Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 91 Zombie Horde Charge, Total Collapse

All of this happened very suddenly.

By the time the Cloud Village troops realized what was happening, they were already surrounded by layers of coffins.

Stab it!

Intense lightning erupted from Yotsuki's body as he instantly entered Lightning Release Chakra Mode and immediately threw a punch at Kaedeji.

"Go to hell!"

boom!
A large amount of rotting flesh was splattered everywhere by this fierce attack, which was very visually impactful. The only pity was that the punch did not hit Kaedeji but instead pierced through the zombie that replaced Kaedeji.

"Space-time ninjutsu, plus these corpses, it really is that guy, Konoha's ghoul master, Kaedeji Tsukasa."

Troy summoned a bunch of specially made shuriken and assumed a fighting stance: "Sorry, everyone, I didn't expect to be fooled so easily. It seems that this is a trap set by Konoha. They were already prepared to deal with us. The good news is that he was the only one lying in ambush with us."

"Hmph, just in time. He was arrogant and courted death, so let's grant his wish. His ambush of us proves that he was the one who attacked Brubi."

Feeling the terrible sensation coming from her arm, Ye Yue subconsciously clenched it, only to find a pile of rotten flesh in her hand. Her face immediately turned disgusted, and she was about to pull her arm away.

"Ow!"

But the zombie was not dead. It suddenly reached out to grab Ye Yue's arm and then opened its mouth to bite down.

"Hmph!" A fierce glint flashed in Ye Yue's eyes, and with her other hand as fast as lightning, she chopped off the zombie's head with a single blow.

The head rolled to the ground, but it was still alive, still opening its mouth to bite.

This caused the Cloud Village ninjas, who were encountering zombies for the first time, to change their expressions.

"Just as rumored, only by smashing their heads can these corpses be completely killed." Troy's expression was grave.

The Cloud Village ninjas looked around at the rows of coffins, and as the coffin lids fell one after another, more zombies emerged from them.

"Battle formation! Sensory ninjas inside, everyone else outside. Do not let these corpses rush in!" Yoru shouted.

"No formation will work, don't even think about escaping. But it's a pity that you didn't succeed just now."

Kaede Tsukasa emerged from behind a coffin, gazing at the Cloud Village ninja with admiration in his eyes: "Killing you will replenish my strength, and the village probably won't be able to say anything about it."

Night Moon was engulfed in lightning and thunder, fully entering Lightning Release Chakra Mode. He sneered, "You're nothing but a guy who runs around using space-time ninjutsu. Someone like you can't even withstand one punch from me!"

"That's only if you can hit me. You're skilled in Lightning Release, but your speed is below mine." Kaedeji Tsukasa looked at the future Fourth Raikage with great interest.

With his burly build and well-defined muscles, he was practically the perfect zombie prospect; it would be a shame not to get bitten.

“Once you join my team, I will appoint you as my number one bodyguard, and I will take you with me wherever I go,” Kaedeji said.

boom!
Night Moon transformed into a bolt of lightning, forcefully breaking through two layers of zombies' obstruction, charging forward alone, and in an instant, her fist was already in front of Kaede Tsukasa's face.

Very quickly, extremely quickly, but...

Kaedeji, who was well-prepared, would only use the Sky Realm Technique even faster!
Kaede Tsukasa's figure disappeared, and in his place stood a zombie wielding a blade in front of Yotsuki.

The fist crackling with lightning collided with the blade coated with chakra, producing a sharp buzzing sound.

"Impressive! Even Terai almost couldn't stop you." Kaede Tsukasa walked out from another direction, marveling at Yotsuki's brilliant performance, and couldn't help but applaud.

Terai held the blade tightly against Yotsuki's fist. Due to the excessive force, his skin and muscles were cracking little by little, and even the blade was showing signs of being unable to bear the weight, despite the fact that the sword was also forged from precious chakra metal.

Yotsuki raised her knee and slammed it down hard. Terai suddenly released the force and quickly retreated to Kaedeji's side, like a loyal guard.

"I was injured after just one round. I shouldn't have used brute force to fight this guy."

