The border of the Land of Snow.
The third urban area is separated from the outside world by a wall, dividing the inside and outside of the Snow Country into two worlds.
The wall that separates the border from the city is very tall, just like the outer wall surrounding Konoha, but its actual thickness and height far exceed Konoha.
From the outside, it looks like a huge fortress.
"Are these the footprints of that kind of monster?"
Two men in uniform appeared outside the city. One of them squatted down and traced the sunken footprints on the ground with his palm.
Another person took a pen and wrote down the information on the notebook. He shook his head and said, "This footprint looks like it comes from a human being, but it is too big. It is estimated to be three or four meters tall."
"You stay here first and protect the surrounding residents. I will return to the guard team immediately to see what kind of creature's footprints these are."
"Okay, go and come back quickly."
In other countries in the ninja world, civilians not only have to pay various taxes, but also spend money to hire ninjas when they encounter problems.
Over time, ninjas gradually became a tool for the powerful to oppress civilians, because only wealthy people from the wealthy class could hire ninjas.
Because of understanding these shortcomings, under Menma's reforms, Snow Country has abandoned the "employment" form of the five major countries.
People in the Kingdom of Snow only need to pay taxes to be protected by the country, and do not need to spend additional expenses to hire ninjas to solve problems.
Even if an accident occurs, the police teams from various towns can arrive at the scene immediately to solve the problem for the people.
The effect is also very good, and the people's sense of identification and happiness with the Land of Snow has been rising.
When an unexpected incident occurs, it will be reported to the town's police force as soon as possible. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a natural spy.
According to residents in towns around the border, there have been booming noises at night recently.
Some people even saw tall monsters with bright eyes appearing.
Members of the town's police force rushed to the scene immediately after receiving the news.
But judging from these footprints, they had never heard of this creature.
We can only go back and report to the superiors and ask for help.
A few years ago, Snow Country completed nationwide road construction work, strengthening communication and management between various towns.
In this case, orders issued from above can be conveyed to various places as soon as possible, and intelligence and news from various places can also reach Tianting smoothly.
But just when the two wanted to separate.
"No more trouble."
An emotionless voice suddenly came from behind them.
The two turned their heads subconsciously and saw a familiar figure.
"Instructor?"
"It turns out it's you two."
Uchiha Izumi, who was wearing a mask, glanced at the two of them and said in a calm tone: "This place is taken over by the military. You go and ask the police to organize the evacuation of nearby town residents."
While they were talking.
winter! winter! winter!
As the earth shook, hundreds of figures walked out of the distant woods.
I saw that the stone statues that were not supposed to have life were now like living creatures, lined up in rows, slowly heading towards the country of snow.
Fields and roads along the way were severely damaged.
"That's..." The expressions of the two security team members were stern.
"What are you still doing? Why don't you quickly organize the residents to evacuate?"
"Oh! Yes!"
After the two left, Izumi Uchiha came to a treetop.
The originally dark boy's eyes turned scarlet, and three magatama slowly appeared in his eyes. He stared down thoughtfully, looking at the army of stone statues marching towards the towns of the Land of Snow.
Suddenly, the shadows under his feet began to spread, flowing down the tree trunks to the ground.
Finally, it turned into a dark figure, sweeping across several stone soldiers marching directly ahead like lightning.
That figure was like a sharp sword cutting iron like clay. Wherever it passed, the legs of the stone soldier's chassis were cut off.
The cut area was as smooth as a mirror.
Purple mist also rose and gradually dissipated into the mid-air.
In an instant, the black shadow returned behind Quan.
"How about it?"
"...Using what the Lord gives us, we can indeed destroy their core."
The black shadow gradually appeared on the face and features, turning into the appearance of Uchiha Shisui.
"Yeah?"
Hearing this, Quan took out a blue-green crystal stone, quickly began to form seals with his hands, and his cheeks puffed up.
"Immortal Technique·Fire Escape·Great Fire Extinguishment!"
The flames from his mouth fell from the sky, causing a loud rumbling sound, and spurted towards the army of stone statues.
The blue flames that burned quickly roared past like a vast ocean, engulfing the body of the stone soldier.
