Only Jonin could exchange a move or two with him now; Chunin and Genin were instantly killed with one blow, and even though they knew it was death, they had no choice but to rush forward and die.
The main reason was that these Sand Ninja and Stone Ninja were positioned too densely, and a Jonin's primary means were Ninjutsu, which simply couldn't be fully utilized.
They could only use some single-target Ninjutsu of average power, and these techniques could only consume a bit more of the Third Raikage's Chakra.
However, the Third Raikage was now most lacking in Chakra; he grasped the Ninjato of the ninth Jonin in front of him, ignored the sharp Wind Release on it, and punched through his head.
Currently, the Third Raikage was trying his best to conserve Chakra; this was already the weakest attack power and speed while maintaining his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Not to mention Jonin, even Kage-level Ninja would be overwhelmed in Taijutsu by the Third Raikage; perhaps only Hiruzen Sarutobi could exchange a few moves with the Third Raikage in Taijutsu.
The Third Kazekage died early, and his main method, like Rasa's, relied on Magnet Release, with average Taijutsu. The Third Tsuchikage was even less worth mentioning; two movements would break his back.
The Third Mizukage was a weakling, with no combat descriptions or even a name, making him the most useless existence among all Kage.
Both Black Zetsu and White Zetsu were monitoring this battle, judging whether to let the Hidden Mist Village attack and heavily wound the Stone Ninja and Sand Ninja.
Now it seemed likely to be unnecessary, unless Konoha made the first move, but Konoha also seemed to have the intention of being a fisherman.
With things developing this way, the allied forces' plan to attack Konoha was ruined, and Black Zetsu was the most distressed; once again, the plan failed inexplicably.
He couldn't even find out who did it; he had investigated the Hidden Cloud Ninja who were attacked before and the Stone Ninja who went to the Hidden Cloud Village, but there were no clues.
Not only did White Zetsu fail to uncover anything, but many of them died directly. To be able to discover White Zetsu and kill them before they could react, such a person or organization made Black Zetsu ponder deeply.
His greatest suspicions were the Null Organization and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. The Null Organization was the most mysterious; besides Uchiha Rei and Gennō, he knew nothing about the other members.
And Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was the same; besides appearing once to seize the Rinnegan, he later searched the entire Ninja World but found no trace of Isshiki.
However, he did not doubt the existence of the Null Organization and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. The deeper they hid, the greater their strength, and he suspected that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki also controlled an organization.
Now that he was only exposed to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's eyes, the most likely one to disrupt his plan was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
Yet, he had no way to retaliate; he was inferior in both strength and foundation. Even after resurrecting his mother, he wasn't confident he could deal with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
But no matter what, Uchiha Madara must shine and take Uchiha Rei away, otherwise his plan cannot proceed, and Uchiha Rei is sure to die.
He must find a way to make Uchiha Rei appear alone and fall into his trap, but the damned Hiruzen Sarutobi, fearing Uchiha Rei would earn more military achievements, wouldn't let her leave the village.
So he decided he must plan carefully to get Uchiha Rei out of the village, which was the main priority. The Third Raikage was sure to die, and there was nothing left to pay attention to.
The situation of the Great Shinobi War could also be left to White Zetsu to monitor; he had to hurry and figure out a way to get Uchiha Rei out of the village, then the plan to kill Uchiha Rei could begin.
On the border of the Land of Lightning, Dodai integrated the border garrisons, and together with the previous Ninja army, a total of over nine thousand Kumogakure Ninja began to rush to the Land of the Moon battlefield.
On the way, they encountered the escaping Fourth Raikage A and Killer Bee. Seeing their sorrowful faces and bloodshot eyes, they knew what had happened.
However, they still did not give up, leading the large army to charge towards the battlefield together. But even if they rushed at full speed, it would still take over three hours to arrive.
Three hours, given the Third Raikage's condition when they left, let alone three hours, he wouldn't even last an hour.
Their only hope now was that they had merely captured the Third Raikage, rather than letting him die on the battlefield like this.
The Third Raikage was indeed nearing his limit; the blazing lightning on his body had dimmed, and his Chakra was less than ten percent. Even if he extracted Chakra without regard for the damage, it would only allow him to last a little longer.
"Forty-third!" The Third Raikage gasped for breath; although his clothes were not torn or soaked with sweat, his weakness was visible.
His originally bronze complexion had begun to turn pale; this was a side effect of excessive Chakra extraction, and even with good recovery later, it would leave chronic ailments.
Although the Third Raikage no longer cared about chronic ailments, he had already resolved to die, only wishing to kill more Jonin before his death.
He had already killed forty-three Jonin, as for Chunin, there were six or seven hundred, not to mention Genin, there were two or three thousand. (Second setting, to give the Third Raikage a tragic end, the numbers might be exaggerated.)
In other words, the Raikage alone had killed almost two-tenths of the Sand Ninja and Stone Ninja allied forces, a truly incredible number.
The entire battlefield was filled with broken corpses; Ninja who were not injured by him were killed with a single blow, and pale broken bones flew everywhere.
It could be said that the Sand Ninja and Stone Ninja had been utterly terrified; as the adrenaline faded, fear filled their hearts. If no retreat order had been given, they would have already fled.
At this moment, they looked at the Third Raikage as if he were a demon; although there was no blood on him, he was covered in a thick, dark red aura of bloodlust.
Even the Jonin hiding in the crowd dared not actively attack, only subconsciously watching the Third Raikage charge.
Their eyeballs trembled, and their gaze wandered as if they were dreaming. Never before in the history of the Ninja World had there been such a tragic scene.
One person challenging tens of thousands of Ninja, having now killed nearly one-fifth of them, and still able to kill, even though he was at the end of his rope.
But the closer to this moment, the more insane he became. The Third Raikage had reduced his own defense, fully unleashing his remaining Chakra.
Charging repeatedly, his movements grew slower and slower, the lightning grew dimmer and dimmer, his breathing became heavier and heavier, and the arm he had been using for the One-Finger Nukite had swollen.
The fingers of both hands were almost unable to bend or extend, and the joints of his finger bones had been shattered. He could only endure the severe pain to maintain the hand-blade posture to continue attacking.
"Fifty-fifth! Come on! Keep going! Hahaha! How exhilarating! This is the most magnificent, most heroic, and most unrestrained battle of my life!"
The Third Raikage had reached his limit; his Chakra was depleted, the lightning on his body vanished, his mouth and nose were full of blood, and his muscles seemed to be dissolving.
"Run! Hurry and run! He's not human! He's a demon!"
Some Genin were driven mad by the Third Raikage's killing aura and abandoned their Ninjato to flee. For a moment, quite a few Genin were influenced.
"No running! Those who flee die!" Some Jonin in the crowd moved to kill these Genin who had lost their courage and fled.
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