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

Chapter 205 Divine Crane Treasure Vault
"Is this specifically targeting me?"

Umino Sasuke felt like he was facing a powerful enemy.

The summoning beast of the Upper Water Flow Clan is a giant version of the Wood Bee, which can be used as a mid-to-high-level flying summoning beast.

They also mastered a sticky honey technique similar to the secret art of making syrup, which also possesses extremely strong binding power.

As for their seemingly troublesome Rock Concealment Technique, although it allows one to become invisible and even blend into rocks to move freely, it is not a threat under the perception of the Sonic Radar Technique.

"Captain, the Hokage has already brought in ninjas from the Aburame clan. The Kamimizu clan won't be able to be arrogant for long."

Although both are insect users, the Upper Flow Clan seems to have an absolute advantage in size, but in reality, the small size and large number of insects is also another advantage.

If the butterfly effect isn't too severe, the Aburame clan should ultimately defeat the Kamimizu clan, causing the Kamimizu clan to fall into decline. Of course, the possibility of Onoki taking the opportunity to suppress them cannot be ruled out.

"Air superiority is too important; we cannot place all our hopes on the Aburame clan."

Training an air force is extremely expensive, and none of the major ninja villages have a fully-fledged air force unit, but its importance is undeniable.

If the Aburame clan is defeated, Konoha will lose air superiority, and the consequences will be quite serious. No matter how strong Byakuya is, he will not be a match for so many giant wood bees. And the Uchiha kunai throwing technique is also of limited effectiveness against giant wood bees.

"I was just thinking of going to Iwagakure, so I might as well stop by the Kamimizu clan on the way. Maybe I can find a breakthrough there."

Currently, most of the top ninjas and main forces of Iwagakure are on the front lines of the Land of Grass. Only the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, remains in Iwagakure to guard the village. Even if he were to be exposed, he should be able to escape Iwagakure without much danger.

The main reason he wanted to go to Iwagakure was to borrow the Iwagakure Bloodline Limit Fusion Scroll. Relying solely on the Sunagakure Bloodline Limit Fusion Scroll provided by Shoran Fengcheng, it would be too slow to fuse an Ice Release Bloodline Limit. It would take at least a year and a half to even get started.

Why not go to Iwagakure? By learning from other sources, we can definitely speed up the fusion process of our bloodline limits.

Regarding the experience of fusion of bloodline limits, Iwagakure is the most experienced in the entire ninja world. They even have successful experience in bloodline elimination, which shows that Iwagakure is at the forefront of the ninja world in the research of bloodline limits.

Of course, besides the Bloodline Limit Fusion Scroll, the various Earth Release techniques of Iwagakure should not be missed.

Yamashiro Midori, along with the Mind-Reading Interrogation Squadron, unearthed many Iwagakure Earth Release ninjutsu, including powerful ones like Hardening Technique, Rock Fist Technique, Earth Dragon Concealment Technique, and Earth Dive Technique. However, core secret techniques of Iwagakure, such as Light and Heavy Rock Technique, Heavy Rock Technique, Mountain Earth Technique, and Earthquake Core, were all sealed with leak-proof seals, making it impossible to obtain them from the prisoners.

Moreover, due to the urgency of the situation, these prisoners were transferred to the Konoha Logistics Department for unified management, and the ninjutsu that could be extracted was very limited.

"This time when we go to Iwagakure, we must find out all of Iwagakure's Earth Release techniques."

After absorbing the chakra of several lone White Zetsu on the front lines of the Land of Grass, his Earth Release chakra is now almost surpassing his Wind Release chakra.

Now, the combined chakra amounts of the three attributes—water, earth, and wind—have finally reached 1 ka, which barely qualifies as chakra.

One card may not seem like much, but it contains twice the chakra of an ordinary Jonin. With a standard A-rank ninjutsu, one could unleash four or five consecutive attacks. Combined with Samehada's chakra transfer, this already meets the requirements for developing into a ninjutsu-type elite Jonin.

The power of the Rock Hidden Earth Release technique is beyond doubt.

Furthermore, secret techniques like the Super Weighted Rock Technique are almost on par with the various S-rank forbidden techniques of Konoha Village, and their ninjutsu level is relatively low, making them easier to learn. Of course, the reason he so desperately wanted to cultivate the Rock Village Earth Release secret techniques was to master the transformations of Water and Earth Release to their limits, hoping to have the opportunity to fuse them into a Wood Release bloodline limit.

Traveling at full speed, Big White, with his shadow clones, took less than a day to reach the outskirts of Iwagakure, even with all the twists and turns.

With the shadow clone marking the Flying Thunder God Technique, Sasuke Umino, who was far away on the front lines of the Land of Grass, arrived outside Iwagakure Village via teleportation using the Flying Thunder God Technique in collaboration with the shadow clone.

After resting for a while to restore himself to his peak condition, Umino Sasuke used the Spore Technique to sneak towards Iwagakure.

"Perception barrier?"

As Sasuke Umino approached Iwagakure, he discovered that a massive sensory barrier enveloped the entire village, even extending into the underground.

Obviously, sneaking in undetected is not so easy.

However, sneaking in secretly is indeed difficult, but entering through the main gate in the open is quite easy; one only needs to deceive the sensing guards.

The main gate of Iwagakure is bustling with people every day, including many wealthy merchants who come to give orders, and many Iwagakure ninja who return to the village to continue their duties after completing their missions.

Sasuke Umino seized an opportunity to assassinate a Chunin from Iwagakure who was returning to the village to continue his duties. Using the Disguise Technique, he easily entered Iwagakure after a brief disguise.

As expected of Orochimaru, it's a masterpiece. The sensory guards of Iwagakure couldn't see through the disguise of the Face-Changing Technique at all.

Upon entering Iwagakure, he used the Spore Technique to arrive at the most luxurious building complex in the village, only to discover that it was not the Tsuchikage Building, but rather the territory of the Kamisumi clan.

"This Shangshui clan has already found a way to die."

Sasuke Umino shook his head. No wonder the Kamisumi clan eventually declined. Their extravagant lifestyle was nothing like that of ninjas; it was more like the lavish life of nobles from the Land of Earth.

Visiting the Shangshuiliu tribe's territory was one of the purposes of his trip, so he did not leave but instead began searching the Shangshuiliu tribe's territory. Under the perception of the sonic radar technique, any secret chamber or treasure vault was exposed.

He quickly used the spore technique to infiltrate the secret treasure vault of the Upper Flow Clan.

"Did I sneak into the daimyo's treasure vault in the Land of Earth?"

As if in a dream, Sasuke Umino was surrounded by mountains of treasure chests. Even the ancient noble families of the Land of Earth might not possess such astonishing wealth.
As expected of the most powerful ninja clan in Iwagakure, their wealth absolutely surpasses that of the Uchiha clan in Konoha.

Selling spirit honey alone wouldn't have accumulated such wealth, but upon closer reflection, it became clear that if one used the longevity and health benefits of spirit honey to befriend nobles, establish trade routes, and expand business throughout the entire Land of Earth, it wouldn't be difficult to become richer than a country, let alone this amount of wealth.

"This is--"

Ignoring the priceless gold and silver jewels, the three items enshrined at the very back of the vault are the most valuable treasures in the entire vault.

(End of this chapter)