However, Di Yan, standing on the high platform, merely looked down at them with a cold gaze, a hint of mockery even playing on his lips.
It was as if he was watching a group of dying insects struggling.
He lightly raised his right hand, then brought it down without hesitation!
"Kill."
The icy command was like the Shinigami's horn.
"Roar!"
The black-clad death squad let out a unified roar.
Like a bursting dam, they instantly charged.
Their movements were swift and efficient.
In groups of three, squads of five, their Ninjutsu was released with precision and coordination!
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Earth walls rose, obstructing sight and movement.
Fireballs, empowered by the wind, doubled in destructive force, striking the Ninja of both Clans from tricky angles.
This was not the usual one-on-one combat common among Ninja.
Rather, it was an army-style crushing advance!
"Be careful! Their coordination is too seamless!"
"Damn it! My insects are being suppressed by their medicinal powder!"
One Aburame Clan member exclaimed in shock and anger as he realized this.
The special medicinal powder scattered by the enemy made his parasitic insects agitated and restless, even causing them to turn on him.
"Ninja hounds! My Ninja hounds are trapped by their steel wires and traps! Ah..."
An Inuzuka Clan member watched helplessly as his Ninja hound was tripped by a hidden steel wire.
It was then impaled to the ground by several poisoned kunai!
In just one encounter, the family secret techniques and fighting styles that the Inuzuka and Aburame Clans prided themselves on.
Were completely suppressed by the enemy's well-prepared tactics and equipment.
They possessed individual strength.
Yet, under the enemy's tightly coordinated battle formation.
They were like flies caught in a spiderweb, beaten back step by step.
Clan members constantly screamed as they fell!
And the more terrifying nightmare had only just begun.
"Sharingan: Genjutsu!"
"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"
Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Izumi, like two black lightning bolts.
Led dozens of Uchiha orphans into the fray.
Those spinning crimson Sharingan.
Became the final straw that broke the Ninja of both Clans!
Under the Genjutsu of the Sharingan.
Even experienced Chunin and Jonin experienced momentary stagnation and confusion in their movements.
And this momentary flaw.
On a battlefield like a meat grinder, was the distance between life and death!
"Pfft..."
"Ah..."
Kunai pierced hearts, Ninja swords severed necks.
Blood gushed like a fountain, staining the Training Grounds.
The Uchiha Clan members moved like ghosts, weaving through the crowd.
Each flash of the Sharingan.
Was accompanied by the death of a Ninja from the two Clans.
Their fighting style was ruthless and efficient.
Without any superfluous movements, existing only for slaughter!
"No..."
Inuzuka Hana was engaged in fierce combat with Uchiha Izumi.
Izumi's Sharingan could easily see through all of her Taijutsu movements.
Making her fight extremely frustrating.
And the constant screams of her dying Clan members in her ears.
Made her heart ache and her composure shatter!
"Fighting me, and you dare to be distracted?"
Izumi's cold voice was like it came from the depths of hell.
Just as Inuzuka Hana's mind was greatly shaken by Uchiha Tekka beheading a Clan uncle.
Uchiha Izumi seized the opening.
A feint with a kunai, and her other hand struck out like lightning!
"Haimaru! Be careful!"
Inuzuka Hana shrieked!
But it was already too late.
Haimaru, the gray Ninja hound that had always protected her.
To protect its master, it lunged fiercely at Izumi's attack!
A flash of a blade!
A furry dog's head, still bearing a look of shock, flew into the air.
Warm blood splattered all over Inuzuka Hana's face!
"Haimaru..."
Inuzuka Hana let out a heart-wrenching wail.
That was the companion who had grown up with her since childhood!
The immense grief and shock completely distorted her movements.
Uchiha Izumi showed no mercy.
A heavy side kick mercilessly struck Inuzuka Hana's abdomen!
"Pfft..."
Inuzuka Hana spat out a mouthful of blood.
Her body flew backward like a kite with a broken string.
Crashing heavily to the ground.
The kunai in her hand also flew out.
She struggled to get up, but Izumi instantly closed in.
The cold tip of a kunai pressed against her throat.
Leaving her unable to move.
At this moment, Inuzuka Hana could only lie helplessly on the ground.
Watching the bloody slaughter before her eyes!
The Clan members she brought, those experienced Jonin, those energetic Chunin... under the double pressure of the black-clad death squad's formation and the Uchiha Sharingan.
Were mowed down in swathes like wheat.
The Aburame Clan's insects were suppressed by medicinal powder and Fire Release.
The Inuzuka Clan's Ninja hounds were caught in traps and precisely eliminated.
Resistance quickly became sporadic and desperate.
Screams, roars, the clash of weapons, the explosions of Ninjutsu... eventually all gradually subsided.
The heavy smell of blood permeated the air, making one nauseous.
When the last Aburame Jonin was controlled by the Sharingan Genjutsu of three Uchiha Clan members.
And then impaled through the heart from behind by Tekka.
The entire Training Grounds fell completely silent.
Except for Inuzuka Hana, who was restrained by Izumi.
The twenty-one elite Ninja from both Clans who had come... were completely wiped out!
Bodies lay scattered all over the ground.
Blood gathered into small streams, slowly flowing.
Inuzuka Hana stared blankly at all of this, her pupils dilated, her mind a blank.
Her face was mixed with Haimaru's blood and her own tears.
Her once heroic face now only held endless bewilderment and disbelief.
Lost?
Completely wiped out?
How could this be?
They were the elites of the Inuzuka and Aburame Clans.
How could... how could they be so easily slaughtered?
That man... that emperor high above... what kind of monster was he?
Why did he have such a terrifying Ninja Army and the power of the Uchiha under his command?
Only now did Inuzuka Hana truly understand.
How ridiculous and fatal their previous confidence and contempt had been.
They hadn't come to exert pressure.
They had come to walk into a trap!