Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 314 Death in the Loess Plateau

Soon, ten minutes later.

Ōnoki set off with twenty members of the Anbu and two squads led by Rōshi and Han, a total of twenty-seven people, heading straight for the direction from which Li Yaofeng's clone had come.

at the same time.

A mountaintop ten kilometers outside Hongyan City.

Li Yao's Wind Release clone and a group of Sand Ninja had arrived here to rest, several hours earlier than Onoki had expected.

Moreover, unlike what Onoki had predicted, he did not choose to go into the city to rest; instead, everyone stayed on the mountaintop to rest.

"Hmph... Lord Kazekage, isn't it a bit risky for us to rest here?"

Luo Sha, panting heavily, approached Li Yaofeng's clone and asked with a worried expression.

Since the appearance of Dust Release, its powerful attack power and range have been feared by all the major villages.

Top-tier experts are alright; they each have their own methods to deal with it, and even if they are no match for it, they can still dodge the Dust Release attack.

However, ordinary ninjas are different. Once they are within the range of Dust Release's attack, they are doomed to die without exception.

This also gave the various villages a few strategies when they went to war with Iwagakure.

First, try to sense Onoki's arrival in advance so as not to give him a chance to launch a sneak attack.

Second, if it's impossible to avoid confronting Onoki, then try to get entangled with the Iwagakure people as much as possible, so that even if you die, you can drag the Iwagakure ninja you're entangled with down with you.

Third, when you are alone, try to hide underground.

At this moment, they inevitably had to confront Onoki, and with so many of them, even with Huang Tu as a hostage, they were not safe. The best solution was to go into the city to rest.

Using the civilians of an entire city as leverage, Onoki would absolutely not dare to directly use a large-scale Dust Release attack on them.

To be honest, even though Rasa knew that the Fourth Kazekage's Wind Release slashes were no weaker than Dust Release, it would still be difficult to withstand Dust Release attacks while they were resting on the mountaintop like this.

Taking unnecessary risks is not a choice they should make.

Especially now that they've exhausted a lot of their stamina and chakra by rushing to get there, and they're not far from Iwagakure, they won't even have the ability to fight back if they encounter Onoki.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of Onoki when he arrives. He won't have a chance to make a move against you."

Li Yaofeng used his clone to create a confident smile, reassuring the flustered Luo Sha.

Others might be afraid of being wiped out by Onoki's Dust Release.

Li Yao's Wind Release clones are not afraid; his Wind Release slash barrier can block Dust Release attacks, as he has tested.

After all, he can also use Dust Escape.

So he generously rested ten kilometers outside Hongyan City, waiting for Onoki to come.

Although they managed to shake off the Iwagakure ninjas who were following and scouting them from a distance, Onoki must have had some idea of ​​their general whereabouts.

At this point, they were not far from Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village).

If Onoki doesn't want to fight him in his own village, he will definitely come out to intercept him.

Li Yaofeng used his clone technique to believe that Onoki was not far from here.

And that's exactly what happened.

Ten minutes later, the souls of Onoki and the others appeared within the soul perception range of Li Yaofeng's clone.

"Hmm...that's..."

Li Yao's Wind Release clone noticed that there were two people behind Onoki whose soul states were somewhat unusual, fluctuating in strength.

Comparing the souls of the jinchūriki he had sensed before, Li Yaofeng's clone's expression shifted, and he smiled, realizing who those two people were.

If nothing unexpected happens, they should be the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails from Iwagakure.

"I didn't expect Onoki to bring two Jinchūriki with him."

"It seems you're furious that your son's limbs were severed!"

Li Yao's Wind Release clone had some information about Iwagakure: during the past two years of war, the two Jinchūriki had been guarding the village and had not been mobilized.

This shows that Onoki was cautious about the deployment of the two Jinchūriki.

But now, Onoki has sent two Jinchūriki with him.

Hehe... Li Yaofeng smiled as he used his Wind Release clone. He sensed the anger in Onoki's heart, which made him feel even more cheerful. He couldn't help but stand up and stretch his muscles.

Onoki brought two Jinchūriki with him, clearly intending to fight him to the death. Even if he couldn't kill him, as long as he depleted his chakra, the terrifying chakra reserves of the two Jinchūriki would be enough to take him down.

As for Rasa and the other Sand Ninja.

Apart from Rasa, the others are unlikely to be a match for the elite troops brought by Onoki, and the casualties may be quite high.

Unless he quickly eliminates Onoki.

But that's impossible. Li Yaofeng's clones wouldn't kill Onoki so easily; he would slowly kill him.

As for those Sand Ninja... heh!

Looking around at the resting Sand Ninja, Li Yao's Wind Release clone smiled inwardly; he wouldn't feel sorry for any of the Sand Ninja who died here.

He was unaware that Onoki intended to take revenge on him by killing the Sand Ninja; otherwise, he would have burst out laughing.

When Onoki learns of Li Yaofeng's clone's identity, his revenge will only cause him more pain and will have no effect on Li Yaofeng's clone.

After half an hour.

Three kilometers away, behind a huge, triangular brown rock, Onoki and his group had already arrived.

"Lord Tsuchikage..."

The scout ninja reported the situation of the Sand Ninja group to Onoki. Upon hearing that the Fourth Kazekage and all the Sand Ninja had been staying on the mountaintop not far ahead and had not entered the city, Onoki instantly sensed the Fourth Kazekage's powerful confidence.

The opponent is completely disregarding his Dust Escape technique.

But what could he do?

He certainly didn't dare to directly unleash Dust Release for a large-scale attack.

"How is the situation with the loess?" Ohnoki asked in a deep voice.

The fact that the other party was so openly resting on the mountaintop, seemingly unafraid of being wiped out by his dust escape technique, meant that he knew Huang Tu would be mindful of his life and wouldn't use a large-scale dust escape attack on them.

"Not yet..." The scout ninja was about to say something when he was interrupted by an ANBU member.

"Oh no, Lord Tsuchikage, Lord Hirotsuchi... he..."

A ninja from the Dark Guard, who was monitoring the mountaintop with binoculars, suddenly gave a trembling warning.

"What's wrong with him?"

Onoki's expression changed, and before the ANBU ninja could reply, he snatched the binoculars from the ANBU ninja's hand and looked towards the mountaintop.

"Ohnoki, how is my gift?"

At the mountaintop, Li Yaofeng used his clone to face the direction where Onoki was, holding the severed head of Onoki's son, Koto, which he had just cut off, with hot blood still dripping from the cut.

Upon seeing this, Onoki's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. He dropped his binoculars, turned to Roshi, and said, suppressing his anger, "Yoto is dead. We don't need to worry about him anymore. Use the Tailed Beast Ball to kill all the Sand Ninja."

"Yes."

Old Purple nodded, then leaped forward and activated his complete tailed beast transformation mode.

Rōshi, who became the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails at a young age, became the only Jinchūriki in the ninja world besides Killer Bee who could skillfully control the power of the Tailed Beast after years of training.

On the earth, a red monster with four tails and shaped like a monkey, the Four-Tailed Beast, appeared.

(End of this chapter)