Is That You, Yo-Yo King? / We Meet Again

The flying sand, propelled by the wind, was no less powerful than bullets. The trees near where Uchiha Shingen sparring were instantly shattered by the yellow wind and turned into pieces. The Explosive Tag hidden within didn't even have a chance to detonate.

The overwhelming sandstorm tore at everything in its path, rolling forward and growing wider and wider, swallowing up the forest. Only the sun in the sky struggled, sometimes being "pushed away" and sometimes "squeezed in," becoming the only source of light in the gray-yellow sky, its intensity fluctuating.

Chapter Eighteen: Is that you, Yo-Yo King?

On the other side of the woods, the Cloud Ninja Army seemed to be taking their time... or so they thought.

This is the main force of the Cloud Ninja, not the kind of bait in South Gate City, but a true elite force of nearly 20,000 men, spread across this other side of the valley.

Although their situation wasn't much better than that of the foreign ninjas, the Cloud Ninja had already begun their march. With more time to spare, they had been clearing their way through and had even deployed the Earth and Wood troops.

After the failure of the "Konoha Crush" launched by Kumogakure Chunin Ninja Exams Cloud Village, Darui, without any competitors in Kumogakure, naturally ascended to the throne of the Fifth Raikage and began to actively prepare for the inevitable retaliation from Leaf Village.

Just because Leaf Village has Uchiha Shingen, they'll definitely retaliate.

Upon learning that Uchiha Shingen had recognized Leaf Village's Northern War Zone Commander-in-Chief, and knowing that the village's traditional direct confrontation was no match for Leaf Village, Darui ordered the activation of the Poison Insect Road and spared no expense in allocating resources, hoping that the main force of Cloud Village could bypass the Leaf Village ninja forces in front of the fortress and invade the Land of Land of Fire.

The other route is by sea.

The core idea is simple: two main forces, as long as one of them can enter the Land of Fire, we will strive to negotiate peace with Leaf Village with a suicidal attitude.

As for allies, that's a different story.

Darui was mentally prepared for one of his forces to be discovered and eliminated by Uchiha Shingen; both forces were scapegoats for the other.

This is where the Cloud Village Sect's glimmer of hope lies.

If he could stop, he could get Cloud Village to help Leaf Village fight Iwagakure or Hidden Mist Village.

Didn't Uchiha Shingen prefer to solve problems outside the battlefield? Darui felt he understood perfectly well that Kumogakure could live a good life as long as it didn't touch Leaf Village in this generation.

What the next generation does is for the next generation; it has nothing to do with him.

Let Leaf Village cut off our flesh; Cloud Village can just cut off others.

In Kumogakure, he was opposed to the "Konoha Crush" from the very beginning.

In all honesty, this time, the attack on Leaf Village wasn't Cloud Village by Kumogakure.

It was the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, who spearheaded this, and Iwagakure really didn't betray Cloud Village. Now, Ōnoki himself has perished in Leaf Village.

But the Kazekage was shameless; he actually betrayed the enemy on the spot.

Those two idiots who went to Leaf Village, they didn't even jump in when they had such a good opportunity.

At this moment, the Cloud Ninja in the Poison Insect Road were completely unaware of the thoughts of their village's new Raikage. Having also endured a difficult journey to reach this point, they stopped to prepare for war after receiving intelligence from the advance team.

The other party were just mercenaries, not Konoha Ninja.

That's nothing to be afraid of.

The Cloud Ninja waiting on the other side of the forest soon felt the ground tremble. Those Cloud Ninja jumped into the trees saw the yellow dragon rising in the distance.

At first, the Cloud Ninja were delighted, believing that the minefield and Explosive Tag array had taken effect.

But the tremors grew stronger and closer!

The Cloud Ninja on lookout finally saw clearly that this wasn't dust from an explosion at all!

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! It's an attack!"

One by one, the lookouts jumped down, shouting wildly.

I was sweating profusely.

Those mercenaries couldn't have launched such an attack, nor could it have been a composite Ninjutsu used by Konoha Ninja. Leaf Village doesn't have that many ninjas skilled in Wind Release.

The number of Leaf Village ninjas skilled in Wind Release can be counted on one hand.

That overwhelming sandstorm, resembling a colossal beast, could have been avoided if not for the combined escape technique...

It's Uchiha Shingen!

