Although it is very important to break the Four Purple Flame Formation, if the One-Tailed Shukaku appears so soon, the situation will be completely chaotic. It is not to say that the One-Tailed Shukaku is so powerful that no one can defeat it. There are more than one or two people who can fight the tailed beast head-on, including Mizuki. However, the huge size of the tailed beast brings a powerful force that can break the Four Purple Flame Formation, which is something that no ninja present can do. Although the barrier is set very large because of the battlefield, the body of the tailed beast occupies a large part of it. It is already quite good to be able to retain a limited space for Shukaku to move.

In Shuimu's surprised eyes, Shukaku swung his fist and hit the curtain wall of the Four Purple Flame Formation heavily. The strong fire damage of the curtain wall was difficult to cause much harm in front of Shukaku's Sandy clone. However, Shukaku's huge power made the barrier tremble.

"Isn't Gaara still trying to control himself? It seems the situation hasn't reached its worst point yet..."

Seeing that the Four Purple Flame Formation was still struggling under the attack, Shukaku's huge body retreated slightly, crouched slightly on its hind legs, gathered enough strength, and suddenly rushed forward, with its huge body directly mounted on the barrier. Then the Four Purple Flame Formation, which was almost unable to hold on, finally collapsed. With a sharp shattering sound, the barrier curtain wall began to emit bursts of purple-black flames in all directions, and then disappeared without a trace, leaving only a mess on the ground to show the traces of its existence. The four traitors who supported the Four Purple Flame Formation also fell to the ground and lost consciousness in the backlash of the broken barrier.

After the barrier was completely broken, everyone was also extremely surprised. The purpose of the trap barrier was mainly to trap the enemy, and the mirror attacker technique was mainly a supplementary function to cooperate with Kakuzu and Hidan in harvesting heads. However, the most basic purpose was destroyed in a short while.

"I told you, the outcome is still undecided, right?" Mizuki, who was entangled with Scorpion, had just used the Phoenix Fire Technique to force the aggressive Scorpion back. Then he knelt on one knee, supported himself with his right hand, and silently mobilized natural energy. Scorpion, who felt something was wrong, hurriedly led the Third Kazekage's human puppets to evade. In a split second, the ground where Scorpion had just stood suddenly cracked, and a huge palm composed of natural energy broke out from the ground from bottom to top, almost catching Scorpion.

"What a shame, a puppeteer without a physical body has such sharp intuition..."

Regretfully, Shuimu also gave up the possibility of waiting for the Red Sand Scorpion to make a mistake and then attack it. The ground between the huge hand and Shuimu turned over, and a natural energy arm that connected the energy hand and Shuimu's body appeared. Under Shuimu's control, the giant hand kept waving, driving the Red Sand Scorpion far away. Then he retracted his arm and blocked a figure that was trying to approach him.

"I'm not used to someone coming to me without saying anything. Yura Jonin, if you want to help, the enemy is over there..." Mizuki gestured in the direction of the Red Sand Scorpion, "If you want to help your compatriots, you can do as you wish."

"Then I am really rude, Mizuki Jonin..." Yura didn't seem to notice Mizuki's distrust, and still said shamelessly, "I just want to ask, what should we do next? Isn't this coming to ask for the opinions of our allies?"

Shuimu looked at this guy with ulterior motives who was pretending to be righteous and he really couldn't bring himself to be perfunctory with him.

"Originally, I am not qualified to command the jonin of Sand Village." Mizuki paused, then said, "But since Yura jonin is so polite, I will ask you to stop the puppeteer over there for the time being."

"Are you kidding?" Yura asked in disbelief, "I'm no match for him. It's impossible for one person to stop him, right?"

"How can you be joking? That person is a traitor from your Sand Village, right? You should be very familiar with him and he should be easy to deal with."

After saying that, Shuimu ignored Yura. With him around, Shuimu didn't dare to fight Scorpion boldly. The powerful enemy on the other side was far less threatening than the inner traitor beside him. Shuimu didn't want to take the blame for killing his allies for the time being. Before finding a chance to kill this puppet controlled by the Red Sand Scorpion, it was too dangerous to fight side by side with him.

Mizuki, who was worried about his subordinates, reunited with Hyuga Neji and headed towards the battlefield behind the broken barrier.

