Escape From Konoha

Mt. Miaomu.

A huge hemispherical crater, as if a piece of it had been cut out of the earth, was far away from the sky.

The white snake body lay horizontally in the pit, motionless, like a dead corpse.

From its slightly open and closed mouth, it can be seen that the White Snake Immortal is not ready to die, but is struggling tenaciously on the edge of life and death.

Part of the body disappeared in the explosion of Baoyu, and it was shocking to see the white bones stained with flesh and blood.

Two figures walked out of the mouth of the White Snake Immortal, it was Bai Shi and Liu Li.

Their clothes and skin were stained with the mucus from White Snake Immortal's body, but other than that, there were no injuries on their bodies.

Baishi turned around and glanced at the White Snake Immortal behind him. The flame of his soul had not been extinguished. Although the vitality in his body was rapidly passing away, he had not died. He was still holding on to his last breath and successfully pulled himself back from the edge of death.

"Stinky... stinky little brat, help me get treated quickly... otherwise... I'll eat you... ahem..."

White Snake Immortal coughed and spoke weakly to Shiraishi in a rather rude tone.

Shiraishi didn't pay attention, walked to the White Snake Immortal, stretched out his palm and pressed it on the snake body of the White Snake Immortal, converting his own magic chakra into vitality, inputting it into the White Snake Immortal's body, completely pulling it back from the edge of death. .

While performing the medical magic, he sighed at the physical strength of the White Snake Immortal.

His body had collapsed to such an extent, but he was still alive and not dead. He was worthy of being a psychic creature that had been practicing for thousands of years.

Its vitality has reached an incredible level.

Ignoring Baishi and the White Snake Immortal, Liuli walked to the center of the pit and saw a blue orb as big as an adult lying there, with the word "oil" engraved on it. The orb he wears.

After the explosion, the orb was still intact.

Liuli walked in front of the blue orb and saw that it was smooth and stain-free, and her figure was clearly reflected on it. She felt incredible.

With her knowledge, she was completely unable to identify what material this orb was made of and how it was polished into its shape.

Even the White Snake Immortal almost died in the explosion, but this orb was able to be preserved intact, which shows how strong the orb is.

Just from what you can see with the naked eye, you know that the orb itself is a secret treasure that is hard to find in the ninja world.

Around the orb, there are solidified pieces of meat of different sizes scattered around. Not surprisingly, these solidified pieces look like rock-hard meat, and should be the remnants of the Great Toad Immortal.

As a being at the same level as the White Snake Immortal, its physical strength has reached an incredible level. Even in the terrifying explosion, some of it remained and did not completely disappear in the explosion.

Although Liuli doesn't understand research matters, bringing these pieces of meat back to the research institute of the Ghost Country will definitely give a huge boost to the scientific cause of the Ghost Country.

On the other side, Shiraishi loosened his palm, left the body of Immortal White Snake, and exhaled with relief. He continued to deliver life force to Immortal White Snake, which consumed a lot of him.

Moreover, even if all his life force is exhausted, it may not be possible to completely restore the White Snake Immortal in this state.

All he could do was to get the White Snake Immortal out of danger, so that his healing magic could work on its own, and he could slowly recover with his own medical abilities.

Immortal White Snake understands this truth and does not think that a human can immediately recover from his injuries.

The reason why it and the Great Toad Sage's chakra can surpass the tailed beast is because their own bodies are at least the same level as the tailed beast, or even larger.

The amount of chakra that can be accommodated in the body will naturally be more.

Therefore, once beings of their level are severely injured, apart from relying on their own strong recovery power, it is difficult for outsiders to play a key role in their injuries.

Baishi came to Liuli's side and saw the blue orb that Liuli had been looking at.

He reached out and touched the blue orb, turned on his own perception ability to the maximum state, and carefully sensed the condition of the orb.

"how?"

Liuli asked with interest.

"It should be a substance made from special chakra jade and pure natural energy between heaven and earth. The previous explosion was a unique phenomenon caused by the natural energy in the orb exceeding the limit. I have done similar experiments in the past, but The power of the explosion after the experiment went wild is not that exaggerated."

Shiraishi released his palm, confirming that the explosive impact released by the orb before was not a magic spell, but simply absorbed too much natural energy, causing the energy inside to overload and start running wild.

Unlike chakra, which is energy that is tempered by one's own physical and mental strength, natural energy comes from nature and is a ubiquitous energy.

