Chapter 59: Battle Outcome

"The 432nd..."

A flash of sword light in his hand, a wisp of fresh blood spurted out from the human body; yet Uchiha Feiyu, whose strikes had already reached the point of effortless mastery, felt a hint of something wrong.

His figure flashed, retreating rapidly, only to see that the human body which had been spurting blood transformed into a puppet; as its mechanisms erupted, poison needles and poisonous smoke instantly filled the position where Uchiha Feiyu had just been.

"Damn brat!"

Amidst a low, angry roar, one puppet after another revealed itself; ten puppets draped in white cloth, looking like evil ghosts, directly surrounded Uchiha Feiyu.

"Tsk... Old hag Chiyo, eh? That Scorch Style User isn't with you? Aren't you afraid of being slashed by me directly?"

Uchiha Feiyu said with a light smile on his face.

To put it bluntly, at Chiyo's level, if she dared to fight to the death without retreating, Uchiha Feiyu was absolutely confident he could slash her to death; even if she were to flee, slicing apart two or three of her puppets would be an easy task.

"Brat, I only need to stall you; don't you forget that in this thick fog, there are only our Sand Ninja!"

A puppet spoke coldly; as for Chiyo herself, she had not appeared at all.

"So that's the plan you're playing at... That's right, how could you Puppet Masters have the guts to face the White Fang's sword technique?"

"Your son, son-in-law, and grandson all seem to have died under the White Fang's sword technique. Tsk tsk tsk, left without descendants in your old age—thinking about it this way, you old hag are truly miserable!"

"What did you say?!! You bastard brat!! What happened to my grandson?!"

"Are you talking about Sasori? That red-haired, deadpan brat? Of course he was slashed directly by the White Fang of the Leaf!"

"After all, the so-called Kazekage was killed by the White Fang of the Leaf, so the Kazekage Guard naturally died heroically in the line of duty. Poor brat, before he died, he was still talking about avenging his parents!"

Uchiha Feiyu's words were naturally nonsense, but the fact that the Kazekage of Sunagakure had suddenly gone missing was an indisputable fact; furthermore, the Sand Ninja had discovered traces of Hatake Sakumo during that period, which was precisely what triggered the Third Shinobi World War.

While the upper echelons of the Sand Ninja only used the assassination of the Third Kazekage by the White Fang of the Leaf as an excuse, they were not without suspicion in their hearts that Hatake Sakumo had truly finished off the Third Kazekage. After all, there were only so many powerhouses in the Ninja World, and Hatake Sakumo was undoubtedly the most likely candidate to have finished off the Kazekage without a sound.

It was precisely because of this suspicion that, after the successor of the White Fang admitted it, it became an unquestionable fact. And at the thought that after her son and son-in-law, even her only grandson had been killed by the White Fang of the Leaf, Chiyo's eyes turned red instantly.

An opening!

Uchiha Feiyu, who had been spouting trash talk to deceive her, saw his eyes brighten slightly; his figure flashed, and the sword light in his hand swung at high speed, hacking into an inconspicuous large tree nearby.

With a painful muffled groan, Chiyo, clutching one of her hands, looked at Uchiha Feiyu with eyes full of hatred. Her other hand gathered slightly, and five puppets rushed up like madmen, then fell apart and gathered into a bizarre formation:

"White Secret Technique — Five Treasures Empty Restraint!"

Amidst the circulation of strange energy, a massive, incomparable attractive force was formed, but this massive force was attracting Chiyo herself.

With a *whoosh*, Chiyo disappeared from before Uchiha Feiyu in an instant. After glaring at Uchiha Feiyu with resentment, she directly controlled the five puppets and soared into the sky, disappearing without a trace.

"This thing even has a takeoff device installed? But how does it land?"

Uchiha Feiyu stared with wide eyes at the disappearing Chiyo, never expecting there to be such a move. However, this move seemed to be only for escaping; otherwise, Uchiha Feiyu would not be able to deal with a Puppet Master who possessed flight capabilities.

"Chiyo got away again! That old hag is still using this move."

Hatake Sakumo's voice rang out in Uchiha Feiyu's mind; clearly, Chiyo had likely used this move to escape from Hatake Sakumo's hands in the past as well.

Otherwise, given the slow movement speed of a Puppet Master, even a legendary Puppet Master like Chiyo would likely not have been able to escape the pursuit of the White Fang of the Leaf.

"It's a bit strange... Where did that Pakura go? Forget it, now that Chiyo has fled, it's a good opportunity to go on a killing spree."

After making his decision, Uchiha Feiyu first collected the remaining five puppets and Chiyo's severed hand, then once again expanded his perception ability to start searching for new targets.

Having possessed so many Souls, Uchiha Feiyu had naturally learned some perception abilities; combined with the unique Soul Perception ability of his Spirit-Binding and Command, it was enough for him to sense all the ninja within several hundred meters.

However, very quickly, Uchiha Feiyu discovered that the Sand Ninja seemed to have become much scarcer, and even the original poisonous gas began to slowly dissipate.

Soon, Uchiha Feiyu arrived at the source of the poisonous gas, but that original big-bellied puppet had already been blown to pieces; it was unknown which Leaf hero had done it.

He was not the only one who could think of snatching the Sand Ninja's pills, not to mention that the Leaf Ninja were characterized by their diversity, possessing all kinds of strange and peculiar abilities; it was quite possible there was a ninja who could counter this kind of poison.

Especially since Uchiha Feiyu saw quite a few black insect corpses nearby; it was likely some Insect Secret Technique used by the Aburame Clan.

When the poisonous mist completely dissipated, Uchiha Feiyu also saw the current situation clearly: the battlefield was covered with the corpses of Leaf Ninja and Sand Ninja, the golden sand that had originally come so aggressively was now scattered all over the ground, and the sporadic sounds of battle were gradually dying down.

"The battle is already over? Who won and who lost?"

Uchiha Feiyu was slightly dazed; he just felt that this kind of decisive battle was completely different from what he had imagined.

The main thing was that the battlefield was simply too large, and coupled with the poisonous gas, by the end of the battle, it was impossible to contact the Leaf Ninja at all, to the point that now, Uchiha Feiyu did not even know whether the battle outside had been won or lost.

However, both sides had suffered heavy losses; Uchiha Feiyu could see that quite clearly. On the battlefield that Uchiha Feiyu alone saw, both sides had likely lost thousands of ninja, and adding in those he hadn't seen, both sides had likely lost more than half of their ninja this time.

Walking out of the original poisonous gas zone, Uchiha Feiyu soon saw several Leaf Ninja bandaging their wounds, and his figure flashed, appearing before them.

Several ninja immediately gripped their Kunai nervously, until they saw Uchiha Feiyu's Leaf forehead protector, at which point they let out a long sigh of relief.

"How is the situation on the battlefield?"

"We won! Lord Orochimaru defeated the Fourth Kazekage! Sunagakure has already retreated!"

Several Leaf Ninja said with some excitement, letting Uchiha Feiyu finally know the outcome of the battle.

(End of chapter)