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

Chapter 370 Orochimaru's Sneak Attack

Chiyo, Ebizo, and Suna Tetsuran erupted simultaneously.

"Scroll: Flame Prison Formation!"

"Scroll - Thousand Faces of Wind!"

"Scroll - Thoroughly Eroded Quicksand!"

The ultimate techniques of the four Kage-level powerhouses merged instantly, forming a devastating torrent of energy, determined to annihilate Umino Sasuke along with his three human puppets.

Faced with this terrifying combined attack that could wipe a small fortress off the map, Sasuke Umino's eyes narrowed.

"Tutai!"

The rubbery humanoid puppet immediately stepped forward and slammed its hands onto the ground.

"Melting Escape - Great Protector Jade!"

A huge, highly elastic dark red rubber ball instantly expanded, firmly protecting Umino Sasuke and the other two puppets in the center.

At the same time, Kaguya Hyakusen also made a move.

"Dance of the Early Ferns - Bone Armor!"

Countless hard bones grew wildly as if they were alive, instantly covering the outer layer of the rubber ball and forming an indestructible white bone armor.

Rumble——! ! !
The devastating attack slammed into the bone armor rubber ball.

The terrifying explosion was deafening, and the shockwave swept across the entire square, even blowing the ninjas from the two villages fighting in the distance off course.

As the light faded, the rubber ball covered in bone armor was seen to have deformed violently, with the bone armor on its surface shattering inch by inch and even being corroded and melted in large parts. The rubber ball itself was also torn open with a sizable gap, but it was not completely broken. It had successfully withstood this deadly combined attack.

"How is this possible?!" The Third Kazekage and Chiyo exclaimed in disbelief at the same time.

Their combined ultimate attack was actually blocked! What kind of bizarre defensive ninjutsu is this?!
Just as they were stunned by this incredible defense and momentarily lost their senses,

Mutations reborn!

A cold sword light, almost merging into the air, pierced out from the shadows behind the Third Kazekage without warning.

quick! allow! ruthless!
Strike straight at his vital point.

The timing of the attack was extremely cunning, precisely at the moment when the old force had just dissipated and the new force had not yet arisen, causing a tremor in the mind.

"What?!" The Third Kazekage was, after all, a veteran Kage-level powerhouse who had experienced countless battles. His combat instincts and intuition were extremely terrifying. At the critical moment, he suddenly twisted his body.

scoff!

The sword's edge grazed his clothes, narrowly avoiding the attack.

Before he could even feel relieved to have dodged the fatal attack, the strange longsword, after missing its target, suddenly grew longer as if it were alive.

"Kusanagi Sword: Sky Blade!"

puff!

The extended sword tip, moving at a speed far beyond common sense, once again pierced the opening exposed by the Third Kazekage's twisting body, slicing across the left side of his chest.

"Ugh!" The Third Kazekage groaned and stumbled backward, looking down at his wound. He saw that the skin around the small wound had instantly turned a strange purplish-black color and was spreading rapidly in all directions!

"It's highly poisonous!" The Third Kazekage was both shocked and furious. He reacted swiftly, swinging his kunai without hesitation. With a "whoosh," he sliced ​​off a large chunk of poisoned flesh from his chest. At the same time, he quickly took out an antidote from his ninja tool pouch, swallowed it, and manipulated iron sand to cover the wound to stop the bleeding.

Although the treatment was timely, a small amount of the deadly poison had already entered his body. Coupled with the injuries caused by his self-harm, the Third Kazekage's face instantly turned ashen, his aura weakened considerably, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead, clearly indicating a significant drop in his condition.

"Orochimaru! It's you! What a despicable sneak attack!" The Third Kazekage gritted his teeth as he looked at the figure that slowly emerged from the shadows.

That signature long, waving tongue, those cold, snake-like eyes—who else could it be but Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin?

Orochimaru chuckled wickedly, licking his cheek with his long tongue as if savoring the blood and fear that filled the air: "Hehehe! You flatter me, Kazekage. Compared to the ambush of Sasuke by the four of you Kage-level fighters, what is this?"

Before he finished speaking, the expressions of the Third Kazekage and Chiyo changed drastically again.

