One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

At the front of the group, hundreds of Sand Ninja shouted in unison, throwing kunai at Nagato who was coming towards them. Behind them, about ten ninjas wielding special tools also waved iron fans, and a dozen wind blades with an unstoppable momentum attacked the enemy first!

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

The combined attack of hundreds of kunai and wind blade users was directly deflected, accidentally injuring many sand ninja. Then Nagato slammed his hand on the ground, and the ground began to tremble!

"Wood Release: Tree Burial of Fleeting Life!"

In Orochimaru's hands in Kusagakure, Nagato, whose powers were a level above the Mangekyou Sharingan, successfully adapted to Hashirama's cells. Even after years of modification experiments, these cells remained unweakened, allowing Nagato to use Wood Release ninjutsu. He was affectionately known as "Little Hashirama"...

Countless tall trees formed strange vine-like shapes, entangling all the Sand Ninja who had just assembled and formed their formation. Even the powerful Jonin who attacked with their ninja swords imbued with wind blades could not leave a single scratch!

As the final ninjutsu was completed, an oval-shaped forest of vines appeared, filled with Sand Ninjas who had lost their ability to move. Nagato raised one hand, and now, due to the Hashirama cells, his figure had even become somewhat robust!

Nagato's eyes were resolute as he gazed into the distance, in the direction the Sand Ninja forces had fled!

"Sacrificing some people who cannot see the bigger picture to create true peace is all worthwhile!"

With a snap of his fingers, the vines began to slowly contract, leaving the bound Sand Ninja helplessly awaiting their deaths. Their deaths were extremely gruesome, their bodies twisted into pretzel shapes. This process was deliberately slowed down, with screams, cries, and pleas for mercy filling the air.

The Sand Ninja were not afraid of death, but the process of waiting for death amplified their emotions infinitely. In addition, Chiyo's Chikamatsu Ten Ninjas personally took action and used all their skills to save only a few people, so they had no choice but to give up.

Looking at the other Sand Ninja whose faces were filled with fear, Chiyo sighed. She knew that she had probably lost this battle because the other side had an extra strong person who was not only powerful but could also use the signature ninjutsu of the former God of Shinobi, Wood Release!

Suddenly, the oval-shaped forest trembled violently, and then, under Nagato's hand seals, it changed its form into a Wood Release monster with one eye and four long tails extending from its back.

A slender vine brought Nagato to his forehead. The wood-style monster he created wasn't large, less than a hundred meters tall, but it was covered in barbs and pounced on the sand ninja formation like a wild beast.

Seeing this, Chiyo suppressed her shock and shouted to the other troops that were coming to support her from the rear.

"Long-range ninjutsu coverage strike, those who can use defensive ninjutsu create barriers to block, Wind Release ninjas launch long-range attacks on Nagato's head!"

Numerous wind blades, and even powerful crossbows brought by the Sand Ninja, each bolt several meters long, shot rapidly toward Nagato. The sound of air being pierced rang out, but Nagato did not use his eye technique to defend against them. The wind blades and crossbow bolts were blocked by the countless vines spat out by the Wood Release monster!

Then the monster's limbs suddenly flew up like springs, directly leaping over the walls created by ninjutsu such as Earth Release: Earth Wall, and jumping into the Sand Ninja group without any hindrance. Chiyo's Chikamatsu Ten Guards tried their best, but to no avail. Apart from breaking the barbs on the surface of the Wood Release monster's body, they did nothing else!

As the casualties continued to mount, Ebizo screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Retreat the entire army! Fight monsters with monsters!"

Nagato sat cross-legged on the head of the wooden beast, the vines lifting him up so he could easily observe the struggling crowd below.

"Only an indelible fear can completely extinguish the enemy's will to resist. When fear reaches its extreme, will it breed a hero or a coward?"

Pierced through the body by vines, the barbs covering the vines caused the Sand Ninja even more pain as the vines retracted, forcing them to watch themselves die from massive blood loss—a torture akin to being tortured to death!

Although Nagato felt a pang of reluctance, for the sake of Kusanagi's plan, he calmed himself and watched the Sand Ninja die. Greed is the original sin, and everyone must pay the price for it!

Countless vines fell, and Chiyo's ten puppets, including the three puppets responsible for close combat, were all riddled with holes by the enhanced vines!

Using a puppet mechanism as a medium, he mobilized most of his chakra to transform it into a shield that could defend against everything. In front of the Wood Release monster, he blocked most of the Wood Release piercing attacks for the Sand Ninja!

To buy more time, Chiyo's forehead was covered in sweat, and her face gradually turned pale. She raised her left hand.

The three puppets among the Chikamatsu Ten, namely "Buddha," "Dharma," and "Sangha," directly form a triangular formation.

"Puppet Technique? Three Treasures Absorb and Collapse!"

The fierce tornado sucked all the sand vines that were flying around and stabbing the surrounding Sand Ninja into the center of the puppet array, and continuously compressed and crushed them. Just as Chiyo was about to shoot out these broken branches.

Nagato leaped down, the thick vines extending from the wooden beast's belly securing his landing spot, and then he waved one hand.

"All things are attracted by heaven!"

An even stronger suction force than the Three Treasures Absorption was generated. The puppet that remained in Chiyo's hand was completely powerless to resist. The chakra threads that were connected to it were violently torn off, and it turned into a pile of parts that fell in front of Nagato.

"In these eyes..."

"No, your resistance is utterly insignificant before my power!"

As soon as Nagato finished speaking, a monster of similarly enormous size suddenly appeared in the distance, roaring incessantly.

"I'm going to kill you humans, you damned bastards, and that bastard Rasa!"

Exhausted, Chiyo sat wearily on the ground, surrounded by several surviving Sand Ninja.

"We still have a trump card, so let's let monsters fight monsters!"

Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, slaughtered hundreds of Sand Ninja around it. Suddenly, it noticed a monster not far away that was even larger than itself. Its pupils suddenly shrank, and then it angrily charged towards the wooden beast.

"I hate guys with more tails than me, die, you inferior clone!"

"Wind Release: Sky Bullet Training!"

He fired a series of massive chakra-infused wind balls, shattering the obvious target, the Wood Release monster, and knocking it down. Nagato, whose body was wrapped in vines, was almost knocked down. He stood up straight, his face flushed, and stared at Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, who was rushing towards him while shooting as it ran.

"Tailed beasts, huh? What unruly creatures!"

As Shukaku was running, the Wood Release monster, realizing what was happening, unleashed countless vines around its body, whipping it and creating a large amount of protective sand. This sand effectively defended against the attack, but Shukaku remained unfazed and even mocked it.

"Using a rattan cane to beat the sand, what an idiot!"

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

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Shukaku, looking completely bewildered, was instantly sent flying. Nagato ordered the Wood Release monster to continue attacking the remaining Sand Ninja, coordinating with the Ame-Kusa alliance to encircle and annihilate them. He himself flew forward, determined to regain his previous face!