Land of Wind.
Edge of the Demon Desert.
With an ample water supply, Konoha quickly spread the oasis forward once more.
Without stopping in the slightest, they pushed directly into the Demon Desert.
This stretch was the most dangerous and barren area. When Iwagakure's people came to harden the ground, they encountered countless quicksand pits.
There were large numbers of highly venomous lizards, snakes, spiders, and scorpions.
There were also many salt marshes where the seemingly hard salt crust concealed semi-liquid mud beneath.
The winds here were also fierce, and the terrain could easily be altered by blowing sand. One moment of carelessness, and they could lose the path they had taken.
Even for ninja, it was extremely dangerous.
It slowed the progress of both Konoha and Iwagakure considerably.
Deidara took advantage of this time to dump the work on Kyogan, the new Five-Tails Jinchuriki, and returned to Iwagakure himself.
Kyogan's daily work was to have his Iwagakure people harden the sandy ground.
Then, they drilled holes through the underground rock slabs and diverted water from the canals into them.
The rest was Nawaki and Yamato's responsibility.
After Tsunade arrived, she often transferred her Chakra to Nawaki as well, speeding up the work.
With the Hyuga Clan around, there was basically no need to worry about vigilance.
Most of the Hyuga clan members were there to inspect the various natural traps.
Though this was the front line, Tsunade and the others still had houses to live in.
After all, Tenzo only needed to clap his hands together for houses to immediately spring up.
Knock, knock, knock! Late that night, Hitomi Hyuga, one of the senior Hyuga clan members, hurriedly knocked on Tsunade's door.
Tsunade was sitting inside drinking. With a flick of her finger, she sent a peanut flying into