Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 138 Ninjutsu Clash
Two Rasengans struck the air sand barrier, immediately creating two huge gaping holes.

The powerful shockwave nearly caused the sand-resistant barrier to collapse.

The already somewhat loose sand barrier finally succumbed to the bombardment of the Vacuum Giant Ball, turning into uncontrollable sand dust that filled the sky above the Sand Ninja Army.

Just then, Umino Sasuke seized the opportunity to unleash another Wind Release ninjutsu. He inhaled a large amount of air into his stomach and then exhaled it forcefully.

"Wind Release: Infinite Sandstorm - Great Breakthrough!"

In an instant, every grain of sand in the sky transformed into countless tiny needles, covering the Sand Ninja Army's position.

Although these fine sand and dust spikes, which are difficult to defend against, are not fatal, they are covered with the venom from the poison gas bombs.

Given the potency of this poison gas, even a slight whiff of the gas will paralyze the person and render them unable to move within a short time. If they are injured by the fine sand and dust, the consequences will only be more severe.

Faced with such dense sand and fine spikes, only puppeteers and powerful individuals with absolute defense like Karyu could effectively resist them, while ordinary Sand Ninja of the lower and middle ranks could only wait to die.

Karyu came from the Kazekage lineage, and puppeteers were so precious that the Sand Ninja Army naturally didn't have many puppeteers.

Of course, even with a large number of puppeteers, it was of little use. Under the effect of the Infinite Sandstorm Breakthrough, all the poisonous gas that exploded in the sky had already fallen onto the Sand Ninja Army's positions.

The Sand Ninja Army had positioned themselves at the canyon exit, forming an inverted triangle. Only the canyon passage behind them could barely disperse some of the poisonous gas. With the effect of the Infinite Sand Dust Great Breakthrough, almost all the poisonous gas enveloped the Sand Ninja Army's position.

"It was too conservative and a lot of poison gas shells were wasted."

Sasuke Umino shook his head, feeling a slight pang of regret.

Although only half of the poison gas shells were used, such advantageous terrain clearly did not require such a large quantity; three layers of poison gas shells would have been more than enough.

"attack!"

The Konoha 100 below did not continue the pursuit, but instead threw explosive tag kunai towards the Sand Ninja Army.

To avoid the spread of the poison gas, the Konoha 100 were positioned at a considerable distance, and the explosive tags and kunai they threw were clearly unable to effectively penetrate the Sand Ninja's position.

At this moment, several wind-style Chunin seized the opportunity to unleash a wind-style ninjutsu unique to Sunagakure.

"Wind Style: Airflow Dance!"

A large amount of turbulent air currents blew up the sand and dust on the ground, carrying explosive tag kunai, and blasted them towards the Sand Ninja Army's position.

This chaotic flow of air was originally a defensive wind-style technique, but now it has become an extremely powerful offensive ninjutsu.

The explosive tag kunai landed on the Sand Ninja army's position and immediately exploded, like a super-wide-range S-rank ninjutsu, blasting the Sand Ninja into a state of chaos.

Karyu, in the formation, easily withstood the attack of the explosive tag kunai using his sand armor. Seeing his subordinates suffering heavy casualties, he quickly activated the chakra within his body and released a group defense secret technique.

"Quicksand Waterfall!"

Karyu used offense as defense, turning the terrain in front of him into a desert, which then transformed into a sandstorm tens of meters high, sweeping towards the Konoha Hundred.

Meanwhile, Sasuke Umino, who was in the sky, quickly formed hand seals and released a counter ninjutsu.

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave!"

In an instant, a massive, swirling column of water, like a tornado, was summoned, then cascaded down like a waterfall, forming a great river that crashed against the flowing sand. As expected of Tobirama Senju's signature Water Release technique, it not only combines offense and defense but is also extremely effective against Sand Release techniques.

After being contaminated by the Water Release technique, these quicksands immediately lost their chakra activity and became difficult to control.

Meanwhile, the dozen or so shadow clones within the Konoha Hundred-Man Formation finally ceased to conceal themselves, each unleashing a B-rank Wind Release technique.

"Great Scythe Itachi Jutsu!"

A dozen or so Wind Release ninjutsu combined, transforming into countless dense wind blades, and landed on the Sand Ninja Army's position at lightning speed, just like an S-rank Wind Release technique.

Karyu didn't even have time to use his Sand Release technique for effective defense.

The Sand Ninja Army suffered heavy casualties from these repeated attacks, with only a few remaining. Only a small number of puppeteers and powerful Jonin survived because they received antidotes via syringe and possessed strong defensive capabilities.

"retreat!"

Karuo took the initiative to cover the rear, allowing his subordinates to retreat first.

Not many Sand Ninja survived, and although the canyon was narrow, it wasn't too crowded to pass through.

To avoid being poisoned, the hundred members of Konoha did not pursue the enemy, but the dozen or so shadow clones had no such scruples and gave chase.

"Sand Waterfall Burial!"

In order to buy his subordinates more time to retreat, Karuo decisively unleashed his ultimate move.

A massive wave of flowing sand swept in, blasting the pursuing shadow clones into puffs of white smoke.

Karyu's rearguard action was extremely effective, and the remaining twenty-odd Sand Ninja quickly entered the canyon and sped back.

Meanwhile, Umino Sasuke in the sky had already passed Karuo and was throwing a large number of explosive tag kunai at the canyon below.

While defending themselves, the Sand Ninja in the canyon tried to break through at top speed, but the explosion of the explosive tags caused the rock walls to crumble and break the Sand Ninja's escape team into several pieces, severely slowing down their escape speed.

Even though the few Sand Ninja in front of them were lucky enough to survive the explosion, they were greeted by the Wind God and Thunder God, who were like gatekeepers, as well as a group of powerful Konoha Ninja.

At this moment, the Wind God and Thunder God, dressed in extremely heavy golden-yellow glutinous armor, stood at the mouth of the gorge, blocking the path of the Sand Ninja.

Meanwhile, those positioned behind the Wind God and Thunder God defense line, such as Hayama Shiraku, Shun Uchiha, Raito Namiashi, and Midoriya Yamashiro, were no ordinary individuals.

In addition, many rising stars of the Konoha Hundred, such as Ryo Inuzuka, Mama Shiranui, and Kone Kurama, also participated in the ambush here.

In such a confined space sniping battle, the Wind God and Thunder God, clad in armor, can fully unleash their Jonin-level combat power. If facing a Sand Ninja Puppet Master, they can even unleash an even more terrifying counter-attack.

The Wind God and Thunder God wielded their massive iron clubs, like two killing gods guarding the entrance to hell, annihilating the fleeing Sand Ninja one by one.

Even if some Sand Ninja managed to break through the Wind God and Thunder God's defenses, they would still be doomed when surrounded by Shirakumo Hayama, Uchiha Shun, and others from behind.

Thus, with the Leaf Village's Hundred Heroes and Shadow Clones holding off Karyu at the rear, and above the canyon, there were continuous explosions from explosive tags, while at the canyon's exit, a group of skilled Leaf Village members guarded the area.

The complete annihilation of the Sand Ninja Army is imminent.

(End of this chapter)