The border between the land of earth and the land of ghosts.

Heavy snow has covered the wilderness, and compared to yesterday, the snowflakes falling today are much lighter.

At a glance, in the wilderness connecting the two countries, the land is severely desertified. Although it has not reached the level of desertification, it is not far away.

Most areas are not covered by vegetation and are full of desolation.

On the way forward, there are rugged rocks, some are low and can be jumped up in a few steps, and some are towering and steep, overlapping abruptly, as if straight into the sky.

On a slightly higher rock, as the captain of the army and the son of the third Tsuchikage, the Iwagakure Jounin Loess was lying on the steep rock, motionless.

His clothes and hair were covered with snowflakes, and he held a military telescope in front of his eyes to observe the distance carefully.

Late last night, while the attention of the Kingdom of Demons was focused on the Konoha ninjas of the Kingdom of Bears, he led a force of thousands of Iwa ninjas to successfully pull out a stronghold in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Demons.

Although the troops led by him suffered some losses due to the removal of this stronghold, considering the importance of capturing this stronghold in the subsequent battle, this loss did not make Huangtu feel distressed.

Unlike other villages, Iwagakure has been recuperating since the Battle of Kannabi Bridge more than ten years ago.

It can be said that Iwagakure's armed force is the most complete preserved ninja village in the great country.

In terms of the scale of ninjas, it even surpasses Konoha and is second only to Kumogakure.

In addition, Iwagakure is good at earth escape and combination attacks. If they form a formation and fight head-on, Huang Tu firmly believes that the ninjas of Iwagakure will not lose to anyone.

Even though it was arrogant at the time, the Konoha Ninja Village in its heyday also suffered a lot in this regard.

If it hadn't been for a yellow flash, the Third Ninja War would never have ended with Konoha's final victory.

But now, Iwagakure has become an ally with the once hostile Konoha, and has begun to go against his former ally 'Hyuga Ayane'. This dramatic change makes Loess lament the impermanence of fate.

He knew very well his father's plan to intervene in this war.

Unlike Kumogakure, the military threat from the Kingdom of Oni is imminent and becomes increasingly serious as time goes by. Once a war breaks out between the two countries, there will be no buffer zone to directly invade the other side's homeland.

Having such a "friendly neighbor", his father Ohnoki has often suffered from insomnia, headaches, and anxiety over the past few years.

If it hadn't been for this Four-Nation Alliance, then with his father's cunning and cunning style, he would never have taken the risk to participate in such a dangerous war.

If we win, everything will be easy. If we lose, things will be difficult for Earth Country and Iwagakure in the future.

Therefore, this war must not be lost!

Huang Tu carefully stared ahead with the military telescope, observing the movement in front, and never relaxed for a moment.

Behind the huge rock where he was lying, there were densely packed figures standing with serious expressions, and they were in a fighting formation. As long as Loess gave an order, they would launch a charge, using the Earth Escape Technique that was ready in their hands. Bury the enemy.

"Lord Loess, the enemy is approaching and will soon enter an ambush."…

An Iwa Ninja who was good at earth escape and hiding half of his body emerged from the hard rock surface and reported the situation ahead to Loess who was still lying on the rock.

"Ah, I saw it, let me know, get ready to fight."

In the military telescope, Huang Tu also took advantage of his commanding position to see the movement in the distance.

They were 'steel creations' that had never been seen before. The entire body was made of steel, and the bottom was a rolling crawler that could grip the ground.

In front of this steel creation, a long cannon barrel was set up. The muzzle of the cannon was so dark and deep that the bottom could not be seen.

At first glance, such a strange steel creation reminds people of a rough and wild aesthetic.

The rolling 'steel' is like a black torrent, crushing the earth and moving forward.

Around these ‘steel’,

It was also accompanied by a walking army composed of ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons, some of whom wore precious and rare chakra armor. These ninjas were either jonins from the Kingdom of Demons or outstanding chunin.

According to Huang Tu's estimation, the number of this walking army should be 500. Although they are accompanying the mechanized troops, their mobility is obviously more flexible than the bulky armored tanks, so they can be used very well.

Clear out the 'rats' approaching the mechanized troops to ensure sufficient firepower for the mechanized troops.

Huang Tu frowned when he saw this army that was a mixture of ninjas and steel chariots.

It's not that he underestimated the combat capabilities of this unit, but he didn't see the commander of this unit.

Could it be that he was hidden behind the troops and his view was blocked, so he didn't see it?

Moreover, they only sent out so few people to guard the eastern territory of the Demon Country. Are they, Iwagakure, being underestimated?

Only a thousand people were used to attack the eastern stronghold of Oni Country last night, but with the arrival of support troops, the number of Iwagakure ninjas gathered here has now reached more than three thousand.

