Escape From Konoha

"According to the information sent by Lord Jiraiya before, we should be less than a hundred kilometers away from our destination now."

Tenzo, who served as the captain of the action force in this special mission, said these words solemnly according to the information Jiraiya had passed back through the toad not long ago.

It's less than a hundred kilometers away, and judging from the fact that most of their troops are jounin, if everything goes well on the way, they can arrive in less than an hour.

It was several hours earlier than expected to arrive at the destination before this evening.

"Then, let's speed up from now on. Even if the Sannin is personally monitoring us, accidents might happen."

Darui, who is in charge of the Kumogakure team, said this.

Although this mission was led by Konoha, he did not fully trust the abilities of Konoha ninjas. He wanted to end this mission quickly and pry out the information about the two tails from Orochimaru.

In order to recover the second tail, they, Kumogakure, have wasted a lot of manpower and material resources. This time, nothing can be done to let Orochimaru go.

"Okay." Tianzang didn't object. He turned around and told the people behind him: "Everyone, let's speed up together."

Everyone agreed and began to exert force on their feet, increase their speed, and gallop through the forest.

This accelerating flight lasted for about half an hour, and the mountains at the end of the forest ahead were already close at hand.

Judging from the information obtained, Orochimaru's stronghold is located among the mountains to the west of Tianno Country, adjacent to the country of samurai such as Iron Country.

Suddenly, one person from each of Konoha, Kumogakure and Sunagakure's troops jumped out and caught up with Tenzou, Darui and Hagura. The three looked at each other to confirm each other's thoughts, and Konoha Anbu spoke. : "Be careful, there are eleven strong chakra reactions ahead. They are approaching us quickly and are coming towards us."

After hearing this, Tianzang, Darui and Ye Cang all looked at each other with piercing eyes. Ye Cang asked directly: "Can you confirm which side they are from?"

The three ANBU shook their heads.

They can only sense the powerful chakra reaction around them and cannot accurately determine the identity of the visitor.

However, with such powerful chakra, it is conceivable that the eleven people who suddenly appeared are not unknown people in the ninja world.

"He is a ninja from the land of ghosts."

In the team, a voice suddenly sounded.

Neji, who was in Team Kai, opened his white eyes and easily captured information that the sensing ninja could not detect.

However, in his Byakugan's observation, only one figure appeared. After a while, ten other people appeared in his Byakugan's field of vision.

"Ghost country?"

Upon hearing this answer, Tianzang and the other three people in charge of leading the team were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions darkened at any time.

Encountering ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts at this time, they did not believe that this was just a simple coincidence.

Moreover, according to the joint statement of the three ANBU parties, these ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts were obviously coming for them, making it even more impossible to be a so-called coincidence.

It's the other party's target, which was them from the beginning.

"How is this going?"

Darui glanced at Tenzou with an unhappy expression, his suspicious eyes seeming to say, 'Did Konoha leak information?'

After all, it was not the first time that Konoha had leaked important information to the Kingdom of Demons.

If their action plan is revealed, it is obviously not the problem with Kumogakure and Sunagakure. They are confident that the spies planted by the Demon Country cannot become high-level officials in their village. Only Konoha, who was once the cradle of rebel ninja in the Demon Country, Only a local village could leak such important information to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Tenzou's face also turned ugly. He also thought of this, but as a Konoha ninja, he naturally couldn't question the higher-ups of the village.

What's more, the people who participated this time were either from the ninja clan or close associates of the Hokage. Even the top management who held the action meeting only had four people. It stands to reason that such a thing as leaking intelligence would never happen.

"Could it be that it was when we cooperated with the Kingdom of Ghosts in the last operation..."

Ye Cang couldn't help but think of something when he saw Tian Zang's ugly expression.

Regarding the last battle to recapture Gaara, she did not participate. She was sitting in Sunagakure Village at that time. She only learned about some things after Gaara returned.

Tenzo shook his head and said: "Impossible. The information revealed by Scorpion was only known to us Konoha and Sunagakure at the beginning. At that time, we did not reveal anything to the people of the Kingdom of Demons."

