly lost some of its power.
"Boom—!!"
A thunderous explosion erupted, stones flying, and an immense cloud of smoke enveloped the area. The soldiers nearby were thrown back by the impact, their heavy armour making them tumble like overturned gourds.
"Can you continue now? Don't forget the price we agreed upon."
Troy stared coldly at the smoky area, suspecting that his unfortunate brother was dead.
"...As you wish!"
The Sand Ninja Malza pondered for a moment and finally burst into laughter. He led the charge of the ninja from one of the Five Great Nations, with his three Chunin subordinates.
"Hahaha, it seems things have gotten completely chaotic. These Sand Ninjas are rather simple."
Takeshi sneered, and even Orochimaru, who appeared like smoke, regarded the situation with utmost seriousness.
"Those four Anbu are at most slightly injured. Gen-sama will be perfectly fine!"
The two observed from the shadows, and the clone controlling Takahiro had already dispersed on its own.
The four Sand Ninjas surged toward the location of the Anbu. Troy's bolstered soldiers wielded heavy weapons and pressed forward. At this point, Takumi's army was without leadership and in disarray.
Yet, at this moment, an enormous vortex materialized from the dust and smoke, resembling a vacuum cleaner sucking and tearing through the shield in front. From the resulting crater emerged a massive blue mask.
"Eight Trigrams : Return to Past"
Heiji Hyuga, in a relatively compromised state, halted the flow of chakra. He appeared somewhat dishevelled—his black robe torn, his mask shattered—revealing pale eyes with pronounced blue veins.
"Hu-hu-"
Gentle Fist, fully unleashed, thwarted Takahiro's suicidal assault in seconds. Heiji Hyuga blocked the attack with his own strength, creating a massive circular pit reminiscent of an axe's sword around him. The four Sand Ninjas wore smug grins.
Only he and two others remained unscathed; Rudolph was thrown aside and lay prone on the ground, his fate uncertain.
"What? That's... Gentle Fist.... Hyuga clan of Konoha?"
Hyuga's taijutsu was renowned throughout the ninja world, bearing distinctive characteristics. Malza's forehead broke into cold sweat as he instinctively sensed danger.
"You're from Konoha?"
"Are you trying to deceive me? I didn't expect to have other ninjas invited here. I've been careless."
Astonishing chakra fluctuations emanated from Lord Gen, and small cyan winds circled him. He slowly lifted off the ground, defying gravity.
"Wait! There's a misunderstanding!"
Malza and the three Chunin felt immense pressure. This was the fluctuation of chakra typical of a kage-level ninja. They were trapped.
"Gentle Fist : Eight Trigrams One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms!"
Heiji Hyuga unleashed innumerable palm strikes, numbing the reinforced soldiers that rushed from every direction. Not one could take a step further than the trembling threshold.
"Perish! Wind Release: Great Jade Gale!"
Lord Gen ascended, a blue cyclone enveloping him. Countless concentrated winds surged toward the four Sand Ninjas, growing as they advanced, coalescing into a blue slash that blotted out the sky.
"Damn it! Retreat!"
Facing the furious assault of the kage-level powerhouse, Malza's spirit wavered. He led his three subordinates, dodging with all their might.
"It won't be that easy. Secret Jutsu : Mind Body Disturbance Technique!"
Ryosuke Yamanaka glared icily, a powerful, imperceptible spiritual wave divided into three and intruded into the mental worlds of the three Chunin Sand Ninjas.
"What? Not good! My body!"
The three Sand Ninjas suddenly felt their bodies lose control for a heartbeat, staggering as if their feet had been pulled out from under them. The overwhelming wind swords swallowed them.
"Boom!"
The earth appeared to be slashed by a thousand swords, bearing innumerable incisions. All the Chunin, except for Malza, were sliced to pieces.
"Damn it, Konoha scum, wait for me! I'll make you pay with your life in the future!"
Malza fled without looking back, his fury now aimed at Troy.
"Think you can escape?"
Lord Gen regarded Malza's escape with indifference, as though he were gazing at a dead man. A vicious cyclone of wind swords formed in his hands, and he shot toward the fleeing Sand Ninja like a shooting star.
"I didn't anticipate Mr. Gen of the Anbu joining the fray. It seems the situation has changed in ways I'm unaware of—more complicated than I thought."
Takeshi and Orochimaru abruptly turned and disappeared into the mines.
Naturally, Malza's speed on the ground was no match for that of the flying enemy. Ultimately, he gritted his teeth, turned around, and launched a life-or-death attack.
"Perish! Wind Release : Wind sword!"
Concentrated chakra gathered around Malza's fist, forming a sword-like sword that thrust toward the airborne Lord Gen. In response, Lord Gen released a wind of destruction from his hand.
"Wind Release, True Secret Technique, Wind of Destruction!"
The wind transformed into a colossal cyclone composed of countless minute wind swords, engulfing Malza. In moments, the cyclone violently dispersed.
"No—!!"
Countless tiny wind swords scoured Malza's body, their sound like cracking. His sand armour was torn asunder. In a last desperate bid, Malza resembled paper entering a shredder, torn to bits before vanishing into the wind.
With the might of a kage-level powerhouse unleashed, all the Sand Ninjas fell.
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