Chapter 136 Choice
the next day.
morning.
In front of the last line of defense of the Iwagakure Village, the Third Raikage, wrapped in lightning and unarmed, once again charged forward alone.
There were five Iwagakure ninjas who could deal with him, and they were all real jonin.
Even so, these Iwagakure jonin did not dare to confront the Third Raikage head-on. They just covered each other and restrained him through various ninjutsu and combat skills.
The whole process is extremely dangerous. If one fails to coordinate well and is found by the Third Raikage, the outcome will be serious injury or death.
Therefore, the five Iwagakure jonin present were extremely nervous.
Especially today they received a secret order that they must delay the Third Raikage at all costs and make sure not to let him escape from the battle.
This made them even more nervous.
The Third Raikage glanced at the five people and instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he could tell where the problem lay.
After all, they were all carefully selected jonin. Although these five Iwagakure ninjas were nervous inside, they did not show any abnormality on their faces.
Even the course of the battle showed no such signs.
Time passed minute by minute, and the Third Raikage never noticed anything unusual.
He simply stopped thinking about it and once the idea came to him, he decided to go all out and use his absolute strength to dispel the doubts in his heart.
"Third-generation sir, we have urgent information. Please return to the headquarters immediately!"
However, just as he was about to take action, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind, and the Third Raikage knew who the owner of the voice was.
The other party was one of his subordinates, who mastered a secret mental technique that allowed him to transmit sound to any target within a certain range.
"But what does the other party mean by this? Urgent information?"
Without time to think about it, the Third Raikage planned to leave the battle first and then go back to see what happened.
He still had great trust in these subordinates and knew that unless it was an extremely urgent matter, these people would never interrupt his offensive rhythm.
And once the other party does this, it means that the situation is definitely bad and he must handle it personally.
With this thought in mind, the Third Raikage used a few moves to force back the five Iwagakure jonin around him, and then he leaped forward, intending to break out of the encirclement and return to the rear.
But he didn't expect that when these five people saw that he was about to retreat, they would risk being seriously injured by him and forcibly block his way.
At this moment, the Third Raikage finally realized what was wrong with him before.
Compared to the Iwagakure ninja he had encountered in the past few days, the five Iwagakure jonin in front of him were obviously more conservative when fighting.
But just when he was about to withdraw, these people showed extraordinary initiative, even risking their lives.
Obviously, their behavior before and after is very contradictory.
Before, this sign was not obvious, and the five opponents would stick to him like a dog-skin plaster only when he relaxed his offensive.
But once he intensifies his offensive, these people will quickly return to a conservative stance.
Before this, he was focused on attacking and didn't pay much attention to this point, so he just instinctively realized that something was wrong.
Now, he was about to withdraw, and these people finally couldn't sit still anymore, and all at once the contradictions among them were completely exposed.
That's why he finally reacted.
However, the more this happened, the more the Third Raikage was certain that something big had gone wrong in the rear, otherwise the other party wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to keep him here.
That's right, the Third Raikage had already seen the purpose of their inconsistent behavior, which was to drag him onto the battlefield.
"If that's the case, I can't stay here any longer."
With this thought in mind, the Third Raikage shouted, "Get out of here!"
Before he finished speaking, he activated the strongest state of 'Lightning Chakra Mode'.
Accompanied by a crackling sound, it was as if real lightning rushed out and formed a thick layer of armor on his body.
This is the 'Strongest Lightning Release Armor' when the Third Raikage is at his full strength.
At this moment, let alone ordinary weapons and ninjutsu, even the wind ninjutsu that is most effective in restraining lightning ninjutsu cannot cause any harm to him.
Bang!
The Third Raikage flashed and instantly disappeared in front of the five Iwagakure jonin.
The next moment, the two Iwagakure jonin were knocked flying by the Third Raikage before they could even react, and they died before they even hit the ground.
The remaining three Iwagakure jonin all stopped in their tracks when they saw this scene.
Although the order given to them by their superiors was to delay the Third Raikage, that was also based on the premise that there was hope.
But how can they stop the opponent's strength?
They don't want to do anything that will get them killed.
"snort!"
Seeing this, the Third Raikage snorted coldly, then left without looking back.
In the distance, Qing Ming stared at the Third Raikage who walked away with his three-magatama Sharingan, and shook his head in silence.
Afterwards, he released the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.
Bang!
A cloud of chakra smoke dissipated, and Qingming's figure disappeared.
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at the same time.
In a relatively hidden cave.
Qing Ming, who was practicing, suddenly opened his eyes, then quickly closed them again and began to browse the memories that suddenly appeared in his mind.
After a moment, he opened his eyes again and muttered, "It looks like this battle is about to end."
With a God's perspective, it was easy for him to infer the cause and effect from the Third Raikage's actions.
If he guessed correctly, it should be that the Cloud Ninjas discovered the conspiracy of the Iwagakure Village and informed the Third Raikage.
That's why the other party rushed back in a hurry.
When the other side learned that they were about to be surrounded, they had two choices.
One is to burn your boats and continue to launch attacks, break through the last line of defense of the Iwagakure Village before the Iwagakure army surrounds it, rush into the Iwagakure Village, and regain the initiative.
The second option is to retreat immediately and rush out from the gap before the Iwagakure army forms a complete encirclement.
The former requires considering the issue of time. If they cannot attack the Iwagakure Village before the Iwagakure army surrounds it, what awaits the Cloud Ninjas is being attacked from both inside and outside.
And this is very possible.
Although the Third Raikage is very powerful, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, who is in charge of the Iwagakure Village, is not an easy opponent either. The opponent's Dust Release Ninjutsu is not something that the Lightning Release Armor can be completely immune to.
In this case, coupled with the obstruction of the last line of defense, it is basically impossible for the Third Raikage to break through the Iwagakure Village in a short period of time.
Then they only have the second option.
But it's not so easy to run away.
Not to mention whether they can find a suitable opportunity, the Iwagakure ninjas on the battlefield right before them will make it impossible for them to leave easily.
This time, the Cloud Ninja will have to pay some price.
"So what about me? Can I gain some benefits from it?"
Qingming thought about it and soon came up with a plan.
Needless to say, for the next period of time, both the Cloud Ninja and the Rock Ninja will focus their attention on each other.
This means that he has more room to move around.
and
Qing Ming had no doubt that the situation would become extremely chaotic, and it was impossible for the Hidden Cloud Village to let the Third Raikage stay behind to cover their retreat from the very beginning.
At first, they had to escape together, and even sacrifice some Cloud Ninjas to cover the evacuation of the Third Raikage and the main force.
Only after the situation completely collapsed would the Third Raikage use himself as bait to delay the army of the Iwagakure Village, thus creating a chance for other Cloud Ninjas to escape.
Even so, those Cloud Ninjas would be hunted down. After all, no matter how powerful the Third Raikage was, he was only one person and it was impossible for him to stop an army of 10,000.
Therefore, this process is bound to be chaotic.
And chaos means opportunity. He can take advantage of it to plunder chakra and thus accelerate his own growth.
I will resume the three updates tomorrow.
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