They sensed a sudden surge of chakra around the entire Red Rock Fortress, rising like a tide from the desert and rapidly encircling it. Countless Iron Wall Legion ninjas, dressed in Konoha ninja uniforms and wearing headbands, appeared on the sand dunes.

The cold kunai, the drawn crossbows, and the flashing light of ninjutsu, like a deadly jungle, began to completely surround the entire Crimson Rock Fortress! Their numbers far exceeded ten times those of the Sand Village ninjas within the fortress.

"You were prepared all along! Didn't you even consider signing a contract?!" The Third Kazekage was both shocked and furious, his heart turning ice-cold.

He realized that not only had his sneak attack failed, but he had also fallen into the enemy's carefully laid encirclement.

Orochimaru smiled coldly, his long, golden snake eyes filled with mockery and undisguised killing intent: "Lord Kazekage, you are mistaken. We came to sign the contract with the utmost sincerity. Unfortunately, we received reliable intelligence beforehand that some people harbored malicious intentions and intended to disrupt the peace. We were merely taking necessary self-defense measures. Of course, if Lord Kazekage and Elder Chiyo are willing to lay down their weapons and surrender now, I can represent Konoha and guarantee you a dignified end."

Although he spoke words of persuasion, the eyes he looked into when he looked at the Third Kazekage were filled with the burning desire and greed of a researcher looking at a precious experimental subject. Such a perfect Magnet Release bloodline sample was quite rare.

The Third Kazekage naturally saw the ill intent in Orochimaru's eyes, and knew that surrendering would bring great shame upon Sunagakure. He suddenly waved his hand and shouted sharply, "Everyone, stop fighting and break through with all your might!!"

He knew that, faced with the Iron Wall Legion's overwhelming numerical superiority and perfect encirclement formation, staying to fight to the death would only lead to the annihilation of the entire army.

Only by breaking through can we preserve more vitality for the Sand Village.

Chiyo watched as the Sand Village ninja around her instantly plunged into fierce fighting, collapsing with screams of agony. Her heart ached. Her deep love for the village temporarily overwhelmed her grief over the loss of her son and brother, as well as her thirst for revenge. She cried out shrilly, "Brother! Arashi! Cover our escape!"

She and the two human puppets suddenly unleashed powerful combat strength, attempting to tear open a gap.

At this moment, Umino Sasuke also lowered his defenses and locked his cold gaze onto Chiyo.

"Kaguya, go and assist Orochimaru in taking down the Third Kazekage as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Master." Kaguya Hyakuzen responded hoarsely, transforming into a streak of white bones as she charged toward the battle group where the Third Kazekage was located.

Meanwhile, Sasuke Umino, along with the two puppets, Tsuchidai and Ruridama, flashed into view, as if teleporting, and stood in front of Chiyo and the two puppets.

"Elder Chiyo, your opponent is me." Umino Sasuke's voice was calm but carried an undeniable pressure. "Today, none of you will leave here alive."

In an instant, the battlefield was divided into two large parts.

On one side was the Third Kazekage, poisoned and injured, who had to face the combined attack of Orochimaru and Kaguya Hyakusen. Orochimaru's unpredictable snake-style ninjutsu and Kusanagi sword, combined with Kaguya Hyakusen's incredibly violent Shikotsumyaku attack, made the Third Kazekage, even with his Magnet Release aerial advantage, struggle to defend himself and faced constant danger. It was only a matter of time before he was defeated.

On the other side, Umino Sasuke, with two intelligent human puppets, was fighting against Chiyo and her two life-bearing human puppets.

Despite having the same number of human puppets, the situation was overwhelmingly one-sided.

The four puppets were roughly equal in strength, and even their intelligence was similar. However, Umino Sasuke's strength had made a qualitative leap compared to his last encounter with Chiyo.

The speed and monstrous strength of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode perfectly countered Chiyo, a traditional puppeteer. Chiyo, on the other hand, had been using the forbidden technique "Self-Reanimation Jutsu" to nourish two human puppets for a long time, which depleted her chakra and life force, causing her strength to decrease instead of increase.

With this shift in power, the gap has widened considerably.

