On the brutal battlefield, once your Chakra is depleted, at best your limbs will go weak, leaving you at the mercy of others, and at worst you will pass out on the spot.
Everyone is cannon fodder; no one can guarantee that after hacking down the enemy in front of them, a stray arrow won’t strike them from behind.
Of course, Bloodline Limit clans with monstrous physical constitutions like the Senju and Uzumaki fare a bit better.
With strong recovery powers, they are naturally more resilient than ordinary civilian shinobi.
As for certain cheaters, like Senju Hashirama, whose Chakra reserves are measured in ‘tons,’ or Uchiha Madara, who can fly all over the sky with his Susanoo active, they aren’t even within the scope of normal discussion.
At this moment, the Iwagakure Leader laughed wildly as he looked at the Konoha squad trapped on the dirt mound.
Konoha, the number one village?
Nothing special!
It seems Iwagakure is definitely devouring this choice piece of meat, the Land of Fire, today!
Sarutobi Takumi watched the closing Iwa-nin, his gaze sweeping over the encirclement, a calculated curve pulling at the corner of his mouth.
The timing is perfect!
Without the slightest hesitation, Sarutobi Takumi’s hands blurred into afterimages.
“Earth Style: Core Protection!”
Rumble—!
The earth trembled.
With Sarutobi Takumi as the center, the ground beneath their feet instantly sank over ten meters, dragging the entire squad along with their cover into a deep pit.
Sarutobi Takumi gave his enemies no room to breathe, his hands shifting rapidly into another set of hand seals.
“Earth Release: Canopy Drop!”
With a dull thud!
A massive earthen lid shaped like a wild boar’s head descended from the sky.
Like an upturned iron pot, it sealed the deep pit tightly, completely blocking the path for any aerial assaults from the Iwa-nin.
After completing the combo, Sarutobi Takumi panted heavily.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he collapsed onto the ground, desperately refining his Chakra.
This maneuver left the Iwagakure Leader dumbfounded.
Using Earth Release in front of Iwa-nin?
Showing off before the master!
The Iwa-nin quickly surrounded the top of the deep pit, each of them wearing a mocking sneer.
“Since they’ve dug their own graves, I’ll be merciful and send them on their way!”
The Iwagakure Leader’s face contorted with malice.
“Everyone, prepare! Earth Release: Rock Shelter Crumble! Bury these Konoha rats alive!”
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Atop a towering tree several hundred meters away.
Clad in black, Rinya stared intently at the battle ahead, his crimson, two-tomoe Sharingan spinning.
“Captain, it’s time to act. If we wait any longer, Senior Takumi is really going to be turned into a pancake.” Rinya turned to look at Senju Ken beside him.
Indeed, the squad led by Sarutobi Takumi that had been ambushed was nothing but bait!
The Third Squad had been wandering around the forest for several days without catching even a single hair of the Iwa-nin. This story is hosted at g.com.
Rinya really couldn’t stand this aimless searching, so he casually mentioned’sting operations’ to Takagi.
Takagi thought it was a solid idea and immediately reported it to Senju Ken.
Senju Ken, who was already worrying about how to complete the mission assigned by Orochimaru, immediately made the decision and brought in another Jonin in the squad, Sarutobi Takumi, to set up the trap.
He had Sarutobi Takumi, an expert in Earth Release, lead the team, paired with Hyuga Shinichi, who possessed the Byakugan, to provide vision, along with two Chunin.
They perfectly disguised themselves as a standard patrol squad.
Meanwhile, Rinya relied on the insight of his Sharingan to act as a hidden scout, keeping a lock on the big fish’s movements at all times.
After listening to Rinya’s report, Senju Ken’s eyes instantly grew sharp.
With a wave of his hand, he shot out from the tree canopy!
“Move!”
Takagi growled in a low voice, following closely behind.
Rinya and the remaining Chunin burst forth with Chakra, transforming into dark blurs as they pounced toward the battlefield like tigers descending a mountain.
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“Tiger-Rat-Snake… Earth Release: Rock…”
The Iwa-nin’s hand seals were on the verge of completion.
“Wind Release: Pressure Damage!”
