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

Chapter 235 The Legacy of the Sky Ninja
"It's so foggy today!"

"Yes, it's almost spreading into the room."

"That's the downside of the weather at sea. It gets foggy all the time and very humid. After flying around for a while, you're soaked in water."

The Sky Ninja started complaining about the weather at sea again. Ever since their defeat at Konoha, these Sky Ninja have been complaining about this and that every day, wanting to say something about everything they see in order to vent their frustration.

However, they no longer needed to complain today. One by one, shadow clones emerged silently from the underground walls and wiped out all the Sky Ninjas.

The new commander of the Sky Ninja, Shennong, was quite alert and finally noticed something was wrong. However, before he could activate the self-destruct device in the main control room of the fortress, he was intercepted by Umino Sasuke.

"White Blood Demon, I know it's you. Come out here."

Shennong carried a bitter knife, wary of a sneak attack.

Among the many air ninja, Shennong's strength is quite good, having reached the combat power of a regular Jonin in Konoha. In particular, his taijutsu is incredibly fast, as if he has mastered some kind of active secret technique.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

From the thick fog on the left, nearly a hundred shurikens came hurtling towards them.

Shennong reacted very quickly. The special flying armor he wore had a defensive capability far exceeding that of ordinary air ninjas, and he easily withstood the attack of this A-rank ninjutsu.

But just then.

Sudden--

"Flying Thunder God Slash!"

A streak of light flashed, and a bloody gash appeared on Shennong's neck.

Blood splattered everywhere; the carotid artery had been severed.

"Air Blade Slash!"

Shennong pretended to have been killed and fell down, but as he fell, he launched a deadly sneak attack, turning the two wings on his back into giant windmill blades that spun and slashed down.

"Water Style: Mist Instant Form!"

Umino Sasuke was also surprised that he was still alive. However, thanks to the perception of the Sonic Radar Technique, Shennong did not succeed in his sneak attack and easily dodged it with a Misty Body Flicker.

sizzle...

The wound on Shennong's neck healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, with wisps of white smoke rising from it.

It was restored to its original state without leaving a trace.

"Such a powerful ability to revitalize the body using Yang Release techniques."

Sasuke Umino was deeply shocked. He couldn't help but feel envious of this self-healing ability. Wasn't this the Yang Release technique he had always wanted to develop? He never expected that this little Void Ninja would actually master such a powerful Yang Release activation technique.

His ability to activate his physical body is comparable to Orochimaru's.

"The Art of Darkness!"

Umino Sasuke immediately cast a genjutsu, completely blinding Shennong. Then, with a burst of wind breathing, he slammed the Samehada sword down on Shennong's shoulder. "Samehada: Chakra Absorption!"

Shennong wanted to rely on his ability to be immune to damage due to his physical regeneration to resist, but he found that his chakra was rapidly draining away.

In the blink of an eye, all the chakra in his body was absorbed, and a wave of dizziness and weakness washed over him, causing Shennong to faint.

After capturing Shennong, the battle of the shadow clones also came to an end. The strength of the air ninjas was far inferior to that of the mediocre ninjas from Iwagakure. Once they lost their aerial advantage, they were basically lambs to the slaughter.

Faced with the silent killing technique and the sneak attack of the spore technique, these air ninjas had no power to resist at all.

If it weren't for the desire to capture some Sky Ninjas for experiments, the battle should have ended long ago.

After imprisoning the prisoners in the Angkor Fortress and having them guarded by his shadow clones, Umino Sasuke finally began to take stock of the spoils of this trip.

Is Void Village really that poor?

I thought we hadn't gotten much loot from the Hidden Void Village because it was all hidden in the Angkor Fortress. I never expected that the Hidden Void Village, which could even manufacture flying armor, would be so poor. It was practically dirt poor. They didn't even have much food or supplies for survival. No wonder the Hidden Void Ninja went fishing. As for money, they didn't have much either.

"Could it be that this Hidden Village scrimped and saved for decades and used all their savings to build this Angkor Fortress?"

This guess is probably pretty accurate. This Angkor fortress is a small city in the air, or you could say a small ninja village floating in the sky. The cost of steel and building materials alone would be astronomical.

As a small country in the ninja world, even if the entire nation were to mobilize its resources, it would probably take decades of tax revenue to build such a massive aerial fortress, not even counting labor costs and expenses for the technical team.

"The Sky Kingdom's decades of hard work has now benefited me."

While Sasuke Umino was overjoyed, he was also faced with a dilemma.

Getting this Angkor fortress up and running isn't something he can do alone. Even with a large number of shadow clones, it requires a certain level of technical expertise. This is a high-tech product, and haphazard operation would likely result in the destruction of the city and the loss of lives.

Currently, the most valuable Angkor fortress is temporarily unusable, but the flying armor, chakra cannons, chakra shields, Zero-Tail manufacturing technology, and the body activation secret technique of the Hidden Void Village are all of immense value.

The technology for flying armor could be used to establish a joint venture with the Teku family to produce flying armor. Even if the Konoha logistics department did not purchase it, the three clans of fish, birds, and dogs could use it themselves. In ordinary ninja battles, having an aerial advantage would make them almost invincible, greatly enhancing their survivability.

Of course, using flying armor also has a major drawback: once a dependency is formed, it becomes difficult for the clan to produce truly strong individuals without sufficient training.

Therefore, flying armor can only be used by clansmen who lack talent, or in critical moments during the Ninja World War.

It would be best for the clan's genius ninjas to use these flying armors sparingly.

However, neither the Umino nor Teku clans are of the Ninjutsu bloodline, and many of their members are of average talent. With the flying armor, they can quickly train a large number of ninjas with decent combat power.

A ninja wearing a flying suit of armor, if equipped with a large number of explosive tags, would be quite troublesome even for a special jonin, and could be regarded as an elite chunin.

Currently, the Umino clan already has three Jonin. What they lack is this core strength. If they could train the mediocre young men in the clan into a large number of elite Chunin, the Umino clan could immediately join the ranks of Konoha's strong second-rate ninja clans, or even become a powerful clan among Konoha's weak first-rate ninja clans.

At the very least, this strength far surpasses that of the once-powerful Kurama clan of Konoha.

"Huh? It seems that the aircraft armor produced can be sold to the Kurama clan, and even the Aburame clan would be a good customer."

The genjutsu skills of the Kurama clan ninjas are quite good, but unfortunately, due to their physical limitations, their weaknesses are quite obvious. If they were to obtain the assistance of flying armor, they would undoubtedly be even more powerful.

(End of this chapter)