The people of Sunagakure surged forward like a tide, rapidly pressing toward the Leaf ninja.
The Leaf side reacted quickly and formed a sturdy circular defensive formation.
Standing at the very front were the Uchiha clan, who excelled at throwing ninja tools.
Their hand movements were swift as they continuously hurled huge numbers of shuriken and kunai.
Those shuriken and kunai flew toward the Sand forces like a torrential downpour, so dense that it was shocking.
It was worth mentioning that due to the Uchiha clan's long history of training and research into throwing techniques,
they clearly held an advantage in range over the Sand ninja.
Therefore, before the Sand forces even entered their effective attack distance, dozens of Sand ninja were already screaming and collapsing to the ground.
According to the pre-established strategy, reaching one third of the total throwing amount meant each Uchiha member needed to calculate their own tool count and throw exactly one third of all they carried.
Even though the Sand side had many large puppets acting as shields, facing such a fierce and dense barrage, their advance had no choice but to halt.
At this moment, Rengoku, who had been hiding within the Sand forces while controlling the Demon Lantern, suddenly dropped rapidly from the sky and landed steadily, returning to human form.
Clearly, Sunagakure's tactical intention was obvious.
They had observed that the Leaf side seemed to have only Rengoku as a true powerhouse, and on top of that the Leaf forces were fewer in number.
So they planned to use part of their forces to pin Rengoku down tightly, creating opportunities for the rest to kill as many ordinary Leaf ninja as possible.
However, Rengoku had dared to charge alone into the Sand forces. How could he possibly be unprepared?
He naturally had full confidence in his ability to deal with this seemingly dangerous situation.
The moment he reverted to human form, countless puppets surged toward him like a raging tide.
They held various throwing tools in their hands, launching them like a storm toward him.
But Rengoku showed no fear. His Mangekyo Sharingan spun rapidly, and a powerful surge of chakra and eye power erupted.
With a burst of black light, a massive Susanoo rose abruptly from the ground.
At first it was only a skeletal frame, but as Rengoku increased his release of eye power, it grew flesh and then a thick, solid armor settled over its body.
Its size continued to expand until it reached a staggering height of twenty meters.
The thrown weapons from those puppets and all the ninja tools from Sunagakure collided with Susanoo's rock-hard body, no more than mosquito bites.
Susanoo had already become the absolute ruler of the battlefield.
It swung its huge and powerful arm sideways with unstoppable force.
A violent gust howled as it passed, and the Sand ninja were blown away like fragile straw, tumbling all over the ground in complete disarray.
Next, Susanoo spread both arms open, and black light flickered in its palms.
Two Yasaka Magatama spun rapidly within its hands.
Rengoku's gaze locked coldly onto a target not far away.
The Chikamatsu Ten.
Then without hesitation he hurled the Yasaka Magatama with great force.
A sharp "whoosh" tore through the air.
The two magatama turned into two black streaks of lightning, shooting straight toward the Chikamatsu Ten at blinding speed.
Chiyo, who had been closely watching the battle, became fully alert the moment she saw Rengoku successfully summon Susanoo.
Now seeing that he was facing her direction, she dared not relax even for a moment.
She quickly controlled the Chikamatsu Ten to turn and try to evade that fatal strike.
However, even though Chiyo reacted with incredible speed, the Yasaka Magatama were simply too fast.
In the blink of an eye, the two magatama reached the Chikamatsu Ten.
Then came a deafening explosion.
The overwhelming blast not only threw Sand ninja on the ground into the air like rag dolls, but even the mighty Chikamatsu Ten lost one of their number instantly, with only nine left barely able to stand.
Rengoku did not pause. He controlled Susanoo to pull its hands apart again.
Seven shimmering black Yasaka Magatama appeared in his grasp.
As long as chakra and eye power were sufficient, Yasaka Magatama had already become Susanoo's standard attack.
These magatama were smaller than the first two, but their speed had clearly increased.
This time Rengoku changed tactics. He no longer targeted the remaining Chikamatsu Nine.
Instead he hurled all seven magatama directly into the dense Sand forces.
A series of thunderous explosions "BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!" shook the battlefield.
The Sand troops, who had just engaged the Leaf ninja in close combat, had not even begun their offensive when their rear suddenly exploded.
Their back ranks were blasted into chaos, people thrown everywhere.
The originally connected Sand main force and assault force were cut apart instantly and could no longer support each other.
Seeing this, Hatake Sakumo on the Leaf side made a decisive order to strike.
The Leaf ninja charged with blades in hand like tigers descending from the mountain, rushing into the disordered Sand troops.
Meanwhile Rengoku, after throwing seven terrifying Yasaka Magatama in one breath, still stood calm and spirited, showing no sign of fatigue.
In contrast, the Sand ninja, whether launching puppet attacks or throwing tools with all their might, were like ants trying to shake a tree, utterly unable to break through Rengoku's impregnable defense.
At that moment, a rain of explosive tags flew toward Susanoo and detonated violently upon impact.
Sparks flickered across Susanoo's body, but Rengoku only frowned slightly.
His eyes remained fixed on the approaching enemies.
The Sand ninja were overjoyed when they saw that explosive tags could actually threaten Susanoo.
They immediately altered their tactics and concentrated all explosive tags onto a few of the fastest, most agile ninja.
These ninja darted toward Susanoo like lightning.
But how could Rengoku let them succeed? He took a deep breath and stomped hard on the ground.
In an instant, a powerful shockwave spread outward from Susanoo.
Countless Sand ninja were blasted away like kites with broken strings.
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