Recaps

Daoist Master Sanfeng destroyed Tayuya’s Three Demons puppets with Daoist arts, while Shikamaru’s Blood Talisman helped break her illusion. As Tayuya prepared to attack again, a huge fan sent a tree crashing down on her.

• Ye Chen watched Daoist Master Sanfeng enter the battle while Sasuke Uchiha remained unconscious under Qian Feng’s care.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng destroyed the spirit that devoured chakra, then burned and chopped apart Tayuya’s Three Demons puppets.
• Tayuya cast Phantom Sound Chains, trapping Daoist Master Sanfeng and Shikamaru in an illusion.
• Shikamaru activated the Blood Talisman he had planted inside Tayuya, disrupting her and helping both men escape the illusion.
• As Tayuya raised her flute to attack again, someone swung a huge fan and sent a tree crashing down on her.

Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru used their secret fusion technique to devastate Sakon and Ukon, but Sakon and Ukon regenerated and struck back, leaving both partners incapacitated. The battle remained unresolved as Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru writhed in pain.

• Daoist Master Sanfeng left Shikamaru and Temari to help on another battlefield, and they assumed Tayuya had died beneath the fallen tree.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru struggled against Sakon and Ukon, whose wounds healed instantly while Kiba Inuzuka accumulated injuries.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru fused into the Three-Headed Hellhound and tore Sakon and Ukon down to a head.
• Sakon and Ukon regenerated and used a strange hand gesture to inflict pain on the Three-Headed Hellhound.
• The fusion broke apart, leaving Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru on the ground groaning in agony.

Kankuro arrived to rescue the injured Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru, then fought Sakon and Ukon with his Crow and Black Ant puppets. Sakon and Ukon’s regenerative abilities kept them alive, while Kiba remained too weak to help.

• Sakon formed his other half and attacked the helpless Kiba Inuzuka, but Kankuro’s Crow puppet blocked the strike.
• Kankuro introduced himself and made Crow engulf Sakon before exploding, while the Black Ant puppet dragged Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru clear of the blast.
• Ukon separated from Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru, survived Kankuro’s missile attack, and pulled Sakon’s mangled body from the energy vortex to regenerate him.
• Kankuro used the Black Ant’s missiles to keep Sakon and Ukon from merging and asked Kiba Inuzuka for help, but Kiba said he could not move.
• Sakon and Ukon revealed that their Secret Technique: Parasitic Demon Demolition Technique would keep Kiba from recovering soon, and Kankuro sent both puppets back into the fight.

Kankuro struggled to hold off Sakon and Ukon as their regenerative ability and close-range assault wore him down. Just as he attempted to activate a final formation, thunder sounded overhead.

• Sakon and Ukon fought Kankuro’s Crow and Black Ant puppets, but neither side could overcome the other.
• Kankuro’s exhaustion opened a gap, allowing Sakon and Ukon to break through the puppets’ encirclement and attack his real body.
• Kankuro used the formation on his scroll to teleport away, but Sakon and Ukon caught up with him at extreme speed.
• Sakon and Ukon battered Kankuro in close combat, leaving him wounded and nearly out of chakra as his puppets failed to help.
• Kankuro began drawing talismanic markings for a final formation while Sakon and Ukon interrupted him, and thunder cracked overhead.

Raijin arrived on Azure Bird: Thunderclap to aid Kankuro and attacked Sakon and Ukon with an improved Lightning Release: Thunder Strike. Sakon and Ukon survived the strike by summoning Rashomon, and Raijin prepared another attack while Kankuro moved in with his puppets.

• Kankuro dodged Sakon and Ukon’s attack, but Raijin’s lightning strike blasted the ground nearby and left Kankuro numb.
• Raijin arrived riding Azure Bird: Thunderclap and told Kankuro to keep Sakon and Ukon occupied while he dealt with them.
• Sakon and Ukon tried to provoke Raijin into landing, but Raijin ignored them and combined his lightning attack with Azure Bird: Thunderclap.
• Sakon and Ukon fled from Raijin’s guided lightning, then summoned Rashomon to block the strike.
• Raijin began drawing down lightning for another attack and urged Kankuro to help trap Sakon and Ukon, so Kankuro sent his puppets forward.

Raijin destroyed Sakon and Ukon's summoned defense, forcing Sakon and Ukon to detonate every cell in his body in a massive explosion. On another battlefield, Rock Lee opened the first four gates against Kimimaro and vanished into a blur around him.

