As long as they could hold him back, even for a little while, the Cloud ninja could use their numerical advantage to inflict significant casualties on the Leaf.
And these casualties would tilt the scales of victory in favor of the Cloud.
Hold on!
Dotai's expression was firm as he braced himself on his knees and slowly stood up.
The Leaf side, seeing "Hiruzen Sarutobi" instantly kill one person and quickly engage Dotai, who had a considerable reputation in the ninja world, was immediately excited.
The Cloud ninja side seemed more conflicted; the amount of time Dotai could hold out seemed like a countdown to their own lives.
Once Dotai couldn't hold on any longer, they might become chickens waiting to be crushed by Qifeng.
Torn between hope and fear, they could only display about 80% of their original strength, which was already considered a testament to their willpower.
Why in ancient wars, knowing that a duel between generals before a battle would lead to a significant weakening of morale if it failed, did they still repeatedly engage in such duels?
That's because, once won, the winning side's morale would be greatly boosted, and it might even be possible to turn the tide of the battle to some extent.
Now, Qifeng and Dotai had become the generals dueling in this battle, affecting the hearts of countless people.
"You are strong," Dotai said, unaffected by the eager gazes of the Cloud ninja, simply bracing himself and staring at Qifeng.
Qifeng's expression was calm, but he raised his vigilance in his heart.
He could despise or even belittle his opponent in his actions, but he would never underestimate them in his heart and let his guard down.
A ninja like Dotai, who could survive until now, definitely had real skills.
Immediately, a large amount of heat began to surge from Dotai's body.
This was a desperate measure.
It was also Dotai's last trump card.
Compressing and accumulating Lava Release chakra within his body, thereby stimulating all of his body's abilities and unleashing even greater destructive power.
His body was emitting smoke, and at first glance, it looked a bit like someone wearing a straw hat activating Second Gear.
Dotai formed hand seals.
"Lava Release! Scorching Stream Rock Technique!"
A series of scorching magma fireballs spewed from Dotai's mouth; the intense heat and cracked rock surfaces caused hundreds of magma fireballs to sweep towards Qifeng from all directions.
Qifeng's heart stirred, and the Iron Sand beneath his feet carried him back quickly, his hands waving gently, layers of Iron Sand gathering in front of him.
Forming a series of standing walls.
However, the weakness of Iron Sand was exposed once again, which was its inability to withstand temperatures exceeding the melting point of iron.
Normally, ordinary ninjutsu would not reach this temperature, but if it encountered this temperature, it would become quite tricky.
One by one, the iron walls were penetrated by the Lava Release.
But that was all.
Giving Qifeng enough preparation time, what he lacked the least now was iron.
Moreover, on the battlefield, whenever a ninja died, the kunai or blades on their bodies would be used by him, becoming part of the Iron Sand that his Magnet Release could control.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the short term, it seemed that Qifeng was being suppressed.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that Dotai was already fighting desperately, while Qifeng was just rationally choosing to avoid his sharp edge.
When Dotai couldn't maintain this state, victory would naturally belong to him.
Qifeng, who had mastered Magnet Release, could theoretically hold his own against anyone, as long as they didn't completely overwhelm him in strength.
If he encountered someone weaker than him, the advantage would become very obvious.
The Third Raikage not far away also saw this.
"To actually force Dotai to fight desperately, Magnet Release of this scale, ordinary ninjutsu is no longer able to cause enough damage, unless you wait until the opponent's chakra is exhausted, otherwise, as long as you can't kill him instantly, you will be entangled forever."
The Third Raikage had a headache.
If Qifeng were his opponent, he was confident that he could hit him before the opponent's Magnet Release could react.
Even with protection, his strength would be enough to crush everything.
That would be a battle where they posed a mutual threat, rather than the current one-sided crushing, where only Qifeng could harm Dotai, while Dotai couldn't threaten Qifeng.
This was very BUG-like.
As long as Qifeng put on a few layers of thick Iron Sand shields, he could freely use Magnet Release to launch attacks, ignoring all conventional attack methods.
He was simply a self-propelled reaping machine on the battlefield.
And one with a large range of attacks.
"The Cloud ninja are going to have a headache."
Jiraiya saw this scene, and his thoughts were similar to the Third Raikage.
The only difference was that Qifeng belonged to the Leaf side, and he didn't have a headache, so he had a psychological advantage.
It's like playing a team game.
It was clearly a head-on confrontation, top lane against top lane, mid lane against mid lane, but suddenly a jungler appeared who was cheating, and your own jungler couldn't kill the opponent, while the opponent could freely invade your own jungle, feeding their own jungler.
Watching the jungle being harvested and the economy gradually being reversed, there was nothing you could do.
It was very frustrating and also very anxious.
This was the helplessness of the top lane dad.
"No, we absolutely can't let Dotai fall here."
Thoughts raced through the Third Raikage's mind, and he couldn't help but think of the worst possible outcome.
Once Dotai fell, then the Cloud ninja side would have no one who could stop Qifeng's advance, and in that case, it might really be possible for him to reverse the Leaf's decline alone.
Even though the Third Raikage felt it was absurd when this thought appeared.
What was even more absurd was that this thought might really become a reality.
