Chapter 228: Failure
"Gulp, gulp~"
Like drinking juice, Li Jiexuan watched as the slug's plump, moist body gradually shriveled.
Finally… the slug could no longer endure it!
"I lose, I lose!" The slug merged back into one and lowered its head helplessly toward Li Jiexuan. "As long as you don't drain me dry, I'm willing to sign a contract with you!"
The slug had surrendered…
But what it never expected was that even after signing the contract, Li Jiexuan would still drain it—only now, instead of one person doing it, it would be a group…
With a new source of senjutsu chakra, the Sanctuary in the Land of Rain resumed full operation. An army of two hundred thousand cursed-marked soldiers was now within reach.
At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi had unified the entire ninja world. A grand army of thirty thousand shinobi surged into the Land of Rain.
When the two forces clashed, the cursed-mark army gained a massive advantage right from the start. With fearless, death-defying assaults, they killed three thousand enemy shinobi at a cost ratio of three to one…
If things continued like this, Li Jiexuan might only need to sacrifice half of his cursed-mark army to unify the Naruto world!
But what followed left him utterly stunned.
After the initial defeat of the Allied Shinobi Forces, the samurai of the Five Great Nations also joined the battle!
The reason it was called a "Great Ninja War" was precisely because, before such wars, samurai had always been part of warfare in the ninja world!
Though samurai were not as powerful as shinobi, their numbers were vast, instantly neutralizing the greatest advantage of the cursed-mark army.
Not to mention that among them were elite warriors with strength comparable to—or even surpassing—jonin, such as Mifune…
"We actually forgot about such a force."
As the war situation grew dire, complaints arose everywhere. Li Jiexuan let out a helpless, bitter laugh. It wasn't just that he had forgotten this force—he had also overlooked the concept of class!
Between civilians and shinobi, there existed another layer: the samurai class…
For the samurai, although shinobi stood above them in power, their numbers were limited. Paying them and keeping them under control did not hinder the samurai's rule over the world.
But when civilians attempted to rebel and directly replace the shinobi class…
Those even more alarmed than the shinobi were the samurai!
"If these damned commoners all become shinobi, we'll be left with nothing!" The daimyō of various nations made up their minds to eliminate the cursed-marked people, this festering threat, and secure their rule.
...
"So in the end, I still lost?"
Li Jiexuan walked through the ruined Land of Rain, shaking his head with a hint of helplessness. "It seems relying on cursed marks alone won't work."
Unless…
He could take control of the entire samurai class!
"There he is—the Holy Son!" It didn't take long for someone to spot him. In an instant, signals flared, and nearly a thousand shinobi surrounded him tightly.
"Next time, I'll do better."
Li Jiexuan smiled and shook his head. If one or two failures could break him, he might as well stay at Tsunade's place and live off her for the rest of his life.
Why pursue greater power at all?
Since he had come to the Naruto world, if he didn't create a story of his own, he would never be satisfied.
"Next time?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi sneered as he raised his staff. "You won't have a next time in this life!"
"Tsunade liked you so much, yet you killed her!" Jiraiya roared, spitting out a massive fireball. "Go to hell!"
"If you want me dead that badly, then as you wish."
Li Jiexuan stood calmly, waiting for the fireball to approach—until he was completely engulfed in flames…