Chapter 406 War begins

After half an hour.

East of Blackrock Stronghold.

Not far from the coastline.

Hundreds of Konoha ninjas were divided into three groups in an arc, hiding behind cover, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

The entire defense line was very quiet. Apart from the occasional sound of waves hitting the beach, there was only the faint breathing of everyone.

In sharp contrast to this is the slightly noisy crowd in the back.

These are all middle and lower level ninjas.

At this time, they were constantly transporting supplies out of the stronghold, such as kunai, shuriken, detonating tags, etc., everything they could think of.

It was obvious that Konoha had been preparing for this battle for a long time.

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Time passes minute by minute.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly someone shouted, "Here they come!"

Hearing this, everyone was startled and immediately became alert, looking towards the sea ahead.

Then a fog-hidden warship came out of the bay and came into view, followed by the second and third warships.
In the end, more than a dozen Mist-Hidden warships appeared on the sea.

Immediately, a ninja from the Hyuga clan opened his Byakugan, observed the number and strength of the Mist ninja on the ship, and reported it for reference by Nobuhisa Sano and others.

In the ninja world, although wars between ninjas do not rely as much on strategies as those between ordinary people, the importance placed on intelligence is even greater.

However, in this world where great power belongs to oneself, sometimes intelligence is not that important, and when you can’t fight, you still can’t fight.

Because of this, wars between ninjas are sometimes more like fights.

Everyone works in groups of two or three, each dealing with their own opponents. When most of the opponents' people are killed, the battle is over.

It can be said that it is very primitive.

However, it is precisely because of its primitiveness that each ninja village can give full play to its strength, so that even if it loses, there is nothing to say.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Standing high in the sky, Qingming quietly looked at the battlefield below.

As the Kirigakure warships continued to approach, at a certain moment, several Konoha jonin suddenly broke through the defense line and came to the sea.

Then, they all formed hand seals and performed the ninjutsu at the same time - Water Style: Water Explosion!
Although the effect of these people's technique is not as exaggerated as that of Hoshigaki Kisame due to the limitation of chakra.

However, so many people united together cannot be underestimated.

It can be seen that as their ninjutsu was successfully performed, a wave more than ten meters high suddenly rose up and rushed towards the direction of the Kirigakure warship at an extremely fast speed.

If this were to hit them, no matter how strong the warships of the Hidden Mist Village were, they would become a pile of pieces.

So will the Mist Ninja allow such a thing to happen?
The answer is obviously no.

Before the waves approached, three Mist Ninjas jumped off the warship.

Then, they all formed seals, squatted down, pressed their palms on the sea surface, and shouted in a low voice: "Ice Escape: Ice Sealing Technique!"

That's right, these three are not ordinary ninjas, but three ninjas from the Snow Clan who have inherited the bloodline limit of "Ice Release".

As their ninjutsu was successfully performed, a layer of solid ice appeared in their palms, then quickly spread outwards, and soon arrived in front of the waves.

The moment the two sides came into contact, the waves were frozen into ice sculptures and stopped in mid-air.

This is not finished!
After freezing the waves, the ice continued to spread and extended to the beach.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a large number of Mist Ninjas jumped off the warship, stepped on the solid ice, and rushed straight towards the coast.

During this time, the Konoha ninja wanted to stop the attack, but they had no chance because of the obstruction of the ice sculpture of waves that was more than ten meters high.

In this way, the Mist Ninjas arrived at a place not far from the beach unharmed.

Standing high in the sky and seeing this scene, Qing Ming couldn't help but shook his head.

After all, the time was too short. Although Konoha had mobilized manpower, the preparations were very mediocre. On the contrary, looking at the tacit cooperation of the Mist Ninja, it was obvious that they had a plan in place.

As a result, in the first round of confrontation, Konoha fell into a disadvantage.

However, this is just the beginning. What happens next will depend on the responses of both sides.

When those Konoha jonin saw that their attack had no effect and they had failed to seize the initiative, they stopped attacking and immediately retreated to their defense line.

As soon as the Kirigakure ninja passed the ice sculpture formed by the waves, someone immediately shouted, "Go!"

The next moment, dense kunai flew out from behind the cover, like raindrops, and attacked the group of Kirigakure ninjas directly.

These Mist Ninjas were not willing to be outdone, and immediately threw the kunai in their hands to fight back.

Not only that, some of the Mist Ninjas also quickly formed hand seals and performed the ninjutsu - Water Style: Water Wave, attacking the Konoha Ninjas behind the cover.

The status of 'Water Style: Water Wave' in the Hidden Mist Village is the same as 'Earth Style: Rock Cannon Technique' in the Hidden Mist Village. As long as one is a Mist Ninja and has water-attribute chakra, basically everyone can use it.

But at the same time, its power is not great, and it can mainly play a harassing role.

In fact, it is true.

None of the Konoha ninjas attacked by this technique were injured.

The battle continues!

After the second round of attacks, the distance between the two sides was shortened again, and some people began to put detonating tags on their ninja tools and then threw them out.

With this, the intensity of the battlefield increased by more than one level.

Many ninjas were killed or injured because they failed to dodge in time.

For a while, the battlefield was filled with wailing.

Stimulated by this, the ninjas on both sides became even more brutal.

The sounds of ninja tools cutting through the air rang out frequently, and detonating tags were detonated one after another, with deafening explosions rang out one after another.

Fireballs appeared one after another, heating up the surrounding air.

Due to the high temperature and the shock wave created by the detonating tag, the ice layer on the sea surface created by the three Snow Clan jonin began to break.

This added some difficulty to the Mist Ninja's attack.

But it's just some difficulty.

The Mist Ninjas who can charge into the first echelon are at least Chunins. Each of them has the ability to walk on water and will not stop moving forward just because the ice is broken.

Therefore, the Mist Ninja finally arrived at the beach.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than ten meters.

For a ninja, this distance is just a blink of an eye.

The next moment, a brutal fight began.

One by one, the Mist Ninjas rushed into Konoha's position and fought a desperate battle with the Konoha ninjas.

At such a close distance, the detonating talisman is not very effective.

Not to mention that it is easy to hurt yourself, even your companions may get hurt if they are not careful.

Therefore, at this point, it is time for both sides to compete in their hard power.

"kill!"

As a Konoha Jonin shouted, one by one the Konoha ninjas jumped out of their cover, rushed into the Mist Ninja team, and started fighting.

For a moment, the battlefield was filled with the sound of clanging, and the ninjas on both sides seemed to have lost their minds and killed each other.

(End of this chapter)