The sword energy was immensely powerful, ruthlessly tearing through the ground.
None of the ninjas caught in the sword energy survived; such terrifying sword energy was something Ao understood as he rose from the dust.
It wasn't that Konoha was unprepared; they simply hadn't detected them until now.
Could it be that Konoha's lack of action was to deceive them, to set up this sudden attack?
But where exactly were the enemies?
Ao's Byakugan activated again, but even in the surrounding area, there wasn't a single person in sight.
All he saw before him was the vivid red of blood, which had formed a channel under the power of the sword energy, merging into a small, crimson creek.
The formation of the shinobi alliance was completely disrupted.
The full forces of the four major ninja villages weren't here, but even the roughly four thousand ninjas present were no small number.
About fifty thousand ninjas from the four major ninja villages had joined the war, with support troops ready to join the battlefield at any time.
"Ahhhhh!"
Screams echoed continuously as they frantically searched for the enemy's figure, never imagining the enemy was above them.
This was the first time Ao had seen such a scene, his face as pale as a sheet of paper.
The troops must be stabilized; otherwise, in this chaos, it would be impossible to fight the enemy.
Swish—
A figure appeared before Ao, bringing with it a suffocating pressure.
Ao's pupils dilated as fear gradually spread, feeling as though an invisible hand was gripping his throat, making it hard to breathe.
Ryujiro looked coldly at Ao.
In the next second, a spray of blood erupted as Ao's hoarse throat let out a terrible scream.
After taking Ao's Byakugan, Ryujiro coldly looked at the kneeling Ao and said, "This eye doesn't belong to you."
The eye that belonged to the Hyuga clan had to be returned.
"Enemy! The enemy is here!"
Ao trembled all over, mustering the courage to loudly alert the ninja troops.
All the ninjas of the alliance turned toward the sound.
Upon seeing the figure, the ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village were shocked.
That dress…
It was Konoha's swordsman.
Those cold eyes were terrifying.
"Useless fools, just fall already."
Boom!
A terrifying wave of wind and pressure instantly swept around.
Under the influence of Conqueror's Haki and skyrocketing spiritual pressure, most ninjas' mental fortitude was shaken.
Conqueror's Haki had already affected their spirits.
The weaker ninjas couldn't resist the Conqueror's Haki and fainted directly.
Under the dual pressure, nearly half of the four thousand troops were now unfit for battle.
The ninjas trembled as they looked at Ryujiro in the center of the battlefield.
He was even more terrifying than the rumors.
Was this still a human?
Especially the immense spiritual pressure beside Ryujiro was unbearable, completely tearing Ao's soul to ashes, leaving no chance of returning to the Pure Land.
Fear spread through everyone's hearts; they couldn't even meet Ryujiro's gaze.
Fight against such a monster?
Can they win?
Why did Konoha produce such a monster?
In less than a minute since it started, the shinobi alliance had lost over a thousand troops.
Now, fewer than two thousand could continue fighting.
The problem was that under the dual influence of Conqueror's Haki and spiritual pressure, even moving their feet was incredibly difficult.
Suddenly, Ryujiro frowned, his eyes experiencing a sharp pain.
His clear dark green eyes transformed instantly, the three-tomoe Sharingan spinning like a windmill, changing his perception of the world.
He felt the change in his eyes.
This power.
The Mangekyo Sharingan.
He hadn't expected the Mangekyo Sharingan to evolve at this moment.
With the power of the Hogyoku, Ryujiro didn't need emotional trauma to evolve his Sharingan; the power of the Hogyoku would assist his evolution.
Moreover, these eyes…
Ryujiro felt that this abundant power would never deplete.
These eyes were like the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, never to exhaust.
However, the power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan should be tested elsewhere.
None of these people could bring him any fun.
These souls were sufficient; it was time to harvest.
The battlefield only needed him to manage.
Hollowfication!
Buzz—!
