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"Lord Fengying, what's wrong...?"

Chiyo stared blankly at Rasa, clearly bewildered by his actions.

They were supposed to be working together to deal with Nagato's invasion, so why did the Kazekage suddenly attack the Hokage?

Aren't we allies?

That's not right. Konoha and Kirigakure are definitely in cahoots now. If they attack Konoha now, wouldn't that mean Sunagakure is going to fight two against one?

This approach not only abandons the infrastructure projects that Sunagakure has spent a lot of manpower and resources on, but also makes it highly likely that they will simultaneously confront both Konoha and Kirigakure, two major villages.

What the hell are you doing, Rasa!

"All Sand Village ninja, heed my command!"

Rasa glanced at Chiyo expressionlessly, and with the aid of chakra, his voice resounded throughout the Sand Gold Fortress: "Eliminate all Konoha and Kirigakure ninja!"

These words stunned the entire audience.

"Lord Kazekage, do you know what you're saying?!"

"Luo Sha, are you crazy?!"

"What are you doing, Kazekage? Are you trying to get Sunagakure, Konoha, and Kirigakure to fight each other all at once?!"

Rasa's words not only caused everyone present to frown, but the Sand Villagers also showed expressions of fear.

In particular, Chiyo and Ebizo, among other high-ranking members of Sunagakure, kept glancing at Mizukiyo in the sky. After confirming that he was not directly angered, they shouted angrily at Rasa one after another.

Luo Sha remained expressionless and silent, his hands constantly forming hand seals, and countless sand-gold particles emanated from his body.

Seeing this, the Sand Village members in the arena didn't know what to do. They looked at each other, unsure whether to intervene.

"Luo Sha, what exactly are you...?"

"He is no longer Luo Sha."

The pale purple chakra gradually dissipated, but then condensed again, transforming into the bone armor of Susanoo, hovering around him. Uchiha Fugaku slowly stood up, his blood-red Mangekyou Sharingan fixed on Rasa, clutching his lower abdomen as he slowly rose, blood tears streaming down his face.

He sensed a familiar power in Rasa—the power of the Kaleidoscope, and it was the same power that the masked man had possessed!

Considering Nagato's presence here, Fugaku had already made some calculations in his mind, and in the instant he was attacked, he tried to use his own Mangekyou Sharingan to break the illusion on Rasa.

But clearly, it failed.

His eye power was still no match for that masked man, even after he fused with Hashirama's cells.

Hashirama cells also vary in strength. The optimized version of Hashirama cells that were fused together to compensate for the ocular power could not possibly compare to the heavy stuff Madara used on Obito.

"What do you mean by that? How could the Hokage not be the Kazekage?" Ebizo said, frowning.

"Control of the Mangekyou Sharingan's power." Fugaku stared intently at Rasa and said in a deep voice, "If you had just found a ninja with even a slightly stronger sense of perception to examine the Kazekage's head, you would have been able to see the Mangekyou Sharingan power residing in his brain."

"Your Kazekage has long been controlled by someone, just like the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure back then!"

"Wha, what?!"

"Lord Kazekage has been controlled... Are you kidding me?!"

"It might be true. Look at Lord Kazekage's expression; it's clearly very different from usual."

"Was the Third Mizukage also controlled back then...?"

A collective gasp rippled through the fortress. Chiyo and Ebizo were utterly shocked, and even instinctively wanted to refute such words.

One of the shadows was controlled.

This is not just about losing a top-tier fighter; it's not just a blow to reputation. It also means that village secrets have been leaked and the direction of political development has been compromised!

"Wait, if the Kazekage is being controlled like the Third Mizukage was back then, then wouldn't the Kazekage's Blood Sand Policy be..."

Maki stared blankly at the expressionless Rosa, seemingly unable to accept it. He took two steps back in a panic, slumped against a handrail to keep from collapsing.

Their long-held and diligently pursued blood sand policy has actually...

Not only Maki, but countless Sand Village ninjas present were all somewhat dazed. The Jonin were alright, but the Genin were all staring blankly at their hands with doubt in their eyes, their hearts trembling.

The Sand Village under the Blood Sand Policy is just like the Mist Village shrouded in the Blood Mist Policy—dark, chaotic, bloody, and cruel.

