Chapter 354: The Situation of the Land of Earth

Chapter 354: The Situation of the Land of Earth
On the Cloud Hidden Village side, because the Raikage is a relatively trustworthy person to some extent. Moreover, Konoha's actions convinced him, so he finally decided to fulfill his promise. With the assistance of the Raikage, most of the Cloud Hidden Village were finally willing to follow Konoha. Even if there were a few who were unwilling, they also belonged to Konoha or chose to retire after the communication of the Raikage and others.

However, in the end, Lei Ying himself chose to retire, and he still had deep self-blame for the failure of this war.The Land of Thunder that lost Cloud Hidden Village has almost lost all its ninjas.Most of the troops under the daimyo are ordinary people, and they are completely vulnerable to ninjas.Under Konoha Ninja's attack, Daimyo quickly chose to surrender.

Although the situation in the Land of Lightning was not too stable, Naruto could not stay for too long, so he could only leave the Fourth Hokage here to take charge of the situation, and he took some ninjas to the Land of Earth. Here, the Konoha ninjas led by Jiraiya had been in a standoff with Iwagakure for a long time.

Because Konoha has not taken any action, and Iwagakure is determined to defend, there has been no major conflict for the time being. However, the Tsuchikage is extremely dissatisfied with Konoha's practice of keeping troops at the gates, and has come out to scold several times. Jiraiya has also mentioned Konoha's ideal of achieving peace several times, but Iwagakure will never agree to it.

Seeing Naruto coming, Jiraiya said: "Naruto, although we in Konoha have the advantage, the terrain of the Land of Earth is too dangerous. Even if we attack, it will probably cost a huge price." Naruto said: "Don't worry, in front of me, the so-called terrain is no longer meaningful." With that, Naruto flew up directly.

Jiraiya looked at Naruto flying in the sky and said, "Indeed, if you can fly, there are no restrictions. Then I'll leave it to you, Naruto." Naruto nodded and began to increase the altitude. The cliffs on the Iwagakure side are really high, and ordinary ninjas can't climb up at all.

This also reminded Naruto that when he first came here, he still used Wood Release to slowly climb up. At that time, he was almost killed by the Tsuchikage while performing a mission here, but now he can walk sideways. Compared to the past, his strength is much stronger now.

Unknowingly, Naruto had already flown to the cliff. The ninjas in charge of guarding were shocked. One of them said, "How is it possible that you just flew up like that? You must be Uzumaki Naruto from Konoha!" Then he threw a kunai at Naruto, and another one immediately ran to report the news. Naruto caught the kunai with one hand and said, "I'm here to find the Tsuchikage."

This Iwagakure could feel the huge gap between himself and Naruto. Even if he risked his life, he would never be Naruto's opponent. Even if he tried to delay time, he couldn't do it at all. Being able to fight here without running away can be considered as a well-trained Iwagakure.

Not long after the ninja who reported the news ran out, the Tsuchikage flew out and shot a beam of white light towards Naruto. A black shield appeared in front of Naruto, and no matter how hard the white light tried, it was still useless. The Tsuchikage said, "Uzumaki Naruto, it is said that your strength is close to that of the Sage of Six Paths. Even my Dust Release has no effect on you. It seems that this information is absolutely true."

Naruto said, "Master Tsuchikage, you are too kind. I am able to have the strength I have today largely because of luck. In comparison, the Tsuchikage relied on his own training to become a bloodline-eliminating ninja, which makes me admire him even more."

The Tsuchikage said, "Don't talk about these meaningless things. I have heard about the annexation of the Land of Lightning by your Konoha a long time ago. Even I admire that the Raikage agreed to such a thing. However, with the terrain of our Land of Earth, it is impossible for the Konoha army to come in. You should go back and don't think about annexing the Land of Earth!" Naruto suddenly disappeared in front of the Tsuchikage. At first, the Tsuchikage thought that Naruto had given up. But soon, the Tsuchikage found that Naruto appeared again, and this time he was standing directly on the top of the cliff, with many Konoha ninjas behind him. Ohnoki was startled and stared at Naruto and said, "How did you do it, time-space ninjutsu?"

Naruto said: "This is just a use of Fei Leishen, allowing me to transfer multiple targets at once. In fact, your so-called terrain advantage has no meaning in front of me. Tsuchikage, if you are doing fearless resistance, It will only cause more deaths. You who have lived for so many grades will not know that Ichiko’s strength will not be lost much, and in the end it will only bring pain to your country.”

The Tsuchikage was silent for a while and said, "I have heard about what happened in the Land of Lightning a long time ago. Can you make our Iwagakure ninjas admit defeat sincerely, just like the Land of Lightning before? Of course, just like before, you are not allowed to participate." Naruto immediately agreed to the Tsuchikage's request.

Before this, the Tsuchikage had probably already thought about it for a long time, and it is very likely that he had discussed it with his own people. Therefore, the Tsuchikage took the initiative to propose to solve it in this way. The Tsuchikage's biggest reliance is probably his Dust Release. He believes that basically no one can resist it except Naruto. Most importantly, now that the advantage of the terrain has been lost, if Naruto takes action personally, the situation may be worse than before in the Land of Lightning.

As before, both sides set the rules and announced the final decision in front of many ninjas. No matter what the result is, everyone must abide by it. After that, the Tsuchikage selected the elite ninjas of the Hidden Rock Village and prepared for a one-on-one duel with Konoha.

After everything was arranged, the Tsuchikage floated directly to the middle and said: "In the Land of Earth, I will be the first to go on stage. Today, my physical condition seems to be particularly good. So, who from your Konoha will accept the challenge?" As soon as the Tsuchikage finished speaking, the cheers from the Iwagakure side were very loud. As long as Naruto did not take action, the Tsuchikage's strength would still be very strong.

Jiraiya said to Naruto: "Naruto, the Tsuchikage is extremely powerful. If you don't take action, I will be the only one here. Although his Dust Release is troublesome, as long as we use that move, there should be no problem." Naruto said: "Teacher Jiraiya, the Tsuchikage's Dust Release is extremely dangerous. But don't worry, I have already made arrangements."

While the two were talking, Sasuke had already walked up. Seeing Sasuke, the Tsuchikage also said with a bad face: "Uchiha Sasuke, I didn't expect to meet you here again. Last time, I accidentally fell into your illusion, but this time I will never do that. As long as I don't look directly into your eyes, your technique will be meaningless. This time, I will let you taste the power of my Dust Release!"

(End of this chapter)