Chapter 242 Legion invades the border
At the border of the Snow Country.
The third city district is separated from the outside world by a wall, dividing the inside and outside of the Snow Country into two worlds.
The wall separating the border and the city district is very tall, just like the outer wall surrounding Konoha, but the actual thickness and height are much higher than Konoha.
From the outside, it looks like a huge fortress.
"Is this the footprint of that monster?"
Two men in uniform appeared outside the city district, one of them squatted down and gestured with his palm to the sunken footprint on the ground.
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Another person took a pen and wrote down the information of the footprints in a notebook, shook his head and said: "This footprint looks like it came from a human, but it is too big, and the height is estimated to be three or four meters."
"You stay here first and protect the residents around. I will return to the guard team immediately to see what kind of creature's footprints this is."
"Okay, go and come back quickly."
In other countries in the ninja world, civilians not only have to pay various taxes, but also have to spend money to hire ninjas when they encounter problems.
In the long run, ninjas have gradually become a tool for the powerful to oppress civilians, because only the rich in the wealthy class can hire ninjas.
Precisely because of these drawbacks, under Menma's reforms, the Snow Country has abandoned the "employment" form of the five major countries.
The people of the Snow Country only need to pay taxes to be protected by the country, and do not need to spend additional expenses to hire ninjas to solve problems.
Even if something unexpected happens, the guards in various towns can arrive at the scene immediately to solve the problem for the people.
The effect is also very good. The people's sense of identity and happiness with the Snow Country has been rising.
When an accident occurs, they will report to the town's security team as soon as possible, which is a natural eyeliner to some extent.
According to the response of residents in towns around the border, there have been rumbling noises at night recently.
Some people even saw a monster with a tall body and bright eyes.
After receiving the news, the members of the town's security team rushed to the scene as soon as possible.
However, judging from these footprints, they have never heard of this creature.
They can only go back to report and ask for help.
A few years ago, the Snow Country completed road construction across the country and strengthened communication and management between towns.
In this way, the orders issued by the above can also be transmitted to various places in the first time, and the intelligence and news from various places can also be smoothly heard by the heaven.
But just when the two wanted to act separately.
"No need to bother anymore."
A voice without any emotion suddenly came from behind them.
The two subconsciously turned their heads and saw a familiar figure.
"Instructor?"
"So it's you two."
Uchiha Izumi, wearing a mask, glanced at the two of them and said calmly: "The military has taken over here. Go and ask the guards to organize the evacuation of nearby town residents."
While they were talking.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the earth shook, hundreds of figures walked out of the woods in the distance.
The stone statues that were not supposed to have life were now like living things, lined up in rows and slowly walked towards the direction of the Snow Country.
The fields and roads along the way were severely damaged.
"That is..." The two guards looked stern.
"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you organize the residents to evacuate?"
"Oh! Yes!"
After the two left, Uchiha Izumi came to a treetop.
The originally dark pupils turned scarlet, and three magatama slowly appeared in his eyes. He stared down thoughtfully, watching the stone statue army heading towards the town area of the Snow Country.
Suddenly, the shadow under his feet began to spread, flowing down the tree trunk to the ground.
Finally, it turned into a dark figure, sweeping across the stone soldiers marching in front of it like lightning.
The figure was like a sharp sword that could cut through iron like mud. Wherever it passed, the legs of the stone soldiers were cut off.
The wounds of the cut parts were as smooth as a mirror.
Purple mist also rose up and gradually dissipated in the air.
In a flash, the black shadow returned to Quan's back.
"How is it?"
"... Using the things given to us by the Lord, we can indeed destroy their core."
The black shadow gradually showed his facial features and turned into the appearance of Uchiha Shisui.
"Really?"
Hearing this, Quan took out a blue-green crystal, and began to seal his hands quickly, with his cheeks bulging.
"Senjutsu·Fire Style·Great Fire Extinguishing!"
The flames in his mouth fell from the sky, causing a loud rumbling sound, and gushed towards the stone army.
The blue flames that burned quickly roared past like an ocean, engulfing the bodies of the stone soldiers.
