The Oriole Behind

The Third Raikage led the ninja whose condition was still intact to confront the ninja led by Shimura Danzō.

However, as if the previous fierce battle had consumed too much, the Third Raikage was unexpectedly suppressed by Shimura Danzō, and even had wounds on his body, slashed open by Shimura Danzō's ninja sword imbued with Wind Style power.

Seeing that the Third Raikage had indeed consumed a huge amount and suffered heavy damage to his combat power, Shimura Danzō was even more excited, and his ninja sword and Wind Style offensive became increasingly sharp.

He even exposed his right eye, which had always been covered and sealed with bandages, and it was precisely a Three Tomoe Sharingan.

That's right, he had long since transplanted a Three Tomoe Sharingan.

Although the consumption was great, he could barely sustain it with his chakra.

And the Sharingan was a huge help to him, not only enhancing his genjutsu ability and resistance, but also strengthening his dynamic vision, greatly improving his own Wind Style swordsmanship.

Just like Lightning Release Nintaijutsu, Wind Style type taijutsu and swordsmanship also focused primarily on speed, though one stimulated the bones and muscles from the inside to boost explosive power while the other augmented from the outside.

High-speed taijutsu and swordsmanship often required sufficiently strong dynamic vision support, otherwise using them rashly would instead be extremely fatal.

Now, with the coordination of a Three Tomoe Sharingan, it allowed him to unleash his Wind Style swordsmanship at full burst, which was how he gained the capital to suppress the Third Raikage.

As for exposing the secret of the Three Tomoe Sharingan, as long as he killed the Third Raikage and then wiped out these Cloud Ninjas, wouldn't no one know?

Damn it!

The Third Raikage cursed angrily as another wound was slashed onto him, seeming quite annoyed at being injured by trash like Shimura Danzō.

"Raikage, tonight is your final night!"

Shimura Danzō's expression was ferocious, and his heart was very excited.

If he could slay the Third Raikage, his prestige within the village would definitely rise to an extreme, and he would not necessarily lack the opportunity to contend for the Fourth Hokage position.

Teacher Hashirama had passed the Hokage Position to his younger brother Teacher Tobirama, and he and Hiruzen were also like brothers, so he could likewise inherit the Hokage Position.

The ninja under his command also engaged in a fierce battle with the Cloud Ninjas brought by the Third Raikage, and they were primarily elite ninjas of the Shimura Clan and the Sarutobi Clan.

Nominally accompanying the main force toward the Land of Rivers to deploy defenses and counter Sunagakure, they had actually secretly come here to execute a secret mission.

Now they had simply turned their mission target into the Cloud Ninjas, and especially that Third Raikage.

The elite forces of the two clans cooperated seamlessly, with the Sarutobi Ninja executing the clan's secret Great Fireball Technique, while the Shimura Ninja coordinated by utilizing Wind Style to amplify the high temperature and scale of the Great Fireball Technique, unexpectedly suppressing the Cloud Ninjas.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke was executing the Great Fireball Technique to coordinate with his childhood sweetheart Izumi Shimura, and their combat power was quite formidable.

However, what they did not know was that they had long since been targeted.

A pair of brothers with similar facial features among Kumogakure occasionally looked toward their side, both of them wearing eye patches over one eye each, special eye patches possessing a sealing jutsu formula.

Meanwhile, the Cloud Ninjas had previously received orders not to fight to the death with the Konoha ninjas, prioritizing self-preservation in the initial battle to buy time for the ninjas in the rear to recover their chakra.

The Sand Ninja Army and Iwagakure Ninja Army over there saw Konoha and the Cloud Ninjas clash, and decisively charged into Uzushio Hidden Village.

Although charging in directly like this was extremely perilous, they did not have that much time to waste; once the Cloud Ninja Army recovered their chakra consumption and came to support, it would become difficult to fight.

They had to make a swift decision!

"Since you've come, don't even think about leaving!"

Masahiko Uzumaki stared grimly at those ninjas charging into the village, as the four clan elders once again joined forces to execute the Four Red Yang Formation, pulling off a catch-in-the-turtle maneuver.

Not a single one of them was leaving alive today!

They could not maintain the Four Red Yang Formation for long; it could not be used for defensive combat, and they could only wage an annihilation battle in this manner.

