Most of them were riding the Flying Thunder God Express for the first time.
They were all extremely surprised by it.
Anyone with common sense could understand what it meant to carry over a hundred people across such a long distance.
Last time, when a sandstorm hit the Demon Desert, the area they had greened on the front lines was buried.
After that, sandstorms would blow through the Demon Desert from time to time.
Konoha simply retreated a little farther and established a forward base there.
After all, with Tenzo and Nawaki, who could use Wood Release, an entire row of houses quickly rose from the ground.
Now that Minato had brought nearly a hundred people over, there was more than enough room for them as well.
By the time Minato brought them over, Tsunade was already standing at the front, while the others were also standing nearby, fully prepared for battle.
At this moment, he created several more shadow clones and came to the newcomers, giving each of them a pat on the shoulder.
"Lady Tsunade."
After the new generation was brought over, they immediately saluted Tsunade as well.
Tsunade waved her hand, "You came at just the right time. You're about to fight a tough battle."
Everyone in the new generation's group felt their hearts jump. They had not expected to have a battle right after arriving.
Tsunade continued explaining, "We've discovered roughly two thousand Sunagakure shinobi behind the Demon Desert. They're using a formation to strengthen the sandstorm and block our advance."
"And there's still a sandstorm over the Demon Desert today."
"Most of those two thousand people are already running low on chakra."
"Although they have more people, their combat strength is far inferior to ours."
"This time, the Fourth Hokage will lead us in a Flying Thunder God surprise attack. We'll inflict casualties on the people around us immediately. Understood?"
The youngsters of the new generation had just ridden the Flying Thunder God Express, so they already understood what Tsunade meant.
They were now eager to give it a try.
"Everyone, prepare for battle!"
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Everyone drew their weapons. Some took out kunai, while others drew swords.
Karin and Shion, who specialized in sealing techniques, were already forming hand seals.
Sasuke lowered his body slightly and reached behind himself to grip the hilt of his Kusanagi Sword.
Naruto merely took out a kunai and stood beside Hinata.
Kimimaro stood straight, while Haku held senbon in his hand.
Only Gaara had a large amount of sand constantly moving over his body before covering his skin completely.
At this moment, Tsunade looked toward Rengoku's pupil-technique clone.
The pupil-technique clone immediately notified the main body.
The main body had already flown toward Sunagakure a little earlier.
He was already inside the Null Horizon, so none of Sunagakure's various detection methods had any idea that Rengoku had already reached their vicinity.
The ground here was covered in yellow sand. The sky was pitch-black, and the fierce wind kept whipping around, with the continuous whistling of the wind in their ears.
When Rengoku saw the Sunagakure shinobi constantly pouring chakra into the formation to activate it, he was delighted.
Wasn't this group of Sunagakure shinobi who had already expended so much chakra just a bunch of sitting ducks?
After the pupil-technique clone notified the main body that everyone was in position, the main body instantly appeared inside the formation.
"Attack!"
The same words came from Rengoku's pupil-technique clone at the Konoha base.
A burst of yellow light appeared around Minato as he traveled using the Flying Thunder God coordinates on Rengoku's main body.
Whoosh!
Hundreds of Konoha shinobi crossed over directly to this place.
The Sunagakure shinobi were stunned.
But the Konoha shinobi weren't. Once they identified them as Sunagakure shinobi, they immediately swung their blades down.
"Who are you?"
Some of the Sunagakure shinobi had not even had time to shout before they were inexplicably cut down.
"Ugh!"
"Ah!...."
"It's Konoha!"
Only after a large number of screams did the Sunagakure shinobi finally realize that the enemy had appeared right beside them, even standing shoulder to shoulder with them.
At such close range, they could not use ninjutsu, as it would be very easy to injure their own people.
Sunagakure had also expended a great deal of chakra, and everyone was exhausted.
Under this sudden attack, many people died to Konoha's blades before they could even draw their weapons.
Nearly half of the Konoha force consisted of Uchiha clan members. In close-quarters combat, they cut through the enemy with ease.
After all, most of these clan members had already awakened their eyes.
Sunagakure had no means of resisting at all and was beaten back step by step.
"Don't get entangled with them! Everyone, get out of Konoha's attack range and come together!"
Elder Fuka kept shouting from the side.
He had been the one in charge of this formation, and he was also the highest-ranking commander here.
There was a group of personal guards around Elder Fuka, allowing him to gather some people together.
'How did the people from Konoha suddenly appear? Could it be the Flying Thunder God Technique?'
Seeing that Sunagakure had regained its backbone and was gradually separating from the Konoha shinobi, Sasuke, who had no Sunagakure shinobi beside him, quickly decided that it would be best to kill Elder Fuka first.
His Mangekyo Sharingan spun rapidly.
A purple Susanoo rose from the ground. A shining ball of light appeared in its hand and was thrown directly by Sasuke.
It was none other than Yasaka Beads.
Its speed was much faster than that of ordinary ninjutsu.
"Elder Fuka is in danger!"
A tremendous force shoved him aside, as his personal guard pushed him out of the way.
BANG!
The guard was instantly blasted to pieces, while Elder Fuka was also left covered in dust.
Sasuke frowned, 'Did he actually dodge it?'
The attack had failed, and Elder Fuka was dragged into the crowd.
Sasuke did not continue using Susanoo. Instead, he wielded his Kusanagi Sword and slaughtered the nearby Sunagakure shinobi.
The Uchiha clan members nearby were all stunned.
"Just now... did Sasuke use Susanoo?"
"Seems like... he did."
"Don't you ever go to the training ground? I knew about it ages ago."
"A genius. The whole family has the Mangekyo Sharingan."
Rengoku and Minato were both standing in the back row of the group. Neither of them took action.
Besides them, Tsunade, the White Fang with his face covered, Itachi, and Fugaku were also watching from the back.
Seeing Sasuke use Yasaka Beads, none of them reacted much.
When they saw that Sasuke did not lose his head and continue chasing Elder Fuka, Itachi and Fugaku instead nodded in approval.
Although Naruto and Hinata were also on the battlefield, Minato's attention was not on them.
Instead, he scanned the crowd for anywhere danger appeared.
He would immediately use Flying Thunder God to get there, then return the next moment.
However, unless the situation was extremely dangerous, Minato generally did not take action himself.
Hotaru normally had a very gentle appearance, but her fighting style was extremely wild right now.
"Why is there so little natural energy here..."
Hotaru's face was covered in Sage markings. As she muttered, she punched a Sunagakure shinobi and sent him flying.
Her speed was as swift as the wind, and she possessed immense strength.
The Sunagakure shinobi were basically punching bags for her, with one punch taking down one person.
Although the Earth Spider Secret Seal on Hotaru's back could continuously absorb natural energy, this place was far too barren. There was very little natural energy, and after fighting for a while, she was already using it faster than she could replenish it.
While she still had some natural energy left, she did not force herself and directly retreated.
"Clan Leader, this place really isn't suitable for me to fight."
Hotaru complained to Rengoku, "I was still planning to kill a few more."
Rengoku continued scanning the battlefield with a smile, "It's fine. This place will become an oasis in the future."