The Impure World Reincarnation Army Attacks: Kage-Level Masters of Past Generations Assemble

I stood atop the Wood Dragon's head, the fierce wind blasting sand straight into my ears.

The Wood Dragon's skull felt rock-hard beneath my soles, covered in a thick layer of yellow dust.

I breathed out and wiped the dried sweat from my palms on my clothes.

"A hundred thousand loads of fertilizer... I'm really going to strike it rich this time."

I stared at the reddish canyon nearby, quietly running the numbers in my head.

The wind swept toward me, carrying the earthy stink of mud and the stench of rot.

Before the Wood Dragon could even land, the ground ahead suddenly shuddered.

Rumble.

Huge stretches of muddy ruins overturned all at once.

Muddy water and clods of dry earth surged like waves, churning through the windblown sand.

"Sen! Look up ahead! Coffins are growing out of the ground!"

The ANBU girl at the camp entrance shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice cracking.

She clutched the carriage door with both hands, her little face as white as paper.

I pressed my feet down against the dragon's head, and the Wood Dragon slowly stopped in midair.

"Coffins? That brat Kabuto's sending me coffin boards this early in the morning?"

I brushed the yellow sand off my coat, feeling a little puzzled.

Up ahead, tall wooden coffins rose straight out of the canyon's muddy ground, one after another.

Their lids were covered in blackened forbidden runes, enough to make anyone's scalp crawl.

Bang! Bang!

Dull crashes rang out through the windblown sand, shaking the ground.

The coffin lids all fell into the muddy water, sending sludge splashing two meters high.

Figures wrapped in bandages stepped out, each one radiating the stillness of death.

"Th-that's Lord Second Tsuchikage Mu! And the Second Mizukage!"

Ōnoki hovered over a distant mound,