• Raijin's attack destroyed Sakon and Ukon's summoned defense, leaving Sakon and Ukon wounded and unable to escape Kankuro's puppets.
• Sakon and Ukon grabbed both puppets and detonated every cell in his body, creating a huge explosion as Raijin fled on Azure Bird: Thunderclap.
• Rock Lee and Kimimaro paused their fight to watch the explosion, then Rock Lee announced that he would go all out.
• Rock Lee opened the first four gates, surrounded himself with blue energy, and formed a ring of afterimages around Kimimaro.
• The ring of afterimages disappeared, leaving Kimimaro alone as Rock Lee vanished from sight.

Rock Lee used Drunken Fist and medicinal liquor to renew his fight with Kimimaro, whose bone techniques countered Lee’s unpredictable attacks. The two continued their close-quarters battle, with Kimimaro beginning to reveal his strength.

• Rock Lee exhausted himself attacking Kimimaro at high speed, then drank medicinal liquor to recover and power his Drunken Fist.
• Rock Lee explained that his earlier attacks had been weakened by internal injuries, while the liquor numbed pain and boosted his strength.
• Rock Lee’s drunken attacks knocked Kimimaro back and disarmed him, but Kimimaro recovered and promised to show his strength.
• Rock Lee charged again with Drunken Fist mixed with Dance of Konoha, and Kimimaro met his kick with bone spikes before Lee followed with a punch.

Rock Lee’s Drunken Fist and Front Lotus failed to stop Kimimaro, who broke free after activating his Cursed Seal. Gaara joined the fight and trapped Kimimaro with sand, declaring that he could not escape as long as yellow sand remained.

• Rock Lee used Drunken Fist to evade Kimimaro’s attacks, then tried to bind him with Front Lotus.
• Kimimaro’s Cursed Seal expanded, broke the bandages, and sent him charging at Rock Lee.
• Gaara blocked Kimimaro’s bone sword with a sand barrier and proposed that he and Rock Lee fight together.
• Gaara stopped Kimimaro’s bone bullets with sand and attacked him with sand cannonballs.
• Gaara bound Kimimaro’s feet and cast Sand Shower over him, telling him he had no chance to escape.

Kimimaro broke free of Gaara’s sand attacks by activating the second form of his cursed seal, transforming into a monstrous beast. He charged at Gaara, who tried to stop him with sand cannonballs, and Kimimaro leaped toward him with a crushing claw.

• Gaara’s sand pillar failed to restrain Kimimaro, who broke free as Rock Lee watched.
• Gaara unleashed Quicksand Waterfall Flow and Sand Waterfall Funeral, burying and crushing Kimimaro beneath a sea of sand.
• Kimimaro activated the second form of his cursed seal, transformed into a beast, and escaped the sand.
• Gaara trapped Kimimaro in a Sand Binding Coffin, but Kimimaro broke out coughing black blood and charged at him.
• Gaara fired sand cannonballs at the speeding Kimimaro, who leaped into the air and brought his claw down toward Gaara.

Kimimaro overpowered Gaara and Rock Lee with his bone techniques, but Gaara exploited Kimimaro’s failing health and buried him in sand. Kimimaro unleashed one final attack before dying with a bone spear just short of Gaara’s eye.

• Kimimaro shattered Gaara’s sand barrier, knocked Gaara and Rock Lee aside, and bound Gaara with a bone whip.
• Gaara blocked Kimimaro’s bone spear with the Shield of Shukaku, which shattered the spear and gave Gaara a chance to counterattack.
• Gaara trapped Kimimaro underground with Sand Waterfall Funeral after realizing his strength and life force were failing.
• Kimimaro erupted from the sand with Dance of the Seedling Fern, forcing Gaara to lift himself and Rock Lee above the bone spikes.
• Kimimaro died after coughing up black blood, his bone spear stopping just short of Gaara’s eye.

Ye Chen watched the retreat from the frontline and discovered that Orochimaru had used Living Corpse Reincarnation to take over a new body before heading toward Hidden Jun Village. As Orochimaru and the pursuing combatants neared the village, Ye Chen prepared to deal with him while the players gathered outside.

