Of course, it was not Uchiha Yu himself who blocked the army of Kumogakure ninjas and surrounded the Iwagakure Village, but his wooden clone.

The unexpected encounter with the Six Paths Sage was the greatest danger he had ever encountered in his life. Although it cannot be said that he was frightened out of his wits, Zhang Kuang, who had just shown some signs of danger, was definitely doomed.

Uchiha You was very worried about being blocked by the Six Paths Sage again, so he decided to stay at home and no longer do those dangerous tasks himself.

After receiving the information that Orochimaru had taken over the Hidden Mist Village and the order for him to take over the remaining two villages, he sent out ten wood clones to the two villages respectively.

What surprised him deeply was that the process of suppressing the two villages was very smooth.

On the side of the Hidden Cloud Village, the Fourth Raikage and the immature Killer Bee fought hard and at the cost of being seriously injured, they finally verified that the enemy was just a clone.

As the remaining four wood clones appeared at the same time and activated the golden Susanoo, they surrounded the Kumogakure ninja army.

What followed was naturally a one-sided massacre. The most profound experience of the Cloud Hidden Ninja was how miserable it would be when a Lightning Release Ninja encountered an enemy who was immune to lightning.

After more than two hours of hard fighting, the four Susanoos were not even protected from a break. Seeing this, the Fourth Raikage, who had just woken up from a serious injury, decisively chose to give in.

Uchiha You originally thought that he would choose to commit suicide, but this iron-like ninja did not do so. Instead, he survived.

A few days later, the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru came alone to accept the surrender of the Hidden Cloud Village.

As soon as he saw the Fourth Raikage, he half-jokingly asked, "Will there be a rebellion in the Hidden Cloud Village this time, or even lead to the death of both the Hokage and the Raikage?"

The Fourth Raikage took a look at the dozen Uchiha Yuu who were following Orochimaru, and his already dark face turned into the bottom of a pot.

The Raikage deadpanned, "The clones of this Uchiha clan leader are so powerful that only five of them are needed to defeat the Kumogakure army."

"Such a powerful clone is not a useless guard for the Second Hokage. He can be sacrificed at any time when needed, and the Hokage does not need to risk his own life to protect him."

"The Fourth Hokage has brought 12 powerful clones with him. Your safety will definitely not be a problem."

"Even if there is a rebellion, I will be the only one to die."

Orochimaru laughed heartily, very satisfied with the Fourth Raikage's answer.

Then he asked curiously: "I always thought that you, the Fourth Raikage, would commit suicide because of defeat. What made you persevere?"

"Is it...responsibility?"

The Fourth Raikage touched his left arm which was broken at the elbow and nodded with loneliness: "Fourth Hokage is right, it is responsibility."

"The population of the Hidden Cloud Village is sparse, and the backup force will always be insufficient."

"After this devastating defeat, there is no suitable candidate for the Fifth Raikage in the Hidden Cloud Village. I can only persist in living."

The Fourth Hokage looked at him with admiration and said in a sympathetic tone: "You will have a harder time in the future."

After a few minutes, the Fourth Raikage understood why Orochimaru said that he would have a harder time in the future.

The peace treaty proposed by the Fourth Hokage on behalf of Konoha Village was extremely harsh.

The first is to divide the land and cut off four full pieces of land from the Kingdom of Thunder.

The fertile plains adjacent to the Kingdom of the Moon, the commercial areas across the sea from the Kingdom of Iron, and the capital of the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Lightning all became independent new buffer states.

The Turtle Island cruising in the East China Sea was directly assigned to Konoha Village.

The Fourth Raikage was furious: "The Leaf Village is going too far! How is this different from destroying the Hidden Cloud Village?"

The Fourth Hokage smiled and said: "Of course there is a difference, at least I don't want you to die!"

"How about I let these bastards behind me beat you all to death, and then I can talk to anyone?"

"The Hidden Cloud Village will still exist, but it is hard to say who will form the Hidden Cloud Village."

The Fourth Raikage's face turned pale. In this life, he did not have the opportunity to threaten the Third Hokage with war in a powerful tone, but he enjoyed the Fourth Hokage's joking death threats.

No, this cannot be considered a threat, Orochimaru is just stating the facts.

