Chapter 181 Waiting

"Is this the power of the Earth Release when the Iwa Ninjas join forces?" Simply born for the battlefield! 』

Daimaru stood on the outside, watching in horror as the enemy used ninjutsu one after another to hit the Sand Ninja in the center of the battle circle.

In such a situation, Gaara's sand manipulation ninjutsu can only be used to persist for the time being.

There are so many Iwa nins, and there is a human bulldozer and the magician Loess. I don't know if there are any other Jonin who have not shown up.

In this situation, Suna Ninja could hardly hold on any longer.

"what to do? 』

Daimaru watched anxiously as the situation gradually worsened, but he couldn't find a way to turn the tide.

At this moment, a sharp roar sounded. Sunako stretched out his arm, pushed down the earth escape defense wall, and swept towards the direction where the Iwa ninja was ambush.

"Have you started using the dependent body state? 』

Daimaru understood.

Because Iwa Ninja is good at group combat, he is even more keen on using Jinchūriki weapons.

Over the decades, four-tailed jinchuriki and five-tailed jinchuriki have been put into battle more than once or twice.

Because of this, collecting more tailed beasts has always been one of the policies of Iwagakure Village.

In addition to revenge, snatching a Shukaku and laying a solid foundation for the complete destruction of Sunagakure Village is also one of the important reasons why this operation can be carried out.

"It's indeed the One-Tail Jinchuuriki!"

Loess looked eagerly at Gaara, who was covered in tanuki-like sand, and ordered to his subordinates,

"Come closer to me and grab him!"

Apart from the sealing technique, there is no ninja village who is better at dealing with tailed beasts and jinchūriki than the Iwa ninja.

As long as there are many people, Loess is confident that he can catch any tailed beast, even the strongest Nine Tails.

"Wind Escape·Infinite Dust Breakthrough!"

Accumulating all the chakra in his body, Gaara pounded the ground with his hands, stirring up the sand in the sky, turning into a storm and shooting towards the enemy.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Iwa Ninjas only had time to use the Earth Release and Hardening Technique. Although they were not injured by the blast of sand and dust, they were blown away.

Seeing this situation, Ma Ji was about to ask his compatriots to fight back, but the ground under their feet suddenly bulged and rose, and the sand ninjas who were unsteady on their feet had to stop.

"Earth Escape·Earthquake Core!"

Huang Tu, who retracted his palm, watched with satisfaction as his subordinates regained their footing.

"Such a young Jinchuriki dares to show off his shame? There is really no one left in the Sand Ninja..."

boom……

A series of fire bombs were shot in all directions with a pungent smell, and the nauseating poisonous smoke spread everywhere on the battlefield.

"This move again?"

Huangtu frowned slightly.

The wind escape and earth escape that the sand ninja and rock ninja are good at cannot restrain each other. Whoever wins depends on which side is stronger.

Not only the Leaf Village was the only one who suffered from the poison of the Sand Ninja, but the Iwa Ninja also suffered greatly from it.

Many majestic rock ninjas died under the poison of the puppet master of Sunagakure Village.

"Back off for now!"

Iwa Ninja, who is neither good at poisoning nor detoxifying, is also a little afraid of the poisonous smoke that seems to be difficult to deal with.

"The enemy can't escape, don't worry, the initiative is on our side..."

After retreating slightly, the Iwa ninja formed a loose encirclement, blocking the Suna ninja's way home.

Seeing the Iwa ninja retreating, the Sand ninjas hiding behind the poisonous smoke breathed a sigh of relief.

Maki looked at Gaara who had returned to his original state.

"how do you feel?"

"good!"

Compared to the Jinchuuriki who have the ability to continue fighting for a long time, the other Sand Ninja are not in such good condition.

Sha Tie, who had been punched in the face by Loess, kept holding his arms and grinning in pain.

Yinfeng was breathing heavily and looked very tired.

After Sunako assassinated a strong chuunin in the crowd, he was counterattacked and suffered a slight injury, but was fine for the time being.

Temari and Kankuro seemed to be in good condition, and the auxiliary Yome and Senshi were unscathed; but four of the nine chuunin who followed were injured, one of whom was seriously injured and was receiving treatment from Yome.

"Where's Daimaru? Sunako, have you seen him?"

Marky asked calmly.

"It shouldn't matter! I saw him going to find the insect master. The insect swarm retreated, so he must have succeeded..."

"Um!"

Marky looked at the poisonous smoke that enveloped the surroundings and asked worriedly:

"Kankuro, how much do you still have in your poison reserve?"

"I've been spending a lot of money lately, but I can still hold on to one more round of coverage shooting..."

It's not that Kankuro was reluctant to part with it, he had already consumed a lot of it while fighting the four sound ninjas.

If I had known that I would be in the current predicament, I would not waste any luxury on a fat guy like Jirobo.

At this moment, the poisonous smoke swayed, and a figure came out.