"Did you learn about it from another source?"

Ye Cang also frowned in embarrassment.

From the current point of view, Konoha is the most suspicious, but it is not completely certain. Maybe there is a problem on their side, Sunagakure and Kumogakure. Although the possibility is small, it is not impossible.

You must know that the intelligence system of the Kingdom of Oni has always been very developed. Unlike being limited to its own country, the intelligence system of the Kingdom of Oni has long been deployed in many countries in the ninja world, creating a huge and sophisticated intelligence network in the ninja world. .

Perhaps it is a result deduced based on scattered pieces of information, even if such a guess is a bit nonsense.

"We don't know what it is. It's pointless to argue and blame each other. Let's all prepare for battle."

Darui sighed and said "nothing", but he unambiguously held the thick two-handed dagger behind his back with one hand, took a deep breath, and gathered all the chakra in his body. There was faint lightning beating.

Ye Cang and Tian Zang looked at each other and nodded slightly.

Indeed, now is not the time for prevarication and argument. Removing the obstacles in front of you is the top priority.

Therefore, Tianzang put his hands behind his back and silently gestured to the people behind him.

After everyone saw it, they didn't hesitate. The originally dense team suddenly dispersed, leaving enough space between two people.

The entire team's action space suddenly expanded several times.

"Stop!"

At this time, there was no need for sensing ninjas and Neji with Byakugan to remind them. The three Tenzos who were in charge of leading the team also felt a strong and heavy pressure, which penetrated into the air and was like a mountain squeezing in, causing their shoulders to jerk violently. Shen couldn't help but stop.

The people scattered around also stopped, either standing on the ground, hiding behind the trees, or standing separately on the branches, looking ahead.

A dark figure appeared in their field of vision, quietly landing on the thick branch of a tree not far away, and stopped like them.

"Good afternoon, everyone from Konoha, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure."

As her footsteps paused, the long black hair on the back of the girl's head fell, and she smiled and said hello.

"You belong to Teacher Liuli..."

Kai Dingding looked at the girl with a shocked expression.

"Here comes a really difficult guy."

Cold sweat ran down Tianzang's face, and he forced a smile on his face, which looked very forced.

The information about the girl has been clearly recorded in Konoha.

Especially on the battlefield of Konoha two years ago, the opponent easily defeated Konoha's support troops with almost one person. If Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, hadn't arrived in time, the result would have been unimaginable. .

According to the inference of the Konoha Intelligence Team, if you want to annihilate the opponent, you must dispatch at least one of the Five Shadows and more than 3,000 elite ninjas.

And it must be fought quickly, otherwise the opponent's chakra, which is comparable to the tailed beast, can exhaust thousands of ninjas to death.

But with the opponent's Susanoo technique that integrates offense and defense, it is actually difficult to achieve a quick victory.

And fighting a war of attrition with a ninja who possesses tailed beast level chakra is the stupidest thing to do!

The opponent's attack limit may not be as high as that of her mother, Uchiha Ruri, but the amount of chakra is extremely large, which is enough to make up for her lack of attack. But even if it is the so-called insufficient attack, it is relatively speaking. For flesh and blood ninjas, it is also a moving natural disaster.

Other than cracking her defense from the front, any tricks may be meaningless.

"Although I know it's nonsense, I still want to ask, what do the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts do to come to us?"

Tenzo asked nervously.

To be honest, he didn't want to fight this kind of battle that he wasn't completely sure of, let alone face this kind of monster that could be called a 'humanoid tailed beast'.

This was not a pain that a ninja of his level could bear.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. I'm not here to fight. I just want to invite you all to talk here. I happened to have booked a few banquet tables in a small town hotel not far away. I wonder if you can come and pay me a favor?"

Yi Ji patted the non-existent wrinkles on her clothes and extended her invitation sincerely.

"Hey, now is not the time to discuss dinner, please get out of my way!"

If it weren't for the order, Naruto felt that his inner anxiety was uncontrollable.