God knows how many of their own partners and friends they've personally killed over the past few years...

"Luo Sha, you!"

"Magnetic Escape·Alluvial Gold Realm Method!"

Chiyo couldn't help but growl, but what responded to her was the overwhelming gold dust summoned by Rasa.

"Susanoh!"

With a soft shout, Fugaku activated the fourth stage of Susanoo, forcefully blocking Chiyo, Ebizo, and the others from the onslaught of gold dust.

"Now is not the time to discuss the Kazekage's situation. The battle that follows is bound to be fierce. Quickly cover the retreat of the civilians and low-ranking ninjas!"

"Also, be careful of those geisha who possess the Rinnegan. Each of them has a special eye technique that is quite dangerous, so we must be careful when dealing with them."

"...I understand."

"I, Chiyo, command all Sand Village ninja to evacuate all civilians and low-ranking young ninjas to the shelters!"

Chiyo, with a stern face, took out a scroll from her pocket and used her chakra to transmit her voice throughout the entire venue.

After she finished speaking, Chiyo looked at Rasa and opened the scroll.

"Hokage, please leave Rasa to this old man..."

"You still like to show off, Grandma."

The abrupt tone caused Chiyo's face to stiffen abruptly. Before she knew it, several figures had appeared in the venue.

The leader had a young face, with red, tousled hair that fluttered in the wind, matching his black robe with red cloud patterns.

Upon seeing this person, the expressions of the old men from Sunagakure changed once again. Chiyo clenched her hands tightly, her voice filled with sorrow: "So that's how it is. The core that the Mizukage entrusted to us, which belonged to you, was stolen because of Rasa!"

"Isn't this obvious?"

Scorpion's tone was icy, a strange smile playing on his lips, as he produced a scroll with the number 'three' written on it.

"If you want to fight the Wind Shadow, why don't you first have a duel with the Wind Shadow in my hand?"

Bang!

Seeing the Third Kazekage puppet connected to Sasori's chakra, countless Sand Village ninjas became increasingly dazed, even losing their fighting spirit.

"A battle between grandfather and grandson, how interesting."

Hiruko, his body wrapped in bandages, chuckled, his gaze lingering unabashedly on the densely packed ninjas below, especially those with bloodline limits.

"Storm Release, Explosion Release... Hehe, these are all pretty good prey!"

"Are you all ready to face the fear?"

Chapter 224 Complete Susanoo and the Wood Golem and Wood Dragon Techniques!

"The Third Kazekage, and the Fourth Kazekage..."

Countless Sand Village ninjas watched the two Kazekage who controlled iron sand and gold sand, and felt only despair in their hearts.

The two Kage, the two people they trusted and respected the most, who had sworn to lead them to a better tomorrow, had now become daggers aimed at them. This huge contrast left even the ninjas from other villages feeling powerless and suffocated.

Seeing two Kazekage fighting against the Ten Pine Warriors and Susanoo, Ebizo took over command with a gloomy expression and raised his arm to shout, but what responded to him was the whistling cannonballs of the Asura Path Pain.

The explosion was deafening, but it also woke up the Sand Village ninjas inside.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

"Puppet manipulation!"

Earth Release: Earth-Splitting Palm!

The belatedly aware Sand Village ninjas all made their moves, but Pain, who had already been standing in the center of the venue, ready to carry rice, let out a low shout from the gods.

"Spicy Tiansen!"

In an instant, an incredibly fierce repulsive force, centered on Pain, surged outwards in all directions, shattering the Sand Village formation that had just regained its senses.

boom!

Amidst a series of booming sounds, the entire venue shook violently as an irresistible and terrifying force blasted the special fortress-like venue, constructed from iron and gold dust, away.

Some of the Sand Village's elite troops tried to resist, but the sky suddenly turned dark, and several summoning beasts as large as mountains descended from the sky like Mount Tai pressing down!

The Akatsuki currently has very few members. Apart from Pain, there are only Konan, Sasori, Zetsu, Hikari, Hiruko, and the newly appointed Nanto Shinno.

Of these, although Hikari is the Suzaku of Akatsuki, she is a secret weapon used to fight against Minazuki Yoru, and usually obeys orders but not commands.