Sasuke Umino didn't even need to go all out. He simply directed Tsuchida to provide absolute defense, Ruritama to disrupt with his Hundred Puppet Techniques, and he himself moved like a ghost, occasionally unleashing a powerful Lightning Release punch or a precise Ice Release thrust, forcing Chiyo into a state of chaos and near-death.

Although the puppets Ebizo and Sandstorm were highly intelligent and possessed considerable combat power due to the nourishment of the forbidden life technique, they were still completely suppressed by Umino Sasuke's absolute strength and superior puppetry skills.

"Chiyo, in the face of absolute power, it is nothing but a futile struggle. Surrender, otherwise, once these two human puppets are shattered by me, there will truly be no way to revive them."

Sasuke Umino's cold voice struck Chiyo's already battered heart like a heavy hammer, disrupting her rhythm on the battlefield.

On the battlefield, although villains sometimes die from talking too much, more often than not, using words to disrupt the enemy's mind and control the rhythm of the battlefield is a rather clever tactic.

The battle inside Red Rock Fortress had reached a fever pitch. The Sand Village ninjas fought desperately, attempting to break through, but under the overwhelming superiority of the Konoha Iron Wall Legion and the sniping of the elite Anbu led by Mitarashi Shishou, every attack resulted in bloodshed and left corpses strewn all over the ground.

In the air, the Umino clan's aerial squadron soared like eagles, raining down dense ninja tools. The explosive tags and special blades, enhanced by "Money Release," were quite powerful, a nightmare for ordinary mid-to-lower-level Sand Ninja. Even Sand Jonin could be effectively restrained. The loss of air superiority made Sand's breakout extremely difficult.

The high-level battle on the high platform was even more one-sided.

Ebizo puppeteers control nearly a hundred elite puppets, launching attacks like a whirlwind, with various poisonous mists, flames, wind blades, and traps appearing one after another. Their combat skills and the exquisite control of the puppets are almost no less than Chiyo in her prime. In fact, due to their inability to feel pain or fear, they appear even more fearless and their attacks are extremely fierce.

However, he was facing a Terran puppet with an almost superhuman defense.

"Lava Release: Rubber Cage!" With a wave of his hands, the Tsuchida puppet created a massive rubber wall that easily deflected, twisted, and absorbed all the attacks from Ebizo's puppet army.

The poisoned needles struck the rubber wall without leaving a single white mark. The violent fire blasts only made the rubber wall slightly hot. The sharp wind blades that cut through it could only leave shallow marks that quickly healed. Occasionally, a few particularly powerful puppets would break through the defenses and get close, but they would be directly entangled and imprisoned by the rubber body of the earthen platform, and then easily torn to pieces.

Ebizo, despite possessing the terrifying output of a veteran Kage-level fighter, was completely restrained and worn down by a "mere" defensive human puppet, posing no threat whatsoever to Sasuke Umino's main body, which was quite frustrating.

On the other hand, the situation in Satielan is even worse.

He inherited his mastery of puppetry from his lifetime, manipulating a large number of puppets to form battle formations that were both offensive and defensive.

But his opponent is the arrogant and unreasonable mechanical Ruri-hime.

"A hundred machines in operation!"

Ruri-hime floated in mid-air, her chakra threads around her like living silver threads, precisely controlling over a hundred top-tier puppets. Each of these puppets was made of exquisite materials, with a precise structure, and their power was in no way inferior to the puppets of the "Chikamatsu Ten," who were famous throughout the ninja world in Sunagakure.

If Umino Sasuke hadn't obtained the Uzumaki clan's millennium-old treasure trove, he wouldn't have been able to create so many top-tier puppets.

Some of these puppets spewed towering flames, some fired dense clusters of poisoned short spears, some wielded enormous diamond chains and blades, and some could even combine to perform simple compound ninjutsu.

In terms of both quantity and quality, they are absolutely dominant.

Although Sand Iron Mist also had a large number of puppets, there were fewer than ten high-quality puppets. Faced with this mighty torrent of high-quality hundred-machine manipulation, they were like a few small boats in a stormy sea, instantly swept away and destroyed and dismantled.

