Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 202 Growth

At this point, the Uchiha clan members, who had basically cleared out the remaining enemies on the ground, did not sit idly by and wait for the Iwa ninja to launch an attack.

Instead, it was Uchiha Tetsu who began using the Earth Release ninjutsu, Earthquake Core, to launch another round of their offensive.

This was all part of their pre-planned strategy. After the first round of explosive tag bombardment, Toshiro used a wide-range genjutsu to suppress the Iwa ninja and help them clear out the remaining enemies inside the base.

Next, it was Uchiha Tetsuya, whose second attribute is earth, who forced the Iwa ninja hiding underground to come out.

This is also Toshiro's consistent style: once he gains the initiative, he will launch a continuous offensive, giving the enemy no chance to catch their breath.

As Tetsuya used his ninjutsu, the flat ground began to rise under the control of chakra, revealing the Iwa ninja hiding underground.

They were attacked from all sides!

"We can't wait any longer! Launch the attack now!"

The Jonin hiding on the underground mound originally wanted to wait a little longer to gather more information about the enemy and to ensure his comrades were better prepared.

They were all caught off guard by the attack, and many of them were completely unarmed at that moment.

However, the harsh reality forced him to launch the attack prematurely. Since the enemy had trapped them all with a barrier spell, it meant they had no intention of letting any of them escape.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow"

Although he launched an attack, he didn't intend to make direct, large-scale contact with the enemy. Instead, he used a ninjutsu that could raise parts of the land to separate the battlefield and alter the terrain.

"Earth Escape·Yellow Spring Marsh"

Given the ninjas' mobility, simply raising some high walls or similar obstacles would not be enough to stop them.

After unleashing the landslide, he also used the ninjutsu "Swamp of the Underworld," making the obstacles that rose high from the flat ground difficult to step on.

Then he led the Iwa ninja to choose one of their opponents.

This is also a consistent tactic of the Iwa ninja!

In battles involving squads or larger, the use of landslides creates numerous maze-like obstacles to separate the opponents. Then, by taking advantage of the terrain, the team can use ninjutsu to divide and eliminate the opponents one by one.

"attack!"

Upon seeing these people, having already gained a preliminary advantage in terrain, the surviving Iwa ninja did not hesitate and emerged one after another from underground.

They split into two groups and began their attack!

The reason they were divided into two groups was that one of them had to find the illusion ninja whose true location was still unknown, under the guidance of the sensory ninja.

They couldn't rest easy until they eliminated their opponent, even though they had gathered together and could dispel each other's illusions.

They would still be wary of the other party's illusionary abilities.

"Earth Release: Earth Mound Dumplings"

Once they revealed themselves, these Iwa ninjas displayed their ferocious side. One of the short, stocky Iwa jonin used his chakra to create a huge oval rock nearly thirty meters in diameter and hurled it at their chosen target.

Their first target was Uchiha Tetsuya, who had just used the Earthquake Core technique.

For these Iwa ninja, the enemy who could bring them from underground to the surface was the one they most needed to eliminate.

Looking at the massive rock opposite him, which was coming with an overwhelming momentum that seemed capable of crushing everything, Uchiha Tetsuya did not choose to dodge.

At this moment, he had two juniors with him. If he dodged, they would not have a good ending.

"Earth Escape - Return of Earth and Land"

"Earth Escape·Yellow Spring Marsh"

By channeling his chakra, Uchiha Tetsuya unleashed two high-level Earth Release ninjutsu in less than two seconds.

Using the Earth Return technique, they could block the attacks that arrived before the Earth Mound Dumplings and also obscure the Iwa ninja's vision. The Iwa ninja who had appeared wouldn't attack one by one; they preferred to swarm in.

Using the Yellow Springs Swamp ninjutsu, he blocked the Earth Mound Dumpling ninjutsu while simultaneously creating a swamp in front of himself, sinking the massive, imposing rock into the mud.

By interrupting the Iwa ninja's follow-up attack, you can buy yourself some time to facilitate your teammates' rescue.

"Watch your step!"

Even so, he did not relax at all. After reminding his companion, he took the lead and jumped onto the earthen wall he had created with Tu Lu Gui Lai.

And where he had just stood, rows of stone spikes were now breaking through the ground.

It's Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!

When the opponent used this ninjutsu, they expended a lot of chakra, and almost the entire area behind them was now covered with these spikes.

If he hadn't discovered this fact beforehand through his Sharingan and decisively led his companions to jump onto the foothold he had created, they might already be skewered for barbecue by now.

Fortunately, the earthen dumplings that had just been approaching hadn't completely sunk into the Yellow Springs Swamp yet. They could serve as obstacles for them; otherwise, jumping to a high place, especially facing the Iwa ninja, would be tantamount to suicide.

As the massive obstacle slowly sank, Uchiha Tetsuya didn't hesitate and immediately formed hand seals again.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Fire Technique"

He spat out fireballs the size of soccer balls, which flew towards the Iwa ninjas exposed to his Sharingan's line of sight.

It wasn't that he didn't know any advanced fire-style ninjutsu; it was just that he had already used two high-level earth-style ninjutsu in succession, and now he needed to take a break.

Otherwise, one's own meridian system will not be able to withstand it!

In addition~

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique

Two fireballs, each six or seven meters in diameter, flew toward the other side, radiating scorching light and heat.

Weren't those two clansmen still by his side? Although they hadn't awakened their Sharingan and couldn't detect the hidden Iwa ninja, with his guidance, they could now use their ninjutsu to threaten those Iwa ninja.

Although the power of ninjutsu is limited, it is enough to keep those Iwa ninjas busy for a while!

Even so, Uchiha Tetsuya's offensive did not stop. Instead, he pulled out several kunai from his ninja tool pouch at his waist and threw them at the Iwa ninjas who had exposed their hiding places.

Several of the kunai had explosive tags attached to their ends; these were the ones left behind as spares during this mission.

(End of this chapter)