Zetsu is an intelligence operative, and Shennong is a medical ninja. Their combat abilities are basically negligible. Even Hiruko's combat strength is only at the level of an elite Jonin.

It can be said that the Akatsuki organization is quite pitiful compared to the original story where all its members were villains. Among its members, only Sasori still possesses Kage-level combat power!

Even so, it was still easy for this half-crippled Xiaolai to carry out a major purge of the current Jinsha Fortress.

With my own power, Camille Payne Six Paths!

"Is it Kagura of the Uzumaki clan using her Mind's Eye to control distractions?"

Ye noticed the horrific scene in the hall below and the dual battle between Pain and Nagato in the corner of his eye, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

It's truly astonishing how much Nagato has grown in just a few years.

Sensing Yoru's gaze, Nagato sneered, clasped his hands together abruptly, and then raised his arm, aiming it at Yoru.

"Wood Release! Wood Dragon Technique!"

Two massive wooden dragons, each tens of meters long, roared out from Nagato's hands, accompanied by a deafening roar, stirring up a mighty wind as they hurtled towards Minazuki Yoru.

Upon hearing this move, Ye's eyes narrowed, and the entire audience was shaken.

As expected, given Nagato's physique and the abundant vitality emanating from his body, there was no reason why this guy wouldn't know Wood Release.

But this intensity...

Yoru had never fought Hashirama Senju and did not know how strong Hashirama Senju was back then, but the fact that he could create a terrifying wooden dragon tens of meters long with a wave of his hand showed that his strength was already above that of the special White Zetsu back then!

The combination of Nagato's vortex physique and Hashirama Senju's cells gave him a physical body that was almost identical to a 'Sage Body', in addition to the Rinnegan, which is known as the Sage's Eye.

At this moment, Nagato truly deserves the title of 'god'!

"Blue Fire Pendant!"

With a soft shout, two bursts of blazing flames erupted from behind him, colliding fiercely with the oncoming wooden dragon and blocking it.

Nagato wasn't surprised that the first attack failed. It would be problematic to think that someone like Mizuki Yoru could be defeated with ordinary Wood Release techniques.

The reason he displayed Wood Release was simply to show off his divine power!

Nagato took a deep breath, his body radiating a terrifying aura of chakra: "Feel the power of the gods, Minazuki Yoru!"

"Wooden escape, the birth of the tree world!"

"Such an amount of chakra!"

Below, Fugaku Uchiha, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Rasa, suddenly raised his head, looking astonished.

The amount of chakra that Nagato was unleashing at this moment was truly astonishing. It wasn't that he hadn't seen people with a lot of chakra before, like the Third Hokage and himself after receiving the transplanted cells; both of them had extremely dense chakra. But compared to Nagato now, their chakra levels were simply incomparable.

While controlling the Six Paths of Pain, he was also able to unleash such a terrifying Wood Release ninjutsu. Most importantly, he could sense that this was far from Nagato's limit!

"This is the power I've transformed! This is the power!" Hiruko laughed loudly, his eyes filled with fanaticism.

The Hashirama cells in Nagato's body are primarily derived from White Zetsu, but Hiruko's role in this process cannot be ignored.

Whether it's the regulation of chakra, the balance of cells, or the stability after fusion with White Zetsu, all of these things have gradually stabilized thanks to his manipulation.

In a way, Nagato at this moment can indeed be considered his masterpiece!

As Nagato's chakra surged and spread, the entire desert land began to tremble violently.

Despite being a barren desert, within just a few breaths, countless lush and robust trees burst forth from the earth, growing wildly like snakes, pythons, and giant dragons, frantically reaching out to grab at Minazuki Yoru.

The growth rate of these trees far surpasses that of any other plant in the world. The giant trees that have just broken through the soil grow to an incredible height and length in just a short time. The originally barren desert has instantly become a forest!

Ye's eyes flickered slightly, and bursts of thunderous roars and blue fireballs erupted from his palm, blasting all the attacking trees to pieces and turning them into ashes.

However, Nagato ignored this and simply released his chakra.

Under the vast chakra, the boundless plants spread wildly, no matter how much the night burned, new plants would quickly take their place, an endless cycle of destruction.