After taking over the snake uncle's foundation, Sasuke came to surrender on his own initiative.

Hozuki Gengetsu raised his hand and unleashed several Water Styles, Water Break Waves. High-pressure streams of water shot towards Yinzhu, but were deflected by the Six Paths Barrier, striking several Iwagakure ninja instead. Seeing this, Akatsuki immediately ordered the Iwagakure ninja to cooperate with the Kirigakure: "Everyone, activate Dust Styles to suppress his barrier! Everyone from Kirigakure, use Water Styles to restrict his movement!"

Instantly, the pale gray light of Dust Release and the blue energy of Water Release intertwined within the canyon, forming a vast attack net that enveloped Yin Zhu. The Six Paths Barrier's light began to flicker, clearly unable to withstand such a dense attack. A thin layer of sweat beaded on Yin Zhu's forehead, his Eternal Mangekyo spinning rapidly, searching for a chance to break through. He knew that if he continued to passively defend, his chakra would eventually be exhausted by the coalition forces.

"We must take the initiative." Yin Zhu took a deep breath and merged the Uchiha Chakra in his body with the power of the Six Paths of the scepter. A new pattern of eye techniques emerged in the Eternal Mangekyo, "Mangled eye power? Scarlet space-time!" The scarlet eye power combined with the energy of the scepter, tearing a space crack in the canyon. The power of time and space in the crack instantly swallowed up more than a dozen Rock Ninjas and Kirigakure Anbu, leaving a gap in the coalition's attack.

Hozuki's expression changed. He hadn't expected Yin Zhu to combine his Mangekyō Dojutsu with the Six Paths Ninja Tools to create such a powerful attack. "Everyone, hold on! His chakra won't last much longer!" He unleashed a Steam Dangerous Explosion and a Mine Shock. Vapor formed countless explosion points on the ground, triggering a chain reaction if Yin Zhu stepped into them.

Yinzhu twirled his Flying Thunder God kunai in his palm, about to teleport behind Hozuki to launch a surprise attack, when he noticed the sky above the canyon suddenly darken. Countless black runes descended from the clouds, forming a massive sealing formation that enveloped the entire Red Sand Canyon—it was Akatsuki!

"The Rock and Mist Alliance has saved us a lot of trouble." A cold voice came from the sealing formation. The upper body of Akatsuki member "Ze" emerged from the ground, followed by five Akatsuki members wearing red cloud hats. Each of them had chakra fluctuations reaching the level of Kage. "Uchiha Yi, hand over the scarlet scepter. We can make your death more painful."

Yinzhu's pupils suddenly constricted. He hadn't expected the Akatsuki to suddenly appear, and with such a powerful lineup. Akagi and Hozuki were also stunned. It was clear they had no connection with the Akatsuki, and this ambush had become an opportunity for the Akatsuki to reap the benefits. "Akatsuki bastards, this is Iwagiri Alliance territory, you have no right to interfere!" Akagi roared, unleashing a Dust Release, but it was easily neutralized by Zetsu's spore jutsu.

"Iwamiguri?" Jue sneered, and spores spread in the canyon. "Now, you are also our target. After all, knowing too much about the Six Paths Ninja Tools is not a good thing." He raised his hand and waved, and five members of the Akatsuki organization launched an attack at the same time. Fire Style, Lightning Style, and Wind Style intertwined into a net, attacking Yinzhu and the Iwamiguri Alliance at the same time.

The situation reversed in an instant. Yin Zhu looked at the Iwagiri coalition in front of him and the Akatsuki behind him, knowing that continued infighting would only make everyone else Akatsuki's prey. "Akagi, Hozuki Gengetsu, now is not the time to fight!" He shouted at the two, and the scarlet scepter's six-path barrier expanded, protecting some of the Iwagakure ninja and the Kirigakure ANBU within. "Join forces to fight Akatsuki, or we'll all die here today!"