As the days passed, shocking changes occurred in three of the four main battlefields in the Ninja World.
Kakuzu and Sasori of the Red Sand, who had gone to the Water-Fire main battlefield, after acting like lords within the Konoha camp for a few days, suddenly displayed immense power. They followed the Konoha ninja in attacking the Kiri camp, and on the chaotic battlefield, they defeated the Six-Tails Jinchuriki on the spot.
This battle was fiercely fought. Kakuzu had three of his hearts shattered, and Sasori of the Red Sand had many of his puppets destroyed.
The Six-Tails Jinchuriki was too strong. With the help of Kumo, he had become a perfect Jinchuriki. He nearly caused Kakuzu and Sasori of the Red Sand to fail. The key moment came when a shadow clone of Sarutobi Hiruzen lent a hand, barely managing to capture him.
"Sasori, do not prolong the fight. Leave quickly."
Kakuzu shouted loudly while carrying the bloodied man on the ground.
After completing their mission, the two decisively took the severely injured, near death Six-Tails Jinchuriki and withdrew from the battlefield.
They left very decisively, without any regard for the lives of the Konoha ninja.
Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed this but had no reason to stop or intercept them.
These two were supposed to be allied reinforcements, but Sarutobi Hiruzen simply could not command them.
Their identities as rogue ninja were exposed because of this battle. However, under these special circumstances, the Konoha camp could only turn a blind eye.
Everything had to prioritize achieving victory in the war, because Konoha truly could not afford to lose anymore.
"Their target was the Jinchuriki. Could it be that the reinforcement personnel from the Land of Rain on other battlefields are the same? These guys. Their help to Konoha is false, hunting Tailed Beasts is their real goal."
Watching their hurried departing figures, Sarutobi Hiruzen's shadow clone could not help but think of Uchiha Ryun.
He felt these people might have been sent by Uchiha Ryun. After all, in the Ninja World, it seemed only he was interested in these Tailed Beasts, and only he would dare to risk offending the great nations by doing such things.
"Never mind. Let's win this battle first."
The Akatsuki organization succeeded on the Water-Fire battlefield, but something went wrong on the Lightning-Fire battlefield.
The Six Paths of Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki organization, actually failed.
It was not that they could not defeat Kumo, nor that the battle was unfavorable, but at the critical moment, the Eight-Tails used its Octopus Clone Technique to escape.
Nagato, realizing he had been tricked, was very angry. As the leader, he could not fail, especially when his subordinates had successfully completed their missions. If he failed, he would have no authority left in the future.
Originally, Nagato did not want to help Konoha launch a major attack on Kumo. His initial plan was to quietly capture the Eight-Tails. It would be best if Konoha and Kumo continued to fight.
Unfortunately, Killer B's evasion completely enraged the Six Paths of Pain, ultimately causing him to openly and brazenly charge into the Kumo main camp, unleashing a bloody and frenzied massacre.
Minato, aware of their actions, decisively gathered all Konoha ninja and seized the opportunity to launch a large scale decisive battle against Kumo.
The Six Paths of Pain were too sharp a blade. Kumo completely could not withstand their assault. Coupled with Minato restraining the Fourth Raikage on the side, the Land of Lightning undoubtedly lost this battle, suffering another major defeat.
"Planetary Devastation."
The Deva Path slowly pushed the gravitational black sphere into the sky. A terrifying gravitational force instantly affected the entire battlefield. The earth was torn apart, and countless massive rocks, carrying the full Eight-Tails, rapidly smashed into the sphere.
When the Eight-Tails was completely sealed within the planetary core, it felt its power and Killer B's power were completely suppressed. With their combined strength, they simply could not break free from the gravitational.
Nagato waited quietly for the sealing power to integrate into the Jinchuriki's body. One minute later, he manipulated the 'star' in the sky to smash fiercely into the ground.
Boom.
The man-made 'meteor', comparable to Tengai Shinsei, crashed violently onto the battlefield, instantly killing a large number of ninja from both the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire.
"Bastard."
Seeing this tragic scene, Minato could not help but curse.
Although this strike killed several hundred Kumo ninja, it also killed or injured nearly two hundred Konoha ninja.
If he weren't still locked in fierce combat with the Fourth Raikage, he would definitely have demanded an explanation from the Deva Path.
"Gedo Statue."
The Animal Path, using Nagato's blood, summoned the Gedo Statue to the battlefield.
Killer B was already unconscious, and the Eight-Tails was suppressed by the Deva Path's gravity, unable to separate from its host's body.
The Gedo Statue opened its mouth, and a chakra chain shot out, wrapping around Killer B's body and dragging him into its mouth to be suppressed once more.
The moment the Gedo Statue disappeared, it signaled the successful completion of the Tailed Beast capture mission by the Akatsuki leader.
"Konan. Withdraw."
The Deva Path called out to Konan, who was still fighting.
Although the Six Paths of Pain and Konan withdrew after completing their mission, the battle on the Lightning-Fire battlefield continued. Led by Namikaze Minato, the Konoha forces broke through the Kumo main camp in one push.
The Fourth Raikage watched helplessly as his dear brother was captured, powerless to do anything. At this moment, he could not even defeat Namikaze Minato, let alone overcome that obstacle to rescue Killer B.
There were simply too many powerful individuals in the Ninja World. Whether it was Uchiha Ryun or the Six Paths of Pain, these were existences he could not defeat no matter how much he shouted.
In this battle, he roared many times and fought desperately many times, but helpless rage was just helpless rage. Even going all out was still of no use.
The Land of Lightning was defeated. The Fourth Raikage, with tears in his eyes, announced the withdrawal of all Kumo ninja from the Lightning-Fire battlefield, retreating back to their own country's borders.
Konoha achieved a great victory on the Lightning-Fire battlefield. The stalemate situation across the four main battlefields also changed because of this major battle. The scales of victory began to gradually tilt towards Konoha. The key to this victory and defeat lay in the combat power added by the Akatsuki organization.
As the Deva Path announced the successful capture of the Eight-Tails to the members, good news also came from the Wind-Fire battlefield that Black Zetsu had successfully captured the One-Tail.
Uchiha Obito, with his dual Mangekyo Sharingan, handling the Kazekage Rasa was truly like taking candy from a baby.
Uchiha Obito won this battle very easily. Moreover, he deliberately set up a situation to convey a message to Sunagakure, that their capture of the Jinchuriki was personally ordered by the 'Illusory Sun Dragon God'.
"Finally dealt with the One-Tails Jinchuriki. Finally completed the mission from the Dragon God. Let's go, back to Otogakure."
Masked Obito stretched and muttered this. Then, he decisively withdrew from the battlefield with Black Zetsu. A severely injured Suna Jonin happened to overhear these words.
"Otogakure."
Because of Uchiha Obito's this act of framing, a huge, unjust blame fell upon the entire Land of Rice. The hatred of the four great nations towards Uchiha Ryun was reignited. The gaze of the entire Ninja World converged upon Otogakure.
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