"Kill!"
"Damn you, Jiraiya, don't you dare run!!!"
The next moment, Yagura roared again as he charged towards Jiraiya, engaging his opponent in combat once more.
As for the other Kirigakure's Ninjas locked in bitter combat, upon hearing Sora's name, the light in their eyes instantly became fiery hot.
"Sora-sama!"
"Sora-sama!"
"Sora-sama!"
Within each pair of fanatical eyes lay an unreserved trust in Sora, a belief that even if the situation deteriorated to the extreme, as long as Sora made a move, ultimate victory would still belong to Kirigakure.
This powerful belief originated from the world-shocking Tenfu Gorge campaign, and from that seemingly invincible figure capable of suppressing all creation.
Genin, Chunin, Jonin...
Yagura, Mei, Ao...
Every Kirigakure's Ninja on the battlefield was waiting for Sora's arrival.
They didn't even need Sora to physically arrive on the battlefield, and just the constant mention of his name was enough to make Kirigakure's morale swell at a visible rate.
Yuki Sora!
This was the incredible power contained within a simple name!!!
Of course, powerful spiritual strength couldn't change everything, such as the currently routed state of Kirigakure's battle situation.
Boom!
Boom!
Several explosions shot into the sky.
It was the Uchiha Ninjas again, using Great Fireballs to clear the path.
The suddenly exploding Fire Release unleashed extremely powerful force.
A few Kirigakure's Ninjas, unable to dodge in time, were directly swept into the flames.
Some had their legs blown off directly, while others were turned directly into charred corpses.
"Uchiha!"
"Damn Uchiha again!"
"Brothers, kill them! We absolutely cannot let the Uchiha look down on the power of our Kirigakure!"
"Charge!"
The surrounding Kirigakure's Ninjas, seeing their comrades' tragic state, also roared with faces full of fury.
At this moment, the Uchiha Ninjas, having broken the Kirigakure's formation again, ignored the surrounding Kirigakure's Ninjas and instead split off over a dozen Three-Tomoe elites, charging wildly towards the battlefield where Yagura and Jiraiya fought.
Decapitation!
Capture the leader first to capture the cannon fodders!
Clearly, the Uchiha's judgment was to first concentrate their superior force to take out Kirigakure's strongest commander, Yagura!!!
"Yagura-senpai!"
Mei cried out in alarm. She had clearly noticed the Uchiha Ninjas' target and immediately shook off the Konoha's Ninjas pestering her, rushing to support Yagura.
She could read the battlefield situation.
She knew that if something happened to Yagura, Kirigakure would likely collapse directly before Sora even arrived.
"Jiraiya..."
"And the Uchiha!!!"
Yagura also keenly perceived the changes on the battlefield and immediately hissed through gritted teeth: "Damn Uchiha! One day I will exterminate your clan and all your disgusting Sharingan!!!"
In the midst of his angry roar, the copy Jiraiya produced by the Water Mirror Technique withdrew back to Yagura's side.
As its hands formed seals, it prepared to cover the attacking Uchiha with Fire Release.
Seeing this, Jiraiya couldn't help but frown, 'This Water Mirror copy was truly excessively troublesome.'
To guard against Sora, he couldn't consume too much Chakra, leaving him somewhat helpless against the copy for the moment.
However,
Just at this moment,
A sudden change occurred on the field.
Screech!
The sound of metal clashing.
Suddenly, a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai pierced the ground near the copy Jiraiya's feet.
"Huh?"
Just as Jiraiya was stunned, a golden light suddenly leaped onto the battlefield.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
A stream of air rotated rapidly in his palm, instantly forming a sapphire blue Chakra Sphere.
Then, threads of flame ignited on that sphere, quickly dyeing its color the crimson red of fire.
Humming.
Scorching.
The high-speed rotating flames instantly shattered on the copy Jiraiya's body.
Boom!
Blazing flames instantly erupted, stirring up an extremely terrifying explosive shockwave that swept out in all directions.
A moment later, when the flames gradually died down and the dust settled, Minato had already appeared on the battlefield. At his feet was a puddle of steaming water, the former existence of the copy Jiraiya.
"Mi, Minato?"
Not to mention the Kirigakure;s Ninjas, even Jiraiya was dumbfounded.
He widened his eyes, an expression of disbelief on his face: "You... you added Nature Transformation to the Rasengan!?? When did you complete this technique???"
Jiraiya looked at the crimson flames that hadn't yet burned out on the ground, feeling the scalding air that still assailed his face. He was completely stunned.
Just now, he had also tried attacking the copy with the Rasengan, but the effect was only so-so, not causing significant damage.
But Minato, making his entrance, instantly annihilated the Water Mirror copy with a Rasengan infused with Fire Nature Transformation. This level of power truly left Jiraiya inexplicably shocked.
"Probably..."
"Three days ago?"
A sunny smile appeared on Minato's face as he said brightly: "I named this move, Heavenly Flame Rasengan: Multi-Scenery Blazing Dance Type One. How is it, Jiraiya-sensei? The power of this technique is quite good, right?"
"Heavenly Flame what? Type One of what?"
Jiraiya looked utterly confused. He had clearly only heard the beginning and end of that long name.
"In any case..."
"This is a quite dangerous technique!"
Minato then turned to face Yagura, who was as if facing a great enemy. His expression was solemn as he said: "My fighting style is different from Jiraiya-sensei's. If you're not careful, I could kill you instantly, Kirigakure's..."
"Yagura!"
At this moment, Minato's appearance instantly made the already dominant Konoha's Ninjas' morale greatly boosted.
It even caused many Kirigakure's Ninjas' faces to show traces of despair.
Of course, this did not include Yagura.
Yagura, who was being called out and mocked by Minato, was so angry that he roared: "Namikaze Minato, don't look down on me!!!"
"Kill me instantly? Who do you think you are? Sora!?"
Hearing this, Minato didn't answer. His figure simply vanished from the spot again.
Whoosh!
A flash of light!
Yagura suddenly discovered, to his surprise, that Minato wasn't attacking him, but rather...
Looking up,
A golden light suddenly leaped in front of Mei, who was anxiously rushing to support him.
"This strike..."
"Is collecting the debt for Kushina!"
Abruptly, the kunai in Minato's hand thrust towards Mei's heart.
"Huh!??"
In an instant, Mei was utterly terrified.
She never imagined that Konoha's Yellow Flash would suddenly teleport right in front of her.
She wanted to dodge.
But it was already too late to react.
Mei only felt a piercing cold gleam assailing her, making her soul nearly leave her body in fear.
Her almond-shaped eyes were filled with terror and horror.
'It's over!'
'I'm dead!'
Mei's eyes showed despair. She was fundamentally a squishy Ninja of the long-range DPS type.
Meeting a high-speed assassin like Minato in close quarters meant she could only stay still and be beaten, with no chance to fight back at all.
'It seemed like I haven't confessed yet!'
'I haven't had time to be with Sora yet!'
In the final moment facing death, many feelings of unwillingness suddenly rose in Mei's heart.
Yes!
To die so suddenly!
There were so many things she still wanted to do, so many people she wanted to love!
So unfortunate...
For life to end so abruptly here.
In her daze, an ashen, defeated look appeared on Mei's pretty face.
Whoosh!
The stirring sound of splitting air rang.
The next moment,
Just as the specially made Flying Thunder God kunai was about to pierce through Mei's chest, a slender finger suddenly appeared, as if effortlessly tapping on the kunai's sharp gleam.