Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 311 Fear

This is where everyone in the camp is now. Most of the people in the surrounding outposts have gone to hunt down the Third Raikage, leaving only these few outposts to monitor the border.

"Abi, Gin, ...you three squads spread out and notify the other outposts on the border to be on alert. If attacked by the Sand Ninja, don't linger in the battle. Let them in, and then keep an eye on their movements."

When the personnel were being transferred here, Father Onoki left a message for Hijikata: if the Sand Ninja really wanted to take this opportunity to invade the Land of Earth, then let them in.

However, we cannot simply let them in and then ignore them. We must find out the number of Sand Ninja invaders and the strength of those among them, and we must track down their movements.

Once the Third Raikage's encirclement and attack is over, they can transfer more manpower to wipe out the invading Sand Ninja.

Huang Tu followed his father's instructions.

The three ninja squads dispersed, while the remaining seven squads joined him to support the border scout squads, gathering information on the number of invading Sand Ninja and which powerful individuals they were.

"Earth Release - Earth... Uh!"

As a slash swept past, the Iwagakure squad leader, who was preparing to use Earth Release: Earth Collapse to slow down Li Yao's Wind Release clones and the others, had a thin line of blood appear on his forehead, and the ninjutsu he was about to unleash was instantly cut short.

"The Land of Sand!"

Luo Sha pressed his hands to the ground, and endless yellow sand rose from the canyon, instantly filling it and turning it into a sandy plain, through which the group quickly passed.

call out!

Li Yaofeng used his clone to bypass the Iwagakure squad leader he had killed with a single blow and rushed towards Huangtu, a kilometer away.

"Is this the Fourth Kazekage's Wind Release slash?!"

"What terrifying ninjutsu!"

The Sand Ninja following behind the Iwagakure ninja saw the bloodline on his forehead and, recalling that Li Yao's Wind Release clone and the Iwagakure ninja were still a hundred meters apart, were all shocked and their eyes showed fear.

After developing the Wind Release slash, Li Yao only used the Wind Release clone in the battle against Shukaku. Many Sand Ninja had never seen his Wind Release slash, but had only heard that it was terrifying.

Now that they've actually seen it, they've discovered it's even more terrifying than they've heard.

Terrifying speed!

Terrifying attack range!

And it has terrifying attack power!

They had been following the Fourth Kazekage, but they hadn't discovered when the Fourth Kazekage used the ninjutsu until the Iwagakure ninja died.

Silent and traceless, yet its attack power is so strong.

Everyone had the feeling that, when facing the Fourth Kazekage, they would be no different from that Iwagakure ninja, not even knowing how they died.

Luo Sha, who had been closest to Li Yaofeng's clone, felt a sudden jolt of fear and was startled. A deep look of terror flashed in his eyes as he glanced at Li Yaofeng's clone.

Rasa believed that with his current sensory abilities, it was impossible for him not to sense a ninjutsu attack that was within arm's reach.

However, the reality was that he had no idea how the Fourth Hokage had activated his ninjutsu. Like the other genin and chunin, he only realized that the Iwagakure ninja had been killed by the Fourth Hokage's wind-style slash when he saw the bloodstain on the ninja's forehead.

this is too scary.

Rasa knew he was no match for the Fourth Hokage, but he hadn't expected the gap to be so large; he didn't even know how the Fourth Hokage launched his ninjutsu attack.

If they were to fight each other, well... I don't even want to think about it.

"Luckily, the fourth generation is one of our own!"

Rasa secretly rejoiced that the Fourth Kazekage was from Sunagakure, not from any other village, so he wouldn't have to face the Fourth Kazekage on the battlefield.

"Lord Huangtu, the Fourth Kazekage has invaded with a group of Sand Ninja."

When Huang Tu and his group were halfway there, they encountered a scout ninja who then shared this information with them.

"What?!!"

"The Fourth Kazekage has come in person!"

The Iwagakure ninja were shocked. That was the Kage of a village, not an ordinary strongman. Logically speaking, shouldn't the Fourth Kazekage have gone to the more intense battlefield of Konoha?

How did we end up here?

Didn't Sunagakure transfer all its personnel to the battlefield near the gate?

Why is the Fourth Kazekage here instead?

Everyone is puzzled.

"Why now of all times?"