The sandstorm was extremely fast, and the Cloud Ninja were in a narrow river valley, and their troops were spread out and stretched out too much in preparation for battle.

To the Cloud Ninja behind them, all they saw was the distant blue sky suddenly shrouded in gray, obscuring the sunlight and the sky itself.

The smell of sand wafted through the air, and some people felt something fall on them. When they reached up and wiped it off, they found themselves covered in sand.

Then, the sandstorm created with Chakra officially struck.

It swept through the forest. Before this Ninjutsu, the trees were fragile and could not provide any protection against the wind. They were easily crushed and broken. The forest was like nothing more than a low "grassland," and the people and other creatures living in it were just dust.

Among the things it shattered were human flesh and blood.

Dust, wood chips, bits of flesh, and all sorts of debris filled the air. Faced with this sudden attack, the Cloud Ninja could only hope that there was something nearby to provide cover.

However, the rock walls on both sides of the valley also made unpleasant noises in the strong wind.

After the devastation, the forest where the Cloud Ninja Army was located was almost completely stripped bare. Only a few scattered dead trees could be seen stubbornly standing amidst the ruins, but they were all leaning precariously.

A large number of Cloud Ninja lost their lives in the attack, and their mutilated bodies were scattered everywhere.

However, this sandstorm could not have wiped out nearly 20,000 Cloud Ninja. In fact, taking advantage of the terrain, it killed at most two or three thousand Cloud Ninja.

The Cloud Ninja's previous deployment was completely destroyed. The troops at the front were disoriented, while those at the rear were still unaware of what had happened.

But the Foreign Legion has already taken advantage of this strong wind and is advancing by leaps and bounds.

The sandstorm not only destroyed the forest and the vanguard of the Cloud Ninja, but also swept away all the obstacles they would face on their march.

The foreign ninjas quickened their pace, for they had already spotted the Cloud Ninja.

In this area, the corpses of the Cloud Ninja were everywhere, with only one in ten surviving, and they had no organization whatsoever.

Behind the foreign legion that launched the charge, Uchiha Shingen stood on the head of the Black Snake. From his perspective, this ragtag army spread rapidly toward the Cloud Ninja like a swarm of insects, while the black dots representing the Cloud Ninja were sparse and scattered.

His pupils have transformed into the Rinnegan.

Just now, when he continuously activated Ninjutsu, it seemed to stimulate the Tailed Beast Chakra he left in the Cursed Seal. The original bodies of these big guys didn't know what had happened, but they actively transferred their Chakra over.

For the first time, he didn't activate the Cursed Seal, but they proactively sent him Chakra.

[Matatabi, have those guys taken the wrong medicine?]

Uchiha Shingen asked this question because Kurama and Gyuki also transferred Chakra.

[I don't know, just now, we all suddenly felt a sense of danger coming from your area, and we felt it was very dangerous too.]

The words of the Matatabi left Uchiha Shingen somewhat puzzled.

Clearly, he did not believe he was in danger.

In this world, aside from Uchiha Madara, the only ones who could still threaten his safety were that mother and son.

If the connection between the Cursed Seal and the tailed beast is enough to make even the Tailed Beasts feel threatened, then it must be that mother and child.

To be precise, it was no longer dangerous.

Uchiha Shingen realized that he hadn't seen that yo-yo king since the last time.

Chapter Nineteen: We Meet Again

The Tailed Beasts are an aggregation of Chakra, and only Chakra can influence Tailed Beasts.

Is that you...?

Uchiha Shingen silently recalled for a moment.

He did indeed spend a long time accumulating experience before he could finally meet the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, though he was still caught off guard when the moment actually arrived.

But without his previous efforts, there wouldn't have been even a chance to catch him off guard.

What others didn't know, he didn't know either, was that Hagoromo Otsutsuki was extremely stubborn. He believed that his youngest son Ashura, was absolutely correct. From the very beginning, the Child of Destiny could only be the reincarnation of Asura Chakra. All of Hagoromo Otsutsuki's preparations were for the "Ashura" master.

Of course, there's also Indra, provided he's on the Ashura's side.

To acknowledge Ashura is to acknowledge Hagoromo Otsutsuki himself, and he will not back down on that point.