Through this brief probing, Kaedeji roughly gauged the opponent's level. It's hard to say whether he had reached the Kage level, since Yotsuki was too young at this time. The third battle six years later would be the time for Yotsuki to demonstrate his true strength, but he was already a force to be reckoned with.

"This guy is very strong."

Yoru looked at Terai with a serious expression, filled with doubt and surprise. Who was this person?

"Terai, I've heard of that name before. He was an elite Jonin from Konoha. I haven't heard from him for a while now. I never imagined he was dead and had become Kaede Tsukasa's weapon."

Troy's already ashen expression turned as black as the bottom of a pot: "An elite Jonin isn't so easy to kill. Perhaps Kaede Tsukasa assassinated Terai and obtained his body."

After recounting the intelligence, Troy suddenly realized that perhaps he shouldn't have gone into so much detail, as this only proved how terrifying Kaede Tsukasa was.
Even a renowned elite Jonin became his puppet without a word, yet he was still able to fight against a powerful ninja like Yotsuki!
Ye Yue shouted sharply, "Don't worry, he's just a corpse after all. My punch just now has already injured him. A few more punches and I'll smash him into mincemeat!"

"Is that so? But you're mistaken. If you can only manipulate corpses but not repair them, what kind of corpse-escape ninja am I?"

Kaede Tsukasa shook his head, took out a summoning scroll from his waist, quickly unfurled it, and summoned an ordinary zombie. In full view of everyone, he had the zombie perform a spell, using the Reincarnation Technique, at the cost of turning himself into a dried-up corpse, to completely repair the cracks and wounds on Terai's body.

boom!
The zombie, now a dried-up corpse, collapsed completely, falling to the ground as skin and bones, instantly shattering into many pieces, frighteningly brittle.

"What...what kind of technique is this?!"

"Extracting energy from one corpse to replenish other injured corpses? Is this a medical ninjutsu from the Corpse Release technique? This is too bizarre!"

"How could such a technique exist in this world, completely squeezing out the last bit of value from a corpse, using a weak corpse to maintain the extremely high combat power of a powerful one...?"

The Cloud Village ninjas were in an uproar. Most of them were seeing the Corpse Escape Technique for the first time. Even if they had some expectations, they were already shocked to witness a group of corpses obeying orders. Seeing Kaede Tsukasa use the forbidden technique further shocked their worldview.

How could such a bizarre ninjutsu exist in the ninja world? It seems to be able to be used in combination with many forbidden techniques!
If any of them were to die, wouldn't they become one of these corpses...?

Upon considering this possibility, many Cloud Villagers turned pale and subconsciously swallowed.

Instead of immediately closing the summoning scroll in his hand, Kaedeji threw it at the Cloud Hidden Army, and a large number of zombies immediately emerged from it. The whole process was completed in one go.

"The enemy's total number is approximately two hundred and ten! The largest number of enemies are in the east, and the smallest are in the southwest," shouted a Cloud Village sensory ninja. "But the enemies also have multiple scrolls on their waists, so we can't determine their reserve strength!"

Yes, when dealing with Kaede Tsukasa alone, he subconsciously called out the word "troop strength," and even used the term "reserve troops"—he felt it was normal to deal with any normal army, but when it came to Kaede Tsukasa, a type that had never appeared before, he had no idea what to do.

"We can't delay any longer, let's get started!"

Night Moon roared impatiently, and together with Troy, they plunged into the ranks of zombies like two sharp swords.

Many Cloud Village ninjas let out low growls, suppressing their inner unease, and launched attacks in all directions in a circular formation. No matter what, they had the advantage in numbers.

The prerequisite is that we can quickly defeat Kaedeji and rout the horde of zombies; otherwise, if we attract the main force of Konoha Village, we really won't be able to escape.

Yotsuki took the lead, but this time he didn't specifically target Kaedeji. He realized that if they didn't kill all the zombies, they wouldn't even be able to get close to Kaedeji—Kaedeji would definitely keep using space-time ninjutsu to move his position and put himself in an absolutely safe place!