This energy, before being tamed, will show extremely violent aggression.

This is also the reason why practitioners of celestial arts must have strong chakra as a foundation before they can practice.

Under normal circumstances, a ninja possesses powerful chakra, and his physical abilities must be outstanding and have extremely strong vitality.

Therefore, it is integrated with natural energy and can rely on its strong body to withstand the backlash of violent natural energy to master the power of nature. On the contrary, the body will suffer from various problems under the erosion of natural energy, and eventually die from the process of absorbing natural energy.

Just like this, after gathering a large amount of natural energy without channeling or controlling it, the explosive power produced by it going wild is no weaker than an attack like the Tailed Beast Jade, and is even more terrifying.

A being like White Snake Sennin almost lost his life. If a human ninja faced such an attack, it would directly turn into nothingness along with the surrounding earth.

"I see. No wonder the surrounding earth has withered away and has no life at all. Does this way of operation form the concept of 'shu'?"

Liuli squatted down, grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, and let it fly away in the wind between her fingers.

She could feel that the vitality in the earth had been lost. It was estimated that within many years, this place would become a barren land with no humans or animals.

Shiraishi shook his head and replied: "No, although it is very close, strictly speaking, this cannot be classified as a 'shu'."

Technique is the concept of shaping, and this is just a physical application of natural energy, which is essentially the same as the energy group formed by the materialization of chakra.

It's just that natural energy has a violent nature, and when gathered together, it will produce an explosive impact that destroys the earth.

It seems to be a 'skill', but it is still far from a 'skill'.

The reason why senjutsu is senjutsu is that it brings natural energy into another realm and combines it with chakra to form new matter.

This new substance, like chakra, can form the concept of 'technique'.

However... Shiraishi thought of the argument between "jutsu and seals" given to him by Indra. In the ancient times, there was no concept of jutsu and seals. As the inheritors of the Otsutsuki clan, their every move is a jutsu. , and no need for sealing.

Bai Shi looked at the huge gem in front of him and fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong?"

"Some things came to mind. I'm thinking whether it's time to give the fire elf a new energy core."

Shiraishi smiled with interest.

Although this orb is a treasure, it needs to be filled with energy to be effective.

Judging from the upper limit of the orb, it can at least store senjutsu chakra comparable to that of a tailed beast.

If this orb is used as the new 'heart' of the fire elf, it might stand out from all the brothers and sisters and become the strongest clone.

However, this is just a conjecture.

As for whether it can be done, we still need to take the orb back and study it to know the answer.

Even if it can be used as the new 'heart' of the fire elf, it cannot be completed in an instant, it will take time.

Bai Shi jumped over the orb and jumped up along the pit.

In a moment, Baishi jumped out of the pit, followed closely by Liuli.

The two of them stood on the edge of the pit and looked at the surrounding environment. Everything around them was flattened by the shock wave caused by the explosion. There were bursts of sand and dust, and no living thing was seen.

Almost half of Miaomu Mountain was destroyed by the impact of natural energy.

Ruins piled up with sand, dust and rubble are everywhere.

Only the temple area that is relatively far away from here is relatively well preserved and has not been destroyed.

The ninjas of the Demon Country, who had stayed away from the core battlefield from the beginning, were not seriously affected.

There are still air troops from the Kingdom of Oni patrolling in the sky, monitoring the land of Mount Myoki from the sky.

"Master Shiraishi, Master Liuli."

Several Jōnin from the Kingdom of Ghosts rushed over in disgrace and respectfully came to Shiraishi and Ruri.

There were cracks in the chakra armor on their bodies, and they were bleeding from their waists, arms or thighs, but the injuries were not serious and they could just rest for a while.

"How's it going?"

"The remaining Myoboku toads began to flee toward the east."

"Where is the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki? Have you found any trace of him?"

Shiraishi asked.

Several Jonin looked at each other, and one of them said helplessly: "No trace of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki was found."

Bai Shi nodded and did not ask further, but glanced towards the gray sky.

The natural energy of this world was so chaotic that even the weather was affected, and the temperature began to drop rapidly.

This phenomenon is very abnormal.

"Do you want to continue the pursuit?"

The Jonin from the Kingdom of Oni continued to ask.

"Don't go too deep, just enough. As for the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki..."

Shiraishi frowned, then let go of his sensing ability, but did not sense the chakra of the two immortals and Naruto.

There are two possibilities.

