Escape from Konoha.

"Damn it! Retreat!"

They didn't linger in the fight at all, and immediately disengaged from the narrow battlefield.

"11 o'clock direction."

The Sand Village ninja in charge of sensing gave the location.

The Earth Release ninja roared, "Earth Release: Earthquake Core!"

The ground in front of them suddenly caved in.

The three of them, including Shiraishi, used kunai to fix themselves to the wall, suspending themselves so they wouldn't fall.

"Hey, that guy really is a ninja from Iwagakure, isn't he? Things are getting a little bad."

Shiraishi increasingly felt that the ninja using Earth Release was someone from Iwagakure who had infiltrated Sunagakure.

In other words, the two villages may have been secretly colluding.

"Stop being so verbose! Whether they're from Sunagakure or Iwagakure, just kill them!"

These are Ruri's words. If you can't kill a ninja who can so easily change the terrain, it's really troublesome.

The three of them ran along the straight rock face, rushing to the ground above. The surrounding trees collapsed and dust billowed.

Almost half of the outposts here are damaged.

—On the other side.

"Your end has come, Konoha's White Fang!"

The male puppeteer manipulated the puppets, issuing this confident declaration.

The female puppeteer beside him remained silent, watching Sakumo's every move with cold eyes.

"It's best not to make such promises too confidently... but if they come to us on their own, it saves us the trouble of looking for them."

Shuo Mao vanished from his spot, followed by two puppets controlled by two puppeteers.

It blocked Sakumo's white-toothed short sword that emitted a white light.

"Think the same tricks will work on us? How naive!"

The two puppets separated again, and a black chain emerged from their opposing sleeves. Unlike last time, this chain was shared by both puppets.

The puppet hovered and danced in the air around Sakumo's body.

There were serrated blades on the chain, constantly making a creaking sound.

If it gets tangled, it will definitely be torn to pieces by the serrations.

With his attack blocked in mid-air, Sakumo no longer had any leverage to evade it, in their eyes.

There is no doubt that he will die.

"Ok?"

The male puppeteer was suddenly startled. Surrounded by two puppets, Sakumo suddenly disappeared mysteriously from the middle.

"How is that possible!?"

Without a point of leverage, even the Instantaneous Movement Technique cannot be performed.

Is it a space-time ninjutsu? The male puppeteer stared in disbelief, utterly shocked.

It was precisely because he saw through Sakumo's weakness that the male puppeteer was confident that he could kill Sakumo in this helpless situation.

A faint sound, like the wind being cut, reached my ears.

In an instant, the male puppeteer seemed to understand something.

Then he was met with even more severe injuries than before, with blood splattering everywhere.

The female puppeteer panicked and quickly pulled the puppet back.

A flash of blade light.

The puppet was smoothly sliced ​​in half from the middle.

"what!"

The female puppeteer's arm was also severed.

Blood gushed out in large quantities, and his face turned deathly pale.

Shuo Mao's face was icy cold, and his killing intent was palpable.

Suddenly, a Sand Village ninja rushed in from the left, a sharp wind blade gathering in his hand.

Sakumo could kill a male and a female puppeteer at this point, but he would also be severely injured afterward.

Without much thought, he turned his body aside, grabbed the arm of the attacking Sand Village ninja with one hand, and made his wind blade miss.

Immediately afterwards, the white fang short sword in his other hand swung and pierced the neck from the left side of the Sand Village ninja.

The other person swayed twice and collapsed to the ground, powerless.

Meanwhile, a male and a female puppeteer disappeared.

"It's not that easy to leave."

Both are now seriously injured, with the male puppeteer unconscious, making it the perfect time to pursue them.

Sakumo's eyes were icy cold.

Chapter Forty-Two: The Pursuit

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique!"

Using a dozen or so small fireballs as cover, Liuli launched a surprise attack.

Behind her were Shiraishi and Ayane. Among the three, Ruri was undoubtedly the most suitable to charge into battle.

Because there were Wind Release ninjas among the enemy this time, the smoke bombs weren't very effective; at most, they caused some disruption before being scattered by the Wind Release.