"Don't die! If we lose one or two of them here, it will be hard to explain when we return..."

…

Earlier, as the Sand Village could no longer withstand the pressure of fighting against Kakuzu and Hidan, and joined forces with Konoha Village and Iwagakure Village, the joint team of the three villages was no longer in order because of the large number of people. Although everyone was barely familiar with each other after the journey of the past few days, the understanding between them was still far from enough. In such a situation, it was natural that some unexpected changes occurred and people would not react in time. When the frightened Sand Ninja arrived at the scene, the traitor who had been waiting for a long time took advantage of the opportunity when he was not yet stable and launched the Four Purple Flame Formation.

When most of the people were trapped, except for Hyuga Neji who temporarily left the team and hid because he needed to scout a farther distance, there was also the quick-reacting Kurotsuchi, who relied on his extraordinary intuition and escaped before the barrier was completely sealed in order to stop the traitor's actions. The others, who had just been through a tiring battle and were a little careless, even the usually cautious Maki fell into the trap. Only Yura, who had another mission, seemed to escape "as a matter of course".

After everything happened, another trap, the Mirror Raider Technique, was activated. It was natural that it was very difficult to fight against an opponent with similar attributes. Although as long as you deal with it seriously, your life will not be in danger. After all, it is just a small means to delay time.

"Kakuzu, which bastard do you think arranged this ridiculous plan?" After the barriers and traps began to work effectively, Hidan finally revealed the unreliable side of his thinking.

"Don't you think it would be better if Wulai could please the Evil God right from the start?"

"Let you do it? How long will it take?" Kakuzu said coldly, "By the time you're done, all the enemies will have run away."

"It doesn't make much difference anyway. Look over there." Feiduan pointed at the people struggling in the trap with his March Scythe and said, "It still looks like a slaughterhouse. Everyone will become a sacrifice to the evil god in the end."

After saying this, as if thinking of the ceremony that would take place later, Feiduan let out a strange cry to show his joy.

"Don't waste time, Hidan, get to work..."

"Got it. I'll start now." After a short period of tacit understanding, the two members of the Undead Duo finally started to exert their strength. "But, you haven't answered yet. Who arranged this weird plan?"

"It was arranged by the leader. Do you have any objection?" Kakuzu, who controls the economic power of the organization, knows much more than Hidan.

"Leader? I know that too. Didn't he claim to be the one chosen by fate? It's normal for him to be successful in everything he does. It's been so long, and he hasn't caught a single tailed beast. He's still playing this kind of trick. It's really a wolf's time. Moreover, during this time of joining the organization, I don't know what our goal is. I don't know what the purpose of catching a tailed beast, a war weapon, is."

In response to Feidan's complaint, Kakuzu stared at Feidan with strange eyes and said: "Your idea is very dangerous. If you were not immortal, you would have died long ago..."

"Master Kakuzu, I understand. Aren't you curious about the leader who rarely shows up?"

"I hope so..." Kakuzu retracted his gaze, looked at the battle situation on the other side, and then changed the subject and said, "That female jonin from the Sand Village over there can't hold on any longer. I'll leave her to you to deal with."

"Now that I know, can't you let me experience a little more of the extreme pain of death?"

"Except for the Jinchūriki, you cannot kill them. As for the others, you can do as you wish later."

"Hey, Kakuzu-sama is being so easy to talk to today, haha. But we can't go back on our word..."

As if afraid that Kakuzu might change his mind, Hidan rushed directly towards Maki.

After a fierce battle, and then a war of attrition with his own mirror image, Juan's remaining physical strength was completely consumed. At this time, facing the bloody March sickle thrown by Feiduan, Juan dodged the attack of his own mirror image while observing the direction of Feiduan's attack.

"It seems impossible to dodge completely, I can only try to reduce the damage as much as possible."

Realizing that his strength was about to run out and he might no longer be able to fight the enemy with ease, Juan had no choice but to endure the minor injuries on his shoulder from a few mirror shurikens. He tried hard to move his body, just in time to avoid the March sickle that was directly aimed at his chest and abdomen.

Before Juan could breathe a sigh of relief, Maki's voice came from not far away.