First, these three people died in the explosion of natural energy.

However, this possibility is very small, because when the orb was gathering momentum, the three of them had already escaped some distance and were not at the core of the explosion. Even if they were affected, they would not be fatally injured.

Second, the two immortals took Naruto to escape and used unknown means.

But the coverage area of ​​my perception ninjutsu can clearly sense even the forest outside Mt. Miaomu.

No matter how fast the two immortals move, they cannot escape from his range of perception in such a short period of time.

Away from water? Shiraishi thought of the mysterious prop that is a specialty of Mt. Myoboku.

A traveling prop that can significantly shorten your journey.

In Konoha, there is also a device for distant body water, and it is well preserved under the personal care of the Hokage and ANBU.

Because of the existence of this prop, the connection between Konoha and Mt. Myoboku has become extremely close.

If you use the remote water to escape, you can indeed avoid his sensory ninjutsu in a short period of time.

According to Shiraishi's speculation, the ability to travel far away from water may be related to space ninjutsu.

Only space-type secret treasures can shorten the journey between the two places and arrive in the shortest time. This is similar to the Divine Power Eye Technique mastered by Obito.

In other words, once you enter the distant water, you are in another space.

Although Shiraishi was confident in his sensory ninjutsu, he felt helpless about the independent different time and space.

"Forget it... leave the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki to those guys to deal with."

Compared to him, Akatsuki's guys value tailed beasts more.

Instead, he could sell the information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki to Akatsuki's people and let them send ninjas to deal with it.

"Collect the orb below and the nearby pieces of meat, and then carry them back to Ziyuan City."

Shiraishi ordered, and then took Ruri to the temple on Mt. Myoboku.

The Great Toad Immortal is dead, and the remaining guards of Miaomu Mountain have also fled Miaomu Mountain.

Next, this place has become the back garden of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The thousand-year collection of the Holy Land would not disappoint him.

"yes."

Watching the two people leave, several Jōnin from the Kingdom of Demons followed the landslide to the bottom of the pit and began to collect orbs and pieces of meat scattered around.

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"Zhi... village... group... hide!"

Ichiki struggled to say this sentence from her mouth, and finally understood that this Konoha ninja was not an ordinary Root ninja at all, but the leader of the Roots - Shimura Danzo himself!

Among Konoha, he is the only one who possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan!

For a moment, Yi Ji seemed to be tightly bound, standing motionless on the spot.

Konoha... Orphans... Roots... Training... Confidential mission... Sneak into the Kingdom of Demons... Daughter... Replace... Kill Chiba Shiraishi!

All kinds of memories that had been planned long ago, like a storm, tore open her mental space and were forcefully instilled.

Trying to overwrite her original memories and replace them with the memory blueprints drawn by others.

Faced with such a thing, Yiji naturally mobilized all the Senjutsu chakra in her body and began to resist the invasion of the Eye Technique.

However, the more she resisted, the more the abnormal memory disturbed her brain.

The Kusanagi sword slipped from his hand and was stuck sideways in the soil.

Yiji frowned in pain. The memory power covering her made her brain extremely confused.

If it weren't for the fact that his own pupils were excellent enough, his brain would have been occupied by foreign memories and he would have become a puppet controlled by others.

"It's useless. The more you resist, the more deeply this pupil technique will be ingrained in your brain. This is the most powerful illusion - the other gods!"

A low voice rang in my ears, like a nightmare that I couldn't get rid of.

"Come on, this is your destination, become a part of Konoha, and then kill your enemy Chiba Shiraishi!"

Danzo put on the mask, took a step forward, and continued to lure Kazuto. The Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye became more and more sinister and fanatical.

He stretched out his withered palm to Yiji, his body full of kindness.

Snapped!

Cold fingers covered the mask on Danzo's face.

Danzo's eyes widened slightly under his mask, as if he had seen something incredible.

Click!

Under the force of his palms, the mask on Danzo's face began to break.

Kazuhime's three-magatama Sharingan showed a ferocious color, and she grabbed Danzo's face without any courtesy and pressed it to the ground.

boom!

The ground collapsed.

As the rocks flew up, there was also blood spraying from Danzo's body.

The five fingers that grabbed Danzo's face were also covered in blood.

That face was covered in blood and flesh, and it had lost its breath.

However, after doing all this, Yi Ji's head began to hurt sharply again.

Memories that did not belong to her crazily disrupted her consciousness.