Huang Tu was thinking even more deeply, his face filled with surprise and uncertainty, his mind racing as he considered the current situation and what choice he should make.

Now is the crucial moment in the plan to surround and kill the Third Raikage.

Huang Tu was unaware that the Third Raikage had already died prematurely due to the appearance of his Earth Release clone, Shi Yan, and had not lasted as long as in the original story before succumbing to exhaustion.

The appearance of Li Yao's Wind Release clone made him wonder if the Fourth Kazekage knew they were going to ambush the Third Raikage, which was why he came personally.

The objective was likely to prevent them from successfully besieging and killing the Third Raikage, forcing them to send reinforcements back, or perhaps to take advantage of the fact that most of their forces were engaged in besieging the Third Raikage to launch a long-distance raid and directly attack the village.

"No, we have to stop him here... Even if we can't stop the Fourth Kazekage, we have to stop him."

Stopping him might be difficult, after all, he is the man who will become the strongest Kazekage in history, and the intelligence reports even indicate that he possesses terrifying strength to subdue the One-Tailed Beast.

The Loess Heart.

But... regardless of whether the Fourth Kazekage wanted to force them to call back their troops or take this opportunity to raid the village, Huang Tu could not let the Fourth Kazekage have his way.

The Third Raikage must die.

The village cannot be allowed to be taken over by the Fourth Kazekage.

"Everyone, follow me. We must hold off the Fourth Kazekage here."

"Yes, Lord Huangtu."

After Huang Tu finished speaking, all the Iwagakure ninjas responded, their eyes filled with determination, eyes that showed they would fight to the death.

The appearance of Li Yaofeng's clone made them realize that their previous strategy was no longer working.

Letting Rasa in and letting the Fourth Kazekage in are two completely different concepts.

They let Rasa in because they knew that Rasa only brought a small group of Sand Ninja troops, not many in number, and they could keep an eye on them to prevent them from causing too much damage to the Land of Earth.

Moreover, they can also turn around and devour Rasa, a Sand Ninja.

If the Shadow of a Village were to enter, it would certainly not be a small-scale invasion, but rather a large-scale or elite-team invasion.

If we don't hold off the Fourth Kazekage here as much as possible, and he manages to break into the village with his men, the damage would be catastrophic.

Nobody wanted to see that happen.

Especially since their families and children are all in the village, they absolutely cannot allow their family and children to personally face the invasion of the Fourth Kazekage.

Therefore, they must hold off the Fourth Kazekage here.

With this spirit of facing death without fear, Huang Tu and his group soon encountered Li Yaofeng's wind-escape clone and his group rushing towards them.

"Earth Release - Mountain Earth Technique!"

Two hundred meters away, Huang Tu decisively launched a surprise attack using a large-scale earth-escape ninjutsu.

Crack! Crack! Crack... The earth split open.

Two hills, each a hundred meters high, rose abruptly from the ground on either side, encircling Li Yaofeng's clones and others in the middle, like sandwiches trying to crush them into meat patties.

This terrifying scene instantly stunned the Sand Ninja, leaving them frozen in place, completely at a loss.

Huang Tu's Earth Release ninjutsu was beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the Sand Ninja couldn't help but subconsciously turn their gazes to Li Yao's Wind Release clone.

But they discovered that Li Yaofeng's clone did not stop at all, but continued to move forward, only with his arms spread out to the sides.

Then, to the astonishment of the Sand Ninja, the two enormous boulders on the mountainside instantly turned into quicksand, flying off to either side, as if weathered away.

"impossible?"

"Lord Huangtu's earth-based magic was so easily dismantled!!!"

Watching the two hillsides instantly turn into quicksand and roll to either side, the Iwagakure ninjas stared in disbelief.

When Huang Tu unleashed such a large-scale Earth Release ninjutsu, they all thought that even if he couldn't kill the Fourth Kazekage, he could at least kill the other Sand Ninja.

As a result... not only did it have no effect, but they didn't even know what kind of ninjutsu had turned the two huge hillsides into quicksand.

Only Huang Tu's face changed, revealing a look of fear. He guessed what kind of ninjutsu had destroyed his Mountain Earth Technique.

But it was precisely because he had guessed it that he was even more terrified.

"How is that possible?" Huang Tu murmured softly.

(End of this chapter)