A large number of stone soldiers rolled in the air, their bodies and the stone blades in their hands shattered into pieces. The battle was almost a one-sided massacre.
Most of the stone soldiers walking forward were affected, burned red by the scorching flames, and their bodies cracked.
The ground and the mountain roads on both sides were left with turbid charred marks, with terrifying high temperatures that made the air bend.
When the blue sparks faded from the stone soldiers, only a pile of broken stones remained on the ground.
Under the observation of Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan, the internal conditions of the stone soldiers could be seen clearly.
The blue sparks blessed by natural energy wiped out the purple-black chakra without a trace.
The purple-black mist is the core of the stone soldiers and the chakra of the monsters.
As long as the purple-black chakra is wiped out, they will become a pile of useless stone statues.
Shisui scratched his head: "Your ninjutsu is more suitable for dealing with a large number of enemies."
Without using the Mangekyō Sharingan, his ninjutsu is more suitable for stealth single assassination.
Even the large-scale shadow flow secret technique is essentially a move for single-point enemies.
Izumi looked at the hot hell below that turned into a high-temperature steamer, and the three-magatama Sharingan was full of calmness and indifference.
"Next, just keep these ghosts out and wait for the master to solve the monsters."
These stone soldiers have hard bodies and terrifying strength, but they move slowly and don't know how to adapt.
For Izumi, who is good at fire escape ninjutsu, they are undoubtedly a group of best live targets.
Even a body as hard as steel cannot resist the high-temperature fire escape that can melt steel and fuse with fairy chakra.
"Well, there should be no problem."
Shisui nodded and said, "The master has already gone ahead. We just need to protect the Snow Country."
For them, it is not an opponent that is difficult to deal with.
The real key lies in the monsters.
These stone soldiers seem to attack fiercely and with great momentum, but they are just smoke bombs thrown by the monsters to divert attention.
If the monsters cannot be sealed, it will be useless even if more stone soldiers are dealt with.
………………
In the border cave of the Rain Country.
Kakashi looked at Neji who was silent, and leaned his head towards Might Guy beside him: "Ningji seems to have become much stronger recently."
"Hahaha, that's when... cough cough."
Under Kakashi's helpless gaze, Kai lowered his voice somewhat awkwardly, and smiled proudly: "He is a genius with talent that is not inferior to yours!"
What's more, Neji's desperateness is no less than that of Rock Lee.
"Ah, yes, yes, yes." Kakashi responded with half-open dead fish eyes, and then lowered his head and said nothing more.
After resting in the Rain Country for a while, the few people successfully crossed the Bird Country and the Bear Country and entered the territory of the Demon Country.
When they thought everything was going well and they would soon see the witch.
But they never thought that when they passed through the jungle, the view in front of them suddenly became clear.
The sky above suddenly became gloomy.
The moment before, it was still clear, and the next moment it was covered by dark clouds.
"This?!"
Several people subconsciously stopped their steps and stared at the originally flat and empty open space.
Tall stone soldiers holding stone blades stood there, letting the wind blow, standing still, rendering the atmosphere of the entire open space dead and weird.
Seeing that these stone soldiers were still sleeping, Kakashi quickly gestured to signal them to keep quiet.
But, at this moment.
Crack, crack...
Hundreds of stone soldiers raised their heads at the same time, and scarlet light lit up in their empty eye sockets.
Just look straight at the location where Kakashi and others are.
"Have you been discovered?" Kakashi reacted immediately.
Aiming at a stone soldier, he shot the kunai with a detonating talisman tied in his hand.
The other people also reacted and used their own methods to attack the stone soldiers remotely.
Ding, clang, clang! Boom, boom, boom! !
The kunai was bounced off the body of the stone soldier, and some sparks appeared as if it hit steel.
Then the detonating talisman burned, and the flames of the detonation appeared instantly, and the smoke and dust slowly rose up with a loud noise.
Swallowed several stone soldiers around.
However, when the flames and smoke dissipated.
The stone soldiers only had some wear marks, and their extremely hard bodies were completely intact.
