The Master of Konoha's Legacy

After a moment's hesitation, Hyuga Hizashi asked the question that had been bothering him.

"Speaking of which, I hope Hanzo won't step in to stop us like he did during the last great battle."

Nara Shikaku shook his head and said, "When the war first started, Hanzo declared that the Land of Rain would remain neutral and not participate in the war between the five great nations."

He is, after all, a man hailed as a demigod; he wouldn't break his word.

So we don't need to worry.

Hyuga Hizashi visibly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. I feel much more at ease now."

[Chapter 231. The Great Battle Begins: Konoha's Tactics]

In the distance, a fiery red sun rises from the purple mist, spewing out dazzling flames.

The golden rays of the sunset, like a magical giant hand, slowly drew back the soft veil of mist, revealing the entire earth in a bright and open manner.

After a long and arduous journey, the Konoha army finally arrived at their position.

To the left are mountains that appear to have been cut off by a sharp sword, and to the right front is a magnificent river.

It flows down from the terraced mountains in the distance.

On the flat ground directly in front, the armies of Sunagakure and Iwagakure had been waiting for some time, one on the left and one on the right.

Clearly, they had the same idea as Shikaku.

The allied forces of the two countries intended to use their superior numbers to defeat the Konoha army in one fell swoop, and then cross Mount Kikyo to directly attack Konoha.

Shikaku chose to activate the squad combat mode in order to discourage them from taking action.

Uchiha Tonan stood at the very center of the army, activated his three-tomoe Sharingan, and looked into the distance.

Above the Sunagakure army, a man stood with his arms crossed, lifted into the air by jet-black iron sand.

Onoki from Iwagakure went even further, hovering high in the sky and looking down at the crowd below.

The two of them exuded an air of sophistication.

Onoki glanced at Shikaku and the others in the middle of the Konoha army, and sighed slightly:

"It seems that Konoha really has no one left. At a glance, all the commanders are juniors."

The Third Kazekage snorted coldly:

"One of the three legendary Sannin of Konoha died, two defected, and their Hokage is getting old."

It seems this battle is already decided.

Onoki glanced at the Third Kazekage and said leisurely:

"Don't let your guard down, that's Konoha after all."

Let's wait and see how things unfold.

If we find a strong opponent, we'll attack together.

The Third Kazekage clearly didn't take Onoki's words seriously, shrugging and saying, "Whatever."

At that moment, Nara Shikaku took a deep breath and shouted loudly:

"My lords, are you really going to disregard the alliance and start a war?"

Just as Onoki was about to say something high-sounding, he was interrupted by the Third Kazekage:

"Don't waste your breath on them. Intelligence indicates they have fewer than 10,000 men."

"Let's finish this quickly to avoid any unforeseen circumstances."

Onoki nodded heavily and said, "Okay."

"attack."

As the order was given, the ninjas from Sunagakure and Iwagakure charged toward the Konoha army.

"Whoo~"

Lu Jiu let out a heavy sigh and shouted, "Remember not to rush forward blindly, keep the formation intact, everyone, charge!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Konoha ninja army charged out.

At the same time, Yamanaka Inoichi came to Nara Shikaku and placed his hand on his forehead.

Together with the members of the Yamanaka clan, they used the Mind Transmission Technique to transmit Shikaku's instructions to the minds of every Konoha ninja present.

The distance between the two armies gradually closed, reaching the range that ninjutsu could attack.

But then the Third Generation Kazekage shouted in a loud voice:

"Wind Release Class".

The next moment, the momentum of the Sand Village slowed down slightly, and the Wind Release team ninjas rushed to the front, their hands forming hand seals in unison.

But then a chorus of shouts erupted from the battlefield.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave".

As soon as the Wind Release team began forming hand seals, Shikaku quickly instructed them in his mind: Water Release team.

Konoha's formation also changed accordingly.

"Water escape, water formation wall."

From the direction of Sunagakure, a dense barrage of air bullets hurtled towards the Konoha army.

At the same time, the Konoha Water Release team in front simultaneously spat out streams of water forward.

The water flowed to the ground, creating a water wall more than ten meters high.

The air bombs struck the water wall with a series of explosions and splashed water everywhere, but they were ineffective.

Nara Shikaku asked Yamanaka Inoichi through his mind: "Are the remaining Yamanaka clan members ready to take aim?"

Yamanaka Inoichi thought to himself: I'm ready.

More than a hundred mountain clan ninjas formed a square with their hands and aimed at the target.

The Third Kazekage, standing some distance away, frowned and said, "This is bad, that's a mountain clan from Konoha."

But then Onoki reached out and stroked his beard, saying:

"I was prepared long ago."

"Earth Release Team, move out!"

The Iwa ninja running ahead quickly formed hand seals.

"Earth Escape - Ten Thousand Mile Earth Flow Wall".

Just before the Mind Transfer Technique was activated, a wall of earth, tens of meters high and hundreds of meters long, blocked the two armies.

At this moment, the ninjutsu of the mountain clan members was also unleashed.

In an instant, the more than one hundred mountain tribesmen all fainted on the ground.

Nara Shikaku's expression remained unchanged as he silently asked himself:

"How long until they wake up?"

"About five minutes."

Nara Shikaku nodded, watching as the two armies were about to meet, while the massive earthen wall was rapidly declining due to the loss of its sustaining chakra.

But Nara Shikaku thought to himself:

"The Akimichi clan, follow the plan. Remember, don't roll in a straight line, roll in an arc."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Akimichi clan members at the forefront leaped up and launched their human bomb tanks.

The human bomb tank pierced through the earth flow wall, which was not sustained by chakra, and blasted large holes in it.

"Now!" Nara Shikaku roared in his mind.

A hundred or so Fire Release ninjas charging into the second wave simultaneously formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique".

The fireball struck the earthen wall, evaporating all the moisture in the blink of an eye.

The soil flow wall also hardened into an earthen wall.

At the same time, the Nara clan members who followed closely behind raised their hand seals and shouted:

"Shadow Imitation Technique".

One after another, dark figures darted forward, passing right through the large hole in the earthen wall.

Uchiha Tonan then noticed that the sun was right behind Konoha's side, casting long shadows on everyone.

Could they use the sun's position to increase the length of the Nara clan's shadow imitation technique?

When the Shadow Imitation Technique passes through the earthen wall, it uses the shadow behind the wall to increase its length again.

It was a very good tactic, but how did he manage to anticipate the enemy's reaction?

Uchiha Tonan gave a meaningful look to Nara Shikaku, whose expression was solemn.

However, the Nara clan's Shadow Imitation Technique instantly subdued the front-line Allied Shinobi Forces behind the earthen wall after passing through it.

Meanwhile, the Akimichi clan's human-powered tanks charged into the crowd and wreaked havoc.

After spinning around once, they all rolled back through the large hole in the earthen wall.

Uchiha Tonan narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling even more satisfied with the performance of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

In Uchiha Tonan's eyes, such distinctive ninja clans have always been high-quality food.

These are all treasures.

It's my turn to step in.

Uchiha Tonan would not forget his plan.

The current Konoha ninja cannot afford too many casualties; most of them have not yet given their lives.

Uchiha Tonan always remembered that the system's recognition methods were divided into three types: emotional recognition, ideological recognition, and strength recognition.

Emotional identification was used most by Uchiha Tonan, who also had the deepest understanding of it.