Chapter 21: The Valley of the Gourd
The forest is burning!
The fire was blazing, scorching most of the sky, engulfing the black forest, roaring outward!
At the outer edge of the forest, the Konoha ninjas had already created a trench out of earth and filled it with water as a barrier. It's just that the ninjas looked at the burning forest and felt faintly uneasy.
The place where the Konoha ninja forces are stationed is known as the upper part of the gourd valley. It is shaped like a gourd, with a large base in the land of the Land of Fire, and a small opening in the territory of the Land of the Gourd, and the location of the mouth of the gourd is the burning pine forest in front of it.
From the Land of Fire to the Land of Fields, if you don't go through the gourd valley, you can only cross a steep ridge or avoid the mountain detour.
According to Konoha's intelligence, Tian no Kuni simply did not have enough ninja troops to fight an ambush, and the disparity in strength between the two sides also made Konoha ninjas not afraid of any ambushes, so as the supreme commander of the ninja force, Jilai naturally planned to march through the gourd valley.
Once such a large forest burns, it will not be extinguished naturally without a month. It was impossible for the ninja troops to make their way through the still burning forest, so their arrival at Otoshinobi Village was greatly delayed.
"The village of Otoshinobi burns this forest. As a result, the ninja troops had no choice but to change their route and climb the ridge. Jiraiya squinted at the burning forest, wondering what would happen to the Otoshinobi Village.
"Inuzuka Hana!" Jiraiya ordered. Behind him is the commander of this reconnaissance unit, Inuzuka Hana, a very strong Konoha female ninja.
Her son was captured by the Otoshinobi Village, but after failing to stop the war, the patriarch of the Inuzuka clan did not resist sending ninjas like the other chiefs. So, while the ninja troops were marching, Inuzuka Hana, as a mother, worried about her son's life every day.
Fortunately, in the end, her son Ya returned to him safely.
"I want you to lead a team of thirty ninja troops to scout on the ridge on the right. Tomorrow we will change our route and march from there to Otoshinobi Village."
Jiraiya turned around, "Be careful, Otoshinobi Village may be ambushed there." ”
"No problem!" patting his shinobi dog's chest, Inuzuka leaves to assemble her scout force.
"Kakashi, you've fought with Otoshinobi Village, what do you think?" Turning his head, Jiraiya asked Kakashi, who had already returned. His face was pale, and his physical strength was severely overdrawn, but because the effect of the seven-ring flower's potion had not faded, he could not sleep.
"The ninja part of the ninja force has been injected with the seven-ring flower elixir, and they have lost their sense of pain and touch, which will affect their strength. ”
"In order to deal with the five senses, this is unavoidable. Staring at the firelight in the distance, Jiraiya said, "And the seven-ring flower elixir is also beneficial, it makes the ninja more excited, the senses other than the sense of touch are sharper, and the speed of chakra production is greatly accelerated." ”
"But after using the seven-ring flower potion, the ninja can't sleep! This is overdrawing the ninja's chakra and energy, and once the potion is stopped, he will be incapable of fighting. Moreover, the same can be true for prolonged use of the drug. ”
"Kakashi, are you saying that Otoshibu Village is ready to fight a protracted battle?" Jiraiya asked, turning his head.
"No, they will take the initiative, this is the character of Yagami Ki. ”
Kakashi suddenly covered his head, a strong feeling of lethargy hitting his brain.
The time for the drug to take effect has finally arrived.
"Mr. Jiraiya, it looks like I'm going to go sleep first. ”
"Go ahead, Kakashi. ”
After Kakashi walked away with his heavy steps, Jiraiya continued to look at the flames from afar, the flames that soared into the sky were too unsettling.
Gourd Valley, cliff edge.
The ninja dog jumped onto the platform on the cliff with a jump, but at this moment, the huge big knife slashed down, and the blood splashed, and the dog's head rolled off the cliff without even making a whimper.
Inuzuka Hana, who climbed the rock wall, saw clearly in an instant what was rolling down with blood.
"Bastard!" her countenance suddenly became hideous, and long canine teeth peeked out of her roaring mouth. Her fingers bared their claws like those of a ferocious dog, and her limbs leaped into the air with all their might.
The huge decapitation knife was swung and slashed, but it was grabbed by two clawed hands, and Inuzuka Hana arched her body like a fierce dog about to attack.
The next moment, she kicked the broadsword and shot her body like an arrow at the ninja, her sharp claws almost touching the veins in his neck.
At that moment, the ninja withdrew his sword and returned to his defense.
With a creak, the sharp claws and the broadsword collided with a sharp and piercing sound, and the ninja was rushed back ten meters by the powerful impact.
Ten meters away, the ninja stood still, he held his broadsword in his hand, and after spotting the deep scratches on the knife from the claws, he cautiously looked at the female shinobi in front of him.
Behind the female ninja, the Konoha ninjas jumped up from under the cliff one by one. They were slightly stunned, but they didn't expect that there were only three ninjas standing in front of them.
Yes, there are only three ninjas.
Inuzuka Hana, who was very angry because the ninja dog was killed, maintained a terrible sanity in anger. Her wolf-like vicious eyes observed the three shinobi in front of her.
A man with a sturdy body wrapped in bandages, holding a large decapitation knife in his hand and carrying two knives on his back.
A young man with a large knife on his back and a scar on his chin that reached his cheek.
There is also a woman with a very good face and a thousand books as a weapon.
"Up!" After a decisive order, Inuzuka Hana, who moved like a dog on all fours, quickly ran towards the three ninjas. Among the three ninjas who blocked them, the woman had already made a move.
"Ice Escape Mirror Ice Crystal"
Mirrors of ice condensed shrouded the size of the cliff, and the fire spewed out by the Konoha ninjas could not help those ice mirrors in the slightest.
The latter body, the female ninja's body has been integrated into the ice mirror.
Heha!
Inuzuka Flower waved his claws, but was blocked by the young man with a large knife on his back with the blade, and the back of his knife suddenly spewed out a huge air flow carrying a huge force, knocking Inuzuka Flower into the ice crystal.
Before he could react, an ice spike had already emerged from the ice crystals and pierced Inuzuka Hana's thigh. In an instant, blood was dripping, and Inuzuka Hana jumped off the ice crystals like a dog, panting.
In the enchantment formed by the ice mirrors, the Konoha ninjas shot out the ninja equipment in their hands, and in a short time, those solid ice mirrors were full of cracks.
Those two ninjas who were not yet hidden were naturally the targets of the Konoha ninjas, and the ninja and ninjutsu flew towards them, but they were blocked by the moving ice mirror.
At this moment, a thick fog appeared in the Ice Mirror Realm, and after a while, it blocked the vision of the Konoha ninjas.
Puff! First there was the sound of a large knife slashing into the body, and after a short scream, the voice of a man-eating demon came from the thick fog.
"If the ghost man is not killed, participate!"