The Land of Lightning Dared to Strike Back

A day later.

News of the Land of Iron being annexed by the Shadow Empire spread throughout the Shinobi World.

People had originally been certain that Ye Zhuo would need some time to fully digest the Land of Hot Water.

No one had expected the Shadow Empire to send out its army after only half a month and utterly crush the traditionally neutral Land of Iron.

It was said that Mifune, their samurai leader, had been captured and sent off to build some kind of samurai eco-village.

It was simply tragic.

Rumor had it that Ye Zhuo had built an enormous prison in the Land of Water to hold defeated ninja and samurai.

He had even recreated the distinctive architecture of the Land of Hot Water, Land of Water, and Land of Iron in Hidden Demon Village.

Another rumor claimed that his summoned beast army had moved every palace away before constructing replicas overnight.

The truth had long since become impossible to discern.

In short.

With the defeat of the Land of Iron.

People suddenly realized that Ye Zhuo's rules of the game differed from everyone else's. Once he made a move, he would inevitably defeat every enemy and take everything for himself.

At this moment.

Of the original Five Great Ninja Villages, only three remained.

The Land of Lightning and Cloud Hidden Village had become an isolated island following the fall of the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Iron.

Not even a bird could fly out of the trapped Land of Lightning, let alone deliver a message.

Ye Zhuo could press his army to its borders at any time and swallow it whole.

Then only the prosperous Konoha and Hidden Rock Village would remain.

As for Sand Hidden Village, its luck was truly terrible. If it