The Kingdom of Ghosts, the eastern border fortress.

Artillery fire swept across the entire battlefield, and the fortress that was invaded by Iwagakure was now reduced to ruins under the bombardment of the Demon Country's mechanized troops.

Countless corpses, regardless of enemy or friend, fell on the ground where the snow was gradually melting.

The hard armored vehicle was also ravaged by the ninja's ninjutsu attacks, turning into steel fragments and scattering to every corner of the battlefield.

At this moment, there were still screams in the sky caused by the missiles piercing the atmosphere, and then bombarding the ground with a deafening roar.

Flying ninjas flew through the sky like angels of death, and then started to spin at an astonishing high speed, ravaging this land all the time.

The strong wind whipped up the roar of flames, and the dark clouds in the sky formed a bottomless vortex, as if they were about to swallow the entire earth.

The ninjas risked death, roaring and charging towards the enemy, and then were beaten into pieces in a hail of bullets, and their lives suddenly stopped beating.

The roadbed near the fortress collapsed beyond recognition due to the ninja fighting.

Under the control of the Iwagakure ninja's ninjutsu, pits were formed rapidly, cutting the battlefield into hundreds of areas, and almost sinking the entire plain.

Ayane rushed to the forefront of the battlefield alone. Around her, except for the Iwagakure ninjas, the only ones who belonged to her side were herself and the shadow dancers who lived in the shadows. Apart from that, there was no so-called one around her.

assistance.

Even so, she didn't think such behavior was reckless.

After all, in the entire Kingdom of Ghosts, there are too few ninjas who can keep up with her and cooperate with her.

Moreover, her style of fighting across the battlefield is completely random and arbitrary.

She was certain that if she led an elite unit into the deepest part of the enemy's formation at the beginning, except for herself, the rest of the team would definitely be surrounded by countless enemies, resulting in the death of all members.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to make sure that she charges alone from the beginning, so that she can fight without any scruples and completely disrupt the enemy's formation.

Thinking of this, Ayane couldn't help but think of the Uchiha woman with the teapot lid. If it were her, it would be much more convenient and faster to harvest cannon fodder on the battlefield than herself.

An association started in her mind, but in reality, Ayane's skills did not hesitate because of this, and she was as nimble as ever.

Her mission is to destroy the formation of the Iwagakure ninjas and completely suppress their morale on the battlefield.

The task of killing enemies along the way is mainly left to Shadow Dancer.

Shadow Dancer's shadow blade, which cannot be defended by ordinary ninjutsu, coupled with her speed, is like a duck to water on the battlefield. Every time she passes by, her body will be left behind.

As a result, the Iwagakure team, who was targeted by Ayane, bloomed tirelessly on the battlefield like blood lotuses, beautiful and enchanting.

"Chen Escape·Original Realm——"

Onoki, the third-generation Tsuchikage in the sky, was about to use his special skill and aim at Ayane's back for a sneak attack.

A sharp blade of wind blew.

Ohnoki flew away without thinking, avoiding the attack of the wind blade.

A girl wearing a red and white miko uniform appeared opposite Ohnoki, hanging in the air in the same suspended posture. She opened her hands, and wisps of breeze gathered in her palms, forming a smart small tornado. She stared with an expressionless face.

Onoki.

"hateful!"

Ohnoki felt a huge headache from this flying miko wearing a miko uniform.

Because this flying witch who belonged to the enemy camp did nothing on the battlefield and just stared at him.

Especially when he uses Dust Escape, he will always release the wind blade at the right time, interrupting his movements.

If he were twenty years younger... Onoki felt the sadness of being an old man.

He is older than the dead Third Hokage of Konoha, and is already seventy-six years old, an age that should have retired long ago.

If it were me twenty years ago, I wouldn't be able to cast Dust Escape so slowly.

As he grew older, his physical strength and reflexes began to decline, and even the expansion of the Dust Escape realm began to have gaps.

Although Onoki was confident of defeating this flying miko, the opponent simply did not fight him head-on. Instead, he used his own advantages to distance himself from him, and used the Muji method to instantly release the wind blade to interrupt his attack from a distance.

This made Onoki feel helpless.

This also led to his idea of ​​sneak attack on the rear of the Kingdom of Ghosts being unable to be effectively implemented.

In addition to destroying those seemingly bulky armored vehicles, if it is implemented on specific ninjas, things will become extremely cumbersome.

"Lord Tsuchikage, there is news from Konoha!"

From the radio hanging next to my ear, a rapid sound came from the radio.

"explain!"

Ohnoki didn't know why, but he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"The two thousand support troops dispatched by Konoha from the Kingdom of Bears were suddenly blocked by Uchiha Ruri. Forty percent of the ninjas died on the spot, and the rest were injured and fled! According to the instructions of Konoha's jounin squad leader, this is a trap targeting our alliance forces.

Please ask Iwagakure to stop the attack immediately and evacuate the Kingdom of Demons as soon as possible to reduce losses!"

