Chapter Summaries

Neji Hyuga used a decoy and a Death-Substitution Puppet to lure Kidomaru into striking his back, then attacked him with a knife-hand. Kidomaru survived with Sticky Gold Armor and fled, but someone grabbed him before he could shoot again.

• Kidomaru exhausted Neji Hyuga with arrows and spiderwebs, then realized Neji had run out of chakra and had a blind spot behind him.
• Kidomaru fired a hidden arrow at Neji's back, and Neji took the hit while keeping his vital areas clear.
• Kidomaru aimed another arrow at the wounded Neji, but Neji's apparent body was a decoy, and he struck Kidomaru's neck from above.
• Kidomaru used Sticky Gold Armor to survive Neji's attack, then scrambled away as Neji examined the golden fragments and realized his ploy had failed.
• Kidomaru turned to shoot at Neji, but someone seized him by the neck and told him not to take his wicked deeds too far.

Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master restrained Kidomaru with Hyuga techniques after he escaped Corpse Bearer’s first hold. As Kidomaru activated his second-level cursed seal and summoned a giant blood-red spider, the battle turned toward a deadly confrontation.

• Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master arrived and held Kidomaru while Neji Hyuga insisted on staying to identify his weaknesses.
• Neji Hyuga warned them that Kidomaru was about to escape, and Kidomaru shed a golden shell to slip free of Corpse Bearer’s grasp.
• Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master coordinated their Eight Trigrams Palm techniques to trap Kidomaru and seal most of his pressure points.
• Neji Hyuga recognized their moves as the Hyuga Clan’s secret technique and grew hostile toward the two Jonin for using it.
• Kidomaru spat black blood to summon a huge blood-red spider, spread cursed seals across his body, and activated his second-level cursed seal.

After Kidomaru’s forbidden technique devastated the forest, Neji Hyuga confronted Corpse Bearer and his partner about their knowledge of the Eight Trigrams Palm and was carried off for treatment. Ye Chen then turned his attention to the battlefield, where Shikamaru struggled to survive against Tayuya.

• Kidomaru’s forbidden technique caused a massive explosion and blood mist that destroyed the surrounding forest.
• Neji Hyuga questioned Corpse Bearer and his partner about learning the Eight Trigrams Palm, then resisted their help until they knocked him unconscious and carried him toward the battlefield.
• Ye Chen realized Neji Hyuga had discovered outsiders knew the Hyuga Clan’s secret technique and considered how to explain it to him.
• Reinforcements from the Hidden Jun Village players eased pressure on the front line, while the Otogakure Five continued fighting the tournament youths.
• Shikamaru tried to escape Tayuya’s three summoned demons, conserving his strength and ignoring her taunts because he knew he was outmatched.

Shikamaru struggled against Tayuya’s Three Demons until he used a blood-enhanced Shadow Possession technique to seize control of her and disable the puppets. He rushed toward Tayuya as she cursed him, still held by his technique.

• Tayuya attacked Shikamaru with her three puppets, whose coordinated strikes and sonic blasts repeatedly overwhelmed him.
• Shikamaru used his Death-Substitution Puppets to survive the assault, spending his last one when the Three Demons struck again.
• Shikamaru unleashed Shadow Possession and joined his shadow to Tayuya’s with a blood-drawn technique.
• Shikamaru forced Tayuya to leap from the treetops and crash to the ground, breaking her control over the Three Demons.
• Shikamaru rushed toward Tayuya while she cursed him, but he kept her bound with his secret technique.

Shikamaru nearly succumbed to Tayuya’s flute genjutsu after she broke free by activating her Second-Level Cursed Seal. A mysterious cultivator rescued him and confronted Tayuya, who sent her Three Demons puppets against him.

• Shikamaru attacked Tayuya with kunai, but she activated her Second-Level Cursed Seal, broke free of Shadow Possession, and shrugged off the weapons.
• Tayuya played her flute and restored the Three Demons puppets, while her genjutsu trapped Shikamaru in a vision of the Nine-Tails attacking Konoha.
• An unfamiliar cultivator pulled Shikamaru from the illusion and faced Tayuya on the battlefield.
• Tayuya sent the Three Demons puppets to attack, and the cultivator charged them with a flaming sword.
• The puppets combined their blasts into a spirit that howled and lunged at the cultivator.

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.