The Times Have Changed, Land of Iron

Land of Iron.

The nation of samurai.

Here, samurai clad in heavy silver lamellar armor and wielding several long samurai blades stood guard.

Cold snow whirled through the air as they stood watch wearing gas masks.

The Four Kage Summit had left everyone feeling as though a blade hung over their heads.

The Land of Iron was the closest place to the former territory of the Land of Hot Water.

Orochimaru's hidden Hidden Sound Village lay between it and the Land of Lightning, separated by a small country.

Once the Land of Iron was taken, the Land of Lightning could be completely cut off from the Shinobi World.

They could also attack the Land of Waterfalls and Orochimaru's Hidden Sound Village.

Though it appeared to be in the north of the continent near the sea, it was in fact an inevitable battle for Ye Zhuo's advance from the sea onto land.

As for this...

Only Ye Zhuo himself remained unconcerned.

Samui and Mabui were both astonished by this tactic.

The warships advanced until they completely surrounded the Land of Iron from the sea.

Shadow Ninjas emerged, followed by Shadow Samurai.

War broke out!

Everyone believed that the Shadow Empire could not possibly start another war so soon. It would require enormous manpower and resources.

Even with Summoning Jutsu, a summoning on such a massive scale would consume a tremendous amount of chakra.

But they did not know this.

Ye Zhuo's summons did not require chakra at all.

Besides, his chakra was inexhaustible.

"Kill them! Defeat every one of these evil samurai and ninja!"

Mifune was already frail with age, yet he stood on the shore and kept swinging his sword.

Soon, he realized that these Shadow Samurai had heavier armor and sharper blades.

And they would not die. No matter