Chapter 36: Crushing

As a desert-type nation, the Land of Wind not only lacks resources, but its military supply lines are enough to make any army despair; it is only because ninjas are different from ordinary armies that the Sand Ninja have any room to take the initiative in attacking.

But even if ninjas use various ninjutsu and Storage Scrolls to make logistics and transport much easier, and reduce some of their reliance on logistics, it still cannot change the objective reality that the Land of Wind lacks logistical supplies and transport is extremely difficult.

However, the Land of Rivers, which is relatively rich in resources, has greatly alleviated the plight of the Sunagakure. By directly plundering the Land of Rivers, the Sunagakure's force of several thousand people has finally avoided the fate of eating grass roots and chewing tree bark.

"In other words, those villages and towns in the Land of Rivers that are relatively rich in resources must all be targets for the Sunagakure!"

"Well said, Captain Feiyu. Besides conducting guerrilla warfare, the squads sent out by the Sunagakure have the even more important goal of plundering the entire Land of Rivers."

"Since that's the case, let's just wait for the rabbit to hit the tree! If we pinpoint the key areas in the Land of Rivers that produce grain, I believe the Sunagakure will absolutely not give them up."

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Land of Rivers, River Valley Town.

The reason the Land of Rivers is called by this name is that the entire country has developed rivers and abundant water systems; water is the source of life, and the Land of Rivers, possessing many rivers, also has very developed agriculture.

And if one were to speak of the most fertile land in the entire Land of Rivers, River Valley Town would certainly occupy one of those spots. A river flows right through the center of this valley between two mountains, bringing a large amount of water vapor, while the silt washed down from the upper and middle reaches also makes the soil incredibly rich in nutrients.

Relying on the fertile land, the villagers in the villages near River Valley Town usually lived relatively wealthy lives; as long as they planted some grain, they would almost always have a bumper harvest the following year. Unfortunately, once war broke out, the villages and towns that had wealth but no military force were met with looting by the ninjas of the Land of Wind.

These ninjas rushed into the villages around River Valley Town and searched the grain stored by the villagers until it was empty. If there were any brave warriors who dared to resist, they did not hesitate to reward them with a Kunai. In just over half a month, several villages around the entire River Valley Town had been looted clean.

"Sure enough, the Sunagakure has left quite a few squads here. If it weren't for the fact that Leaf Ninja have also deployed many ninjas here, I reckon even River Valley Town would have been broken into and looted clean."

Having just arrived in this area, Yamanaka Cheng had already discovered many chakra reactions. Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Uchiha Feiyu could not help but exclaim.

Leaf Ninja are not idiots either; what the Sunagakure is trying its best to accomplish, they are naturally trying their best to destroy. The forces of both sides are intertwined here, with at least a hundred ninjas gathered in the vicinity of this River Valley Town.

"Captain, what should we do? Should we go find our ninja village's team first..."

Before Yamanaka Cheng could finish his sentence, Uchiha Feiyu shook his head:

"No need to do such troublesome things... You point out the direction, and leave the rest to me!"

Yamanaka Cheng immediately stopped talking, instead using Telepathy to transmit the chakra positions he sensed through Sensory Ninjutsu into Uchiha Feiyu's brain.

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled, drew his short blade, lightning flickered on his body, and he vanished in an instant.

In a dense forest, several Sand Ninja had set up traps and looked at several Leaf Ninja who were rushing toward this place, a smug smile appearing at the corners of their mouths.

The sizzling sound of lightning piercing the air rang out, and the Leaf Ninja who were rushing toward this place immediately stopped in their tracks and looked around.

And the few Sand Ninja who were in ambush felt a sudden shock in their hearts. One of the ninjas who possessed sensory abilities shouted directly:

"Careful, enemies are coming..."

Before his words were finished, a figure like a bolt of lightning instantly parted the jungle, and a sword of light like extreme electricity slashed down from above. The Sand Ninja blocking the front was split in two on the spot.

Of the remaining three Sand Ninja, one directly raised his hand and released a large number of poison needles, but they only grazed Uchiha Feiyu's afterimage. Another Sand Ninja slammed his hands onto the ground:

"Earth Release... Yellow Spring Swamp."

The earth turned into mud and spread out. This Yellow Spring Swamp ninjutsu is inherently the best choice for dealing with high-speed ninjas. However, Hatake Sakumo, who is currently possessing Uchiha Feiyu, is a veteran of a hundred battles and had long since prepared a countermeasure for this situation.

Faint electric light sprayed out from under Uchiha Feiyu's feet. After the original Yellow Spring mud came into contact with the electric light, it turned directly into dry land—this is the application of the ninjutsu principle of Lightning overcoming Earth.

The Yellow Spring Swamp had only blocked Uchiha Feiyu for an instant before it was broken. Before the ninja who cast the ninjutsu could continue to Seal, a blade of light had already slashed across his throat. Blood gushed out, and this ninja's head fell off immediately.

Among the remaining two ninjas, the one who cast the poison needles lunged over fiercely, hands spread wide, wanting to take the opportunity to grab Uchiha Feiyu. With a clicking sound, the clothes on this ninja's body tore, and many sharp spikes protruded.

The Sunagakure has never had a Kaguya Clan ninja with Dead Bone Pulse; clearly, this "ninja" covered in spikes should be a puppet himself.

As for the other sensory ninja, he had already retreated toward the jungle behind like a gust of wind, wanting to escape by this means.

The white light on the short blade in Uchiha Feiyu's hand surged, turning into a light sword nearly three or four meters long. With a light slash, the puppet that had lunged over was already split into eight pieces.

Then Uchiha Feiyu exerted force with his feet, dashed out from the large puppet fragments, and the light sword swept across. Accompanied by a scream, the sensory ninja who was fleeing was cut in half.

At this moment, the Puppet Master hiding in the tree trunk was already pale and trembling. Uchiha Feiyu turned his head, watching the large tree next to him emit a thumping sound from the shaking, and immediately sneered, directly reaching out to Seal and spitting out a huge fireball.

Amidst shrill screams, a figure covered in fire rushed out from the burning wreckage of the tree trunk. This poor Puppet Master ran a few steps and finally breathed his last, falling to the ground and leaving only a pile of charred remains.

"Tsk, I actually took out my opponent with the Great Fireball Technique. I think my Great Fireball Technique must rank first in Naruto."

While joking with his mouth, Uchiha Feiyu himself frowned and took two steps back. The smell of protein being cooked and scorched on the corpses of the ninjas burned to death by Fire Release made Uchiha Feiyu, who was on a killing spree for the second time, feel a bit nauseated.

Reaching out his hand, one after another, balls of Soul light that could only be seen by Uchiha Feiyu were collected into his hand. Just at this moment, a series of sounds came from the jungle behind him, and Yamanaka Cheng walked out with several Leaf Ninja.

(End of chapter)