"That bastard, he must have exhausted himself by bringing out a team of two hundred people, and it's impossible for him to unleash the full power of every single corpse! He actually dared to stand up and block us, even claiming that he had surrounded us... Let's finish this quickly and kill this arrogant guy!"

Night Moon was surrounded by lightning, resembling a thunder god. A layer of lightning chakra appeared on his body, enough to withstand most ninjutsu attacks with his bare body.

Several zombies unleashed fire and wind jutsu, causing no real damage to Yotsuki except for a few Cloud Village ninjas who were injured in the process.

"Wow, that's impressive. A Lightning Release Chakra Mode that combines offense and defense. This type of guy has always been my number one imaginary enemy."

Kaede Tsukasa stood in the middle of the horde of corpses, watching the medium-sized battle with great interest, maintaining his hand seals to unleash as much power as possible from the horde.

This was indeed a heavy burden for him, requiring extremely high brain computing power—fortunately, Kaede Tsukasa was good at calculation. Whether it was starting to use Corpse Escape or learning forbidden techniques such as Reanimation Jutsu and Izanagi, without a good brain, you couldn't possibly drive a large number of zombies to accelerate their learning speed!

Without a strong mind, one cannot master Corpse Release. In other words, a straightforward person like Naruto, even disregarding temperament and personal inclinations, is not suitable to become Kaede Tsukasa's disciple simply from a mental perspective.

On the contrary, the Nara clan, who speak with their brains, are suitable to follow him and learn the Corpse Escape Technique.

"However, things are different now. I have mastered the power to deal with this type of ninja."

Without high-explosive techniques like Rasengan or Chidori, relying solely on ordinary low-to-mid-level escape techniques such as Great Fireball Technique and Water Breaking Stream Technique, even if you were exhausted, you wouldn't be able to hurt a single hair on Yotsuki's leg.

This was one of the reasons why Kaede Tsukasa chose the Reaper Death Seal. Unless Yotsuki's Lightning Release Chakra Mode could also arm his soul, being touched by him would at least result in severe injury, if not death!

"He's very fast. We need to find a good opportunity. It's already difficult enough to find the right moment to use the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique, let alone get close enough to touch him... He'll definitely find a way to dodge."

As Kaede watched Yoruzuki, who was flashing with lightning in the darkness and leaving limbs and broken bodies in his wake, he quickly devised and overturned one tactic after another.

Although Kaede Tsukasa's attention was very focused, he maintained a certain degree of relaxation in his mindset. To put it bluntly, even if all these zombies were dead, he would at most find it a bit troublesome and have to arrange for the White Zetsu to spend more time collecting usable corpses.

But what about the people of Kumogakure? Every death of one is a permanent loss. Even with the two powerful ninjas, Yotsuki and Troy, who have extremely high killing efficiency and have knocked many zombies to the ground, they still cannot shake Kaedeji's resolve in the slightest.

Rumble!
A series of booming sounds erupted in succession. A battle involving hundreds of people and various ninjutsu flew through the air, blasting many of the towering trees in Konoha Forest to pieces in a very short time.

One after another, giant trees collapsed with a crash, their numerous branches bursting open, adding only the most insignificant embellishment to this fierce battle under the cover of night.

Overall, the horde of zombies was being suppressed and was at a clear disadvantage.

In terms of both quality and quantity, they are actually much inferior to the overall strength of the Hidden Cloud Village.

"If this keeps going, my side will be wiped out." Kaede Tsukasa found it very amusing that he appeared and disappeared on the battlefield like a ghost, strolling around leisurely, constantly using the Void Realm Technique to change his position, so that no Cloud Village ninja could lock onto his location for long.

"Damn it, he's too cunning! He only knows how to use corpses to wear down our forces! Our losses don't even count; in the end, we just killed a bunch of people who were already dead!"

Yotsuki had an unusually volatile temper. She threw a punch at Terai, who once again blocked it precisely with his blade.

Terai didn't fight Yotsuki; he dodged and stalled as much as he could.

