Over the following days, the Temporary Stronghold was far from peaceful. Although the Rock Ninja launched no large-scale attacks, the stronghold was still within the Iwagakure Defensive Line.
There were no major battles, but small-scale harassment never stopped.
Outside.
Boom, boom, boom...!
Explosions rang out incessantly three kilometers from the stronghold.
Yechen recognized the sound. It was the blast of detonating Explosive Tags.
"Again?"
Yechen's Shadow Clone opened his eyes as he sat inside the tent, but he had no intention of going out.
It was their seventh day at this stronghold, and throughout those seven days, the Rock Ninja had never stopped harassing them.
Overall, the two sides had reached a stalemate here.
Why hadn't Iwagakure sent more Rock Ninja over?
Simple. They didn't have enough people to spare, and the cost would be considerable. With Iwagakure's current troop strength, it was difficult to send stronger ninja here.
Their team wasn't the only one launching a counteroffensive. Konoha Ninja were fighting back along the entire front.
By now, Konoha had captured nearly two-thirds of Iwagakure's frontline strongholds facing them. Those teams showed no intention of stopping, either. They continued driving deep into enemy territory, attacking the Second Defensive Line.
Other areas needed reinforcements more urgently than this one.
Had that been all, Iwagakure's sizeable forces could still have scraped together some troops to send over.
The real problem was that Konoha's sudden counterattack had also presented Kumogakure with an opportunity.
Although Kumogakure had lost the previous battle, its elite troops still had the strength to fight again. With the Third Raikage's return sending morale soaring, how could they pass up the chance for revenge?
The Third Raikage had not recovered his peak strength, but even at half that strength, he was unquestionably a Kage Level combatant.
Thus, Kumogakure's forces