Sand Shinobi Retreat

"Damn it! Bastard! Baka!"

Using Sand Eye to watch Yueguang Han fly higher and higher, Rasa, hidden within the Golden Sand Cloud, had a face so dark it seemed capable of dripping ink. After glancing at the Golden Sand Cloud on the ground, Rasa could only grit his teeth and curse before honestly controlling the Golden Sand Cloud to descend toward the ground.

The farther away he was, the weaker his control over the golden sand became. He might even lose control of it entirely. Yet that Konoha Genius Youngster could still accurately attack the Sand Shinobi on the ground while ascending, and a distance of a thousand meters was definitely not the limit of that Konoha Youngster's attack range.

The higher the sky, the stronger the wind. The wind would scatter the sand, greatly affecting his control over the golden sand and weakening his combat power. If he controlled a large sand cloud and flew it upward, the Chakra consumption would be far too great. Thus, whether for the sake of the Sand Shinobi below or his own safety, he did not dare continue pursuing Yueguang Han. He could only hope to kill more Konoha Ninja and achieve some results, so that they would not lose this battle too badly.

(The protagonist did not fly into the sky at the beginning because he had no time to prepare. If he did not avoid Rasa, Rasa would certainly have stopped him. Rasa was also a ninja capable of flight. In addition, with the Sand Shinobi's Wind Style, successfully taking to the sky would have been very difficult.)

"Rasa is flying back! Everyone, retreat!"

On the ground, seeing the small portion of the Golden Sand Cloud that had risen into the sky begin to descend, Yueguang Xingye immediately ordered a retreat. He had witnessed Rasa's strength. The range of this Golden Sand Cloud alone was enough to give the hundred or so of them a headache. Once Rasa landed, the casualties would likely be severe.

"Damn Konoha Ninja, keep going if you've got the guts!"

"Come on! What's wrong? Are you scared?"

Seeing the Konoha Ninja stop entangling with them, the Sand Shinobi cursed loudly one after another, but their bodies honestly ran quickly toward the Golden Sand Cloud below. Although they were unwilling to let these Konoha Ninja off so easily, they had not forgotten that a death god was still in the sky, constantly harvesting their lives. They likewise did not dare entangle with the Konoha Ninja, and they did not even dare rescue their wounded comrades. Compared with the Konoha Ninja, who had no reason to fear Rasa, the Sand Shinobi feared the Konoha Genius Youngster in the sky even more.

With neither side daring to entangle with the other, the Sand Shinobi and Konoha Ninja soon became clearly separated. The Konoha Ninja continued fleeing toward the boundary of the Sand Shinobi's occupied territory, while the Sand Shinobi all hid beneath the Golden Sand Cloud controlled by Rasa. Under Yueguang Han's threat in the sky, they did not dare pursue them at all.

"Lord Rasa, what do we do now?"

When Rasa returned to the Sand Shinobi beneath the Golden Sand Cloud, Luo Fei immediately asked. In truth, he no longer wanted to continue the pursuit. That Konoha Genius Youngster's abilities were simply too dangerous. If they kept pursuing him, he had no idea when he might lose his life.

"Go underground. Retreat for now!" Hearing this, Rasa gritted his teeth as he looked at the numerous Sand Shinobi corpses outside the Golden Sand Cloud's coverage and the remaining Sand Shinobi's prayer-like, resistant gazes. In the end, he still issued this humiliating order. Although unwilling, he had no choice. Even their retreat had to be underground, because his Golden Sand Cloud could not hold out for long.

Besides, even if they wanted to continue the pursuit, they could not do so while this Konoha Genius Youngster was still flying in the sky. They would have to find another opportunity.

At this, the Sand Shinobi immediately breathed sighs of relief. The Earth Style ninja swiftly used their techniques to carve tunnels beneath the golden sand, and all the Sand Shinobi quickly slipped into the tunnels under the Golden Sand Cloud's cover. Rasa, meanwhile, controlled a small amount of golden sand to gather the corpses of both sides and had the Sand Shinobi carry them away.

After all the Sand Shinobi had entered the tunnels, Rasa used Sand Eye to take one last look at the black speck in the sky. He clenched his fists until they crackled, then abandoned control of the golden sand and unwillingly entered the tunnels.

"They're finally gone!"

In the sky, seeing the golden sand lose control, Yueguang Han also breathed a sigh of relief. He controlled the Drone and hurried toward the retreating Konoha Ninja.

"Lord Hoshino, Yueguang Han is back!"

In a forest thirty kilometers away, the anxious Yueguang Xingye finally received the news he had been waiting for. However, it did not come from the Sensory Ninja. Instead, the ninja who spotted Yueguang Han only reported it when he arrived above their heads.

He used up all his Chakra to avoid the Sensory Ninja's detection! Why does he still have such powerful combat strength after exhausting all his Chakra?

He flew into the sky suspended by those strange things with Steel Wire!

He really is an enviable genius! At such a young age, his strategic value is already no less than that of a powerful Elite Jonin.

Watching Yueguang Han descend from the sky, Mitarashi Shika and Kurama Watanabe analyzed the situation in their hearts.

"Uncle Hoshino, let's retreat quickly! After suffering such a huge loss, the Sand Shinobi won't let this go. Their retreat is only temporary." After landing beside Yueguang Xingye, Yueguang Han hurriedly said this.

"Mm!" Hearing this, Yueguang Xingye immediately nodded and ordered, "Everyone, continue retreating."

"Send word to the front line immediately. Have them set up a large number of traps along the possible retreat routes of the Konoha infiltrators." On the other side, after emerging from the tunnels, Rasa immediately gave several Sand Shinobi a series of orders. "Tell them about the enemy's abilities and have them avoid engaging this group of Konoha infiltrators head-on. They only need to keep setting up traps along their path to delay their escape."

"All ninja capable of using Earth Style, along with Feiyin, will continue pursuing the enemy with me. All other ninja are to return to the valley outpost. Disperse!"

"Yes." At this, the Sand Shinobi answered loudly and quickly took action. A few seconds later, fewer than thirty ninja and Rasa were all that remained at the site.

"Without my orders, no one is to act on their own. No one may leave my fifty-meter range. Feiyin, sense once every kilometer. We'll travel underground through all open areas. Move out!" Looking at the ninja who had stayed behind, Rasa gave his orders and led them in pursuit of the Konoha Ninja's escape route.

You may be able to fly through the sky, but the other Konoha Ninja can't. Even if I can't kill you, not a single one of the other Konoha Ninja will return alive. Moving swiftly and leaping between the trees, Rasa clenched his fists and secretly made up his mind. He was not completely confident that he could kill the Konoha Genius Youngster who could fly, and he might even be killed by him instead. But the other Konoha Ninja were different. With the front-line ninja delaying the Konoha Ninja's retreat, he would soon be able to catch up with them.