"!?"

Uchiha Ruri!?

Ohnoki's face was so shocked that he was numb and at a loss.

Wasn't she stationed in the western waters of the Demon Country and was restrained by Kirigakure's main force?

How could it be possible to appear on the battlefield of the Bear Country and block Konoha's support troops?

Just when he was stunned, black spots appeared at the end of the distant wilderness.

With the roar of rolling steel, hundreds of brand-new armored vehicles rolled forward, rolling over the ground in front of them.

Following this black steel torrent were heavily armed ninja troops.

The leader was a dozen jounin wearing chakra armor, running at a faster speed in front, opening the way for the steel troops behind.

Seeing this sudden torrent of steel, Onoki's pupils widened. He instantly realized something and his body trembled violently.

"Kirigakure——!?"

At this time, it is too late to retreat. The Iwagakure ninjas here have completely fought with the ninjas from the Kingdom of Oni. If you retreat at this time, the thousands of Iwagakure ninjas gathered here will definitely be overtaken, resulting in most of the casualties.

But he stayed and continued fighting... Onoki's hands and feet began to feel cold.

Yagura, you bastard!!!

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There was silence in Konoha's conference room.

Whether it was Tsunade, the advisors, or the new Rizu who had joined the inner circle of power, they were all shocked by the battle reports coming back from the front.

The two thousand ninja troops used to support Jiraiya encountered Uchiha Ruri in the Kingdom of Birds, and most of them were killed or injured.

Iwagakure deployed 5,000 ninjas on the frontal battlefield in the eastern part of Oni Country, led by Onoki the Third Tsuchikage himself. It was originally a confident siege, but in the end, support suddenly appeared from Oni Country, and Iwagakure also

They were quickly defeated on the frontal battlefield and fled back to the Kingdom of Earth.

Of the 5,000 ninjas who went in, more than 3,000 died. In the end, under Ohnoki's best efforts to protect him, he withdrew to Earth Country with less than 2,000 remaining soldiers.

However, the matter was not over yet. Hyuga Ayane, who defeated the main force of Iwagakure, left the large army of Oni Country behind and advanced towards Earth Country alone. In less than an hour, he defeated the Iwagakure border troops of Earth Country.

, the western border of the Earth Kingdom fell into chaos.

In addition, Hyuga Ayane continued to go deep into the hinterland of Earth Country alone. Iwagakure's reconnaissance team was unable to track her whereabouts. By the time they were discovered, Hyuga Ayane had already appeared in the northern region of Earth Country and made a surprise attack on those stationed in Earth Country.

Northern Frontier Ninja Force.

The other party seemed to regard the Earth Kingdom as the back garden of his home, and he disappeared and disappeared in the Earth Kingdom, causing panic among the people of Iwagakure and the Daming Prefecture of the Earth Kingdom.

Is it risky or luxurious to throw a five-kage-level ninja directly into the enemy's base camp alone? But no matter which way it is, it means that the enemy of the Demon Country is more terrifying than imagined.

The good news is that everyone's understanding of the Ghost Country is no longer limited to the tip of the iceberg. As a result, the Ghost Country, an iceberg that has mostly sunk under the sea, has finally surfaced.

The bad news is that the sacrifices each village has made for this are too huge.

Especially Konoha and Iwagakure.

Since the beginning of the war, the cumulative losses of the two villages alone have exceeded 7,000 ninjas.

Although the Kingdom of Oni also paid a price for this, the number of casualties on the other side would never be as tragic as that of Konoha and Iwagakure, and would be within an acceptable range.

"I didn't expect that Kirigakure would falsely convey information to his comrades for the sake of so-called face, which resulted in heavy losses for us Konoha and Iwagakure. We must unite to make Kirigakure give an explanation for this matter!"

Mito Monohan tried his best to control the anger in his heart, but from his categorical tone, one could still hear that his anger was burning.

Originally, they felt very excited and encouraged when they learned about Kirigakure's heroic achievements in the sea west of the Demon Country, such as the defeat of the Demon Country's vanguard force, the Fourth Mizukage's great power, and the successful containment of Uchiha Ruri, etc.

Yes, even the enthusiasm for fighting has become extremely high.

But the result was that the Kirigakure reconnaissance force and the 3rd vanguard force were completely wiped out without any news.

Even Kirigakure didn't know if the person stationed in the western sea of ​​Oni Country was Uchiha Ruri himself, so he directly fabricated the battle report of the battle between the Fourth Mizukage and him, and informed his comrades in the Alliance Army, and informed him that everything was going well on the western battlefield.

The Allied forces only needed to attack with peace of mind. However, our own side pretended to attack and stood still, watching on the sidelines.

This made the senior Allied forces who inquired and learned the truth afterwards so angry that they almost vomited blood.

This is also the fundamental reason why Konoha and Iwagakure failed in the battle.
To be continued...