Chapter 9: Rock Ninja Defeat

The battle situation in the distance naturally could not be hidden from the observation of those who were paying attention. The moment they saw the giant disappear, many Rock Ninjas who had unknowingly reached the edge of the battlefield forced their opponents to retreat, and turned around and ran without saying a word.

To survive in a complex battlefield, one needs not only strength but also the ability to judge the situation.

The Konoha ninja obviously discovered the group of Iwagakure who left the battlefield first, but they were unable to pursue them. If the highly mobile ninjas wanted to escape, they could not be stopped at all, even on the plains. What they could do was to eat up the remaining Iwagakure ninjas and defeat the core strength of the Iwagakure ninjas.

A ninja hawk hovered over the battlefield at some point, making a short and powerful scream. After hearing this, many Konoha ninjas became more confident and even their attacks became more fierce.

Ye Shan was in tatters at this time. His good Konoha combat uniform had become a holey outfit, barely hanging on his body, revealing his fair tendon flesh. His steady character prompted him to touch the edge of the battlefield at the beginning of the battle. For him, the victory or defeat of this large-scale battle was not the most important thing, but survival! Of course, who doesn't like a favorable battle?

After hearing the signal, Ye Shan was refreshed and turned to look at his teammates, only to find that they were not in good condition. Shan Chengchen was holding a long sword and breathing heavily, with seven or eight scratches on his body, and he looked like he had overused chakra; Yamanaka Yuura was even more miserable, with a ten-centimeter-long knife wound on his back that was deep into the bone and was still oozing blood, and the rolled flesh was whitened by the rain. If the bleeding was not stopped in time, it is very likely that he would faint due to lack of blood.

Seeing this, Ye Shan took out a bandage from the ninja tool bag on his left and handed it to Chen, signaling him to wrap it around Yuura. Shancheng Chen's expression changed several times, but he still took the bandage and walked towards Yamanaka Yuura.

Seeing this, Yamanaka Yuura's heart was tense and she could no longer hold on. Her legs softened and she fell to the ground. She knew that she had saved her life. Thinking of this, she looked at Baiyun Yeshan with a complicated look.

While Chen was bandaging Yuura to stop the bleeding, Ye Shan was not idle either. His tired eyes were fixed on the surroundings, alert for attacks from the Iwagakure.

In a large-scale melee, any external or internal injuries you suffer cannot be treated in time. In this case, dying directly in the fight or dying from the bombardment of ninjutsu is actually a small happiness. Watching your blood flow away and feeling the temperature drop is not good.

Yamashiro Chen carefully took off the Konoha vest that had already stained the back of Yuura red, revealing the black lining underneath. The feminine features made the young man's eyes wander. After cursing a few times, he sprinkled the painkiller and hemostatic powder all over. The severe pain made Yamanaka Yuura almost scream out, and he grabbed Chen's arm with his right hand and held it tightly. Chen grimaced in pain but couldn't push her away, so he had no choice but to stare at a certain place to collect some interest.

After the pain subsided, Yamanaka Yuura noticed the naked gazes of his teammates, a few blushes flashed across his face, and then he snorted coldly, grabbed the kunai and pretended to stab it.

"cut"

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Shancheng Chen looked away and started bandaging. After a while, he clapped his hands and stood up.

"Yamashiro Tatsu, take off your coat."

After hearing Ye Shan's order, Yamashiro Chen, who had just raised his left foot, looked extremely helpless, but he didn't say anything. He silently took off his green ninja vest and threw it to Yamanaka Yuura.

Women are trouble, Chen thought to himself.

During the bandaging time, the battlefield became one-sided. The Iwagakure ninjas who realized it later had no intention of fighting and tried to rush out of the battlefield without any organization. However, only a few of them succeeded, and most of them were driven back by the Konoha ninjas who were quietly forming a circle.

Ye Shan knew that the most difficult annihilation battle was about to begin. A trapped beast would still fight, let alone the Iwagakure who mastered the power of ninjutsu.

"Chen, follow me, You Luo will leave the battlefield and rest."

Although he was unwilling, Ye Shan chose to join the battle again. There was no other way. The Supervisory Team had been watching the battlefield from beginning to end. Their duty was to kill those who deserted. Ye Shan didn't want his paralyzed mother to know that his son died at the hands of the Supervisory Team.

..............

The battlefield fell silent again. The flat plain was turned into an uneven pit by the combined efforts of the ninjas. The remaining 500 rock ninjas gathered here. With strong unity, they elected a new leader, hoping that he could lead them out and take them home.

The more than 700 Konoha ninjas who had already completed the encirclement also had solemn expressions, and everyone knew what they were going to face next. The counterattack of the ninja before death was frightening, and the counterattack of more than 500 organized ninjas showed the determination of man conquering nature!

The release of the ninjutsu broke the silence, and rocks came crashing down from the sky. The power of the cluster ninjutsu was terrifying.

"Earth escape: Iron mouth cannon!"

This is not over yet. After the ground shook, another ninjutsu was thrown over.

"Earth Release·Split the Earth and Turn the Palm!"

Faced with such a large-scale group ninjutsu, the well-trained Konoha ninjas also began to form hand seals and fight back.

"Wind Style: Hanging Net"

Dozens of Konoha ninjas activated the wind-attribute chakra with extremely strong cutting power, forming a net with tiny gaps visible to the naked eye, which met the rocks in the air.

