"Kill me?"
"Are you out of your mind?"
"You're clearly using silent assassination techniques, yet you insist on jumping out and confronting me head-on. No wonder they say you Kaguya clan are brainless brutes. It's true, it seems to be an effect of Shikotsumyaku, even your brains have turned to bone."
Bai Mu completely disregarded the weakling's roar and continued to taunt him, asking, "What can one person do?"
"The three of you couldn't succeed together, and now it's just you left. Do you really think you can do it?"
"What a joke, a huge joke."
The remaining Kaguya clan ninja had entered a state of madness, unleashing his full power and completely oblivious to how horribly his companions had died.
Or perhaps, he had forgotten that the Shikotsumyaku, hailed as the strongest spear and shield, had utterly failed to manifest its power in Bai Mu's previous attack.
Instead, he had been directly crushed.
Under these circumstances, to still charge forward so uselessly only goes to show that these battle-crazed Kaguya clan members lose their minds once they enter combat mode.
No mind means a mindless charge, which is simply seeking death.
Facts proved this to be true; his charge was merely offering himself up to Bai Mu.
Bai Mu didn't care what techniques his opponent used; his skeletal arm instantly covered itself with flesh, enhancing both its attack and defense.
Without a weapon, he simply clenched his fist and slammed the man into the ground, leaving only his upper body exposed.
The man was still in a daze when Bai Mu once again manipulated the Susanoo's arm, crushing his upper body into a bloody pulp… Thus, the three Kaguya clan ninjas were effortlessly killed by Bai Mu.
There weren't many stragglers; besides these three, there were about a dozen more.
Adding them up, it was roughly fifteen people; with three dead, twelve remained, and the rest of the Kirigakure ninjas were naturally intercepted by Esdeath alone.
"That's Susanoo!"
Witnessing the battle between Bai Mu and the three Kaguya clan ninjas, Tsunade spoke with an unpredictable expression.
Although covered in thick fog, Bai Mu, Tsunade, and Alisrize were not far from each other; otherwise, the kunai and senbon wouldn't have attacked just now.
Those dozen or so ninjas were intentionally let through by Esdeath, just so Bai Mu would have something to play with; otherwise, she alone could have wiped out all of these Kirigakure ninjas.
Fifty-plus ninjas was already considered a large force, but for Esdeath, it posed no difficulty, but she knew she couldn't kill them all herself; she still had to leave some for Bai Mu.
But fifteen was already a significant concession; any more would mean she wouldn't have enough fun killing them. These few people were simply not enough for Esdeath.
And indeed, Esdeath, after freezing two attackers, continued to freeze the surroundings with ice, her power unleashing freely, and in a blink of an eye, she had frozen over a dozen people.
And this meant that the frozen Kirigakure ninjas had already lost their lives.
"Ice Release?"
"Impossible, this doesn't seem like the power Ice Release should have."
Esdeath's effortless elimination of over a dozen people undoubtedly put immense pressure on the remaining Kirigakure ninjas, or rather, made it impossible for them to accept.
No hand seals.
Effortlessly done.
Is this still Ice Release?
It's too absurd; this is clearly not Ice Release.
The ninjas of Kirigakure weren't unfamiliar with Ice Release, but the problem was that the power of this Ice Release was too strong; it truly didn't resemble the power Ice Release should possess.
"Frogs in a well, overestimating yourselves!"
Esdeath was very disappointed; this batch of attackers was truly subpar, their strength too weak, completely lacking any deterrent.
To be honest, she was literally slaughtering them, but this kind of slaughter brought no pleasure, no excitement, so it was very disappointing.
And the more casual Esdeath became, the more terrified the Kirigakure ninjas grew.
Their previous arrogance had vanished.
Replaced by fear!
"Arrogant woman, you must pay the price." There were many Jonin from Kirigakure, and several ninjas from the Anbu. Seeing Esdeath so arrogant, they naturally couldn't remain indifferent.
Counterattack!
They had to launch a counterattack.
But the problem was that although the Hidden Mist Jutsu currently obstructed their vision, judging from the previous sneak attack, it seemed to have no effect; the enemy's vision seemed undisturbed.
If that were the case, the value of the Hidden Mist Jutsu was almost nil, so how should they counterattack now?
Several Jonin exchanged glances and finally decided to solve the problem with ninjutsu.
Don't go out and confront the enemy head-on; close-range sneak attacks are no longer effective.
Instead, there's a possibility of getting frozen, and that would be the end.
"Water Release: Wild Water Wave!"
Four Jonin from different directions simultaneously formed hand signs and unleashed their Water Release ninjutsu.
Four huge waves of water suddenly appeared from mid-air, rushing towards Esdeath simultaneously, covering all four directions, leaving no chance to escape.
Upon seeing this, Esdeath sneered, "Overestimating yourselves."
Freeze!
The water waves were instantly frozen.
Esdeath froze the enemy's attack and pinpointed their positions; countless ice pillars erupted from the ground, directly impaling the four Jonin.
The ice pillars pinned the four Jonin in mid-air, blood flowing down the pillars and freezing into crimson crystals. Their eyes were wide with terror.
They died with their eyes open!
They truly died with their eyes open.
They couldn't react at all, instantly pierced through.
"Damn it!"
Four Jonin were gone.
The remaining Kirigakure ninjas were undoubtedly furious, cursing incessantly.
Esdeath paid no attention to their curses; instead, she continued to unleash her freezing power, the cold constantly permeating outwards, freezing everything in its path.
Within a hundred-meter radius, whether ground or trees, everything was frozen. Most of the Kirigakure ninjas couldn't escape their icy fate.
Dozens of people, the so-called elites, were frozen just like that, and once frozen, it meant losing their lives.
As the mist dissipated, dozens of ice sculptures stood on tree branches or the ground.
The dissipation of the mist indicated that all the Kirigakure ninjas were gone.
Otherwise, the mist would not have dispersed.
Because the casters were gone.
The mist would then disappear.
At the same time, Tsunade, who was inside the ice cage, found that this so-called protective cage was gradually disappearing.
The moment the mist completely dispersed, this ice cage also vanished without a trace.
Tsunade then clearly saw her surroundings.
A solemn expression appeared on her face.
Ice sculptures, ice pillars, ice frozen on the ground, and the corpses of those Kirigakure ninjas.
Some were crushed, some were frozen, and others were impaled by ice pillars; their death poses were unique, but the Kirigakure ninjas killed by Bai Mu were almost all reduced to dust.
That was the power of Susanoo!
Tsunade knew this power because her great-uncle, Tobirama Senju, had mentioned it, which meant that Uchiha Baimu had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
As expected of the inherently evil Uchiha, to awaken such evil power, and during this sensitive wartime period, it was bound to cause earth-shattering changes to the power dynamics of Konoha.