Inside Iwagakure, the Grand Elder stepped out of a house. When he saw the Iwa ninja figures sprawled across the ground, his pupils constricted sharply. His slightly stooped body trembled twice, and at that moment, his already aged face seemed several shades more haggard.
"Unify the Shinobi World!"
"Heh heh... unify the Shinobi World."
The Grand Elder murmured to himself, and scenes from his youth seemed to flash through his mind.
Pfft!
The next moment, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. His body then began to sway violently until he could no longer remain standing and fell backward toward the ground.
Bang!
The Grand Elder's body struck the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Ugh!"
A faint groan of pain escaped his lips. Then his body began to tremble violently, but as time passed, the trembling gradually slowed until it finally stopped completely.
The Grand Elder's breathing seemed to stop along with his body. Lying on the ground, he gradually fell silent.
Outside Iwagakure, within the Konoha ninja army!
At this moment, Fugaku and Jiraiya stood at the very front of the Konoha ninja army. Less than a thousand meters ahead of them was a force—the two thousand Iwa ninja sent out by the Grand Elder and the others to die.
Although Fugaku and the others did not know the Grand Elder's specific plans, they could more or less guess some of them. Therefore, they had no intention of directly clashing with this force of two thousand.
Along the way, they had already captured nearly ten thousand Iwa ninja and killed quite a few as well. Thus, the Konoha ninja army no longer had much desire to kill these two thousand Iwa ninja outside Iwagakure.
Although Tsunade had ordered them to intimidate