Kirigakure Front.
"Retreat!"
The Konoha ninjas cried out in terror, hurrying to withdraw.
Ahead, a humanoid monster with three tails was gathering a sphere of Chakra in its mouth—a Tailed Beast Ball.
Seeing the Tailed Beast Ball barreling toward them, the Konoha ninjas turned deathly pale.
"It's over..."
"We're dead..."
They thought they would die just like the previous ninjas, but unexpectedly, an attack came from the other side, aiming to intercept the Tailed Beast Ball.
"I'm done for, don't worry about me."
When he turned his head and saw Eight-Tails firing its own Tailed Beast Ball, he was dumbfounded.
The Tailed Beast Balls collided, erupting into a shockwave that sent everything flying.
The Konoha ninjas nearby were blown into trees, sustaining significant injuries but they had no complaints. It was much better than dying.
But why would Kumogakure's Eight-Tails help Konoha?
Before they could even voice their questions, they saw Two-Tails charging into Kirigakure at lightning speed, wreaking havoc.
The Kirigakure ninjas screamed in panic, their wails endless.
Eight-Tails, ignoring the confusion of the Konoha ninjas, rushed toward the rear of the Kirigakure army, intent on a massacre.
Meanwhile, the partially Tailed Beast-transformed Yagura attempted to rush over to rescue them and stop Two-Tails and Eight-Tails.
For a moment, the Konoha ninjas were even more bewildered.
What on earth was going on?
At that moment, a streak of white-gold light slammed down from the sky.
Yagura, as if having anticipated it, dodged in advance, but still grazed it slightly. His left hand covered in Chakra melted halfway. The lingering magma on it was filled with an overbearing aggression.
As the Chakra and the magma remained in a stalemate, the left hand was suddenly severed, falling to the ground and rapidly melting. The arm that had lost its hand began to regenerate quickly.
At this time, the sweltering heat, accompanied by the shockwave, raged all around, rapidly evaporating the water vapor and leaving everyone feeling parched.
The Konoha ninjas looked with suspicion and unease at the humanoid figure in the center, with its pristine white form, golden markings, dark crimson combat attire, and a blood-red pendant hanging from its brow.
Everything about it signaled that it was not to be trifled with, filled with a ruthlessness that disregarded everything.
The Konoha ninjas were stunned.
"Who is he?"
"Is he an enemy?"
"Probably not."
"I hope not."
The Konoha ninjas gulped, terrified that such an entity might be an enemy.
At this moment, the terrifying figure spoke, "Kakashi, take your men and wipe out the Kirigakure ninjas."
Kakashi widened his eyes in disbelief. "Hiromi?"
As soon as the name was mentioned, everyone was shocked.
"What?"
"He is Hiromi?"
"Hiss!"
The Konoha ninjas found it absurd, but upon thinking of Hiromi's Flame Emperor Form, it felt somewhat reasonable.
Kakashi, who had been given an order by Hiromi, could clearly sense the displeasure in Hiromi's indifferent gaze because he hadn't moved yet. This made Kakashi instinctively afraid.
"Follow me!"
He hurriedly skirted around the position of Hiromi and Yagura, charging toward the Kirigakure forces being besieged by Two-Tails and Eight-Tails.
Seeing this, the Konoha ninjas hesitated slightly, but the indifference in Hiromi's gaze truly terrified them. Thus, one by one, they rushed forward as if fleeing, completely disregarding that their commander here was Hiashi.
In reality, however, the Hyuga Clan charged faster than anyone else. After Hiromi had killed the Hyuga Grand Elder, they naturally understood the Hyuga Clan's attitude toward Hiromi—if you can't beat them, you can at least stay out of their way.
A large group of Konoha ninjas charged forward, while the injured ones hurried away from the area, fearing they would be a hindrance and even more afraid of being caught in the crossfire and killed by Hiromi.
If they died at the hands of their own people, that would be countless times more frustrating than dying at the hands of the enemy.
Yagura, controlled by Obito's genjutsu, kept his head down, looking exactly like other ninjas facing the Uchiha clan, not daring to meet Hiromi's eyes. But Hiromi knew he was afraid of the genjutsu being dispelled.
He could have helped Yagura dispel it, but he still had to kill him. Even without a mission, he would have killed Yagura, simply because he was the Mizukage. Their positions were hostile, he was an enemy.
"Volcano Eruption."
The ground rioted, and magma went berserk.
Yagura retreated in a hurry, but the range of the volcanic eruption was immense. With Hiromi as the center, bumps appeared along the thousand-meter perimeter, each four meters in diameter.
Boom!
Magma broke through the ground, erupting outward, the flames brilliant and scorching hot.
Countless magma pillars appeared, forming numerous volcanoes four meters high, surrounding Hiromi and Yagura.
Yagura turned around to face Hiromi, seemingly wondering what Hiromi was planning.
But the next second, he noticed the ground beneath his feet beginning to bulge. The ground, a thousand meters in diameter, was bulging.
The magma pillars erupting from the surrounding four-meter-tall volcanoes were even more frantic. But they couldn't suppress the rapid expansion of this thousand-meter bulge.
Yagura's expression was cold and stern. He wanted to take the risk and charge through the erupting volcanoes to dodge this massive volcano that was a thousand meters wide. Even if he sustained heavy injuries, Hiromi, having consumed a large amount of Chakra, would at least become weaker.
His primary goal was to weaken Hiromi. As long as Hiromi died, a certain person could proceed with the Uchiha clan's annihilation plan smoothly.
Moreover, if he could dodge it, Yagura's chances of winning would increase significantly, it was an excellent choice.
But he had underestimated Hiromi. Just as he charged into the volcanoes, a massive hand burst out from the volcano and grabbed him in his partially Tailed Beast-transformed state.