"Cross this field as quickly as possible." In the fields behind the village, Dong Siren led more than eight hundred Stone Ninja sprinting forward, shouting loudly. They sped up once again.
Not long after entering the fields, Dong Siren suddenly had an ominous feeling. The deeper they went into the field, the stronger that feeling became. Having spent years on the battlefield, he trusted his instincts completely.
Dong Siren was not the only one who felt uneasy. Many of the Stone Ninja sprinting alongside him had the same premonition. Their increasingly anxious expressions made it clear that they were far from a minority. However, the view here was wide open, and even the Sensory Ninja among them, who could sense over a large area, had not detected where the danger was or any abnormalities nearby. Even the sparrows and rodents in the fields had only been startled into flight after they arrived. Perhaps the danger was coming from somewhere else.
This field was more than ten li wide, but for ninja, running across such a wide, unobstructed area would take only a little over ten minutes. That was with their speed dragged down by the many Genin among them. The uneasy Stone Ninja only hoped they could cross the broad field faster, discover the reason for their unease sooner, or see the premonition fade away.
Actually, if the Sand Hidden had been here, they absolutely would not have entered this open field, even if they had not discovered anything wrong.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." Just as Dong Siren was growing more and more uneasy, a series of whistling sounds rang out in the sky. Something was flying through the air at extreme speed, producing a sharp shriek as it scraped against the air.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Before the Stone Ninja could