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"what!"
"Master Xi, save me!"
“My legs are gone.”
"I can't see!"
Xi remained calm and continued to jump higher. Then he pulled out a flare from his waist and shot it into the sky, illuminating the dark sky.
Less than a moment.
The bodies of the Konoha ninjas who had fallen in the Konoha position stood up one after another, and dozens of Konoha ninjas also ran out from the periphery. They surrounded together and began to harvest the remaining members of the Kumogakure troops in large numbers.
For a moment, the shouts of killing were loud.
"Kill those beastly Kumo ninjas!"
"You bastards, today is the anniversary of your death."
The injured Cloud Ninjas and the ambushed Konoha Ninjas almost formed a one-sided fight. The few elites who still maintained their full combat strength also died under the siege of multiple people.
Watching these scenes, Xi's face darkened. Looking around, he saw his companions being slaughtered.
Xi swore that when reinforcements arrived, he would kill all the Konoha ninjas to relieve his hatred.
"Hold on, everyone. Support is coming soon. Our numbers are several times greater than Konoha's. We will definitely win."
While speaking, Xi formed a seal and used the lightning illusion that he was good at, the lightning pillar.
In the eyes of the Konoha ninjas, a strong and dazzling lightning flashed from Xi's body, blocking their vision. There was only a white light in front of their eyes, as if they were blind.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the remaining Cloud Ninjas finally had a chance to escape or resist.
But this opportunity only lasted less than three seconds.
Beside him, several women moaned softly.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"
"Water Release·Water Dragon Bullet!"
Xi's eyes flickered. With his perception far beyond that of ordinary people, he glanced around the moment he sensed danger.
Three beautiful black-haired women of the same appearance took a deep breath and then exhaled chakra energy of the three attributes of wind, fire and water in his direction.
Sarutobi Hazuki.
The woman who once served as the chief captain of Konoha's Anbu and this time, the leader of Konoha's escort, set a trap that caused him to suffer a great loss.
I didn't expect that after being disabled for several years, he could still have such strength.
Xi lowered his eyes and formed hand seals at the fastest speed, barely avoiding the moment when the three chakra energies intersected.
boom!
The area around where Xi had just stopped turned into dust and dissipated after being attacked by Hazuki Sarutobi.
Immediately, she half-crouched on the ground, kicked hard and launched herself into the air, then drew a long sword from her waist. She coordinated with her two shadow clones to get close to Xi and slash with the sword.
During the battle, her expression was indifferent, with only the purest fighting spirit.
"Konoha Style Swordsmanship: Dance of the Three Suns and Moons!"
The vital points on the left, top and right were all under threat. Xi's temples suddenly jumped and he made the most correct judgment.
He dodged the two swords on the left and right by leaning sideways, and used his shoulder to block the sword from above. During this time, he completed the hand seal and created multiple lightning balls at once. He used the injury-in-rebirth style of fighting to successfully disperse Sarutobi Hazuki's shadow clones and forced him to retreat.
Then Xi retreated while using the palm magic to heal himself.
He is an all-round ninja who has mastered ninja body illusion perception and medical treatment, so being injured is not a particularly serious matter for him.
What we need to do now is to withdraw from the Konoha position as soon as possible, avoid being surrounded and wait for support.
In just this short period of retreat, Xi had already healed his injuries.
"Xi from Kumogakure, I didn't expect that the one who would come here this time would be you, who is known as the left hand of the Fourth Raikage." Ye Yue chased over, raised his dark eyes, and stared at Xi with cold eyes.
He was filled with murderous intent.
Since the death of the Fourth Hokage, the countless provocative acts committed by Kumogakure against Konoha over the years have long aroused the dissatisfaction of the vast majority of Konoha people, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that there is a deep hatred.
If it weren't for the pressure from the Hokage and Konoha's high-level officials, the Fourth Ninja World War would have probably started between the two countries of Fire and Thunder long ago.
Let’s not talk about the past.
This time, the Hidden Cloud Village sent troops directly into the border of the Land of Fire to attack the people escorting the prisoners, and simply did not take Konoha seriously at all.
Tolerable or unbearable.
Sarutobi Hazuki raised his sword and attacked again.
"Hmph!" Xi snorted, drew out his kunai and fought with him. When the weapons were exchanged, he said: "Sarutobi Hazuki, I will give you a chance now. If you surrender, I can spare your life. Otherwise, everyone will die."
During the battle, psychological warfare is equally important.
Sometimes a single word can determine life or death.
Sarutobi Hazuki ignored his nonsense and continued to swing the knife: "You are the ones who will die."
Her knife skills were fast and fierce, and Xi was overwhelmed. He cursed her asshole in his heart, but on the surface, Xi still looked calm.
"Hahaha, are you kidding me?" Xi sneered, "In a little while, two more troops will surround us. Do you think you can hold on?"
