A small riverside.
The villagers who escaped from Kusakuin Village were replenishing drinking water and cleaning their wounds by the river.
Due to Long Tongue's special physique, the injuries on his body had already healed to some extent, so he was busy in the crowd.
Shinji and Yakumo, who were protecting this team of refugees from Kusanagi Village all the way, stood on a nearby high ground, guarding the surroundings.
Yakumo suddenly asked: "Shinji, reinforcements from the village should be arriving soon, right?"
"Maybe!"
Shinji answered a little absent-mindedly.
Yakumo had a worried look on his face: "I wonder how Tsunade-sensei and the others are doing?"
"She is the Sannin of Konoha. Isn't it a bit unnecessary for you to worry about her?" Shinji chuckled slightly and continued: "You should worry more about us!"
Yakumo nodded and turned his eyes to the refugees from Kusakunin Village by the river.
If it was just her and Shinji, whether it was escaping from the Country of Grass or anything else, it would be much easier.
But with such a large group of refugees from the Grass Ninja Village, the situation was different.
At this time, Shinji suddenly said: "Trouble is coming!"
Yakumo quickly followed Shinji's gaze and found that far down the river, a figure with lightning all around was swimming upstream, rushing towards him.
"So fast!"
Yakumo looked stern.
The opponent's speed felt very fast even for a ninjutsu ninja with the 'Red Dragon Eye', a pupil technique.
"You go and get everyone to assemble, and I'll stop him!"
After giving a calm explanation, Shinji swayed and disappeared from the spot.
"Shinji."
Yakumo wanted to stop the attack by herself, but when she saw that Shinji had already gone, she had no choice but to run to the river in a hurry and call on the refugees from Kusanagi Village to gather together and prepare to evacuate again.
Shinji's side.
His speed was not slow, and soon he was intercepted by the incoming enemy about one or two kilometers away from the river section where everyone was resting.
After carefully sizing up the other party, especially the words 'Using the Land' in his eyes, Shinji already knew the other party's identity.
The person in front of me, surrounded by lightning, should be Yu Yue, who was substituted for the "Shangxian Land".
While Shinji was sizing up the other person, Yue Yue from the "Using String Land" was also observing Shinji and the people behind Shinji.
Then his eyes fell on Yakumo, who was gathering everyone in the organization, and he slowly grinned: "Finally found you! Huh, a woman who can control blood, I don't know what her blood tastes like!"
Shinji frowned.
From the other party's words, he keenly sensed a piece of information, that is, the Ghost King, or the mysterious 'Lamp Bearer' who destroys the world of ghosts, has the ability to share all ghost information.
Because all the ghosts they encountered before were completely eliminated by them, under normal circumstances, the "Using no Land" Yu Yue in front of them should not know Yakumo's ability.
"So every ghost hunting aimlessly in the Kingdom of Grass is that guy's spy?"
Shinji changed his mind and finally figured out the other party's method of finding him.
If he, the 'lantern bearer' of the ninja world, was unprepared, his position would be exposed in the face of so many oni attacking from all sides in the Land of Grass.
Once exposed, the other party can lock the location through shared information and then come to your door!
Clang!
At this time, Yue Yue from the 'Shangxian Land' took out the long knife from his waist: "All this fresh blood is mine!"
Shinji stopped in front of the opponent: "Hey, your opponent is me!"
"The breath of thunder, the shape of the dragon, the soul of rice!"
Ao Yue let out a breath of turbid air, and immediately, his whole body turned into a black lightning and struck Shinji fiercely.
boom!
Accompanied by an explosion, Shinji was completely swallowed up by Gakure's slash and dissipated into smoke!
Zhuo Yue spat disdainfully: "How dare a small fish stand in front of me!"
Just as Tsumugi took a step forward and was about to pounce on Yakumo in the distance, a voice came from behind him: "Hey, your opponent is me!"
Yue Yue turned around with an embarrassed expression: "Damn ninjutsu!"
"You seem to have some misunderstanding about ninjas." After a pause, Shinji whispered: "If you turn your back to me, you will die!"
After saying that, Shinji quickly formed a seal with his hands: "Fire Release, a powerful fire ball technique!"
boom!
The huge fireball that turned half of the night sky red surged away and rushed towards Yuyue.
Although he has unparalleled recovery ability, only a fool would fight against the flames, so Yue quickly dodged and tried to avoid Shinji's fire escape.
Swish swish swish.
However, just as Shinji was performing Fire Release, his hands that had completed the seal did not stop, but immediately threw out several kunai with steel wires and detonating talismans tied to the ends.
Under the cover of the fire escape, those kunai silently formed a large steel wire net in the air, covering Yu Yue who was avoiding the fire escape without any deviation.
"Bad fish, I'm going to tear you apart!"
Huang Yue, who was covered by the steel mesh, cursed loudly.
At this moment, he heard a hissing sound, turned his eyes, and found that many detonating symbols were ignited on the wire that trapped him.
"Damn it!"
Rumble.
In an instant, a gorgeous firework exploded in the night sky!
Zhuo Yue, who was riddled with holes in the explosion, fell to the ground carrying smoke and dust. However, as a 'winding ghost', he quickly recovered more than half of his body and got up from the ground, cursing: "Okay, you trash fish. I won’t let you die so easily!”
"Wooden Escape, the tree world is coming!"
Yakumo rushed over at this time and immediately activated his 'Wood Release'.
Then countless branches and vines broke out of the ground and entangled the newly restored Yuyue.
However, Agotake is the "Using the Land" after all, not the ghosts he encountered before. He was not immediately overwhelmed by Yakumo's "Wood Release", but activated his sword skills and fought against the "Wooden Release".
"The breath of thunder, three shapes, gather mosquitoes to form thunder!"
"The breath of thunder, the shape of Si, far thunder!"
"The breath of thunder, the shape of Wu, the heat world thunder!"
Lightning flashes one after another in the sea of trees. However, no matter how ferocious these lightnings are, they are eventually buried by the constantly regenerating branches!
After a long time.
This competition between 'Wood Release' and 'Thunder Breath' is coming to an end!
Yugatake's toughness exceeded Shinji's expectations, but even so, in the chakra competition, he was still inferior to Yakumo who had the first-generation cells implanted. In the end, he consumed all the chakra in "Wood Release", and as a result The ghost's flesh and blood power, and then died of hatred after being drained of blood by Yakumo.
swish
At this time, Tsunade and Shizune hurried to the battlefield.
After learning that Yakumo and Shinji cooperated to kill the "Using the Land" in one fell swoop, the two of them were shocked.
Then they brought news to Shinji, that is, the Konoha ninja army led by the third generation was attacked by the monster named 'Satoru' in the Box of Bliss, and was delayed near the border.
The second update is here! It’s a new week soon, so I’m begging for recommendation votes and monthly support, everyone!
(End of chapter)
