The massive Earth Release walls rose from every direction like an iron prison, completely sealing off the surrounding area.
A cold breeze slipped through the narrow cracks between the walls, brushing aside the ssy bangs hanging over Zoro's forehead and revealing the calm eyes beneath.
Fifty Iwagakure ninja stood around him in tense silence, their expressions stiff as they stared at the young man with three swords hanging from his waist.
The reason was simple.
The title "Three-Sword Death God" was simply too terrifying.
Among the major hidden villages, countless shinobi would feel chills run down their spines the mont they saw those three iconic swords.
"Captain…"
The intelligence ninja standing beside Higashi Shikaku swallowed nervously as he pulled a sketch from his pouch.
The drawing depicted three distinct swords in detail.
With trembling hands, he carefully compared the sketch to the weapons hanging from Zoro's waist.
"We guessed correctly."
The man's voice was dry.
"That guy really is the Three-Sword Death God."
The intelligence report had been drawn by a shinobi fortunate enough to survive beneath Zoro's blade.
Nowadays, nearly every ninja dispatched on dangerous missions by the major villages carried a copy of that report.
"Captain… what do we do now?"
The surrounding Iwa ninja all looked toward Higashi Shikaku.
Everyone present knew about the recent movents of the Three-Sword Death God.
One man had personally turned Kirigakure's elite Seven Ninja Swordsn into the Four Ninja Swordsn.
Just thinking about that battle made their scalps go numb.
If even those monsters had suffered such losses…
Then what were fifty of them supposed to amount to?
The answer was obvious. Trying to fight the Three-Sword Death God with their current numbers was no different from suicide.
The more they thought about it, the paler their faces beca.
Cold sweat slowly slid down many of their temples.
Several ninja even felt as though their heads might separate from their necks at any mont.
So had already begun imagining scenes of themselves collapsing into pools of blood beneath Zoro's blade.
To the point that the instant Zoro casually shifted his footing earlier, their bodies had instinctively widened the distance between them.
"Retreat!"
Higashi Shikaku suddenly shouted.
"We're retreating imdiately!"
As he spoke, his gaze briefly t Zoro's calm eyes beneath those fluttering bangs.
All he saw was endless depth.
A terrifying stillness.
And Shikaku understood one thing clearly—
The mont those dark pupils turned crimson…
That would beco their death sentence.
Not long ago, Iwagakure had established a special rule regarding one specific individual.
If any shinobi encountered the "Three-Sword Death God" during a mission—
Retreating would not be considered a violation.
Retreat??
The four Konoha shinobi standing nearby looked completely dumbfounded.
Their nerves had been stretched taut this entire ti, yet now they stared at the scene before them as though they had just heard the most ridiculous joke imaginable.
Their eyes widened in utter disbelief.
Big brothers…
There are fifty of you!!
And you're seriously running away just like that?!
Fifty people!
Even if each of you punched us once, we'd still die on the spot, wouldn't we?!
"Move!"
"Hurry up and get out of here!"
The mont Higashi Shikaku gave the order, the Iwa ninja—who had already wanted to flee long ago—imdiately exploded into motion.
They scrambled away in utter chaos like frightened animals.
"Commander… this…"
Watching the Iwa ninja scatter in panic like a swarm of locusts fleeing disaster, the three Konoha shinobi stood frozen in place.
Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!
So of the Iwa ninja were so terrified Zoro might stop them that they directly blasted through the surrounding walls using brute force.
The previously airtight prison-like enclosure was instantly smashed apart with one massive hole after another.
In only a few monts, the area that had once been packed with killing intent was left almost completely empty.
Only Zoro and the four Konoha shinobi remained standing there.
"We… we survived just like that?"
The sensory ninja muttered blankly.
He could clearly sense that the Iwa ninja were genuinely retreating.
And the speed at which they fled was even faster than when they had chased the Konoha squad earlier.
"You four should leave as well."
Zoro spoke coldly without even turning around.
