Uchiha Ambushed

"This is the last village. Let's walk there. We'll reach Sunagakure after passing through the narrow canyon not far away. Everyone, let's finish quickly and go back to prepare. Let's go!" Tianqi pointed to the canyon in the distance and led everyone off.

After hiking for more than ten kilometers, the group stopped behind a sand dune. "This damned place, the Land of Wind, is all sand. There's nowhere to hide. How are we going to deal with the ninjas in the canyon ahead? Tianqi, think of something," Zhan said to Tianqi from behind the sand dune.

Looking at the dozen or so ninjas in the canyon ahead, Tianqi said disdainfully, "Just a dozen or so Sand shinobi, easy to deal with. You just wait and see my performance."

After saying that, Tianqi disappeared. A spatial vortex appeared on the canyon, and Tianqi successfully used his Kamui to arrive at the top of the canyon. Looking at the Sand shinobi below, Tianqi revealed a cruel smile.

"I'm sorry, your lives end here. Wood Release: Wood Splintering Technique." Tianqi Hand Seals and released the Wood Release Ninjutsu.

A dense mass of sharp, spiky logs hurtled towards the Sand Ninja below.

"Ah!!"

"Aaaaaah!"

"Oh no, there's an enemy! Quick..."

A scream rang out, and the Sand Ninja was pierced through the body by Wood Release before he could even utter a word. Seeing that the enemy had been dealt with in an instant, Tianqi jumped down from the canyon. Looking at the Sand Ninja who had become a corpse, Tianqi smiled and said, "This move is really useful. It has a high attack density and strong power. It's really good."

Just as Tianqi was praising the power of Wood Release, an explosion occurred in the sky, "Whoosh! Bang!" A firework exploded in the sky.

The Uchiha members quickly arrived at Tianqi's side. "This is a signal flare! Tianqi, you were careless," Zhan said as he walked over.

Tianqi glanced at the fireworks in the sky, then turned his gaze to the Sand Ninja who was releasing a signal flare in the corner. He saw a wooden spike embedded in the man's stomach. Although the spike exploded inside him, it did not immediately take his life, giving him the opportunity to release the signal flare.

"Damn, you're incredibly lucky to be alive. You managed to ruin our plan to attack Sunagakure. How despicable!" Tianqi stood before the Sunagakure ninja, looking down at him.

"You, you, you dare to attack Sunagakure? Just wait, just wait to die!" the wounded Sunagakure ninja said weakly to Tianqi.

"Damn it, still so dry, go to hell!" Tianqi produced a wooden splinter in his hand and threw it, ending the Sand Ninja's life.

"You were already injured by me, so you pretended to be dead. You had to send out a signal flare to disrupt my plans. Now you still dare to be stubborn. You deserve your bad luck. Pah!" Tianqi spat at the corpse.

"Tianqi, we've been discovered. What should we do next?" Zhan asked Tianqi.

"Now that we've been discovered, the Sand Ninja must be prepared. What else can we do but fight? We can't just retreat, can we?" Tianqi his eyes at Zhan.

"Um... can we handle a well-prepared, large village like Sunagakure?" Zhan asked uncertainly.

"Don't worry, we're just here to declare war. Maybe they'll listen to us and we won't even have to lift a finger. Besides, even without you guys, I can still take them down by myself. I'm confident in that." After saying that, Tianqi even swung his fist and threw two punches.

"..." Everyone was speechless. So we were just here to make up the numbers?

Seeing that no one spoke, Tianqi comforted them again, "Don't worry, Sunagakure is the weakest of the Five Great Nations. We can definitely handle them easily. Let's go."

After saying that, Tianqi walked out. The others had no choice but to follow Tianqi to the end.

However, Tianqi miscalculated this time. The current Kazekage of Sunagakure is Hadazaemon, who is known as the strongest Kazekage in history and possesses the Magnet Release: Iron Sand Technique. Hadazaemon has extremely high prestige, and the Sunagakure ninjas are now more united than ever before.

In Sunagakure, Hadazaemon, upon seeing the signal from the First Line of Heaven, began mobilizing his ninjas in preparation for a full-scale battle.

Chiyo, her son and daughter-in-law, Ebizo, and the young Fourth Kazekage Rasa were all actively preparing.

"The first line of defense has been breached. The number of enemies is unknown. Chunin and Genin, Genin the city wall to prevent the enemy from infiltrating the village. The rest of you Jonin, Jonin with me to meet the enemy. Let's go!" After saying this, Hadazaemon led a group of Jonin out of the village, while the others set up defensive fortifications.

On the Uchiha side, Zhan called out to Tianqi, who was at the front, "Tianqi, wait a minute."

"What's wrong, Zhan?" Hearing Zhan call his name, Tianqi slowed down, while the others passed Tianqi and walked ahead.

"Tianqi, my right eyelid keeps twitching. I have a feeling something's going to happen. I hope nothing bad will happen to us." Zhan walked side by side with Tianqi, both looking worried.

"With me here, what could possibly go wrong? You're too..." "Ah!!!" Before Tianqi could finish speaking, he heard the person at the front scream.

"You jinx!" Tianqi glared at Zhan and rushed out. Zhan followed closely behind, muttering under his breath, "My premonition was right, something really happened."

Tianqi and his companion arrived at the spot where the Uchiha clan members had screamed. They saw that all nine of them had fallen into quicksand, struggling as their bodies sank deeper and deeper, already halfway down.

"This is quicksand, everyone stay still, the more you move, the faster you'll sink," Tianqi quickly warned.

Upon hearing Tianqi's words, everyone immediately froze. Sure enough, after they stopped moving, the sinking speed slowed down. "Tianqi, what should we do next?"

"Don't move, wait for Zhan and me to pull you up. Zhan, get the rope." After instructing everyone, Tianqi immediately asked Zhan for the rope.

Zhan took out a rope from a sealed scroll and was about to hand it to Tianqi when a voice came from the surrounding area.

"You know quite a lot, don't you? You even know this is quicksand and we can't move it." Hadazaemon appeared in front of Tianqi and his group with several hundred ninjas.

Seeing so many enemies, Zhan immediately pulled out Kunai, ready to fight. The nine people in the quicksand looked on in despair. With so many enemies and still unable to move, they were doomed this time.

"I was wondering why quicksand would suddenly appear out of nowhere. I thought it was formed naturally. Turns out it was your doing." Tianqi looked at the leader with curiosity.

This must be the Third Kazekage, who was supposedly the strongest, the guy who was poisoned by Sasori of the Red Sands. He looked pretty powerful.

"So you're the ninjas who breached my First Line of Heaven?" Hadazaemon sized up Tianqi's group. Eleven people without Forehead Protector had managed to break through; were they mercenaries or spies from other ninja villages?

"What do you mean, 'Breakthrough the First Line of Heaven'? We're just here for sightseeing!" Tianqi pulled out a small flag that read "Tourism Group" from somewhere and waved it in front of the Sand Ninja, looking every bit the tour guide.