Accompanied by an angry roar, Senju Ken burst into the battlefield like a descending god.
Highly compressed spheres of wind-natured Chakra erupted from his mouth.
The wind spheres expanded rapidly against the wind.
The moment they contacted the air, they frictioned violently, transforming into a wild hurricane capable of tearing rock apart!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The high-pressure wind cannons exploded violently within the Iwa-nin’s formation!
The raging hurricane, like invisible blades, instantly flipped several Iwa-nin on the periphery, tearing a massive gap in the once airtight encirclement.
Senju Ken’s immense Chakra reserves caused the lethality of this Wind Release technique to increase exponentially.
“Enemy attack!”
The Iwagakure Leader reacted extremely quickly.
Unable to cast an offensive Ninjutsu, he slammed his hands hard onto the ground.
“Earth Style: Earth Wall!”
Rumble!
A thick stone wall rose from the ground.
The wind blades crashed violently into the stone wall, sending crushed rocks flying everywhere.
Although Wind counters Lightning, and Lightning counters Earth, the hastily cast Pressure Damage had lost ninety percent of its power after shattering the Earth Wall, leaving only a few shallow bloody scratches on the Iwagakure Leader.
Interrupting their casting was exactly what Senju Ken wanted!
In the next second, Takagi surged forward at breakneck speed, the long blade in his hand flashing with lightning as it lunged straight for the Iwagakure Leader’s face.
The lightning-natured Chakra coating the blade made it incredibly sharp.
The Iwagakure Leader didn’t dare block it head-on and could only retreat in embarrassment, frantically parrying Takagi’s relentless sword techniques.
Seeing that Takagi had pinned down the enemy’s strongest fighter, Senju Ken snorted and turned to lunge at the remaining Iwa-nin. The source of this chapter is g.com.
No flashy Ninjutsu—just a burst of pure physical strength!
Bang!
The Senju Clan’s signature Super Strength punch smashed down violently!
An Iwa-nin who failed to dodge in time had his breastbone shattered on the spot.
The violent residual force even smashed a half-meter-deep crater into the ground.
“Don’t be so arrogant!”
Another Iwagakure Jonin’s body turned a rocky, grayish-black.
After using the Hardening Technique, he braced himself against the Super Strength punch and slammed into Senju Ken.
The two instantly locked in close combat, the dull thuds of fist meeting flesh making onlookers’ scalps tingle.
“Don’t be afraid! Their leaders are pinned down by our two masters! Attack together and kill the rest of these Konoha rats!”
An Iwa-nin Chunin recovered his wits and roared loudly to boost morale.
Between the Wind Release carpet bombing and the Super Strength surprise attack, this full Iwa squad had already lost four members.
The remaining eight or nine who could still draw breath watched Rinya and the others close in, drawing their Kunai to fight for their lives.
Just then, a sudden, violent surge of Chakra rippled through the earthen lid beneath their feet.
“Earth Style: Core Protection!”
Having gathered all his strength, Sarutobi Takumi let out a fierce shout.
The silent, deep pit suddenly rose, acting like an elevator to carry the bait squad back to the surface.
As the ground lifted violently, a sharp light flashed in Sarutobi Takumi’s eyes.
“Earth Release: Canopy Drop—Release!”
Poof!
The giant earthen lid covering the deep pit instantly dissolved into a cloud of white smoke and vanished.
The moment the bait squad broke free, they didn’t hesitate for a second, launching a tempestuous surprise attack from behind the Iwa-nin.
“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”
“Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!”
“Lightning Release: Earth Flash!”
Though Yui’s clothes were torn, her hand seals were not slow in the slightest.
Opening her mouth slightly, a sharp Wind Release technique shot out instantly.
“Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!”
Hyuga Shinichi activated his Byakugan, closing in on the enemy formation.
His hands blurred into afterimages as he struck their pressure points with precision.
This sudden torrent of Ninjutsu completely caught the outer Iwa-nin off guard.
“Ah—!”
Screams rose one after another.
Several Chunin-level Iwa-nin rolled away in embarrassment to dodge, but the two heavily wounded ones and one unlucky fellow who was a step too slow were instantly blasted into sieves, collapsing dead in pools of blood.