Sand Iron Storm's puppet was quite intelligent. Seeing that it was no match for the ranged puppet, it immediately changed tactics. Its main body rushed out like a cannonball, attempting to tear the mechanical Glass Princess apart at close range by relying on the puppet's powerful physique and the formidable physical skills it had cultivated in its previous life.

"Die!" Sand Iron Storm roared, his powerful punch, imbued with immense chakra, aimed straight at Ruri Hime's face.

However, what responded to him was the seemingly slender, high-alloy skeletal arm of the mechanical Ruri Hime.

boom!
Their fists collided, producing a dull, deafening thud.

The air waves rolled.

Sha Tielan felt an unimaginable, terrifying force coming from the other's arm. It was not the kind of power that a human body should have; it was more like being hit head-on by a meteorite.

Click!

His outstretched arm, from fist to shoulder, twisted and deformed instantly, the internal puppet structure groaning under the strain, almost shattering inch by inch.

Despite having a body enhanced by Chiyo's forbidden techniques and modified with puppets, far surpassing the strength of a regular Kage-level fighter, Sand Ironstorm was utterly defeated in a pure clash of strength?!

Sha Tielan was blasted backward by the immense force, crashing heavily into the wall in the distance and embedding himself in it, with fine cracks appearing in every joint of his body.

"Lan'er!" Chiyo was heartbroken to see her "son" injured. She was terrified that the body that carried the hope of resurrection would collapse completely. She screamed and desperately tried to rush over to help.

But a figure wreathed in violent lightning appeared as if teleported in front of her.

"Your opponent is me, Elder Chiyo," Umino Sasuke's icy voice rang out.

The next moment, a fist wrapped in lightning chakra and superhuman strength slammed into his face.

Its speed far exceeded Chiyo's reaction limit.

Chiyo only had time to control the most sturdy "Kongo" puppet that had always been guarding her, to shield her.

boom--!
This Vajra puppet, capable of withstanding the bombardment of A-rank ninjutsu, was instantly shattered into pieces like paper by Umino Sasuke's pure and monstrous punch, with fragments mixed with lightning shooting backward.

Chiyo herself was so shocked by the terrifying impact that her blood and qi surged, she staggered backward, felt a sweet taste in her throat, and almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She stared at Sasuke Umino, who stood proudly amidst the lightning, her eyes filled with horror and despair. How long had it been? Last time they clashed, although he was strong, he was still within her reach. Now, this terrifying speed, this overwhelming power, this horrifying defense… she hadn't even been able to withstand a single blow from him?!
Sasuke Umino gave her no chance to breathe. He moved with lightning speed, closing in like a ghost, and delivered another simple, powerful straight punch, which contained the terrifying power to shatter mountains and split rocks.

Chiyo could only desperately dodge or summon puppets to defend herself, sacrificing precious puppets one by one to buy herself some space to evade.

The sounds of shattering were incessant, each sound representing the complete destruction of a powerful puppet, causing Chiyo's heart to bleed.

Now, she can barely protect herself, let alone cover the Sand Ninja's breakout. Under Umino Sasuke's ferocious offensive, she can only struggle to hold on, and it's only a matter of time before she is defeated and dies.

On the other side, the aerial battlefield.

The Third Kazekage took it all in, his heart turning cold. His subordinate ninjas were surrounded and Chiyo was completely suppressed. Defeat was inevitable, and he knew that staying would only lead to his death.

"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Wings!"

With a sudden flap of his massive iron sand wings, countless iron sand feathers shot out like arrows toward Orochimaru and Kaguya Hyakusen, who were hot on his heels, in an attempt to force them back and create an opportunity for him to escape.

At the same time, he shouted to Chiyo, who was struggling to hold on below, "Elder Chiyo! This is hopeless, break through quickly!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already taken the lead and flew towards the outer perimeter of the fortress, intending to have Chiyo cover their retreat while he slipped away first.

Upon hearing the shouts, Chiyo, amidst her busy work, caught a glimpse of the Third Kazekage attempting to escape alone. A surge of sorrow and anger at being abandoned and betrayed welled up within her, causing her to lose her composure.

At this moment.

