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"Just as expected, the Iwa ninjas have indeed come to intercept and kill the Sand ninjas," Shibi Aburame muttered.
"Yeah, who would've thought that the so-called large-scale supplies transaction was actually self-directed and self-staged by Sunagakure," Satoru Hyūga raised his eyebrows and said, sounding a bit helpless.
After he used his means to get the intelligence, the result surprised everyone.
The mysterious seller who was selling a huge amount of supplies in the underground black market turned out to be Sunagakure, from the same ninja village as them.
This transaction was like fishing bait, luring innocent fish to take the bait. When the right time came, those hiding behind the scenes would show up and get both the money and the supplies!
Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but think to himself: This kind of thing can only be done at noon, because it's bound to cause trouble sooner or later.
Sunagakure is the weakest among the ninja villages in terms of strength. The fact that they actually have such courage really surprised Satoru Hyūga.
But thinking about it carefully, in the original plot, the Third Shinobi World War started because the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure disappeared. They were so pigheaded that they declared war on Konoha, the Aniki among ninja villages. As a result, they got beaten to a pulp and had to cede territory and beg for mercy.
It doesn't seem all that unexpected that they're doing this sort of thing now.
"Satoru, Sunagakure has sent Yakura of the Scorch Release and Rasa of the Magnet Release. If we interfere rashly, our odds of winning might not be very good,"
Shibi Aburame's expression grew a bit solemn. If there were only one Kekkei Genkai ninja, he was confident that he could hold off against them. But if there were two, the outcome would be uncertain.
"Don't worry, Teacher Shibi," Satoru Hyūga said, smiling at him. "We don't have to necessarily fight them. As long as we disrupt their plan."
Shibi Aburame seemed to have thought of something and suddenly smiled, scratching his head.
"I almost forgot you've got that!"
In the forest, the battle continued.
But the defeat of the Iwa ninja side was inevitable. Under the combined attack of the two Kekkei Genkai ninjas, the remaining Iwa ninjas simply couldn't resist and died a miserable death one by one.
Seeing his companions constantly dying in front of him, Yamato's eyes were bloodshot and his pupils seemed about to burst.
"Damn it! Even if I die, I'll make you pay the price!"
He quickly formed hand seals with his hands and slammed them on the ground. The chakra in his body rushed wildly into the ground through his hands.
Earth Style! Yamato no Jutsu!
Suddenly, the Daichi beneath his feet split apart to both sides, turning into two huge hemispherical walls that kept closing inwards. The intense oppressive feeling seemed to crush all the Sunagakure ninjas into powder.
"It's useless,"
Rasa said icily. Then he slowly raised his hands, and countless particles of sand and gold surged out from under his feet. In an instant, they filled the split earth. Several golden tentacles emerged from the waves of sand and gold, firmly gripping against the closing walls on both sides.
Amid the rumbling vibrations.
The two engaged in a fierce confrontation!
Constantly, small stones dropped from the huge walls. At the positions where the sand and gold tentacles were gripping, cracks spread like a spider web.
Yamato still had quite a lot of chakra left and could continue to be locked in a deadlock with Rasa. But after all, this wasn't a one-person battle. He looked back at the people behind him.
In just a few breaths, his Iwa ninja companions were nearly wiped out under the joint attack of Yakura and the Sand ninjas.
Until the last Iwa ninja fell beside him, with his blood-stained palm tightly clutching the hem of his pants. The pupils of the dying ninja who looked up at him trembled constantly, and his Adam's apple bobbed.
"Lord Yamato, run quickly..."
"Damn it!"
It was as if something had shattered. A huge surge of power welled up in his body. Yamato let out a roar towards the sky, a trail of blood and tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.
The huge wall that had been firmly held back by Rasa began to tremble violently and gradually closed inward.
"Damn it! Still struggling in vain?"
Seeing that he couldn't hold up against this move any longer, Rasa spat out a curse and leaped backward sharply, trying to jump out of Yamato's attack range.
"Get out of the way! This jutsu is extremely powerful. Don't resist it head-on!"
