Lightning Release: Lightning Spear!
A menacing lightning spear appeared on Shin'un's right arm, its surrounding raging currents demonstrating its immense power.
Surrounded by electric current, Shin'un reached the vicinity of the camp in a few steps. Although he couldn't see the transparent barrier around the camp, relying on his intuition, Shin'un still raised the Lightning Spear at the right moment and thrust it into the camp.
"Squeak~"
In the dim light, it seemed as if the Lightning Spear had struck a transparent shield, and the impact produced a piercing sound like fingernails scraping a blackboard.
After a brief standoff between the Lightning Spear and the barrier, Lightning Spear Shin'un's specially enhanced piercing power ultimately prevailed.
A layer of cracks gradually appeared on the transparent barrier.
Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound rang out, and the entire barrier was pierced through, falling in pieces like shattered glass and dissipating in the air.
Without Shin'un any instructions, the moment the barrier shattered, Nawaki's squad entered the camp. Each person unfolded a blank sealing scroll and swiftly and efficiently searched through all the documents, scrolls, and books in sight.
Seeing this, Shin'un turned around and looked at the other end of the stronghold.
"Boom!~~"
Dan Katō was still using the unpredictable nature of his Spirit Transformation Technique to create disturbances at the other end of the base, delaying the Sand Ninja's actions.
However, Shin'un's Ninjutsu had created quite a commotion, and the Sand Ninja Sand Ninja should have already realized that enemies had appeared behind them, so some of them would definitely turn around and attack.
What Shin'un needed to do at this moment was to lead the Konoha Ninja to hold out for at least twenty seconds against the attacks of this group of Sand Ninja, so as to buy enough time for Nawaki's class, who were gathering intelligence behind them.
"One two three,..."
Shin'un stood still, the Lightning Spear on his right arm still lingering, gazing at the other end of the stronghold, silently counting down the seconds in his mind.
In the sixth second, a group of Sand Ninja appeared in Shin'un's line of sight.
In the seventh second, the Sand Ninja had closed in. Shin'un hurled the Lightning Spear from his right arm, which exploded upon hitting the Sand Ninja and paralyzing all the Sand Ninja within a certain range. He didn't aim to kill them, but simply to prevent them from participating in the attack for a short period of time.
In the eighth second, to prevent the Sunagakure from forming an encirclement, Shin'un decided to lead Sand Ninja Konoha Ninja to take the initiative and launch a simultaneous attack centered on Shin'un's Lightning Release.
At the ninth second, sensing the collective attack from several Konoha Ninja, the Sunagakure stopped and unleashed their Wind Release, attacking Shin'un and his companions.
In the eleventh second, the numerous Sand Ninja, with their superior coordination in using Wind Release techniques, had no choice but to increase Shin'un Chakra output and forcibly enhance the power of their Ninjutsu, leading the Konoha Ninja's Ninjutsu attacks to barely hold off the Sand Ninja's assault.
In the twelfth second, the Ninjutsu attacks from both sides dissipated, and the large group of Sand Ninja began to approach again. Shin'un left the rest of the Konoha Ninja in place and charged towards the Sand Ninja group alone.
In the fourteenth second, using the lightning-fast speed of his Lightning Body Flicker Technique, Shin'un snatched a long sword from a Sunagakure Chunin, the blade crackling with electricity as he charged into the heart of the Sand Ninja.
In the fifteenth second, in the center of the Sand Ninja crowd, Shin'un found an opportunity to use Lightning Release Lightning Ring Wall. The lightning ring, which Shin'un had specially enhanced, swept around for dozens of meters, paralyzing the large group of Sand Ninja on the spot.
In the sixteenth second, the Konoha Ninja left behind by Shin'un came into play, using Ninjutsu to instantly kill a large number of Sand Ninja who were paralyzed by electric current.