Sasuke Umino below seized upon this subtle flaw in her demeanor.

Instead of pursuing Chiyo, he spun his hands at high speed, instantly completing a massive transformation of his chakra and highly concentrated wind-style nature.

"Wind Release: Spiral Shuriken!"

A massive shuriken, emitting a piercing buzz and containing destructive energy, instantly appeared in his hand, causing the surrounding space to distort slightly due to this terrifying energy.

"Third Kazekage! Where do you think you're going!" Sasuke Umino's eyes flashed with cold light as he used all his strength to hurl the S-rank ultimate ninjutsu at the Third Kazekage who was trying to escape into the air.

The Rasenshuriken was incredibly fast, appearing instantly behind the Third Kazekage.

The Third Kazekage, who was speeding at full speed, felt a deadly sense of crisis coming from behind. His scalp tingled instantly. He didn't even have time to turn around. His fighting instincts had already driven him to push Magnet Release to its limit.

"Magnetic Escape·Sand Iron Defense Wall!"

In an instant, he conjured up layers upon layers of incredibly thick iron sand defensive walls behind him. Each layer shimmered with metallic luster and contained powerful chakra and magnetic force, its defensive power sufficient to easily withstand the bombardment of S-rank ninjutsu.

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!*
The spiral shuriken slammed into the first layer of iron sand wall.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the sickening sound of high-speed cutting.

The hard iron sand wall that was strong enough to withstand the aftershocks of the Tailed Beast Ball was easily and quickly cut, decomposed, and annihilated into the finest iron sand powder by the Rasenshuriken, just like a hot knife cutting through butter, and could not effectively stop its advance.

"What?! This is impossible!" The Third Kazekage, sensing what was happening behind him, was terrified. What kind of wind release was this? Its power was terrifying! It could even easily cut through his absolute defense?!
He frantically channeled his chakra, accelerating his flight while recklessly layering iron sand defenses backward.

One floor, two floors, three floors...

The Rasenshuriken cut through three layers of thick iron sand defense with unstoppable force. Although its speed was slightly slowed, it still carried a deadly threat and approached the Third Kazekage's back.

Fortunately, the Rasenshuriken had already exploded, and the Third Kazekage kept flying higher to create distance, so he was not hit.

Om-! ! !
The energy of the Spiral Shuriken was finally exhausted. Countless fine wind blades cut the surrounding iron sand walls into molecular-level powder before dissipating into the air.

The Third Kazekage barely dodged the attack, his back completely soaked in cold sweat, his face deathly pale. It wasn't just the enormous chakra depletion he suffered, but also the shock of narrowly escaping death. He could even feel the chilling cutting and burning sensation emanating from the iron sand wall behind him. He felt as if he were facing Onoki's Dust Release, not Wind Release.

He glanced down at Umino Sasuke, who was slowly recovering from the injury on his hand after throwing that terrifying ninja, and for the first time, a deep fear appeared in his eyes.

This young man is not only incredibly strong, but also possesses a multitude of deadly methods.

Orochimaru, who also witnessed this scene, showed great fear and intense interest in his golden snake eyes.

"What an amazing technique! To push the nature transformation of Wind Release to such an extreme form, it's almost as destructive as a Kekkei Tota. Sasuke, you always manage to surprise me."

Orochimaru licked his lips, his gaze toward Sasuke Umino burning even more intensely. At the same time, he was also extremely wary of this technique. Although his Orochimaru Substitution Technique was bizarre and could grant immunity to fatal injuries, its effectiveness would likely be greatly diminished against a technique capable of microscopic cutting.

However, Orochimaru saw through the principle and drawbacks of this S-rank Wind Release technique at a glance, and was not very interested in it, much less interested in Magnet Release bloodline limit. He chased the Third Kazekage even faster.

Having narrowly escaped death, the Third Kazekage no longer harbored any desire to fight. He couldn't even care less about Chiyo and the Sand Village ninjas struggling below. He now had only one thought: escape! Escape from here immediately, escape from this monster, the White Blood Demon.

He channeled his chakra into the Sand Iron Giant Wings, transforming them into a black streak of light, and charged headlong into the distant desert.

(End of this chapter)