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Chapter 134 Onoki seized the opportunity

Meanwhile, upon learning that Konoha had suffered another defeat, Onoki almost jumped for joy.

This is an opportunity, a rare one. Several top fighters are currently in the Land of Waterfalls, yet Danzo is still choosing to observe. If they were to make their move now, using this as a route to attack the Land of Fire, even if they didn't gain much advantage, they could still seize the opportunity to annex part of the Land of Grass.

With his hands behind his back, Onoki turned his head and immediately felt that this was a sure-fire deal.

If we can use this as a springboard to attack the Land of Fire, that would be even better, especially now that Konoha has been weakened to the extreme.

He believed that as long as he took action, that brute Sanleizi wouldn't hesitate to join the group immediately.

As for the other two kingdoms, the Land of Wind and the Land of Water, one of them has closed itself off from the world and is almost crippling itself; the other has less than 5,000 online ninjas combined, and the number of top-level experts is far less than that of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.

He has utterly disgraced the five great nations. With this level of skill, it's already a miracle that others haven't attacked him.

"Let's go! We must go immediately!"

Onoki issued the order very quickly, after all, their army had already been assembled before the battle began, and they were just waiting for that command.

This time, his eldest son, Huang Tu, led the team. Huang Tu, who was only nineteen years old, had been a Jonin for three years, but had not yet accomplished anything significant.

He didn't meet the criteria to become the Fourth Tsuchikage, in terms of strength, achievements, and other aspects. His decision to have Onoki lead the team this time was also partly driven by his own selfish motives.

But the main problem is that Iwagakure lacks talent—of course, those two Jinchūriki don't count. How could a Jinchūriki become a Kage!

With the order given, Huang Tu led two thousand rock ninja in a grand procession across the wasteland.

In the center of the line, a fifteen-year-old boy looked around curiously.

The boy's name was Han. He had only recently become the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and did not yet understand the cruelty of war.

Onoki sent him out for two reasons: first, to give him experience, and second, to test the Jinchuriki's combat abilities. As for Roshi, that stubborn old man refused to obey orders and insisted on staying in the village.

Of course, Han had his own thoughts. After becoming a Jinchūriki, all his friends distanced themselves from him. Shouldn't everyone have praised him as a hero?

This time, he was going to the battlefield to prove himself a hero. His idea was simple: to gain acceptance from the people of Iwagakure.

Han scratched his head and asked, "Uncle Huangtu, why is there no one in this Grassland? Where are the enemies?"

Huang Tu glanced at him and said, "I'm only four years older than you, so don't call me 'uncle'."

Han muttered to himself, "He looks really old."

Huang Tu didn't want to reply. Actually, Han was tall and strong, and didn't look like a teenager, nor was he much better looking than him.

The two continued to dislike each other. Suddenly, a small figure appeared ahead.

It was a little girl of seven or eight years old, dressed in simple clothes, standing in the middle of the road, quietly watching them.

Then look at that head of red hair, it's none other than Whirlpool Purple Flying.

Huang Tu raised his hand, and the procession stopped.

"It's not the Grass Ninja Squad, it's a little girl!" Han was stunned, scratching his head as he asked, "Could she be our enemy?"

Huang Tu frowned as well. As a Jonin of Iwagakure, his sensory abilities were not weak, yet he couldn't discern anything special about the girl. As for chakra levels, the distance between them was too great, about seven or eight hundred meters, and their sensory ninjas couldn't detect anything that far.

He did not order preparations for battle, but he also did not let his guard down.

"Hey, you grass ninja over there," he called out, "we've come here to negotiate a joint attack on the Land of Fire. Please make way, or have your leader come out and speak."

The Purple Whirlpool didn't answer, but slowly began to form hand seals.

Hai- Xu- You- Shen- Wei...

He chanted incantations while forming hand seals, each movement precise and accurate.

Han was completely baffled: "What is she doing? Forming hand seals? Can she even hit us from this far away?"

That's indeed far. The two sides are at least seven or eight hundred meters apart; even ordinary kunai can't reach that distance. What kind of ninjutsu can cover such a distance?

Huang Tu's expression changed slightly; he recognized the seal—a spiritual technique!

"No, stop her!"

Before she could finish speaking, Zi Ling had already completed the last seal. She bit her finger, then pressed her hands heavily to the ground.

"Summoning Jutsu: Seven-Tails!"

"boom!"

A huge cloud of smoke rose up, and a colossal creature appeared before everyone.

Seven-tailed Chongming has six wings, one tail, and its whole body emits a pale blue light.

Whirlpool Purple Fly leaped onto the back of Seven-Tailed Fox, which flapped its wings and soared into the sky in an instant.

"Oh no, it's a Tailed Beast!" Huang Tu sensed something was terribly wrong and roared, "Scatter! Scatter quickly!"

But it was too late.

Uzumaki Shiki patted the Seven-Tails' head, her hands trembling as she said, "Chongming, use the Tailed Beast Ball on those guys down there."

Nanao said: "Understood!"

Soon, a purplish-black Tailed Beast Ball was rapidly condensing in her mouth.

Han looked up at the ever-growing energy ball and was completely dumbfounded.

"What...what is this...?"

"boom--!!!"

The Tailed Beast Ball fell from the sky, landing right in the center of the Iwa ninja team.

"Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"

Huang Tu and several Jonin used their Earth Release techniques with all their might. Thick earthen walls rose from the ground, attempting to block the impact of the explosion.

However, the power of the Tailed Beast Ball far exceeded their expectations.

The earthen walls crumbled layer by layer, and shockwaves swept across the area, turning countless ninjas to ashes in the explosion.

As the smoke and dust cleared, less than a thousand of the original two thousand men remained standing. A massive crater, hundreds of meters in diameter, lay scattered across the ground, littered with severed limbs and broken pieces.

Loess crawled out from the gravel, covered in dust, with blood at the corner of his mouth.

He looked up at the sky, where the Seven-Tailed Fox was hovering above, and his small figure stood steadily on its back.

At that moment, another Tailed Beast Ball condensed in her mouth.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" After that, he disregarded everyone else and turned to run away.

Most of the ninjas in the group wanted to scatter to avoid being hit. Only Han stood blankly not far away, watching the carnage around him, his pupils contracting sharply.

"These... these were all... done by the enemy?"

He murmured, as the Five-Tails' chakra within his body began to surge uncontrollably.

"Han, hold on!" Huang Tu shouted.

But it was too late; having never experienced the impact of battle, he quickly lost control.

Han's eyes gradually turned into beastly pupils, and a red tailed beast cloak appeared on his skin.

One, two... five tails emerged from behind him.

Five-Tails Kokuo, fully transformed into a tailed beast!

"roar--!"

The enormous Five-Tails Jinchuriki roared to the sky, his body wreathed in boiling chakra, as he howled at the Seven-Tails in the heavens.

"Seven-Tails, are you provoking me?"