The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

Suddenly, Hatake Sakumo seized the flaw of one of the puppets. A gleam of brilliance flashed across his eyes. Then, he seized the extremely brief gap in the attack of the puppets besieging him and slid his body strangely like a snake.

Hatake Sakumo's movements were as fast as lightning, dazzling everyone. He had an explosive tag in his hand, and without hesitation, he attached it to the exposed joint of the puppet. Then, he once again demonstrated his amazing body movement skills, and like a ghost, he instantly moved behind another puppet.

Hatake Sakumo held the White Fang short sword tightly in his right hand, while his left hand was raised in front of his chest.

"Explode!!!" Hatake Sakumo shouted softly and directly detonated the detonating tag.

Fire and smoke appeared along with the explosion. The puppet at the center of the explosion was blown to pieces. One of the ten puppets was gone!

After destroying a puppet, Hatake Sakumo suddenly felt less pressure. Even though it was only one puppet missing, the coordination between the ten machines was not as smooth as before.

Yimu and Liuyue's faces looked very unhappy. They lost an important puppet in a short period of fighting. The puppets used to perform the Ten Machines Exercise were specially made and could not be replaced by ordinary puppets. Therefore, they had no way to fill this gap for the time being.

He used the White Fang short sword again to block the long sword that was swept across by one of the puppets. Hatake Sakumo released his chakra, and lightning chakra continued to flow into the White Fang short sword. Amidst the flashes of lightning, Hatake Sakumo suddenly exerted force and the long sword was directly cut off.

Hatake Sakumo once again seized a fleeting flaw, and taking advantage of the gap left by the puppet in front of him because his weapon was destroyed, Hatake Sakumo disappeared on the spot and slashed towards another puppet.

"White Fang Sword Technique: Instant Slash!"

Another puppet was scrapped. Yimu and Liuyue were shocked, and a chill spread throughout their bodies. Hatake Sakumo's strength improved too fast, and now the two of them couldn't hold on for long even if they joined forces.

Looking around, the Sand Village Ninja and the Konoha Ninja were fighting hard, but the scales of victory never tilted towards the Sand Village Ninja. The Sand Village Ninja had lost a small number of ninjas before the fight even started, and could no longer crush the Konoha Ninjas in terms of numbers. Under the desperate efforts of the Konoha Ninjas, the Sand Village Ninja's offensive was blocked, and the battle situation was at a stalemate for a while.

June was ready to retreat. "Yimu, retreat. There is no hope of victory!"

"No!" Yimu gritted his teeth and rejected it outright. He also knew that if they continued fighting like this, Sand Village would be in big trouble, but now they were in a dilemma. If they ordered a retreat, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the "Konoha White Fang" who were known for their speed.

Now all he could do was wait, wait for the Sand Village ninjas to gradually consume the manpower of the Konoha ninjas with their numerical advantage, and then in turn assist him and June in besieging Hatake Sakumo.

However, one question he hadn't considered was whether he and June could hold out until then.

Time passed slowly minute by minute, and the number of puppets controlled by Yimu and Liuyue decreased one by one. The ground was littered with the remains of puppets destroyed by Hatake Sakumo.

Hatake Sakumo was breathing slightly. After fighting at such an intense level for such a long time, even though he was very strong, he was a little tired.

At this time, there were only four puppets left on the field. Most of the ten puppets in total had been smashed by Hatake Sakumo. Imu began to get anxious. He finally realized that he might not be able to wait for the Sand Village ninja to come to support him, and he and June would be defeated.

Yimu and Liuyue looked at each other. If they wanted to delay time, this was the only way.

The chests of the remaining four puppets opened at the same time, revealing the dark launch tubes inside, and then a thick dark purple smoke spurted out from them.

The signature skill of the Sand Village puppeteer: poison!

Originally, Yimu had no intention of using such large-scale poisonous smoke. After all, poisonous smoke could not distinguish between friend and foe on the battlefield. But now, he could not care less.

Seeing the poisonous smoke slowly spreading on the battlefield, the Sand Village and Konoha ninjas who were fighting nearby stopped their actions and began to retreat. Some ninjas who retreated slowly only inhaled a breath, but soon fell to the ground powerlessly.

This is Chiyo's latest neurotoxin. It is so toxic that without an antidote, even a ninja with the strength of a Kage cannot last long under the protection of chakra.

Yimu and Liuyue stared at the center of the poisonous smoke. They did not see Hatake Sakumo make any evasive movements. Wasn't he afraid of being poisoned?

Suddenly, a flash of lightning split the poisonous smoke and rushed out from the poisonous smoke at an extremely fast speed.

"White Fang Sword Technique: Flash!"

The sword light was like a river, shining the entire battlefield. The lightning chakra constantly stimulated Hatake Sakumo's body, constantly speeding him up. Yimu and June hurriedly controlled the puppets to resist. They didn't understand. Hatake Sakumo stayed in the poisonous smoke for such a long time. Did he want to die?

Seeing the puppet blocking the path of Hatake Sakumo's advance, Yimu and Liuyue couldn't help but feel relieved. However, who would have thought that Hatake Sakumo's speed would increase again in an instant, and the roar of Lightning Chakra resounded throughout the battlefield. Hatake Sakumo endured the pain in his body and meridians, burst out with the fastest speed he could, and rushed forward before being intercepted by the puppet.

Yimu and Liuyue's faces changed drastically, but it was too late to take any action!

"White Fang Sword Technique: Swallow Returns!"

The White Fang dagger stabbed towards Yi Mu's heart. At the last moment, Yi Mu barely deviated his body and avoided the vital point, but his left arm was still cut off by the sharp White Fang dagger.

Hatake Sakumo appeared not far behind the two of them. Although he had severely injured Imu, his attack was not over yet.

"White Fang Sword Technique: Swallow Returns!!!"

With his back to Yimu and Junyue, Hatake Sakumo swung the white fang dagger in his hand and flew straight to Yimu's back at an incredibly fast speed.

The sharp sound of breaking air reminded Yimu, but he had just lost an arm and was in extreme pain, so he could no longer dodge.

"Yimu!!!" June's loud cry came to Yimu's ears.

"Pfft!"

The sound of bodies being torn and pierced was heard, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet, and everyone's attention turned to the center of the battlefield.

At the last moment, June wanted to use her own body to block the fatal blow for her husband, but she underestimated the piercing power of Hatake Sakumo's White Fang short sword with lightning chakra.

The sharp White Fang dagger, wrapped in the Lightning Chakra, attacked in succession, piercing June's body instantly without any delay. Then Yimu's heart was also pierced, killing him on the spot.