The first clash between Iwagakure and Konoha erupted on a scale beyond everyone's expectations. Both sides displayed their fierce bravery as tens of thousands of shinobi collided at the border of the Land of Fire. Ninjutsu and taijutsu filled the battlefield, which reached a fever pitch amid the intertwining blood and flames.
After both sides suffered roughly two thousand casualties each, they temporarily withdrew.
Neither side gained an advantage in the first wave of fighting.
Afterward, the two major villages began sending reinforcements to the battlefield. On Konoha's side, the Uchiha, Hyuga, Sarutobi Clan, Shimura Clan, Aburame Clan, Inuzuka Clan... and other great clans that formed their backbone were deployed.
Naturally, Iwagakure was unwilling to be outdone. Large numbers of elite troops were dispatched to the front, including the village's Explosion Release units.
War erupted across the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire. Starting from the border of the Land of Grass, countless battlefields of every size sprang up, with innumerable clashes breaking out every day. The intensity was no less than during the previous war in the Land of Rain.
Because Iwagakure had struck first, they held the initiative, and the battlefield had remained within the Land of Fire.
And because Iwagakure and Konoha had been the first to make a move, the situation across the shinobi world had descended into chaos from the very beginning.
Kumogakure seemed to have developed a taste for opportunistic attacks during the previous shinobi war and wanted to imitate it once more. They had no intention of touching hard stones like Iwagakure and Konoha.
Once again, they set their sights on Sunagakure.
With the Third Kazekage missing, Sunagakure was leaderless and in complete disorder. Its upper ranks restrained one another, and after suffering grievous losses in the previous shinobi war, the