The ninjas who were sneaking deep underground moved forward cautiously, using the technique of reflecting fish in the earth to observe the movement on the ground.

Every master of earth escape will learn this ninjutsu, which is an essential ninjutsu for sneaking long distances underground.

However, there are also masters of earth escape who do not rely on this technique. In this case, they must have a strong sense of direction and space, and can calculate the position silently by memorizing the terrain.

This was the method White Fang used.

Additionally, White Fang uses a dog's sense of smell to navigate underground.

It's a kind of guide dog.

If you don't have these abilities, you can only sneak close to the surface during earth escape, making it easier to probe and observe at any time.

However, the art of reflecting fish in the soil can only observe the surface of the earth, but cannot observe the underground. The surroundings are filled with darkness, and the steel wire mesh hidden in the soil is deadly.

Feeling the cutting sensation on his skin, the sneaking Iwagakure ninja was startled, stopped sneaking, and then quickly surfaced.

You can only sneak up to this position, which means that the wires ahead are more dense. If you continue to move forward, you will just be like a fish caught in a fishing net, getting tangled tighter and tighter, and drowning in the desperate underground.

At the same time, the steel wire vibrated, and the bells that were luckily not destroyed by the explosion rang on the steel wire connected to the surface.

Here they come!

The Konoha ninjas who noticed this scene stopped all their movements, and then jumped back one after another. Each of them hid in a safe position, disappearing into the forest and blending into the background.

The still-burning forest became eerily quiet.

Only the sound of the bells still echoed softly.

Unlike large-scale head-on battles where both sides rush to kill each other, in traditional small-scale ninja battles, exposing one's position means death.

Both sides know that the other is there, but where exactly it is hard to say.

A young Konoha ninja leaned against a fallen charred tree, holding a kunai and breathing slowly, ignoring the scorching heat on the ground, watching any abnormalities around him calmly and vigilantly.

But the veins on the back of his hands, the kunai he was holding tightly, and the cold sweat streaming down his cheeks revealed his nervousness.

His heart beat like a beating, beating fiercely.

Everyone understands that life and death can happen in an instant.

Time passed by, and the depressing and noisy ringing gradually stopped.

At this moment, a pair of thick and powerful arms violently protected the head of the Konoha ninja. The solid muscles were like rocks, cold and warm.

His eyes trembled violently and he shrank sharply, his eyes wandering towards Iwagakure who was attacking him.

Wearing a red combat uniform, he looked up with a simple and honest face, grinning ferociously at the corners of his mouth, and his figure gradually emerged from the transparent colorless body.

This is

Earth Escape. Rock Hidden Technique

Among the ninjutsu of assassination and stealth, it is a very difficult technique.

A technique that uses rocks and soil to move invisibly.

In the past, the demolition troops bombed the woodland to create space for this technique.

The woodland full of trees greatly suppressed the stealth action route.

This is also an important reason why Konoha chose woodland as its line of defense.

Opening his mouth, the Konoha ninja was about to shout to remind his companions, but the strong arm suddenly exerted force, holding the Konoha ninja's head and violently twisting it off.

With a bang, the shadow clone exploded under the huge force.

Iwagakure, who had his arms folded, looked at the smoke in front of him and his pupils shrank sharply.

Damn cunning guy!

Without any time to think, he jumped up and retreated urgently.

The next second, large swaths of kunai roared from the forest in all directions.

The Iwagakure ninja quickly formed seals with his hands.

One after another, the swift kunai pierced deeply into the body, blood spurted out, many kunai were nailed into the ground one after another, and the trees made a series of silent chopping sounds.

"Go to hell! Ninjas of Konoha!"

Roaring wildly, he slammed his feet to the ground. At the last moment, the ninjutsu was completed, and the earth escape was hardened.

Like a porcupine, covered in kunai and blood, the Iwagakure ninja violently advanced in one direction.

At the same time, one after another, figures broke out of the ground and started running wildly after landing.

For both sides, the other's place has been found.

The two sides threw a bait to each other for sale, and there was a brief infighting. In terms of tactical intentions, the outcome was a half-baked deal.

In the forest, there was a series of rustling sounds, and Konoha's ninjas took action.

Then the brutal fight officially began.

In the vast forest, the same scene was played out one after another.

The light of ninjutsu bloomed like flowers in the forest, and the sounds of desperate fighting and explosions gathered into a sea.

From time to time, a ninja stepped on the hidden detonating charm, and his whole body was lifted up into the sky in the explosion and landed heavily on the tree, with blood-colored drizzle floating in the air.

Roaring, screaming, cursing, crying, sword clanging, and various explosions of ninjutsu were mixed together in a messy and orderly manner, playing a **** song of death.

No one is thinking about why they want to kill each other, they are just thinking about how to survive.

Just stay alive.

Simply fighting.

A line of defense was penetrated by Iwagakure, and all the Konoha ninjas stationed at this position were wiped out. Their bodies fell among the weeds, and the wild flowers stained with blood bloomed brightly on the side.

