Shan Shangmu stared at the sand table, his fingers unconsciously tapping the edge of the rock wall. After a few seconds, he suddenly made a decision: "Okay! We'll do as you say! Staff, select the best troops and assign them to Deputy Commander Chi Chen's rapid response team. Stand by immediately!"
The order was issued quickly, and the entire command center began to operate at an accelerated speed like a precision gear.
Wind-eroded stone forest outside the limestone valley
As night fell, the jagged stone forest cast distorted shadows in the moonlight. Like ghosts fused into the rock, Chichen, Feiliu, and three other experienced Iwagakure chunins lurked silently beneath a commanding height.
Chichen closed his eyes in concentration, a barely perceptible glimmer of pale blue chakra lingering on his fingertips, connecting to countless dust-like blue particles scattered within a kilometer radius. Feiliu gripped his long sword tightly, breathing lightly. His amber eyes scanned the suspicious area below him in the darkness, his body like a taut bowstring. The other three chunin also took up their respective vantage points, waiting with bated breath.
Time passed minute by minute, the only sound being the wind whimpering through the cracks in the rocks. Suddenly, Chi Chen's fingertips trembled imperceptibly, and his eyes fluttered open. Their light was gone, only a cold sharpness.
"Northeast direction, seven hundred meters, three chakra fluctuations, with a strength above Chunin, are moving towards the preset ambush point. Action mode: stealth, with ninja tools that conceal perception." Chi Chen's voice was very low, but it was clearly heard by every team member.
"Three? Humph, just right!" Fei Liu licked his lips, with fighting spirit rising in his eyes.
"According to the predetermined plan, Group A will encircle the left wing and cut off the retreat. Group B will monitor on the spot and report any abnormalities at any time. Fei Liu, follow me to attack head-on and end the battle quickly." Chi Chen spoke quickly, and at the same time, he made a seal with his hands in front of his chest in a very concealed manner.
"Understood!" Everyone responded in a low voice, and their figures disappeared from the spot in an instant.
Seven hundred meters away, three Konoha ninjas, wearing standard Konoha vests and animal masks, were swiftly moving through the shadows of the rocks. The leader gestured to his companions to stop, carefully scanning their surroundings.
"Strange, the Iwagakure sentry post seems to have been withdrawn? Or hidden deeper?" a Konoha ninja whispered.
"Be careful, Lord Danzo said that the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure is shrewd and cunning, and the newly emerged 'Dust Light Glaze' Akachen should not be underestimated..." The other person did not finish his words.
"Shh! Shh! Shh!"
Several subtle sounds, almost drowned out by the wind, suddenly rang out! Three cubes, each the size of a fingertip and emitting a faint blue light, shot towards the three Konoha ninjas with incredible precision from tricky angles, like living poisonous bees.
Too fast! Too stealthy! Without any warning.
"Enemy attack!" The leading Konoha ninja only had time to let out a short cry of surprise, and his body instinctively leaned back sharply, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow shot at his throat, but his left shoulder was grazed in an instant, and a piece of armor and flesh disappeared silently, and the severe pain made him groan.
The other two weren't so lucky. One tried to block, but just as he half-raised his kunai, a blue light reached his chest and instantly pierced through! The other reacted a little faster, performing a substitution technique, his true form appearing behind a boulder five meters away. However, as he emerged, another, even smaller blue light, as if predicting his position, followed closely behind, piercing his back with pinpoint accuracy!
Kill two people in seconds!
"Dust Release... It's Red Dust!" The surviving Konoha captain was so frightened that he almost died. He endured the severe pain and formed seals with his hands without hesitation: "Earth Release..."
He was only halfway through his seal when a fiery red shadow swept in front of him like a whirlwind! Fei Liu's long sword screamed, tearing through the air. The blade was condensed with highly compressed earth escape chakra. Instead of brute force, it struck his wrists with uncanny precision—Shan Shang Liu Yan Dao Jutsu: Stone Pointing!
The Konoha squad leader was forced to interrupt his ninjutsu and retreat in a panic to block. "Clang!" Kunai and long sword clashed, sparks flying everywhere. Feiliu's blade thrusts were heavy and continuous, each strike carrying the will to split mountains and shatter rock, forcing the opponent to retreat repeatedly, leaving him no time to perform powerful ninjutsu.
At this moment, Chi Chen's figure appeared behind him like a ghost, with an expressionless face. The index and middle fingers of his right hand were pressed together, and a deep blue light condensed at the fingertips - it was not a large-scale Dust Escape, but a highly compressed Dust Escape·Bee Sting·Pierce that was enough to penetrate fine steel!
The chill of death instantly enveloped the Konoha squad leader. With Fei Liu's violent sword pressing down from the front and Chi Chen's deadly finger from the side and back, he had no way to avoid it!
"No——!" The desperate roar stopped abruptly.
laugh!
A flash of blue light pierced his temple with pinpoint accuracy. The horror in his eyes froze, and his body collapsed.
The battle lasted no more than ten seconds from start to finish. All three of Konoha's elite soldiers were wiped out.
"Target cleared." Chi Chen retracted his finger, his voice flat, as if he had just done something insignificant. He walked over to the corpse and quickly checked the scrolls and ninja tools they were carrying.
Fei Liu shook off the non-existent blood on the knife and grinned, "That's great! Chen, you 'little bee', and the combination with my knife is simply amazing!"
"Clean up the traces and recover the valuables. Group A, Group B, return to the team and move to the next warning point." Chi Chen did not respond to Fei Liu's excitement. He quickly gave the order, his eyes already cast in the direction of the next weak fluctuation coming from the wandering star array.
The night is still long. None of the "mad dogs" Danzo has unleashed will return alive to deliver intelligence. Beneath the iron curtain of war, the hunt has only just begun. And the aftermath of the violent collision far away on the Rain Swamp Plains is quietly spreading to the borders of the Land of Earth.
Most of the ninjas brought by Chi Chen in this battle were elite, divided into several groups to fight separately. Chi Chen considered himself to be very powerful, and brought a relatively weak group with him.
Now the entire land is filled with Iwagakure ninjas ambushing Konoha.
Fei Liu expertly groped the fallen Konoha ninja, quickly stripping off his ninja tool bag, scroll, and specially marked forehead protector. The other two Chunin cautiously spread out around the area, one quickly checking the corpse to make sure there were no survivors, while the other cautiously sensed the surroundings.
"Captain, there are encrypted scrolls and flares." Fei Liu handed the key items he had looted to Chi Chen, his voice low.
Chi Chen took it, a subtle blue light emanating from his fingertips as he gently brushed the seal runes on the scroll's surface. He quickly glanced at it, which recorded their assessment of the defensive strength of several Iwagakure observation posts and the markings of suspected weak points.
"Danzo has a big appetite." Chichen's eyes were cold as he put the scroll away and said, "Get rid of it."
A chunin immediately stepped forward, forming hand seals: "Earth Style: Rock Coffin!" The ground shifted, silently engulfing the three bodies, compacting them, and burying them, leaving no trace. Another chunin used chakra to disrupt and eliminate any remaining chakra fluctuations and subtle traces of battle.
"Let's go support Group B's early warning point." Chi Chen didn't pause for a moment. He expanded his perception network again and confirmed the situation at the next fluctuation point. "They're also biting the enemy over there. There are four of them, and they're stronger. Group B is maneuvering around them."
Fei Liu sheathed his sword, his eyes filled with fighting spirit: "Understood!"
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