The power of Hollowfication spread across the area, affecting the lingering souls, making them ferocious and pained, revealing their hollow forms.
Sharp howls echoed across the battlefield, the chilling air extending for kilometers.
The ninja alliance watched in terror at the black monsters, their souls trembling.
"Why are there so many monsters here again?"
"Where did these monsters come from!"
"Our weapons are useless against them! Use ninjutsu! Use ninjutsu!"
Endless ninjutsu bombarded the hollows.
While ninjutsu could harm them, only soul-affecting methods could truly destroy them.
Moreover, the number of hollows was no less than the ninja alliance.
The only good news was that hollows would cannibalize each other; the ninja alliance wasn't their sole target.
The hollow souls devoured one another, creating a horrifying scene.
"This is enough. Time to release you."
A void space opened again, and two enormous Gillians, each dozens of meters tall, emerged.
Their auras were even more terrifying.
To the ninja alliance, these two Gillians felt like a flood, breaking through their defenses.
This place!
For them, it was hell on earth.
"Clean up the battlefield."
Two Gillian-class hollows, one of which was nearing the limit of spiritual power.
Itachi and Orochimaru.
Before the war, Ryujiro personally hollowfied Orochimaru.
As for their limits, both could become intermediate-level Vasto Lordes.
What excited Ryujiro the most was whether Itachi would retain his Sharingan after becoming an Arrancar.
Though he wanted to know now, the Gillian form wasn't Itachi's limit.
Keep devouring with more greed.
Don't disappoint me.
It was a massacre, a merciless slaughter.
Facing such numbers of hollows, the ninja alliance had no power to resist.
Ryujiro might be an executioner, but his goals were clear.
He only targeted those attacking Konoha and the Land of Fire.
As for the civilians in the village, Ryujiro would not harm the innocent.
He wasn't a demon.
Blood flowed continuously, and incomplete corpses covered the battlefield.
The air was thick with the stench of blood, making just a deep breath nauseating.
Hell on Earth indeed.
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The cries of agony and the atmosphere of despair gradually spread as the shinobi alliance's forces completely disintegrated.
Facing the Hollows, they could only impede their advance and were unable to eliminate them.
The most despairing sight for them was the colossal Hollow, tens of meters tall, devouring its kind with a terrifying visage and crimson eyes, like a god of death harvesting their lives.
"Roar——!"
Suddenly, hollowfied Itachi let out a deafening roar, causing the fleeing ninjas on the battlefield to stop and look back.
"What's happening now!"
Buzz——
A red light gathered and compressed a massive amount of spiritual pressure in its mouth.
In an instant, a red beam shot out, and the distant barren land exploded in a flash of red light.
The ground beneath them shook continuously, as if an earthquake had occurred.
A mushroom cloud slowly rose, and a massive shockwave swept across the area.
The searing flames made every ninja feel the scorching heat.
Watching the blinding flames in the distance, their weapons gradually fell from their hands.
"Is this a joke? How can we fight such monsters and have a chance to win?"
They had never heard of such creatures in the ninja world before.
"Cero? How unexpected."
Although Hollows possess the ability to use Cero, few actually do.
Ryujiro could clearly feel the change in spiritual power emanating from Itachi.
The giant Hollow stopped moving, its massive body trembling.
Suddenly, cracks appeared on its pitch-black body, gradually turning white.
"Boom——"
The terrifying spiritual pressure of a Vasto Lorde Hollow exploded instantly, especially affecting the ninjas who had lost their will.
They couldn't withstand such immense spiritual pressure and fainted almost instantly, their souls being mercilessly devoured by the Hollows, leaving them without even the qualification to enter the Pure Land.
A slight smile appeared on Ryujiro's lips.
"A Vasto Lorde, this is the second mid-level Vasto Lorde under my command."
Its size changed slightly, shrinking from over ten meters tall to about seven or eight meters, and its form appeared more humanoid.
