Under the cover of night, Kitsuchi led a thousand Iwagakure ninjas to look down at the ninjas below from a high vantage point. After estimating the distance, they concluded that even if they threw Shuriken from above, the Explosive Tag would not be able to harm the other side.
"Brothers, the time to make a name for yourselves has come! Kill them all!" Kitsuchi was ready to fire at this moment, so he took the lead and jumped down.
Suddenly, the Four-Tails Son Gokū inside Roshi's body said, "Something's wrong with Roshi! Those ninjas aren't his real body, they're Shadow Clone! This is a trap!"
Roshi's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Kitsuchi and the Iwagakure Ninja who were jumping down and suddenly shouted, "Come back quickly!" Seeing Kitsuchi about to land, Roshi immediately used Lava Style Chakra Mode.
His body was covered in red Chakra, and he rushed forward at high speed. A red shadow flashed through the darkness and quickly caught up with Kitsuchi, grabbing him by the Kitsuchi. Kitsuchi felt someone grab his collar and struggled.
"Let me go! Let me down!" Kitsuchi Tu shouted.
Roshi's face was cold and stern. He lifted the Kitsuchi and said, "Kid, calm down. Look down there."
Kitsuchi was taken aback. Was that Uncle Roshi's voice? And what did he say? "Let me see what's below?"
Kitsuchi stopped struggling and looked down at the ground. He saw that as soon as the Iwagakure ninja landed, the ground collapsed and spikes shot upwards from below.
The trap killed about two hundred people directly, while the remaining Iwagakure were caught off guard and died because they were a step too slow. The previous ninjas were killed by the trap, while the rest of the ninjas survived by stepping on the corpses of their comrades.
"See that? Kitsuchi brat, because of your ignorance and arrogance, Iwagakure has already lost two hundred ninjas tonight. Do you still think you're right?" Roshi murmured in the air.
Kitsuchi fell silent, staring at his companions whose bodies had been Earth Spike. His face flushed red. However, things had come to this point, and going back would only make him a laughingstock. He might as well go all the way!
"All troops, attack!" Kitsuchi gritted his teeth and shouted. The remaining eight hundred ninjas trampled over the corpses of their comrades and charged toward the Konoha camp.
Suddenly, arrows shot out from the bushes, hitting a large number of ninjas. Everything happened too fast, and blood splattered everywhere.
The ninjas behind remembered to use the Ninjutsu Earth Release: Earth Style Wall to block the stray arrows. Although they blocked a large number of arrows, they were all grazed by the arrows because they were too slow.
Someone exclaimed, "This arrow is poisoned!" The ninjas looked over and saw a man who had just come ashore lose his strength, collapse to the ground, and could not get up.
He was injured in the thigh by an arrow, which wasn't very serious, but he was too weak to fight anymore and collapsed to the ground.
As the ninja collapsed, the others who had been grazed by the arrows took a few steps and then fell to the ground one after another, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Kitsuchi estimated that there were more than 300 people. He gasped. In just one exchange, his Iwagakure Ninja force had lost half of its ninjas.
"Damn it, the ninjas of Konoha are shameless, utterly shameless! Uncle Roshi, please put me down, I want to fight alongside my brothers!" Kitsuchi said earnestly to Roshi.
Roshi looked at Kitsuchi, thinking to himself that if he protected him, there shouldn't be too much of a problem. So he nodded and flew with Kitsuchi towards the Iwagakure Ninja forces.
Roshi loosened his grip, and the Kitsuchi slowly fell to the ground. He immediately checked on the ninjas and found that the poison only rendered them unable to fight for a day and was not life-threatening, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Little did they know, this was Orochimaru's deliberate request, not out of a saintly heart, but because by doing so, the Iwagakure Ninja ninjas would not abandon their comrades, further reducing the number of combat-ready personnel.
As expected, Kitsuchi ordered three hundred men to take their poisoned comrades back to the camp, while the remaining two hundred Iwagakure troops followed him to attack the Konoha camp.
Kitsuchi Hand Seals, channeled his Chakra, slammed his hands on the ground, and shouted, "Earth Release: Earth Mountain Technique!"
The ground began to tremble, and a huge earthen wall rose up, enclosing the Shadow Clone of the Konoha Ninja. His eyes gleamed with excitement.
The earthen wall gradually closed in, trapping the Konoha border guards inside.
The border guards smiled, Hand Seals, and instantly vanished in puffs of smoke.
Kitsuchi was stunned. Shadow Clone? He had expended a huge amount of Chakra to kill the Shadow Clone? And they had automatically deactivated them? Damn it!
Boom! The two walls slammed together, but the Iwagakure ninjas didn't praise Kitsuchi. Instead, their hearts sank. Their captain Kitsuchi's every move was within the calculations of the other side.
"With only two hundred of us, can we really cause any damage to Konoha?" the Iwagakure Ninja couldn't help but question.
Kitsuchi sighed. He understood that morale was low and the people were considering retreating. Just as he was about to give the order to return to camp...
Orochimaru appeared, smiling as he looked at Kitsuchi in the distance and said, "Lord Kitsuchi, how is the grand gift I prepared for you? Are you satisfied?"
"Orochimaru... Fine, very well. Using such despicable methods, aren't you afraid that my father will personally wipe out all the ninjas in your Konoha camp in a fit of rage?" Kitsuchi gritted his teeth.
Orochimaru was taken aback, then burst into laughter. "Lord Kitsuchi, are you joking with me? On the battlefield, as long as you can win, what's so despicable about it?"
"Besides, in the previous battle between Lightning and Earth, did your army really just engage in a head-on clash with Kumogakure without using any tactics? Surely not?" Orochimaru said calmly. He'd heard that Kitsuchi was quite composed and calm during the negotiations; why did he explode today?
It's not entirely Kitsuchi's fault. He lost two hundred ninjas before even seeing anyone, then three hundred were poisoned. He led three hundred ninjas back to camp, while he led two hundred more to continue the raid.
Kitsuchi used Earth Release: Earth Mountain Technique, but instead killed a group of Shadow Clone. How could he accept this? Wasn't this just bullying an honest person?
"Enough with the nonsense, Orochimaru, fight me!" Kitsuchi channeled his Chakra in his right hand, his arm instantly turning to stone, and he unleashed a punch.
Orochimaru's eyes burned with fervor. If they could capture Kitsuchi, they might be able to end the battle quickly. Ōnoki wouldn't stand idly by and let Kitsuchi be held captive by Konoha for too long. They could demand more compensation and more resources then.
Orochimaru wielded the Kusanagi Sword and slashed at Kitsuchi's Rock Fist. Kitsuchi Tu smirked, "You think your mere iron sword can withstand my Rock Fist Technique? You're just asking for death!"
Kitsuchi neither dodged nor evaded; his Rock Fist clashed with the Kusanagi Sword, and Orochimaru sneered inwardly.
The moment they made contact, Kitsuchi sensed something was wrong; his petrified arm actually felt a slight pain!
He immediately used the Substitution Technique to retreat, and after confirming that it was safe, he looked at his arm. He dispelled the Rock Fist Technique and saw that the back of his hand was cut and bleeding profusely.
"I forgot to tell you, Mr. Kitsuchi, my Kusanagi Sword is also a divine weapon. Its sharpness is enough to break through an indestructible body. Your Rock Fist Technique can't stop its edge!" Orochimaru said coldly.
Kitsuchi Tu gasped. If this battle continued, he would surely be worn down and killed! Orochimaru was no ordinary person, so he looked at Roshi.
Roshi nodded, preparing to make a move, just then...
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