• Kimimaro died, while the other members of the Otogakure Five survived and the Hidden Jun Village players helped the frontline forces retreat through Kusagakure.
• Ye Chen tracked Orochimaru and learned that he had used Living Corpse Reincarnation to seize a new body, despite its weakness and long cooldown.
• Orochimaru's giant snakes disappeared from the battlefield, and Hanzo of the Salamander left toward Hidden Jun Village, easing pressure on the front lines.
• Ye Chen decided to stay in the village and focus on the approaching Orochimaru, while the players assembled outside under Master of Open Stratagems' channeling tactics.
• The frontline combatants crossed the former Kusagakure battle line as players outside Hidden Jun Village anticipated a chance to earn contribution points.

Master of Open Stratagems organized the Glory Legion to defend Hidden Jun Village as Orochimaru’s forces advanced, then learned that the approaching Otogakure squad could use the Four Violet Flames Formation. The chapter left the players preparing to intercept the squad while facing the danger of its barrier technique.

• Players discussed Falcon's Eye’s recording of the battle and the unexpected changes to the original story.
• Master of Open Stratagems reported that the front line had withdrawn to the former site of Kusagakure and assigned the legion to prepare for battle against Amegakure mercenaries and Orochimaru’s forces.
• A player reported a six-person squad nearing Hidden Jun Village, and Master of Open Stratagems identified Tayuya, Jirobo, Kidomaru, Sakon and Ukon among them.
• Emperor of Sinking identified the masked ninja as Kabuto Yakushi but could not identify the pale-faced young man.
• Emperor of Sinking warned that the Otogakure Four could use the Four Violet Flames Formation, which had once trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Master of Open Stratagems organized Hidden Jun Village’s players to defend against Orochimaru’s group, and the players clashed with Hanzo of the Salamander outside the village. As the players held Hanzo back, Orochimaru and his companions entered Hidden Jun Village, leaving the Village Chief to face them.

• Master of Open Stratagems assigned the players to coordinated teams and ordered them to prepare for battle.
• Orochimaru and his five companions entered Hidden Jun Village’s territory and were met by a mass of players firing Rasengan.
• Orochimaru summoned Hanzo of the Salamander, who used Water Release: Waterfall Flow to counter the players’ attack.
• The players’ repeated Rasengan volleys split Hanzo’s torrent and kept him occupied outside the village.
• Following Master of Open Stratagems’ plan, the players let Orochimaru and his companions continue into Hidden Jun Village.

Viewers flocked to Falcon's Eye’s stream after asking him to film the Hidden Jun Village Chief fighting the Otogakure Four, and the platform’s boss redirected all streaming capacity to his broadcast. Other streamers protested after being taken offline, while Falcon's Eye’s stream became the platform’s only live broadcast.

• Viewers complained that the current battles lacked excitement and urged Falcon's Eye to become a war correspondent for the Hidden Jun Village Chief’s fight against the Otogakure Four.
• The players’ legion commander agreed to let Falcon's Eye leave the front lines and serve as a war correspondent.
• Nearly a million visitors flooded Falcon's Eye’s small streaming platform, causing severe network lag.
• The platform’s boss learned the viewers had come for Falcon's Eye’s stream and ordered the platform’s full streaming capacity redirected to it.
• The platform took its other streamers offline, and they protested in their group chat about having to make way for Falcon's Eye.

Falcon's Eye's Hidden Jun Ninja stream drew enormous attention and revenue, prompting other streamers to seek access to the game and rebroadcast his footage. After getting permission from the Glory Legion commander, he returned to Hidden Jun Village to film the Village Chief's confrontation with six people, while major streamer Dai Xiaomei watched his sudden rise with envy.

• Streamers discussed Hidden Jun Ninja's popularity, its scarce closed beta slots, and Falcon's Eye's extraordinary revenue.
• Falcon's Eye learned from platform staff that his stream was lagging because of its surging audience, and he felt grateful to Hidden Jun Ninja for the income.
• Falcon's Eye got permission from the Glory Legion commander and hurried from the front line to Hidden Jun Village.
• Falcon's Eye filmed the Village Chief facing six people, using his summoned night owl to help capture the confrontation.
• Other streamers sought rebroadcasting rights to Falcon's Eye's footage, and Dai Xiaomei's viewers urged her to follow the trend.

Dai Xiaomei joked with her livestream viewers while Ye Chen prepared to confront Orochimaru near Hidden Jun Village. Ye Chen suspected Orochimaru had powerful reinforcements, then found himself fighting inside the Four Violet Flames Formation as he watched for Orochimaru’s next move.