Among the attacks of the others, only Kai kicked one to pieces with his physical skills.
But in a flash, the shattered stone soldiers stood up again.
Such stone soldiers, not just one or two, but hundreds of legions.
"Damn it!"
Kai retreated suddenly, panting and shouting: "These ghost things can't be killed at all!"
Seeing the broken stone soldiers restored to their original state, Kakashi's brows were twisted into a ball.
"Special puppet soldiers made of hard rocks, it seems that this is the ghost legion controlled by the monster."
No wonder even the third generation Hokage said that monsters are very difficult.
These stone soldiers are invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire, and even detonating talismans can hardly pose a fatal threat to them.
If the ninjas from the five great nations were to fight them head-on, even if they won, it would definitely be a tragic victory with heavy casualties.
Crack, crack, crack!
The stone soldiers also moved stiffly, raising the stone blades in their hands and throwing them.
The next second.
The stone blades were projected towards Kakashi and others like a net.
Kakashi's pupils suddenly shrank.
"Retreat!"
Boom, boom, boom! !
The stone blades, which were already very heavy, fell with terrifying force.
The trees behind them fell down instantly, causing a series of roars.
The power of this attack was even more terrifying than the detonating talisman.
Fortunately, these stone soldiers were clumsy and had no wisdom or rationality at all.
They could only throw the stone blades down from the sky with stiff movements.
Although they couldn't win in a head-on battle, they could barely deal with the stone blades' projectile attacks with their physical skills.
The figures of several people shuttled quickly in the woods, constantly dodging the stone blades thrown at them.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that they were just a bunch of puppets without souls.
"Don't bother with them anymore."
Kakashi frowned and ordered: "There's no need to waste time on these puppets. Go to the Kingdom of Ghosts to see the witch first!"
The fundamental way to deal with these stone soldiers is to find the magician who controls them behind the scenes.
"Okay!"
Several people nodded and began to go deep into the woods, bypassing these slow-moving stone soldiers, crossing the hinterland of the Kingdom of Ghosts and rushing towards the west of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
And all along the way in the Kingdom of Ghosts, stone soldiers were wreaking havoc.
If the stone soldiers at the border of the Kingdom of Ghosts were guarding, then these stone soldiers were invading neighboring countries.
It seems that the ghosts should not have escaped from the seal yet.
That can only be the "Yellow Springs Cult" that worships ghosts.
However, Kakashi and his companions did not stop.
Instead of wasting time entangled with these unkillable puppets, it is better to meet up with the witch of the Ghost Country as soon as possible, find the location of the Yellow Springs Cult and then destroy it.
After a period of trekking, the few people finally bypassed the Ghost Country and approached the western border of the Ghost Country again.
"Wait a minute!"
Kakashi frowned and suddenly stopped.
Immediately, he took out a small telescope from the ninja bag.
Following the abnormal vibration of the ground, he looked across the border of the Ghost Country.
Even from a distance, you can see the tall wall on the border of the Snow Country.
From the neat concrete ground and environment, you can also imagine the living standards of the residents there.
"The economic power is really strong."
Kakashi's first thought about the Snow Country is that it is rich and powerful.
Even the towns on the border of the country have set up flat roads.
Could it be that they have paved roads in all towns?
How much money would be needed to invest... Kakashi couldn't imagine it.
However, at this time, a group of stone statues were slowly walking towards the Snow Country, and it seemed that they were invading the border of the Snow Country.
The entire sky above the Snow Country was set off in orange-red.
Even at such a long distance, Kakashi could faintly feel a heat wave on his face.
However, due to the obstruction of the tall trees, he couldn't see what was going on.
"What's going on over there? Is it a fire escape ninjutsu?"
Kakashi looked puzzled and muttered to himself: "It seems that the defense line has not been broken yet, but..."
Can the Snow Country still use a fire escape ninjutsu of this scale?
Even if it is a joint ninjutsu, it is worth noting.
"Kakashi."
Might Guy came up and asked curiously: "What happened over there?"