"it's me!"

Daimaru appeared,

"It's so lucky that everyone is still alive!"

"You're back? That's great!"

Marky looked at Daimaru who seemed to be unharmed.

"What did you find?"

"I have killed the two insect manipulators, and the enemy should no longer be able to accurately grasp our intelligence!

In addition, in addition to Loess and the twenty-three subordinates around me, I also saw seven rock ninjas hiding in the dark, two of whom felt very dangerous..."

"A jounin or a special jounin..."

Marky said seriously,

"The ambush of more than thirty rock ninjas is really an exaggeration..."

It is difficult for a war between small countries in the ninja world to gather such strength. This is no longer as simple as a border conflict.

"Although we repelled the Iwa Ninja's first raid and we took advantage of the chaos to kill several of them, the next step may be even more cruel and the situation is still not optimistic. Therefore, we must be prepared to break out at any time..."

As he spoke, Ma Ji looked in the direction of Daimaru.

"How many people can your flying puppet take away at most?"

"Eight skinny teenagers, or five adults..."

"That's it!"

Marki glanced at the compatriots present and fell into deep thought.

This is a difficult decision for the superior to choose who can survive in times of crisis.

For a moment, all the sand ninjas present held their breath.

Just when the atmosphere became increasingly dull, Daimaru raised his hand and said:

"Senior Ma Ji, I don't think things have reached such a desperate stage yet..."

"Oh...what can you do?"

Daimaru cleared his somewhat intrusive throat and replied seriously:

"I think the situation may not be that bad! The Iwa ninjas led by Loess are outnumbered and unable to defeat us, but we are not without advantages..."

"Advantage? You mean to let Gaara use the False Sleeping Technique to unleash the combat power of the one-tailed Shukaku? This is too risky, and the Iwa nin may not be afraid of tailed beasts..."

Gaara is trustworthy, but Shukaku, who has regained his freedom, is not necessarily trustworthy.

Over the years, the Jinchuuriki went berserk one after another, making the Suna Ninja dare not place their hopes on Ichibi Shukaku.

Huang Tu brought so many people here just to avenge Wen Ya?

Maybe the tailed beast is also one of their targets.

"One tail? Of course this is also one of the trump cards, but..."

Daimaru smiled,

"This is the territory of the Land of Fire, not too far from the border fortress Kikyo Mountain Castle! With so many Iwa ninja sneaking across the border without permission, are the Konoha ninjas just standing by and watching?"

"You mean, you're counting on reinforcements from the Leaf Village?"

"This is a matter of mutual benefit! We are envoys who come to Konoha Village to perform a mission. If we are killed by Iwa Ninja in the Land of Fire, Sunagakure Village will certainly suffer heavy losses, and Konoha Village will also be disgraced..."

If Konoha Village doesn't know, it doesn't matter. If they learn about the situation and still turn a blind eye to the danger of their allies, who will take Konoha Village as the "alliance leader" seriously in the future?

"In addition, although the Country of Grass and the Country of Rain are just outsiders, they are still nominal allies. Even if Konoha Village is not strong enough here, it is natural for these two small countries to help Ninja Village..."

After thinking about it for a while, Marky asked hesitantly:

"If everything goes well, everything will be fine, but..."

At this moment, Sunako interrupted and said:

"Senior, I think what Daimaru said makes sense. Since we are allies, facing a common enemy, there is no reason to fight alone!"

"Oh well!"

Now that he had made up his mind, Marky no longer hesitated.

There are not many Sand Ninjas in Kikyo Mountain Castle, but as allies, they still have a permanent contact point.

After using necromancy to send back the news of the Suna Ninja's attack, Marky looked at the poisonous smoke that was getting thinner and thinner.

"Since we have decided to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, we have to change our tactics. In fact, the primitive forest is not good for both Sand Ninja and Rock Ninja. In comparison, we should be more adaptable..."

On the zenith of the moon, the Iwa ninjas were waiting quietly, while recovering their chakra, they were teasing the crane clan who looked down on them and felt sorry for their compatriots who were accidentally assassinated by the enemy.

Compared with the confidence of his subordinates, Huang Tu was a little absent-minded.

Taking such a large team of rock ninjas deep into the Land of Fire was the biggest action since the Third Ninja War.

It's good to succeed, but if it fails and dies in a foreign country like Wenya, it will be a huge blow to Iwagakure Village.

At this moment, a scream came, and there was a commotion near the night watch team.

"what happened?"

Huang Tu stood up hurriedly and walked anxiously towards the direction of the accident.

After a while, the chuunin responsible for passing orders brought the latest news.

"The Sand Ninja actually took the initiative?"

Feeling that he had been greatly provoked, Huang Tu was shocked and angry.

“Can’t wait to come and die, that’s good!”