Then—
The next instant, his figure vanished directly from their sight.
Letting those Iwa ninja escape?
Sorry.
Only idiots would do sothing like that.
Who said running away ant they wouldn't die?
Zoro knew very well that if soone else had stood here instead of him, those Iwa ninja would have attacked rcilessly without hesitation.
"We should leave too."
Mimura Hazashi finally released a long breath of relief.
The despair in his eyes had already disappeared, replaced by obvious brightness.
No one wanted to die.
If survival was possible, then naturally that was the best outco.
"So…"
While retreating quickly, Hazashi glanced toward the sensory ninja beside him.
"That shinobi went after them alone?"
"They've already engaged."
The sensory ninja's face remained filled with shock.
"That guy's Body Flicker speed is unbelievably fast."
At that mont, Uchiha Zoro had already intercepted the retreating Iwa forces ahead.
If he simply allowed them to escape, who knew what trouble they might cause later?
One man against fifty. Yet sohow, the ones panicking were the fifty.
"Three-Sword Death God…"
Higashi Shikaku gritted his teeth while retreating rapidly.
"At least leave a line for others so we can et again soday."
He truly felt his luck had reached rock bottom for encountering this living calamity.
Unfortunately for him—
Zoro did not respond at all.
Instead, he slowly drew Enma from its sheath.
The blade he had constantly nurtured with Haki.
The instant the sword erged—
It felt as though the color of the world itself changed.
A terrifying purple pressure wave exploded outward in all directions.
"Damn it!!"
Higashi Shikaku's expression changed drastically.
"Split up and run!!"
"Pass the information to the rear units imdiately!"
"The Three-Sword Death God has arrived as Konoha reinforcents!!"
Seeing Zoro draw his sword without even bothering to speak first, Shikaku's face beca as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
He had absolutely no intention of fighting Zoro.
Although they seed to possess an overwhelming nurical advantage—In reality, they were nothing more than lambs awaiting slaughter.And Zoro was a vicious wolf preparing to tear them apart at any mont.
Seeing the enemy react so decisively, Zoro imdiately locked onto Higashi Shikaku first.
Clang!!
The sharp sound of a blade leaving its sheath echoed through the battlefield.
At that mont, the overwhelming pressure crashed into the hearts of the Iwa ninja like a giant hamr.
Many of them blanked out entirely for an instant.
One-Sword Style: Great Dragon Shock! (Daishinkan!)
The suffocating terror rooted Higashi Shikaku in place.
Genjutsu?!
His face instantly turned pale as he stared at the demonic phantom appearing before him.
That absolute suppressive fear made resistance itself seem impossible.
Boom!!!
By the ti Higashi Shikaku regained his senses, a gigantic purple slash had already filled his vision completely.
The earth split apart beneath it.
A massive ravine was carved directly through the battlefield.
"AAAAAHHHH!!"
Chaotic screams instantly erupted everywhere.
Even those shinobi who reacted in ti could not fully dodge.
Faces twisted with despair, they could only watch helplessly as the Ryuo slash unleashed through Enma engulfed them completely—
And buried them forever beneath its destruction.
Zoro calmly returned Enma to its sheath.
He did not even spare a glance toward the remaining Iwa ninja fleeing in terror.
With Higashi Shikaku dead, the survivors were nothing more than scattered rabble.
Zoro trusted that Konoha's remaining forces could deal with them afterward.
Lowering his gaze slightly, he looked toward Enma at his waist.
The Ryuo-powered long-range slash released through Enma possessed terrifying destructive power—
But its attack range was still sowhat too narrow.
If the enemy was not first suppressed by his overwhelming aura and killing intent, dodging the slash itself would actually not be difficult.
Pushing those thoughts aside, Zoro quickly determined his next direction.
It was probably ti to support Kakashi's side now.
Hopefully Kakashi had listened to his earlier warning—
And had not recklessly challenged those Iwa jōnin on his own.
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