On the outer wall, the defenders were being beaten back step by step by the continuous onslaught.
Everyone quickly leaped onto the outer wall, joining the defenders to fight the enemies who had already climbed up.
"First squad, second squad, occupy all key points on the outer wall! Prioritize the use of Ninja Tools and Explosive Tags!"
"Third squad, transport Ninja Tools and evacuate the wounded! You will also serve as the reserve force for reinforcements!"
"Sensory Ninja, monitor all directions."
"..."
Uchiha Hachidai's orders came one after another, clear and precise.
The situation on the wall gradually stabilized.
Uchiha Hachidai looked down; a steady stream of enemies was still below, channeling Chakra into their feet to run up the wall.
Not far away, Saga stood at the bottom, calmly directing the enemy's assault.
Seeing Uchiha Hachidai peering over the wall to observe, Saga shouted mockingly, "Captain Hachidai, the rogue Ninja Onigumo we were pursuing has gone missing. Did he flee to your side? How about doing us a favor and letting us over to search?"
Uchiha Hachidai was filled with rage. He quickly killed an enemy attacking him and kicked the body off the wall.
He pulled out several Kunai and threw them, knocking down enemies running up the wall, then roared at Saga, "Saga, this is a unilateral violation of the treaty and an invasion of the Land of Fire!"
No matter what, he had to maintain the moral high ground.
Saga sneered but didn't respond.
This was the usual hypocrisy of Konoha, always claiming to be the righteous side.
But the Ninja World was a place where the strong preyed on the weak; whoever won in the end was the righteous one.
He saw that Uchiha Hachidai was gradually stabilizing the situation on the wall, and many comrades who had managed to climb up were being killed one by one.
He immediately changed tactics, waving his hand and shouting, "Ninjutsu Squad! Prepare Explosive Tags! Cover the area with attacks!"
In an instant, the battle on the outer wall reached a fever pitch.
The Cloud Hidden Ninja below quickly gathered, their hands forming signs rapidly.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Ball!"
"Lightning Release: Ground Flash!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
"..."
Countless Ninjutsu released blinding lightning and fierce winds, mixed with Kunai carrying Explosive Tags, slamming hard into everyone on the wall.
Some of the lightning even spread along the wall, beginning to paralyze the defenders.
"Defend!" Uchiha Hachidai roared, being the first to form signs: "Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A thick earthen wall rose, blocking the Kunai with Explosive Tags outside the wall.
The other Konoha Ninja also used the Ninjutsu they were best at to counterattack.
For a time, fire, lightning, mist, and debris flew across the outer wall as Chakra roared continuously.
Aokawa looked at the twenty or so Cloud Ninja lined up in two rows below the wall and suppressed the urge to use Holy Arrow.
With a Ninja Blade in one hand and Gentle Fist in the other, he continued to fight the enemies climbing up.
Seeing those enemies die instantly upon contact with the Gentle Fist Chakra, Uchiha Inabi couldn't help but gulp.
Hyuga's Gentle Fist was truly insidious; during their earlier sparring, this kid must have been holding back.
Shirakumo Hayama was even more efficient; with each thrust and pull of his Vacuum Blade, several enemies would fall, clutching their throats.
After a brief moment of chaos, relying on the advantage of the wall and the overwhelming strength of Shirakumo Hayama's group, Konoha gradually gained the upper hand.
Although they had suffered many casualties from the initial sneak attack, the Cloud Hidden side's losses were even heavier.
However, the shadow in everyone's hearts did not dissipate, because the enemy's new reinforcements had arrived.
Looking at the dense, continuous stream of enemies arriving...
The Konoha Ninja on the wall had just breathed a sigh of relief, but their hearts sank to the bottom upon seeing this.
"How... are there more reinforcements? Wasn't it agreed that the outpost could only have fifty people?" someone asked with a trembling voice.
Only Aokawa and a few others knew about the three hundred reinforcements.
The other defenders were unaware. Seeing that they had finally killed most of the invaders, only for new reinforcements to arrive, a sense of despair began to spread through the ranks.
A Chunin looked around at their remaining force of fewer than thirty people, then at the reinforcements arriving in the distance, his voice starting to shake: "How... how can we fight this?"
"Three hundred fresh reinforcements against thirty of us who have been through back-to-back battles!" another Ninja cried out, holding his head, his face full of terror.
"It's not hopeless yet; most of those three hundred are Genin or Chunin," Uchiha Hachidai comforted them.
"Genin and Chunin—we're also Genin and Chunin!" that Chunin shouted. "You people from the great clans have many ways to save your lives and still have hope of escaping, but we have nothing!"
"The difference in numbers is so huge, they could drown us just by spitting! You tell me how to fight!"
"Then we just need to bring the enemy's numbers down!" a remarkably steady voice rang out.
Everyone turned toward the source of the voice and saw a very handsome Hyuga youth looking into the distance with a calm expression.
Seeing it was a member of the Hyuga Clan, the Chunin was about to mock the clan disciple for not knowing the heights of the heavens.
But in the next second, he saw Aokawa reach into the void, and a massive blue-white Spirit Bow appeared in his hand.
"Wh-what is that?!"
Aside from Shirakumo Hayama and Hinata Iruha, who had seen it before, everyone else stared with wide eyes, filled with curiosity.
Uchiha Hachidai and the others instantly understood how Aokawa had killed Onigumo.
However, even with a Spirit Bow, there were over three hundred Ninjas; they wouldn't just stand there waiting to be killed one by one.
Shooting down a few people wouldn't have a big impact on the overall battle.
Thinking this, the hope that had just ignited in the Chunin's eyes dimmed once more.
Aokawa pulled the bowstring with his left hand and began to condense a Chakra Arrow.
Lightning Release Chakra poured continuously into the arrow, making the lightning on it grow more and more intense.
Even before it was fired, those around him could feel the terrifying energy contained within.
His eyes were fixed on the Cloud Hidden reinforcements while he silently calculated the timing in his head.
"Three, two, one."
At the moment the Cloud Hidden reinforcement team filled the bridge, Aokawa let go.
Thrum!
The air rippled like the surface of water, and the arrow shot out like a cannonball.
The air in front was instantly compressed and pushed aside, kicking up a gale.
The resulting shockwave burst outward from Aokawa as the center.
Under this powerful impact, everyone's hair flew up, and their robes were pulled back tight, snapping loudly... Below, Saga stood outside the range of the Ninjutsu attacks, watching the battered Konoha forces on the wall.
He felt incredibly satisfied; no matter what, he could finally complete the Raikage's mission.
He watched the Cloud Hidden reinforcements crossing the bridge one after another, feeling that victory was right before his eyes.
In the next moment.
He suddenly sensed a flash of blue light from the high wall, followed by a lethal sense of crisis surging straight to the crown of his head...
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