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What kind of wall was this?
This question appeared at the same time in the minds of the three thousand Kumogakure shinobi, all of Konoha's shinobi, and the dark figures watching from far away.
The wall's surface glowed with a yellow-brown light. It was covered in deep, mysterious symbols that slowly rotated in the faint glow.
Above the city wall, the night wind howled.
Shin stood in the middle of it all.
Behind him, Minato, Hiruzen, and other Konoha high-ranking officials followed closely and finally arrived.
When they saw this wall, reaching toward the sky and earth with its rotating symbols, even these battle-hardened veterans changed their expressions.
"This is the daimyo's doing," Tsunade said, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.
Minato looked at the distant Kumogakure army in the distance, their killing intent clear. His golden hair fluttered in the wind. "We can't let them get any closer. I'll stop them!"
Before he finished speaking, he was about to turn into a golden flash.
"No need," Shin's calm voice rang out. "Just watch."
Minato's figure paused. That calm tone made him unable to even think of arguing.
Just then, A's roar echoed from below the wall.
"What a joke! Attack!"
"Destroy this wall!"
At his command, hundreds of Kumogakure shinobi quickly formed hand seals.
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
"Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Waves of colorful ninjutsu roared from all directions, striking the giant wall precisely!
Facing this storm of ninjutsu powerful enough to level a mountain, Shin made a move that surprised everyone.
He took a step forward.
With that step, he walked right into the death zone created by ninjutsu.
Boom! Boom! Crash!
Deafening explosions rang out continuously. The wave of ninjutsu struck the city wall fiercely, raising clouds of smoke and dust.
And Shin, surrounded by the light of countless ninjutsu and the shockwaves of explosions, walked down step by step.
A fireball exploded, and violent flames brushed past the sides of his clothes, but they didn't harm him at all.
A wind blade slashed toward his neck, but it broke apart on its own as it got close to him.
Under the horrified gazes of countless people, Shin passed through the entire storm of ninjutsu. He finally landed softly on his feet without stirring a single bit of dust.
The smoke and dust cleared.
The city wall still stood. Its rotating symbols hadn't even dimmed in the slightest.
"What?!" All the Kumogakure shinobi felt a chill run down their spines.
"This is bad," Killer Bee said in the crowd, adjusting his sunglasses and speaking in his unique tone. "This wall is absorbing chakra!"
"Boring Tricks!"
A looked at the unharmed figure and was instantly filled with rage and shame!
His large body transformed into a streak of lightning, and he punched directly at Shin's head!
Facing the thunderous blow, Shin simply scoffed and floated backward.
He didn't fight back. Instead, he led A into the middle of the three thousand Kumogakure army.
"Bastard! Don't run!"
A chased after him without stopping. His violent attacks were constant—fists, feet, elbows, and knees. Each strike came with a tearing whistle through the air.
A strange chase began in the middle of the vast army.
A was as fast as lightning, looking like a madman.
Shin, however, walked casually with a calm expression.
He could always, in the instant before an attack landed, move with a calm posture that made A's heavy blows miss completely.
A Kumogakure shinobi saw his chance and swung his blade at Shin from the side.
While dodging the attack, Shin didn't even blink. He just flicked a finger.
A wind bullet shot out.
The Kumogakure shinobi's movements suddenly froze. A small hole of blood appeared on his forehead, and he fell straight down.
A heavy punch swung past, its wind ruffling Shin's hair.
Shin's figure instantly floated away, his right hand sweeping out in a smooth motion.
Wind blades shot forward!
A Kumogakure shinobi forming hand seals in the distance instantly stiffened. His entire body was sliced in half.
"Everyone, scatter!" A had completely lost control. He roared at his subordinates. "Don't worry about him! All units, charge! Get into Konoha for me!"
At his command, thousands of Kumogakure shinobi immediately stopped their attacks and surged toward the city wall!
"Foolish," Shin said, his brows furrowing slightly.
Facing A's incoming punch again, he no longer dodged. Instead, he met it with a punch of his own.
Bang!
The fists collided, creating a huge sound!
A felt an unstoppable force.
His bones groaned under the great pressure, and his large body was sent flying backward!
His proud Lightning Release Chakra Mode shattered instantly!
After dealing with this annoyance, Shin glanced at the Kumogakure army, which had already rushed to the foot of the city wall. He clapped his hands together sharply in front of him.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
White smoke exploded everywhere!
The next moment, a full five hundred figures identical to Shin appeared on the battlefield!
They didn't form a defensive line. Instead, with cold killing intent, they actively charged toward the three thousand Kumogakure shinobi!
Five hundred shadow clones versus three thousand Kumogakure shinobi.
The battle began!
"Don't be scared by his numbers! They're just clones!"
"Tear them apart!"
A Kumogakure commander roared, leading a squad of shinobi toward the closest shadow clones.
"Lightning Release: Spider Web."
Several Kumogakure elites launched a surprise attack at the same time, and lightning like a spider's web shot out.
The first few shadow clones charging forward couldn't dodge. With several bangs, they instantly turned into white smoke and disappeared!
The next moment, more shadow clones came at them from both sides.
Each of them created a Rasengan, directly slamming the elite squad into the ground and blasting several bloody craters.
The battlefield instantly turned into a giant meat grinder!
The Kumogakure shinobi showed their great strength as elites of the Five Great Villages.
They formed groups of three and squads of five, working together with Cloud Style sword techniques and lightning release ninjutsu. They constantly destroyed shadow clones.
On the battlefield, the popping sounds of shadow clones disappearing never stopped.
But they were facing five hundred shadow clones who worked together perfectly, feared no death, and shared one terrifying mind!
A Kumogakure jonin, relying on his excellent sword skills, kept destroying shadow clones. He shattered three of them, but before he could even catch his breath, he found himself already surrounded by seven other shadow clones.
Seven different attacks came at the same time from seven directions.
Fire release, wind release, kunai, hand-to-hand combat. He didn't even have time to scream before he was completely overwhelmed.
A group of Kumogakure shinobi launched a combination ninjutsu: Lightning Release: Lightning Net.
A huge electric net covered the area and instantly destroyed more than a dozen shadow clones.
But before they could celebrate, the ground beneath them suddenly turned into a swamp. Another squad of shadow clones launched a surprise attack from behind them.
Right after that, water release and lightning release followed one after another.
In this battle, the Kumogakure shinobi weren't helpless.
On the contrary, they fought with all their strength, showing extraordinary combat ability.
They even felt like they were winning every moment.
But this was the most hopeless part.
Because no matter how hard they tried, no matter how many shadow clones they defeated, the enemy's numbers didn't seem to go down at all.
Meanwhile, their own comrades kept falling.
A, who had just climbed up from the ground, stared blankly at all of this.
He watched his proud elite troops being torn apart and eaten up under the enemy's attacks.
Every Kumogakure shinobi who fell was matched by several shadow clones disappearing.
But the opponent's numbers never decreased.
And this terrible exchange rate kept weakening their advantage in numbers!
This was torture!
The torture of trading flesh and blood for ninjutsu.
"Bee!" A's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared.
"Roar!"
A beast's roar answered him!
Behind the crowd, Killer Bee's body suddenly burst with crimson, ominous chakra!
A solid tailed beast cloak covered his entire body, and four thick chakra tails whipped behind him.
Each swing cracked the ground.
Pieces of earth flew everywhere.
Then he moved!
His entire being turned into a red blur, sprinting rapidly toward the side wall of Konoha.
He was going to go around it!
He was going to rush into Konoha at the fastest speed possible!
Then he would completely release the Eight-Tails within him!