Yozuki initially judged that Kaedeji wouldn't last long because it was impossible for him to command so many corpses to exert strong combat power. However, gradually, his idea wavered because although the overall strength of the corpse horde was declining due to the decrease in the number of corpses, the combat power that each corpse could exert on average was quietly increasing!
The movements are more precise, the angles of attack are more tricky, and the power of the same ninjutsu used has also subtly increased.

The fewer the number of corpses, the more attention Kaede Tsukasa can devote to each one, and the more he can manipulate them to unleash their pre-birth power?

The key point is that he couldn't see any signs of excessive consumption from Kaede Tsukasa. It was as if Kaede Tsukasa would never get tired and always have inexhaustible chakra, but how could that be?
What kind of ridiculous secret technique is this? How could there be such a guy in this world who developed such a troublesome forbidden technique!
"Playing with the dead and desecrating the living, people like you will not have a good end; you will be crushed to pieces sooner or later!"

Yotsuki punched Terai away, cursing as she watched as a zombie that had previously escaped from the summoning scroll immediately used that strange technique, sacrificing its own life to become a dried-up corpse, to quickly heal the wounds on Terai's body.

Terai, whose body had been damaged due to overexertion, became energetic again, pointing the knife directly at him as he charged forward once more.

For the first time, Ye Yue felt that a one-on-one fight was such a troublesome thing, especially a one-on-one fight with a corpse.

This time, Kaede Tsukasa appeared less than ten meters away from Yoru, strolling leisurely and saying indifferently, "I've already been playing with corpses, and you're telling me I'll die a horrible death? At worst, I'll become one of the corpses in the future. I've long been mentally prepared for that. What else do you have to say?"

"Damn it, no moral conscience whatsoever, how could Konoha Village have produced such a guy?" Yotsuki cursed under his breath, finding Terai even more annoying than a fly, and turned to look at Troy on the other side.

Compared to Yoru, Troy's destructive power seemed to be far inferior. During the battle, he kept throwing various ninja tools, and his face looked extremely ugly.

“Troy’s type is indeed not good at dealing with these corpses.” Night Moon frowned.

Troy's Magnet Release involves attaching magnetism to thrown ninja tools before launching them to attack enemies.

Once the enemy instinctively uses kunai to knock away these ninja tools, that's it, meaning they're all covered in magnetism. At this point, Troy will seize the opportunity to throw out his signature weapon—the square shuriken, a large shuriken.

The square shuriken will be automatically attracted by the enemy's magnetic force, automatically track the enemy, and its speed will increase, chasing the enemy to death.

The best way to deal with Troy is actually to dodge his shurikens instead of blocking them, so as not to be affected by the magnetism. However, to do this would mean that Troy's intelligence had been leaked, allowing them to make such a targeted arrangement.

But the problem is that we're dealing with zombies now!
The corpses had no concept of "pulling out kunai to defend against the enemy's ninja tools." They would use their bodies to take the hits if they could, even if it meant getting riddled with holes, just to get a chance to get close to the Cloud Village ninjas.

Although some of the zombies were so badly injured with broken bones that they could only pounce on them and bite them, they were insignificant injuries.

Furthermore, Sandstorm Araki unleashed his ultimate attack, continuously whipping up sandstorms that obscured vision, weakened the Cloud Village ninja's combat power, and carried out relentless harassment.

"Damn it, maybe I should go after that Terai? But that guy has chakra attached to his weapon, so my magnetism doesn't work on him." Troy was extremely frustrated.

With a half-open summoning scroll in his mouth, Troy continuously summoned and threw various sizes of square shuriken. Compared to the many Cloud Village warriors who charged into the hordes of zombies with great passion and caused them to fall over, the already thin and frail Troy had become nothing more than an emotionless ninja tool throwing machine.

The zombies ignored his attacks and charged forward relentlessly, willing to be shattered to pieces in an attempt to shake the defenses of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Fearless of injury, fearless of death, and fond of exchanging wounds for wounds, Troy felt no sense of accomplishment no matter how many enemies they killed who were already dead... Troy was thoroughly fed up with them.