• Dai Xiaomei told her viewers they were trying to learn openly and honorably, but their teasing comments continued.
• Ye Chen reasoned that Orochimaru’s rushed attack on Hidden Jun Village likely meant powerful reinforcements were backing him.
• Ye Chen used the Body Flicker Technique to confront Orochimaru and his five subordinates near the village.
• Orochimaru ordered the Otogakure Four to form the Four Violet Flames Formation around Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen caught the tip of Orochimaru’s lengthening Kusanagi Sword between his fingers and chose to keep fighting inside the formation.

Ye Chen confronted Orochimaru as Orochimaru summoned Manda and Aoda, while Hanzo of the Salamander joined the battle with Ibuse. Ye Chen fought off the enormous summons with overwhelming strength, leaving Orochimaru shaken as the battle continued.

• Ye Chen tracked Kabuto Yakushi as he left to carry out Orochimaru's net-closing plan and taunted the weakened Orochimaru into revealing his trump cards.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and Aoda, and Hanzo of the Salamander arrived and summoned Ibuse.
• Orochimaru promised Manda control of Hidden Jun Village in exchange for helping defeat Ye Chen, and Manda agreed.
• Ye Chen caught Manda and Aoda's attacking heads, twisted them around, and sent Aoda crashing to the ground.
• Manda broke free and tried to swallow Ye Chen, but Ye Chen punched him in the jaw and knocked him backward.

Ye Chen used Hidden Jun Village’s power of nature to lift the giant snakes and seized Orochimaru’s comment as a chance to present himself as a Taijutsu expert. After opening six gates, he vanished at incredible speed, leaving Orochimaru braced for an attack.

• Ye Chen realized his feat of holding up the giant snakes came from drawing on Hidden Jun Village’s power of nature, and he intended the display to intimidate rival villages.
• Orochimaru called Ye Chen a Taijutsu expert, prompting Ye Chen to decide to demonstrate his Taijutsu strength.
• Ye Chen opened six gates of the Eight Gates Released Formation and surrounded himself with a blazing blue aura.
• Ye Chen resolved to portray himself as an invincible Taijutsu expert to deter enemies and clear obstacles to Hidden Jun Village’s growth.
• Ye Chen vanished too quickly for the naked eye to follow, and Orochimaru braced himself atop Aoda’s head.

Ye Chen fought off Orochimaru and his four summons, countering the Four Aspects Technique with a relentless barrage of Morning Peacock fireballs. After Orochimaru retreated and the technique’s strain left the summons unable to use it again, Ye Chen rushed to capture him and end the battle.

• Ye Chen dodged Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Swords and the summons’ attacks, then used Morning Peacock to destroy most of the blades.
• Orochimaru emerged from Aoda and ordered the four summons to combine their poison, blood, and corrosive attacks into a purplish-black mass aimed at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen bombarded the mass with fireballs while taunting Orochimaru, gradually shrinking it despite its poisonous, corrosive mist.
• Hanzo of the Salamander raised the ground and detonated buried Explosive Tags, but Ye Chen charged through the blasts with his feet reinforced by chakra.
• Ye Chen destroyed the remaining purplish-black mass, and Orochimaru retreated with Aoda as the summons could no longer use the Four Aspects Technique.
• Ye Chen, still sustained by nature’s power despite the strain of opening six gates, lunged toward Orochimaru to capture him and resolve the battle.

Ye Chen fought off Orochimaru’s attacks before Orochimaru transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent and battered him into a deep ravine. Ye Chen emerged in Susanoo, frightening the summoned creatures and prompting Manda to abandon Orochimaru.

• Ye Chen dodged Orochimaru’s tongue blade, iron hook, sickle, and poisonous smoke, then countered the snakes with Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame and Lightning Release: Chidori.
• Orochimaru used the Secret Art: Eight Branches Technique and transformed into a white serpent with eight heads, whose relentless attacks devastated the battlefield.
• Viewers watching the fight wondered whether Ye Chen had died after the Eight-Headed Serpent’s assault stopped.
• Ye Chen burst from the bottom of the ravine and summoned Susanoo, declaring that Orochimaru would face his giant form.
• Manda fled after seeing Susanoo, while Aoda remained because he could not leave without Orochimaru’s consent.