Soon, the supporting Konoha ninjas arrived. Iwagakure, who had broken through the fight, fell to the ground, and blood stains formed a small river under his body, flowing slowly.

The exact same scene almost repeated itself.

Blood was splashing all the time, until a long morning passed and the brutal fighting stopped.

Amidst the sound of the trumpet, Iwagakure's troops began to retreat in an orderly manner.

The Konoha ninjas who had repelled several attacks did not pursue, relying on the trees to lick their wounds tiredly.

Occasionally, a young ninja rushed out with red eyes and screamed, but was firmly held down by his companions and seniors.

The battle is temporarily over.

The forest sea is devastated, like a terrifying evil beast gnawing at the earth. One bald spot after another is scattered ferociously. Traces of ninjutsu remain everywhere. Various strange-shaped boulders stand in great numbers. Some are growing earth walls, and some are like broken walls. There are open earth egg shells, some earth dragons are lying tightly on the ground, broken stone figures are scattered on the ground, and strange-shaped sharp stones stand up to the sky.

The scorch marks from the fire escape and thunder escape and the ferocious carvings from the wind escape were everywhere.

The fallen trees crisscrossed each other like corpses piled up, one after another.

The ninja cleaned up the mess, treated the injured companions, collected the scattered remains, and pulled out kunai one after another. Some of the kunai with blood stains had broken edges and could no longer be used. They were thrown away and fell into the soil. In the middle, accompanied by torn **** clothes, the blood-stained wildflowers in the weeds not far away are still blooming tenaciously.

However, more wild flowers were trampled into the soil one by one, making the ground messy.

The ninja's face was full of exhaustion, and his eyes were filled with indifference mixed with numbness.

Some people stared blankly at the wild flowers in front of them, not knowing what they were thinking.

A faint howl of collapse could be heard in the distance. The woman covered in blood was lying on the man's body in embarrassment, and the scream of collapse spread far away.

Some ninjas turned their heads away and closed their eyes slightly unbearably.

Some ninjas just cried silently, packing up the belongings of their close friends, brothers, and sisters, with hoarse voices unable to cry.

Many people looked at the direction Iwagakure was leaving, their eyes full of anger and rising murderous intent. They silently gnawed on tasteless dry flour or swallowed Bingliang pills, accumulating strength for the next battle.

And Iwagakure is not like this.

As he retreated, he looked back at the forest from time to time, with anger and sadness gushing out of his eyes.

There was no time to even clean up the bodies. Their close friends, brothers, and sisters remained in that place forever. The suppressed cries sounded from time to time, suppressed by the violent roars of blame.

In the camp, looking at the corpses sent back from the front one after another, the tragic death scenes shocked the young man's eyes. The scarlet samba trembled in his eyes, and his hands and feet stood frozen in place with cold hands and feet, heavy with fear. He gasped, his voice trembling.

This is the Great Ninja War.

I have never seen so many dead people in my life.

There is nothing to think about except terror.

At this moment, the young man just wanted to turn around and go back.

He is a kind-hearted Uchiha. At this time, he realized his timidity and weakness.

Feeling suddenly ashamed of her own thoughts, she clenched her fists and bit her lips.

A slightly cold hand gently landed on his head. The young man turned his head and looked at the beautiful and cold face of the visitor. The unique pure black clover pattern eyes came into view, and he felt at ease quickly inexplicably.

This person is his own teacher.

Grandpa often said that she was the strongest genius in Uchiha history, not inferior to the legendary Uchiha Madara.

Tyrant of Flowers

"I have always felt that you are not suitable to be a ninja." Zhili said, "Even if I am your teacher."

Eh?

The young Fugaku opened his eyes wide and looked at the teacher's eyes that seemed bottomless, magnificent, strange, deep and dangerous.

The clan members secretly thought that she had opened the kaleidoscope, but it was really amazing to keep the kaleidoscope open like this.

"Kindness and indecisiveness are your greatest traits." Jiri said, "So you lack the decisiveness of a ninja."

Fugaku lowered his head and listened honestly.

"It's not easy to change your personality." Jiri patted Fugaku on the head and said, "I just hope you will be smarter and don't die casually on the battlefield."

"Ha!" Fugaku responded.

"Remember, if a fight really breaks out, I won't be able to take care of you." Zhili said, "So, I don't have time to make you scared now."

"Ha!" Fugaku responded loudly and energetically.

"You are not much smaller than Senju's rope tree. As an Uchiha, at least don't lose to that idiot."

Fugaku nodded hurriedly, knowing that he would definitely not lose to the legendary Kenji, and asked: "Teacher, has the rope tree also gone to the battlefield?"

"What are you thinking about? If you hadn't begged me to see it, I wouldn't have taken you with me." Zhili said: "Strictly speaking, at this stage, it is not the turn of the kid who has not graduated from the ninja school to play."

"But that's okay," Jiri said, patting Fugaku on the head again and said, "Enter the track in advance and run in the direction of Hokage."

The Uchiha needed a Hokage who was born as an Uchiha.

Although Zhili doesn't care much, this is the long-cherished wish of the clan.