Because a clone of Uchiha Yu had stretched out his hand and pressed it on the shoulder of the Fourth Hokage. He used the chakra fluctuations unique to the Flying Thunder God Technique to express to everyone present the fact that he could take away the Hokage at any time.

The two wooden clones hid them behind them, providing absolute safety and protection, while the remaining nine wooden clones revealed their golden skeletons.

[If you don't obey, you will die! ]

The Fourth Raikage saw it clearly. Among the nine wood clones, six of them were looking at him, but their heads were strangely turned 180 degrees, with their bodies facing outwards.

Their meaning is very clear: [Not only you, the Fourth Raikage, will die, but also all the Kirigakure ninjas. 】

Raikage Ai was shocked and angry, and felt so humiliated that he was shaking all over.

But in the end he suppressed his anger, calmed his body, and let his emotions return to silence, as if he were dead, and said, "Okay, I agree."

Since they can accept the division of land, there is nothing to argue about the following terms.

The allocation of task shares, annual offerings, the scope of recruitment of Cloud Hidden Ninjas, the enrollment scale of the Ninja School, the top ten graduates will join the Konoha Ninja team, etc.

Each one was like a pair of shackles, binding the Hidden Cloud Village tightly, making the Fourth Raikage feel like he could hardly breathe.

But the current strength of Konoha Village is unmatched, so as long as it does not directly destroy the Hidden Cloud Village, there is no unacceptable condition.

Just like Orochimaru said, he didn't want to kill the Hidden Cloud Village after all.

However, when all these conditions were put together on a huge piece of paper, neatly arranged together, and shown to the Fourth Raikage at the same time, his hand holding the pen shook like a chicken claw and he couldn't write a single word.

This is an out-and-out victor's treaty, more harsh than Versailles. The restricted Cloud Village is even more miserable than the German Cat after World War I.

Uchiha You looked at this scene and felt an indescribable sense of déjà vu.

Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, he spoke up to remind her: "If you can't write, just cut your finger and cover your fingerprint with your blood. The effect will be the same."

Thus, a peace agreement with Orochimaru's signature and Ai's blood fingerprint was reached.

The Fourth Hokage Orochimaru and Uchiha Yu were very open-minded. Not only did they not sign the second contract, they did not even take the contract away, but left it directly in the Raikage's office.

Orochimaru smiled and said, "It's better to stay here. The contract written on paper is just the ultimate manifestation of strength. If the Hidden Cloud Village has enough strength one day, you can tear it up immediately."

"This way, you don't have to come to Konoha Village to look for me, and everyone can save trouble."

…

Compared to the smooth progress of the Hidden Cloud Village, the situation in the Hidden Iwa Village was in chaos.

The third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, was a man of insight. When he saw the five golden Susanoos, he was instantly reminded of the nightmare he had in his youth.

At that time, Uchiha Madara blocked the gate of the Iwagakure Village, beat the First Tsuchikage so hard that he could not take care of himself, and frightened everyone in the Iwagakure Village.

It was a blue Susanoo, and today there were five of them. Oonoki was instantly furious.

Uchiha You didn't expect that Oonoki would actually rebel.

He was thinking of the terrifying Uchiha Madara in his mind, but he wanted to eliminate his fear through fighting and break the nightmare that had suppressed him for thirty years.

As a result, an unprecedented fierce battle broke out in the Iwagakure Village.

When Orochimaru finished his trip to the Hidden Cloud Village and arrived at the core of the Land of Earth, what he saw of the Hidden Iwagakure Village was a circular deep pool.

The Fourth Hokage was stunned and asked, "You told me that the fight was intense, but you didn't say that you destroyed the Iwagakure Village?"

Uchiha You's wooden clone replied: "It's not just me who did it. These stubborn Iwagakure ninjas are the ones who made the most of it."

Orochimaru thought about it carefully and smiled helplessly: "The Iwagakure ninjas are a bunch of stone heads. They really can do such a thing."

He then asked, "Which Kage-level ninjas among the Iwagakure have you killed?"

Uchiha You thought for a moment and replied, "Except for Ōnoki, who can make the decision, and his son Huangtu, I should have killed all the others."