A large number of stone soldiers rolled in the air, their bodies and the stone blades in their hands were torn apart, and the battle was almost a one-sided massacre.
Most of the stone soldiers walking forward were affected, burned red by the scorching flames, and the surface of their bodies cracked.
The ground and the mountain roads on both sides left turbid black marks, braving the terrifying high temperature that made the air bend.
When the blue sparks faded from the stone soldiers, only a pile of broken stones remained on the ground.
Under the observation of Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan, the internal conditions of the stone soldiers can be clearly seen.
The blue sparks blessed by natural energy erased the purple-black chakra without leaving a trace.
Those purple-black mist are the core of the stone soldiers and the chakra of the monsters.
As long as these purple-black chakras are erased, they will become a bunch of useless stone statues.
Shisui scratched his head: "Your ninjutsu is more suitable for dealing with a large number of enemies."
Without the use of the Mangekyou Sharingan, his ninjutsu is more suitable for stealth single-target assassination.
Even the large-area Shadow Stream Secret Technique is essentially a single-point enemy move.
Izumi looked down at the hot hell that had turned into a high-temperature steamer, and his eyes of the three magatama sharingan were filled with calmness and indifference.
"Next, just keep these ghosts out and wait for the master to deal with the monsters."
These stone soldiers have hard bodies and terrifying strength, but their movements are slow and inflexible.
For Izumi, who is good at fire escape ninjutsu, he is undoubtedly the best living target of the group.
Even a body as hard as steel can't stop the high-temperature fire escape that is fused with senjutsu chakra and can dissolve steel.
"Well, there should be no problem."
Zhisui nodded and said: "The Lord has already taken the first step. We can just protect the Snow Country."
For them, it is not a difficult opponent to deal with.
The real key is the monsters.
These stone statue soldiers seem to attack fiercely and with great momentum, but they are just smoke bombs thrown by monsters to attack the east and the west.
If the monster cannot be sealed, no matter how many stone soldiers are eliminated, it will not help.
………………
In the cave on the border of the Kingdom of Rain.
Kakashi looked at Neji who was silent and leaned his head towards Metkai beside him: "Ningji seems to have become a lot stronger during this time."
"Hahaha, that's when...ahem."
Under Kakashi's helpless gaze, Kai lowered his voice in embarrassment and said with a proud smile: "He is a genius whose talent is not inferior to yours!"
What's more, Neji's desperate level is no less than that of Xiao Li.
"Ah, right, right." Kakashi responded with half-open eyes, then lowered his head and said nothing more.
After a few people repaired in the Kingdom of Rain for a period of time, they successfully crossed the Kingdom of Birds and the Kingdom of Bears and entered the Kingdom of Ghosts.
When they thought everything was going well and they would see the witch soon.
But they never thought that when a few people walked through the jungle, their eyes suddenly opened up.
The sky above suddenly became gloomy.
The sky was clear one moment and covered with clouds the next.
"this?!"
Several people subconsciously stopped moving forward and stared blankly at the originally flat and empty space.
A tall stone soldier with a stone blade in his hand stood there, motionless as the wind blew, rendering the atmosphere of the entire open space lifeless and strange.
Seeing that these stone soldiers were still sleeping, Kakashi quickly gestured to them to stay quiet.
But, that's it.
Kakaka...
Hundreds of stone soldiers raised their heads at the same time, scarlet light lighting up in their empty eye sockets.
Just look straight towards where Kakashi and others are.
"Has it been discovered?" Kakashi reacted immediately.
Aiming at a stone soldier, he shot the kunai with the detonating talisman tied in his hand.
Several other people also reacted and used their own methods to attack the stone soldiers from a distance.
Ding-dang-dang! Boom boom boom!
The kunai was bounced away from the body of the stone soldier, and some sparks appeared as if it hit steel.
Then the detonating talisman burned, and the flames produced by the detonation instantly appeared, and the smoke and dust slowly rose up with a loud noise in the sky.
Devouring several stone statue soldiers around him.
But wait until the fire and smoke dissipates.