Konoha... Konoha... Konoha... Konoha... Countless memories of Konoha Village appeared in her mind.

Although she knew that these false memories were false memories placed in her mind by others, she could not expel them.

Such memories took root in her brain and used them as a foundation to erode towards her mental space, preparing to replace her original memories.

"How can it be?"

Seeing Ichiki struggling there, the root ninjas who knew the inside story showed shocked expressions.

Even the Third Hokage couldn't resist the ultimate pupil technique, but someone was able to resist it and didn't become a puppet of the pupil technique in the first place.

This is the first time this has happened.

"Take her away!"

Seeing Ichiki falling into chaos, a powerful jounin made a quick decision and chose to take the initiative.

The root ninja behind him also followed suit.

No matter what, this 'weapon' must be taken away and become a weapon used by Konoha to deal with the Kingdom of Demons.

Facing Ichiki who was surrounded by roots, the remaining consciousness made a reflexive movement and threw a punch.

The shocked Genbu Jōnin hurriedly used his hands to parry.

boom!

When they met each other, the root jounin flew back faster than when he came. The bones in his arms were shattered, and he let out a mournful groan in the air.

The rest of the root ninjas were all stunned. They only saw two hands stretching out, grabbing one person's head with one hand, and hitting each other.

boom.

Plasma scattered in all directions, and the strong smell of blood instantly filled the air.

As Yi Ji stood in a pool of blood, a frightening aura began to wrap around her body, and the blue chakra visible to the naked eye turned into a torrent and spurted out of her body, as if forming the shadow of a ferocious giant beast in the air. Roaring to the sky.

The pressure in the air increased sharply, causing the Konoha ninjas who were about to approach Ichihime to tremble and stop their steps.

Especially the ninja responsible for perception, the moment Ichiki burst out chakra, tears and snot flowed out unsatisfactorily.

Unprecedented fear invaded their pupils for no reason.

"Strange, monster! How could this kind of chakra be possible-"

They had never seen such outrageous chakra.

Endless and endless.

Spurting out of the body, the physical impact of chakra alone made it impossible for the surrounding Konoha ninjas to get close.

Rather than being a human being, it is more like a tailed beast wearing human skin.

"Don't panic, she has been controlled by illusion, everyone -"

Before the word "attack" could be shouted out of his mouth, a solid lava warrior appeared behind Ichiki.

The lava warriors who were originally wreaking havoc on the battlefield on the other side, under the summons of Ichiki, ignored the distance and appeared behind the master Ikihime.

Flames erupted from the chakra sword, baking the surrounding earth into hell.

The blood-stained snow turned into a gurgling red stream.

The heat burned the skin, and the corpses lying around made a scorching sound.

In the realm of flames where the heat was closing in and the air was distorted, Yiji suddenly raised her head, her long hair flying, and she shined forward with blood-red eyes like a hollow ghost.

The lava warrior behind her released blazing white flames in his eyes, swung the chakra sword in his hand, and stabbed it heavily into the ground.

For a moment, the earth shook, and a red pillar of fire erupted from the earth without any warning, rushing into the sky, engulfing Ichiki and the lava warrior, and disappeared in the pillar of fire.

As a result, this prison of heaven and earth, which was like a pillar of fire, successfully separated the inner and outer worlds, turning it into a restricted area of ​​flames that was inaccessible to outsiders.

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Earth Country, West.

This place has become a fierce war zone.

For the ninjas of Iwagakure Village who participated in the war, especially the newcomers, they felt that the battlefield in front of them was a dream.

A nightmare you don't want to wake up from.

Standing against the criss-crossing shells, listening to the charge orders of the captains, I used my own flesh and blood to compete with the steel monsters of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Although they kept using ninjutsu and carrying bomb packs to attack the steel troops of the Kingdom of Ghosts from the front or from the side, these steel monsters that kept roaring as they ran seemed endless.

Once one is destroyed, a new one will emerge.

Just like the products in a factory, they can be continuously produced in the assembly line and then continuously put into the battlefield.

And once they die, they can't come out of the 'factory' again.

In the mud where there was no grass left by the bombardment, many Iwagakure ninjas used earth escape to create trenches in order to avoid the bombardment. They avoided the opponent's powerful firepower while using this to prevent the advance of the enemy's steel troops.

If it were just a pile of mechanical steel, then the Earth Escape Ninjutsu would not be too scary.