But one thing doesn't make sense: Hagoromo Otsutsuki wouldn't make the Tailed Beasts feel threatened. The only person the Tailed Beasts could trust wholeheartedly was Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

Uchiha Shingen didn't receive much kindness from Hagoromo Otsutsuki. Strictly speaking, aside from the bloodline that was separated by countless generations, he actually benefited more from the Ten-Tails in terms of bloodline.

But do you think this will make you want to liberate the Three-Eyed Girl?

Moreover, it's not even Hagoromo Otsutsuki; if you want the Yo-Yo King to lick it, you'd better not.

Licking that thing's balls won't do any good.

[Let's deal with the Cloud Ninja first; we need to focus on the battle.]

Uchiha Shingen stopped dwelling on that point and focused his attention back on the battlefield before him.

The remaining Cloud Ninja have been wiped out by the Foreign Legion.

As mercenaries who survive in the cracks between various ninja villages, these foreign ninjas may lack strength, but they are often more resilient to pressure than the ninjas from the ninja villages.

They are at least a competent force on the battlefield.

Aside from organizational size, the difference between them and the ninja villages lies in the Jonin.

But with Uchiha Shingen around, this weakness of theirs was eliminated.

Not only is Uchiha Shingen capable of easily defeating the shinobi of Kumogakure, but he has also summoned the giant snakes of Ryūchi Cave, and these snakes are now cooperating with the Foreign Legion.

Therefore, the morale of the foreign legion is very high.

Facing a vastly superior number of Cloud Ninja troops, they launched a charge without hesitation.

The giant snakes served as the spearhead for breaking through the enemy lines, and they chose the Sound Ninja, whom they were somewhat familiar with, as their "navigators."

Uchiha Shingen lightly stomped his foot, and the Black Snake swayed its body, quickly catching up with its clansmen ahead and overtaking them.

In front of Uchiha Shingen were the Cloud Ninja who had regrouped.

Uchiha Shingen saw fear in their eyes, but they had nowhere to hide from it.

From the opposite side, Storm Release, as sharp as a laser, struck.

However, Susanoo's helmet had already covered the Black Snake's body, completely enveloping it.

The Storm Release that hit it were either deflected or scattered like raindrops hitting a rock.

The Black Snake roared excitedly.

It had been a long time since it had fought alongside Uchiha Shingen.

Little Sasuke is very interesting, and it likes him very much, but it is ultimately a citizen of Ryūchi Cave, and deep down it craves blood.

Other giant snakes would have the same thought.

Relying on the protection of Uchiha Shingen's Ninjutsu, the Black Snake charged straight into the Cloud Ninja army, crushing countless Cloud Ninja along the way.

Large summoning beasts are beings that leave even mid- to low-ranking ninjas helpless.

More than a decade ago, Orochimaru Legendary Sannin, used the same method to hold off the Sand Ninja Army.

One after another, the giant snakes charged in, and the defenses hastily erected by the Cloud Ninja collapsed in an instant.

The defeat is inevitable and irreversible.

Under Uchiha Shingen's command, the Black Snake charged straight at the Storm Release ninjas gathered in the Cloud Ninja Army. Uchiha Shingen was really too lazy to put in any more effort in this kind of situation.

The Susanoo Helmet is sufficient.

This isn't arrogance on his part; he spent two lifetimes to achieve the power he has today, and this leisurely life is what he deserves.

The Storm Release ninjas watched as the Black Snake charged straight at them as if it were on drugs. As usual, they unleashed a wave of Storm Release, but found it was still useless. So, without saying a word, they retreated.

Uchiha Shingen then unleashed a Fire Release: Searing Migraine.

In this environment, Searing Migraine Majestic Destroyer Flame.

The crimson flames not only engulfed a large number of Storm Release ninjas, but also, using the ample fuel available, dragged even more Cloud Ninja into the inferno.

The Cloud Ninja screamed and howled in the sea of fire, preferring to be crushed to death by the giant snake rather than be burned to death.

The torchbearers ran around aimlessly, causing the fire to spread even further and disrupting the Foreign Legion's attack rhythm.

But this is only temporary.

Fire Release: Searing Migraine is not Majestic Destroyer Flame Fire Release that relies on continuous Chakra output. Its advantage is that it saves chakra and is at its peak from the start, but its weakness is that it is powerless to continue using it.

The foreign legion's ninjas began using Ninjutsu to combat the sea of fire.