"Raikage-sama!"
Watching A, who had just lost his right arm, the observing Kumogakure's Ninjas cried out in alarm.
Immediately, several concerned Jonin rushed forward!
But at that moment, a thunderous roar came!
"Everyone, halt!"
The Kumogakure's Ninjas looked up in astonishment.
It was the Fourth Raikage. His face was extremely grim as he clutched his severed arm, stopping those who wanted to help him.
"Until B arrives, no one is to step forward! Unless I am dead!" A spoke word by word.
"Raikage-sama!"
Hearing A's words, the Kumogakure's Ninjas were deeply moved.
A's words inevitably reminded them of some of their seniors… in Ninja Battles, there were always those who used their lives to gather intelligence on the enemy.
"Yes, Raikage-sama!" Following A's command, the Ninjas stood their ground, tears streaming down their faces.
Seeing this, Sora found it very strange: "You know perfectly well these people are just numbers to me. What are you trying to do?"
"Never mind, it doesn't matter! I'm only interested in you anyway!"
As he spoke, Sora drew his sword once more!
With Blut Arterie fully activated and Bankai active, a Sora holding nothing back had hundreds of meters of ice shards accompanying his every casual strike.
Even with his new enhancements, under Sora's full power, A could only rely on his speed to dodge left and right, occasionally taking a hit head-on and relying on his recovery ability to heal.
Clearly, he had realized that even his enhanced self could not inflict any damage on Sora, and he had to wait for Killer B's arrival!
However, once A started evading, Kumogakure suffered the consequences!
Under Sora's attacks, the lower levels of the village's front section were like a sandcastle trampled by a bratty child. The earth shattered into massive craters, houses collapsed into dust… it was as if an earthquake had struck!
In a short time, roughly one-tenth of the lowest levels of Kumogakure had been completely devastated!
Even some of the support pillars holding up the upper levels began to show problems!
Although the issues weren't critical yet, it was clear they couldn't hold out much longer!
Seeing this situation, A felt distressed: 'Dammit, hasn't that brat B arrived yet? What is he doing? Have I been too lenient with him?'
'It seems I have to hold the line a little longer!'
A made a decision.
Thus, when Sora's next slash arrived, A chose to meet it head-on.
Booooooom-
Golden lightning flashed violently.
Without any surprise, A was struck by the ice-blue slash. Like being hit by a locomotive or a bulldozer, A's body bent into a [>] shape as he was sent flying backwards.
Boom-
The flying A smashed through dozens of buildings in his path, finally coming to a stop embedded in a large tower.
The sound of crashing and shattering was incessant.
The tower he hit began to collapse.
Finally, A's figure was buried, and all movement ceased!
It seemed that, under this blow from Sora, he had finally fallen!
"Raikage-sama!"
Witnessing this, the Kumogakure's Ninjas could no longer restrain themselves and frantically ran towards the rubble.
At the same time, Sora was also very puzzled.
No matter what, A shouldn't have been taken out by a single strike from him!
After all, Sora had been fighting for so long using only area-of-effect attacks on the ground, precisely because he wanted to wait for the Eight-Tails to arrive so he could deal with them both together.
Curious, Sora took a step forward, intending to investigate.
But the moment Sora's foot moved, a group of Kumogakure's Ninjas blocked his path.
"You shall not approach Raikage-sama!" The Kumogakure's Ninjas glared with red eyes, united against a common enemy!
"Oh?" Sora was somewhat surprised.
Then, he suddenly began to laugh: "Hahahahahaha!"
"Bastard, what are you laughing at!" Mabui, her eyes red, stepped forward.
"Nothing. I'm just laughing at the change in character setting."
Sora said something no one understood: "I was wondering why A was acting so strangely, getting knocked silent by one of my hits."
"Turns out, he wanted you all to buy him some time!"
"How amusing. He could have just given the order directly. Why go through such elaborate trouble?"
"Such an obvious thing, and you didn't notice?" Sora looked at the crowd in surprise.
"Damn you, what are you saying?" Hearing Sora's words, Mabui's face flushed red with anger as she retorted furiously: "Raikage-sama could never be such a person!"
"He is the son of the Third, after all!" Mabui shouted what everyone was thinking.
A Kumogakure's Ninja chimed in: "Yes! The son of the Third Raikage, who sacrificed himself as our rearguard, would never do such a thing!"
"Heh!" Sora laughed again.
But this time, he didn't say anything more, because some things these Kumogakure's Ninjas couldn't grasp, they simply couldn't grasp.
Sora simply looked at Mabui in front of him: "I remember now. You're the one who used the Heavenly Transfer Technique on those people, right?"
"In that case, I'll take you!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, to the horror of the others, Sora took a single step and appeared right in front of Mabui the next second!
In the following moment, the young Kumogakure's Kunoichi with wheat-colored skin, white hair, emerald-green eyes, and such remarkable ambition at such a tender age, was seized by Sora!