The battle unfolded.
The Iwagakure shinobi were still launching long-range ninjutsu attacks.
The wall Gekko Chizan had created earlier was already close to collapsing, so the Konoha shinobi hurriedly cast another Earth Wall to reinforce it.
The high-temperature smoke lingered for a while. The venomous bees caught in the smoke were all scorched into dry husks.
But this didn't shake the determination of the Kamizuru clan. Under their control, the venomous bees started moving along the ground.
Their speed was fast. In the blink of an eye, they had already reached the outer side of the Earth Wall.
"Attack! Don't let these pests get close to the camp!"
Tsunade charged at the front. With her monstrous strength erupting, she shattered the ground with a single strike, sending shards of rock flying in all directions.
At the same time, several screams came from beneath the ground.
"Hmph, a bunch of rats, trying to ambush us from below?"
"Then I'll bury you all!"
With the sensory shinobi helping to locate the enemies, Tsunade basically turned into a human excavator.
Under her monstrous strength, no stone could remain intact—no, more accurately, no rat burrowing underground could escape.
It was brutal. Every punch created a huge crater in the ground.
As Tsunade continued attacking, the Iwagakure shinobi underground suffered heavy casualties.
But they refused to give up. The remaining ones changed their tactics, scattering in all directions to try to bypass Tsunade's range of attack. A few even boldly burst out of the ground.
Only to be turned into sieves the very next second. After all, this was the front line of Konoha's camp. Who gave them that kind of courage?
"Trying to run? Not that easy!" Tsunade shouted. She slammed her hands down onto the ground. A massive crack spread outward, and many fleeing Iwagakure shinobi were knocked off their feet by the force.
At this moment, the other Konoha shinobi weren't idle either. Taking advantage of the chaos Tsunade caused, they struck back.
Some used ninjutsu to attack the remaining venomous bees in the air, while others rushed at the disoriented Iwagakure shinobi who'd been knocked down.
However, Iwagakure was a powerful village after all.
Just as the situation seemed one-sided, the elite shinobi of Iwagakure finally broke through to Konoha's frontline.
A burly man emerged from the ranks, and his target turned out to be Tsunade.
"Tsunade, your opponent is me!"
"Earth Release, Fist Rock Technique!"
His fist, wrapped in stone, roared like a cannonball as it smashed toward Tsunade.
If it were an ordinary person, they'd have no way to block this, but his target was none other than the Princess of Konoha—Tsunade.
"Hmph! You think a lump of rock can compete with me?"
"Break!"
The moment rock met fist, the stone shattered. But Kitsuchi's expression remained unchanged. His strength was also his weapon.
Using the stone to lessen Tsunade's impact, he wasn't knocked back.
This made Tsunade's temper flare.
"Clever little bastard!"
"Heavenly Foot of Pain!"
After the punch came a kick. Facing her overwhelming strength, Kitsuchi immediately leapt back.
When her kick landed, the ground completely cracked. Fueled by monstrous strength, Tsunade's strike rivaled the power of Earth Release: Fissure Earth Turn Palm—no, it was even greater.
"As expected of Tsunade-sama, this power..."
"Careless, aren't you... "
While Kitsuchi dodged and muttered in awe, a ghostly voice suddenly came from behind him.
The sound made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. He tried to evade, but there was no time.
"Ever heard of Konoha's Ghost..."
"One Thousand Years of Death! Pain Intensified!"
Like a venomous fang, the attack pierced through not just his body, but his soul.
Agony! He couldn't think of any other word.
This wasn't ordinary pain. It kept intensifying, wave after wave.
And what was with this dizziness? Could pain really be so intense it caused fainting? Uh… apparently yes. Kitsuchi had never experienced this before, but now he did.
"Damn you! Konoha's Ghost!"
Kitsuchi's face flushed crimson from the pain. Muscles bulged, veins twisted. Gritting his teeth, he actually managed to form hand seals.
This surprised Gekko Chizan. Normally, anyone hit by that technique lost their ability to fight.
But this guy… actually endured it???
Guess intense training really does make a difference.
"Earth Release!"
"Get Kitsuchi out of there!"
"Go!"
Behind Kitsuchi, countless Iwagakure shinobi surged forward. Seeing him gravely injured, Taiseki rushed up to rescue him.
Gekko Chizan vanished after landing the hit. After all, the enemy's adrenaline was at its peak, and reinforcements had already arrived.
Ninjutsu and ninja tools rained down like a storm. Even Tsunade had to retreat to the rear.
"Kitsuchi, are you alright?"
"I… I… ugh..."
Adrenaline comes fast, but it fades fast too. Kitsuchi's flushed face quickly turned from red to purple, then to pale white. His resistance had clearly crumbled.
He didn't even finish speaking before passing out.
Taiseki's face darkened. Damn it—one of their key fighters down at the very start of the battle?
Damn Konoha Ghost. What kind of attack was that?!
"Taiseki-sama, what should we do about Kitsuchi-sama?"
"Get the medical corps to treat him immediately!"
"Yes!"
The two sides were already clashing. At this moment, the true terror of the venomous bees finally began to unfold.
Even after being decimated earlier, the bees swarmed like an endless tide, crashing into the camp.
The Konoha shinobi were overwhelmed by the swarm, their formation thrown into chaos.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" A shinobi skilled in Wind Release tried to blow the bees away, but they only scattered briefly before regrouping and attacking again.
Just then, the dark cloud that had been hovering overhead descended into the crowd. Led by Aburame Sangai, the Aburame clan released their kikaichū to infiltrate the swarm, reducing the bees' damage.
"Hmph, the Aburame clan?" Taiseki sneered.
But there were too many bees. Even the Aburame couldn't hold them off for long.
"Tch, hope this works!"
Seeing the frontline on the verge of collapse, Tsunade pulled a bottle from her pouch.
Without hesitation, she hurled it into the battlefield, then tossed a stone after it.
That bottle contained insect repellent developed by Orochimaru.
The bottle shattered, scattering the repellent into the air.
The moment it spread, both the venomous bees and kikaichū froze. A second later, they scattered away in all directions.
It worked! It really worked!
Seeing the result, Tsunade's eyes lit up with joy.
"Counterattack!"
Boom!
Just as Tsunade's rallying cry echoed out, the ground in the center of the Iwagakure forces suddenly burst open.
A massive golden python erupted from beneath the earth.
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