Chapter 1068

Blood dyed the yellow sand red, and the wails of the wounded filled the entire battlefield.

Su Xiao sat on a pile of corpses, pulled the kunai out of his arm, and tossed it aside.

The battle between the 30,000 Bai Jue troops and the 20,000 ninjas lasted for 6 hours and 50 minutes, nearly 7 hours. The final result was that fewer than 200 of the 30,000 Bai Jue troops remained, and the casualties on the ninja side were equally heavy; apart from the hundred or so ninjas who escaped, nearly 20,000 ninjas remained on the battlefield forever.

Su Xiao had originally thought that three Bai Jue could kill one Chunin, but now it seemed that wasn't the case; the role of ninjas in a chaotic battle was too small.

What was somewhat surprising was that the hundred or so ninjas who escaped actually erupted with astonishing combat power; a small squad of only a hundred people actually wiped out nearly three hundred pursuing Bai Jue. Of course, they paid a significant price for this.

At this moment, the desert could only be described as being littered with corpses. If the fighting continued like this, the first to collapse would definitely be the Allied Shinobi Forces.

The Bai Jue clones were not afraid of death at all; their concept of death wasn't strong. The ninjas were different; once the situation became disadvantageous to a certain degree, they would immediately flee.

"In other words, you are prepared to die rather than surrender?"

Su Xiao sat up from the pile of corpses. He had been fighting continuously for nearly seven hours, during which he had forgotten how many ninjas he had killed.

A female ninja was being held by two Bai Jue, kneeling on the ground.

"Pah."

The female ninja wanted to raise her head to spit at Su Xiao, but her arms were held back by the Bai Jue.

Su Xiao walked slowly to the front of the female ninja, squatted down, and examined her. This female ninja had wheat-colored skin, a head of red hair, and wore earrings on her earlobes; her amber eyes were full of unyielding spirit.

Judging by her skin color, this was a ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village. Because of the massive consumption of physical energy during the war, she had been knocked unconscious by a Bai Jue clone.

There were five elite ninjas in the Second Division: Kitsuchi, Kurotsuchi, Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, and Karui.

After Su Xiao's side gained the advantage in the war, these five were besieged by a large number of Bai Jue. Kurotsuchi, Neji Hyuga, and Hinata Hyuga successfully escaped. To cover the retreat of these three, the powerful and low-key Kitsuchi was left here forever. When he was besieged by a large number of Bai Jue, Su Xiao took the opportunity to sever his arm.

Kitsuchi was a traditional ninja; after losing his arm, most of his ninjutsu were basically useless, so not long after, his head was severed by Su Xiao.

And now, this captured female ninja was named Karui. Her fame wasn't too great, but her master was famous throughout the ninja world: Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, also known by some as the most perfect Jinchuriki.

Of course, Killer Bee had now become a corpse and had already been reanimated by Kabuto via Reanimation. After Obito transplanted the Rinnegan earlier, with Kabuto's cooperation, he quickly sealed the Eight-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

"Since you refuse to say anything, then you are useless."

The Slaughter Shortsword appeared in Su Xiao's hand, the blade resting against Karui's neck.

"If you have the ability, kill me."

Karui tilted her head back forcefully, the bones at her shoulders creaking.

With a swish, the Slaughter Shortsword cut Karui's throat.

"I've never heard such a strange request."

Su Xiao shook the blood off the shortsword, and soon, Karui died from excessive blood loss.

The Fourth Shinobi World War had fully begun. In the main desert battlefield, a large number of reanimated dead were fighting with ninjas. Whether it was the Bai Jue army or the Allied Shinobi Forces, both suffered heavy casualties.

The heaviest casualties, of course, were the Allied Shinobi Forces' Second Division, which was almost completely wiped out.

"Calculating the time, Madara should have also joined the war. If that's the case, it won't be long before Obito becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."

Su Xiao prepared to head to other battlefields. At this time, night had fallen, and the desert at night was somewhat cold.

Just then, a white light erupted in the night sky at the edge of the desert. This white light shot into the sky and only dissipated after a long time.

Seeing this white light, Su Xiao immediately judged what it was: it was Particle Style.

Su Xiao immediately contacted Kabuto, and the result he got was that it wasn't the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, using Particle Style. Because the Second Tsuchikage was besieged, he had no choice but to split himself. In the split state, the Second Tsuchikage could not use Particle Style, which meant that the only one left who could use Particle Style was Onoki.

This was very interesting. Who was Onoki dealing with using such a large-scale Particle Style? The answer was obvious.

Su Xiao didn't actually care about the outcome of the war. Helping Obito wipe out the Second Division was purely because he was bored, and it was a way to increase his contribution on the battlefield. The higher the contribution, the more rewards he would get for this large-scale plot event.

Rather than helping Obito with the war, Su Xiao was more interested in hunting down powerhouses.

Su Xiao summoned Bubu Wang, who was keeping watch nearby, and Amu, who was fast asleep on the battlefield. The man, the dog, and the cow quickly headed toward the direction of the white light from earlier.

Five minutes later, Su Xiao arrived in a large forest. That's right, a forest—a forest in the middle of a Gobi desert. This forest didn't look natural at all; the trees were too dense. To pass through this forest, one could only pass above it.

Several house-sized flowers bloomed above the forest. The forest was burning with flames, and yellow pollen floated in the air. When the flames scorched the pollen, a hallucinogenic smoke appeared.

Su Xiao leaped onto a low hill and looked at the forest below. In the center of this forest, a man with black hair draped over his shoulders was standing on the tree canopy.

The man immediately noticed Su Xiao. He turned his head to look at Su Xiao, his Rinnegan eyes exceptionally sharp.

This man was named Uchiha Madara, the strongest person reanimated by Kabuto, bar none.

"Who are you?"

Madara looked Su Xiao up and down. The reason he didn't attack Su Xiao directly was that Su Xiao didn't look like a good person at all. Villains on the battlefield were generally members of his own side, or at least that was what Madara believed.

"Obito's collaborator."

"Obito..."

Madara's eyes narrowed. He knew that Obito had been using his identity, which was also his arrangement before he died.

"It seems you know many things."

Madara was basically certain this time that Su Xiao was a member of his side.

"Of course, I was the one who started this war."

Su Xiao looked at the trees under Madara's feet. Those trees were very dense, forming a nearly sealed cage. If he wasn't mistaken, the current Five Kage were imprisoned inside waiting to die. It wouldn't be long before the pollen produced by the Deep Forest Emergence completely destroyed their nervous systems.

From every aspect, this war was started by Su Xiao. Obito was only responsible for the declaration part, and Su Xiao was also present when the war was declared.

Su Xiao had captured the most Tailed Beasts; this was beyond doubt. During the Five Kage Summit, Obito was basically just a bystander the whole time. The Kage were all killed by Su Xiao. It was precisely because the Fourth Raikage and the Fifth Mizukage died in battle that the war was forced to start early.

The war was planned by Obito, but the one who thoroughly ignited the war was Su Xiao.

"You started the war? Nonsense."

Madara snorted coldly, not believing it. In Madara's view, this war was something he had already arranged before he was alive.