Hidden Stone Collapse Operation Two
In the arena
Ōnoki's guards, including three masked ninjas, entered the Daimon. The four of them Hand Seals and slammed their hands on the ground.
The ground beneath Gaara's sand sphere arched up, lifting the sphere up, and this arched earthen pillar moved, slowly carrying the sand sphere into the Genin's rest room.
The sand sphere had only moved a few steps when it changed. Some beautiful purple patterns appeared on its surface, and the sand sphere slowly expanded.
"Roar!"
The sand ball transformed into a tanuki over three meters tall, letting out a deafening roar. The tanuki's body was covered in purple stripes, and its size was slowly increasing.
"What's this!?"
"This feeling?"
"Wrong!"
While the Iwagakure Ninja were still stunned, the tanuki's size had already filled the entire center of the arena, taller than the stands, and the highest point of the arena was only at the tanuki's chest.
This Ten Thousand Person Arena, is a spacious and towering structure nearly forty meters tall, making it one of the largest buildings in Iwagakure. The tanuki is even taller than the arena, indicating that it must be at least fifty meters tall.
Above the tanuki's head was a small figure, none other than Gaara with short red hair. Gaara's eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was ferocious and evil.
"The Feigning Sleep Technique!"
Gaara clasped his hands together, forming a single mudra, closed his eyes, lowered his head, and lost consciousness.
"Roar! Hahahaha, I'm finally out!"
The giant raccoon's originally light yellow eyes turned dark yellow, and it let out an excited human-like voice.
What is this?
"A monster!"
"Run!"
In the stands of the arena, tourists and spectators were terrified. The wealthy and nobles rose and fled, and chaos reigned in the arena.
Many Iwagakure Ninja realized something was wrong and were about to question the Tsuchikage when suddenly a loud boom echoed from the high platform, billowing out a thick plume of black smoke that caused the Tsuchikage to disappear from sight.
"Third!"
"Lord Tsuchikage!"
"Not good!"
The ninjas of Iwagakure) uphold the Will of Stone, are extremely united, and are skilled in combined attack techniques. When there are many of them, they possess numerous powerful combined attack ninjutsu. Many Iwagakure Ninja rushed towards the high platform.
On the high platform
Through the thick smoke, Ōnoki saw that this Kazekage, whether real or fake, was speaking so arrogantly and had already made a move. His previous expression of grimacing pain intensified, but his tone became more composed as he coldly said:
Who exactly are you!?
Orochimaru's two Hidden Sand guards were held back by Ōnoki's guards. After a brief struggle, they gradually moved away. Not far from the platform, four people from a group of people who looked like tourists jumped onto the platform, positioned themselves at the four corners, cast a barrier Ninjutsu, and shouted:
"Four Violet Flames Formation!"
Seeing that the Four Violet Flames Formation was in place, Orochimaru finally had the mood to answer Ōnoki's question, and sneered:
"I am a restless wind, wanting to stir up trouble in the Shinobi World. The Shinobi World has been peaceful for so many years, it's really too boring, hehehe."
Orochimaru had no other feelings for Ōnoki; he simply wanted to murder a ninja leader, just like he would murder the Kazekage.
The Kazekage's thick skin is very useful to Orochimaru. Unlike facing his teacher, where he could tear off his mask and show off, Orochimaru, disguised as the Kazekage, needs this identity right now.
"Hmph, whoever you are, prepare to face the wrath of Iwagakure!"
Ōnoki snorted coldly, and after uttering his forceful threat, he violently tore at the python binding his body.
At the same time, another Ōnoki emerged from the floor behind Orochimaru. This Ōnoki had a layer of rock wrapped around his right hand and punched Orochimaru in the back.
"Rock Fist Technique!"
A punch landed squarely on Orochimaru's back. The advanced Earth Style Ninjutsu of Iwagakure, combined with the Added-Weight Rock Technique and the Rock Fist, possessed the power to split mountains and cleave rocks. Orochimaru let out a miserable howl and was blasted away by the punch.
The Ōnoki bound by five pythons could not break free no matter how hard he struggled. In the end, under the pythons' strangulation and tightening, he turned into rock with a blank expression.
Five or six Iwagakure Ninja dressed in Iwagakure vests and red single-sleeved robes gathered in Four Violet Flames Formation. Seeing that Ōnoki had gained the upper hand, these Iwagakure Ninja all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Rock Bullet Technique!" x5
Five Iwagakure Ninja spat out stones with the speed and power of bullets, which bombarded the Four Violet Flames Formation. The stones sizzled and burned, and due to their hardness, they were quickly incinerated upon contact with the barrier.
"This barrier..."
A man who appeared to be the leader of the group watched this scene with a furrowed brow.
In the arena
After Shukaku emerged, it was extremely excited. It slapped its belly with its massive arm, and a huge air cannon shot directly into the arena.
"Air Bullet!"
With a deafening roar, the walls and eaves of the arena were instantly blasted through, revealing a large hole, and the entire wall where the hole was located was cracking.
"Help!"
"Help me!"
"I am the Daimyo of the Land of Birds! Come and protect me!"
"I am the chairman of the Ocean Trading Company, please help me!"
Many tourists were trapped under the rocks and revealed their identities to plead for help.
After this trip, these people will probably never come to Iwagakure again.
Hahahaha!
Shukaku let out a human-like laugh, extremely excited, and patted its belly again.
"Air Bullet!"
The air cannon fired not far from the large hole, causing a third of the walls of the circular arena to collapse. From this gap, the entire Iwagakure village could be seen.
Explosions, lightning bolts, fireballs, and sudden powerful air currents echoed intermittently throughout Iwagakure, along with faint shouts of battle that could even reach the arena from within the village, indicating that many invaders had already infiltrated the village.
Shukaku glanced at Iwagakure and became even more excited. He patted his belly and fired an air cannon at the distant Iwagakure.
The air cannon swept through everything in its path, destroying numerous houses and many ninjas fighting nearby.
"Earth Style: Yellow Spring Marsh!"
Earth Style: Earth Release: Antlion Technique!
The numerous Iwagakure Ninja were furious at Shukaku's unbridled use of Ninjutsu. The Iwagakure Jonin forward to fight the One-Tail, using Earth Style ninjutsu to turn the ground beneath Shukaku's feet into a swamp, intending to drown Shukaku.
"Hahahaha! I'm sand, how could Earth Style work on me!"
Shukaku let out a wild laugh, raised its huge, thick arm, and slapped down at the ant-sized ninjas below.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With Shukaku's strikes, many rookie ninjas and unlucky souls from Iwagakure died beneath Shukaku large palms.
Shukaku was like a giant demolition machine, destroying the walls of the arena. The underground swamp had little effect on Shukaku; walking on Shukaku swamp was almost the same as walking on the ground.