fine.
When Kurotsuchi and the others caught up, Deidara hadn't killed everyone.
The first wave of bombing was sudden, causing heavy damage to the two combat teams, but not to the point of complete annihilation.
When they discovered the enemy Deidara, the two teams that were originally fighting immediately and decisively targeted Deidara at the same time.
Unfortunately, Deidara was in the air, making it difficult for these people to attack.
Afterwards, the effectiveness of Deidara's attacks was greatly reduced because there were users of Lightning Release among the two teams.
Lightning Release just happens to restrain Deidara's Explosive Release.
So when Kurotsuchi and others caught up, they did not see any corpses on the ground.
Seeing the enemy reinforcements coming, the two teams that suffered heavy losses immediately chose to retreat.
However, Deidara's constant harassment in the air greatly reduced their speed, and they were finally caught up by Kurotsuchi and others.
"Lava Release, lime solidification technique!"
He formed a seal with Kurotsuchi, opened his mouth and spit out balls of white lime.
Although the enemy dodged it, as his companion's water release technique surged out, the lime melted into liquid and quickly spread out. When the enemy stepped on it, his feet were immediately stuck by the solidified lime.
Swish, swish, swish!
Boom!
The kunai, coupled with Deidara's booby trap, directly took away the two teams.
The Kurotsuchi and Deidara teams won without any losses.
"Brother Deidara, we agreed before!"
Kurotsuchi put his hands on his hips and looked up at Deidara in the air.
Deidara smiled and said, "I followed the previous agreement and just harassed them."
Kurotsuchi gritted his teeth and said, "You are causing too much noise, aren't you?"
Deidara said seriously, "This is the art of explosion, huh!"
Kurotsuchi held his forehead helplessly and sighed, "One of the two teams just now belongs to the Iwagakure camp just like us."
"Even though he's a competitor, you can't just eliminate him like this, right?"
The other members nodded in agreement.
Killing people from the same camp does not earn any points. Although this can eliminate some competitors in advance, killing people from the same camp is indeed a bit... excessive.
"Okay, although it's a little troublesome, I'll listen to you."
After Deidara finished speaking, he continued to track from the air, while Kurotsuchi and the others followed behind.
In less than half an hour, they encountered another battle.
This time, Deidara did not bomb indiscriminately, but he did not attack immediately either. Instead, he waited for Kurotsuchi and the others to come.
If he takes action now, it would be equivalent to providing assistance to the Iwagakure team below. He is not that stupid.
However, a ninja appeared in the air, looking at them fiercely, and the people fighting below immediately reacted.
The Kumo Ninjas immediately fought and retreated, while the Iwagakure Ninjas devoted some of their attention to staring at Deidara in the air while also intensifying their attacks.
However, just as a Kumo Ninja was about to be killed, a clay bird fell from the sky and exploded nearby.
Mud and rocks flew everywhere, startling both sides of the battle.
The Iwagakure offensive paused, but the Kumogakure took the opportunity to escape from the crisis.
"This bastard is on the same side as us, but he's actually helping the enemy!"
Someone said angrily.
There was a ninja from the Iwagakure in the team, who immediately shouted, "Deidara, don't interfere with our battle!"
Deidara crossed his arms and said calmly, "We are competitors. I am very polite for not getting rid of you, huh!"
The ninjas from the Iwagakure Village were speechless after hearing this.
The captain said decisively, "Sanshi, you are responsible for keeping an eye on him. This guy must have companions on the way. We must fight quickly and decisively."
But plans cannot keep up with changes.
Kurotsuchi and the others have arrived.
"Two teams..."
Everyone's face changed, and then they decisively gave up on this Kumo Ninja Team.
Deidara smiled, and then little birds flew out one by one.
Boom boom boom!
The retreating Kumo Ninjas were blown away and scattered everywhere. Not only was their formation in disarray, their speed also dropped rapidly, and they were then surrounded by Kurotsuchi and his men.
It was the same Chunin team, so there was no suspense in the battle.
Kurotsuchi and others quickly dealt with their opponents and then continued to advance in the same manner as before.
A moment later, Kurotsuchi caught up with Deidara again, only to see Deidara standing in front of several corpses.
He stepped forward and took a look, and couldn't help but frowned: "This is... the team from before."
Deidara nodded: "Yeah!"
The corpse on the ground was actually the same Chunin team that they had just forced away.
I didn't expect that not long after that, the entire army would be wiped out here.
When one of the team members was about to go forward to check the body, Deidara immediately said, "Don't move, there's a trap."
The team members stopped immediately.
Kurotsuchi looked around and said, "It seems that the ones who dealt with them were not the Chunin team, but the real Kumo Ninja."
In other words, they were the real targets of all their hunting. They were the Kumo Ninjas who were protected and retreated by the Third Raikage during the Third Ninja World War.
These people have at least the strength of a Chunin.
After all, he was a ninja who was able to follow the Third Raikage into the Land of Earth.
Kurotsuchi looked around and found that the battlefield had been roughly cleaned up, but there were still some charred marks from the lightning.