Orochimaru was very surprised: "Facing a stubborn guy like Huang Tu, you were able to spare his life. It seems that You-kun didn't give his best to conquer the Iwagakure Village alone."

Uchiha You's wooden clones all rolled their eyes and did not respond to Orochimaru's words.

Did they really tell the Fourth Hokage that they were thinking of the Leg Shadow at the time and subconsciously saved Huang Tu's life?

Orochimaru looked at the deep pool that had already accumulated a lot of water and said with emotion: "This is what it means when one person sinks an entire country and one person destroys an entire village."

"Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki, what do you think?"

Ohnoki snorted coldly: "Humph, the Hidden Rock Village has been destroyed. We have nothing to lose. We are not afraid of anything!"

Orochimaru shook his head and said, "No, you still have something to lose, and that is the living Iwagakure ninja."

"The Iwagakure ninjas are not your weak points to threaten me, but warriors who will fight the Konoha ninjas to the end. They are the Avengers! They are..."

Uchiha Yuu's wooden clone interrupted Ohnoki's declaration: "So what are you doing here?"

"Let's go and lead the indomitable Iwagakure ninjas and continue to fight against me?"

As the wood clone spoke, countless clay tree dolls stood up on the surrounding hills, slopes, and mountaintops. Looking around, there were at least tens of thousands of them.

Seeing the tree people all over the mountains, even the experienced Tsuchikage like Ohnoki couldn't help but tremble all over.

This is truly a situation where everyone is afraid of the enemy.

The Iwagakure ninja's resistance can be divided into three stages.

When the five golden Susanoos rushed into the Iwagakure Village, the Kage-level ninjas, the Jinchūriki, the Iwagakure jonin, and the demolition troop fought desperately under the leadership of Ohnoki.

It is unknown how much sacrifice was made, but the Third Tsuchikage successfully used Dust Release to destroy three Susanoos and eliminate three wood clones.

But as the wave of Flying Thunder God flashed by, Uchiha Yu's wooden clones increased to 15, and the golden Susanoo also increased to 15.

Faced with a desperate situation, the morale of the Iwagakure ninjas reached its peak.

Regardless of sacrifice and the pots and pans of their own village, they launched their legion ninjutsu and launched a fierce battle with 15 Susanoos.

In the end, Uchiha Yu's wooden clone really summoned a meteor, defeating Ōnoki's largest-scale Dust Release, and the Iwagakure Village disappeared completely.

The Iwagakure ninjas were forced to scatter and entered the third stage of guerrilla warfare.

But Uchiha Yu launched the ninjutsu that could destroy a country, Wood Release: Sea of ​​Treemen.

Millions of tree people, with the original Iwagakure Village as the center, truly occupied every inch of the land.

In just over a dozen days, these 6-meter-tall tree men, wearing thick clay armor and as hard as rocks, brought nightmare memories to the Iwagakure ninjas.

This tree man has thick skin and flesh, great strength, and considerable self-healing ability. Even a Chunin would find it difficult to deal with him alone.

Tree people are not without shortcomings. They have slow reactions and slow walking speed.

However, the terrifying number of tree people greatly made up for these shortcomings, allowing the Iwagakure ninjas to experience what it means to have an enemy that is impossible to kill.

Even if they had to use a hundred tree people to replace one Iwagakure ninja, they couldn't afford it.

The voice of the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru was extremely cold, as if it could freeze people's hearts: "Ohnoki, I think that since you appear in front of me, it means that you have already made up your mind."

The golden snake eyes were cold and sharp, as if they could see directly into people's hearts, making Ohnoki feel uncomfortable.

But the words that came out of the long snake tongue made his heart tremble even more: "I signed a contract with the Fourth Raikage and threw it directly to him."

"Now do you think we need a piece of paper between us?"

Oonoki was silent for a long time, and finally said, "No need, just tell me the conditions."

"I will comply."

"Orochimaru, you don't have to worry about the Iwagakure ninjas opposing me. The Iwagakure ninjas who are qualified to oppose me...are no longer here."

The conditions are the same as those of the Hidden Cloud Village, dividing the territory, paying compensation, limiting income, limiting manpower, and plundering latecomers.

