The battlefield is like a massive meat grinder, filled with blood and corpses.
This is an unequal battle. One side has more than 3,000 ninja, while the other has only one. The 3,000-to-one disparity makes this battle extremely unfair.
At the same time, this is also a one-sided slaughter. After entering Sage Mode, Chao Yanqian's physical strength, perception, reaction speed, explosive power, and other abilities have been greatly enhanced. Combined with the [Flying Thunder God Technique], no one on the battlefield can even touch him.
Several white, transparent, snake-shaped chakra streams swirl around Chao Yanqian's body, as tangible as real serpents.
In addition to engaging enemies directly with hand-to-hand combat, Chao Yanqian can also attack nearby Kumogakure ninja using the white, transparent, serpentine chakra. Under the sensory perception of Sage Mode, Chao Yanqian doesn't even need to use his eyes natural energy feedback clearly transmits the entire battlefield's status directly to his brain.
Boom!
A snake-shaped chakra burst from the ground like a cannonball, smashing into a hapless Kumogakure ninja. The victim was flung nearly ten meters into the air, drawing a long arc before crashing into a crowd of Kumogakure shinobi he was likely dead on impact!
Splurt!
A Kumogakure ninja had his weapon snatched away by Chao Yanqian. With a single slash, a long gash split his face from brow to jaw. Blood painted half his body red, making him look ferocious and terrifying!
Boom!
A [Chakra Enhanced Strength] punch landed. The blow shattered a Kumogakure ninja's bones entirely, sending him flying through the air at high speed. He crashed into a row of comrades, dragging a deep trench across the ground.
The surrounding Kumogakure shinobi continuously hurled kunai and shuriken at Chao Yanqian. Occasionally, a few launched ninjutsu attacks.
Shuriken and kunai couldn't penetrate Chao Yanqian's chakra defenses. When faced with ninjutsu, he either dodged or teleported away using the [Flying Thunder God Technique].
The Kumogakure forces charged him recklessly. In their minds, no matter how strong someone is, their chakra will eventually run out. Once Chao Yanqian's stamina and chakra are depleted, they believe victory will be within their grasp.
Kumogakure cannot lose a battle as lopsided as 3,000 to 1. If they are forced to retreat despite their numbers, any future confrontation with Chao Yanqian would begin with their morale three points lower.
And once word of this spreads back to the village, it would also affect morale and confidence.
Yet, after twenty minutes of fierce battle, over a thousand Kumogakure ninja had already fallen. Meanwhile, Chao Yanqian's momentum hadn't diminished at all as if such intense warfare consumed barely anything.
Each time Chao Yanqian used [Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation], a large number of Kumogakure ninja died.
In reality, the battle had consumed a great deal of energy. Half of the Sage Chakra stored in the [Strength of a Hundred Seal] had already been used. If there had been more enemies, they might have begun to wear him down.
But now… heh!
With only 3,000 enemies, the chakra within Chao Yanqian is more than enough.
And this isn't even when the [Strength of a Hundred Seal] is fully charged. Chao Yanqian estimates that it would take at least two years to fully charge it and during those two years, he wouldn't be able to engage in combat or use the seal.
The fighting raged on. As Chao Yanqian looked upon the field of corpses, a twisted thrill surged within him.
He had been a ninja for many years, and had participated in several battles during the Third Shinobi World War. But this was the first time Chao Yanqian had personally killed so many with his own hands.
The Three-Tails' release in Kirigakure had caused more casualties than today, but that had not been by his own hands. That event had left no emotional imprint on him.
But this time, Chao Yanqian had taken thousands of lives with his own blood-stained hands.
Because of the opposing roles in this conflict, Chao Yanqian felt an overwhelming exhilaration every cell in his body was trembling.
This was the first time Chao Yanqian had truly demonstrated his overwhelming strength to the shinobi world. After this battle, he would no longer be remembered as a mere "genius" but as a true powerhouse, one on par with the shadows of the Five Great Nations.
From this point on, fame, power, influence they would all follow naturally. And to Chao Yanqian, what mattered most was how this battle's performance would shape his future.
This kind of strength would be enough to make Shimura Danzō tremble.
This kind of strength would be enough to make Hiruzen Sarutobi feel uneasy.
With power great enough to face thousands of ninja alone and win no one would dare to provoke him lightly!
After that, all that remains are the secret schemes in the shadows.
And those, ironically, are the things Chao Yanqian cares least about. They pose no real threat to him and won't affect his future plans.
On the battlefield, a barrage of Lightning Release techniques, Water-Lightning combinations, and various elemental jutsu were constantly hurled at Chao Yanqian.
By this point, Chao Yanqian had begun to feel some physical fatigue, but supported by Sage Chakra, his condition showed no signs of decline.
In contrast, the Kumogakure ninja lacked any cheat-like jutsu such as the [Strength of a Hundred Seal] to store chakra. Their continuous use of chakra, immense mental stress, and the ever-present fear of death had worn them down. Their physical stamina was nearly gone, and even their mental states were deteriorating.
Many of them, low on chakra, were now forced to rely on basic taijutsu to face Chao Yanqian.
"Damn you, Chao Yanqian! Die already!"
A Kumogakure ninja roared, lightning sparking all over his body as he charged at Chao Yanqian.
"Tch." Seeing the enemy go all-out, Chao Yanqian simply teleported to another location using the [Flying Thunder God Technique], then resumed slaughtering nearby Kumogakure ninja without engaging that one further.
The snake-shaped chakra lashed through the air, sweeping away two Kumogakure ninja and leaving them bleeding and barely alive on the ground.
Under the cover of his comrades' desperate attacks, one Kumogakure jōnin finally managed to get close to Chao Yanqian. With tears in his eyes and a fierce cry, he swung his ninja blade at Chao Yanqian's throat.
A grin appeared on the jōnin's face he believed he'd finally injured or even killed the infamous Chao Yanqian.
The two passed each other in a blur. At the moment of contact, the jōnin used a chakra-based technique to disrupt Chao Yanqian's nervous system, attempting to paralyze his body.
But in that instant of vulnerability, the snake-shaped chakra picked up a kunai from the ground and slashed the jōnin's throat with ease.
The jōnin's expression froze his final emotion was unwillingness.
The war dragged on for thirty minutes. Some Kumogakure ninja finally began to show fear. The person in front of them was a devil, not someone they could possibly overcome. If the battle continued, total annihilation was inevitable.
Without a strong and commanding leader to control the battlefield, Kumogakure shinobi began to retreat.
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