Huangtu, who was about to order his subordinates to organize their troops and attack, suddenly noticed a shadow flashing against the moonlight, and the vigorous Ma Ji and Shatie surrounded them one after another.

With a loud bang, he punched the ground with his fist, rolling up a mound of soil to block Shatie's Sand Manipulation Ninjutsu and Ma Jifeng's attack. Huangtu quickly retreated, closing the distance between him and his panicked subordinates.

"You are so brave. Instead of running away, you came to my door!"

Originally, they were just worried about the excessive poisonous smoke and feared that the Iwa Ninja would lose too much, so they gave in temporarily, but the Sand Ninjas counterattacked.

Ma Ji wielded the sharp wind blade, constantly cutting the earth escape armor on Loess:

"I originally thought so too, but our juniors feel that maybe our ally Konoha Village will help..."

"ally?"

Loess sneered, and the fist force forced Nekaze aside, allowing the Iwagakure Chunin to move closer while fighting and retreating.

"When did you sand ninjas ever care about any covenant? This is ridiculous..."

In the eyes of the high-level officials of Sunagakure Village who are eager for quick success and instant gain, other villages cannot be trusted. The so-called armistice agreement and covenant are nothing more than a "truce notice for more than ten years."

Only young people would take this kind of thing seriously.

"Maybe Konoha reinforcements have really arrived?"

"Then you should look forward to it, but I don't think you can wait until that time!"

Loess hand seals:

"Earth Release·Earth Stone Dragon!"

A ferocious rock dragon climbed up from the ground, curled its body, and rushed towards the direction where Ma Ji and others were attacking.

There was a crisp friction sound, and Ma Ji used the Wind Blade to cut the rock dragon into several sections. The stones fell to the ground, creating large craters, and at the same time, it also slowed down the impact of the Sand Ninja.

Just when Loess's old power was exhausted and new power was yet to emerge, Daimaru suddenly appeared and tied him with a star puppet string.

"Such a little trick to trap me... huh?"

All the mental power he could mobilize was poured into the big pill in Huang Tu's mind. He himself felt dizzy, and the enemy was stunned for an instant.

Seeing the opportunity, Gaara immediately used Hell Sand Burial, sinking the loess hundreds of meters deep into the ground.

Daimaru breathed a sigh of relief, retracted the star puppet line, and disappeared from sight again under the cover of night, waiting for the next move.

On the other side, Night Eyes, who was using the faint light to explore nearby movements with difficulty, withdrew his gaze, supported his shaky body, and looked in the direction of the field.

"No reinforcements have been found nearby. It seems that we won't be able to wait for the Konoha ninjas for a while."

"Then...act according to the plan!"

Temari looked at the Iwa ninja who was driven to one place by the sand ninjas, took out the three-star fan from behind, and waved it violently a few times.

"Wind Release·Zhan Zhan Wu!"

The strong night wind spread with the blades of wind, cutting down trees within hundreds of meters, and pressed on the Iwa Ninjas who were blown to pieces.

The fellow Suna ninjas stepped back involuntarily.

Chi, who secretly used Daimaru's power to hide his figure and walked on the battlefield, sprinkled countless dust with a strange fragrance and returned safely.

"Done?"

Sunako, who was hiding in the dark to prevent any accidents, asked.

"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"

Qian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Anyone nearby was stronger than herself. As a genin, she was really frightened by such an action of licking blood from the edge of a knife!

"very good!"

Sunako put two fingers in his hand and let out a sharp whistle. The Sunako ninjas who had been advancing so fast suddenly retreated like a tide.

At the same time, Loess, who was buried in the ground, used the earth escape and earth dragon hidden techniques to get out of the ground. He was originally preparing for the attack of the sand ninja, but there was no movement around. When he saw his embarrassed subordinates being smashed by broken trees, After being pressed down and suffering no serious casualties, I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the rich scent of illusion chakra in the air made Huangtu a little worried.

"This is……"

Before the Iwa ninjas could think too much, a spark appeared and spread rapidly, and a man-made explosion drowned the unlucky ones who couldn't react in time.

Iwa Ninja, who always used explosive attacks to attack his enemies, also suffered such a terrifying attack.

Not only that, nearby trees also began to burn in the fire, which quickly spread.

"It's dry and dry, be careful with the candles!"

Seeing the enemies behind them surrounded by flames, the Sand Ninjas suddenly relaxed a lot of their nervousness!

The sneak attack was very successful. Although it might not be able to kill many people with the toughness of the Iwa Ninja and the super strong defense of the Earth Release, the burns from the flames were unavoidable.

At this stage, the Sand Ninja did not have the strength to defeat the Iwa Ninja, and it was not easy to achieve this at the cost of two compatriots being seriously injured.

In the hazy night, several ninja teams wearing Konoha forehead protectors were searching, including several ANBU wearing animal masks.

The explosion and the rising fire in the distance immediately pointed out the direction for these reinforcements who were confused about the enemy's situation.