"Such a massive barrier, truly worthy of the Uzumaki clan!"

Looking at that massive Four Red Yang Formation, Chiyo could not help sighing with emotion, marveling at how unreasonably plentiful that chakra was.

Ebizo at the side did not speak, having already ordered the Puppet Masters to spray poison mist, and quickly blew it across the entire Uzushio Hidden Village using Wind Style.

Poison was the method with the highest enemy-killing efficiency.

And this poison was something they had just specially blended; even if it encountered Fire Style incineration, it would not be burned away, but would instead transform into poisonous smoke, and its lethality was likewise not small.

The Iwagakure Ninja Army relied on large-scale Earth Style Ninjutsu to wreck the ground, thereby destroying the various sealing barriers deployed and laid out by the Uzumaki Ninja, as well as countering the various offensives fanned out by the Bashosen.

They had already obtained intelligence from the Mist Ninja battlefield, knowing that the opponent possessed the means to execute ultra-large-scale ninjutsu, and had formulated targeted tactics before charging in.

Seeing the Bashosen's offensive being countered, Uzumaki Ashina and the others felt their hearts sink; things were not going to be easy to fight now.

At the same time, Kō San had already arrived outside Uzushio Hidden Village, raising his hands to form hand seals and execute a forbidden jutsu.

"Forbidden Jutsu: Pot Poison Technique!"

Following the activation of the forbidden jutsu, an earthenware jar inside the outhouse of the Uzushio Hidden Village chieftain's household shattered abruptly, floating out countless venomous insects invisible to the naked eye, rapidly expanding toward the entire Uzushio Hidden Village, attaching themselves to anyone they saw and invading their bodies to rapidly reproduce.

That's right, he was a member of the Aburame clan, and the venomous insects he possessed were extremely special, being an extremely minute type of nano-sized venomous insects. Their activation was extremely concealed, making it difficult even for the Uzumaki clan's sensory perception to detect such minute existences.

Coupled with the fact that the Uzumaki clan currently needed to deploy all their efforts to target the Sand Ninjas and Rock Ninjas, they had even less time to spare for their own condition.

Naturally, his venomous insects were not solely targeting the Uzumaki Ninja, but everyone, including the Sand Ninjas and Rock Ninjas.

Those were all enemies!

Both sides currently locked in combat were completely unaware that a fatal venomous insect had already spread out, invading their bodies through the skin and respiration, silently and rapidly reproducing.

This wasn't over yet; Kō San took out one hundred thousand high-quality explosive tags, upon each of which he had engraved a summoning jutsu formula with his own blood. It was a special jutsu developed by the Second, named Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.

Those nano-sized venomous insects were raised and nurtured using his own flesh, blood, and chakra, equivalent to a part of himself, and could be utilized to execute this forbidden jutsu. One hundred thousand high-quality explosive tags were enough to raze the entire Uzushio Hidden Village to the ground.

However, what he did not know was that he had already been targeted while revealing his form and performing jutsu from a distance.

"It's that brat."

Hundreds of meters away, a Cloud Ninja ANBU lowered his binoculars and laughed grimly, followed by three ANBU ninjas behind him.

They had not joined the main battlefield, but instead hid outside Uzushio Hidden Village, simply waiting for Konoha's backup plan against Uzushio Hidden Village. Their primary focus of attention was the three individuals, including the son of the Hokage, who had entered Uzushio Hidden Village as envoys that morning.

Having squatted here for so long, they had finally found their person.

Regardless of what method the opponent intended to use to wipe out Uzushio Hidden Village, it constituted a huge threat to their Kumogakure as well.

Such a dangerous individual had to be killed as quickly as possible and could not be left alone; otherwise, if applied against their Cloud Ninjas in the future, it would spell disaster.

"He is very likely a ninja from Konoha's Aburame clan, skilled in manipulating insects. Being assigned here to scheme against Uzushio Hidden Village, his strength must be terrifying.

Do not engage in close-quarters combat with him, and do not give the opponent a chance to react; annihilate the target at the maximum speed."

He gave a solemn injunction, as he had no desire to have insects crawl into his body.

"Understood!"

The three ANBU ninjas responded in low voices. They were likewise very precious of their own lives, and the best method and result was to annihilate the target while preserving themselves intact.