Kaedeji suddenly came to a halt and shouted sharply, "Everyone, pick up the pace!"
"Lord Kaedeji, what happened?"
"I roughly understand the enemy's plan now. Our comrades are in an extremely dangerous situation. In the worst-case scenario, they could be wiped out to the last man."
Wiped out completely?
Everyone froze for a moment. Their expressions shifted, then they suddenly accelerated, following Kaedeji's lead and racing north without regard for their stamina.
Such a horrifying phrase should have been far removed from the people of Konoha.
Another three hours passed.
Iroha suddenly pointed ahead and shouted, "Look! What's going on over there?"
A bug appeared on Shibi Aburame's fingertip. The man and insect communicated as Shibi's brow furrowed tightly, his eyelids twitching wildly beneath his sunglasses.
At the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water, even standing still, they could faintly feel the subtle tremors.
The deeper they entered the Land of Hot Water, the fiercer the shaking became. Not only that, but the distant sky abruptly changed from azure blue to blood red, as though stained by blood or like the crimson glow of sunset.
This did not herald Iwagakure's end. It meant Konoha's forces were about to be finished.
"The ground is splitting apart, stretching from north to south, all the way from the northern coastline of the Land of Hot Water into the country itself! Large amounts of magma are erupting from the fissures! What exactly is going on?"
Iroha was stunned. Of everyone present, he was likely the only one who could see the scene so directly, and the only one who could clearly feel the terrifying impact of nature's overwhelming power.
"Is it an earthquake?"
"No. If it were an earthquake, both sides would be affected. But judging by Lord