Chapter 48: Huangtu Captured

Looking at Huangtu before him, Uchiha Feiyu, who was trapped within the barrier, curled the corners of his mouth into a smile:

"You're absolutely right; on the battlefield, it's best not to waste too much breath on the enemy!"

As soon as the words fell, Uchiha Feiyu went "poof" and transformed into a puff of white smoke, disappearing without a trace.

"Damn it, it's a Shadow Clone! This guy used the Earth Traveling Technique to run away from the very beginning!"

Huangtu's expression changed. Seeing that the soil on the ground was slightly damp, he immediately understood: long before he used Earth Release: Earth Flow River to churn up a large amount of mud and dust, the opponent had already escaped underground, leaving only a Shadow Clone there to chat with him.

The key was that this guy's use of the Earth Traveling Technique was completely devoid of any trace; as a group of Rock Ninja who spent every day digging holes in the ground, not a single one of them had been able to spot the flaw!

Furthermore, this young Uchiha's shameless streak also took Huangtu by great surprise.

A young genius of this age, upon seeing a strong enemy, is usually unwilling to retreat; they generally use a Shadow Clone only to lure the enemy, while the real body takes the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, always trading a few blows before realizing they are outmatched and thinking of retreating.

As it turned out, Uchiha Feiyu was different; after leaving a Shadow Clone, he himself had slipped away without a trace without even engaging in a real fight.

"It's out again, it's out again! That ghost is killing people again!"

"Ahhhhh! I'll fight you to the death! If you have the guts, show yourself!"

The panicked sounds coming from outside caused Huangtu's expression to change once more. Now realizing they had been played, the several ninja outside who were maintaining the barrier also cancelled it, just in time for Huangtu to see the scene of those low-level ninja being turned upside down.

In this short amount of time, Uchiha Feiyu had once again hidden his figure, relying on his high speed to slaughter the ordinary Chunin and Genin, taking over a dozen lives in an instant.

"Bastard, if you have the guts, fight me! What kind of hero kills these Genin!"

Huangtu's eyes turned red. Don't look at Chunin and Genin as belonging to the grassroots level—on the ninja battlefield, they are all cannon fodder that gets swept away, but cannon fodder is not weeds; they don't grow back immediately after dying, so no matter what, one shouldn't be mowing them down like this!

Without the cover of Chunin and Genin, the battles between Jonin would also lose balance, and once a Jonin was at a disadvantage, allowing Konoha to free up their combat power, then even a Shadow-level Ninja would still have to drink hatred in the Northwest.

After all, the current Five Kage are not monsters like Senju Hashirama or Madara Uchiha; a weaker Shadow, if surrounded and killed by seven or eight Jonin, might even have to flee in a panic.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Feiyu ignored Huangtu's words entirely and continued to pick on those weak ninja. With his invisibility and high speed, he had no fear of threats from the strong among the Rock Ninja.

Visual invisibility alone has limited effect against truly powerful ninja, but when combined with high speed, it becomes very difficult to deal with.

And if a ninja possesses both the advantages of invisibility and high speed, and completely refuses to fight ninja at the Jonin level, then these powerful ninja simply cannot keep up with Uchiha Feiyu's rhythm and can only watch helplessly as he carries out a massacre.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"Then let's see whose slaughtering speed is faster! Earth Release: Golem Technique!"

In a fit of impotent rage, Huangtu performed the Seal with his hands. The ground vibrated faintly, and a huge rock Giant grew out, directly beginning to slaughter the ordinary Konoha ninja.

Unfortunately, not to mention that Uchiha Feiyu didn't care about this at all, the huge rock golem created by Huangtu was also quickly intercepted by several Konoha Jonin working together; he was not Uchiha Feiyu and could not ignore the interception of other strong individuals.

Seeing that Uchiha Feiyu's kill count was still rising, and that with Uchiha Feiyu's slaughter, more and more Konoha ninja were being freed up, gradually accumulating a snowballing advantage, Huangtu finally couldn't help but shout:

"Retreat, all Rock Ninja, retreat! I will cover the rear!"

Hearing Huangtu's words, the group of Rock Ninja who had long been unable to hold on felt as if they had been granted amnesty and began to retreat slowly.

Huangtu also went all out, throwing out all kinds of high-level, large-scale Earth Release techniques frantically. For a time, the entire battlefield shook, and even the terrain underwent huge changes.

To prevent causing too many casualties, those high-level Konoha ninja could only come over to intercept Huangtu, letting those ninja from Iwagakure go.

However, the result was that Qiu Dao Qu Feng, leading seven or eight Jonin, more than 20 Special Jonin, and nearly a hundred Chunin, had Huangtu surrounded tightly.

On the other side, as the Rock Ninja suffered a crushing defeat, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, who was being beaten by Orochimaru and several Jonin, also retracted his tailed beast form, turned back into human shape, and began to flee directly.

If he didn't run now, it would be too late; once surrounded by the Konoha ninja army, even if he were a jinchuriki, he would definitely be left behind.

Speaking of which, when it comes to the profession of a ninja, if we are talking about escaping, the speed is truly fast enough. In just a few minutes, a large group of Rock Ninja were either burrowing into the ground or jumping into trees, escaping without a trace.

Only Huangtu remained, having just performed a large number of ninjutsu, his chakra mostly exhausted, and being completely surrounded; he panted and gave up resistance.

"Lord Orochimaru, should we chop this guy up?"

Uchiha Feiyu leaned over to Orochimaru's side, reached out and made a hand-slicing gesture, his eyes full of eagerness.

Orochimaru, who had just fought a great battle with the tailed beast, was already exhausted to the point of death. Seeing Uchiha Feiyu's action, he felt an even more splitting headache:

"Feiyu-kun, can you not be so extreme? A living son of the Third Tsuchikage and a Rock Ninja commander is worth far more than a dead one."

"Alright, alright, can't kill this one..."

Uchiha Feiyu muttered with some helplessness. As the son of the Third Tsuchikage, Huangtu also possessed strength close to the Shadow-level, so his Soul value was very high.

Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Feiyu's regretful expression and was truly a bit afraid that this brat would chop Huangtu down with one blade, so he hurriedly spoke to distract Uchiha Feiyu's attention.

"For now, you should still prepare yourself. I estimate that the Sand Ninja won't let this opportunity pass; it won't be long before we face a new war. I will need you to contribute then!"

With such a big event as the battle between Konoha and the Rock Ninja, it was impossible for the Sand Ninja not to know.

When the two sides were at war, the Sand Ninja, in order to avoid becoming a three-way melee and to avoid arousing the vigilance of both sides and causing complications, would not get too close to this battlefield.

But after the war ended, the Sand Ninja would definitely take advantage of the fire to loot, increasing the degree of small-team attacks and infiltration, striving to defeat the Konoha ninja in one fell swoop.

However, after glancing at the battlefield, Orochimaru was still quite satisfied. Although Uchiha Feiyu's act of specifically picking on the weak to kill was quite shameless, the effect was also full. It was precisely because of his activity that the war ended quickly, and Konoha did not suffer any major damage.

(End of this chapter)