He then stared at Sandstorm Araki, continuously throwing square shuriken. Coincidentally, Sandstorm Araki was also very good at ranged combat, constantly raising sandstorms to disrupt the trajectory of the square shuriken.

Kaede Tsukasa has been keeping an eye on Troy.

To put it bluntly, compared to Yoruzuki, Troy is his primary target. Tonight, no matter how many zombies are lost, as long as the two elite Jonin, Sandstorm Araki and Terai, are not completely destroyed beyond repair, he doesn't care how many other zombies Kaede Tsukasa are lost. Taking down Troy is the greatest victory.

Kaede Tsukasa did consider keeping Yotsuki here permanently, but it was probably impossible—Yotsuki was too fast, and her offense and defense were both excellent. If she really wanted to run away, Kaede Tsukasa wouldn't be able to stop her.

Moreover, even disregarding all objective factors, if he miraculously killed Yotsuki and obtained her body, he would then face the great war between Kumogakure and Konoha.

The Third Raikage would certainly not accept this outcome. One reason is that he cannot accept his son's death, and another is that he absolutely cannot tolerate Kaedeji playing with his son's corpse.

"War, what a fascinating word. But I must restrain myself for now. We'll talk about everything after Orochimaru has cultivated the body I desire." Kaede Tsukasa reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Yotsuki and stared intently at Troy.

He had always suspected that Troy was actually kidnapped from the Land of Wind by the Hidden Cloud Village when he was a child.

It seems that Kumogakure has been doing this kind of thing all along, kidnapping Kushina and Hinata. There's no reason why they're only targeting people from Konoha. It's likely that they're kidnapping people from all the other ninja villages. So it's perfectly normal for the Land of Wind, which is already famous for producing Magnet Release ninjas, to kidnap someone and take them back.

Troy's physique was incredibly small compared to the muscular men of Kumogakure, which seemed to be another piece of evidence that he was not a native of Kumogakure.
“No matter your origins, from this day forward, you will be my property, forever.” Kaede Tsukasa then approached Troy and stared at him directly.

"Does this person see me as prey? What terrible eyesight."

Troy snorted, but this suited him perfectly; he had come up with a tactic that could kill Kaedeji Tsukasa directly.

With the death of Kaedeji Tsukasa, the Corpse Release ninja, all the corpses should have lost their ability to fight. Allowing someone like Kaedeji Tsukasa to live is too much of a threat to Kumogakure.

They dare to attack the Eight-Tails now, leading a bunch of zombies to fight their 300-strong team head-on. What will they be like in a few years? Nobody knows how much Kaede Tsukasa will grow.

Even if his own strength never reaches the Kage level, simply increasing the number of zombies and deploying them on the battlefield would be unbearable. It's unknown how many additional casualties would be needed to subdue the horde. Troy glanced towards Ye Yue, who knew Troy had devised a tactic that required his cooperation.

"Among all the corpses, those that emerged from the coffins were clearly stronger and had undergone careful maintenance, while those that emerged from the spirit scrolls were generally weak and served as consumables for healing the injuries of other corpses, as well as as meat shields to withstand attacks."

The Hidden Cloud Village had already noticed this, and Troy immediately summoned five square shuriken and threw them in all directions.

Several zombies were cleaved in two.

"Any new tactics? It's nothing more than a decapitation strike, and they're coming for me."

Kaede jumped onto a coffin and looked at the scene, surveying the battlefield: "The more zombies we lose, the faster they are killed, and the less damage they can inflict on the enemy."

Well, it's about time.

Kaede Tsukasa clapped his hands together suddenly.

Corpse Escape: Corpse Transformation Technique!

The corpses of the fallen Cloud Village ninjas immediately came to life, twitching and twisting with a creaking sound, their bones making a chilling noise even in the chaotic battlefield.

And they immediately attacked the uninjured Cloud Village ninja.

In an instant, countless screams rang out, followed by incredulous questions and terrified roars.

"He bled out, how did he come back to life?"

"Our comrades have been manipulated by an evil enemy, and now they are the enemy too. We cannot show mercy!"

"No, I can't do it..."