Sasuke was waiting for him in front, and now someone suddenly came to disrupt the situation halfway. He was simply trying to tease his little patience.

"Don't say that, I just want you to make friends and be harmonious in everything -"

Before Yi Ji could finish speaking, lightning flashed in front of her eyes, and a figure rushed in front of her in the blink of an eye. He held the handle of the knife with both hands and waved the heavy blade that carried the power of thunder and lightning.

Ding!

The sound of metal hitting metal.

Everyone's eyes dimmed as they saw Ichiki blocking the heavy blade with the Kusanagi sword on her waist.

Ignoring the thunder and lightning transmitted to her body by the thick blade, Ichiji's face already had a smile on it, but it already showed a cold meaning.

"It seems there's nothing to talk about."

"Isn't that a matter of course, young lady?"

Darui withdrew the blade, stepped back, and returned to Tenzo and Ye Cang. His shoulders sank, and he pressed down the two-handed dagger in his hand.

"Be careful, this guy is very strong and can ignore my thunder escape."

Darui reminded him softly, feeling a slight numbness in his arm, which was obviously caused by the force of the other party.

He had the illusion of facing his boss, the Fourth Raikage.

"You don't need to say this to know this."

Ye Cang pursed his lips slightly, and all the chakra in his body began to mobilize. Under the influence of this chakra, four white light balls with orange flames wrapped around his body were condensed all over his body.

The moment the four fireballs were born, the air in the forest was immediately covered by a high temperature, and even the moisture in the air seemed to have been drained, making people feel uncomfortable in their throats.

Subconsciously, Tenzo and Darui, who had kept a certain distance from Ye Cang, once again moved a few steps to the side to distance themselves from Ye Cang.

Even if the other party is consciously controlling the ninjutsu, as long as they are negligent, they will probably be drained of moisture from their bodies in an instant and turn into a mummy and die.

"Go!"

Ye Cang waved his arm, and two of the four fireballs were launched, hitting Ichiki's position directly.

The other two fireballs were retained and protected around the body.

"Wood Release: The Technique of the Great Forest!"

Before she could get close to Yiji, countless vine branches suddenly sprang out from behind Yiji. A masked man wearing a black coat and black chakra armor stretched out his arms. These vine branches turned into long snakes and wrapped around the impact. Ichiji's two fireballs enveloped it.

However, it didn't last long before the vines and wooden strips wrapping the fireball started to burn.

boom!

As the explosion sounded, a large number of charred wood chips burning with flames fell down. The fireball broke through the blockade of the vines and continued to move forward.

However, because she was hindered by the vines, Yi Ji had enough time to deal with it. She moved her steps calmly, avoiding the fireball that could instantly evaporate the water in the human body. She kicked off the branches and her body fell down.

Boom!

It was like breaking the sound barrier, causing the air to vibrate violently and letting out a piercing scream.

"Get out of the way!"

Ichiki's speed was too fast. The moment Tianzang finished shouting this sentence, she had already rushed to the center of the team and turned her body into a meteorite falling from the sky, sinking the earth with a crash.

boom!

The earth roared with a loud noise, and an incomparable force was shaking the entire earth with itself as the center.

The ninjas who landed on the tree trunks were all unstable and screamed in panic. They jumped away from the thick tree trunks and hid in areas with stable terrain.

At this moment, a black shadow passed across the sky, and chakra wings far beyond the size of the human body gathered behind it. It was like a peacock opening its tail. With a slight flap, the strong wind surged, leaving countless scratches of beasts on the ground. , blowing several ninjas away and rolling around in confusion.

While Ichiki was disrupting the enemy's center, the remaining members of the Thorn Team immediately took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack to disrupt the enemy's formation.

Saoi, who was not far away from a member of the Thorns Team, immediately took out the scroll, took out the paintbrush, and quickly painted on it. The ink tiger roared towards the enemy's back.

