This is not right! A massive amount of chakra is approaching!"
Suddenly, a Suna ninja stationed outside the encirclement shouted loudly.
Stone frowned slightly as he was controlling the puppet to chop off the head of a ninja from the Yamagakure clan, and made a decisive decision, giving orders.
"Change the mission objective, kill the Uchiha ninja, take the Sharingan and retreat immediately!"
All Suna ninjas, including Hardy, immediately focused their firepower on the Uchiha.
As for the Konoha Jōnin, he was tightly entangled by Scorpion controlling the Sanjū no Yari.
To be honest, the performance of this Uchiha was outstanding. Relying on the Sharingan, he managed to fend off the attacks of a special Jōnin and two Jōnin, only sustaining some minor injuries.
But no matter how strong he was, he would find it difficult to withstand a group attack.
Just as he managed to dodge hundreds of poisoned needles with the dynamic vision of the Sharingan and clever use of Fire Release, and was about to find a weak point to break through, a powerful iron fist came crashing down.
Obviously, this Uchiha's reflexes and combat abilities were much stronger than the previous ninja with a knife. He quickly drew the tanto from his waist to block and disperse the force, followed by a cool backflip to jump back.
In just a few seconds, apart from some inevitable internal injuries while dispersing the force, this Uchiha ninja could almost be said to have escaped unscathed!
This was the power of the Uchiha with the Sharingan!
With the Sharingan, they could perfectly utilize taijutsu and ninjutsu to the utmost level and had a significant advantage in genjutsu, making them unbeatable in battles of the same level.
After throwing that punch, Hardy retreated, relying only on long-range weapons like poisoned needles and kunai.
The air cylinders in his arms needed to compress air for recharging, though with the assistance of chakra threads, this only took about ten seconds, it still required time.
Three special Jōnin rushed forward, surrounding the Uchiha from different angles.
Two seconds later.
"Stop him!"
Jianye controlled the puppet, shouting anxiously.
But Uchiha Chō knew escape was futile, so he voluntarily pressed his fingers against his eye socket, intending to destroy the Sharingan in his final moment before death.
Blood splattered, as the puppet's flying knife cut off Uchiha Chō's fingers, leaving a bloodstain on his neck.
In the next moment, his head fell to the ground, and the two tomoe in his scarlet Sharingan rapidly spun, faintly revealing the remnants of a third tomoe, but dimmed without sufficient chakra support.
"Not good! He's here!"
A Suna sensor ninja outside the encirclement exclaimed.
At the end of their sight, on the other side of the sand dune, a white light flashed across the earth like lightning.
Seeing this scene, Hardy quickly took off the Fatso Puppet.
Fatso Puppet could handle lower-level ninjas with no problem, but once it encountered a special Jōnin with speed expertise, it would become a target, especially since the incoming enemy was not ordinary.
"Damn... it's White Fang... everyone, retreat!"
Seeing this, Ishito didn't hesitate to disengage, turning around and controlling several puppets to take Hardy and Scorpion, running wildly.
Being carried by a puppet over two meters tall, Hardy quickly used chakra threads to pull back the Fatso Puppet and the Little Boy Puppet, sealing them into the sealing scroll on his back.
Compared to Ishito, Jiu seemed a bit unlucky and greedy.
He wanted to take the Uchiha's head.
Even if he couldn't capture the Uchiha alive, bringing back a pair of Sharingan would still be a great achievement.
But he miscalculated.
Nara Heino, who had seemingly died after being cut in half by a puppet earlier, now opened his eyes, barely forming a hand seal.
"Shadow Imitation Technique."
As Nara Heino was close to death at this point, his consciousness was blurred, making it difficult to even complete the ninjutsu.
The situation remained stable for less than two seconds.
Yet, those two seconds determined the distance between life and death.
After two seconds, Chiuichi erupted with Jonin-level chakra, forcibly breaking free from the Shadow Imitation Technique.
However, a white lightning had already traveled from the distant end of the desert to the battlefield in less than five seconds.
It was a slender, medium-height white-haired man.
Saisho Hagaki!
"Konoha Hakuba..."
"Swish!"
In an instant, a white light streaked across the field.
Chiuichi didn't die; after all, he was a Jonin and wouldn't be easily defeated by a Chunin.
But he wasn't in a good state either.
The kunai in his hand snapped, and a scratch appeared on his brown vest, with a faint trace of blood seeping out.
"Konoha Hakuba... Why are you here?"
Saisho Hagaki didn't answer but looked sorrowfully at the fallen Konoha shinobi. The lightning on his White Fang short sword grew brighter.
One white light after another followed.
After a few breaths, Chiuichi's head fell to the ground.
Saisho Hagaki sighed.
Of the six elite Konoha shinobi team, only the last two were left alive, one of whom was Nara Heino, barely holding on.
He was not destined to live long.
The other one was the middle-aged ninja.
As soon as Saisho Hagaki arrived, the heavily injured man cut the last string and fell unconscious.
"It seems that among us, only Inou can make it back alive. He's always been lucky."
Nara Heino, whose bleeding was stopped by Saisho Hagaki and was given a soldier pill, coughed.
"Saisho-sama, are you injured? Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken you this long to deal with that Jonin."
Saisho Hagaki didn't answer but just held Nara Heino's shoulder.
"Heino, I will take you back to the village."
"No need, Saisho-sama. Even Lady Tsunade couldn't save me with my injuries. You must stay here to dispose of our bodies to prevent Sunagakure from obtaining information from them. Just take our ashes back to the village."
Saisho Hagaki pursed his lips and uttered a word.
"Alright."
"Cough, also, the Sunagakure team that besieged us this time was led by the Puppet Brigade's Ishiko. There are two very young but exceptionally skilled puppeteers among them. Saisho-sama, if you have the strength, please eliminate them. They will be a threat to the village's future. If not, please make sure to bring back the intelligence. Lastly... please... end the... pain on me..."
Nara Heino's breath grew weaker, and his words became more incoherent.
Saisho Hagaki sighed again, reached out, and snapped Nara Heino's neck.
"Sorry, I may not be able to pursue revenge for you or bring you all back home."