Having finally regained their footing and gained more and more momentum in the fight, the Cloud Village ninjas were now thrown into chaos, suffering heavy casualties in a very short time. More than twenty people were killed on the spot, and many more were injured, and their formation became full of holes.

But this is not the end.

Kaede Tsukasa, like the Grim Reaper, spread his arms as if to cover the entire battlefield from above: "With my current strength, I have a little bit of status in this world, so I'll show you my true abilities a little bit... The dead will fight for me, and the living will not escape my shadow!"

At this moment, Kaede Tsukasa began to unleash his Corpse Transformation Technique on a large scale, not only affecting corpses but also targeting the living.

More accurately, it refers to those living people who were previously bitten or scratched!

This is actually not easy. On the battlefield, ninjas are already squeezing out all their mental and physical strength to desperately create more chakra. Even if they are bitten or scratched and infected with the zombie virus, a large amount of chakra is attached to various parts of their bodies, which increases the rate at which Kaede Tsukasa erodes them.

However, the slow speed does not mean there is no speed at all, let alone the ability to cast spells at this distance.

Under Kaede Tsukasa's relentless treatment, one by one, the injured survivors began to feel their hearts pounding, their blood rushing, their body temperature dropping, and their bodies growing cold.

Every muscle throbbed with a dull, tingling pain, which was followed by a gradual loss of sensation. Self-awareness in the brain gradually blurred, and little by little, control over the body was lost.

The first signs are distorted movements and incoherent language.

"Hey, what are you doing?! You've already formed the hand seals, why aren't you releasing the ninjutsu?"

"Uh huh huh..."

"what?"

"Aaaaaaah!! Are you crazy? Why are you attacking me? Get away from me!!"

With frequent resurrection from the inside out and relentless attacks from the corpses from the outside in, the Cloud Village's forces finally began to collapse.

More and more people died and joined Kaede Tsukasa's team; more and more people were injured, and while still alive, their bodies began to tremble violently, howling and attacking the healthy people around them.

The zombie horde, which had already been halved, rapidly increased in number in a very short period of time, while the Cloud Village was losing members at a rapid pace!
As a result, the balance of power between the two sides shifted rapidly from imbalance to equilibrium and then back to imbalance.

Everything happened too fast and too suddenly, leaving the surviving Cloud Village ninjas completely bewildered and at a loss. While instinctively dealing with various attacks, they were also hesitant and timid, having no idea who to attack—anything that was moving in front of them, who knew if it was an enemy or an ally!

One second they were comrades fighting side by side, the next they started to move slowly, and a little while later they turned around and attacked them frantically. This not only caused a drastic change in the combat strength of both sides, but also dealt a severe blow to their mentality.

They may have lost their close subordinates, best friends, and family members, and now all that's left is a life-or-death struggle between them.

"Run! The Konoha Ghoul is a demon!!"

"I don't want to fight anymore. I have no idea who's the enemy and who's my ally. What should I do? I don't want to become one of these guys!"

The Cloud Village ninjas were in chaos, filled with fear and unease.

Night Moon leaped into the air, the lightning on her body crackling violently, attracting the attention of all the living people.

"Don't panic, keep shrinking the formation!"

But when Ye Yue glanced at the collapsing defense line, a deep sense of powerlessness rose in her heart. How could they possibly fight like this? They simply couldn't continue; morale had completely collapsed.

"Damn it, that damned Kaedeji! If I had known about you sooner, you would never have succeeded like this. The unity of the Cloud Village ninjas is beyond what a guy like you can imagine!"

Yotsuki glared at Kaedeji with resentment, maintaining her remaining rationality. Instead of rushing forward recklessly, she turned around and quickly knocked down many of the zombie-turned Cloud Village ninjas with a single punch.

Many faces, which were once filled with rich emotions and were his familiar subordinates, are now filled with endless stiffness and deathly silence, mechanically launching attacks, as if they were born with an extreme hatred for the living after becoming servants of Kaedeji.

"At a time like this, stop making yourself sound so aggrieved. What do you mean by knowing my information in advance? Intelligence warfare is an important part of combat. Isn't your Magnet Release ninja also hiding his information?"