It’s gratifying if it works, but it doesn’t hurt if it doesn’t.

Sooner or later, the Senju and the Uchiha will become a family. Under the deliberate promotion, the young people of the two clans began to merge, and Hinata still acted in a rigid manner.

Become Hokage?

There was a hint of longing in Fugaku's eyes, and he said, "I still want to be a ninja like Sensei."

Seeing Fugaku's change of mind, Jiri didn't say much, just smiled and turned around to leave.

If he wants to become Hokage, his future opponent will not be easy.

A yellow-haired boy came to Zhili's mind.

It is an inevitable trend for the village to become everyone's village. At that time, the common people will inevitably rise. Faced with the overwhelming numerical advantage, the Ninja clan has only one choice, to integrate into the village.

Maggie has been doing this kind of thing since the reorganization of the police force.

The era of ninja is about to truly come, a chakra society composed of ninjas.

Although it's not clear what Mei Ji's specific plan is, some things can be confirmed.

Currently, there are a large number of people who have consumed Meiji's potion throughout the Fire Country. These people are all potential ninjas. Once the Fire Country is transformed and controlled, they will be a large number of potential recruitable troops.

Konoha's strength will skyrocket.

In this way, it is inevitable for Konoha to sweep across the five major countries.

In addition, Mei Ji has always been eager for talents. As long as the base is large enough, the birth of geniuses is inevitable.

However, Zhili always felt that Meiji's plan was not just that simple, and there were many things she couldn't understand.

Zhili didn't bother to ask, waiting for Mei Ji to tell her herself.

Maybe the answer is surprisingly simple.

For example, let everyone have enough to eat.

But whatever.

Zhili is only responsible for eradicating Meiji's enemies, and there is no need to think too much about other things.

Landing on a large branch, Zhili stared at the forest sea where the war was raging in the distance. There was no confusion in his eyes, his little feet were dangling leisurely in the air, and he was mumbling with candy in his mouth.

"It's really a **** that people can't stand."

Zhili tilted his head slightly and looked in another direction.

"Kusagakure?"

A large amount of chakra appeared in Jiri's eyes.

It seems like he is monitoring the movements on the battlefield, which is human nature.

However, as a typical wallflower, Kusanagi must have some ideas.

Zhili was a little curious, but didn't pay much attention.

In the forest, a group of Kusagakure were galloping with a captive Iwagakure. The four of them had nervous looks on their faces, taking advantage of the chaotic situation on the battlefield to kidnap the severely injured ninja who was alone.

Soon, the team of Kusagakure returned to a safe location, and the captives were handed over to their colleagues, who were taken away and disappeared.

Their mission was just that, to capture more ninjas and hand them over to their superiors.

On the other side is the border of the Land of Rain.

Amegakure and Konoha's ninjas continued to confront each other, with both sides restraining no one from taking action easily.

But the atmosphere is threatening to explode, and the gun may go off at any time.

For Hanzo, whether it is Iwagakure or Konoha, as long as it is weakened, it is considered a success.

As for Konoha, they had to stop here to confront Amegakure because they wanted to prevent Ugakure from falling into Iwagakure's camp.

Everyone is waiting for a result.

An inevitable result.

If Konoha wins, Konoha will take advantage of the situation and enter the Kingdom of Rain, clean up Hanzo and prevent the growth of the Kingdom of Rain.

Hanzo knew this very well.

When Konoha was defeated, the Rain Country launched an attack and took advantage of the situation to join forces with Iwagakure to attack Konoha.

Konoha also knows.

Regardless, this battle is necessary.

But the timing needs to be chosen.

In the direction of the Country of Uzumaki, a steady stream of Kirigakure ninjas landed along the island chain one after another. The Country of Uzumaki became the bridgehead for attacking Konoha. Material resources were continuously delivered from the country, and Kirigakure was ready to go.

Standing on the observation tower, Tsunade and Orochimaru held up their telescopes and looked solemnly at the Kirigakure ninjas who came to conduct reconnaissance on the sea.

At the same time, after getting what they wanted, a fleet left the Kingdom of Whirlpool, and a large number of ninjas began to gather in the Kingdom of Thunder.

They are preparing to open a new front to enter.

Konoha was surrounded by wolves and fell into an extremely dangerous situation.

The situation developed as Ohnoki expected.

With the efforts of the big names from various countries, a consensus was reached.

Looking at the intelligence from all parties gathered in his hands, Onoki laughed and said, "The time has come!"

Stride out of the office.

It's time to go to the front lines and conquer Konoha.

"The time has come." Mei Ji stretched out after waking up and narrowed her eyes slightly.

Deep underground, on the wall of the cave, densely arranged insect pupae one after another opened the cracks, and the ferocious insect heads poked out, gnawing at the outer shell of the pupae.

The insects spread their wings and flew out in a chaotic and orderly manner.

In Iwagakure Village of Earth Country, a researcher from the medical department frowned.

Just now, my stomach hurt for no reason.

Probably, it's an illusion.

In the intestines, the flesh worms wriggled slowly against the intestinal wall.