The few stone soldiers only showed some signs of wear and tear, and their extremely hard bodies could be said to be completely unscathed.
Among the other attacks, only Kai used his physical skills to kick one into pieces.
But in an instant, the shattered stone soldiers stood up again.
There are not one or two such stone soldiers, but hundreds of legions.
"hateful!
"
Kai retreated violently, panting and shouting: "These ghosts can't be killed at all!"
Seeing the broken stone soldier restored to its original state, Kakashi's brows knitted together.
"Special puppet soldiers made of hard rock. It seems that this is the ghost army controlled by the monster."
No wonder even the Third Hokage said that monsters are very difficult to deal with.
These stone soldiers are invulnerable to water and fire, and even detonating talismans cannot pose a fatal threat to them.
If the ninjas of the five major countries were to fight them head-on, even if they won, it would definitely be a tragic victory with heavy casualties.
Kakaka!
The stone soldiers also moved stiffly, raising the stone blades in their hands and making throwing motions.
The next second.
The stone blade was projected in the direction of Kakashi and others like a net.
Kakashi's penis suddenly shrank.
"Quickly retreat!"
Boom boom boom!
The stone blade, which was already very heavy, fell with terrifying force.
The trees behind instantly fell down, causing bursts of roar.
The power of this attack is simply more terrifying than the detonating talisman.
Fortunately, these stone soldiers move clumsily and have no wisdom or rationality at all.
He could only keep throwing the stone blade into the sky stiffly.
Although they couldn't beat them in a head-on battle, relying on their physical skills, they were barely able to deal with the stone blade's projectile attacks.
The figures of several people quickly shuttled through the woods, constantly dodging the stone blades thrown towards them.
Anyone with a clear eye can see that they are just a bunch of soulless puppets.
"We can't fight with them anymore."
Kakashi frowned and ordered: "There is no need to waste time on these puppets, first go to the Kingdom of Demons and see the miko!"
The fundamental way to deal with these stone soldiers is to find the magician who controls them behind the scenes.
"good!"
A few people nodded and began to go deep into the woods, bypassing these slow-moving stone statue soldiers, and rushed through the hinterland of the Kingdom of Netherworld toward the west side of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
On this road in the Kingdom of You, there are all stone soldiers wreaking havoc.
If the stone statue soldiers on the border of the Kingdom of Ghosts are guarding, then these stone statue soldiers are invading the surrounding countries.
It seems that the monster has not escaped from the seal yet.
Then it can only be the "Huangquan Sect" that worships monsters.
However, Kakashi and the others did not stop.
Instead of wasting time entangled with these unkillable puppets, it is better to join the witches from the Kingdom of Ghosts as soon as possible, find the location of the Underworld Sect and then destroy them.
After a period of trekking, several people finally bypassed the Kingdom of Netherworld and once again approached the western border of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
"Wait a moment!"
Kakashi frowned and suddenly stopped.
Immediately, he took out a small telescope from his ninja bag.
Following the abnormal vibration of the ground, he looked across the border of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
Even from a distance, you can see the tall wall on the border of the Kingdom of Snow.
Judging from the neat cement floor and environment, you can also imagine the living standards of the residents there.
“The economic power is really strong.”
Kakashi's first thought about the Snow Country was that it was rich and powerful.
Even the towns on the country’s borders have established smooth roads.
Could it be that they paved roads in all towns?
How much money this would require...Kakashi couldn't imagine it.
However, at this time, a group of stone statue legions were slowly walking towards the Snow Country, and it seemed that they were invading the Snow Country border.
The entire sky above the Land of Snow was highlighted in orange-red.
Even at such a long distance, Kakashi could feel a faint wave of heat hitting his face.
However, due to the obstruction of tall trees, he could not see clearly what happened.
"What's going on over there? Is it the Fire Release Ninjutsu?"
Kakashi looked puzzled and murmured to himself: "It seems that the defense line has not been broken yet, but..."
Can the country of snow still use fire escape ninjutsu on this scale?
Even combined ninjutsu is noteworthy.
"Kakashi."
Metkai on the side came up and asked curiously: "What happened over there?"