Kaede Tsukasa spoke nonchalantly, his voice piercing the darkness, crossing the horde of howling, running, and leaping corpses, and reaching Yoru's ears.

He found it quite pleasing to watch as this group went from being orderly to collectively collapsing. Only now was he able to slightly unleash the true power of his Corpse Escape technique.

The last time such painstaking effort was put into performing magic on a living person was during World War II when dealing with Sandstorm Araki. He successfully neutralized part of Sandstorm Araki's power, creating a great opportunity for Kato Dan to kill Sandstorm Araki.

Similar scenarios will occur more and more frequently in the future, and all enemies will eventually live in endless fear of him.

"Troy, are you done yet?!" Night Moon shouted as she struggled to protect her remaining companions.

"It's ready, let's go... Boss!" Troy roared.

Ye Yue glanced at Troy with a complicated expression. This was the first time he had heard Troy express agreement, but he hadn't expected it to be under these circumstances. Could it be that Troy had actually sensed something?

No, this is the determination before launching an attack that is bound to succeed.

The square shuriken that had been thrown out and scattered in all directions were quickly pulled back by Troy's magnetic power.

He pressed a small square shuriken against Yotsuki, and then Yotsuki roared and launched a straight-line attack on Kaedeji.

As expected, Kaede Tsukasa used the Void Realm Technique to teleport away, and Yozuki also changed his direction of movement in sync. His violent turns created a deep crater in the ground with each impact.

Sparks flew everywhere, and as far as the naked eye could see, only the dazzling lightning frequently shuttled across the battlefield, weaving a magnificent net-like landscape.

"He can't hold out for long with such a high intensity of Lightning Release Chakra Mode." Troy was worried, but there was nothing he could do. The most basic element in dealing with someone like Kaede Tsukasa was speed!

If you have speed and Kaede Tsukasa doesn't use space-time ninjutsu to escape the battlefield, then there's a slight chance of killing Kaede Tsukasa; otherwise, there's absolutely no chance.

Fortunately, Kaede didn't run away directly, but kept moving around the battlefield. Each time, Yoru was forced to use magic to move.

Many times, Yotsuki almost touched the hem of Kaedeji's clothes.

"They're here!" Troy roared, and a large number of square shuriken, both large and small, began to fly erratically through the air as Ye Yue moved at high speed!

Troy applied a magnetic force to Yotsuki, causing all the ninja tools to automatically attack Yotsuki. However, due to Yotsuki's high-speed movement, a large number of ninja tools began to move continuously in the air.

Under the barrage of square shurikens, zombies were riddled with holes and fell in droves.

But killing these zombies wasn't the goal. By continuously compressing the space, the fewer zombies there were, the fewer coordinates Kaede could move to. And the space filled by those square shuriken in the air was even more unapproachable for Kaede.

Just seconds after showing up!

This was the only tactic Troy could think of: as long as Yoru didn't stop, they would risk serious physical damage to become moving targets to break Kaede Tsukasa's spell.

"Most of my companions have died, and only this few people are left gathered together. This allows me to use my magic without restraint, without worrying about harming too many of my companions."

Troy thought silently, feeling a deep sadness in his heart—he was only able to execute tactics to kill the enemy because of the tragic deaths and injuries of his comrades.

However, it is worth it as long as we can kill Kaedeji. If we do not kill Kaedeji now despite the heavy casualties, the losses of Kumogakure in the future will be ten times or a hundred times greater than today, and there may never be peace again!

"Die now, die here forever!" Troy gritted his teeth.

rustle!

The faint sound of sand shifting beneath my feet reached my ears.

The next second, the ground suddenly tore open, and countless dust particles shot into the sky. Sandstorm Araki, who had been hiding in the darkness and intermittently creating small sandstorms, finally launched a surprise attack, grabbing Troy from below.

"what?"

Troy's eyes widened, and soon, Sandstorm Wildwood bit into his neck and pulled hard, causing blood to splatter. He then retreated immediately.