"These guys actually had time to clean up the battlefield. It seems that we got rid of them in a very short time."
Kurotsuchi's expression became serious: "They must have been attacked by surprise."
"Someone is ambushing us in return."
"Brother Deidara, take us to the sky."
Deidara nodded, "No problem."
Several large birds were quickly made, two birds on each, and they flew into the air.
Soon, a forest appeared.
Kurotsuchi, behind Deidara, immediately pointed to the woods below: "It is very likely that he is hiding in there."
Deidara smiled: "Then let them try the art of explosion, huh!"
Kurotsuchi reminded: "Don't be careless. There are many Lightning Release ninjas among the Kumo Ninjas who can make your Explosion Style ineffective."
Deidara snorted, "The art of explosion won't be cracked so easily!"
Before they reached the sky above the woods, small birds flew out and disappeared into the woods.
"Crack!"
Deidara raised one hand.
Boom boom boom!
The detonated birds continued to explode in the woods, with broken wood flying everywhere and smoke and dust billowing.
And then, figures flew out from the woods one after another.
Swish, swish, swish!
Shurikens flew out one after another.
Kurotsuchi and others dodged it easily.
"Three people!"
Kurotsuchi shouted, "They have separated, but don't chase them separately, get rid of one of them first."
Then the eight of them attacked from the air, throwing ninja tools and performing ninjutsu, making the fleeing Kumo Ninjas extremely embarrassed.
The other two saw that no one was chasing them, so they had no choice but to return and reunite.
"They must be taken down!"
Yoshida Tsubasa, the captain, shouted softly, then signaled the other two: "Use illusion!"
The two Kumo-nin nodded.
The next moment, the three of them created clones to distract the attention of Kurotsuchi and others in the air. Two of them avoided the attack and took the opportunity to form seals.
lightning release - Lightning pillar!
Instantly, a strong light burst out, causing Kurotsuchi and others in the air to lose their vision.
However, Yoshida Tsubasa had already locked onto the approximate positions of Kurotsuchi and others just before the illusion broke out. He moved both hands, and shurikens whizzed out, accurately hitting the flying bird made of clay by Deidara.
Suddenly, the eight people from Kurotsuchi fell from the air.
"careful!"
Kurotsuchi shouted a warning and at the same time, he waved his hand and a large number of shurikens flew out, trying to buy time in this way.
Deidara was right next to Kurotsuchi. Even though his vision had not yet recovered, he still quickly created a clay bird, caught himself and Kurotsuchi, and then lifted it into the air.
However, others were not so lucky.
Before their vision returned, two people were hit by the shuriken and fell heavily to the ground with screams.
Kurotsuchi judged the enemy's position based on the sound of the shurikens flying through the air, and threw two more shurikens, but both missed.
But the clay bird that flew out next, belonging to Deidara, exploded, forcing the Kumo Ninja to dodge.
His vision was restored, the seal was completed, and the Kurotsuchi spit out clumps of lime one after another.
Yoshida Tsubasa, who killed two people in a row, quickly retreated and dodged.
"Water Trumpet Technique!"
The Kurotsuchi opened up, the water flowed, and the lime spread immediately.
Yoshida Tsubasa's expression changed, his body twisted in the air, and the sword in his hand was inserted into the ground, while he stood on the handle of the sword to prevent himself from being frozen by the lime.
At this time, Deidara's bird came whistling, and lightning immediately appeared on Yoshida Tsubasa's body, and then suddenly radiated outwards. The flying clay bird was immediately hit and lost the possibility of exploding.
"This guy is a jonin!"
"But don't underestimate us!"
Kurotsuchi fell from the sky and pressed the ground with both hands.
The next moment, densely packed sharp stone pillars emerged from the ground and stabbed towards Yoshida Tsubasa.
Yoshida Tsubasa leaped and dodged repeatedly, but was inevitably scratched.
While he was dodging Kurotsuchi's attack, Deidara's clay bird was already approaching.
"Crack!"
Deidara raised one hand.
Yoshida Tsubasa noticed it and his expression changed, but it was too late.
Boom boom boom!
The clay birds exploded one after another. Although they did not explode at close range, the impact of the explosions affected Yoshida Tsubasa.
Tearing through the billowing smoke and dust, Yoshida Tsubasa looked in a disastrous state.
At this time, Kurotsuchi appeared on his side, his right hand covered with rocks, and he blasted out fiercely.
Yoshida Tsubasa twisted his body with difficulty and crossed his arms.
Bang!
Yoshida Tsubasa was knocked away by a punch, but his body suddenly exploded and turned into a cloud of smoke.
Immediately afterwards, another Yoshida Tsubasa flew out from the smoke formed by the explosion, holding a kunai with electric light wrapped around it, and passed across Kurotsuchi's neck.
Even though he used the hardening technique at the critical moment, lightning release could restrain Earth release, and Kurotsuchi's neck was still cut, with blood splattering everywhere.
However, Yoshida Tsubasa, who had just landed, had a drastic change of expression. He looked down and saw his feet sinking: "It's lime mud..."
