The disadvantaged Iwagakure forces had no choice but to fight and retreat. Konoha naturally wouldn't let them leave, pursuing the Iwagakure forces into the Land of Earth, fighting them in the desolate rocky desert.
Upon learning that Iwagakure was at such a disadvantage on the front lines, having been pushed all the way into the Land of Earth, Ōnoki immediately decided to personally lead the Iwagakure forces to the front line for support. This move was also to force Konoha's Hokage to confront him directly.
If he won the battle between Kage-level powerhouses, then all of Konoha's resistance would be futile.
When Konoha learned that Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki was personally going to the battlefield, Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the Hokage, naturally could not sit idly by in the rear. After issuing the order for the Ninja fighting on the front lines to retreat, he stood up, ready to rush to the battlefield.
"Hiruzen, I'm going too!"
Danzo Shimura didn't want to sit in the command room anymore. He could leave the commanding to Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu. He preferred to go to the battlefield to kill enemies, not for the position of Hokage, but for Konoha!
"Danzo, you stay and protect Konoha. Don't forget Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Hidden Mist haven't acted yet. If they do, Konoha will depend on you all!"
It wasn't that Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't want Danzo Shimura to go to the battlefield, but he was worried that the three great Ninja villages, which had been inactive, would suddenly make a move.
"I understand."
Danzo Shimura sat back down with a grim face. He had to admit that Hiruzen Sarutobi's concerns were not unfounded. The thought of the front line being at war while he sat there made him feel completely uncomfortable.
Why do I have to be Assistant Hokage?!
Danzo Shimura had asked himself this question more than once. If he wasn't Assistant Hokage, he would be shining brightly on the battlefield right now, instead of wasting his life sitting in the command room.
Danzo Shimura, who sat in the command room without issuing a single order, felt like he was just a decoration.
On the battlefield in the Land of Earth, the Konoha Ninja received the order to retreat and immediately chose to do so.
Having been suppressed and bottling up their anger, how could the Iwagakure Ninja let the Konoha Ninja retreat?
They roared, wanting to keep the Konoha Ninja there!
"Earth Release: Rock Bullet Technique!"
"Earth Release: Rock Piercing Rod!"
The Iwagakure Ninja successively used long-range Earth Release Ninjutsu to attack the retreating Konoha Ninja, and many Iwagakure Ninja's feet seemed to sink into the ground as if it had turned to liquid, chasing after the Konoha Ninja.
The Konoha Ninja fought and retreated, with the Iwagakure Ninja pursuing them all the way to the border of the Land of Waterfall.
"Orochimaru, Tsunade, it seems our luck is really bad..."
Jiraiya looked at the Iwagakure Ninja who had surrounded them, took out a soldier pill, bit it, and swallowed it.
"It's not our bad luck, it's their bad luck."
A white snake, seemingly formed from flesh and blood, coiled around Orochimaru's arm, opening its mouth to spit out the hilt of the kusanagi sword. Orochimaru grasped the hilt and drew the kusanagi sword. The continuous fighting was getting to her.
Having not rested for too long, she was already very tired.
However, compared to her, who often created multiple Shadow Clones for research, Tsunade and Jiraiya were even more exhausted.
"Indeed, their luck is too bad. They chose the wrong opponent."
Tsunade performed Lightning Release: Lightning Stimulation, her body faintly flickering with lightning. She moved incredibly fast, punching an Iwagakure Ninja flying. The Iwagakure Ninja's abdomen was deeply caved in, and he spat blood, continuing to attack other Iwagakure Ninja without stopping.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Spear!"
"Wild Lion's Mane Technique"
Jiraiya leaped up to dodge the sharp rocks that burst from the ground, formed hand seals, and his white long hair grew, coiling around an Iwagakure Ninja, then tightened suddenly. However, what was crushed was a lump of earth.
An Earth Clone?
Jiraiya waved his hand, throwing two shuriken, then formed the 'Tatsu' hand seal. Wind Release Chakra condensed on the shuriken, forming a Wind Release Saw Disc that cut through the trunk of a large tree in front, splitting the Iwagakure Ninja hiding behind it in half. Another Wind Release Saw Disc formed by a shuriken flew towards another Iwagakure Ninja.
The Konoha Ninja fled here... Ōnoki flew into the air and arrived at the Land of Waterfall border, seeing Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade fighting the Iwagakure Ninja.
Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, has he arrived on the battlefield so quickly?
Orochimaru noticed Ōnoki flying in the air. She had anticipated Ōnoki would come to the battlefield, but she didn't expect him to be so fast.
Is that Orochimaru, the one who developed the rebirth pill...? Konoha is truly bold, sending such an important person to the front lines!
A murderous intent flashed in Ōnoki's eyes. He clapped his hands together, and a white light formed a cubic barrier in his hands, which he then launched.
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