Just as Ye turned around, a mocking, gruff voice came from behind him.
“Jonin Matsui, this Uchiha brat is slipping away pretty fast. Leave him to me!”
Jonin Takeda flexed his wrists, his fingers moving so fast they became a blur as he frantically formed hand seals.
“Earth Release: Rock-Stealing Staff!”
Takeda slammed both palms onto the ground.
The flat muddy ground shook violently as a dozen sharp, hard rock staves erupted from the earth, like a row of heavy crossbow bolts, aiming straight for Ye’s blind spot in the back.
Jonin Takeda was the other team leader of Kurokawa’s squad, responsible for acting as the main force for the feint attack during this raid.
Ye was not some headless fly that only knew how to bury his head and run for his life.
His sprinting body used momentum to constantly shift left and right, moving in strange Z-shaped patterns.
The corner of his scarlet Sharingan was locked onto the rear, capturing the rapidly incoming rock staves the instant they were fired.
Being a sitting duck in mid-air was absolute suicide!
Ye instantly formed hand seals, kicked hard against a tree trunk, and used the leverage to roll down to the ground, plowing a long trench into the mud.
As soon as his feet hit the ground, Ye slammed one hand onto the earth.
“Earth Release: Rock Land Return!”
With two dull thuds, two thick, solid rock barriers instantly rose from the ground, blocking him tightly.
His system-mutated and strengthened B-rank defensive Ninjutsu was fully activated!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The violent rock staves arrived in an instant, smashing fiercely against the rock barriers.
The first layer of the stone wall shattered instantly; it was all thanks to the second layer holding firm, with gravel and wood chips flying everywhere.
Ye’s scalp tingled at the sight.
Damn it!
They were clearly just rock staves, yet their lethality was as vicious as heavy spears!
Having escaped a calamity, Ye just wanted to turn and keep running, but the soil beneath his feet suddenly became incredibly soft.
“Earth Release: Antlion Hell!”
Jonin Matsui seized the opportunity to strike.
The soil on the ground turned into a massive whirlpool of quicksand, like a gaping abyss, biting tightly onto Ye’s feet and pulling him down desperately, attempting to bury him alive underground.
At the critical moment!
“Instant Earth Substitution!”
With a thought, Ye didn’t even need to form hand seals; he vanished into thin air, instantly shifting away from the quicksand area.
As soon as his legs touched the ground, his Chakra exploded, and he raced toward the Konoha outpost like an arrow released from a bow.
How shameless!
Two dignified Jonin, teaming up to bully a single Chunin?
He almost lost his life!
As for firing a signal flare for reinforcements?
Ye hadn’t even considered it.
The border was a mixed bag of people; firing a signal flare was like turning on a searchlight in the middle of the night.
Who could guarantee that it would attract allies rather than mad dogs from enemy villages?
If it attracted a large group of Iwagakure ninja, the entire outpost would be buried with him.
He had only one choice: lure these two big fish back and let Senju Ken and the other two Jonin shut the door and beat the dogs!
Watching Ye run further and further away, Jonin Takeda stopped and pursed his lips regretfully: “Jonin Matsui, this kid has a lucky life; even your Antlion Hell couldn’t trap him. Hurry and chase him, don’t mess up Lord Kurokawa’s plan.”
Matsui spat disdainfully: “Cut the crap, didn’t your Rock-Stealing Staff fail to touch a single hair on him?”
Having said that, Matsui shot forward, and the elite Chunin behind him followed rapidly.
The two Iwagakure Jonin didn’t take Ye seriously at all.
The Chakra consumed by casting two Ninjutsu could be recovered by just running a few steps.
Wasting too much energy on a small Chunin would be pure stupidity.
Kurokawa’s plan was vicious: have Matsui and Takeda lead the Chunin disguised as a standard assault squad and attack head-on.
Once Konoha’s main Jonin engaged, they would inevitably establish an advantage by attacking two-on-one.
At that time, Kurokawa would personally lead three elites to hide in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow and slaughter all of Konoha’s team-leading Jonin!
Ye looked at the Iwagakure ninja in hot pursuit behind him, his eyes hardening.
He squeezed the Chakra in his meridians without regard for the cost!
His speed instantly broke through his limits, three parts faster than an ordinary Jonin, and in the blink of an eye, he left the two Iwagakure Jonin so far behind that not even their shadows could be seen.
Takeda and Matsui were dumbfounded.
A Chunin could run this fast?
“Ignore him, follow the plan and push forward! Force the Konoha Jonin to show themselves!”
Takeda shouted coldly, and the two immediately increased their speed.
…
The sky was slightly bright.
The outskirts of the Konoha outpost.
Directly in front of his line of sight, behind a hidden clump of bushes.
Chiba Mai had just finished relieving herself and was hurriedly pulling up her tight-fitting combat suit.
The zipper was only halfway up, exposing a large expanse of snow-white, delicate skin to the cool morning breeze.
Ye crashed out without warning, scaring the girl into letting out a delicate cry.
The intense shock caused the breathtaking fullness of her chest to tremble wildly, a wave of extremely alluring, snow-white flesh surging violently, dizzying to behold.
A few crystalline beads of sweat still hung on the edge of her deep cleavage; the scene was absolutely deadly.
But Ye’s mind was entirely on saving his life right now; how could he have the time to appreciate the spring scenery!
“Enemy attack! Iwagakure elites are attacking! Everyone, prepare for battle!”
Ye roared at the top of his lungs, a shrill, frantic shout that rang out like a thunderclap on flat ground, instantly echoing throughout the entire temporary Konoha outpost.
Everyone resting in the tents woke up immediately, and waves of sharp killing intent erupted!
Takagi had just opened his mouth to ask a question when, from deep in the forest, a sky full of shuriken and Kunai suddenly shot out, swarming toward the temporary outpost like hornets.
“Everyone, watch out! The Kunai have Explosive Tags attached!”
Rinya’s eyes were scarlet, and he roared loudly.
The moment his voice fell, a furious shout from Sarutobi Takumi came from behind: “Earth Style: Earth Wall!”
Rumble!
A solid, thick stone wall rose from the ground, forcefully blocking everyone in front.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Boom!
The Explosive Tags detonated in succession, the deafening roar echoing through the sky.
“Prepare for battle! Kill!”
Senju Ken, like a raging lion, didn’t even bother with hand seals and led the charge into the smoke and dust, bare-handed.
Sarutobi Takumi followed closely, his hands moving so fast they were a blur.
Takagi drew his short blade and turned to look at Rinya: “Can you still fight?”
This was also the only remaining seedling of Takagi’s squad.
Rinya had just exhausted his Chakra to sprint and sound the alarm regardless of the cost; anyone with a discerning eye could see that his body was severely depleted.
If he were to force himself to participate in the battle, it would be pure suicide.
Rinya turned to glance at Chiba Mai, who was still shaken, and lied to Takagi: “Don’t worry, Captain! I know a little Medical Ninjutsu, I’ll be able to recover my combat ability immediately! Go support Uncle Senju, don’t let the Iwagakure scum get away!”
“Alright! Take care of yourself!”
Takagi turned into a bolt of lightning and body-flickered into the battlefield.
As soon as Takagi left, Rinya immediately mobilized the life force in his system space.