In front, a clay man rose up and then turned into Kurotsuchi.
The Kurotsuchi leaped back, and the lime mud hardened quickly.
Puff, puff, puff!
Kurotsuchi opened his mouth and balls of lime fell on Yoshida Tsubasa's body, followed by a water release technique.
At this moment, Yoshida Tsubasa was completely frozen,"Brother Deidara!"
The retreating Kurotsuchi shouted softly.
The clay bird came whistling.
"Crack!"
Deidara raised one hand in the air.
Snap!
The hardened lime on Yoshida Tsubasa's body cracked and lightning appeared, but almost at the same time, two clay birds arrived and exploded at close range.
Yoshida Tsubasa, who was a Jonin, was killed by two bloodline limit ninjas, Kurotsuchi and Deidara.
After landing on the ground, Kurotsuchi gasped and looked towards the battlefield on the other side.
It's two against two over there, and they're still fighting.
"As expected of a team led by a Jonin, we lost four teammates due to carelessness."
Kurotsuchi looked unhappy and swallowed the Soldier pill.
Just an illusion broke their air advantage and caused the loss of four companions in an instant.
If it weren't for Deidara, Kurotsuchi knew that he would be in great danger.
In the few seconds when you lose your sight, you will most likely be killed directly when facing a jonin.
After recovering some of his strength, Kurotsuchi immediately attacked again.
And the battle was over soon.
But the original team of eight people now has only four people left.
Fortunately, all three of Deidara's teammates died, while only one of Kurotsuchi's teammates died.
Deidara didn't care and shouted in the air: "Hurry up and move on, I want to let more Kumo Ninjas experience the art of explosion. Yeah!"
Kurotsuchi said helplessly: "Wait until the chakra is almost recovered before taking action."
"If we encounter a situation like this again, and we don't have enough chakra, we might be wiped out."
"Brother Deidara, you don't want to run out of chakra to show off your explosive art, do you?"
The last sentence convinced Deidara.
…
Just as Kurotsuchi and his team continued to gain points, Haku on the other side also started his second mission.
For this mission they still chose the C-level one, and it was a single mission.
Mission objective: Escort Mr. Dazna back to the Land of Waves and complete the construction of the bridge.
There is no faction selection for this mission, as the default is Konoha's ninja.
On the way, Nikami Ryo couldn't help but ask: "By the way, what period is our mission from?"
"Just now I noticed that there seems to be the Fourth Hokage on the Hokage Rock!"
Marusugi: "Maybe it's the same as the last mission, it's a scene generated by itself in the illusion, different from those major historical events."
Omoi, who was always cautious, said: "In this case, we must be more cautious. We lack additional intelligence support."
"Moreover, based on the situation of the last mission, the mission level is not as fixed as we previously speculated."
"Even if it's a C-rank mission, it's possible..."
Before Omoi could finish, Nikami Ryo covered his mouth: "You guys, you'd better not talk so much."
"If a jonin shows up, even if we're not completely wiped out, we'll suffer heavy losses, right?"
Hoshita Haku on the side smiled and said, "Omoi is right. It is best to be cautious."
Marusugi nodded: "Don't worry, Captain, we won't be careless."
Soon, the group passed by a puddle.
Hoshita Haku, who was walking in the front, looked around, while Marusugi and Nikami Ryo, one on the left and one on the right, also seemed to glance at the puddles inadvertently.
Just as Dazna passed by the puddle, two figures jumped out of the puddle.
Almost at the same time, Marusugi and Nikami Ryo rushed forward to intercept, while Hoshita Haku turned around and pounced.
Omoi, who was walking at the end, grabbed Dazna and retreated.
Accompanied by screams, the two ninjas hiding in the puddle were easily dealt with by Hoshita Haku and his two companions.
Nikami Ryo looked at the corpse on the ground and couldn't help laughing: "Such a clumsy hiding method, you underestimate us, don't you?"
The road was dry and there was no water anywhere else. The sudden appearance of one would arouse suspicion.
Omoi said: "It shouldn't be just these two guys. We need to be more careful next time."
Hoshita Haku and the other two nodded and continued on their journey.
After walking a distance, Hoshita Haku's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at a tree by the lake: "That is..."
"Uncle Zabuza!"
Omoi and the other two were startled and immediately protected Dazna in the middle."Captain, do you know him?"
"Who is this guy?"
Facing his companion's question, Hoshita Haku immediately said, "Uncle Zabuza was originally a ninja from the Kirigakure. He was proficient in water release and silent assassination. Later, Uncle followed Shuichi-sama and got the sewing needle, one of the seven ninja swords of the Kirigakure, from Shuichi-sama."
On the branch, Momochi Zabuza looked at Hoshita Haku and was a little surprised: "Haku, I didn't expect to meet in this way."
"However, even though I know you, I will not hold back. You should be mentally prepared."
Hoshita Haku listened to Zheng Zhong nod: "I understand, Uncle Zabuza, I will also do my best."
Momochi Zabuza smiled slightly, then raised one hand: "Then let's begin!"
Instantly, the thick fog spreads!