This member of the Jixiao team also noticed something. He gave up on the members of Team 8 in front of him, turned around and pulled out a long saber from his waist. The black handle had no luster, and his silver blade could reflect the dazzling cold light. .

He drew his sword in a standard style and easily swung out the flashing light of the sword, killing all the ink tigers that were attacking in an instant.

Then his chakra surged, and the sword was immediately wrapped with lightning - no, it was different from the current generated by ordinary thunder escape, like flowing soft water, but it also actually possessed the piercing power of thunder and lightning.

There is no doubt that this is the blood inheritance boundary that can release lightning in the form of water flow or laser - Lan Dun.

Judging from the fact that he can apply Lan Dun to the realm of swordsmanship, it is obvious that he has extremely profound attainments in Lan Dun.

Sakai narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the ninjas of the Thorn Team who rushed out, and subconsciously retreated.

But the ninja from the Thorn Team using Lan Dun was not about to let go. Electric light suddenly erupted from the back of the chakra armor, and air flow spurted out to propel him forward. The black coats started to fly in an instant.

laugh!

Sai's pupils shrank, and the Arashi Dun ninja who was in front of him suddenly disappeared and appeared beside him, swinging a knife ruthlessly.

Hair falls.

The Lan Dun ninja under the black beak mask was slightly startled. He didn't expect Sai to be able to dodge this decisive blow.

Immediately, he noticed something. On Sai's calves, at some point, there were chakra needles emitting orange light, stimulating the motor nerves in his legs.

"Did you strengthen the nerves in your legs with Thunder Escape? A little trick."

The Lan Dun ninja turned his eyes slightly and looked towards a tree. There was a person hiding behind the tree.

On the other hand, Hanoko felt her heartbeat speed up suddenly and cold sweat broke out on her palms. Except for Ichiki, everyone in this group of guys wore chakra armor, which directly blocked her chakra needle attack.

No, their eyes were not protected, maybe... Huonozi carefully observed the actions of these people, and two chakra needles quietly appeared in his hands, waiting for the best opportunity to attack.

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave!"

On the other side, Darui gave up attacking with two-handed daggers and launched a ninjutsu attack on Ichiki.

A fierce torrent spurts out from the mouth and rushes towards Ichiki.

Then he changed his seal, maintained water escape, and continued to use the second ninjutsu.

"Thunder Release·Grateful Wave!"

Boo hoo.

The torrent was immediately covered in dazzling lightning, turning into a lightning torrent with stronger attacks.

Ichihime swung the Kusanagi sword and split the lightning surge from the middle. Although her body caught it firmly without taking a step back, she felt a soreness and numbness immediately on her arm, which made her frown.

Then two white light balls burning with orange flames flew over and quickly approached Yiji's body.

Yi Ji glanced slightly, stepped back, and let the fireball and the thunder and lightning collide with each other. The white steam spread out for a while. Due to the addition of thunder escape, there was still electric current flowing in the high-temperature water vapor.

"Well done, it actually made me feel a little bit troublesome."

Ichihime held the Kusanagi sword in one hand, with a smile on her lips.

"If you were more serious, maybe I would believe it."

Darui lamented feebly, but his eyes flashed solemnly, and he did not dare to relax.

So far, Ichiji has only used some physical skills and sword skills. Even so, it is difficult for him and Ye Cang to deal with it.

Although both he and Ye Cang still retain a lot of strength, the other's hidden strength is much greater than theirs.

When Tianzang saw Yiji being restrained by Darui and Ye Cang, his eyes flickered. Finally, he made up his mind.

"Don't fight here, they are deliberately stalling for time, leaving some people to contain them, while the rest follow me!"

Sensing the intention of Oni no Kuni, Tenzo immediately knew that the other party's purpose was to contain them and prevent them from going to Orochimaru's stronghold.

Therefore, these people must be avoided.

Naruto, who originally wanted to join the battle group, immediately stopped his hand and came to Tianzang's side when he heard Tianzang's words.

Also coming over were a small group of Konoha ANBU and a three-person enemy-seeking team from Class 8.

