Li Anshi hadn't expected his battle with the Cloud Village to turn out like this.
Although he hadn't been injured by the Eight-Tails' earlier Tailed Beast Bomb, the more than three thousand flying daggers in his scroll had been completely destroyed.
Fortunately, when he had opened the scroll, he had been throwing daggers and killing Cloud ninjas with one hand while using chakra threads and the Concealed Dagger Technique with the other to hide daggers all over his body.
Currently, he still had over two hundred daggers on him.
It wasn't just Li Anshi; the Cloud ninjas also knew that once he ran out of daggers, his threat to them would be greatly diminished.
Under these circumstances, Li Anshi no longer aimed to kill the Cloud ninjas, but instead began to charge toward the hill where the Third Raikage was.
"Quick, quick! Don't let the Little Li Flying Dagger get near Lord Raikage!"
The Cloud side naturally noticed Li Anshi's movement. Many ninjas spontaneously gathered in the direction of the Third Raikage, trying to stop him.
It had to be said, with the Cloud ninjas charging at him with no regard for their own lives, Li Anshi was actually brought to a halt.
It couldn't be helped. His current supply of daggers was limited. If he killed at his previous pace, more than three hundred Cloud ninjas would die in less than two minutes.
But between him and the Third Raikage, more than five hundred ninjas had gathered.
Even if Li Anshi used up all the daggers he had, it would be impossible to get within a hundred meters of the Third Raikage.
Should I break through?
The thought flashed through Li Anshi's mind.
With his current supply of daggers, he indeed lacked enough to charge within a hundred meters of the Third Raikage and complete his objective of killing him.
But if he wanted to break out of the encirclement, the Cloud ninjas couldn't stop him.
However, Li Anshi also knew that if the Cloud side insisted on pursuing him, without a resupply of daggers, he would be in great danger before he could rendezvous with Konoha's main forces.
At this moment, Li Anshi seemed to be caught in a dilemma.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
Around him lay the bodies of dozens of Cloud ninjas.
Embedded in the necks or hearts of these bodies were his own flying daggers.
I must be a fool. Although I don't have many daggers left on me, can't I still use the ones on the bodies of the Cloud ninjas I killed?
Immediately, Li Anshi waved his left hand. Five slender chakra threads shot out, quickly wrapping around the daggers on the nearby bodies and pulling them into his hand.
With a fresh supply of daggers, Li Anshi stopped using the ones hidden on his person, instead using chakra threads to collect the daggers from the bodies for reuse.
Instantly, his killing speed increased sharply.
"Not good! That guy is collecting daggers!"
"Everyone, destroy all the daggers quickly!"
The Cloud ninjas soon noticed Li Anshi's actions.
Immediately, some of the Cloud ninjas used various means to destroy the daggers on the bodies of their fallen comrades.
Li Anshi's daggers were three and seven-tenths inches long and only three-tenths of an inch thick, not much thicker than a senbon.
As long as they pulled a dagger out and struck it a few times with a kunai, they could break it.
Some even released ninjutsu, destroying the bodies of their comrades along with the daggers.
It wasn't that they didn't respect the dead or didn't want to leave their comrades' bodies intact; it was just that this method was faster for destroying the daggers.
Seeing the Cloud ninjas begin to destroy the daggers on the bodies, even for the ninjas killed right in front of him, the surviving ninjas nearby would move to destroy them. Compared to sacrificing lives to deplete his daggers, destroying his potential supply could also greatly reduce his stamina.
Seeing their actions, Li Anshi no longer bothered with killing, instead running across the battlefield, prioritizing the retrieval of the daggers he had thrown.
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish—
Under the control of his chakra threads, the daggers on the bodies within a five-meter radius were pulled back to him. After prioritizing restocking his own hidden supply, Li Anshi began to collect daggers and kill Cloud ninjas simultaneously.
This time, he changed direction.
Previously, he had charged directly toward the hill where the Third Raikage was.
Now, he was moving in the direction from which the Eight-Tails had attacked him.
There were too many people in the Third Raikage's direction. Even if he used up all his daggers, he wouldn't be able to kill them all.
But the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's side was much more sparsely populated.
Earlier, to make space for the Tailed Beast Bomb, the Cloud ninjas in that direction had all moved to the sides.
Therefore, on Li Anshi's current path, there were only a dozen or so ninjas blocking the way.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—
Li Anshi's left hand guided the chakra threads to collect daggers, while with a wave of his right sleeve, streams of white light flew out, killing the Cloud ninjas ahead.
"Not good! B, run!"
The hill where the Third Raikage stood was the highest point of the battlefield, giving him a clear view of the situation.
When he saw Li Anshi charging toward the Eight-Tails, he immediately shouted in alarm.
With Li Anshi's daggers, even a rampaging Eight-Tails would likely be killed.
The Third Raikage had fought the rampaging Eight-Tails before. His "Hell Stab" could cause immense damage to the fully transformed Gyuki.
And Li Anshi's daggers, after breaking through his strongest "Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite," had still been able to pierce his Lightning Release Armor, severely injuring him.
In other words, the rampaging Eight-Tails was no match for Li Anshi.
Li Anshi could probably kill the rampaging Eight-Tails in an instant.
After loudly warning Blue B, a brilliant flash of lightning erupted from the Third Raikage's body, and he transformed into a streak of light, rushing toward Blue B's position.
"No, Lord Raikage…"
Seeing the Third Raikage's actions, the Jonin on the hill were horrified.
They had finally seen a glimmer of hope for victory.
With Li Anshi's fighting style, in at most ten minutes, under the self-sacrificing attacks of the Cloud ninjas, he would run out of daggers.
And the Cloud would only have to pay the price of another five hundred or so casualties to achieve this.
At that time, how to fight Li Anshi would be up to them to decide.
But now that the Third Raikage had charged out, the Cloud Village was in danger.
It had to be known that the Third Raikage was the pillar in the hearts of everyone in the Cloud Village.
With Lord Raikage present, the ninjas of the Cloud Village were willing to sacrifice their lives for him.
But if the Third Raikage was gone, even if the ninjas of the Cloud Village wanted to pledge their loyalty, they would have no one to follow.
At that time, most of the Cloud ninjas would probably choose to surrender together. The Cloud Village would suffer a crushing defeat in this battle with Li Anshi.