Troy collapsed in disbelief.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that when the corpses attacked them, some directions had more corpses than others. This was a deliberate attempt to guide their positions. The falling of countless corpses was all for this crucial attack.

"It's done. All this effort has been for this moment." Kaede Tsukasa's lips curled into a smile, which Yoru saw and completely enraged the future Fourth Raikage. He charged forward like a raging bull.

Yoru could sense that he was getting closer and closer to Kaede, and that Kaede could move to fewer and fewer coordinates!

"Hey, if you want to turn me into your puppet, it will take some time. The stronger the ninja, the more time you will need and the more chakra you will consume. How much chakra and time do you have left?"

Amidst the gasps of the remaining Cloud Village ninja, Troy collapsed, clutching his neck. His bloodshot eyes glazed over, showing no fear, only unbridled pleasure.

Even if you successfully hunt him down, what then? You, the caster, will die.

“Even without using any techniques, the magnetic force on the boss's body can last for a while, enough to pull all these ninja tools together... but you don't have that time.”

Troy felt that he should be able to see Kaedeji die, and after Kaedeji died, he could be treated and perhaps return to Kumogakure alive.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yotsuki approach Kaedeji once again. In the darkness, Yotsuki was the only and most dazzling light, and he himself was the greatest hope.

Pfft!

One punch.

Troy saw it, and the surviving Cloud Village ninjas all saw it.

The zombies that were attacking them suddenly stopped moving and became completely silent.

The once chaotic and desperate battlefield fell silent in an instant, with only the thunderous energy emanating from Ye Yue's body still rumbling.

"Ha, hit him." Troy was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, breathing heavily, and was already somewhat oxygen-deprived, but he still managed a smile.

One punch pierced through his chest, shattering his internal organs. The massive amount of lightning that had entered Kaedeji's body would also spread rapidly, damaging his body immediately.

"Did we... win?"

"The enemy isn't moving, we must have won!!"

"Hooray! As expected of Lord Yotsuki, he killed the Konoha Ghoul Master using this method!!"

"I survived! I really survived! Waaaaah..."

"Stop crying, you fool! How can a man of Kumogakure cry? Even expressing joy through tears is unacceptable!!"

"Waaaaah, you're the one who's crying, aren't you?"

The remaining Cloud Village ninjas didn't even care about the fact that they were in the Land of Fire. They cheered with joy at surviving the disaster, and some even kicked the zombies in front of them to vent their emotions.

"Lord Troy, I'm here to heal you!"

A ninja who survived by sheer luck used crude medical ninjutsu to stop the bleeding from the gruesome wound on Troy's neck. If Troy was lucky, he might survive.

"Thank you for your hard work." Troy felt that this battle was really difficult, but victory belonged to Kumogakure!
On the other side, Ye Yue was also staring at the man in front of her, a ferocious smile unconsciously appearing on her lips, but she quickly suppressed it, her expression filled with respect for a powerful enemy.

"You are very strong, Konoha's Kaede Tsukasa. I acknowledge you. You are the first person to have put me in such a difficult situation. Although we are enemies, I will remember you for the rest of my life."

As Ye Yue spoke in a deep voice, a large number of square shuriken were driven into his broad, muscular back, but he blocked them all with his lightning armor.

Kaedeji's head, which had been slightly lowered, was now slightly raised, and blood continued to flow from the corner of his mouth.

"I see. You fellow from the Night Moon Clan, it's truly an honor to have your approval. But you've been careless. You've captured me, but haven't I also captured you...?"

Kaedeji showed none of the severe injuries a normal human would exhibit after being shot through the chest. He suddenly reached out a hand and pressed it against Yotsuki's thick arm.

Yoru's heart skipped a beat. She saw Kaedeji's other hand forming the final hand seal of a spell, and immediately realized that something terrible was about to happen, but it was too late.

At such close range, it was enough for Kaede Tsukasa to activate that technique. He had been waiting for so long, looking for an opportunity since the start of the war, and he was looking for more than just an opportunity to attack Troy!

"Die," Kaedeji Tsukasa said.

Corpse Escape: Corpse Demon Sealing Technique!

(End of this chapter)