Noticing this, Yiji quickly made a decision, abandoned Darui and Ye Cang, jumped with both feet, and covered a distance of tens of meters in the blink of an eye, flying out like a black arrow.

"Don't even think about it!"

As if waiting for this moment, Yi Ji was slightly startled. After turning his head, he only saw a green figure whose speed was not weaker than his own, flying out and kicking him.

The ground behind him was torn apart by the violent impact he had caused, and the trees were also roaring and trembling.

Without thinking, Ichiki turned her body sideways, turned her palm over at the same time, and swung the Kusanagi sword upwards without hesitation.

It hit the air and swirled out a half-moon sword light.

The opponent also turned his body sideways in the air, allowing the Kusanagi sword to pass in front of him with a slight gap, and then his body rolled out in an awkward posture.

But his goal was achieved, and he successfully stopped Ichiji, making her unable to block the progress of Tenzo and others.

On the other side, Darui and Yakura also quietly made a gesture to their own people, and a small group of Kumogakure and Sunagakure ANBU evacuated the battlefield and followed Tenzo's footsteps, obviously not intending to stay here.

Yiji frowned at this. She also knew that with the abilities of her and the Thorn Team, it was impossible to stop everyone here. After all, this was a sniper war, not an annihilation war, but the number of people in the past was more than she had estimated. Some.

Soon, Yiji turned her head and glanced at Metkai, whose body was burning with green steam.

He was also the one who stopped her just now.

"Eight-door Dunjia will start burning green steam from the third door, but your level should not only be at the level of the third door."

Although Yi Ji had a questioning tone, she was extremely sure that the eight gates of Dunjia Kai opened at this time were by no means just the third gate.

Kai didn't take a breath. Now, as long as he is not in the seventh or eighth gate, the eight-door Dunjia will not put as much pressure on him as he imagined.

In response to Yiji's question, he nodded without hesitation.

"Now I have opened the fifth door."

"Tumon? I thought it would be the sixth gate, Kagemon. No wonder my mother told me to be careful of Konoha's eight armor ninjas. You are really a troublesome alien."

The chakra that continuously gushes out from the body, although not as quantitative as hers, is still extremely thick. Just standing there can cause an unparalleled deterrent to ordinary ninjas.

Yiji happily licked her pink tongue, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"If the opponent is you, this kind of inferior swordsmanship is meaningless at all, so I will take it a little more seriously. However, before that, let's clear out the other two obstructionists."

Ichiki glanced at Darui and Hayakura who were about to move forward, and sheathed the Kusanagi sword.

Immediately afterwards, she opened the ninja tool bag without any delay, took out a red scroll from it, put it in her mouth, bit it, and began to form seals with her hands.

Two bangs.

In the astonished gazes of Kai, Darui, and Ye Cang, two plumes of smoke erupted in front of Yiji, and two figures stood in the smoke. The tall and majestic dark figure seemed to be trapped in the smoke. If present.

"This is……"

The expressions of surprise on the three people's faces turned into shock, and their eyes widened as if they had seen something extremely incredible.

I saw two figures in the thick fog stretching out their palms and sweeping away the white smoke covering their bodies. Their tall and tall bodies were wrapped in lava-like flame armor. Their whole bodies were completely transparent, like a space formed by the materialization of chakra. Shell Samurai.

In the heart of the hollow warrior burning lava, there is a light blue gem floating quietly, which is extremely gorgeous.

Two lava warriors nearly two meters tall were holding flaming swords made of solid chakra. Their two white eyes were like two small suns, emitting such intense light that no one dared to look directly at them.

They were like two door gods standing on both sides of Yiji, gently swinging the flaming swords in their hands, making the surrounding space begin to burn, and distorting the surrounding scenery with strong heat.

Yiji's mouth relaxed, and the scroll rolled to the ground, igniting flames and burned to ashes.

She took a step forward, released her sealed hands, and said in a joking tone:

"This is my favorite toy. This time I will let you test the performance of these toys. Speaking of which, this is the first time that this thing has been put into real combat."