Bang!
A cloud of white smoke burst outside the courtyard, and Mountain Lord's enormous form appeared within it.
It strode up to Lin Ze, handed him a scroll, and bowed its head.
"Master, we've confirmed the exact location of the Earth-Moon passage."
"The entrance is in the northeastern Land of Frost, thirty meters beneath the Hyuga Clan's old shrine from three hundred years ago."
Lin Ze took the scroll, a gleam flashing in his eyes.
Finally confirmed.
"Someone, attend me."
Lin Ze spoke in a low voice.
Whoosh!
An ANBU wearing a coiled dragon mask instantly appeared behind him and knelt on one knee.
"Lord Lin Ze!"
Lin Ze handed the scroll to the Anbu Ninja and said coldly:
"Deliver this news to Dragon Shadow Miyamoto Ichirō immediately. Muster the troops and set out at once!"
"Yes!"
The ANBU vanished after answering.
Lin Ze turned to Kurenai Yuhi.
Kurenai Yuhi said little. She simply stepped forward to straighten his collar, then said softly:
"Be careful."
Lin Ze nodded.
The next second-
He shot into the sky, becoming a streak of blue-green light as he sped north toward the Land of Frost.
Kurenai Yuhi and Tagitsuhime stood in the courtyard, looking up at the receding light with their hands clasped tightly before their chests.
"Please come back safely..."
A whisper sounded, though it was unclear who had murmured it.
Meanwhile, on the streets of Dragon Release Village, nearly ten thousand ninja had already assembled, with Pakura, Kimimaro, and the White Snake Sage among them.
Miyamoto Ichirō drew his long sword and pointed north.
"Move out!"
A vast black torrent surged out through the village entrance, racing toward the Land of Frost.
At the same time-
Konohagakure.
Tsunade stood atop Hokage Rock, with nearly twenty thousand Konoha Ninja behind her.
She