The lightning-laced wave smashed through the earthen wall. Thanks to Jonin Kimura's advance warning, most of the Rock Ninja escaped disaster. Only a few unlucky ones were swept up and swallowed by the water.
By rights, the wave had weakened considerably by then and should not have been enough to kill them. But lightning still coursed through the surging water, and that was what killed those Rock Ninja.
"Attack!"
With a fierce shout, Yechen charged toward the Rock Ninja, and the main force behind him followed.
More than three hundred Konoha Ninja surged forward like another torrent. The Rock Ninja fled in panic, robbed of their backbone and utterly at a loss as to how to fight back.
The Konoha forces had no intention of letting them go. Wiping them out would be ideal, buying more time before word of the attack got out. Even if that proved impossible, they could still kill more of the Rock Ninja's fighting forces.
Before long, the main force caught up and surrounded them.
Yechen cut down enemy after enemy, his Lightning Release working in tandem with his swordsmanship. Nothing could stand in his way.
Without a Jonin to command them, the Rock Ninja were a disorganized rabble, divided and slaughtered by the Konoha forces.
In the end, their advantage in numbers and strength allowed them to kill most of the Rock Ninja. Only a scattered few escaped using ninjutsu.
Nara Yijiu ordered them not to pursue those few. Their most urgent priority was to break out of the Rock Ninja encirclement as quickly as possible.
Only then would they have more time to rest and recover, and be better able to tie down Iwagakure's reinforcements.
They therefore had to break out before the Rock Ninja formed a second encirclement. That would make the