Chapter 740: The Worsening War, the Hidden Sand Front
Ashura knew very well what the God Tree was! His father had said that his Wood Release was derived from the power of the God Tree.
"The God Tree! Where is it?" Ashura asked, and the next second, Sasuke directly grabbed Naruto and Ashura. The time was about right; Sasuke's dōjutsu had also recovered.
Amenotejikara! Activated!
Instantly, they teleported to the station of Konoha's ninja forces. Arriving here and seeing the empty station, Naruto was instantly stunned.
"There should have been two hundred thousand Konoha ninja forces stationed here!"
"When the village was attacked, Shikamaru had said before that he wanted me to mobilize a portion of the ninja back. I didn't agree at the time. they should still be here!" Naruto frantically checked every camp, but there was no one inside. However, the scattered items on the ground, as well as the stored ninja tools and equipment, all indicated that there should have been many people here before.
But now! Now there was... no one.
Sasuke glanced at Naruto and sighed helplessly. With Naruto's power, he should have known that there were no ninja left in this camp just by sensing it a little. Two hundred thousand people. Perhaps the power of all these people combined was no match for Naruto, but the weight of these two hundred thousand lives was not small.
"Naruto!" Sasuke called out to him. If he didn't wake him up, this guy would probably not give up and would check every single tent.
Naruto stopped, tears already glistening in his eyes. "Sasuke!"
"Two hundred thousand people are gone!"
"It would have been better if they had died on the battlefield. But to disappear without a trace like this, how am I supposed to explain this to the families of these two hundred thousand people!"
If they had died in battle, perhaps there would be nothing to say. People always die in war. But to suddenly disappear just like that...
"To be able to do something like this, it's definitely not one of the Five Great Nations!" Sasuke suddenly spoke up.
Hearing Sasuke's words, Naruto thought about it and agreed. If it were the Five Great Nations, they wouldn't be able to make two hundred thousand people disappear without a sound.
"You mean... Ōtsutsuki?"
Just as Naruto was asking, Ashura suddenly called out to the two of them. "You two, come and see!"
Sasuke and Naruto rushed over at once and saw a huge pit. There were also broken tree roots and so on.
"This is!" Naruto was a little confused. This looked like a huge tree had just been transplanted away. What was so special about it?
"This is the aura of the God Tree!" Sasuke was very familiar with the chakra fluctuation of the God Tree. This pit clearly exuded the chakra fluctuation of the God Tree.
"The God Tree appeared here before, but it disappeared!" Ashura jumped out of the pit.
At this moment, Sasuke also had a guess. "Those two hundred thousand people, it seems I know where they went!"
"Where did they go?" Naruto asked quickly.
"They were absorbed by the God Tree!" Sasuke's answer, however, made Naruto instantly stunned.
Absorbed... by the God Tree?
"Does the God Tree absorb humans?" In Naruto's impression, although the God Tree would absorb human chakra, it would also bring human consciousness into a world of illusion. Strictly speaking, they were not yet dead. But Sasuke's meaning was very clear. Sasuke meant that all two hundred thousand people had been devoured by the God Tree.
"Of course! Otherwise, why do you think the God Tree has such powerful strength? The power of the nine Tailed Beasts combined is terrifyingly strong. you should know that very well, right!" Ashura said.
Naruto had nine Tailed Beasts living in his body. How could he not know how powerful these Tailed Beasts were!
"How could this be!" Cold sweat appeared on Naruto's forehead. If they were really absorbed by the God Tree, then these two hundred thousand people were as good as dead!
"It must be the work of Isshiki and the others, or else it's Shibai!" As Sasuke spoke, Naruto's face became even uglier.
"If it's Isshiki and the others, that's one thing. But if it's that Ōtsutsuki named Shibai, then that's terrible." Having fought with Shibai, Naruto knew very well just how powerful this man named Shibai was. If he had planted the God Tree, then was he now preparing to devour it? He was already incomparably strong. If he continued to be enhanced by the power of the God Tree in this situation, then even Naruto was a little afraid of what he would become.
And at this moment! While Naruto and the others were investigating in the camp, Konoha received even worse news.
"What?" Shikamaru looked at the report in his hand. "What did you say?"
The Anbu ninja responsible for delivering the message was covered in sweat. "The intelligence is indeed true!"
Hearing this, Shikamaru felt weak all over. He almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, the ninja behind him was quick to support him, preventing him from falling.
"I never thought the Hidden Sand Village would be so crazy!"
A situation that Shikamaru had completely not anticipated had occurred. Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was responsible for resisting the Sand ninja on the front lines, had been directly killed by the five Kazekage working together! And with the loss of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the collapse of the Konoha front-line forces in the direction of the Sand Village could not be stopped. Even if the reinforcing Konoha ninja forces arrived later, the main force could not face the Sand ninja forces led by the five Kazekage together.
In this way, the battle situation in the direction of the Sand Village was a complete loss. If that was the case, his initial plan would be completely overturned. And if he wasn't careful, Konoha might be besieged by the four great ninja villages. At that time, facing four on one, even Konoha would become very passive.
"Lord Shikamaru, the front lines of the Sand Village need reinforcements now. We need to send another ninja who can lead the front-line forces against the Sand Village."
Konoha was not without such ninja, but now, Konoha had just been attacked. Although this attack did not cause devastating damage to Konoha, it also told Konoha one thing: if the village's defense forces were weak, the enemy might appear again.
If Naruto were to hold the fort, there would be no problem, but the situation in the direction of the Sand Village was no longer a situation that one or two top-tier ninja could stabilize. The five Kazekage had all been deployed, and they had even completely abandoned the Hidden Sand Village. This was clearly a do-or-die determination. Every day they were delayed by the Sand ninja, they would become more passive.
Thinking of this, Shikamaru didn't know how to handle it for a moment.
"Where's Naruto!"
"Lord Hokage and Lord Sasuke have left!"
"Where did they go?" Hearing this, the Anbu ninja shook his head. The speed that Sasuke possessed was not something that Anbu ninja like them could keep up with.
While Shikamaru didn't know what orders to give, Obito suddenly appeared in the Hokage's office!
"Let me go and see!"
Hearing Obito's voice, Shikamaru turned to look at him. This man who had once pretended to be Madara, Shikamaru had no confidence in what would happen if he let him go. But the other party had previously helped save Konoha, so he was still barely reliable!
"Alright! I'm counting on you! Obito! I have a bad feeling. The five Kazekage being deployed, this matter is very strange. Something unexpected must have happened on the Sand Village front lines!"
"You must be careful!"
Hearing this, Obito nodded. "Don't worry! Even if I can't win, running away is still not a problem!" With Kamui, Obito wouldn't be killed no matter what! As long as he was careful! Even the Ōtsutsuki clan wouldn't have a good way to deal with him!
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