In the seventeenth second, the Sand Ninja reacted and stopped getting close to Shin'un. Dozens of them surrounded Shin'un and unleashed a barrage of Ninjutsu at him.
Fortunately, just as the Sand Ninja's combined attack was about to be launched, one of the Sand Ninja suddenly went berserk and unleashed his Wind Release technique at his companion, causing the Sand Ninja's encirclement of Shin'un to dissipate.
Shin'un could see clearly that the Sand Ninja was being controlled by Dan Katō in his soul form, which was why he attacked his own comrade.
At the same time, seeing the Sand Ninja's encirclement dissipate, Shin'un silently calmed the surging Chakra within his body, and the unusually bright electric current around him dimmed once more.
With the eighteenth second approaching, the time they needed to hold out was about to end, and Shin'un from the Sand Ninja began to break outwards.
In the nineteenth second, the Sand Ninja were completely unable to stop Shin'un Shin'un in his Lightning Body Flicker form and could only watch as he escaped the Sand Ninja's encirclement.
At the twentieth second, the time to hold out ended, and Nawaki's squad emerged from their tents precisely on time.
"Run!"
Shin'un, his body crackling with electricity, was pursued by countless Sand Ninja, as he gave orders to a dozen Konoha Ninja.
"Yes!"
Without daring to delay, seeing that Shin'un had broken free of the Sand Ninja's encirclement, more than a dozen Konoha Ninja quickly protected Nawaki's squad in the center and broke through at top speed towards Dan Katō outside the base.
Suddenly, at that moment, something happened in the dense forest not far in front of the Konoha Ninja.
"Boom!"
An explosion rang out ahead, causing the Konoha Ninja to pause in surprise.
"That is... the place where Dan Katō's body is located."
Shin'un hung at the back of the Konoha Ninja formation, gazing at the exploding dense forest ahead.
He remembered clearly that Dan Katō's soulless body and the two Konoha guarding Chunin were right there.
Shin'un frowned, a sense of unease flashing through his mind, and immediately turned to look behind him.
Sure enough, the third Sand Ninja controlled by Dan Katō behind him had inexplicably collapsed to the ground, indicating that Dan Katō, who was controlling his body, was clearly in trouble.
"Damn it, keep going!"
With the Sand Ninja pursuing them, there was no time to hesitate. After ordering the Konoha troops to continue advancing, Shin'un leaped several times to the front of the group and inquired:
" Hyuga Shin, what happened up ahead?"
Hyuga Shin was the name of the Hyuga ninja in the group. Upon hearing Shin'un's question, he continued walking without stopping, forming hand Hand Seals and activating his Byakugan.
"This!" Upon activating his Byakugan, Hyuga Shin's brows immediately furrowed, clearly indicating that the situation from his Byakugan's perspective was far from optimistic.
"Report! There's an emergency ahead. A group of Sand Ninja have appeared from behind and attacked the squad where Jonin Katō is located."
" Jonin Katō severe injuries, while the other two Chunin are putting up a fight."
" Sand Ninja appeared from behind?" Upon hearing the Chunin's words, Shin'un immediately frowned and asked:
Where did those Sand Ninja come from?
Hyuga Shin answered without hesitation, "It looks like they're one of the squads patrolling around the base. They probably noticed the commotion at the base and ran into Katō Squad on their way back."
"Furthermore, all the Sand Ninja squads patrolling around the base should have noticed the disturbance and are now heading back."
After speaking, Hyuga Shin paused slightly and looked at Shin'un, clearly waiting for his decision.
Noticing Hyuga Shin's gaze, Shin'un pondered for a moment.
"Keep going straight, increase speed, and don't change direction."
Forcibly storming the stronghold to gather intelligence would inevitably alert the Sand Ninja patrolling the area, which Shin'un wasn't too surprised by, though he was somewhat amazed by Dan Katō's luck.
Despite quietly hiding in the bushes, he was still caught by Sand Ninja rushed to the base and suffered serious injuries.