"Found them! The Iwagakure ninja!"
A ninja from the Hyuga Clan reported to Hatake Sakumo.
"Move!"
Hatake Sakumo took up his White Fang and led the charge toward Iwagakure!
The Konoha ninja behind him followed, excitement in their eyes.
These ninja had all been transferred from Sunagakure. Whatever else might be said of them, the moment they saw Hatake Sakumo, their courage shot straight to the maximum.
It was precisely because they fought fearlessly under Hatake Sakumo's command that Hiruzen Sarutobi had specifically assigned them to him.
"Enemy attack!"
Iwagakure's scout ninja spotted Hatake Sakumo too and immediately shouted a warning!
But the instant he finished speaking, Hatake Sakumo's blade was already upon him!
With a single slash, the Jonin-level sensory ninja's head was severed from his body!
"Konoha White Fang!"
Kitsuchi looked at Hatake Sakumo, his expression grim.
He had not expected Hatake Sakumo to arrive so quickly. Konoha really had spared no expense to hold the line against Iwagakure!
He knew the situation on the Sunagakure front was far from promising, yet instead of building on his victories there, Hatake Sakumo had come to the Iwagakure battlefield. That left Kitsuchi feeling he had a difficult fight on his hands!
Hatake Sakumo ignored him and swung White Fang. With chakra infused into White Fang and his Hatake Swordsmanship, he was like a god descending to earth, cutting the Iwagakure forces into utter disarray!
"Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"
Kitsuchi immediately unleashed Earth Release: Earth Flow River at Hatake Sakumo, hoping its powerful impact would drive him back!
"Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!"
Hatake Sakumo immediately used Earth Style Wall, but not to block the attack.
He leaped straight onto the wall, using it to execute a graceful double jump, then landed behind them and cut down several more ninja!
"Steel Release!"
Kōdo charged straight in front of Hatake Sakumo, activating Steel Release to clash with him head-on!
"You really are tough..."
Hatake Sakumo's White Fang left only a white mark on Kōdo's body. Even Hatake Sakumo had to praise how sturdy his body was.
"Lightning Release Blade!"
Hatake Sakumo infused his chakra into his ninja blade. Although this required extremely precise control, it was no difficulty for him.
The Explosion Release Corps surrounded him as well. Although Hatake Sakumo had coated his blade in Lightning Release, each slash only inflicted superficial wounds on Kōdo, without doing any internal damage.
Meanwhile, the Explosion Release Corps attacked from the sides, fighting under Kōdo's protection.
After finishing the preparatory motions for Earth Release: Earth Flow River, Kitsuchi also moved in to surround Hatake Sakumo. It seemed Hatake Sakumo had nowhere left to run!
"Human Bullet Tank!"
Suddenly, over thirty enormous spheres hurtled toward the Iwagakure ninja!
"Now!"
Didaze had held back all this time precisely because he was waiting for the Konoha ninja to act!
Only then could he pinpoint where to set off his explosions!
"Clay Bomb: Giant Bird!"
Didaze took straight to the air and flew toward the place the Akimichi Clan was rolling from!
"C1: Clay Spider!"
Didaze expended thirty percent of his chakra in one go, creating nearly a thousand Clay Spiders!
The densely packed spiders were enough to trigger trypophobia!
"It's that Iwagakure genius! Everyone, use Earth Style Wall to block them!!!"
The Nara Clan Head immediately shouted a warning, then used Earth Style Wall to defend!
After all, if they needed a ninjutsu everyone could use, the simplest option, Earth Style Wall, was their only choice. Other ninjutsu all had some learning requirements.
In an instant, over a thousand people used Earth Style Wall. The walls formed what looked like an indestructible fortress, shielding the Konoha ninja firmly within!
"The ones who came this time are probably even stronger than the last group..."
Didaze glanced at the thickness and height of the walls, his expression gradually turning serious.
The strength of these walls alone gave him a glimpse of how strong this group of Konoha ninja was.
"Secret technique: Kikaichū!"
The Aburame Clan once again unleashed Kikaichū at Didaze, hoping to force him down from the sky!
And this time, their clan head was present, and there were more Aburame Clan members than last time. Didaze could plainly see that there were more than twice as many insects as he had encountered before!
"These insects again... fine!"
Didaze had not wanted to waste chakra on these insects, but now he had no choice. If he did not deal with them, they could pin him down completely!
"I'll use this move..."
Didaze molded a very small sphere, but it gave off tremendous chakra fluctuations!
In fact, the chakra in this sphere had already surpassed that of C2: Giant Dragon!
"There goes another forty percent of my chakra..."
Feeling that only thirty percent of his chakra remained, Didaze's expression turned serious as well.
"I hope you can do what you're supposed to..."
Didaze gently tossed the sphere!
"What... is that thing?"
The Nara Clan Head watched the sphere, his body frantically warning him of danger!
"Crack!"
The sphere cracked softly, then dispersed into the air!
"Clay Bomb: Nano Bomb!"
Didaze stared unblinkingly as the Nano Bomb burst open!
The Kikaichū were the first to suffer. The instant the nanoscale bombs came into contact with them, they destroyed the insects from within!
Kikaichū could absorb chakra, but clearly, nanoscale bombs were beyond what they could absorb!
The Kikaichū began exploding, one after another... until every last one was gone!
Just like that, all the Kikaichū released by the Aburame Clan were wiped out!
"What... what is this thing?!"
The Nara Clan Head was horrified, but he soon understood.
Because he, too, had inhaled the nanoscale bombs!
"Everyone, cover your mouths and noses! Retreat, quickly!!!"
Sensing the nanoscale bombs inside his body, the Nara Clan Head immediately mobilized all his chakra to isolate them!
There were only a tiny number of nanoscale bombs, yet the Nara Clan Head had to use all his chakra just to barely hold them back!
The ninja beside him fared even worse. Apart from the Hyuga Clan, who activated their Byakugan and saw the densely packed nanoscale bombs, the other clans could only flee in panic!
"Explode!"
Seeing the remaining people begin to flee, Didaze immediately detonated the rest of the nanoscale bombs!
In an instant, the Konoha force that had originally numbered over a thousand began exploding one after another. Aside from the powerful ninja who isolated the nanoscale bombs with their chakra, almost all the others died to this single move!
The Konoha force that had originally numbered over a thousand was reduced to just three or four hundred in an instant.
But these three or four hundred were all elites. Even the weakest were among the stronger Chunin, so it could be considered a refinement of the Konoha force.
"No, I don't have enough chakra left. I need to leave!"
Didaze checked his chakra and decisively returned to the Iwagakure forces!
Meanwhile, Hatake Sakumo was fighting all the Iwagakure ninja alone!
What's going on... why aren't they here yet?
Hatake Sakumo kicked a member of the Explosion Release Corps away, then cut another ninja down, unable to stop the thought from surfacing.
"Boom!!!"
Just then, the sound of an explosion rang out, and Hatake Sakumo heard it too.
Hatake Sakumo's face instantly went pale, and an Iwagakure ninja landed a slash on him!
Although he immediately killed his attacker with a backhand slash, his mind was in turmoil!
"Wonderful! Lord Didaze blew those Konoha trash to death! Hahahahaha!"
Hearing the enormous explosion, every Iwagakure ninja grew excited!
With an explosion that enormous, the Konoha ninja must have suffered terrible casualties. Konoha White Fang was sure to lose this time!