The wind net crushed the rocks like a whirlwind, preventing the ninjutsu from landing and causing damage. However, facing the subsequent ninjutsu on the ground, the Konoha ninja chose to ignore it and continued to release the next cluster ninjutsu.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

When the ferocious fire dragon encountered the wind-attribute chakra, the face of Ye Shan who was hiding behind it instantly turned fiery red. The rain fell on it, but disappeared without a trace without causing a ripple.

"Boom! Boom!"

The ninjutsu of both sides smashed into the formation, causing a burst of limbs and screams, which were immediately covered up by the next wave of attacks.

After several rounds of ninjutsu, the Iwagakure gradually became anxious. The well-trained Konoha ninjas could not find a suitable opportunity to break out, and despair began to spread.

After this happened several times, the trapped Rock Ninjas could bear it no longer. Someone let out a roar like a dying beast, and then the Rock Ninjas scattered and began to break out.

Ye Shan saw this without a trace of joy, the bloodiest battle was about to begin! Feeling the abundant chakra in his body, he called out to his teammate Yamashiro Tatsu, then found an Iwagakure and went forward.

This rock ninja was thin and young, wearing a standard combat vest. He was a passerby character, inconspicuous, but the steady Ye Shan would not underestimate the enemy. He immediately used the hardening technique he had just learned, lowered his body, and rushed over quickly with the blessing of chakra. Behind him, Chen, who cooperated tacitly, hid in the blind spot of his vision, and the long sword in his hand was like a poisonous snake, waiting for an opportunity to move.

The Rock Ninja, who was eager to break out, saw a Konoha kid rushing towards him, and he couldn't help but feel a little irritated. His own family knows his own business. After a long battle, there was not much chakra left in his body. If he wanted to break out of the siege, he could only rely on physical skills. Thinking of this, the Rock Ninja felt relieved. Even if this ten-year-old kid who had not fully developed started practicing since his mother's womb, he would not be able to have superb physical skills at this age!

With a sinister laugh, the skinny Iwagakure slid between Ye Shan's legs and swung the dagger in his hand from bottom to top.

Ye Shan's eyes narrowed slightly. What a tricky angle, what a fast slide! Although he was shocked, Ye Shan remained calm and turned the kunai in his right hand. After wrapping the dagger with the ring-shaped iron ring, he stabbed down with the kunai in his left hand, which was shining with cold light.

But then, Ye Shan's body suddenly lost balance and tilted to the left, but it was the Iwa Ninja who kicked his right leg! Then, the Iwa Ninja slapped the ground with his left hand, and as his body bounced up, he bent his leg and kicked Ye Shan in the face. If this kick had landed, he would have been disfigured!

At the critical moment, Ye Shan couldn't do anything. He could only watch the foot quickly enlarge in his field of vision. The turbulent air even blew his short hair backwards.

'Snapped'

One hand firmly grasped the 45-size big foot of the Rock Ninja, and looking at Yamashiro Tatsuya whose body was about one meter in the air, he swung the sword down without hesitation!

The thin Iwagakure's face changed, and he couldn't retract his legs in a hurry, so he could only grit his teeth, and regardless of the numbness of his left hand, he took out a kunai to block it.

The crisis was resolved when Ye Shan saw that the Iwagakure's middle gate was wide open. After stabilizing his body, he raised his right leg without thinking and kicked straight at the dragon's enemy.

‘click’

The sound of an eggshell breaking was clearly audible in a small area. Shancheng Chen couldn't help but squeeze his legs together. A chill rushed from his spine to his forehead, and he shivered.

The unbearable pain caused the thin Iwa Ninja to faint immediately. Chen picked up his ankle like a chicken, wiped his neck and threw him on the ground, looking at Ye Shan with strange eyes.

Ye Shan touched his nose awkwardly after withdrawing his foot, and his heart was churning. He really couldn't be blamed for this! With such a big flaw and in such a critical moment, the habit he had developed from years of fighting made him kick out like a conditioned reflex. If anyone was to blame, it was that sliding tackle!

Ye Shan, who was forcibly shirking the blame, felt relieved immediately, but he didn't know that a strange Konoha ninja not far away had labeled him as the "kick-ball ninja"...

Although the Rock Ninjas fighting on their own had considerable killing power, they never broke through the Konoha encirclement on a large scale. After several desperate attacks, fewer and fewer Rock Ninjas were left in the field. The myth of the victory of the desperate army did not happen today. The Rock Ninjas, who claimed to be the will of the rock, were still defeated under the pressure of death. They began a suicidal charge, but it had little effect. The Konoha ninjas, who were sitting on the Diaoyutai, enjoyed the killing like a cat playing with a mouse.

When the last Iwagakure ninja was hacked to pieces, all the Konoha ninjas cheered. While cheering for the victory, they were also cheering for themselves for surviving to the end.

The blood that could not be washed away by the rain seeped down and dyed the soil a dazzling red. Ye Shan sat on the body of an Iwagakure ninja, holding his bleeding abdomen, looking expressionlessly at the cheering Konoha ninjas around him. There was no joy of victory in his heart, only fatigue and boredom.

In September of the 38th year of Konoha, the Konohagakure Village severely damaged the Iwagakure Village on the battlefield of Rain Country. After the Third Tsuchikage learned the news, he smashed his beloved antique teacup.

The war continues, and until the last moment, there is no way to guess who will leave with a smile.