As a Vasto Lorde, Itachi had some intelligence, though he was still somewhat confused, looking at the desolate land and the fleeing people, and the unending flames in the distance.
A splitting headache filled his mind, and with his massive form, Itachi rampaged around, driven by the pain.
This situation made Ryujiro frown.
"What's going on? Is he losing control?"
Ryujiro could clearly feel Itachi's spiritual pressure rising rapidly, almost reaching the level of Kira.
In the next moment, a sky-piercing blue spiritual pressure broke through the sky, obscuring Itachi's figure within.
Seeing this scene, Ryujiro's face lit up with joy.
Could it be...?
Self-Arrancarization?
This was the only possibility Ryujiro could think of. With Itachi's talent, it was possible for him to self-Arrancar and his strength might even increase another level.
Even Orochimaru, transformed into a Hollow, halted his actions.
The instinctive fear of a lower-ranked Hollow towards an Vasto Lorde made him tremble.
Orochimaru's spiritual pressure hadn't reached the threshold for becoming a Vasto Lorde, making it difficult for him to achieve that level.
As the violent spiritual pressure gradually stabilized, Ryujiro used a flash step to appear beside the immense spiritual pressure.
This spiritual pressure was indeed vast.
If it were any ordinary person, their soul would be torn apart instantly.
Even the Kage-level shinobi couldn't withstand it.
After all, Kage-level shinobi were merely powerful ninjas.
Only those who specialized in soul-related ninjutsu could possibly endure it.
Even at this distance, the Kage-level shinobi would struggle to stand upright.
When the spiritual pressure dissipated like mist, Itachi transformed into a human form, with a hollow void in his chest and his right arm covered by bone-like Arrancar armor.
Resurrected, Itachi was momentarily dazed, with the Hollow memories flooding his mind.
With a complex expression, Itachi looked at Ryujiro, "You actually possess such power."
"How does it feel to be resurrected?" Ryujiro asked with a smile.
Resurrection?
Looking at the desolate land and the marks of battle, especially the thick scent of blood that brought back unpleasant memories, Itachi sighed deeply.
"It's quite complicated. Why did you resurrect me?"
"After being resurrected, I can no longer be called human, right?" Itachi sighed.
Resurrection, such a terrifying technique.
Even the Second Hokage's Impure World Reincarnation technique wasn't this terrifying.
This technique fundamentally changed his soul, turning him into a non-human entity.
Feeling the immense power within him, Itachi was even frightened by this destructive and suffocating power.
"No particular reason, I just thought it was a pity for someone like you to die so uselessly."
"Your eyes power should still be intact," Ryujiro said, noticing Itachi's Sharingan.
"Eyes power?" Instantly, Itachi's eyes widened in surprise.
His Sharingan was still there?
Moreover, when he switched to his Mangekyo Sharingan.
The vast power was incomparable to before, seemingly inexhaustible.
This...
Wasn't this akin to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan recorded in the clan's history?
What a terrifying technique.
"Being resurrected by you, I have nothing more to say. But what's with this scene?" Itachi asked, looking at the battlefield filled with corpses.
Although he accepted the memories of being a Hollow, he knew nothing about this war.
"The four great ninja villages waged war against Konoha. This is the battlefield."
The four great ninja villages waged war?
A look of seriousness flashed in Itachi's eyes.
Seeing the corpses and the blood red surrounding, he sighed deeply.
"Life is so fragile. Why do people wage war against each other? Can't war be avoided?"
The struggle in the shinobi world was cruel.
Regardless of whether one was a child or an elder, as long as you were a ninja, you had to be prepared to be killed.
"Of course, war can be avoided if Konoha unifies the entire ninja world.
The Great Ninja Wars will never happen again," Ryujiro said casually.
Itachi stared at Ryujiro with wide eyes.
"Unify the entire ninja world? Ryujiro, you speak too lightly of such matters."
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