Without Rasa maintaining it, the sand-gold tentacles only trembled slightly before suddenly shattering. The huge circular wall closed with a thunderous crash, like a gigantic tomb, engulfing the Sand ninjas who couldn't escape in time and the dead Iwa ninjas.
The ground (Daichi) shook, and dust billowed into the air.
Rasa squinted and stared fixedly at Yamato's position.
"After using this jutsu, he has completely lost his ability to resist."
Being cautious, he thought for a moment and didn't choose to attack personally. Instead, when the dust was about to disperse, he looked at one of the Sand ninjas in the team.
"Kai, go and kill him!"
"Yes sir!"
The Sand ninja named Kai took out a Kunai from his bosom. He felt a bit delighted. Killing the enemy leader was no small feat.
As he got closer, sure enough, in front of the huge hemispherical tomb, he saw Yamato on one knee, gasping weakly for breath. Clearly, he had lost his ability to defend.
"Die!"
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he suddenly thrust the Kunai towards the back of Yamato's head.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened!
Before the Kunai in his hand could drop, Kai's whole body was covered in goosebumps. A chill shot up from the base of his spine to the back of his head. Before he could react, a blue flash passed by, and his head exploded on the spot, brains splattering everywhere.
This tragic sight shocked everyone.
The Sand ninjas stood there dumbfounded. In the blink of an eye, they didn't even clearly see what had happened.
After a moment of daze, Yamato's eyes shrank. He immediately formed hand seals and channeled a wisp of chakra that had just recovered into the ground.
"Oh no! Don't let him escape!" Rasa felt a chill (Rin) in his heart.
The Sand ninjas immediately came to their senses and rushed towards Yamato's position.
However.
The second arrow is here!
The leading Sand ninja suddenly felt a chill. Before he could react, a huge external force pierced his chest. The bloody hole the size of a bowl was terrifying!
"Who is it!"
Rasa's pupils suddenly contracted, and he roared frantically.
Just as his roar sounded, every hair on his body suddenly stood on end. That terrifying chill actually showed up behind him!
A strong will to survive compelled him to suddenly halt his advancing steps and fully mobilize the gold sand to defend.
A blue glow swept past in front of him, pulverizing the lower limbs of a Sand ninja next to him. A shrill scream rang out.
The air was deathly quiet. No one dared to take any action. Throats bobbed as the sounds of swallowing saliva kept echoing.
That intense cold constantly engulfed them. They were terrified that the blue light symbolizing death would fall on them in the next second. All they could do was watch helplessly as Yamato got away right under their noses.
It wasn't until a long time later, when the blue glow didn't show up again, that they finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Sh...should have left already, right..." A Sand ninja gulped nervously and stammered.
"Don't know." A Sand ninja's eyes were filled with horror as he carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Rasa dispelled the gold sand defense that had surrounded him and coldly ordered, "Go and investigate the situation. The enemy should have already left."
"Yes." Seeing that Rasa had even abandoned his defense, the remaining Sand ninjas could only summon up the courage to go over and investigate.
"It's a Bow & Arrow!"
A Sand ninja held up what he had found. It was a slender metal arrow. Cold glints were reflected on the light blue metal arrow shaft.
Bow & Arrow???
Rasa squinted his eyes slightly. What kind of ninjutsu could actually endow a Bow & Arrow with such great power? Moreover, during the battle, they had also been observing the surrounding changes. There were no ninjas within a radius of at least one kilometer.
Could the attack have been launched from beyond the one-kilometer range?
How was that possible?
"Rasa, I think you need to seriously consider how to explain this to the Kazekage. This mission has completely failed!"
Beside him, Yakura glared at him coldly. The relationship between the two had always been tense. If it hadn't been for the Kazekage's order for Rasa to lead the team, she would never have listened to his command.
Rasa's expression turned extremely ugly. Yamato had escaped, which meant that the Tsuchikage would surely know what they had done today. I'm afraid Sunagakure was about to suffer a great loss.
"Who exactly is it?" He clenched his teeth tightly.
On a big tree one kilometer away, Satoru Hyūga lowered the large bow he had been holding aloft, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.