On the frontlines, the battle broke out. The ninjas of Konoha and the Hidden Rain Village clashed fiercely on the battlefield, fighting back and forth.
Overall, Konoha had the upper hand, as the Rain Village, no matter how hard it tried, couldn't match Konoha's overall strength.
The Rain Village's strength lies solely in Hanzo.
Once the "Demi-God" falls, the Rain Village will collapse.
The battle was extremely brutal, with corpses strewn across the battlefield-some blown apart by ninjutsu, some with their throats slit by kunai, some with their hearts pierced by ninja swords. You could find all sorts of gruesome deaths on the battlefield.
The most terrifying and numerous of them all were those killed by poison.
To minimize casualties, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade dared not let anyone else fight Hanzo; they could only rely on their own strength.
Facing a Hanzo in his prime, the three of them struggled.
No matter how intense the battle on the frontlines was, Xin had no idea.
At that moment, he was leading Minato and Nawaki in clearing out the Sand Village's scouts.
"How many does this make?"
Nawaki flicked the blood off his kunai. Minato replied, his face expressionless, "This is the fourth one in our sector. Including the others, there must be quite a few. Looks like the enemy is close."
"The big battle is probably about to begin."
Xin looked up toward the front, having already received a signal from Ophis.
A large number of people were quickly approaching their position.
"Retreat, send up the signal flare."
The team's mission was to stall the enemy, not to fight to the death.
If possible, Xin wasn't keen on rushing into a melee with the enemy.
Nawaki launched the signal flare, alerting the others that the enemy was coming, and the three quickly retreated.
The Sand ninja would have to deal with the various traps set along the way before they could advance.
These traps would delay the enemy considerably.
Boom!!
The signal flare exploded in the sky, and all the Konoha ninjas prepared for combat and possible retreat.
"Masa-sama, the enemy has discovered our presence."
Masa, whom they had encountered just days before, was also among this group. Seeing the signal flare in the sky, he said flatly:
"It doesn't matter; we have too many people to avoid detection by Konoha's ninjas.
Be cautious of the traps on the ground. Our mission is to delay them as much as possible, to stretch Konoha thin."
"Understood."
Hundreds of Sand ninjas halted and began clearing the traps.
One by one, the traps were quickly disarmed.
Of course, there were also some that triggered, and a few unlucky ones lost their lives as a result.
Hundreds of enemies-could this be a vanguard force?
Xin wasn't sure what the Sand Village was planning.
All he knew was that they needed to stall this force as long as possible and take out as many as they could.
As more and more traps were cleared, the hundreds of Sand ninjas split into smaller squads and began infiltrating the area.
Soon, sounds of battle could be heard from other directions.
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