In addition, there are two thousand-man companies stationed at the rear to ensure that transportation and supply work can smoothly connect with the front line.

It's not that I look down on the power of ninjas and technological weapons in the Kingdom of Demons, but it would be too rash to rely on this kind of steel 'toy' to even out such a huge gap in numbers.

Just as he was thinking this, the walking army organized by ninjas stopped in an area visible through the telescope.

As the foot troops stopped, there were hundreds of armored artillery vehicles.

The scene seemed to freeze for an instant, with only the cold wind mixed with snowflakes blowing away.

"As expected, there is no way to conduct an ambush. If that's the case, then—"

Loess saw the troops from the Kingdom of Demon stopped advancing. As expected, their troops were unable to hide themselves in front of the enemy's Sensing Ninja and Byakugan Ninja.

Then, the so-called hiding is meaningless. We can only rush in from the front, use the earth escape ninjutsu to completely disrupt the formation of the Demon Country troops, and then bury those 'steel toys' that seem to have sufficient firepower deep underground.

, making it useless.

As long as they stand on the ground, Iwagakure is invincible.

So Huang Tu stood up, put away the military telescope in his hand, put it in his arms, and then stretched out his hand, preparing to make an attack gesture...

"Master Loess, look up there, there is a sudden and powerful chakra reaction!"

The sensing ninjas who were following him suddenly opened their eyes, turned back, and pointed to the sky.

Huang Tu couldn't help but turn around, his eyes followed the direction pointed by the sensing ninja's finger, and swept towards the gray sky filled with wind and snow.

A small black dot appeared in the gray sky, and gradually enlarged as it descended downwards.

It wasn't until they got closer that Huang Tu and others saw clearly the true identity of the black spot - it was a person.

Moreover, judging from the familiar figure, it was still an old acquaintance of his on the battlefield of the Third Ninja World War——

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Hinata Ayane!

"Everyone retreat!"

Huangtu realized something, his face changed with shock, and he shouted loudly to the Iwagakure ninja below who was still staring blankly at the sky.

However, when he shouted these words, it was already too late.

Like a meteorite falling to the earth, the soil mixed with snowflakes accompanied by an explosion flew to all directions under the terrifying impact force, sending up billowing dust and smoke.

This sudden landing attack caught the Iwa Ninjas off guard, causing many Iwa Ninjas to roll out involuntarily, leaving scars all over their bodies, making them unable to get up again.

"No need to fight, keep the distance! Chunin and genin retreat, and the jounin is responsible for restraint!"

Seeing that there was a brief chaos in the formation, Loess began to command the entire crowd, allowing the stronger jounin to stay where they were, while the weaker chuunin and genin only needed to evacuate to a safe area.

The military orders were like mountains, and in the chaos, the Iwa Ninjas found their backbone.

According to Loess's arrangement, they left the jounin behind and asked the chuunin and genin to quickly evacuate from the center of the battlefield.

The tactical arrangement is indeed just right. Considering the difference in personal 'quality' between the two sides, this approach will undoubtedly minimize the losses of the Iwa Ninja.

Unfortunately, the moment Huang Tu issued this order, a figure rushed out from the dust and smoke.

The ninja outfit modified from a kimono danced with the long black hair as he leapt, and on such a cold frozen soil, there was a bright smile as bright as the sun on his face.

While it has a sweet taste, it also makes people feel that her sweet smile is mixed with biting coldness and blood.

As soon as she rushed out of the dust smoke, there was no hesitation. Under her white eyes, the formation of the Iwa Ninja troops was clearly visible, and they were all within the 'range'.

“The arrangement is good, but you must have free time to arrange it!”

After overcoming the obstruction of the two Iwagakure jounin, Ayane gave up fighting with them and directly broke through the jounin's defense line at extremely high speed and jumped into the dense area of ​​chunin and genin.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the smile on her face became even brighter.

"Back to the days!"

His body and long hair swirled, and chakra surged out from his palms, forming a chakra ball that covered the twenty or thirty chunin and genin around him.

When the body stopped dancing, the nearby chuunin and genin were all ejected and fell to the ground either dead or maimed.

A circular pit with a diameter of ten meters formed under Ayane's feet.

"Earth escape? Rock iron cannon!"

The nearby chuunin who were not affected, and the jounin who came up quickly to support, began to form seals, opened their mouths, spit out stones less than the size of a fist, and flew towards Ayane in the pothole...

During the flight, these stones rapidly increased in size and turned into rock cannonballs larger than a human being.

Hitting the human body is enough to smash human flesh and blood.

The huge rock shell passed through the afterimage, and Ayane disappeared from the spot. When she reappeared, she had landed on the head of an Iwa nin, raising her right arm to take aim.

boom!

The earth exploded.
To be continued...