Chapter 102: Left Flank Defense
"A Kage-level strongman?"
Sasuke's face drastically changed. Through his clone's memory, he not only saw an army, but in the center, he recognized its leader. It was Ebizo. The old man from Sunagakure, though not widely known, was undoubtedly a master, the commander of the entire Kawano Defense Line. A weak Kage is still a Kage. With his current strength, even if he could counter puppet users, the power gap was too great. If he faced him, he would die instantly.
"Huh? I've been discovered," he thought, hesitating. He felt that Ebizo seemed to have detected the perception of his infrasonic radar technique.
"Wind Style: Thousand Wind Faces!"
From kilometers away, Ebizo formed hand seals and released thousands of small wind cuts that shattered everything within a two-hundred-meter radius around the spy clone's position.
"Is it a coincidence?" Sasuke wondered. No one had ever discovered his technique. To confirm, he tentatively launched an ultralow frequency pulse directly towards Ebizo.
He reacted immediately. He could perceive the waves. He gave an order, and nine chunin formed hand seals in unison.
"Wind Style: Sandstorm Heavenly Prison Formation!"
In an instant, a large number of tornadoes, laden with sand and stones, spread out like a giant python, clearing a path eight hundred meters long. The residual shockwave reached the fire defense line, causing the flames to sweep towards Sasuke and slightly curl his hair. Shirotaka flapped its wings, its eyes filled with fear.
"Ebizo can really sense infrasonic waves," Sasuke's heart was shocked.
A wave of impotent rage washed over him. His greatest advantage, his most secret trump card, had been neutralized. He was forced to retreat. However, he didn't give up. If he couldn't spy on Ebizo, he would spy on the other Sunagakure ninjas to track their movements.
The Sunagakure army did not change direction. Nine of their ninjas used a combined Great Breakthrough to open a safe passage hundreds of meters long through the forest fire and entered the second line of defense.
Just as they were about to enter the third, Sasuke, mounted on Shirotaka, ascended to three hundred meters, a tiny speck in the sky, far above the reach of most ninjutsu. From there, he unleashed his fury.
"Shadow Shuriken Clone Technique!"
Almost a hundred shuriken impacted the Sunagakure army. Ebizo reacted quickly, unleashing a large-scale defense.
"Wind Style: Thousand Hurricanes!"
A huge network of hurricanes blocked most of the projectiles, but some slipped through, killing or wounding a few genin.
As soon as he cast the ninjutsu, Sasuke fled. He only had 0.15 "cards" of chakra left. After advancing more than ten miles, with the help of the Taotie Technique, he fully recovered and launched another attack. Unfortunately, this time, the Sunagakure army was prepared and easily resisted it.
His constant harassment did not significantly slow the enemy's advance. In less than two hours, they had completely penetrated the third line of defense.
"Elder, after passing this mountain pass, the path will be flat. Victory is within reach," a subordinate said.
"Accelerate!" Ebizo ordered.
'A Konoha jonin on a hawk's back,' Ebizo thought with disdain. 'He's like a stink bug, buzzing and annoying, but irrelevant to the overall situation.' His strategic objective was practically achieved. The more than two hundred Konoha ninjas on this left flank were basically cannon fodder. Once they left the forest, his army of three hundred puppet users would crush them in the blink of an eye.
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