"Hahaha! It's finally our turn to appear!"
From Sunagakure's central army, several hundred Sand shinobi flashed out. Leading them were four Sand shinobi whose entire bodies radiated an eerie aura.
In the hands of each of these Sand shinobi appeared either two, three, or even five sealing scrolls.
They placed the sealing scrolls on the ground and swiftly formed a hand seal.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Thick smoke spread across the battlefield, covering this entire stretch of heaven and earth.
Clatter! Clatter! Clatter!
When the smoke dispersed, thousands of puppets appeared across the sky. They hovered in the air above the battlefield, giving off a chilling, hair-raising feeling.
This was the true, organized Puppet Corps!
The puppets that had appeared on the battlefield earlier had only belonged to low-level black-grade puppet masters, the kind who could control a single beginner puppet.
But among these several hundred Sunagakure puppet masters, even the weakest were second-level black-grade puppet masters.
And the most terrifying ones were naturally the four leading them. They were the only four remaining fourth-level black-grade puppet masters in Sunagakure, also known as puppet masters.
They could control five puppets at the same time, making them comparable to peak Jonin-level powerhouses!
"Oh! It's our Sunagakure Puppet Corps!"
"Kill those Konoha bastards!"
"Follow the Puppet Corps' footsteps! Kill!"
On the battlefield, the Sand shinobi who had gradually been suppressed by the Konoha ninjas saw their own Puppet Corps appear, and their morale surged.
This terrifying Puppet Corps could even destroy some small countries!
It was one of Sunagakure's most frightening military forces.
"T-This is Sunagakure's Puppet Corps!"
A Konoha ninja looked at the terrifying puppet army filling the sky and collapsed onto the ground, his face drenched in cold sweat.
The terror of Sunagakure's Puppet Corps could be said to be famous throughout the entire ninja world.
When Sunagakure and Konohagakure had first started fighting, the Konoha ninjas had suffered bitterly under these terrifying puppets, taking heavy casualties.
It was only after Tsunade developed the antidote pills that they finally managed to restrain Sunagakure's puppet masters.
But this was the Puppet Corps! It was completely different from individual puppet masters!
Sunagakure's Puppet Corps was organized! Strict training allowed them to use thousands of puppets for coordinated group warfare.
The claim that the Puppet Corps could destroy a small country was truly not just empty talk.
Clatter!
Under the control of the puppet masters, thousands of puppets actually formed one battle formation after another. While reinforcing the formation, they also became killers aimed directly at Konoha's army.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At the very rear of the Puppet Corps were all long-range attack puppets. Countless hidden weapons glowing with purple light shot out from the mechanisms of those puppets.
The sky was filled with densely packed hidden weapons, enough to make anyone's scalp tingle.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
When Konoha's Earth Release Squad saw the terrifying hidden weapons filling the sky, they immediately prepared to act.
But the hidden weapons this time came too fast. Konoha's Earth Release Squad had no time to join forces and cast the Super Earth-Style Wall.
They could only fight separately, doing everything they could to protect the Konoha ninjas behind them.
But there were too many hidden weapons!
Pfft! Pfft!
Screams rang out from within Konoha's formation. The hidden weapons that slipped through the gaps between the Earth-Style Walls inflicted serious injuries on many Konoha ninjas.
"Quick! Hide behind the Earth-Style Walls!"
When the captain of Konoha's Earth Release Squad saw the miserable scene behind him, his expression changed sharply, and he hurriedly shouted toward the rear.
The Konoha ninjas also reacted, one after another hiding beneath the protection of the Earth-Style Walls. Only then did the situation gradually stabilize.
Clatter! Clatter! Clatter!
Before the Konoha ninjas could even breathe a sigh of relief, ear-piercing sounds came from above.
Nearly a thousand close-combat puppets, under the control of the puppet masters, charged ferociously toward the Konoha ninjas.
Under the skillful control of the Sunagakure puppet masters, these close-combat puppets crossed over the Earth-Style Walls and began slaughtering the Konoha ninjas behind them.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Countless ninja blades glowing with purple light slashed wildly. Because the Earth-Style Walls blocked the Sunagakure puppet masters' line of sight, the puppet masters could only make their puppets attack randomly.
However, because of the long-range puppets' hidden weapon attacks earlier, the Konoha ninjas had gathered densely behind the Earth-Style Walls.
Even though the puppets were slashing wildly, the Konoha ninjas instantly suffered heavy casualties.
And in the chaos, many Konoha ninjas ran around in panic. The moment they left the range of the Earth-Style Walls, countless hidden weapons would take their lives.
"Don't panic! Hold the line! The center will use explosive tags! Earth Release Squad, follow me and destroy these puppets!"
The captain of the Earth Release Squad shouted loudly, gradually stabilizing the chaotic situation.
The Konoha Chunin used explosive tags to clear out these puppets.
Meanwhile, the members of the Earth Release Squad unleashed their best Earth Release techniques one after another, destroying Sunagakure's puppets.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
"Wind Release: Thousand-Faced Wind!"
Just as Konoha had finally managed to stabilize the situation, dozens of Sand shinobi flashed to a position not far from the Earth-Style Walls.
"Combination Ninjutsu! Wind Release: Super Wind Blade Technique!"
After more than ten Sand shinobi finished forming hand seals, countless tiny wind blades appeared in midair. Then came the Great Breakthroughs from the next dozens of Sand shinobi.
Dozens of whirlwinds blew onto those wind blades, making each wind blade grow larger and become incomparably sharp.
Thousands of terrifying wind blades streaked across the sky, as if they could tear the air apart. They sliced all of the Earth-Style Walls into pieces.
And after losing the protection of the Earth-Style Walls, the long-range attack puppets began showing their power once again.
Countless hidden weapons shot out again from the mechanisms of those puppets, causing severe casualties among the Konoha ninjas.
As for the close-combat puppets, because the puppet masters' line of sight had returned to normal, they actually began acting in small squad formations, slaughtering the Konoha ninjas.
Hidden weapons striking the puppets caused no pain or harm at all. But the Konoha ninjas were made of flesh and blood!
Konoha's central army.
Yoru watched as the Puppet Corps slaughtered Konoha's ninjas without restraint. In just a short period of time, by rough estimate, more than two hundred Konoha ninjas had been killed or wounded.
Yoru ordered Orochimaru beside him, "Have the Aburame clan move out. Exterminate the Puppet Corps!"
"Yes, Supreme Commander!"
Orochimaru withdrew his usual sinister air. On this battlefield, Yoru was Konoha's supreme commander. Even Orochimaru had to obey his orders.
Very quickly, the military order was relayed by messenger ninja into Konoha's formation. Several dozen figures flashed out from Konoha's central army.
They wore cloaks of various colors and different styles of sunglasses, giving them an extremely mysterious appearance.
Konoha's secret technique clan—the Aburame clan—had joined the war!
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