"Juan, watch out. Be careful..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Juan, who had just dodged the attack, heard the reminder, but before he could react, he was hit by the sickle that flew back.

"It's so flexible in extension and control? You didn't use your full strength just now. It seems we have fallen into a trap."

At the last moment, Juan, who was hit, at least demonstrated his awareness and level as a jonin, and at least effectively avoided too serious damage.

"What's wrong? Juan? Can you still hold on?" If something really went wrong with the Jonin whose fighting power was second only to his own, it would be troublesome in this situation.

"It's fine for now, but Captain Maki's left arm was injured, so he may not be able to fully exert his strength."

"That's good." Hearing that the problem was not serious, Maki felt relieved. There was a Mizuki who was proficient in medical ninjutsu present. As long as the patient was not seriously injured or died on the spot, there was still room for recovery.

Then, Maki turned to the Sand Village Genin and instructed, "Gaara, it's easier on you, so help the roll."

"Got it." Gaara nodded. Although the Mirror Raider Technique is magical, it has its limits. It cannot copy things like bloodline limits and tailed beasts. If there is one person who can deal with the harassment of mirror images the fastest, it must be Gaara. It is too easy for Gaara, who is fully capable, to fight against a mirror image that only copied basic attributes.

On the other side, Hidan, who had taken back the Bloody March Scythe, said with a strange smile: "Kakuzu, look, I'm about to start so soon."

"Aren't you Kakuzu anymore? But Hidan, hurry up, that jutsu of yours is a waste of time."

"It will be ready soon." While talking, Feidan took out his treasured black spear, pierced his palm, let the blood flow, and finally drew a strange symbol with his foot. Then he stood in the middle.

"What is this immortal monster going to do next?"

It is really incomprehensible that Hidan, who had just gained the upper hand and injured the Sand Village jonin, would hurt himself after a disagreement. Even if he is immortal, he should not use it like this, right? The wound on his palm, with so much blood flowing, the obvious pain is not something that ordinary people can endure.

However, Feiduan did not let everyone's doubts stay for too long. Soon, Feiduan opened his mouth and swallowed the blood on the bloody March sickle with an evil movement, and stood still on the blood-drawn formation. Then he activated the Death Corps Blood, and his entire face and body began to show strange changes.

Seeing this commotion, everyone seemed to realize that the situation was not good. Although they didn't know the specific situation, their intuition about the threat of death made them understand that something very bad would definitely happen next.

Maki realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly left his mirror image behind and rushed towards Feidan. Although he didn't have the same IQ as Shikamaru, he also had the attributes of a military strategist and understood that he must not let Feidan succeed.

However, Maki's plan failed, as the other member of the Undead Duo blocked Maki's path.

"It's going to be bad..."

It seemed impossible for the anxious Maki to break through Kakuzu's blockade in a short time.

As for Feidan, he was inexplicably excited and still made those meaningless weird noises, but everyone understood the last sentence.

"Lord Evil God, today's sacrifice is about to begin. Please collect the offerings and let me experience the pain of death."

"Evil God, sacrifice, death?" Although he didn't understand the specific meaning, he knew that anyone who was touched by these words would definitely not have a good ending. Although he knew the situation was serious, he could only watch Feiduan pierce the black spear into his vital abdomen.

After a moment of despairing silence, Juan, who was standing aside, suddenly fell down, holding his abdomen in pain, and a large amount of blood began to seep out from the cracks in his palms.

"Roll?" The fall of his companions finally made Maki realize what Hidan was doing. "He uses his immortal body and that special method to share the damage? It's really a hopeless killing curse."

"Now that you know, do you want to die obediently?"

"How is that possible?" Maki said firmly, "Although our Sand Village is far behind Konoha, it is still one of the five great ninja villages. Our pride will not allow us to be killed meaninglessly like this."

After that, Maki turned to Gaara and said, "Don't hesitate, use Shukaku's power."

Maki is not only a military strategist, but also a brave general who charges into battle. When he needs to show bravery and decisiveness, he will reveal his last trump card without hesitation.

Gaara nodded. He saw the situation. Even though he couldn't control Shukaku well, he had no choice. If he used it, he might die. If he didn't use it, everyone would be dead.