All Sides Stir (2)

While the "Yellow Flash" and the "A-B Duo" were staging a legendary battle of speed on the northeastern border, war was blazing fiercely in an even crueler, grander form to the northwest of the Land of Fire.

Dong Sieren, a Jonin of Iwagakure renowned for his cold-blooded ruthlessness and command of massive armies, led Hidden Rock Village's main force like a torrent of earth and stone bursting through a dam. They brutally crushed the Land of Grass's feeble resistance, their spearhead aimed directly at the Land of Fire itself!

Iwagakure's strategy was simple and effective: relying on their overwhelming numerical advantage over Konoha's ninja, they launched a head-on, crushing advance. Countless Hidden Rock Village ninja surged against Konoha's defenses like a tide. Skilled in Earth Release, they possessed solid defenses and advanced slowly but relentlessly, every step accompanied by brutal slaughter.

When the news reached Konoha, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was overwhelmed. The pressure of fighting on multiple fronts had stretched Konoha's forces painfully thin. He had nearly stripped the village interior and secondary fronts of their defensive strength just to barely assemble a force capable of contending with Dong Sieren's army.

"Orders! Effective immediately, Jiraiya will take full command of the northwestern front! The enemy must be kept beyond our borders!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice carried an unprecedented gravity as he entrusted the burden of frontline command to one of his most trusted disciples.

The arrogant ninja with long white hair accepted the weighty mission and rushed to the front lines. When he saw the Hidden Rock Village ninja covering the mountains and plains, along with their slow but unstoppable advance like a moving fortress, his expression turned incomparably grave.

The battle erupted in an instant!

"Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"

"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Club!"

The Hidden Rock