Using Lightning Release Ninjutsu to force Ye Yue back again, Xi once again used Palm Immortal Technique to heal himself. The all-round ninja can do everything, but is not particularly strong in every field.
So when facing the purely offensive Hazuki Sarutobi, Xi couldn't win in a head-on fight and could only wait for reinforcements.
After a brief fight, Xi himself was very clear about this, so he kept pretending to be relaxed and chatting with Ye Yue.
He said: "The signal flares have been sent out. In five minutes at most, the reinforcements from the left and right wings will arrive. By then, you will all be dead."
"Surrender now and hand over Shukaku, and I can spare your life."
The next moment, a huge figure appeared out of nowhere not far from the forest on the left.
The huge body of the One-Tailed Shukaku stood overlooking the ground, swung its arms and smashed them down heavily, and wailing sounded everywhere.
Xi retracted his gaze, a solemn expression on his face: "How dare you let the One-Tail Jinchuriki release Shukaku, aren't you afraid that Shukaku will kill your people too?"
"Aren't you afraid of the consequences of angering both Konoha and Sunagakure at the same time?"
"Hmph, we've provoked the weak Konoha and the useless Sand Village, what will become of them?"
Xi was not afraid that the left wing would lose, but Shukaku's attack range was too wide, and he was worried that the casualties of the middle-level combat forces of the left wing would be very heavy.
At this moment, Xi hated Atzii so much in his heart. If Atzii had not led the entire team to disappear, without even one person returning to report the news, how could he have been ambushed again.
How could the team suffer such heavy losses?
Now that Atsuyi is dead, he is undoubtedly the one responsible. The only way to avoid punishment is to capture Shukaku as soon as possible.
Xi Yi gritted his teeth and formed a seal to use the Thunder Illusion Lightning Pillar. This time, he would take the initiative to attack Ye Yue, and find a chance to bring Ye Yue to the right wing, kill her first, and then go to the left wing with the right wing to provide support.
"Illusion." The moment Ye Yue saw the white light, she knew she had been tricked. She closed her eyes and listened to the sound to determine the location.
She immediately responded to Xi's attack and movement, and vaguely heard a hint of an unusual sound.
A bad premonition emerged in my mind.
"Oh no, could it be that Naruto has been forced into a desperate situation?"
At this time, in the Konoha camp, the Cloud Ninja team led by Xi had been completely defeated, some died and some fled, while Ye Yue stayed and led the team waiting here to victory and tried to chase Ye Yue and Xi.
When you can't catch up, head to the right to support your companions.
The trap in the position was made using all their detonating tags. The left side was blocked by Gaara of Sunagakure, but the right side did not have the same advantage as the other two routes.
The order Ye Yue issued was also to hold the right side as long as possible, and if it couldn't be held, to fight and run while waiting for support.
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The forest on the right.
Hidden among the densely packed trees were more than a dozen Konoha ninjas and a handful of Sand ninjas. The leader was Inuzuka Hana and her deputy was Uzumaki Naruto.
Out of concern that Naruto was too arrogant, Ye Yue did not let Naruto lead the team. She was not worried that Naruto would be in danger, but she was afraid that Naruto would bring others into danger.
She believed in Naruto's strength, and even if he met a strong man he couldn't defeat, he would be able to run away.
But the others are all Chunins. If they fight head-on, they will probably die in the face of such a large number of people.
We should try our best to preserve the team's vitality.
But the strange thing was that the team that was ambushing here waited for a long time but still couldn't see the enemy arrive.
Instead, they were the first to receive reinforcements soon after, and the number of people suddenly increased to more than fifty people.
"The situation over there has been resolved. How is the situation here?"
"We don't have any situation here yet."
"Didn't you send anyone to investigate?"
"Naruto-kun's shadow clone has already gone, but there is no news yet."
Inuzuka Hana was also confused and looked at Naruto in the tree above, who smiled back at her.
The smile seemed rather shy, but Inuzuka Hana was actually quite nervous.
What she didn't know was that the Naruto in front of her was not the real Naruto, but just a shadow clone.
The real Naruto had already started the battle at the Cloud Ninja's hiding place in the distance.
A crushing battle in which one killed eighty-five.
Among them there is one jonin, and seven special jonin, which, in comparison, is almost the entire combat power of a small ninja village.
Such a powerful lineup was originally used to encircle and kill the enemy when the wind was favorable, and to provide support when the wind was unfavorable.
But before the distress flare in the sky lit up, Naruto had found the exact location and hid near them.
Soon, the signal flare lit up, and the senior ninja led by Kumogakure immediately ordered the troops to follow him to the place where the signal flare was released to support Xi.
As he was preparing to act, the jonin lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, his face full of pleasure.
It has always been his habit to take a puff of cigarette before and after sex.