Ye Chen used a nature-powered Susanoo to defeat Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent, then collapsed the technique after draining much of Hidden Jun Village’s natural power. As Ye Chen and the badly injured Orochimaru faced off, Kabuto Yakushi arrived with Sasuke while Naruto Uzumaki chased him, revealing Orochimaru’s plan to draw them into the battle.

• Ye Chen summoned a purplish-red Susanoo and attacked Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade.
• Aoda shielded Orochimaru and was cut in two, while Hanzo of the Salamander and Ibuse failed to stop the blade.
• The Totsuka Blade severed seven of Orochimaru’s serpent heads before Susanoo vanished, leaving Ye Chen and Orochimaru severely weakened.
• Ye Chen vowed not to use a secret technique of that scale again until he became stronger.
• Kabuto Yakushi appeared carrying the unconscious Sasuke, with Naruto Uzumaki pursuing him, and Ye Chen realized Orochimaru had planned to draw them in.

After imitating Susanoo, Ye Chen remained weakened and watched as Kabuto Yakushi arrived with Sasuke Uchiha while Naruto Uzumaki followed. Meanwhile, viewers praised the battle footage, and players debated whether the Hidden Jun Village Chief’s strength would unbalance the game.

• Ye Chen used Retrospection to learn that Kabuto Yakushi had infiltrated Hidden Jun Village and that Orochimaru’s attack aimed to obtain Sasuke Uchiha, with Amegakure support behind it.
• Kabuto Yakushi arrived carrying Sasuke Uchiha, with Naruto Uzumaki following, while Ye Chen recovered and waited to see what Orochimaru would do.
• Viewers who watched Falcon's Eye's livestream praised the battle as spectacular and predicted that its footage would make Hidden Jun Ninja even more popular.
• A netizen posted on the official forums asking whether the Hidden Jun Village Chief was too powerful and might ruin the game’s balance.
• Clever Silkie argued that Hidden Jun Village was a player faction and that its chief’s strength could serve as a player-friendly shield, prompting a heated debate.

As players debated whether Ye Chen’s power threatened the game’s balance and Hidden Jun Village’s future, Kabuto Yakushi healed Orochimaru after Ye Chen’s attack. Orochimaru decided to retreat with Sasuke Uchiha, but Kabuto offered a way to hold Ye Chen off.

• Down-and-Out Worrywart argued that Ye Chen’s strength could draw attacks from the Five Great Shinobi Villages and disrupt the game’s balance, prompting heated discussion among players.
• Kabuto Yakushi brought the unconscious Sasuke Uchiha to Orochimaru and used Mystical Palm Technique to heal his injuries and bring him out of his daze.
• Orochimaru acknowledged that Ye Chen was stronger than expected and ordered Kabuto to retreat with him and Sasuke.
• Kabuto Yakushi asked Orochimaru whether he would stay if Kabuto could hold off Ye Chen.

Kabuto Yakushi used the Temple of Nirvana Technique to put many fighters to sleep, while Orochimaru made Sasuke Uchiha awaken his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and use its genjutsu on Ye Chen. Ye Chen countered with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kabuto Yakushi whispered a plan to Orochimaru, who agreed to proceed once two others arrived.
• Kabuto Yakushi cast the Temple of Nirvana Technique, putting Naruto Uzumaki and many players and Amegakure ninja to sleep while Ye Chen disrupted its effect.
• Orochimaru helped the unconscious Sasuke Uchiha sit up and pressed points on his back until Sasuke opened his eyes.
• Sasuke Uchiha revealed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and its genjutsu began drawing Ye Chen's mind into an illusion.
• Ye Chen cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to block his sight and counter the Sharingan's genjutsu.

Ye Chen used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique on himself to resist Sasuke Uchiha’s Dojutsu while pretending to be incapacitated. Old Mr. Yu appeared unaffected by the Genjutsu, confronted Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, and ended the chapter insulting Orochimaru’s low standards.

• Ye Chen blinded himself with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, and Orochimaru ordered Kabuto Yakushi to kill him while he controlled Sasuke Uchiha.
• Ye Chen heard Kabuto Yakushi approach and recognized Old Yu Next Door’s voice warning him not to attack.
• Old Mr. Yu revealed that he was unaffected by the Dojutsu, surprising Orochimaru, and traded insults with Kabuto Yakushi.
• Old Mr. Yu denounced the outsiders for invading Hidden Jun Village and killing its people, earning Ye Chen’s approval.
• Orochimaru threatened to kill Old Mr. Yu, who replied that Orochimaru’s standards were pitifully low.