But the Kingdom of Ghosts also knows this truth very well. As manufacturers, they are very aware of the flaws in the steel troops they create.

If there is no accompanying army responsible for containing them, then these bulky steel bodies will be heavy and living targets in the eyes of the ninjas.

Therefore, it became a scene before us that 'if the steel troops are dispatched, the ninja troops will follow closely behind'.

As long as the escorting ninja troops are not annihilated, this group of tireless steel monsters will advance the front line endlessly.

Hundreds of these armored artillery vehicles, as long as they can rush out one-tenth of the way, can plunge the rear area of ​​​​Iwagakure into a terrifying panic.

It is not easy to destroy an armored artillery vehicle. Although jounin has the ability to destroy them, it cannot be done overnight and takes time.

When chuunin and genin encounter this kind of situation, they basically have to use soil escape to hide underground, or they can run as far as they can to avoid appearing in the range of the cannonballs.

Although most of the time, if they fail to escape the range of the cannonball, they will be sent into the sky.

Even if you stay in a trench created with earth escape, under such intensive firepower coverage, you may be blown away by artillery shells along with the trench.

"Keep fighting, Lord Tsuchikage is opening the way for us, victory belongs to us!"

In a trench, Iwagakure Jonin was covered in mud and blood, both from enemies and from his own people. He commanded the members of his team and continued to attack the troops of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Some of the Iwagakure ninjas in the trench looked slightly dazed.

The sound of artillery bombardment has been echoing in my ears for the past few days, which has caused some mental problems.

Every time I heard such a roar of artillery shells in my ears, my body began to tremble subconsciously, and an unfounded fear quietly took root in my heart.

A new round of rushing begins.

The sky was densely covered with black clouds after artillery bombardments, and even in the sky, they were within the range of the bombardment.

Continuous explosions drew a continuous battle line in the sky.

Strong winds, lightning, and rocks constantly bombarded the enemy's air troops, trying to seize air superiority.

The ninjas of the Ghost Country also began to move forward.

Every round of attacks by Iwagakure ninjas would bring heavy losses to them.

Although they are well-equipped, have advanced technology compared to their enemies, and have mechanized troops with long-range firepower, war is accompanied by mobility.

Once the ninjas on both sides engage in an inextricable and bloody melee, the firepower of the mechanized troops will inevitably be limited. Otherwise, if you are not careful, your own people will be blown up and sent to the sky together with the enemy.

As a result, the ninja troops of the Oni Country, led by Jonin, started a new round of battle with the Iwagakure troops.

The mechanized troops also moved forward, pushing forward, and began to cover the battle with less powerful artillery shells.

Even the less powerful cannonballs have the power to easily blow people away.

boom!

After a burst of cannon smoke, the crowd was blown away.

The Iwagakure team who wanted to attack from behind were accurately hit by the cannonball, exploding in the middle of the team.

Without enough time to dodge, the captain Jōnin hurriedly deployed a wall of earth, and then his whole body and the earth wall were blown away and began to roll on the ground.

He climbed up from the snow, shook his head, and dug his ears. The sound of shelling ringing in his ears almost made his ears ring deaf.

Just when he was about to step forward for a sneak attack again, a buzzing, buzzing vibration caught his attention.

Where he stood was a not-so-steep slope.

In front is a battlefield where both sides are fighting, and in the rear is an open plain area.

When he heard this familiar voice that made his heart tremble, he subconsciously turned around and froze.

Countless pieces of black steel were flying across the snowy plains, and each armored artillery vehicle would leave two parallel straight lines on the snow.

Around each armored artillery vehicle, there will be several combatants wearing standard uniforms.

Dressed like a ninja, but not like a ninja.

They followed the armored gun body like black wolves, blending into the dark steel torrent and sprinting towards the battlefield ahead.

The humming and trembling earth seemed to be moaning.

"This...what is this..."

Where did this mechanized force come from?

Are there so many ninjas in the Ghost Country?

Why does it appear at this time?

Although there were many questions, his questions went unanswered.

The armored artillery car sprinting at the front adjusted the angle of the gun mount, only to see a dense row of fire rushing out of the gun barrel, aiming towards itself.

In the violent impact, the sound of tearing flesh and bones, as well as the sound of the earth-shattering bombing, clearly rang in the mind of Iwagakure Jonin.

In the feeling of a world gone by, endless darkness ended before Iwagakure Jonin's eyes.