Bang—!
The sound of air being torn apart exploded across the battlefield.
In an instant, distance ceased to exist.
Yagami's speed surged far beyond normal limits.
Puff—!
Blood burst into the air.
Like cherry blossoms drifting through wine, it scattered beautifully and horribly. (PS: Damn ok.)
Before he could even react, a Sand shinobi was cleaved cleanly in half.
Hot blood splashed across the faces of several nearby shinobi, freezing them in place.
For a brief moment...
The battlefield went silent.
When Yagami had slaughtered within the sandstorm earlier, the Sand shinobi couldn't properly perceive his movements.
But now—
Under clear skies, with nothing obstructing their vision—
They finally understood.
His speed wasn't fast.
It was inhuman.
Shhk—hoo—hoo—hoo—!
The Sand shinobi snapped out of their shock and scattered in panic, leaping backward in every direction.
Kunai and shuriken flew from their hands at the same time, filling the air as they desperately tried to suppress him.
Under Yagami's heightened dynamic vision, every incoming attack looked painfully slow.
Clang—!!
The black blade in his hand swept horizontally.
A roaring slash more than ten meters long tore forward.
RUMBLE—!!!
The ground was ripped apart.
Earth overturned violently, as if plowed by a giant claw.
Every kunai and shuriken in its path was swallowed whole by the blade's wake.
"Watch out!!"
A hysterical shout rang out.
Countless Sand shinobi leapt high into the air, barely avoiding the slash crashing toward them like a tsunami.
Still—
Several were too slow.
They vanished instantly beneath the blade, erased without even a scream.
"Flying Sword Slash."
Watching the Sand shinobi suspended helplessly in mid-air, like NPCs caught in a bad script, Yagami moved again.
The black blade Shisui flashed repeatedly.
Zmmm—!
Several crescent-shaped slashes, three to four meters long, sliced cleanly through the air.
Puff. Puff.
Crimson flowers bloomed in the sky.
With nowhere to evade and nothing to brace against, the airborne shinobi were cut down on the spot.
Blood poured from above like rain.
The earth—already torn apart—was instantly stained red.
Yagami's slashes were not just brutal.
They were precise.
Targets like these—floating, exposed—were nothing more than moving marks.
"Counterattack! Counterattack!!"
From the outskirts of the battlefield, Sando shouted hoarsely.
Cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
The killing speed was too fast.
Far too fast for them to track.
Fear crept into his heart, clawing deeper with every fallen comrade.
"Wind Style—Vacuum Sphere!"
"Fire Style—Fireball Jutsu!"
"Earth Style—!"
Shouts erupted from all directions.
Ninjutsu flooded toward Yagami.
Bang—!
Yagami stomped down hard.
The ground cracked—
And his figure vanished.
Boom!
Every attack struck empty space.
Sando's heart rate slowed down.
Normal ninjutsu simply couldn't keep up with Yagami's speed anymore.
"Wah—la la la—!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
At that moment—
Kushina charged in from behind.
Chakra chains burst forth from her body, lashing out wildly.
Several Sand shinobi failed to evade and were sent flying like broken dolls.
The battlefield plunged into total chaos.
Puff—puff—puff—!
Bright crimson splattered the earth like blooming plum blossoms.
The stench of blood thickened in the air.
This wasn't a battle.
This was—
A massacre.
A one-sided slaughter.
With blade in hand, no one could even approach Yagami.
Fully unleashed, he harvested lives without mercy—
A Shinigami walking the battlefield.
Fear spread again, piercing straight into the hearts of the Sand shinobi.
"Run!!"
"Retreat—!!!"
Someone finally broke.
The resolve to die gloriously shattered under overwhelming terror.
One person fled—
Then another.
Panic spread like wildfire.
Sando didn't shout for them to stop.
He couldn't.
Less than fifty remained.
An advance force of two hundred—
Nearly three-quarters wiped out in moments.
By one man.
It was something he had never dared imagine.
And yet—
He was witnessing it with his own eyes.
Kushina didn't even realize when she stopped attacking.
There were no enemies left near her.
Under Yagami's slaughter, the Sand shinobi had long since lost the will to fight.
Huff… huff…
Watching the survivors scatter in all directions, Yagami finally stopped.
His breathing grew heavy.
That level of continuous high-intensity killing had drained him severely.
Without the Uzumaki vitality supporting him, he would've collapsed already.
The fight hadn't lasted long—
But under constant extreme focus, his energy consumption had skyrocketed.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing 72 enemies. Gained 3,816 prestige points.]
[Ding! Hidden task completed: Slaughter of a Hundred. Reward: 1,000 prestige points.]
The system prompt echoed in Yagami's mind.
He blinked slightly.
A hidden task…?
That was unexpected.
The fleeing Sand shinobi vanished quickly into the distance.
Only a few dozen remained—
Gathered tightly around Sando.
They stared at Yagami, who stood there breathing heavily, soaked in blood.
No one dared to move.
The violent aura still clinging to him was suffocating.
Even Kushina hesitated to approach.
Yagami inhaled deeply, forcing down the oppressive pressure in his chest.
Slowly—
He raised his head.
"If you had the chance to run…"
"And didn't take it…"
"Then pay the price for invading the Land of Fire."
Blade in hand, he walked forward.
Ready-made prestige points.
He wasn't letting them go.
"Everyone—!"
Seeing Yagami advance again, Sando pulled out a stack of explosive tags.
His expression turned grim as he looked at his remaining comrades.
"For Sunagakure!"
For a split second, the air went still.
A Sand shinobi shouted hoarsely, eyes burning.
He grabbed several explosive tags from Sando's hand and slapped them onto his own body.
"For Sunagakure!!"
The others followed.
One after another...
Explosive tags pressed against their chests.
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