Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 295 Sand Ninja Civil War (6)

Rasa and his group arrived more than half a day later than planned, while the Rain Ninja would arrive in half a day. Time was of the essence, so Rasa didn't waste any words with Yekura. After briefly observing the position ahead, he began to issue orders.

Upon receiving the order, commanders at all levels acted swiftly, leading their troops into action.

First, there was the puppetry unit, which controlled hundreds of puppets to charge at the enemy, primarily to scout out their defensive capabilities.

The main force split into teams and slowly approached the position behind the puppets. Once the enemy jumped out or the enemy's defenses showed a weakness, they would immediately launch a general attack.

When they were still more than a hundred meters away from the trench, Luo Sha made the first move, condensing a huge amount of gold dust and manipulating it to roll forward, preparing to completely fill the trench and bury the traps inside.

Standing atop the high city wall, Yekura saw Rasa make his move and shouted, "Chisuke!"

"Roger that!"

Chisuke raised his hands, his chakra being consumed like a tidal wave. Countless grains of sand gathered on the ground in front of the trench, forming a dam that blocked the gold dust.

Golden waves crashed against the seawall, both sides collapsed, and then they continued to struggle against each other, neither willing to back down an inch.

Some gold dust and sand fell into the trench, filling a small part of it.

At this moment, the puppets rushed over. Some puppets flew directly across the trench, while others entered the trench and deliberately detonated various traps.

At this moment, some of Yecang's puppeteers also sprang into action, manipulating their puppets to break through the walls and fight against the enemy's puppets.

Since puppets are not limited by human bones and muscles, they can perform all kinds of movements; separating or splitting apart are minor incidents.

Even if they are destroyed, many of the puppets still have explosive devices, so even if they are defeated, they will perish together with the enemy.

The entire battlefield resembled a robot war using various wooden versions of different models.

Yekura's side had fewer puppeteers, so they also had fewer puppets, less than a quarter of the number of the enemy's, and were quickly wiped out.

At this moment, some of the Sand Ninja also rushed into the trench. Seeing that the battle was going against them, Yekura ordered, "Third Battalion, attack!"

The so-called Third Battalion was a cannon fodder force mainly composed of ninja.

Their strength was generally weak, and seeing the fierce puppet battle and the menacing enemy in front of them, many of them lost their fighting spirit.

Ye Cang glanced at the group, his gaze turning cold, and raised his right hand with a slight wave.

Naichen beheaded a hesitant ninja and shouted, "Those who disobey orders will be executed!"

The supervisory team led by Naichen drew their long swords, their murderous aura pressing down on the rogue ninjas.

The ninjas had no choice but to grit their teeth, rush down the wall, and enter the trench to fight the enemy.

"Hahaha! The enemy is so weak, I can take on a hundred of them by myself!"

"Victory is assured! Long live Lord Kazekage!"

"Brothers, charge! Kill the enemy! Wealth, power, and secret arts—they'll all be ours!"

In the very first clash, half of the ninja were killed. Seeing this, Rasa's loyal subordinates immediately rallied their morale and charged out of the trenches at the forefront.

Chiyo stood on a hill made of gold dust and frowned at the sight.

"Ye Cang isn't stupid. He wouldn't let these useless people die for no reason. There's probably some kind of conspiracy."

Ebizo nodded and said, "That's right, but we're already at war, so we can't just let our men retreat rashly. I'll take some men to the front to command, so we can deal with any unexpected situations."

Be careful in everything.

Ebizo was only a few dozen meters away from the trench, and he reached the center of the trench in just a few breaths.

At this moment, in a rocky room behind Yekura, four ninjas sat cross-legged and began to form hand seals.

The surrounding walls were covered with incantations, and in the middle of them was a round hole the size of a fist.

The circular hole was bottomless, extremely dark, and emanated black chakra.

After the four formed hand seals, their chakra spread to the wall. Strengthened by the runes on the wall, it finally converged into writhing worms that rushed into the cave entrance.

In an instant, the ninjas with strong senses on the battlefield all felt a strange chakra rising from the ground and rushing directly towards the trench.

Inside the trench, explosions, flames, and poison sprays continued. These traps only held back a small portion of the enemy; the majority had already crossed the trench.

As for the ninja sent by Yekura, they were all dead at this moment. Many of them even lay on Yekura's defenses, their fatal wounds in their backs, clearly killed while trying to escape.

What no one noticed was that runes suddenly appeared on the skin beneath the clothes of these rogue ninjas.

Once activated, these runes rapidly channeled the blood essence of the ninja, along with their intense emotions of resentment, pain, and hatred, into the underground. There, they combined with the strange chakra underground to form a kind of energy substance that instantly multiplied into a large number of twisted worms.

The worms reproduced so quickly that a large bulge soon rose from the ground.

"Watch out! Get away from there!"

Ebizo was the first to see this scene. He immediately alerted those around him and took out a scroll, summoning an iron net imbued with chakra.

Once the iron net reached mid-air, it rapidly expanded under Ebizo's control, enveloping the large package on the ground in an attempt to seal its contents.

Suddenly, a flash of cold light burst forth from the side. Ebizo immediately dodged to the left, but it was too late; his right hand was severed.

"Ebizo, you've gotten old!"

Upon hearing the voice, Ebizo recognized the attacker as Atsushi Ito.

When Ebizo was attacked, his men immediately surrounded him, encircling him from behind.

Atsushi Ito glanced around and saw many familiar faces, even some former companions, which made him feel a little sad.

"I never imagined we'd become enemies."

The person opposite sighed and said, "Dun, at this point, we have nothing more to say."

After quickly treating his broken right wrist, Ebizo immediately ordered, "Kill him!"

Atsushi Ito shook his head, looking at the even larger mound: "You have no chance."

Because Ebizo was injured and unable to determine the number of people, the mound burst through the iron netting, expanding to its limit and developing many cracks.

Through the cracks, one can vaguely see that it is filled with twisted objects.

"What is this?"

"Everyone, retreat immediately!"

The Sand Ninjas around them felt uneasy and were about to move away from the mound when the mound, which was already as big as a small mountain, suddenly exploded.

From the explosion, countless black insects sprayed into the sky and then fell like a rainstorm. Many people were unable to dodge in time and were hit by the insects.

"What the hell is this?!"

A Sand Ninja saw the black, twisted worm on his right arm and felt disgusted. He took out a kunai with his left hand and made a horizontal cut, intending to split the worm in two.

The insect was about ten centimeters long and moved slowly. It was quickly hit by the kunai, but was not affected.

The blade, though sharp, seemed to cut through a lump of mud, easily slicing the worm apart. But the two ends of the worm's body instantly merged back together.

The Sand Ninja was taken aback and was about to continue his actions when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right hand.

After the insect bites the arm and creates a wound, it continuously releases a black substance into the flesh. This substance then spreads rapidly to other parts of the body with the blood.

A few seconds later, the ninja's blood vessels turned completely black, his heart stopped beating, and he collapsed to the ground as a corpse.