"Calm down! Use defensive ninjutsu together!!!"
As A entered Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he roared at those around him.
Unfortunately, his voice was completely drowned out by the deafening explosions all around them.
And truthfully, he was a little stunned himself.
He had seen cannons before.
But artillery with such range and power was something he had truly never encountered before.
Weren't cannons supposed to fire one heavy iron ball at a time, with a range of only a few hundred meters at most?
But no matter what.
He had to find a way to shield the entire army from these unbelievable shells.
Otherwise, even if this allied force reached Roran City, they would probably be half-crippled by then.
"Lightning Release: Spider Web!!"
Crackling lightning and blue Chakra flames wrapped around A's body.
He leaped into the air in a single bound and used the Lightning Release ninjutsu most suitable for the current situation, releasing a dense electric web that nearly covered the sky above half the allied army and detonated the dozen or so incoming artillery shells prematurely in midair.
This finally gave the ninjas below a chance to catch their breath.
They quickly spread out and continued running forward at greater speed, preparing to escape the bombardment zone.
But it also meant that A, maintaining the Lightning Release in the air,
had to endure the explosive shockwaves surging in from every direction alone.
Only someone as physically powerful as him, protected by Lightning Release Chakra Mode,
could have withstood it. Anyone else would have been shaken to death in the sky long ago.
"This brat..."
Hanzō narrowed his eyes as he looked up at A's back, wariness rising in his heart.
He had not expected the other man to be this strong. He had clearly surpassed the level