Watching Rasa lift Chiyo into the air, Orochimaru's expression below immediately darkened.
He had almost taken Chiyo down just now.
But Rasa was like a thorn in his side.
Every single time Orochimaru was about to succeed, the Kazekage would step in and disrupt everything, forcing him to pull back.
And the other side had been extremely cautious, staying in the sky the entire time.
Orochimaru, who had no means of aerial combat, had no way to deal with him.
That left a stifling frustration in his chest.
Deep down, he hated it to the bone.
Fwoosh. Fwoosh.
Standing atop Rasa's Magnet Release sand platform, Chiyo continued rising higher and higher with him, her field of vision widening more and more.
But her mood was the exact opposite.
It sank lower and lower.
By now, the two of them had already risen a hundred meters into the air.
The entire vast battlefield was laid bare before their eyes.
And the tragic scene of the Sunagakure shinobi being routed was also burned into their minds.
On the left side of the battlefield, the Suna shinobi were fighting as they retreated.
But Konoha, backed by superior numbers, surged forward in waves and quickly swallowed them whole.
The right side of the battlefield was even worse.
Yagami, wrapped in golden light, was charging through the battlefield and slaughtering enemies all the way.
Wherever he passed, the Suna shinobi scattered in panic.
It was like a starving wolf had broken into a chicken coop.
Not a single rooster dared challenge the wolf.
And the Suna shinobi fleeing in panic were full of openings.
They were quickly cut down by the other Konoha shinobi.
The number of Suna shinobi across the entire battlefield was dropping at a terrifying rate.
At this pace...
it would not be long before Sunagakure's forces were wiped out completely.
"It's over…"
"Sunagakure has been completely defeated…"
Chiyo stared blankly ahead, as though she had aged several years in an instant.
In the state the Suna shinobi were in now, forget resisting Konoha's army.
Whether they could even escape Konoha's slaughter was another matter entirely.
"Chiyo-sama, give the order."
"Ever since this war with Konoha began, we've already suffered terrible losses. We can't let the other villages take advantage of us too."
Seeing that Chiyo had finally understood the situation, Rasa urged her anxiously.
Then, with a wave of his hand, the two of them began to descend.
After this battle, Sunagakure would very likely face an even greater crisis.
So now, they could no longer afford further losses.
"You do it."
A tear slipped from Chiyo's aged eyes.
At this moment, she was truly exhausted in both body and spirit.
In all the wars of the past, battles had lasted for months, sometimes even years.
But this time, everything had gone beyond everyone's expectations.
A war they had thought would last at least several months had ended in such a bafflingly short time.
It gave her a deep sense of unreality.
It was so absurd it felt like a joke.
"…Alright. I'll give the order."
Seeing Chiyo in that state, Rasa let out a quiet sigh.
This war had ended in complete failure.
And if one were to ask who in Sunagakure was the most disappointed by it—
there was no need to say it.
It was the one right beside him.
"Listen, all Suna shinobi, right now—!"
"…Retreat! All of you, retreat at once!!!!"
When the two of them descended to around thirty meters above the ground, Rasa roared at the top of his lungs.
Since his injuries had not fully healed, the moment he shouted, a burning pain spread through his chest.
But at a time like this, he had no room to care about that.
Enduring the tearing pain in his chest, he shouted several more times.
Only then did his voice spread across the entire battlefield.
"You want to retreat now? Too late!"
"Everyone—kill them!!!!"
The moment those words reached Yūhi Shinku's ears, he immediately waved his hand and gave the order with a cold expression.
Before Yagami had descended from the top of Manda's head, many Konoha comrades had already died at the hands of the Suna shinobi.
Now that Sunagakure's defeat was all but decided—
how could they let them retreat so easily?
"Kill them all... Don't let them run!!!"
"Damn it!!!"
The Suna shinobi had already lost all morale.
So after Rasa gave the order, everyone turned and fled almost instinctively.
But under Yūhi Shinku's command, the Konoha shinobi pressed forward in pursuit.
In an instant, most of the Suna shinobi were pinned down where they stood.
Seeing that, Rasa grew frantic in the air.
After hesitating for a moment, he reached into his ninja pouch and pulled out a handful of soldier pills.
Then he stuffed every single one of them into his mouth.
"What are you doing!?"
The moment Chiyo turned and saw it, she cried out in horror.
Military ration pills could restore chakra, yes—but not like this.
Swallowing that many at once would definitely damage his body's cells.
It could very well cause Rasa's strength to drop drastically in the future.
"I brought them here to fight…
So I can't just abandon them!"
Like swallowing dates whole, Rasa chewed a few times before gulping down all the pills in his mouth.
At once, the muscles all over his body began twitching uncontrollably.
An overwhelming surge of chakra erupted wildly from within him.
The clothes on his body billowed violently under the pressure of that massive chakra.
Seeing Rasa in that state, Chiyo was stunned.
"Magnet Release: Quicksand Storm!!"
The instant the thought flashed through his mind, Rasa and Chiyo dropped to the ground.
Then he suddenly raised both palms and slammed them down violently.
Rumble—!!!
The earth trembled violently.
The desert within several hundred meters instantly transformed into a churning sea of sand.
Then waves began to rise from that sea of sand, one after another, surging toward the battlefield at full force.
The violent disturbance immediately drew everyone's attention.
And the Konoha shinobi who had been entangling the Suna forces all froze for a moment.
As the sand waves rolled in, they stacked over one another, each wave taller than the last.
In just a few breaths, the waves of sand had already risen to dozens of meters in height.
Then, like a collapsing wall from the heavens, they crashed down toward everyone.
"FALL BACK!!!"
Yūhi Shinku's crimson eyes shrank violently.
Then he roared with all his strength.
The Konoha shinobi who reacted no longer had any time to bother with the Suna shinobi.
They turned at once and sprinted toward the rear.
Faced with such a massive sand wave covering such a huge area, if they did not retreat immediately—
they would be buried alive.
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