Ohnoki's reaction to the last one was much more intense than Ai's. He almost shouted crazily, "Orochimaru! Are you trying to cut off the roots of my Iwagakure Village?"

"If you dare to take my child, I will fight you now and plunge the Land of Earth into complete chaos. You, the Leaf Village, will not have an easy life either!"

The Fourth Hokage couldn't help but sigh: "This old guy actually knows that we don't want the order of the Land of Earth to collapse."

"I can't handle him, You-kun, it's your turn."

Uchiha You's wooden clone stood up and said with a smile: "Since I proposed this, I will deal with Oonoki."

In fact, Uchiha You's wooden clone didn't say anything. He just stood in front of Ohnoki, opened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and stared at Ohnoki's eyes.

Ohnoki saw Uchiha Madara in these eyes, saw death, and saw destruction.

He naturally knew in his heart what Uchiha You hadn't said: "Either hand over the child, or the Hidden Rock Village will be completely wiped out. You choose one."

Ohnoki's natural choice was to bow his head.

That's the thing, if Orochimaru said the same thing it would have no effect at all, it would only arouse Ōnoki's determination to fight to the death.

Uchiha You, who broke the courage of the Iwagakure ninja, didn't even need to say a word, the Tsuchikage lowered his head obediently.

On the way back to Konoha Village, Uchiha You was full of doubts:

[What is the Sage of Six Paths doing? ]

[I have done so many things, but he did not intervene and let me mess up the situation in the ninja world like this? ]

…

Otsutsuki Hamura brought a bowl of water and carefully fed it to his brother.

In the Pure Land, the water is certainly not ordinary water, but the condensed liquid left after the soul returns to the natural world.

This resource that can be directly absorbed by the soul is extremely precious. Only the Otsutsuki brothers who control the Pure Land can enjoy it occasionally.

Now, the greatest function of this condensate is to heal the wounds of the soul.

After drinking a bowl of water, Otsutsuki Hagoromo slowly breathed a sigh of relief and thanked, "Hamura, thank you very much."

"Without you to take care of me, this time it would really be dangerous."

Otsutsuki Hamura shook his head and said, "Brother, I can return to the Pure Land safely, all thanks to your cover and cover. You are bearing the injuries now for me."

"I just took care of you for a while, how can I say thank you?"

"How could the enemy be so powerful this time that they could make my brother fall into a coma for such a long time? I am so scared."

He said with relief on his face: "Fortunately, my brother finally woke up. That's great."

The Six Paths Sage was also still in shock, and said with emotion: "I never thought that the Emperor of the Divine Court was actually the Thunder God, and the purple divine thunder he controlled actually had the power of both death and rebirth."

"No, it should be destruction and rebirth, and the two attributes are actually opposite and integrated, indistinguishable from each other."

"That thin streak of purple lightning was so weak that it couldn't even destroy a strand of hair, but it was able to disrupt my soul body and put me in a life-or-death situation."

"I am almost like those ignorant people, disintegrating into spirit substance and merging into the nature of heaven and earth."

Otsutsuki Hamura took a deep breath and said in shock: "The Emperor of the Divine Court is so powerful?"

Otsutsuki Hagoromo closed his eyes, rubbed his eyebrow which was still recovering slowly, and chuckled: "Amazing, he almost killed me through the Pure Land interface, it's really amazing."

"Fortunately, his situation seems to be the same as ours. He cannot easily descend upon the Ninja World, otherwise you and I would be in big trouble this time."

Otsutsuki Hamura frowned and asked, "Brother, what should we do next?"

The Six Paths Sage thought for a moment and replied, "The foundation of gods is faith and duty. The most important thing for us to do next is to get intelligence and find the foundation of the faith of the Emperor of Heaven in the ninja world."

"No matter how powerful the god is, if he wants to gain a foothold in the ninja world and exert sufficient power, he needs the help of the power of faith."

"Hamura, Emperor Shenting must have a solid and huge faith base in the ninja world."

"Our next goal is to find his place of faith, then cleanse his faith, and finally drive him out of the ninja world!"

Otsutsuki Hamura nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother, I understand. It is to avoid direct confrontation with this dangerous god, dig out his roots, and let him slowly wither and die like a big tree with its roots cut off."

The Six Paths Sage praised with satisfaction: "That's right."