"Quick! Quick! Stop them! The Konoha ninjas have gone crazy!"
The Sunagakure ninjas were in a panic. Facing such a fierce attack, some of the inexperienced ones among them lost their composure. At this moment, a middle - aged ninja shouted angrily at them, "What are you panicking about? You're the ninjas of Sunagakure! Attack! Attack!"
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Although Sunagakure was located in a desert area, there were still ninjas who could use Water Release, and this was a rather advanced Water Release technique.
A huge torrent rushed out, extinguishing the fire tornado. Seisuke jumped up. If his body got wet, he couldn't elementalize until it dried.
He curled up in mid - air, and dazzling flames ignited on his body. Suddenly, he spread out, forming a "big" character in the air, and flames flew out from all over his body.
Big Character Explosion!
Boom!
The Big Character Explosion fell, killing three unlucky fellows.
"Chakram Saber!"
Chakra threads tied up more than a dozen kunai and controlled them to fly out, passing through Seisuke's body as he landed, but it had no effect on him.
"Firefly: Fire Daruma!"
His hands turned light green, and countless fire - like sparks, resembling fireflies, flew out from his hands and drifted around.
"What is this?" A Sunagakure ninja touched one.
"Don't touch it!"
Someone tried to warn, but it was too late. The moment the ninja touched it, countless sparks flew towards him, sticking to his body. No matter how he slapped, he couldn't get them off, and they were extremely hot.
Seisuke snapped his fingers.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Those sparks exploded instantly, and the ninja's body fell in tatters.
"Kill this brat!!!"
The Sunagakure ninjas roared and rushed forward.
Shinnosuke rushed in and saw the Sunagakure ninjas gathering and charging towards Seisuke. He laughed and said, "Perfect timing!"
He formed hand - seals at an extremely fast speed, pressed his hand on the ground, and said, "Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"
The originally solid ground under the feet of those Sunagakure ninjas suddenly softened, and their feet sank in. In front of them, a muddy stream rushed over, submerging them in screams.
He couldn't be as proficient in all five elements as his father, but he could master one or two. He was most proficient in Earth Release, followed by Fire Release.
Click! Click! Click!
Puppets flew over, opened their mouths, and countless poisoned steel needles shot out. Shinnosuke immediately formed hand - seals. "Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
An earth wall rose up to block the attack for him. Seisuke said, "Captain, find a way to dodge!"
He wasn't reminding him to dodge the enemy, but to dodge his own attack!
Shinnosuke understood immediately and used Earth Release to sink into the ground. Seisuke gathered his power, and flames rose out of thin air from the surrounding ground, finally flying towards his body.
He raised his hand, and a large amount of flames formed a fireball in his hand, which was rapidly expanding.
The flames blazed, and the intense heat was uncomfortable. In Seisuke's hand, it was as if he was holding a small sun.
Looking at this terrifying scene, all they could do was run!
"Run!!! Run!!!"
They shouted at the top of their lungs, but it was already too late.
"Too late! Great Flame Ring: Emperor of Flames!!"
He smashed the building - sized fireball in his hand down hard. The entire square exploded. Amid the deafening roar, everything around was completely destroyed. Even the solid city wall was leveled, and a large pit appeared on the ground. The charred soil emitted a strange smell.
A mass of flames gathered, and Seisuke walked out, breathing heavily. Shinnosuke emerged from the ground, looked around, gasped, and turned to look at Seisuke. "You're really ruthless."
Those shapeless things over there were probably corpses, right?
They were all carbonized.
May there be no war in heaven!
"Dealing with them one by one is too troublesome. It's better to do it this way." Shaking his head, Seisuke thought it was the right way to solve them all at once.
"Asuma and Kurenai went around the back. They probably haven't arrived yet."
"Then let's keep fighting. By the way, this stronghold here should be useless, right?"
"Useless? Don't tell me you're thinking..." Shinnosuke twitched the corner of his mouth. He more or less knew what this guy was thinking and stopped him. "Don't use such a chakra - wasting technique again."
"Okay."
The previous move, Great Flame Ring: Emperor of Flames, had consumed more than half of his chakra, but its destructive power was quite remarkable, and that was enough.
"Well, then the remaining people are up to us." Seisuke said with a smile.
Shinnosuke nodded. "Let's go."
Originally, they planned to spend some time fighting their way in with Seisuke, while Asuma and the others would sneak in for assassination. Now it seemed unnecessary. Who would have thought this little guy had a technique to clear the field.
Were all ninjas these days such oddballs?
The two of them walked one after the other into the stronghold's camp. There were still a group of Sunagakure ninjas inside, but they had no ability to resist in front of the two of them. Some were burned to death by Seisuke, and some were killed by Shinnosuke with various ninjutsu.
Shinnosuke, as expected of the eldest son of Sarutobi Hiruzen, knew a great many ninjutsu. The Sunagakure ninjas died in all sorts of ways, without any repetition.
During this time, Asuma and Kurenai, who arrived late, saw that Seisuke and the others were already on a killing spree. They regretted coming late and immediately joined the battle. The four of them went on a rampage.
"Run! Run! They're demons! Demons!!"
The Sunagakure ninjas were terrified. The remaining ones no longer held their ground and fled. Seisuke asked, "Should we chase them?"
"No need. Now Sunagakure and Konoha are vying for territory. After we go back, even if the Sunagakure ninjas take action, they won't be able to do much. We should retreat." Shinnosuke pondered for a moment and said, "These deserters will be punished when they go back. There's no need for us to chase them."
Don't push a desperate enemy too hard. Moreover, no one knew if these guys would set traps. In terms of traps and mechanisms, Sunagakure could be considered top - notch in the ninja world.
"Understood."
"Alright, we should go back too." Shinnosuke said, "The mission here is completed. What we need to do now is report the mission and wait for the next one."
The life of a ninja was like this. Receive a mission, complete it, report it, rest, and then receive another mission. This cycle continued. Before the war ended, this was their daily routine.
But the current missions were much more difficult than those in peacetime.
For a full two months, Konoha followed the plan, and finally, all the Sunagakure ninjas were driven out of the Fire Country's territory. The war also escalated from small - scale battles to large - scale ones.
The battlefield was shifted to the River Country.
Here, the Konoha ninjas began to show their prowess. Orochimaru planned to capture the River Country in one fell swoop and defeat the Wind Country on the other side. At that time, the Daimyo of the Wind Country would probably surrender, and Sunagakure would have to withdraw its troops.
Not every country's Daimyo was like that of the Fire Country, allowing the ninja village to do as they pleased.