Even if you want to create smoke that cannot be easily dispersed by wind escaping, you need time and materials, and then you need to go through an extremely complicated mixing process. It doesn't seem like it can be created in a short time.

Fortunately, the Jonin who was skilled in Earth Release was accidentally disturbed by Ruri's genjutsu at the beginning and suffered a serious injury. In other words, among the Sand Village troops surrounding them, only two Jonin in good condition remained, and the rest were Chunin.

This should be much better than the last time.

A dozen or so small fireballs crashed down, naturally causing some chaos; trees caught fire, and billowing black smoke with a burnt smell rose up.

To avoid being controlled by Ruri's bizarre genjutsu, the Sand Village ninjas naturally had to avoid her as much as possible.

However, Ruri's Body Flicker Technique is very fast, and once a Jonin is targeted by her, it is not an easy thing for him to escape her sight.

Therefore, without investigating the medium through which Ruri's illusions are triggered, the main tactic is to use feints.

Whether it was Shiraishi and his two companions, or these Sand Village ninjas, they all knew that the outcome of this battle was not in their hands.

The battle was not about the enemy's side, but about the battle on Sakumo's side.

Whether they win or lose on the other side will ultimately determine the outcome of this battle.

All they can do is try to delay as much as possible.

Shiraishi approached a Chunin, whose techniques were primarily taijutsu, and whose speed and strength far surpassed those of an average Chunin. Shiraishi, using the swordsmanship he had learned from Sakumo, could barely hold his own against him.

The other side seemed to breathe a slight sigh of relief at finding a worthy opponent.

If possible, he really didn't want to fight a ninja with Sharingan and Byakugan, especially that girl with Byakugan who looked so innocent and harmless.

Last time, when one of her companions attacked her, he was stabbed through the heart by two fingers and died instantly.

It is completely different from the Gentle Fist mentioned in the textbook. Although it has the shadow of Gentle Fist, it is more of a personal characteristic. Being hit once will result in death.

Fighting against the Sharingan while also having to be wary of the opponent's elusive genjutsu, which even a Jonin can easily fall into, is incredibly difficult for a Chunin like him.

"You managed to hold out against me for so long, you're not bad at all, are you?"

Judging from the other person's self-satisfied attitude, they seem to be the type who easily becomes overconfident when facing a weaker opponent.

"However... your time ends here after meeting me!"

He suddenly sped up, circled behind Bai Shi, and locked Bai Shi's neck with his arm, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"How about it? Now you..."

boom!

The white stone turned into a piece of wood with a burning explosive tag pasted on it.

The Sand Village Chunin's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly dodged backward.

With a loud bang!

He was blown away by the shockwave from the explosion, crashing into a large tree before coming to a stop, blood smeared from the corner of his mouth.

Shiraishi stood on a branch of another large tree, smiling as he said, "Impressive! You actually dodged the explosion of the explosive tag. That's one of my few special skills."

"Damn brat! How dare you—"

It seemed that Shiraishi's little trick had enraged him, so he recklessly gathered chakra in the soles of his feet and rushed towards the tree at great speed, intending to teach Shiraishi a lesson.

"It's a pity, it's already over..."

Shiraishi had just finished saying that.

The Sand Village ninja's fist was only a few punches away from his face, and a white blade of light extended forward like lightning from behind Shiroishi.

The Sand Village ninja had a clean cut on his neck and almost instantly lost consciousness, falling from mid-air.

"It seems the problem has been resolved over there, Professor Sakumo."

"It seems I don't need to worry about this."

Sakumo nodded, also satisfied with the performance of Shiraishi and the other two.

With proper refinement, I'll eventually catch up with him.

After all, the three of them are only twelve years old, and their future is promising.

The Sand Village ninjas who were fighting Ruri and Ayane knew something was wrong the moment they saw Sakumo appear.

At the same time, he was cursing the male and female puppeteers in his heart, saying that they were sure to win this time, but they failed even faster than last time. Only a few minutes had passed.